RENDEZVOUS | chanbaek

TEN

The wind blew furiously against the window planes, and the house creaked and swayed to the angry music. Baekhyun laid awake in his bed staring up at the shadows dancing across his ceiling when his window began to rattle. He thought it was just the wind, so he dismissed it as he burrowed deeper into his blankets with a tired yawn.

As his eyes were drifting shut, the hands of sleep finally pulling him under, there was another sharp rattling at his window before a sudden gust of wind blew into his room. He gasped and bolted upright in his bed as his eyes shot to his window, and he screamed when he saw a dark shadow fall side.

He threw his blankets off, exposing his legs to the cold as he jumped out of bed with the intentions to beat up the shadow. But then it stepped further into the room, and the light of the moon finally shinned across their features.

Baekhyun gasped and hit them as he screamed, "What the yell are you doing in my house! How did you find out where I live, you stalker! Get out!"

Chanyeol grabbed Baekhyun's wrists before he could hit him again, and firmly pushed them down to his sides as he quietly said, "Hit me again, I dare you."

Baekhyun pursed his lips and sneered, "What do you want? How did you find me?"

"There's a tracking chip in the phone I gave you," Chanyeol said nonchalantly, as if the invasion of privacy met nothing to him. "And I'm here because you never answered my messages."

"You're tracking my phone!" Baekhyun exhaled a frustrated breath before muttering, "Why am I not surprised . . ." Then he pursed his lips and crossed his arms. "Oh, and it's fucking midnight, if you hadn't noticed. Chanyeol, why couldn't this wait?" Baekhyun demanded.

"You save people for a living, if someone was being held at gun point, would you wait to do something until after the trigger was pulled?" Chanyeol asked. Baekhyun sighed, and dropped his gaze as Chanyeol mumbled, "Yeah, I didn't think so...."

Baekhyun rolled his eyes. "Then let's say if you don't start telling me what the problem is, um...." Baekhyun trailed off as he looked around before grabbing his pillow. "Okay, if you don't tell me what's happening now, this pillow —- let's name it....Betty —- will die. So start talking."

Chanyeol pursed his lips and muttered, "You have a lot of rage in you . . ."

"That's because you bring out the best in me," Baekhyun replied sarcastically.

Chanyeol chuckled, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he muttered, "Cute."

Baekhyun narrowed his eyes. "Just tell me what's so important already," Baekhyun retorted curtly.

Chanyeol sighed as he released his hold on Baekhyun's wrist, and took a seat on the edge of the bed as he said, "Well, Kris Wu, the man I wanted you to research for me is my rivaling enemy. He wants to take over my business cartel and is too thick headed to listen to me when I refuse. So he retaliates like a pity child by killing the people who work for me. I need a way to get close to him, so I can stop him from causing even more unnecessary killing."

"Which means . . .?"

"Which means, I plan on killing him," Chanyeol said matter-of-factly.

Baekhyun pursed his lips and muttered, "I don't understand, why don't you just give up your cartel if you're so adamant on stopping the killings?"

"Because I refuse to give him the satisfaction of winning, and also . . . the cartel isn't mine to give away. My father handed me the business, so it's my irresponsibility and I refuse to see it get destroyed by some pity little man," Chanyeol said.

"I still don't understand the need, but I know responsibilities and I promised to help you. But if things get too bad and you don't see yourself winning, I'll have to tell my captain because we won't be able to fight a losing battle alone," Baekhyun said. "So with that said, I pulled a few strings and got my hands on Wu's phone records, which tells us who's his been in contact with the pass few months. So, let's see what we can find out . . ." Baekhyun trailed off as he went to his bedside table and opened the drawer, pulling out a thickish envelope file before laying it open on the bed.

Chanyeol stepped forward and leafed through the papers slowly as he muttered, "This is impressive, Byun. I must say, I'm kinda surprised."

Baekhyun rolled his eyes and grabbed the papers away as he snappy retorted, "Why would you be surprised? It's not as if I'm incapable of doing something simple." Baekhyun practically spat.

The corner of Chanyeol's mouth twitched, and he chuckled as he replied, "I never said you were incapable of anything, and from what I've seen, I can tell you are far from incapable."

Baekhyun pursed his lips and replied, "Good, now I don't have to waste any time. So, let's begin our search for Wu's weaknesses." Baekhyun said as he passed Chanyeol a small stack of the phone records.

Chanyeol took it slowly as he asked, "Do you feel any regret for agreeing to help me?"

Baekhyun shrugged and muttered, "It's a means to an end."

Chanyeol chuckled humorlessly as he muttered, "I can also tell you don't like me very much."

Baekhyun frowned and pursed his lips as his gaze flickered up to Chanyeol's, and after a moment, he replied, "And why does that matter in this situation? I'm here to help you, not so we can become friends."

Chanyeol scoffed. "I don't want you as my friend, Byun."

"Then what is this conversation about?" Baekhyun asked exasperatedly.

Chanyeol just smirked before muttering, "Mhm, nothing really, it's just for my amusement."

Baekhyun rolled his eyes before slowly scanning over his small stack of phone records. He had looked through two different records when he spotted something odd. He pursed his lips and glanced over at Chanyeol as he muttered, "Do the names Panda and Dragon, mean anything to you?"

Chanyeol glanced up from his work, his brow furrowed as the tickle of a memory fluttered around inside his head. He's heard the names before, but who did they belong too?

Word count: 1,055

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