Determination

Would you please calm down? WooHyun said, yet his plead was left unheard, as SungGyu paced around MyungSoos and SungYeols li ing room, which was now in some sort of order, !ut the !right !lue sign on the wall was still there" SungGyu# WooHyun tried to call other, !ut with no response" $ %new it" $ &ust %new it" Hoya muttered, sitting on a half !ro%en chair ne't to the wall" $ %new he had something to hide" He had his reasons to hide it, dont you thin%? (ongWoo, who was sitting on the floor ne't to Hoya, said" (ongWoo)hyung is right" He couldnt &ust tell us" Sung*ong agreed" He was still pic%ing things from the ground and putting them where they should !e" He had arri ed to the apartment a !it !efore e eryone else after recei ing a stressed phone call from (ongWoo with only a !rief e'planation of what was going on" +rdering things in their rightful places %ept him calm" SungYeol could ha e said it to us" Hoya said, resting his chin in his hands and then co ering his face with his palms for a moment" ,dmit it, your reaction wouldnt ha e !een the !est" (ongWoo rested his head against Hoyas %nee" +ne can not react well to# How can all of you can !e so calm? SungGyu finally said his oice louder than e er" -his MyungSoo# *iu# what e er is a criminal and we are now hiding him. SungGyu# WooHyun tried to reach other again" /o, WooHyun" (ont e en say a thing. SungGyu turned to other, who was sitting on the couch" You could ha e got %illed !ecause of him. SungGyu is right" Hoya said and stood up" You !oth he loo%ed at (ongWoo could ha e got %illed" 0ut we didnt, !ecause MyungSoo %new what he was doing" WooHyun opposed -hat is e'actly the pro!lem. He 1/2W what he was doing. He shouldnt %now things li%e that. SungGyu e'claimed" ,nd you still got hurt" -he last part he muttered" 3isten# WooHyun stood up and already went to SungGyu when the !edroom doors opened and SeongWoong came out" $ would li%e to as% you to stop screaming" He needs rest" He said" He will !e o%ay? Sung*ong, who had sat down moments !efore, &umped out of his seat as soon as SeongWoong came out as%ed" He tried to %eep calm, !ut he had got attached to his newest hyung and now he was more than concerned a!out laters health, not to mention how stressed he was a!out SungYeol !eing missing" He has o! iously !een trough much, much worse" 4ro!a!ly things you guys cant e en imagine, so this is nothing" He did loose 5uite an amount of !lood, !ut you called me 5uic% enough, so he should !e awa%e in the morning" $ assume not a!le to mo e around a lot, !ut well enough to regain conscious" He too% few !ottles and !andages from his !ag and handed them to WooHyun, who was standing closer to him" You will need to change the !andages e ery few days and such" He said and already headed to the door, when SungGyu stopped him" Hyung, dont you thin% we should report# Wont you report? he as%ed $ dont thin% so" $t would get me in trou!le, as $ treated his wounds without documenting them and didnt gather any usual data for paperwor%" Secondly, that would get WooHyun in trou!le too and thirdly, why would you gi e in your friend? he said the last one with a faint smile" 6all me, if something goes wrong" He said and left, going !ac% to hospital, as he was a doctor there" $t was their luc% SungGyu %new him well enough to call him o er as soon as WooHyun and (ongWoo !asically dragged in an unconscious MyungSoo" $ should loo% up on him" WooHyun said and headed to the door, yet SungGyu caught his wrist" $ really dont thin% you should !e that friendly to him" He said, his oice low" What do you mean !y that? We should call the police and tell a!out SungYeol and tal% him into gi ing himself in as soon as he is well enough" SungGyu said" ,re you insane? WooHyun pulled his hand out of SungGyus grip" 4olice will &ust mess things up. ,nd what are you going to tell them a!out MyungSoo when they arri e? What %ind of testimony can he gi e? (o you e'pect me to lie? He nearly shouted" 0ut WooHyun, what do you propose to do? Hoya stepped closer to them" We wait till MyungSoo gets !etter so he could tell where to his mind they had ta%en SungYeol and then we go get him" $ am not listening to ideas of a criminal and his plans, not to mention letting you to get in ol ed in them" SungGyu !loc%ed WooHyuns way to the door"

,nd $ am not letting you, to ruin someones new life !ecause of no particular reason. WooHyun said and tried to push SungGyu out of the way, yet the later gra!!ed him !y the wrist again" 3isten to me, /am WooHyun# /o, you listen to M2, 1im SungGyu. $t was almost li%e worlds most intense staring competition as none of them was willing to gi e up" 0etter !oth of you listen to me" Hoya stepped in" We need him to %now where SungYeol is" We can ma%e an anonymous call later and tell that at that place something is strange and police would get SungYeol out and then we would decide on what to do with MyungSoo" Why would we need to do something with him? (ont you thin% that SungYeol would mind? (ongWoo finally decided to &oin the con ersation" $f we want SungYeol to finally get a normal life !ac%, we will ha e to ma%e him to ma%e a sacrifice" Hoya sighed" ,re you all !lind? (ont you see that he is happy with MyungSoo? WooHyun finally !ro%e the staring contest !etween him and SungGyu and turned to Hoya" He is %idnapped. (o you call that happy? Hoya seemed to finally loose his temper" We &ust run out of luc% to get him !ac% already" *ust few minutes late" /e't time# -here will !e no ne't time. SungGyu almost yelled" You are not going anywhere to act li%e a hero. Hyung. Sung*ong finally couldnt hold it in" Stop yelling. You heard what (r"3ee said" 4lease, dont get in to this, o%ay? SungGyu turned to him &ust for a second" $ already am in this" (ont you thin% $ ha e something to say as well? he as%ed to SungGyu, who &ust turned away" Sung*ong7ah, you dont %now people well enough to &udge them yet, so, really, dont interrupt" Hoya said, his oice !eing a mi' !etween harsh and the one someone could use to tal% to a child" $ dont %now people well enough? What does that suppose to mean? Sung*ong loo%ed rather shoc%ed" You are still young and you &ust cant tell good from !ad" Hoya said, still using the same tone of oice" ,m $ 88? +r may!e you thin% $m 9? Sung*ong as%ed, raising his oice" Sung*ong# (ongWoo went closer