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renjun couldn't believe what he was about to do but it was the only way. he blindly went around the room, using his other senses to find some sort of light switch. when he found it, he was nervous to see what else was in the room with him when the lights came on. when the lights came on, renjun was right when he predicted he was in some supply closet. what scared him was when he noticed he wasn't alone. he turned around and his body jolted when he made eye contact with another human, he calmed down when he realized who it was.

"jaemin? how did you—" renjun didn't even bother to finish his question, he just ran up to jaemin and wrapped his arms around the aforementioned's neck. the younger hugged him back, burying his face in renjun's neck. his familiar scent was always comforting.

"why didn't you say anything when doyoung first put me in here?"

"i didn't know it was you, i wanted to startle whoever it was just in case. i was looking for a key..." jaemin replied, "but now i don't care because you're here now. i could stay in here forever." renjun pushed the younger away and went back to finding an escape.

"got it! nana, follow me." jaemin walked over to where renjun was in the corner of the closet. there was a vent in the top corner in the wall and jaemin felt his stomach do a million flips.

"i think you should go alone. i'll just wait here and you can get help." renjun frowned at jaemin's words, "we'll definitely fall through the ceiling if we go together." renjun thought about it before he shrugged his shoulders.

"at least we'll be together," renjun giggled. jaemin smiled too, "let's go."

renjun and jaemin had been crawling through the vent for a while now. it felt like a road trip. there were complaints, stomach growls, and no one knew how much longer it would take to get to their destination. suddenly renjun stopped moving causing jaemin to bump into renjun's bum. "ow! why'd you stop?"

"i didn't think this through, nana." renjun said. jaemin sighed, he couldn't have renjun give up on this now. "where are we even going?"

"just keep moving and look for a room we can stop in through the vents." jaemin was glad he came with renjun because he would have gotten lost without him. the two continued to crawl when they suddenly heard footsteps and talking. they both froze in their tracks.

"where the hell are they?"

"doyoung? what are you doing at the office still? we're closing soon." renjun almost fainted at that. they knew they had to get out before closing time or it would be dark, scary, and the doors would be locked.

"hello, sir. i was just looking for my paper work." jaemin was able to watch the scene through the vents. johnny and doyoung were both standing in the middle of the hallway. he watched as doyoung hid some papers behind his back.

"what's that?"

"oh, these? it's nothing. i'll go put them away." doyoung walked past johnny and the older snatched the papers from his grasp as he did so.

"nakamoto yuta? why do you have his files? shouldn't they be up in my office?" johnny scanned through the papers. doyoung had no excuse now. "go home, doyoung. when you come in tomorrow, come straight to my office." johnny didn't leave until he saw doyoung was long gone.

"that's was close—"

renjun's words were interrupted by the loud crashing noises of the ceiling caving in. debris was everywhere and the two fell hard, landing on the tile floor beneath them. the halls were covered in white and material from the ceiling. jaemin could barley see, but he looked up and saw a giant hole in which they fell from.

"i'm not even surprised anymore." johnny sighed. jaemin stood up and helped renjun up too. they tried to dust off the debris as best as they could but it was no use. all three of them couldn't help but start coughing as the debris started to mess with their lungs. "let's leave before this really gets into our lungs." johnny led the two to the first floor and he couldn't help but laugh at their state.

"what's so funny?"

johnny continued to laugh, he just waved his hands since he wasn't able to speak. jaemin and renjun couldn't help but laugh at each other as well. they did look pretty ridiculous. "okay, what happened?" johnny asked while wiping his tears away.

renjun explained what happened earlier from when he went into doyoung's office to when he fell through the ceiling. he was genuinely interested in how jaemin got in this mess too. "doyoung knew we saw the footage so he came to my office to bribe me so i wouldn't turn him in. he then lied and told me that it wasn't him in the footage and was going to show me the real footage. next thing i know, he pushed me into that closet. he's clearly just lying."

"i just know we're getting shut down." johnny dragged his hand over his face, "so you were trying to get these?" he held up yuta's files.

"yes! i was gonna bring them to you to see if you already had his file and this one is just fake."

"smart move." jaemin nodded, he was impressed. he held out his hand and renjun slapped it. he was proud too. johnny brought them to his office despite the debris that was going everywhere. he went through his filing cabinet for a while until he pulled out a file that was identical to the other one that renjun was currently holding. jaemin put them down side by side and compared them.

"see any difference?"

"doyoung's doesn't have an official signature nor stamp on it like this one does." jaemin noted, "and the experience certificates are saying two different things. doyoung's doesn't sound official while the other one does. it also includes a signature from yuta's former boss while doyoung's doesn't."

"so doyoung was really trying to set yuta up?" johnny asked and the other two nodded, "but why?" jaemin looked to renjun, assuming he would know but he didn't.

"i never thought of that. i guess i'll have to ask him, but right now we need to get this to jeno." jaemin nodded in agreement while johnny frowned in confusion.

"jeno?"

"mhm, none of this make sense now but it will when we're done. we'll all get what we deserve in the end." johnny averted his eyes, doubt evident in his expression. the younger two gave each other a sad and knowing look, "all of us," renjun said grabbing johnny's attention, "trust me."