I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I sat upright and noticed the room was dark along with the outside. Panic seemed to rush through me as I reached for my phone. As I grabbed it, it stopped ringing. I mentally cursed myself before unlocking it and seeing that I had six missed calls. Four were from my mom, and two from Shownu. I called my mom back first as I was sure she was beginning to grow very worried of me and Jooheon.
Jooheon.
I looked around the room as I remained sat on my bed. I didn't see any sign of him. As I was about to get out I heard my moms voice on the other side. "Minhyuk! I am so glad you finally called back!" "Im sorry mom. My phone is on silent and I did not know anyone had called." "It's alright. I just didn't expect you to be out so late and I was getting worried." "I'm sorry mom. I will be home shortly I just have to find where Jooheon ran off to and I will be home." "Okay see you soon. I love you." "I love you too mom." I hung up on her and before calling Shownu crawled out of the bed. I looked around the tiny hotel room and noticed that there seemed to be no sign of the younger boy. The bathroom was empty, but you could tell it had been used. I looked down at my phone and decided to call Shownu back real fast to calm my nerves. As it began to ring I mentally slapped myself. 'Why don't you just call Jooheon you dummy.' I sighed o myself as I waited for the older to answer his phone. "Hey Minhyuk." "Hi show. What's up?" "Your feeling better for tomorrow?" "Yep. I'm excited too." "Good I'm glad." The conversation died, and I didn't know what to say to save it. I couldn't figure out why he had called me so may times if that was all he wanted. "Did you need something?" He remained silent before I heard him sigh. I could tell he was still in debate on whether or not he wanted to say whatever was on his mind. "Minhyuk." "Yes Shownu?" "Can I see you? Just you. No one else?" "If your going to confess you should remember I'm with Jooheon." I heard him chuckle on the other end and it made me smile. He was starting to worry me that something was wrong. "That's not it Min. I just want to talk to you in private. That's all. Besides I've been secretly shipping you two for awhile now. It would make no sense for me to take that away." I smiled. Shownu really is a great guy. "When do you want to meet?" "Is twenty minutes okay? At our coffee house?" I looked at the time and nodded. "Sure." "Thanks. See you then." "Bye." I hung up and began getting dressed before texting my mom and telling her that I was meeting Shownu for coffee so I would be home later. Once I was dressed I dialed Jooheons number. That's when I noticed all of his stuff was gone. Even the lube seemed to have vanished without a trace. He didn't answer and my panic began to grow. I ran out of the hotel and to the desk. Once the lady realized I was there she smiled. "How can I help you?" "Yes. Did a boy check out of here? He's about yay high, shortish brown hair, a blue t-shirt." The ladies eyes lit up so I quit speaking. "Oh my! Your Minhyuk from Monsta X!" I smiled at her. I loved meeting fans but now was not the ime. Although her knowing who we are will make this twenty times easier. "Yes. Have you seen Jooheon leave here?" She shook her head clearly trying not to hug me and talk to me. Something told me if she wasn't working she would be one of the crazy fangirls. "I have not. I'm sorry." I sighed and grabbed a napkin. I wrote my name down dedicating it to the name on her name tag. I then handed it to her smiling. "That's alright. Thanks anyway. I'd like to check out of my room early." Her eyes lit up and she squeeled as she took the autograph. "Thank you so much! Yes." After getting the whole thing figured I left and called Jooheon once more. I started walking to the coffee shop. I couldn't be late. Whatever Shownu needed was important but finding Jooheon was more important to me. I couldn't abandon Shownu like that though. He's been really good to us. I reached the coffee house with ten minutes to spare. I decided to try and call the younger one more time before going inside. It rang and rang but no one answered on the other end. "Fuck me Jooheon." "The coffee house might not be the best place to do that Min." I looked over my right shoulder and saw our leader standing with his hands in his jacket pocket. "Hey sorry Show. Jooheon just disappeared without a trace and I've been trying to find him but he won't answer." He looked at the ground before looking back up at me. He looked sad but also concerned. "Do you want me to help?" I shook my head at him. "No, it's okay. I told you we could talk just us so don't worry about it." "But you'll be worried, so I won't really have your attention will I?" He had a good point. "After we find him you'll have my full attention." He smiled before pulling out his phone. I assumed he was calling the younger. I'm going to be overly pissed if he answers for Shownu and not me. After a minute of silence Shownu removed the phone from his ear. I took my phone out and texted my mom to see if she had heard from him. After she said no I felt my stomach sink. "Where could he have gone?" "Well. Where were you two when he left?" I blushed as I thought of why we were at the hotel. "A h...hotel." Shownu raised an eyebrow at me. "Why were you two...wait never mind. I think I know why." I looked at the ground. I felt embarrassed. "Well. Didn't you see him leave then?" I shook my head. "I fell asleep and I woke up to you calling but not fast enough and he was gone. He left nothing behind either." Shownu seemed deep in thought as he tried figuring out the mystery. "It seems weird to me he would just leave like that. Especially considering. Well." He looked down and I knew he was talking about the cancer. "It's okay Shownu. I'm getting really cold. Can we just go in and get our coffee and talk? Maybe an idea will come to us while we are in there." He nodded before he took his jacket off and handed it to me. "Whats this?" "You said you were cold. You're not going to warm up instantly once we go inside." I smiled and thanked him for the jacket as I took it from him. I then wrapped myself in it his scent and the warmth engulfed me. We got our coffee and sat at a table. "What did you want to talk about?" Shownu shrugged before taking a small sip of his drink. "You. How. Why?" I looked at him confused before my phone began to ring. I almost knocked my coffee over as I reached for it. "Hello?" "Hey." "Jooheon! Where are you!? You have me worried sick about you." "I left you a note. I had an emergency with my family, so I went to go see how everyone was doing." "There wasn't a note." "I'm sorry Minhyuk. I really am." "Its okay. Is the emergency cleared up?" "For the most part. I went on a walk so I could call you back. I'm guessing Shownu offered to help you fond me?" "Mhmm." "Are you two having fun?" "Yeah. I think so." "Tell him not to let you where his jacket too long or the other members might start thinking its you two and not us two." "How did you." I turned around a peered out the window. There stood Jooheon along with everyone else. I looked back at Shownu who shrugged. "I'm sorry Show. It's okay. We can talk tomorrow after practice." I hugged him gently and walked out into the cold air to be greeted by my second family.