to the younger one and tried to put a hand on his shoulder !ut other shoo% it off" $f $ dont %now people, why $ was one of those few that didnt wal% away when you admitted lo ing (ongWoo) hyung? he as%ed, loo%ing straight in Hoyas eyes and then turned to WooHyun" Why didnt $ tell WooHyun) hyung to go to hell after what he did when he arri ed at my doorstep? he turned to SungGyu, his eyes already swelling up with tears from all the tension Why didnt $ arrogantly wal% away when your diner was demolished? Why $ did all my !est to help e en though $ didnt ha e to? one diso!edient tear run down his chee% Why did $ ne er stopped !elie ing that SungYeol)hyung is fine and that he will come !ac%? Sung*ong was on erge of so!!ing" $ %now people" ,nd $ %now that MyungSoo)hyung is not what he used to !e and# and# the first so! !ro%e out and Sung*ong co er his mouth with his hand" Sung*ong# -his is a serious matter" SungGyu finally stepped away from WooHyun and went to the youngest" +ne feeling doesnt mean a thing" -here are facts# /o. Sung*ong shouted and pushed SungGyu out of his way headed straight to the !edroom and went in, closing and loc%ing the doors !ehind him" He san% on the floor and his is face in his hands" He was not a young fool li%e some thought" He %new things !etter than some of them" Sung*ong7ah, open the door, please" WooHyun pleaded from !ehind the door, !ut Sung*ong refused to reply or open the said door" Sung*ong, $m sorry" SungGyu &oined in, !ut Sung*ong didnt e en thin% of mo ing" May!e you should open the door? a raspy, hoarse oice spo%e from inside of the room and Sung*ong loo%ed up" MyungSoo was sitting in the !ed, his torso almost completely co ered in !andages, as well as his left arm" His face had few !ruises and few plasters on it" Hyung# Sung*ong so!!ed, stood up and without e en thin%ing much went to the !ed and hugged MyungSoo, not forgetting a!out his in&uries" $ %now that youre not what they thin% you are" 0ut what if they are right? MyungSoo as%ed" He wasnt 5uite sure what to do with the so!!ing teen, !ut he %new he had to do something, so he placed his rather well arm around others middle" -hey are not" 0ecause me and SungYeol)hyung cant !e wrong" Sung*ong said and pulled out of the hug" SungYeol)hyung wasnt wrong a!out li%ing WooHyun)hyung, things &ust were meant to ta%e a different road" ,nd he is not wrong a!out lo ing you either" -he teen said, sniffing a little"

SungYeols name as if hit a trigger in MyungSoos mind and he got out of the !ed immediately" He went to the wardro!e and too% out the first comforta!le clothes he could find : a !lac% t)shirt and deep grey sweatpants : and put them on, ignoring the pain that rushed trough his !ody when e er he stretched a little more What are you doing? Sung*ong stood up and went closer, while MyungSoo already ;ipped up a hoodie" Going after SungYeol" He replied and gra!!ed a pair of snea%ers that were lying on the !ottom of the wardro!e" You cant. $n less than a second Sung*ong was already ne't to him" (r"3ee said you need to rest" $ can rest later" MyungSoo sat on the edge of the !ed and started to put on his shoes, wincing in pain when he had to !end down" You dont e en %now where he is. $ %now e'actly to what %ind of place they mo ed to" -hey pro!a!ly chose something# my style" He stood up and loo%ed around" My !lade# $ts in the %itchen" WooHyun left it there" Sung*ong said and stood in MyungSoos way when he headed to the door" You need a plan, you cant &ust go" $ ha e a plan" Go in, get SungYeol, get him out" MyungSoo stopped in front of Sung*ong" +nly him? What a!out you then? Sung*ong didnt hide his concern" -he tas% is to get him out" MyungSoo said" He decided that using his old mind set with a tas% that needs to !e done no matter what would help !etter now" ,nd you are planning on going alone right? Sung*ong as%ed and did his !est to !loc% the door" $ can not put anyone under danger again" MyungSoo said" $s WooHyun o%ay? Some !ruises, !ut miraculously nothing serious" Sung*ong said and eased his stiff stance a !it" Good" MyungSoo sighed" <$ shouldn=t ha e allowed him to come with me" -his time it=s a definite no"< $ will go with you then" Sung*ong said out of the !lue" /o" MyungSoo put his hands on Sung*ongs shoulders" /ot !ecause you are %id, !ecause you are not, or !ecause you wouldnt help" $ &ust dont want anyone else to get hurt" Sung*ong nodded once and sighed" /ow, $ need to somehow get my !lade, !ecause $ cant wal% trough parade door" +ther would pro!a!ly try to stop me for arious reasons" $ will get it" Sung*ong said and stepped away from the door" He glanced at the wardro!e mirror, chec%ing on his puffy eyes" 6rying does not loo% good on me" -hey will pay" He frowned and headed out of the room" Sung*ong. (ongWoo &umped up from the floor when he was sitting" -he fronts in the room were o! ious as (ongWoo and WooHyun were sitting against one wall, Hoya was in the middle !etween them and SungGyu sitting one the same half !ro%en chair, while the later was frowning on the couch" $ &ust need a glass of water" He said in a cold oice and went to the %itchen" He had to mo e fast, !ut it wasnt that easy as the !lade was e'tremely sharp" He had to thin% of something, so he watered a towel and wrapped the !lade in it" He didnt forget of the water as well" Youre going !ac% in? WooHyun as%ed, also standing up" Yes" Sung*ong replied" Why the towel? WooHyun as%ed, wal%ing closer and Sung*ong for a second forgot his e'cuse" MyungSoo)hyung has a slight fe er" He said and hoped he sounded confident in his words" May!e $ should go in? WooHyun already mo ed toward the door !ut Sung*ong &umped in his way" /o" We can switch later or something" He said and 5uic%ly went in to the room, loc%ing the door !ehind him" Hyung? he as%ed after turning around and seeing MyungSoo sitting on the !ed, his face hidden in his palms" His frame shoo% a little and it didn=t ta%e much for one to understand that it was from pain running trough his !ody" Mmm? MyungSoo raised his head" -hat was 5uic%" He said and stood up" He flinched a little and grimaced after ta%ing a step closer to Sung*ong" Here" Sung*ong handed the towel to MyungSoo, who unwrapped it and too% the !lade out" ,re you really o%ay? May!e rest for few more hours?< Sung*ong as%ed and was ready to catch his hyung as the later swayed a little" </o" $ can=t" $ can=t waist time" SungYeol needs me" <MyungSoo !reathed out and tried to regain his !alance as his head span madly !ecause of the pain" He didn=t feel it that much !efore after the fight, as adrenaline made it !eara!le, !ut now, after the stitches had pulled his s%in together, it felt agoni;ing and the pain%illers the doctor ga e were o! iously too wea%"

