𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 | x1

02

i have made a spontaneous decision to give minhee a huge role in this story hehehehehehe enjoy

02 — THE REICHENBACH FALL

never underestimate the power of a false alarm.

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"so you're saying that four year old me managed to get away from your psychopathic father and ended up running away from home instead?"

daniel nods lightly. "at least, that's the scenario my mother had told me. you made her real worried because she didn't know your whereabouts for almost two years."

"i think we're missing the most important point here," seungwoo glances at the both of them, a glint of excitement appears in his eyes. "you two were childhood best friends, close buddies to say the least. yet you've gone through a reunion with such horrible circumstances."

seungyoun shoves away the older boy's statement, deeming it as unnecessary. "that's not the most important thing, hyung. if my friendship with him is all that important, that means we gotta highlight the fact that i've been friends with wooseok since we were four years old. hell, i might've encountered you too because we had gotten through the same doctor appointments... that's possible, right daniel-ssi?"

daniel turns to him and nods. "i can't agree nor deny on anything. as far as i'm concern, the three of you had separate appointments with my mom, so you wouldn't get the luxury of meeting each other every week. however, we can't cross out the possibility of you guys interacting outside of your doctor appointments; perhaps in between lunch breaks? or perhaps you encounter each other at the hospital? i wouldn't know."

"regardless of whom had a special connection with each other or how we're related, i don't think that's the most important thing at the moment. i'm really curious of the person that i ended up running away to." seungyoun clasps his hands nervously. "are you sure i didn't come back to my parents? did four year old me even had the guts to do that? i don't quite remember the time in which i ran away.. and i couldn't think of anyone i would run away to."

"i could confirm the fact that you indeed ran away," daniel informs honestly. "i could because i had noticed your absence. you didn't come at the next business dinners, and that really disappointed me a lot as a child as you were the only one who was the same age as me. everytime i ask my mom about your whereabouts, she'd answer that it's better for us not to know. we don't want to risk your safety by obtaining information my father was dying to get."

"if your mother didn't know.. then who did?" seungyoun was full of questions, because he never thought he ever had the chance to runaway from his outrageous family. if he ever did took the chance, why did he come back? why did he choose to return back when he had finally found a group of people of whom he seek as shelter? and most importantly, who were this group of people?

daniel takes a deep breath to continue on with his story. "anyway, it didn't just end right there. after roughly one and a half year of seungyoun's disappearance, the tables turned once he suddenly got horribly injured in a car crash—"

seungyoun's phone buzzes inside his pocket. he grabs it to check who's it from. "it's hangyul."

both seungwoo and daniel sprang up from their seats, because apparently hangyul is the person they both put their concerns on. "what's wrong with him? why's he calling?" daniel asks with a pinch of concern.

seungyoun shrugs. he answers the phone call. "gyul-ah, what's up?"

"h-hyung.." hangyul was stuttering, but he managed to keep himself calm. "hyung.. go to the hospital now.."