It was soon Friday, the day of the Unite support session and Changbin's first group presentation. To say he that he was nervous, Minho thought, would be to say that Beyoncé was a mediocre vocalist, it just didn't work. Felix was trying everything he could to get the boy to calm down but it seemed to be no use, Changbin was stuttering over pretty much every word that escaped his mouth.
"Why don't you practice with me?" Minho suggested and Changbin nodded before pulling out his laptop and setting it on the coffee table.
"Right okay," the younger mumbled quietly as he took a deep breath. "Okay hello, I'm Changbin for those of you who are new here I'm the leader of your local branch of Unite," he introduced himself before looking to Minho for reassurance who simply offered him a thumbs up prompting the worker to continue, "so today I wanted to try a memory reaching tactic called consuming, with this we assume that everyone has been in water at some point during their lives, our research suggests that submerging your forearms and the bottoms of your legs in water could bring back some water based memories," he spoke perfectly.
"That was great Bin!" Minho spoke enthusiastically, "it was just like watching Chan hyung!"
Changbin smiled at this but still looked extremely nervous even when he closed the lid of his laptop. Taking the decision to leave his comfort to the boy who knew him best, Minho headed to sit on the sofa and observe them from afar.
"Hey Hyung, look at me," Felix had rested his hands on either side of Changbin's face as he spoke, "if you really need me to I'll do it with you?"
It fell quiet as Changbin seemed to ponder over the idea for a moment before nodding with a smile, "I'll see how it goes when I get there and you can help me if I need it, thanks Lix, I love you."
Felix giggled as his lover pressed a light kiss to the tip of his nose and then they joined their lips together just as the doorbell went.
Minho ran to get it so that he wouldn't interrupt the boy's cute moment and he pulled the door open to face Hyunjin. "Jinnie! Hi!" he smiled and moved to the side so the younger boy could walk in.
"Hi hyung!" Hyunjin made himself comfortable on the sofa and Minho sat next to him as they both attempted to ignore the fact that Changbin and Felix were making out almost right next to them.
"So," Minho spoke awkwardly after what seemed like a few minutes (but could only have been about 5 seconds) causing Hyunjin to burst out laughing. After chuckling together and quietly heckling the two lovers for at least 2 minutes, Hyunjin and Minho could finally breathe as Changbin and Felix broke apart.
"We should probably get going," Changbin simply smiled as if nothing had just happened.
Minho let out another loud laugh as he stared in disbelief at the shorter boy, "yeah I think we should."
The Unite worker had to stop off at the city HQ to pick up a few things before he could present properly but instead of taking the whole group with him, he sent the three other boys ahead to unlock the local HQ and set up his laptop. It was odd seeing the rooms so quiet and lonely. When Minho had first arrived there, there were so many people milling around, it seemed as if all of the life had been sucked out of the entire headquarters.
He noticed no real physical differences in the rooms other than the fact that a polaroid of Chan and Woojin was stuck to the wall of success stories. They deserved their happiness, Minho thought as he stared at the picture of the smiling boys for a few seconds.
A click sounded throughout the building as Felix unlocked the flap that led them into the meeting room and the two other boys followed him down the stairs. The lights turned on and Minho made himself comfortable as he could on the rather uncomfortable plastic chairs.
It was at the last session where Minho had first realised how lucky he was to have Felix as his 'brother'. Rather than being thrown alone straight into the deep end, Felix was already a member of Unite with links to the very top and he had good friends that Minho could now happily call his own. The older boy couldn't even imagine how his life would've been at this point had he not had Felix, it seemed insane that his brother had made it a month alone.
Around 20 minutes later, people began arriving. Minho recognised a few people from the last meeting like a younger girl called Ryujin and an older boy called Yugyeom. They greeted each other kindly before sitting down and waiting for Changbin to arrive.
The session didn't begin for a while so Felix began playing some soft music to pass the time and naturally a few conversations started up between the people who were slowly making their way into the room. Minho, although wanting to make new friends, found himself glued to Hyunjin. The boy was almost certain that he wasn't like this before he had his memory wiped but now he found socialising almost impossible. There was something so utterly terrifying about not knowing who you could trust.
Minho's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the shrill ringing of a siren and Felix's panicked scream echoing through the air. The lively atmosphere in the room was shattered and everyone was screaming. Fear was crawling around the room from person to person but none of them could move, none of them knew what was happening so couldn't think of their next move. Hyunjin took the initiative and grabbed Changbin's laptop from Felix before clicking a few buttons and shouting, "IT'S FROM CHANGBIN! WE HAVE TO GO NOW WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY THE POLICE HAVE CAUGHT ON WE'RE ALL IN DANGER!" he yelled and the room fell into chaos.
Everything was simultaneously spinning and in going in slow motion for Minho. His sight was blurry and the sirens in his ears had merged into one continuous ring, "hyung, hyung," Minho was settled slightly by Hyunjin's surprisingly calm voice, "Changbin hyung is bringing a van he's collected some of our things from our houses but we've got to go hyung we've got to go."
Minho couldn't move. His whole mind felt like it was in turmoil, here he was and he had to leave, the police knew his name, they knew that he was with Unite and if he'd stayed he'd have to get his memory wiped again but he hadn't found him. He'd failed. He'd never find his lover. Realisation sent him into dizzying shock and he barely reacted as Hyunjin grabbed his hand and all but pulled him up the stairs. Minho's body was in autopilot, his legs were moving but his upper bodying couldn't comprehend what was happening. Tears blocked his vision as he followed a blur that he assumed was the others, he was running further towards failure and a sad fate.
As they ran, Felix and Hyunjin began grabbing the hands of those who were carrying Unite leaflets and walking towards the centre. They were first-timers, Minho supposed, and he couldn't even begin to think of how terrifying and soul destroying the situation must have been for them.
In their panic Felix and Hyunjin ran past a petrified looking boy who was clutching one of the leaflets and looking more lost than anyone Minho had ever seen. The eldest caught up to them quickly and grabbed the hand of the boy, "Jisungie we have to go now," he spoke and the boy yelped but Minho couldn't think about him right now. All he knew was that they had to run and escape.
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Fanfiction"It has been said that true love can trick the serum, if you really have true love, you will find each other again." Or In a country where being gay is punishable by having your memory wiped, Minho finds out that the only way to keep Jisung is to lo...
