Baby Don't Stop

Chapter Fourteen

            "What do you mean?" Eunjin asks innocently.
            "I mean exactly what I said. What have you done? Why am I here? Where am I?" Ten feels all his questions roll off of his tongue. He tries to twist his wrists out of the rope again but no luck.
            Eunjin leaned back against the wall and looks up to think for a moment. "Hmm, well, I haven't done anything. You're here because I want you here. And where you are isn't important right now." She gives him a small smile and tries to push her hair behind her ear like she did a lot on their date. But with her hair cut short there wasn't enough to pull behind her ear. She also started to shuffle her feet together and sway in place.
            Was she trying to flirt right now?
            The movement had always been lost on Ten anyways but even more so now. Women were more trouble than they were worth. If he had any doubt that he was gay before it was definitely reaffirmed in his distaste for their flirting rituals.
            "Eunjin you have to let me go." Ten tries to reason with her. "People will start to worry about me."
            "Don't worry I can take care of that." Eunjin pulls out Ten's phone and starts to type something out. "I need to be alone. Please don't try to contact me. Send." She holds the power button after she presses send and the phone turns off. "See now we're good." She gave him a cunning grin.
            "Wait, how did you know my password?" Did Ten tell her? His mind was still groggy. He tried to shake the remaining fog from his brain. "Eunjin you must see that this is wrong. You can't just kidnap me and," Even though he knew it was useless to keep trying to get out of his bonds he couldn't help himself from trying. "And keep me here!"
            "Ha I didn't kidnap you. And you want to be here with me, you just don't realize it." Eunjin took a couple steps forward so she was right in front of Ten. Slowly, she reached out her hand to caress Ten's chin. But Ten turned his head away.
            Suddenly it was like a switch had flipped in Eunjin's eyes. She grabbed at his chin again and gripped it hard. "Do you turn away because of him? Because you think he loves you? He doesn't. He doesn't even like you." Eunjin's face is inches away from Ten now and Her nails are almost digging into his skin she is gripping his face so hard.
            "You might be right, but I love him." Ten whispers, his eyes boring holes into hers. If there was one thing in this world that Ten knew without a doubt it was that.
            Her face turns sour and her hand releases his face sharply. "We will see about that." She straightens up. "I would love to stay and chat but suddenly I need to take care of something. I'll make sure to give your love," she says the word with malice. "To Taeyong." She turns and heads out the door.
            "Eunjin what are you going to do?! Eunjin! Eunjin!" Ten is screaming to an empty hallway though. He tries even harder now to free his hands and feet from the bonds holding him.
            "Eunjin!"

