The Perfect Mistake COMPLETE

#24 Brothers

"Kim Kibum."

Kibum flinched at the sound of his own name. He hasn't heard it being said by others for a long time. Kibum could feel his heart racing in his chest, fearing the others could hear its beats too. Before he could decide what to do, Onew continued.

"That's the missing person."

Kibum breathed out, realizing Onew wasn't calling to him, and still, his body didn't stop shaking. As Onew started to talk about "Kim Kibum", with every fact about "him" Kibum felt the embracement increasing. This feeling was so uneasy he couldn't describe it, listening to all those information and details about "him". Yet, to be honest, he wasn't listening very carefully. His mind was set on power mood. Too many things were going on in his head.

First, the young man in the picture was Lee Taemin. Kibum recognized him at first sight. That was undoubtedly the young man he had met at the airport, the one who gave him the red cap that led him to Jonghyun. But, how did Lee Taemin become Kim Kibum? Why was he with Minho?

Second, who knew what? Did Onew really think the young male in the picture was Kim Kibum? Or was he playing dumb as well?

Third, even though Kibum understood this wasn't a situation for sentimentality, still... Was Jonghyun aware he was staring at a picture of the man he was supposed to marry? The real Lee Taemin. What would Jonghyun think, if he knew? Would he prefer this Lee Taemin over Kibum?

"Ok, let's get to work. Xiumin, check the security cameras and try to reconstruct Kibum's route. Start with this restaurant." Onew said, handing the hacker a business card.

"Lay, ask around in the underworld. Maybe someone got wind of the kidnapping. Take D.O. with you, just in case." Lay nodded and dragged D.O. along. Kibum hasn't figured out that D.O. guy yet. For such a harmless looking guy, D.O. got an intense glare and a dark aura. In addition, the man hasn't said a word since he arrived.

"Kris, shadow Minho. I don't think he's involved but it's still not certain. And it'll be good to know what he's doing." And with that, only Jonghyun and Kibum were left.

"Jonghyun, check the hospitals and police stations until Xiumin finds the actual crime scene."

"Key," Kibum almost jumped as the oldest man called his nickname. Something about Onew was intimidating, even though he looked nice and even smiled despite the circumstances. Maybe it was because Onew was the leader? Kibum has always had a problem with authority. Thank to his father.

"Can you help Xiumin with the videos? It's better to have two people checking them." Onew asked.

"Of course," Kibum managed to answer calmly.

Kris, D.O. and Lay had left as soon as they got their tasks from Onew. Jonghyun disappeared to make one phone call after another, but not before he convinced himself that Kibum was ok with being alone.

Kibum rubbed his eyes. He has been watching the videos for over an hour, looking for Taemin to appear again. It wasn't difficult to track Taemin as he came out of the restaurant. But after he turned into a side street, they couldn't find him again.

"Here," Xiumin said, giving Kibum the eyedrops. "That's the job. The hacking is fun, but the observation isn't."

"Thank you," Kibum replied.

"Did you send Onew hyung and Jonghyun the address?" Kibum asked.

"Yeah, they should be there soon," Xiumin answered, laying his hands under his chin as he looked at Kibum with narrowed eyes.

"So, Key...Who are you?" He asked and for the x-times that night, Kibum's heart skipped a beat.

"I have never seen Jonghyun being so close to someone. You must be someone special." Xiumin teased.