<Will you really !e fine going alone? What if we need to find you? Sung*ong as%ed, his oice so full of concern it actually hurt MyungSoo a !it more" -he teen was nice and he didn=t want to hurt him in any way, &ust li%e any one else" $f there will !e a need, $ will call you" MyungSoo said and headed to the window" (ont tell others until you ha e to" He said and after recei ing a nod disappeared trough the open window" Sung*ong rushed to the window and loo%ed at the street, that was now empty" How one could &ump out of second floor window so 5uietly and disappear so 5uic%ly, especially after !eing so hurt? What could ma%e one literally !ecome a superman? (oes SungYeol)hyung e en %now how much MyungSoo)hyung lo es him# Sung*ong sighed and sat on the edge of the !ed, s5uee;ing the glass of water in his hands"
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$t hurt" $t hurt so much he could !arely stand, !ut he had no choice !ut to !are it and mo e forward" His !ody had !een wounded, !ro%en and nearly ripped apart so many times, that the usual pain)%illers and anesthetics that were used !y most doctors too% no effect on him : his !ody &ust a!sor!ed the medicine li%e water gi ing no relief" +nly few %new what %ind he needed to ta%e to pre ent him from feeling mind)!lowing pain" -he ones that were gi en to him definitely were not the ones" He mo ed as fast as the !urning sensation on his !ac% allowed him to and headed straight to the nearest new construction site there was" -hey pro!a!ly mo ed from the warehouse to something more in to the city center, something still uninha!ited, !ut good enough for hideout and possi!le place of staying for a longer period of time" 0eside, if they assumed that he had sur i ed, they wanted to settle as soon as possi!le and pro!a!ly were close enough for one to %now where to search to find them" $t could !e a trap" /o, it most definitely was a trap, !ut nothing mattered : nothing apart from getting SungYeol out of there safe and sound" $t was his entire fault that this had happened" $t was the fault of his past self who gained enemies !y finally disappearing from their sight and lea ing nothing !ehind" He died, !ut his past haunted him and wanted to pull him !ac% in its pitch !lac% depths again" He couldnt allow that" -oo many things and li es were now at sta%e" He had to finish this" -he construction area, where a new, modern !loc% was !eing made from a scratch, with apartment and !usiness !uildings appearing from ground li%e solid concrete sprouts, was not that hard to find if one %new what to search for, and he %new" -his was the !asic pattern of a %idnapping which he used to !e so good at" -he white an he had seen ta%ing SungYeol away from the pre ious location was par%ed ne't to a !usiness type of a !uilding, o! iously to attract his attention" $t was a trap, !ut he couldnt turn !ac% now" He straightened out, as he was half !ent)down most of the time, not so much to hide himself as the pain was pulling him closer to the ground and went to the front door of the !uilding" >aint oices were !eing heard from the inside, pro ing that if not all of them then the !iggest part of them was there" MyungSoo too% a deep !reath and pushed the door open, getting his !lade ready" -he only sources of light in the room were still with plastic co ered windows, ma%ing it rather dim" >orms of humans were scattered here and there around the dar%est places of the room, !ut one figure, sitting on a chair, was left in the !rightest spot across the room" MyungSoo didnt e en ha e to thin% twice to understand who it was" SungYeol" He loo%ed rather passed out, his long messy hair co ering his face" His hands were pulled !ac%, pro!a!ly tied !ehind the chair? his legs were tied together" -he urge to call his name &ust to chec%, if he can hear, if hes conscious, almost too% o er MyungSoo, !ut he remained calm" He had to focus" He wanted to run across the room and &ust get other out, !ut the shadows mo ing around the dim light made him to stay still and wait" -his was a trap and he was not willing to fall in to it completely" Youre here" , oice that seemed rather familiar spo%e from !ehind SungYeol and a frame, wearing a disgustingly yellow tailcoat and !lindingly purple pants stepped out of the shadow and stood ne't to SungYeol" *o%er" MyungSoo uttered trough clenched teeth"

-he ridiculously clothed males face was co ered with a mas% that represented the face of an ,merican mo ie illain that once he used to draw on his own? his green)ish hair reminded more of a wig and his oice sounded more li%e gargling, !ut was still recogni;a!le" How good to hear that you ha ent forgotten me" *o%er said in a moc%ing tone" $ts !een 5uite a while" He continued and placed one of his glo ed hands on SungYeols shoulder, ma%ing MyungSoo to tense" , lot has happened, a lot has changed, am $ right, *iu? +r should $ call you MyungSoo? he said with a !it of raspy laughter" Shouldnt you !e dead? MyungSoo as%ed" He remem!ered how he sliced the man that was standing in front of him now" 0eside, he couldnt ha e sur i ed the e'plosion" Shouldnt you !e too? *o%er as%ed in the same moc%ing oice" What do you want? MyungSoo had no time for others games, which the said one li%ed to play way too much" Hes 5uite !eautiful" *o%er ignored MyungSoos 5uestion and instead curled his fingers under SungYeols chin, raising his head up" SungYeols eyes fluttered open as if he &ust wo%e up from a sleep" He almost immediately noticed MyungSoo across the room, almost as if he could sense him, and his eyes opened as widely as possi!le" He ga e a muffled scream of other?