RENDEZVOUS | chanbaek

SEVEN

Baekhyun sat in his car, letting it idle and circulate the heat as his watched his witness limp his way across the park to a black SUV he hadn't noticed earlier. Baekhyun frowned as suspicion tickled at him, as a sudden new desire to actually solve the case spurred him to make a rash decision.

Then cursing, he pulled out his phone and called Sehun before putting his car into drive, deciding to follow the black SUV before he even consciously made the decision.

"Hello, Baekhyun, where are you?" Sehun asked.

"I got another lead, Sehun, can you tell Junmyeon I might get back to the station later than I originally thought."

"Wait, what do you mean, 'You got another lead'? Baekhyun, you have to—-"

"Thanks, bye!" Baekhyun hurriedly said before cutting the call. He switched his phone over to voicemail, and concentrated on his driving while from the corner of his eye he could see his phone lighting up with continuous messages.

Baekhyun followed the non-descript black SUV through the streets, always being careful to stay at least four or three cars away so not to draw attention. When the SUV pulled off the road into a giant lot, with nothing but a huge warehouse, Baekhyun frowned suspiciously as he drove pass the building and pulled onto the next road. He hid his car behind a building before getting out, making sure to grab his phone encase he needed backup or his camera, and then he carefully crept around to the side and settled onto the balls of his feet as he watched.

The van parked close to the building, and it was a moment before the doors opened, and four people got out. Two of them were unfamiliar, while the other two were the witness and . . .

Baekhyun's jaw dropped, and he immediately scrambled to pull out his phone as he snapped a bunch of photos before clicking one and zooming in. He laughed to himself and whispered, "Fuck, you're my line-up guy . . . So what you doing here?" Baekhyun mused.

He double tapped his photo to bring up his 'search by image', and waited only a moment for his phone to give him a list of twenty different possible hits. He shook his head in silent wonderment, and glanced once more at the suspicious group before dashing back to his car. He took the back roads into town, and used his GPS to find his way back to the bar from the night before.

When he pulled into the parking lot outside the building, that was much less inviting in the daylight, Baekhyun pulled out his phone again and scrolled through his resent calls to find the one from earlier in the day. He found the unknown number, tapped it, and waited patiently for someone to pick up. And when they did, Baekhyun couldn't resist his sly grin as it curved along his bottom lip.

"Hello?" they answered after the fourth ring.

"Hello," Baekhyun said. "Am I perhaps speaking to a Chanyeol?"

The other line was silent for a moment, before they replied in a curt tone, "What do you want?"

"You'll find me at the place we first met, and you better come alone."

"And if I don't?"

"Then I'll rain my whole police force down on your roof," Baekhyun threatened.

"Is that supposed to scare me, Byun Baekhyun, because you're too cute to be frightening. I'll see in twenty, bye, pup."

Baekhyun pursed his lips and sneered at his phone as he mumbled, "Pup?"

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Chanyeol ended the call and repocketed his phone with a growing smile curving his lips. He waited until Minseok and the other guy walked into the warehouse before Chanyeol clasped Jongin's shoulder, and said, "I need you and Minseok to hold things down here for a few hours, can I trust you to do that?"

Jongin's brow furrowed curiously as he replied, "Of course, you know you can trust us. What is it this time, though? Is it related to that phone call you just had . . .?"

Chanyeol squeezed Jongin's shoulder and said, "Sorry, Jongin, but this is personal. I'll call you later with our next move, and don't call me unless it's an emergency!" Chanyeol yelled as he ran towards his car and jumped inside.

Chanyeol glanced at himself in his mirror, and smiled slyly as he muttered, "This should be fun...." And then he started his car before tearing out of the lot and speeding through the streets and busy city.

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A/N: 😶

That should be interesting . . .

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