loose ; nct luwoo

09

Lucas usually didn't cry. He usually didn't panic. But now, everything was different. He was worse off than Taeyong, who typically would worry silently.

He began pacing and throwing little things across the room. "He's gone...Renjun where is he? I swear I'll kill that man when I find him...I have to find him...we're gonna get married...I'm gonna get to spend every second of every day with him but Renjun I can't do that until I find him! Where is he...?" Lucas sobbed into his hands on the couch as Renjun sat next to him and patted his back.

"Yukhei, we can't do anything...there are no clues, no leads, nothing. And even if there were, it's too dangerous for us to do..."

"I told Jungwoo I would die for him and I'm not taking it lightly."

Renjun sighed. "I know you're not. But Yukhei, wouldn't you rather be alive with him after the police find him than try to save him yourself and die in the process?"

"I guess...but who knows when they'll find him? What if...what if they never do..."

"They'll find him, I promise."

Despite their chat, Lucas would never get Jungwoo out of his head. He hadn't for the past 27 hours and things weren't looking up. Sleep was no longer easy for him. He couldn't even bare to stand in his own bedroom. Nothing felt right and he knew the source.

Curious, Renjun switched on the news.

"It's been a full day and the serial kidnapper has yet to kidnap another victim. The current victims are Jung Yoon-oh Jaehyun, Ji Hansol, Do Kyungsoo, and Kim Jungwoo. The police seem to be hot on the trail, in fact, and already have various suspects listed. The attempted victim, Nakamoto Yuta was interviewed after his short recovery. He stated that the culprit specifically smelled of cigarettes and sugar-"

"Bring me all the alcohol you can, Injun."

"That's a bad idea Yukhei..."

There was a short silence.

"Get up."

"Where are we going now?"

"The Seoul City Bakery."

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The two set out, leaving Taeyong who remained at his own apartment.

As for the Seoul City Bakery, it was an old family-owned bakery that didn't get a whole bunch of customers as they used to.

Upon arriving at the bakery, Lucas looked through the glass walls, seeing only a young man sitting at the register with his feet kicked up on the counter, playing on his phone. The bell chimed as he and Renjun walked in, alarming the teenager. He sat down now in his seat regularly.

"Uh, hello...how may I help you?"

"Ah, we haven't been here before. Mind suggesting some things to us?" Renjun asked, indicating for Lucas to look around. So, as the employee spoke with Renjun, that's exactly what Lucas did.

He couldn't hear or see anything, that is, besides the "Employee's Only" room behind the counter. Renjun had apparently bought a few pumpkin muffins and was heading towards the door after they were boxed up. Lucas sadly walked over with him to the door until he all of a sudden heard a shout.

It was an angry shout, probably directed towards the teenager.

Who yells that rudely to a teen?

Renjun noticed his intentions as he began to spin around, so he grabbed Lucas' arm and shook his head to him. They walked outside and began making their way down the street.

"So we're really not gonna talk about what happened back there?"

Renjun sighed. "Listen Yukhei, I know you want to save Jungwoo. Believe me, I do too. And yes, I definitely think that place is suspicious. There's actually a pretty high chance that he's there right now, but we can't just run into this. We need the police, and to get the police, we need evidence. We'll come back tomorrow and see how it goes."

Lucas nodded, although he was going crazy.

Jungwoo is gone.

I can't save him right now.

What if they hurt him?

What if he's dead?

I love him too much for this.

He slouched as he walked, knowing now that these thoughts would never leave his mind until his love was safe in his arms again.

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a little chapter from Lucas' POV! you may see just a few of these in the future.

next chapter will come out hopefully sometime this school week.

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