Lost Boy

chapter 2: Without Yo

Mingi was showering when there was a knock on the door. Moving towards it I wondered who would be behind the door, standing on my toes slightly to look through the peephole. I noticed blonde hair and a shorter body next to the heap of hair. A smile formed on my face, I opened the door and was met with two pairs of arm wrapped around me. Those hugging me smelled of fresh laundry and felt warm against me. As they were releasing me I took full notice of the two.
"San. Yunho." Automatically I was met with warmth again, they both moved back in for a tighter hug than the first, It felt amazing to be back in comforting arms.
"How have you been?" Yunho asked as they left go and walked into the apartment.
"I have been well, I am glad to be back though." I was giving the basic everyday answer before we got deeper into the conversation.
"How were your travels? I missed you." San reached for my hand as he spoke and smiled at me.
"They were good, well needed. Still, amazing. I learned alot about who I wanted to be and what I really wanted to do with myself in life." I learned a lot while away but the later part was a minor lie. I still was unsure of what I wanted to do with my life. I felt San squeeze my hand and look at me as if knew what was really going on in my head.
"We all missed you, things did not feel right when we went out together." There was a sad smile on San's face and Yunho said those words. The water from the shower stopped and I could hear Mingi close the bathroom door. The boys and I talked together about random mindless things while waiting for Mingi to come out of his room. He walked out dressed and ready for the day, surprised to see the two of them already there.
He said his hellos and sat with us while we decided on what to do, in the end we decided to go play laser tag. We found the closest place to us and called for a car, the drive there was quick but all I could think about was who else would be meeting us. I was excited to see everyone, but still nervous about running into Yeonsang, I was wondering if he still hated me. If he still had the same feelings for me that I still had for him, or even if I crossed his mind. I was hoping to meet Wooyoung's girlfriend too since he is with her so often but I am pretty sure I will not see her or him anytime soon. The car stopped outside the building, we paid the fare and walked inside. Waiting by the door was Seonghwa, Jongho, and Hong Jong; looking as if they had just arrived and as if they hadn't been apart for any amount of time.
"Y/N!" Name came out of all three of their mouths as we came closer to them. I felt my face moved into a smile and I felt amazing to see the familiar and warm faces of those who were my best friends at one point. I had lost contact with some of them or more so avoided some of them during these last two years because of not wanting to come in between the friendships within the group of boys. Walking into the building I saw more of my favorite people, who knew being back home would actually make me feel good instead of afraid. The excitement turned into nerves again once I realized seven of them were here but not all eight. I look around expently, Mingi catching me.
"He said he could not come, he is working on some project." Whispering lowly just enough to where I can hear him. My heart broke a little; the hope that he would want to see me as much as I want to see him cracking.
"But he also said welcome back." The small smile on his face was meant to comfort me but he knew how much I wanted to see him. He was one of the main reasons I came back, he was all I thought about while away. Whenever I was not drowning myself in work I was thinking about Yeosang. I thought about his smile and his laugh. His fang teeth, and most of all I thought about how he was doing. I had told Mingi to not tell me anymore after the third month away, I would cry hearing how much hurt I had caused him,
"Do you think he'll avoid me the whole time I am back?" I questioned my decision to come home, to see him again.
"Avoid you? Forever? Because I am not letting you move away again." The voice behind me answered, it was no longer Mingi speaking to me, it was Hwa.
"You are not leaving us again. We were incomplete without you here." Hearing that reminded me why I came back to this town, and why I had struggled so much while away.
While lost in thought I had not noticed Mingi paying for my place in the game, I did not notice anyone paying until I felt hands pulling me towards the door that leads into the instructional room. It was dark in there, feeling confused for a moment I went to ask Mingi about it.
"You guys cannot run, crawl, or jump while in the room because of safety reasons. You may not touch other players I do not care if you are all friends. Now please pick up a vest and the touch the middle part of it with your glow stick." Mingi passed mine to me as he tapped his to his own vest. I did it mine and looked at the laser gun attached to see the name that was picked for me. My eyes widened as I noticed that it said Wendy, I felt myself get nervous thinking about how I was given the name but remembered that it was these boys who gave it to me.
I was their Wendy, they were the lost boys and yeosang was my Peter Pan. It didn't feel right being here without him by my side, or holding my hand. I missed his warmth, the same way I missed the rest of the instructions given to us. Once allowed into the room we all went separate ways and my adrenaline starts to run a little from all the excitement of being able to kick their butts in games again. Being smaller in size compared to the boys I could hide behind different objects and get them through little holes. I was smart enough to wear all black, while some of the boys were in either white or a bit of a brighter color. The look on San's face when he realized it was me who got him out for the third or fourth time was hilarious to me and I gave my location away to Wooyoung by laughing so hard. Of course it was Woosan who got me out, the partners in crime.
The game quickly came to an end with me having the highest score and Woosan trying to talk everyone into letting them combine their scores to win, which no one was having. Leaving the building we walked down the street to one of my favorite places to eat. It was a local place and I had missed the food. Yunho brought up the idea of us going here as I had almost forgotten about it. Mostly about how close it was to laser tag. Dinner went by quickly, just them catching me up and me catching them up on what has been going on. I told them about how I had been offered a job position before I left but I could not take being away anymore. They were upset that I had turned something so amazing down but I made the choice and there was no going back.