=s name trough the duct tape co ering his mouth and started to struggle in his seat" -he urge to run forward ignoring all possi!le danger stirred up in MyungSoo again, !ut he was aware of conse5uences so he stayed still" $ as%ed, what do you want? he said, trying not to focus only on struggling SungYeol, though it was pro!a!ly the hardest thing he had e er done" He had to stay focused, as the shadows started to mo e around the room a !it faster" /othing much" -he *o%er said, forcing SungYeol to turn his head to him and smir%ing as the tied up one tried his !est to struggle out of his hold and return his ga;e to MyungSoo, *ust you to !e dead" He said with a smir% and at the ery moment two of the shadows launched in to the light and straight at MyungSoo" He was 5uite ready for that and it didnt too% more than few seconds until the two men attac%ing him was already on the floor with deep cuts in their chest" What he wasnt ready for was the front door open and to recei e a strong hit or rather a %ic% on his !ac%, right where the chasers !lade had split his flesh hours ago" He could feel the stitches !eing !ro%en and collapsed on the floor on his fours with a loud cry of pain" He s5uee;ed his eyes shut and tried to calm his !reathing as he almost started to hyper entilated from the shoc% his !ody now felt, !ut a muffled yet loud cry made him to loo% up" *o%er had forced SungYeol on his %nees, the chair !eing thrown somewhere in the dar%" He had twisted his glo ed fingers in SungYeols hair and forced him to loo% at MyungSoo" -he other was struggling to get free and as it seemed to crawl to MyungSoo with all his might !ut &ust ended up hurting himself" $ ne er thought $ will see the day when all mighty and un!eata!le *iu will fall" /either did $ imagine seeing someone crying for him as if he would !e the center of ones world" -he *o%er said moc%ingly first loo%ing at MyungSoo and then at SungYeol" May!e we should ha e included other participants too? he as%ed with an o! ious disgusting smir% in his oice" May!e the owner of the diner? He would pro!a!ly put on a 5uite a show" MyungSoo tore his ga;e away from SungYeol and turned to *o%er" +r may!e his co)wor%er" He has 5uite the fighting spirit as $ heard" +r may!e the one with the !right smile" Wasnt his name (ongWoo? MyungSoos eyes went !ig and he started to slowly stand up" *o%er %new them, which was not a surprise, !ut if he was thin%ing a!out in ol ing them in to this he might do it and MyungSoo couldnt allow him to ruin their li es" +r e en !etter, *o%er continued" how a!out that high schooler? MyungSoo fro;e" Sung*ong wasnt hanging around with them as much as other, so he was pretty sure he would lea e Sung*ong out of this" He seemed so worried when you left" $ thin% he wanted to &oin in" *o%er said with a laugh" What did you do? MyungSoo hissed as he finally straightened out and tried not to sway, as his head started to !u;; !ecause of pain" +uh, nothing" Some of my men &ust made a home isit" *o%er said" MyungSoo loo%ed at SungYeol, whose eyes were now filled with pure terror and it was all still MyungSoos fault" >irst SungYeol, then WooHyun, now Sung*ong and e eryone else" -hat had to !e stopped" You will regret that" MyungSoo said and started to mo e forward" He didnt run, that would tire him out and he wasnt capa!le of running anyway" He wal%ed in slow pace, ta%ing each step slowly and firmly, so if anyone would decide to attac% him, if would !e harder to %noc% him down" $ really dou!t that" *o%er said and nodded toward the shadows"

Shadows, that were wal%ing around, launched at MyungSoo, !ut didnt e en had a chance to touch him as they were left with deep wounds on which e er !ody part came closer first and second to MyungSoo" >ew actually did hit him !ut he switched of his sense of pain" He had !een selfish concentrating on it not on his main tas% : ending the nonsense he had created himself and getting SungYeol out no matter what happens to him" /o, he wasnt *iu who went in to a mission without thin%ing of the result other than success despite the lost li es on his side, he was MyungSoo with a purpose to %eep @his side safe" Soon the stream of men from shadows ended and the few that had remained stepped !ac% toward where *o%er and SungYeol were" *o%er had let go of SungYeol and now seemed rather scared, though the mas% hid his face" $ see you ha ent lost your grip, *iu" *o%er spo%e trying not to show his fear, as there was a row of moaning and groaning !odies !ehind MyungSoo, from which those who were capa!le enough run as fast as they could to lea e the place, and the said male was &ust hand reach from him" MyungSoo had wal%ed trough them li%e some sort of angel of death : ma%ing them fall down li%e lea es in autumn" ,ll that was !etween the angel of death and the *o%er were two sha%ing men that were trying to find a way to escape" -his was a test" You can come !ac% and ser e to our purpose again" *o%er said, his oice sha%ing a !it, his amusement long gone" He had felt the cold radiating from *iu now !efore, !ut ne er so strong and o erwhelming" -his was not the same person he %new !efore" 6ome !ac% to what? Ser e to what purpose? MyungSoo as%ed, the hand he held his !lade in ready to attac% any second" /ew World +rder" We can still accomplish our dreams" *o%er said and swallowed loudly" -hose are not my dreams and they ha e ne er !een" MyungSoo said and launched himself in to attac%, %noc%ing one of the two remaining men out, ma%ing other to run for his life" *o%er stepped !ac% and then headed out running, tripping o er his own feet" ,s soon as *o%er was out of sight, MyungSoo %neeled ne't to SungYeol" $ am so sorry" He said and started to open SungYeols !ounds, starting with the one co ering his mouth" ,re you o%ay? were the first words from SungYeol" He didnt e en !reathe in enough air and ended up coughing" $ should as% that" MyungSoo said and untied others hands and then legs" $m serious" SungYeol said and without any hesitation wrapped his arms around MyungSoos nec%, pulling him in to a hug" You ha e no idea what %ind of theories a!out you they had here for discussion" -hey were tal%ing a!out this professional that was sent after you at the pre ious place and# SungYeol stopped when he felt MyungSoos arms finally tightening in a hug around him" $m o%ay# now" +ther said and SungYeol sighed, letting his hands to drop from MyungSoos shoulders to his lower !ac% !ut as soon as he did that he drew !ac% and loo%ed at his hand that was now colored in red" Youre !leeding. he e'claimed and didnt hide his shoc% an fear" Hopefully that will help him to die for once. *o%ers oice rang from !ehind them