I'm In Trouble

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The night was both Baekho's friend and his enemy. It made people easier to approach but his fingers cold. He tapped impatiently as he waited for the singer on stage to end his song before grabbing his belongings and chasing after the male.

"Kim Jonghyun sshi!" he called out and the man holding the guitar stopped momentarily to turn around and eye Baekho.

"Yes? Can I help you?" he replied with a gentle smile.

"Yes. I came to ask you about something. Shall we take a walk out?"

"Why? We can just chat here, whatever your name is."

"Ah. Pardon my rudeness. I'm Baekho and I'm a reporter." The word reporter made Jonghyun twitch and it didn't go unnoticed by the other who had a keen eye towards certain things especially when he was immersed in his job. It was like his focus for everything else just faded except what he was meant to do. But it didn't work with Minhyun, not surprisingly enough.

"What does a reporter want with me?" Jonghyun replied while leading the way out. Baekho followed, taking that as a sign to keep asking.

"I wanted to ask about your relation with the pop singer, Hwang Minhyun," Baekho said. Jonghyun frowned and rubbed his neck.

"We don't know each other that well. Why do you ask about him?"

"Well, I'm actually writing this article on him and in an interview, he mentioned about meeting you briefly before?"

"Well, yes. We were both part of the same music show and happened to cross paths there," Jonghyun replied casually. Baekho nodded and took notes, acting indifferent. At least he hoped it was working.

"I see. Has he seem weird lately?"

Jonghyun stopped in front of a car, leaning against it after putting his guitar inside and Baekho couldn't help but notice that it was a branded one, not that he knew cars all that well but he was pretty sure convertible cars priced differently. "If you mean him shoving me down, then yes. He has been rather weird lately."

"S-shoving?" Baekho gasped, unintentionally breaking his facade for a moment but Jonghyun didn't seem to take it seriously since what he had said was rather shocking indeed.

"Yeah. We met at a studio recently. Like.... Earlier today. He was being really crazy and saying stuff like why won't he love me and things like that. Then he pushed me down. I was real scared out of my skin for a moment there," Jonghyun said and laughed. Baekho smiled and nodded.

"That must've had been quite an experience. Has he been asking about weird things too?"

"Yeah. He asked me about a tattoo shop owner once but that's not of importance, right? Actually, I shouldn't even be sharing what I said earlier with you. I hope you got what you needed. I need to leave now," Jonghyun said and opened the door. Baekho nodded and didn't try to stop him. Don't come off too pushy.

"You have a nice car," Baekho said.

"Thanks."

"Is it a gift?"

"You could say that. Good bye."

Baekho waved as Jonghyun drove off. He took note of the number plate and shut his book. He frowned slightly. He was thankful he managed to get even anything out of Jonghyun with Minhyun's involvement but what the hell was Hwang Minhyun thinking? Frustrated, he sent a message to the male.

'Meet me at my place if you're free tonight.'

Baekho jumped at the sound of something or someone crashing into the shutters of his home slash rundown shop. He opened it to find a teary eyed handsome male looking at him before sobbing and wrapping his arms around him. Baekho groaned and held onto him so they won't both topple down. He brought Minhyun inside and made him sit before shutting the shutters again. Minhyun wanted to stay close but Baekho forced him to sit down again. He obediently sat down and rubbed his fingers together nervously.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Baekho snapped and Minhyun flinched.

"Huh?"

"Why would you do unnecessary things?!"

"Did... Did you call me here to scold me? Lecture me?" Minhyun responded in a small tone, vastly different from the way he was usually all over Baekho. It almost made Baekho feel guilty but he had to stand his ground.

"I... I did."

"Okay. Scold me as much as you want then," Minhyun said softly. Baekho was surprised by how meek Minhyun was today but judging from his puffy eyes, he guessed the other had been emotionally wearing himself out and for what reason, Baekho didn't think he wanted to know yet.

"You... You care about yourself only.... I have feelings too, you know. I'm not some toy that you can just latch onto one day and say that I'm yours. Think you can do whatever you want to me..."

"I'm sorry." Minhyun pressed his palms against his face and held back his sobs. Baekho groaned. Don't falter. He deserves to be scolded.

"And I... Might be broken but... You didn't have to put it that way. I know I'm not Mr perfect but neither are you!"

Minhyun nodded. He knew he wasn't perfect. Even if he had such an image, he personally wasn't.

"A-and... I chased you away because... I didn't want you getting hurt. So won't you stop?"

Minhyun looked up at Baekho to find a torn expression on his face as well. He looked down again. "I'm sorry..."

Baekho sighed and rubbed his temples. "Are you actually sorry or are you just saying that in hopes that I'll forgive you?"

"I'm really sorry... I... I know we didn't have a concrete relationship to begin with but I feel like I'm just free falling without you. I was just... So happy when you texted me first, I didn't know what else to think but to come here immediately." Minhyun meant it. Every word he said. "I regret what I did to you but I don't regret saying that I like you because I do. I know that now. Even if I may not know you all that well, I can't stop thinking about you. I can't stop wanting to see you, to just hear your voice and be by your side. So will you please let me help you? You don't even have to give me anything, just let me stay by your side."