It's finally the day before the exchange. Everyone's nerves are on edge, the office atmosphere anyway is stifling.
Yuta and Mark are keeping up pretenses well as they often just hide away in his office pretending to be having their way with Ten, they always come out just a little undone, Mark even had his boyfriend place a few hickeys on his neck to give it an even more real effect. They've been hiding away in Yuta's office again tonight when they go to make their rounds around the bar and also set up the meeting with Jack for tomorrow.
Yuta has a few buttons undone as does Mark with his previously hidden hickeys out in full display. Yuta has his arm looped around Mark, holding him tightly to himself as they walk the floor.
So far everything has been going well, Taeyong left a note saying he was dealing with a family emergency so Renjun and Sicheng believed it, they didn't really have a reason not to.
When Sicheng angrily stomps up to Johnny it took him a bit by surprise but pulled him into the back hallway to talk privately.
"Listen, I know Renjun is probably hold up at your place right now not answering my calls because we fought but could you please tell him that I'm worried and I just want to hear his voice." Sicheng says with such worry evident in his voice.
"I, he isn't at my place. I haven't really been home the last few nights anyway, but I certainly wouldn't hide him from you." It's true he's been staying with Yuta the past few nights because the poor boy is losing strength as the days go on.
"When did he leave? And why would you think he's at my place?" Sicheng is looking through squinted eyes at him, not sure if he should believe him or not.
"We had a fight and he said 'I'm going to Johnny's' that was two days ago and he won't answer my calls." Now Johnny's terrified as well.
"I'll go check, maybe he found my spare key, I'll call you as soon as I know anything." Sicheng nods as his fears are not at all at ease now. He walks toward the bar in a daze as he wonders what could have possibly happened to his brother until he bumps into the one couple he was hoping not to see tonight. He's really tired of these two parading their love around like it's something to be proud of.
"Watch where you're going!" He practically shouts.
"Look, Sicheng I..." Yuta almost loses his breath when Jack walks right up behind his love and listens blatantly to the conversation.
"That fling we had meant nothing, get over me. I'm with Mark and we're happy." He says swallowing his guilt.
"Yeah, back off. I won, so go back to your little post at the bar and know your place." Mark adds, Yuta's pinching his arm the whole time because he's sure he hurt Sicheng enough to where he'll never see him again.
Sicheng stomps off as Yuta focuses all of his energy on Jack. They make plans for tomorrow, they'll have to break it to Ten and Taeyong that he will have to be returned but it will only be temporary.
When Mark and Yuta finally get back to his office Yuta immediately collapses to the floor, he made it this far but he couldn't take it anymore. Mark yells for Taeyong and together they put him on the couch. They try to call Johnny but he's not answering, they instead call Jae who comes instantly.
"This whole thing is fucked up and I feel like it's my fault, if only I wouldn't have said I was his boyfriend. Now he's had to hurt the one he loves and sacrifice everything for this. I just want it over." Mark rants to Taeyong who's putting a cold wash cloth on Yuta's head.
"What's done is done, now just catch those assholes so we can get our lives back."Sicheng left early, he couldn't take it anymore. With the stress of not knowing where Renjun is to just finding out that everything you had was a lie, that it was never really his to begin with wears a person out.
He gets home and just lets it all out on the couch, alone. He really wishes he wouldn't have fought with his brother but it's done now and he's alone, a feeling he was all too used to before he met Taeyong.
When he's just about asleep he is disturbed by pounding on his door.
"He's not at my place." Johnny says as soon as the door opens.
"I have a few things I can check into but I have to go see Yuta..." Sicheng backs away angrily.
"No, I don't want anything from him." He says coldly, Johnny doesn't know what happened but he knows something has changed in Sicheng's attitude.
"I really don't care what you want or don't from him, but we need him. He's been looking into your parents ever since he found out about them, and don't worry I heard bits and pieces from Renjun but not the full story. I need to know that they haven't found him, I need to make sure he's safe and if Yuta is the one with the information that's where I'm going. Now, just in case it was them would you feel safer staying at my place?" Sicheng nods, honestly up until tonight he would have felt safer in Yuta's arms, but after hearing his parents could be involved he'll take what he can get. He shakily gets a few items and follows Johnny.
"Call if you need anything, I really need to see Yuta now so we can hopefully rule out your parents." Sicheng reluctantly lets him go even though he's absolutely terrified and being in a different place isn't helping at all.
Yuta has been awake for a while now Jaehyun says it's the stress, along with his eating and sleeping habits lately. Johnny senses a strange atmosphere when he enters but gets straight to the point.
"Yuta, you know how you were going to have Sicheng's parents monitored?" This gets the letters attention quickly.
"I need you to check on them see if they are still in China, Renjun went missing a few days ago and I need your help." He sits in the chair across from Yuta exhaustion taking its toll.
Yuta grabs his phone and instantly puts a call into his friend who's been doing the background check on them.
"This is too much." Taeyong says as he's walking around with a cup of tea in his hands, he made it for Yuta but with all this information going around he forgot who he made it for and ended up drinking it on his own.
Mark also puts in a few calls to set up for tomorrow and to aid in finding Renjun.
Needless to say nobody slept that night but for Yuta, after a lot of protest from Johnny, kept watch outside Johnny's apartment door.
YOU ARE READING
The scars on our hearts (Yuwin)
FanficYuta Nakamoto runs the biggest nightclub in New York, he was transplanted from Japan when his parents were seeking out the American Dream. They never found it but he did. He's never been in love and doesn't plan to in his lifetime, he's seen too muc...