T.A.M.E || L.M.H x H.H.J

Chapter 3

** There are some swears?**

     "Dad!" Hyunjin whined as soon as he entered the house, "Lee Know is so much harder to crack than any of the other guys you gave Chan! I mean, You didn't nearly enough info on this dude! He's cold and a literal hermit. He doesn't interact with anyone unless he is with someone named Seungmin!" Hyunjin made his way to the couch in his parent's living room before dramatically falling onto it.

     His dad slowly made his way down the luxurious staircase before stopping on the first step while giving Hyunjin a searching look. "I'm sorry if I don't understand," his dad started, "but are you trying to say that you think that your mission is a failure? Right after the first day?"

     "Yes! NO! Maybe. I don't know! It's complicated!"

     "Is it now?" Hyunjin's dad asked. "Then why don't you explain? I've got all day."

     "Ok. Well, this 'Lee Know's' real name is Minho but he's an absolute jerk! He claims that he has an underlying reason for acting the way he is but he refuses to tell me! He has a best friend he uses relationship nicknames with who's name is Seungmin but as far as I can tell, doesn't exist because he's not in any of my classes. Apparently he doesn't talk to any of our classmates but he talked to me a little bit. I've got close to zero progress on this mission so far!"

     "You did better in one day than any of our scouts in one day's progress, Hyunjin. I don't see your issue. I think you're doing fine. I'm also not surprised that he didn't open up to you so quickly. It's hard for people to tell others their life story when they've been living a lie." His father said while turning his back to Hyunjin. "You've got no need to feel like a failure yet. Go take a walk to clear your mind. Be sure to come back in time for dinner."

     Hyunjin listened to his father's heavy footsteps ascend the stairs before lifting himself from the couch with a grunt. "Go take a walk Hyunjin," he mimicked his father in an abnormally high voice, "I'm just going to be upstairs doing top-secret work for TAME. Family time only exists at dinner time."

     He silently stormed out of the house just in case he disturbed his father. 

    "I only let you rope me into this TAME crap so I could spend more time with you guys. Not for you to set the expectation bar for me so high so I can't reach it! Not for you to put me through years of 'lessons' only to give me an impossible first task! Nor for you to expect me to follow my brother's footsteps! How much is love worth it? How much is your proudness worth! What do I have to do to make you proud of me? Why can't you love me for who I am without you roping into your crap! Why can't you just be the fatherly figure everyone needs in their life?" Hyunjin ranted while walking into an unknown neighborhood. 

     The houses were all worn down and everything was dusty. This must be where all the thugs live, thought Hyunjin as he passed by a ladder. 

     Suddenly, a voice called out to Hyunjin from above. "Are you having daddy issues too?"

    Hyunjin looked up to see a particularly smug face of the one and only Lee Know. "Why should you care?"

     "you were basically shouting as you walked down the street. Anyone could hear your problems. I just wanted to see if you were suffering almost the same things as me." Minho paused and added, "Also making sure that you suddenly don't get mugged here because if I talk to you you're basically guaranteed a safe pass-through this neighborhood."

     "Why would you help me? Didn't you hate me?"

     "I don't hate you. I'm just not fond of you. I also can't just stand by and let someone get hurt in my neighborhood... or anywhere. But I don't wanna move so I'm preventing the obvious from happening."

     "You live here?"

     "Of course not. I'm just in charge of this place."

     "What do you mean by that?"

     "You don't wanna know honey. Just go scuttle back home. The neighborhood past this one is the worst. You don't wanna be there. The leader might be less nice than me. He'll probably just take advantage of your pretty face and body or something."

      "Are you dismissing me?"

     "You bet I am. Now leave me alone again." Minho glared at Hyunjin's inquiring face. "And no I do not want a friend. I already have two. Now go leave me alone."

     "ok..." Hyunjin turned around to walk back the way he came from. "Wait! Minho... Do you come here often?"

     "Yea..." He heard Lee Knows voice float from the roof. "It's my safe spot and the one place that calms me down... and reminds me why I should keep living my crappy ass life with all the trauma from my past."

      The sentence surprised Hyunjin, this was the most vulnerable Minho has been. "OK, I'll leave you alone," he called up to where Minho supposedly sat. "For now," He added from under his breath.

***** Authors Note: Thanks for reading!! Sorry for the short chapter!!*****