and said one came in, holding a gun in each of his hands" Aight when *o%er pressed the trigger for the first time MyungSoo &umped up, pulling SungYeol along !y his shoulders and straight !ehind and alco e in the wall" -he !ullets flew pass them and then stopped" 6ome out. 3ets finish this, *iu. *o%er yelled" $ need to go out" MyungSoo whispered and already leaned forward when SungYeol clenched in to his hand" (ont you e en dare thin%ing a!out that" He whispered !ac%" You promised not lea e as long youre not !eing left and $ am not lea ing" -he mission is to get you out" MyungSoo replied and pressed his lips against SungYeols for a 5uic% %iss" -his time $ might !rea% my promise" He !ac%ed away and spun his !lade in his hand once !efore detaching it from the wire he had around his wrist to hold in place" When you see a chance, run" He turned !ac% to SungYeol who was still holding on to MyungSoos slee e" /o" he shoo% his head" $ cant" SungYeol tried his !est not to cry as it wouldnt help at all in this situation" 4lease" MyungSoo said !arely audi!ly and gently shoo% SungYeols hand off" He leaned forward, not enough to !e seen out of the alco e, !ut enough to pro!a!ly hear what was going on outside of it" He prepared the !lade and with one swift mo e threw it out" , cry of pain echoed around the room and he run out of the hideout to %noc% !leeding and nearly hand)less *o%er of his feet"

-he !lade had left a deep cut on others wrist ma%ing him to drop one of the guns he was holding, gi ing a chance for MyungSoo to attac%" -he plan had one flaw, as *o%er %new the only wee% spot MyungSoo had at he moment as soon as MyungSoo turned around for a split second to lift his !lade, *o%er %ic%ed his lower !ac% as hard as he could ma%ing MyungSoo to stum!le forward and almost trip and fall, yet the said male %ept his !alance and the !lade flew toward *o%er again, this time catching the edge of his mas% and splitting it, ma%ing it fall on the floor, re ealing others !urned, scar co ered and distorted face" How do you li%e it? *o%er said with a laugh after seeing MyungSoos shoc%ed e'pression" /ot e eryone can get out of an e'plosion and stay who they used to !e" He said and raised his well hand to shoot, !ut MyungSoo was faster : he launched forward, gra!!ed his !lade from the floor and left a deep cut in *o%ers thigh and with one twist also in his !ac% ma%ing the later one to scream in pain" 0astard. *o%er cried out and turned around, pressing the trigger ending up shooting the wall as MyungSoo was already !ehind his !ac% again, using his !lade to split the disgustingly yellow fa!ric of the &ac%et and *o%ers flesh" Aun. he 5uic%ly turned toward where SungYeol was still hiding and yelled" -he later o!eyed !ut &ust few seconds too late" *o%er turned around and aimed at running SungYeol" MyungSoo had no time to aim the !lade so he used the most primiti e mo e he could" He launched his whole !ody at *o%er and %noc%ed him down" Bnfortunately he landed on something with his !ac%, that pro!a!ly was the chair *o%er had threw away !efore, and pain shot trough him, clouding his mind for a second" $n that time *o%er had already stood up and got his gun !ac%" You fool" You ha e no idea who are you fighting against" $m the mighty *o%er and you are nothing" *o%er said, pulling his hideously scarred face in to grimaces of anger and triumph" -his time you will die for sure" He said and was ready to press the trigger when a shot echoed around the room" MyungSoo loo%ed !ehind *o%er, who had fro;en in mid air" SungYeol was holding the gun that *o%er had dropped in !oth of his slightly sha%ing hands, aiming straight at its owner" *o%er turned around to shoot at SungYeol, !ut the later one directed two more shots at *o%er, who collapsed on the floor right after" $t too% a second or two for MyungSoo to snap out of what had &ust happened" He stood up and went, or rather limped to SungYeol, who was still holding the gun, aiming at nothing" Gi e it to me" MyungSoo said and only his oice snapped SungYeol out of his weird trance" He placed the gun in MyungSoos outreached hand and loo%ed at it for a moment, until MyungSoo wal%ed away with it to one of the men that were lying on the floor" He carefully ru!!ed the trigger and the holder with corner of the either dead or passed out guys &ac%et and then placed the gun in his hand, wiping the !arrel afterwards" He stood up, pic%ed up his !lade and went !ac% to SungYeol who was &ust standing and loo%ing at him" $m really sorry, that you had to see all this" He said 5uietly, loo%ing at SungYeol who let his ga;e wonder around the room once and then focused !ac% to MyungSoo" $ should ha e# the pain in his !ac% was !ac%, as the adrenaline had worn off and it hit him harder than !efore, as now all stitches were pro!a!ly !ro%en" He could feel !lood soa%ing his clothes and running down his !ac%" He %neeled on the floor, s5uee;ing his eyes shut" He opened them only when he felt a familiar hands lifting his face up" We need to go" SungYeol said, loo%ing straight in MyungSoos eyes" He let go of others chee%s and wrapped his arms around MyungSoos shoulders and helped him to stand up" /eed to find phone# chec% on others" MyungSoo !reathed out and did his !est not to trip o er his own feet or anything that was on the floor as they headed out" His strength had finally left him and he &ust sagged against SungYeol" We need someone to pic% us up too and get you# /o hospitals# MyungSoo interrupted with a murmur" $ %now" We need to get you to some sort of doctor" SungYeol said and %ic%ed the half shut front door completely open" >unny" +ne could thin% youre rescuing me" MyungSoo said and SungYeol could swear he heard a !it of laughter in his oice" $ am so sorry, SungYeol" He continued, this time seriously, !ut still as 5uietly" You dont ha e anything to !e sorry a!out" SungYeol said, tightening his grip as he had the feeling that MyungSoo is slipping away and not only out of his grip" $ ha e# so many things to !e sorry a!out" He said, his oice wee% and sleepy" 3ater" SungYeol said and tried to somehow ad&ust their positions so he could mo e faster, !ut he couldnt tale a step further, when a dar% !lue min) an stopped right in front of him"

