Belated Bloom - Lay (EXOxLay)

Back and Forth

Minseok stared at the empty room in front of him, Yixing's room - the room Yifan and Luhan had shared with Exo's beloved unicorn- then Tao and Sehun, who had vacated the room as well. The last resident, Yixing, remained here- alone.

'Until now.'

The bed was made and the floor cleaned spotless, the few trinkets Yixing kept on his desk were gone but most of his heavy equipment remained. If it weren't for the clothes in the closet he would have thought his fellow member had left them as well. Even if he had, Minseok wouldn't have blamed him, the bomb Tao dropped on them last night was...pretty bad, to put it lightly. And Minseok was by no means happy with the revelation that Yixing, his sweet innocent Xingie, had been lying to them for years. Yet he had unexpectedly felt a weight lift from his heart after the revelation.

He loves Yixing just as much as he loves the others of Exo, and had dearly wanted him to join Exo Pack. And for months now he had thought Yixing rejected joining the pack as a choice of free will -and that had hurt Minseok more than he would like to admit. But now he knew Yixing literally couldn't bond with them, not by choice but by physical inability to bond as a Non.

And strangely enough that thought was comforting. For months Minseok thought Yixing may not love Exo like they loved him but now it all made sense! And maybe, just maybe, Yixing loved them too?

Minseok didn't want to assume but...he really hoped he was correct.

That being said though, he was furious Yixing had lied to them about such an important thing for so long, He couldn't understand why Yixing did it.

One, it was the reason Yixing rejected them, he hated that.

Two, it made him doubt his sweet Xingie's sincerity, he loathed that.

And finally, it had turned the whole pack upside down once the secret had been revealed.

It was quite possibly the root of quite a few issues the pack had with Yixing over the last year as well. Minseok never thought he could hate Yixing, but it's been a close thing for the last 20-something hours.

Minseok sighed, eyes closing as he took calming breaths. He couldn't bare to look at the room that was now a stark reminder of how broken Exo truly was on the inside.

"Hyung?"

He caught sight of Jongdae over his shoulder, looking hesitantly at him.

"Hm?"

Jongdae glanced down at his hands twisting in an anxious manner, "Hyung, did he- ... did he leave too?"

The question was so sad and quiet it broke Minseok's heart (surprising considering how broken it already was). He turned and scooped Jongdae into a tight hug. "No Dae-yah, I think-" he sighed sinking into the omega's sweet embrace.

"I think they sent him, probably to China- you know- to deal with all of this."

Jongdae's hands clenched, pulling slightly on the back of his oversized shirt.

"Are you sure? What about Sehunnie? What about the concert? What about Zitao~" the name of the newly lost omega warbled a bit as it left Jongdae's lips - he could even feel Jongdae shake as he held back his tears, and felt him tense up when Minseok did not give an answer.

Minseok was wracking his mind for a comforting response but could find none. Jongdae was right. They still had Tao's last concert, and if he was honest with himself he would have liked to talk with Yixing before he had disappeared to China.

And Sehun...If Yixing was truly on his way to China, then sadly Sehun's situation was only going to deteriorate.

"I don't know Dae." Minseok hated to admit it but he had no clue- he didn't even now Yixing was leaving Korea until he found Yixing's room empty moments ago.