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            Taeyong swung his feet off his bed. He hadn't slept all night. Instead he had laid there worrying and waiting for Ten to arrive home safely, which he didn't. He had only returned to the dorm when his legs had felt too exhausted to carry him further around the city.
            But now that it was morning Taeyong was going to go out and see if he couldn't find Ten at one of his usual hang out spots.
            As Taeyong is slipping on his favorite sweatshirt, the one Ten had worn a couple days ago, he heard a knock on the door.
            "Come in." Taeyong responds quietly. Even if he had wanted to sound happy and cheerful he couldn't have, he was too tired and worried about Ten.
            In walked Haechan. "Hey, I heard what happened. Are you okay?" He came over and sat on Ten's bed. He sees how Taeyong is dressed and asks another question. "Are you going to look for him again?"
            "How could I be okay? And yes I am going to search for him. I think I made him upset and I need to fix it. He's my boyfriend." Taeyong placed his hand over his chest and rubbed his aching heart.
            "Do you want help looking? I am sure that everyone would want to help you look." Haechan offers.
            But Taeyong is already shaking his head. "No. I, uh, he's probably fine. I am just anxious." He tries to give Haechan a reassuring smile but he can feel it doesn't quite reach his eyes.
            Taeyong can feel his phone start to vibrate on his bed. He almost jumped to his bed trying to reach his phone. Maybe it was Ten. But when he picks up his phone it's a phone number he doesn't recognize.
            "Hello?" Taeyong says roughly into the phone. He wasn't in the mood for prank calls or nonsense today.
            "Oh hello Taeyong. Remember me?" The voice speaks.
            "Eunjin what do you want?" Taeyong's voice has dropped to a low growl as he speaks into the phone.
            "Oh nothing," she responds nonchalantly. "I heard Ten left you, and I just might have some information on where he is."
            "Tell me what you know! Eunjin if you know something you need to tell me. You owe it to Ten after what you did to him."
            "Oh I'll tell you, but not over the phone. I want you to meet me," she rambled off an address. And before Taeyong could say anything more she hung up.
            Taeyong grumbled to himself for a moment. Not concerned at all in going where Eunjin had told him. She was probably bluffing anyways. But why would she be bluffing?  What did she have to gain? Nothing. He had better go and see what she had to say.
            "I have to go." He mumbles to Haechan. "I will probably be back in like an hour or two."
            "Are you going to look for Ten?" Haechan asked cautiously.
            Taeyong sighed. "Yeah." And with that he headed out of the room. He quickly headed to a part of Seoul that didn't have many businesses or any touristy parts. It was mostly old apartment buildings and empty lots.
            Why Eunjin wanted to meet him here was beyond him but he didn't care anymore. He just wanted to see what she had to say and go on his way looking for Ten. This was probably a waste of his time anyways. But the chance that she knew anything kept him moving toward the address.
            He would talk with her and if she didn't actually know something he would leave.
            Taeyong shoved his hands into his pockets as he arrived at the address Eunjin had specificified. It was rundown apartment complex. It was so shabby that it looked like it was going to collapse in on itself at any minute. Eunjin was somewhere in there and so into one of the buildings he went.
            As he entered the crumbling building and looked around the dimly lit foyer. "Hello?" he called out softly. When there was no reply he called out again, this time louder. "Hello?"
            There was a soft creaking behind him before the front door slammed shut.
            Taeyong jumped in his spot and turned to look back at the door behind him.
            "Hello Taeyong." A voice came from back inside the building.
           When Taeyong whipped his head around to look at the owner of the voice Eunjin stood at the end of the hall.
            "Jeez Eunjin, What the hell are we doing here? Do you have information about Ten or not?" Taeyong is really done with all her bullshit right now and wanted to get out of the building as fast as he could. He ran his hands through his hair in his nervousness.
          "Well I wanted a place where we couldn't be heard. And I never lie Taeyong of course I know where Ten is." Eunjin gives a cunning smile as she turns her back and walks down one of the hallways.
            Taeyong can't help himself as his feet storm himself forward, his voice echoes down the empty hall as he walks around the corner to find her at the end of yet another hall. "You better tell me right now. Where is he?"
            "He's safe, now that he is away from you."
            "What?"  Taeyong can feel his heart tighten and drop as he has a sinking feeling that Eunjin had something to do with Ten's mysterious disappearance. "Eunjin you better tell me where he is right now or so help me I might strangle you."
            "He doesn't want you. He doesn't care about you. He came to me. Begging me to take him away, to get him away from you." Eunjin takes a couple steps around the corner and out of Taeyong's sight.
            "If he doesn't want me then why did you call me here?" His voice croaked out. He could feel a lump forming at the back of his throat as Eunjin's words found their mark directly to the weakest and most vulnerable part of Taeyong's heart.
            Her words played off all of Taeyong's worries and fears.
            "Did you know, This building is set to be demolished soon. Today in fact." Eunjin smirked.
            "What does that have to do with why you called me here?" Taeyong felt chills creep up his back and down his spine. His senses all on alert as he stared down at Eunjin.
            "You are so thick. Isn't it obvious?" She heaved a great sigh before she spoke again. "To get rid of you." Eunjin stood there with her arms folded as she stared at Taeyong. He could see her mocking him with her eyes.
            Taeyong took a step forward toward Eunjin.before he could take another step there was a sharp pain in the back of Taeyong's head and the world went black around him.