Hes back -he doors of the an opened and two !odies tum!led on the ground" 0oth were men, wearing something close to !lac% suits" -hey were tied up, their mouths stuffed with cloth" -hey were o! iously ali e as they were moaning and whimpering, !ut someone had !eaten them up pretty !ad and now they were partly unconscious" SungYeol too% few steps !ac% and tightened his grip around MyungSoos !ody, as he felt the later tensing up as if he was ready to &ump out of his grip and attac% who e er would come out of the an" Get in. SungGyus head appeared from the car and after seeing MyungSoos sagging against SungYeol he &umped out himself, stepped o er the two guys on the floor Cnot missing a chance to %ic% on of themD and went to MyungSoos other side" 3ets mo e" He said, as soon as he got hold of MyungSoo" SungYeol nodded and !oth of them half carried MyungSoo to the car" (ongWoo was sitting !ehind the wheel and Sung*ong was ne't to him in the passenger seat" 3ets e'change places" Sung*ong said as soon as MyungSoo was settled in to the car !etween SungGyu and SungYeol, half laying on the taller one" SungGyu nodded and they 5uic%ly switched !efore (ongWoo started the engine and the car rolled out of the construction site" How did you find us? SungYeol as%ed first loo%ing at SungGyu trough the rear iew mirror and then at Sung*ong who loo%ed away the ery moment" Hyung as%ed me not to tell them that he left, !ut $ couldnt &ust left him go without anyone %nowing" Sung*ong murmured" ,nd its a good thing he came out of the room to tell us, as those two we dumped out there had decided to pay a isit" SungGyu said and MyungSoo o! iously mo ed ne't to SungYeol" 3osers" -hey were planning on ta%ing Sung*ong as he was alone in the room" -hey o! iously failed and we forced them to tell where e'actly they held you" You should ha e seen how angry SungGyu got" (ongWoo said dri ing in to one of the many side streets that sna%ed around the new construction sites" >or a second we thought he will %ill those guys" Yah, dont e'aggerate" SungGyu stopped (ongWoo from saying anything else" 0ut hyung, you really did# $ said dont" he interrupted Sung*ong as well and turned to the !ac%" We will switch !ac% to our car as this is the one those losers dro e to the !oo%store" We thought it would cause less fuss appearing there with a care the rest of them %now and no one would see out car there" (ongWoo stopped the car and all of them get out &ust to mo e few meters to (ongWoos car that was par%ed in the alleyway" SungGyu helped SungYeol to support MyungSoo while Sung*ong rushed forward, opened the door and prepared a !lan%et to wrap around MyungSoo, as the later was slightly sha%ing" SeongWoong)hyung will !e already there when we get !ac%" SungGyu said mo ing !ac% to the front seat ne't to (ongWoo, who had already started the engine" -his fool" He should ha e tal%ed to us first" He loo%ed at MyungSoo, who, as it would seem for anyone who didnt %now the situation, was &ust sleeping on SungYeols shoulders, his frame wrapped up in a !lan%et, a red)ish spot forming on the part that co ered his !ac%" You wouldnt ha e listened" (ongWoo said, not hiding his disagreement of others possi!le reaction" $ %now" SungGyu sighed and turned a !it to face SungYeol" How are you feeling? -he !espo%en one raised his head, as he had loo%ed at MyungSoo all the time" $m fine" So# He made it in time# 3i%e, !efore they hurt you# SungGyu said" $ guess so" SungYeol sighed and returned his ga;e to MyungSoo" -he rest of the short car ride was 5uiet" -hey arri ed at the !oo% store and doctors car was already waiting in front of it" Getting up the stairs was 5uite a challenge as each step could hurt MyungSoo e en more and it sta!!ed SungYeols heart when e er he heard a hiss of pain !rea%ing from MyungSoos lips on their way upstairs" You are pro!a!ly the worst male)nurses in the history" (r"3ee said as soon as SungYeol and SungGyu half carried MyungSoo in to the !edroom" We ha e pro!a!ly the most diso!edient patient as well" SungGyu replied and together with SungYeol carefully laid MyungSoo on the !ed on his stomach" 4ro!a!ly" (r"3ee sighed and leaned o er MyungSoo, raising his hoodie and shirt up, to ta%e a loo% at his !ac%, which was, as suspected, co ered in !lood trough the !andages" -he stitches he had put on the cut earlier that day were pro!a!ly !ro%en and the wound had re)opened and started to !led again" Will need something to clean the !lood and help to remo e his clothes" (r"3ee said and turned to his !ag"

-he last $ can do myself" MyungSoo said wea%ly" Youre conscious? doctor sounded 5uite shoc%ed and turned !ac% to MyungSoo who had already sat up enough to rid himself from the !lood soa%ed clothes with small help from SungYeol" /ot for long" He replied and as soon as the clothes and soa%ed !andages were ta%en off lied !ac% down" +%ay, then someone get a towel or# a !uc%et of water, $ dont e en %now, to clean up the mess and then $ will put a new set of stitches" $ll get it" Sung*ong said and rushed to the %itchen" $ should pro!a!ly stay" SungYeol said, though his head spun from the sight of MyungSoos !lood co ered and ripped !ac%" /o, you should go out, wash your face or something and wait" WooHyun, who had came in to the room as soon as they entered it minutes !efore said, too% SungYeols hand and dragged him out" You o! iously cant stand that sight, so how a!out you do what $ told you and wait" He said with a smile and guided him to the %itchen sin%, letting Sung*ong with a !ig !owl of water pass them first" $ should ha e stayed" SungYeol frowned" Stayed and fainted and made MyungSoo to worry while the doctor is sewing him together" WooHyun poured some water in to a glass and handed it to SungYeol" ,re you feeling o%ay? he as%ed after SungYeol dran% the glass empty in one)shot" 1ind of" , !it worried" He put the glass on the counter and turned the water on, washing his hands and face furiously" He felt li%e he=s in a trance and the things that had happened today were some %ind of strange mirages, a !it too realistic ones" He still felt how a glo ed hand gra!s his chin and forces to loo% at a mas%ed face with a disgusting grin drawn on it? he heard MyungSoos cry of pain echoing around the empty room? he felt the scent of MyungSoos !lood hitting his nostrils? he felt the weight of the gun in his hand" SungYeol stuc% his head under the stream of the water and stood li%e that for a moment, until he felt