𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 | 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐌𝐈𝐍

𝐗𝐋𝐈𝐈𝐈

—present day—

renjun turned away, burying his face in jaemin's chest. jaemin wrapped his arm around him, comforting him. renjun thought he didn't care about the kiss anymore, but it only reminded him of what happened before. everything still hurt. "h-how could they do that to you? i'm s-sorry i—"

"injunni, there's nothing to be sorry about. i'm still here, right? i'm fine! you didn't do anything wrong." jaemin whispered cheerfully. he still managed to be so bright in the hardest situations.

haechan smiled softly seeing that jaemin was treating renjun so well, "what are we gonna do now?" no one knew the answer to that. the shock and tension was still in the room.

jeno stood up suddenly, everyone's eyes instantly watched his every move. he leaned close toward the table before everyone, and took the hard drive out of the laptop. "what are you doing?" jisung questioned with curiosity in his eyes.

"i'm turning them in."

"what? isn't that...i don't know, this is a lot right now. turning them in would just really make reality set in, and i don't think anyone's ready for that." mark said.

"please," jeno replied, "renjun, you don't have to trust me now or ever, but i will do everything in my power to give these assholes what they deserve."

"jeno, i appreciate that and all, but i just want to hear their side of it." everyone looked at him as if he was from a different planet.

"are you insane? why do you need to hear their side of it, they're caught and there's nothing left to say!"

"you can hear their side of it when the judge says so at the court hearing." everyone yelled out complaints at renjun's idea but jaemin shut it down as soon as he saw renjun getting annoyed by it.

"alright, settle down. let's just hear what he's trying to say." renjun muttered a quick 'thank you' before he finally continued his thought.

"i understand that, everyone. i just want to hear why they did that, whether they lie about it or not. i know doyoung can't possibly have a valid reason at for this because we all know how he is, but yuta? if you actually spent time with him before, you would know this isn't like him at all." uneasy glances were exchanged amongst them.

"i trust you, renjun." renjun looked down and met with jisung's sincere eyes. he looked up at him since he sat on the floor against the couch.

"thank you, jisung." renjun simpered, pinching the younger's cheeks. jisung huffed, pulling his head away from renjun's grasp.

"me too!"

"yeah, renjun. we trust you, we're also just looking out for you." haechan said after chenle. renjun looked around the room at everyone he loved with every ounce of his body. in that moment he had felt like the luckiest man alive, and he had finally found some peace.

—

there was still leftover tension in the office. renjun felt it especially since that night he watched the footage. every time he would see doyoung talking to some coworkers he would feel so disgusted. not only that, but he felt unsafe knowing that doyoung had no problem with doing something so vulgar.

"renjun?" the latter gasped as he turned around and smacked the anonymous hand away from him. "i'm sorry, i didn't mean to scare you." jungwoo flinched too, surprised by renjun's reaction.

"oh, jungwoo..." renjun sighed in relief, "you...you scared me."

"well, i see that. you just looked terrified, are you alright?" jungwoo tilted his head, as he held renjun's shoulder. suddenly renjun's face dropped which confused jungwoo. he got choked up on his words as his skin got paler. jungwoo started to get nervous too, and he didn't even know why. he then turned around and met with doyoung which made him even more confused.

"yeah you seem sick, renjun. are you feeling okay?" doyoung asked. renjun was, in fact, very sick. he felt as if he was going to puke, he wanted to cry, but he also wanted doyoung to pay for what he did. not because he hurt renjun, but because he hurt his lover. and that's what made him angrier.

"i'm fine." renjun nearly growled. jungwoo was taken aback by renjun's sudden aggression and doyoung played dumb. he knew exactly why renjun was upset, he even tried to conceal a growing smirk on his lips.

"are you sure? i could get you some water."

"i don't want anything from you. don't touch me, don't talk to me, don't even look in my direction. i want nothing to do with you. you know what you did, and you're disgusting." renjun's words were harsh and laced with venom, "i'm sorry, jungwoo. i'll see you later." renjun smiled to jungwoo and left, but that was after he gave doyoung a glare.

renjun left to go to the copy room where he let a couple of tears fall. more continued to fall as he remembered that he used to meet here all the time with ten. "who did it? why are you crying?" renjum wiped his tears away quickly, not wanting anyone to see.

"it's nothing, haechan...please.." he felt the presence of the younger beside him, "i'm not sad, donghyuck. these are angry tears. ten doesn't deserve to be in that hell-hole, doyoung does. i'll make sure of it." haechan hadn't seen renjun's feisty side in a while. not sense he met jaemin. he knew whenever renjun was angry, it got ugly.

"just don't do anything illegal. you'll be ten's cell mate if you do."

"donghyuck, i'm tired of being sad all of the time. having everyone take advantage of me...i won't have it anymore. i'm going to fight for the people i love instead of letting them get hurt because of me." haechan smiled proudly, patting renjun's back.

"show them who you are, renjun. i raised you well." haechan faked a tear, "where are you gonna start?"

"with yuta. i'm gonna talk to him because that footage showed a side of yuta i never saw, and he showed some feelings i didn't know he had. i just know he's hurting despite being in the wrong and i know how that feels. he needs someone, donghyuck. i'm going to be that person that i needed when i was hurt for yuta." haechan watched as his best friend walked out of the copy room, "watch me."