Deer Luhan, With Love

74

Chapter 74 – In Which I Gain Two Unwilling Minions

Deer Luhan,

I think I want to be a spy.  Or at least a member of the SAS.  Or make that the SBS.

Leigh

I made it onto Chanyeol and Baekhyun’s balcony without mishap, and from there to Luhan and Sehun’s, but when I launched myself at Suho and Lay’s, trouble struck.

In a manoeuvre that reminded me of the time I’d nearly busted Changmin’s nose, I accidentally tackled Baekhyun to the ground with my dive-roll landing, and I knew from the moment we both sat up that I’d been busted.

“What the actual f*ck?” he demanded hotly, looking me up and down.  I very nearly asked him the same thing – I had no idea what he was doing in Lay’s room or how he’d managed to walk out with precisely the right timing to get hit – but ninja mode had been activated from the moment I’d put Luhan’s beanie on my head, and in the interests of self-preservation I reached out and clamped my hands over his mouth.  He struggled for a few seconds and eventually managed to pry them off.

“What the hell, Leigh?” he hissed.  “You’re supposed to be leaving!  Why the f*ck would you run away at a time like this?”

“I’m not running away!” I snapped, getting to my feet, but he pulled me back down.  “I’m going to help out!”

His mouth opened and an oh, b*tch, you did not just do that expression crossed his face as he shook his head in utter disbelief.

“No you are not.  You are catching that train with Lay and you are going home before you get kidnapped.”

“Baekhyun, I need to do this!  Nobody else is going to!”  I surged to my feet again.

He scrambled up and snatched at me.  “If you think I’m going to let you be a goddamn martyr for Luhan and a bunch of girls you don’t even know, then you’re bloody mistaken!” he yelled in English.  I tried not to let my shock show on my face.  He had a powerful set of lungs, and… well, that was really fluent, angsty English.

“Byun Baekhyun,” I said as calmly as possible, “I swear to God that if you don’t remove your hand from my shoulder this instant, I will break it.”

Something about my tone of voice must have scared him, because he let go of me.  “You are still not taking Luhan’s place.”

“I don’t intend to,” I snapped at him.  “Do you really think I’m that much of an idiot?”

“Yes,” he said simply.  “Look at you.  You’re sneaking off without telling any of us when we’re trying to get you safely home before all this blows up in our faces, and even if Luhan makes it back in time, timing’s going to be very tight and we don’t know if he has a decent plan in place.  What else would you be intending to do?”

His English was scarily good.

“I’ve found the girls,” I told him.  He scoffed.

“You think you’ve found them, or you’ve actually found them?”

Bullsh*t mode activated.

“I’ve actually found them.”

“Bullsh*t.  You were in front of that computer for ten minutes, absolute maximum.”

“Not bullsh*t,” I countered.  “They’re on the top floor or the floor immediately below of a concrete apartment building in the north-west of Changsha and I know how to get there.”