a weight of a hand on his shoulder" He straightened out and loo%ed at WooHyun, who handed him a towel" -han%s" He murmured and ru!!ed his wet hair with it" -his had !een one hell of a day for you and for all of us" WooHyun said and led the way to the li ing room" -he !right !lue writing from the wall was gone, a !uc%et and a scru!!er still standing ne't to the wall indicated that someone had put in 5uite an effort to get rid of it" -he furniture, that wasnt entirely !ro%en, was !ac% in its rightful places and positions, all trashed one were ta%en away, the floor was clean and if not some missing chairs and pre iously mentioned cleaning utensils, the room loo%ed li%e e ery other day" Hoya seemed to notice SungYeols small surprise" We needed to relie e our stress while you all were gone, so we did a !it of cleaning" He said with a small smile" -han%s" SungYeol murmured and sat on the couch, !ut &umped right up as the door of the !edroom opened and Sung*ong came out, carrying the same !owl he too% from %itchen earlier, followed !y SungGyu" Sit down" SeongWoong)hyung will finish soon and then all he will need is rest and stuff li%e that" SungGyu said while Sung*ong too% the !owl to the %itchen and rid it of its content" Yes, no need to worry, hyung" Sung*ong cam !ac% to the li ing room and sat on the couch pulling SungYeol along" $ should go in" SungYeol murmured and tried to stand up !ut was held in place !y Sung*ong" Sit and rest for a moment" (octor 3ee e en %ic%ed us out" 0ecause you are the worst male)nurses" (r"3ee said e'iting the room" Your friend is conscious enough to understand my scolding and complain a!out too wea% medicine, so he will !e perfectly fine" *ust dont let him go anywhere" $ will go now" He said and headed to the door" -hats it? SungGyu as%ed" What else? doctor stopped for a moment" /o 5uestions? $ as%ed your friend and he answered me, so $ ha e nothing to as% you" /ow, e'cuse me, !ut my wife and daughter are waiting me for dinner" He said with a faint smile and wal%ed out of the apartment" You ha e ery weird ac5uaintances" Hoya said" /ot was weird and stupid as my friends" SungGyu sighed and sat on one of the chairs" ,re you really feeling o%ay? he turned to SungYeol"

$m fine" SungYeol sighed" $ should really go and chec% on MyungSoo" He already stood up when the doors of the !edroom opened once again" MyungSoo. he &umped from his seat and went across the room with two !ig steps, supporting other, who &ust came out of the room" You should rest" 1orean medicine is really wea%, including sleeping pills" MyungSoo said and went to the couch with SungYeols help" $f youre awa%e, we should ha e a tal%" SungGyu said" May!e lets wait? Hoya suggested !ut SungGyu wa ed him off" >ine" MyungSoo nodded" We are now aware of your past and what you ha e done" /ot again, hyung" Sung*ong whined and was shushed down" $ thin% it will !e completely impossi!le for us to forget all that, especially what happened today" ,nd its not a lie when $ say no one of us will !e a!le to act li%e we dont %now it" Seriously. SungGyu, $ though you %ic%ing those dudes till they were crying for their mothers and screaming at them for trying to ruing MyungSoos new life was a sign that you are not a fool. WooHyun interrupted and recei ed a death glare from SungGyu" 6ould you please let me finish? he hissed and turned !ac% to MyungSoo" What $ wanted to say, is all that doesnt change how we saw you !efore and the way you acted toward us" So, we might not loo% o er that, until we forget, !ut we will# he too% a deep !reath not &udge you" 0eside, you are willing to ris% e erything for SungYeol, so, youre o%ay" Hoya added" What should $ say now# MyungSoo said 5uietly" /othing, !ecause e erything they said is self)e ident" (ongWoo said with a !right smile" You were a part of us !efore this misshapen, and you are still, !ecause who doesnt ha e dar% things in their past? My past is dar%er than any of you could imagine" MyungSoo said not 5uite loo%ing at anyone in the room" (oes it matter? Sung*ong as%ed" $t should matter" MyungSoo replied glancing at the youngest one for a second" 0ut it doesnt and wont" SungYeol said resting his head on MyungSoos shoulder" $ ha e ne er cared a!out your past, $ dont care now and $ will not care" /either will we" Hoya said with a nod" 0ut you should" -his could happen again" *o%er was not the main in the organi;ation" -hen we will deal with them together if that happens again. SungGyu stood up" 3isten, you pro!a!ly heard how $ acted earlier" $m sorry, !ut $ was &ust worried a!out WooHyun and $ admit a!out you and definitely a!out SungYeol too, so dont mind all what $ said then and focus on what $ am saying now" He sighed and too% a small pause" Were all in to this now anyway, and we are not !ac%ing up" 0eside, do you really thin% they would come at you again, after you got rid of that giant? WooHyun &oined in" What giant? SungYeol loo%ed at MyungSoo" -he professional you heard them tal%ing a!out" He replied and turned to WooHyun" $ didnt want to in ol e any of you" $ &ust failed to %eep all SungYeol and now all of you away from that" Stop" SungYeol raised his head from MyungSoos shoulder and loo%ed at him" What happened today# We will deal with it if it happens again" $ will !e more careful, we all will" 0ut you had to# $ would do that again and let us not mention it, please" (id you guys &ust switch to *apanese again or $ am the only one who didnt understand the last reference? (ongWoo as%ed, sounding indeed confused" $ts nothing" Aeally" SungYeol said with a faint smile" What e er you say" (ongWoo shrugged" So, $ thin% this is cleared out" SungGyu sighed" We should pro!a!ly each return home and rest a !it" You two especially need some rest" $ dont thin%#" MyungSoo started to spea% !ut was cut of my (ongWoo" <Well ta%e Sung*ong home first, then SungGyu and WooHyun to their diner and then we will go to our apartment" Safe, as no one will stay alone for a moment, right? MyungSoo nodded" Good, then see you tomorrow, as we will stop !y" He smiled his wide smile, wa ed, gra!!ed Hoya !y his hand and dragged him out, while other &ust !arely could wa e a good!ye" Aest well" Sung*ong said and !riefly hugged MyungSoo and then SungYeol" We will" SungYeol smiled and wa ed a good!ye"

