I'm In Trouble

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Baekho was not expecting to see Minhyun standing outside the shutters of his home, hugging his arms and waiting for him. He almost looked lost but brightened up when he saw Baekho.

"What... What are you doing here? I told you I might not be able to meet you today," Baekho said as he picked up his steps.

"I... I know," Minhyun said and looked downwards. Baekho touched his hand and flinched.

"You're so cold. Come on. Let's head inside," Baekho said and opened the shutters for Minhyun to step in. He hurriedly turned on the heater for Minhyun. "It's going to be winter soon. You should have brought an extra coat if you knew you were going to wait."

"Mmm," Minhyun mumbled as he walked towards the fish tank and squatted down, staring at them aimlessly swimming in the same area over and over again. Pointless. Baekho dropped a blanket onto Minhyun. "Oh. Thank you."

Minhyun wrapped himself up, feeling his fingers fighting his movements because of how cold they were. Baekho squatted down beside him and nudged him. "What's the matter? I told you you could text me if you needed help."

"I know but I just thought... It would be better to show you this in person," Minhyun said and pulled out a bunch of keys. He waved it at Baekho who raised a brow.

"Keys?"

"Mhmm." Minhyun started regaining his smile when he felt a bit warmer. "Keys. In and out the boss' office."

Baekho gasped and stared at Minhyun with bewildered eyes. "You're joking."

Minhyun shook his head. "Why would I be? I stole them."

"Wh- no. Minhyun, that's illegal! What if they caught you on camera?"

"I made sure there wasn't any."

"What are you going to do with them?"

"Sneak in at night. Get the information you need and leave?" Minhyun replied with a grin. Baekho squeaked and attempted to snatch the keys out of his hands but Minhyun stood up and moved away.

"Minhyun, I said nothing dangerous. This is too risky!"

"It's not. I'll be in and out of there in no time. Nobody will catch me or see me. Its late after all," Minhyun tried to reason out with Baekho.

"No, let me do it. This is my problem. Don't do anything th-"

"I know the layout better than you."

Baekho froze and gulped. "You're not...going to use that excuse on me, are you?"

"And what if I will? I'm not gointo let you put yourself into danger as well. Better me than you."

"No! You're a pop star. People need you. They don't ne-"

"I need you."

Baekho stiffened as he watched Minhyun stuff the keys back into his pocket. "Minhyun, don't do it. It's not worth potentially losing everything for this."

"Even if I lose everything, as long as I don't lose what's most important to me now, I don't care. I'll do it for you."

"And I'm telling you I don't want you to."

Minhyun fell silent and Baekho sighed. He stepped closer and Minhyun wrapped the blanket more tightly around himself.

"Minhyun, please just hand me the keys."

Minhyun shook his head. "I'm not giving it to you."

"Minhyun, don't make me wrestle it out of you."

"But then you'll do it, won't you? You'll go inside if I give them to you."

"Minhyun. Argh. Just-" Baekho clenched his fists but put them down. "Fine. Don't give them to me. Just promise me, promise me if you do, if you ever ever even think about going near the building, you contact me. You're not doing it alone and we can't wait too long or it'll be useless."

Minhyun smiled and nodded. "I promise. But we aren't going in together either."

Baekho sighed and nodded. "Understood. So just... Just be careful what you choose to do. I don't want to lose you either."

~~~

"I was thinking... Isn't it weird that someone as famous as Hwang Minhyun would help the company with an opening event?" Aron asked as he and Minki both laid in the younger's bed with nothing but a blanket covering them.

"How's that weird?"

"I mean, it's all too... Coincidental? He approached me regarding your company before. I just find it weird that he's directly going after it now.... Ah.. I don't know how to explain but it makes me real uneasy," Aron said. Minki snuggled closer to him and chuckled.

"Why are you thinking about other things when we are supposed to be spending this night together as our first time as lovers?" Minki sulked and poked Aron's cheek.

"Sorry. There's just been a lot going on lately and..."

"And I'm less important?"

"No, no. You're way above them all now but I can't help but feel nervous. Like something terrible is about to happen and I can't put my finger around it." Aron turned to his side and pulled Minki into a hug. He kissed his temple. "Sorry for being so absent minded now but what if he's involved in this somehow? He might get hurt."

"You mean Hwang Minhyun is involved with whatever bad shit my dad is up to?"

"Yeah. Maybe? I don't know. It's real frustrating."

Minki chuckled and kissed Aron, running his fingers through his hair. "Yeah. It's real frustrating seeing everyone live their days out and leave you in the dark but it's not like a certain someone isn't doing the same to me too."

"Who is it? Do I need to hit them?"

"Why don't you hit yourself then?" Minki chirped and Aron gasped.

"I'm sorry."

"You're not the only one. My dad... His secretary. Everyone else who stays in the company. It feels like they all know something but nobody dares to say. Like it's taboo or something."

Aron sighed and rubbed gentle circles on Minki's back. "Because we are all afraid, Minki."

"Afraid of what? Death? We are all going to die someday."

Aron leaned in and whispered, "But what if at an earlier time than precedented?"

Minki raised his brows. "You can't be saying that..."