𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄! ( s.cb + l.f )

14| crossfire

Minho was beyond furious at the members of Crimson Vector. As he tended to the wound on Hyunjin's leg, with the help of Seungmin, he was absolutely fuming. The gash wasn't large enough to keep Hyunjin down for long, but just the fact that he'd been injured at all really angered his partner. Minho was also subconsciously angry at himself for not being able to protect Hyunjin like a good partner.

"I hate them," Minho seethed, clenching his jaw as his hands turned into tight fists.

"I know the feeling," Hyunjin replied, though he said it in a lighthearted manner.

But Minho was beyond serious. He was plotting the demise of the entire organization as they spoke. In the back of his mind, he kept reliving the moment over and over again. Hyunjin took two steps out of the room, and as soon as he did, a pool of blood surrounded his ankle and swarmed upwards. Thankfully he was quick enough to jump away from the blood, because if he hadn't, his leg wouldn't just be sliced open...It would have been sliced off. But Minho was still beating himself up.

I should have gone out the door first, he scolded himself, it should have been me.

The guilt felt like gasoline inside his guts; needing nothing more than a mere spark to set it ablaze. He felt as if his insides were slowly dying because of the toxicity. He wanted to apologize to Hyunjin in a million different ways for not being a good partner, and for not being able to protect him. But, in the end, he couldn't find the right words to articulate to his partner just how sorry he really was. So, the guilt he was harboring inside of him turned into rage at all the members of Crimson Vector.

"Wrap the bandage tight and then come with me. I've got something I need you to look at," Seungmin whispered to Minho.

"I don't think I should leave Hyunjin," Minho replied, letting his eyes drift to where Hyunjin was lying on the bed.

"He needs to rest anyway. It'll only take a few minutes, I promise," the redhead assured.

Though he was hesitant, Minho finished wrapping Hyunjin's leg and made sure to tell him that he'd be right back before walking out the door with Seungmin. He followed the redhead into his and Jeongin's shared room. As soon as Seungmin realized that his partner was still speaking with Red, he felt relief wash over him. He knew that he couldn't let Jeongin see the contents of the file, but it was harder to keep it hidden than he expected it to be. However, the MIA file was something that Seungmin was absolutely determined to figure out without getting others involved. The only reason that he was showing Minho was because he needed a second opinion on who the boy in the pictures looked like.

"What are we doing?" Minho questioned as he watched Seungmin walk over to his bed.

The redhead had hidden the file under his pillow, just in case Jeongin came back into the room earlier than he expected. Seungmin motioned for Minho to come and sit beside of him, and though he was hesitant, Minho did as he was asked. He had no idea what the redhead was going to show him, and being that it was Seungmin he was with, he was nervous.

"I'll give you a heads up, the pictures are pretty graphic," Seungmin warned before he opened up the file.

Because of Hyunjin's injury, the redhead had been preoccupied, so he hadn't had the chance to go through the rest of the file's contents. The only thing he'd seen were the pictures, and they alone made him uneasy the longer he looked at them. Minho's eyes widened at the pictures.

"That's horrible," he mumbled, feeling his heart sink.

"Is this what happens to the people at Crimson Vector?" Minho questioned, letting his anger towards them subside a little after seeing those pictures.