Minchan

The maze of Mirrors

Chan had been acting weirdly these days. He no longer gave Minho those soft eyes, the type that he used only for him, that would make him forget about the rest of his surroundings.

He just no longer behaved like Chan. At least not with him. He would still give Jeongin random hugs no matter how much the younger refused them or flirted with Felix whatever chance he gets. Minho missed his random warm hugs even though he would never admit that.

He really missed those spontaneous moments where their eyes would somehow find each other and the way they would laugh, as if they had a secret, a secret that only they knew. But these days, it seems like Minho was the only one who didn't know about the secret.

At first he thought it was stupid and he was just being petty because he wasn't getting the attention he used to. But then he saw the way Chan would try to spend less time with him or somehow find an excuse to make sure they were never alone. Chan still smiles at him the way he used to but it's a little bit strained these days, it just isn't the same way it used to be.

"Hyung, can you do the footwork again? I can't get the transitions right, specially the last part." Jeongin asked with a frown, staring at the mirror as if he was solving an extremely difficult problem.

Minho softly chuckled at his expression and got up from the ground, dismissing any thoughts of their leader. If that's what Chan wanted then that's what he would get. They were just co workers, weren't they? Minho ignored the slight pang in his chest and smiled at the Maknae, showing him the moves.

Somewhere in between the practice Minho stopped, feeling slightly dizzy and decided to sit down. His eyelids were feeling heavy and there was this slight feeling he usually gets before getting a fever. Eating ice-cream at 2 am was definitely not a good Idea.

Soon an extremely tired Jeongin sat down on his lap. "That's it hyung. I can't walk."

Minho rolled his eyes at him and slightly pushed him. "Come on let's go. We are already pretty late." Minho helped him up and lifted his duffle bag.

Jeongin whined but finally gave up and stood with a grunt. Typical Maknae behaviour.

They both got out of the studio, making their way to the shooting site. The director had asked them to meet him before going back to Change.

The site was pretty badass, the concept somewhere in between aesthetic and worn up vibes. There was a glass cube with floral designs, minimal yet eye catching. On the left, there was golden cage while on the right some kind of clock along with floating compasses.

And In front of them was a maze of mirrors.

"The one who gets through the maze at first will get to do the others duties for a whole week." Jeongin shouted, already running towards the maze.

Minho started after him, determined to win. A week without any work was bliss. Maknae or not, he wasn't gonna lose to Jeongin.

Just when he was about to rush past Jeongin, he slightly pushed Minho with a giggle making him almost trip.

"Ay! That's cheating!" Minho shouted, a slight pout appearing on his soft lips.

Jeongin only giggled and stepped inside it.

And then everything happened so fast it looked like time had stopped. The moment Jeongin stepped in, the side mirror fell right next to his side, some of the pieces hitting his arm. And then all the mirrors fell.

One. By. One.

Minho shouted as soon as he came to his senses and rushed towards the falling mirrors but the security stopped him.