,s this is not a trauma from &o!, $ will not pay your medical !ill" ,nd you can ta%e few days off while you get !etter and stuff" SungGyu murmured" What he meant was, that dont e en dare showing up in the diner until your well" WooHyun said with a sigh" $f you need anything, call us" He said and left, ta%ing SungGyu with him, lea ing MyungSoo and SungYeol alone" $m still really sorry" MyungSoo said, wrapping his arms around SungYeol, after the taller one rested his head on MyungSoos shoulder again" ,nd $ still forgi e you" SungYeol said, !eing careful with placing his hands around MyungSoos middle" -hose are things you shouldnt forgi e that easily" MyungSoo rested his head on top of SungYeols" 0ut $ do and thats it" 3ets &ust not !ring today up without real need and lets &ust li e li%e nothing happened" He said with a sigh" SungGyu said it wont !e that easy" SungGyu o! iously says a lot of things" SungYeol raises his head from others shoulder to loo% in his eyes" 3ets at least try" +%ay" MyungSoo said with a nod" SungYeol smiled as !right as he could and pec%ed MyungSoos lips, resting his head !ac% on other shoulder right after" -his had !een one really long day" Warning ,re you sure you can wor%? SungGyu leaned against the doorpost of the %itchen and o!ser ed how MyungSoo tied the apron around his middle" $ wouldnt come here if couldnt" MyungSoo replied and rolled up the slee es of his white dress shirt and went to the sin% to wash his hands" (oes SungYeol %now? SungGyu as%ed and too% a step in to the %itchen" MyungSoo turned his head toward SungGyu for a moment" His face read that SungYeol most definitely didnt %now" (ont you thin% that he will frea% out, when he comes home from recei ing the results of uni ersity entrance e'am? SungGyu crossed his arms on his chest" $ left a note at home and te'ted him" MyungSoo replied and started to cut carrots that were placed on the counter in front of him" He will still frea% out" You heal fast and the stitches were ta%en out pretty 5uic%ly, !ut you still should ha e rested some more" SungGyu said with a sigh and placed a !owl for cut carrots ne't to MyungSoo" $ ha e ne er rested so much in my life" $ already read almost e erything in the first floor !oo%)store during those wee%s, so $ need to do something else" MyungSoo said and SungGyus eyes loc%ed on how fast the %nife in MyungSoos hand was mo ing, how smooth and precise each mo ement was" /o mechanical de ice could cut with accuracy li%e that, SungGyu was sure of that" -he reali;ation of from where this ama;ing s%ill came from made SungGyu shi er a little, !ut he snapped out of it pretty fast" He had made a promise not only to SungYeol, WooHyun and e eryone else to forgi e, forget and accept, !ut also to himself" He was the one in their little group of friends, who had no right to &udge and !lame MyungSoo for anything, as he understood why he had made the choices he made" He once had pretty similar choices to ma%e" SungGyu" MyungSoo spo%e louder than usual and SungGyu finally draw his ga;e away from MyungSoos hands that loo%ed li%e they stopped the action of cutting already for a while and loo%ed at MyungSoos face" $ called you already for the third time" MyungSoo said calmly, as if understanding where to SungGyus mind had wondered off" +uh" SungGyu said, not hiding his surprise" 4ass me the ca!!ages, please" MyungSoo as%ed casually and that calmed SungGyu down" +ne thing he definitely li%ed a!out MyungSoo was that he did not as% 5uestions in any %ind of aw%ward situation" He &ust let things go their flow and SungGyu had to admit : he wanted to learn that" Without any further words, he did what he was as%ed to, and soon the precise mo ements of the %nife started again" -his time SungGyu decided not to fall in the strange stage of trance and thoughts as !efore, so he left the %itchen, &ust to meet and angry SungYeol standing at the counter and 5uite guilty loo%ing WooHyun !ehind him" Where is he? SungYeol as%ed" He loo%ed li%e he was ready to punch SungGyu in the face, though it was not his fault for sure"

>irst of all, $ am older than you, so you ha e no right to tal% to me in a tone li%e that" SungGyu said to SungYeol and turned to WooHyun" We can handle this" 6ustomers are waiting" WooHyun nodded and left" 3isten# SungYeol started, !ut was immediately cut off !y SungGyu" He came here !ecause he wanted to" $ did not call him and as% him to come, $ e en offered him to go home, !ut he refused" We are not letting him to carry the trays around" He is &ust coo%ing in the %itchen and thats it" SungGyu said while SungYeols mouth was still hanging open" /ow, go and tal% to him yourself and gi e the order sheet WooHyun will !ring o er now to him as well" $ will not gi e him the order sheet, !ecause $ am ta%ing him home" SungYeol said and reached the door to the %itchen in few !ig steps" Good luc% with that" SungGyu sighed" What do you thin% you are doing? SungYeol as%ed as soon as he stepped in to the %itchen, where MyungSoo was currently preparing e erything for ser ing stew or something of that sort" $#am#coo%ing? He rather as%ed than stated and placed the spoon he was rising to his lips !efore on to the counter" You should !e at home and resting" SungYeol said, trying his !est to stay calm, as a true panic hit him when he returned home, as he had forgotten his papers and phone, and he found no one there : as in MyungSoo was gone, lea ing only a small note that said @(ont worry" $ went to wor%" :M" ,lmost the same was said in the message that was sent to him" ,t that moment e ery thought a!out uni ersity left SungYeols mind and he had rushed straight to the diner, where, as soon as WooHyun saw him and guilt appeared on his face, he understood that MyungSoo is there" -he fear washed away a little, !ut he was still worried" He %new how fast and almost miraculously MyungSoo can heal, !ut that did not mean that he was ready to wal% around with hea y trays of food and rush from %itchen to hall and !ac% when e er needed" -he urge to punch WooHyun and then SungGyu was great, !ut somehow a small oice at the !ac% of his head, that used to tal% to SungYeol when he was on the streets in *apan and %ept him from doing ridiculous things, came !ac% to life and tal%ed him out of hurting the two pre iously mentioned ones in front of their customers" 0eside, %nowing MyungSoo, it was not their fault at all" You %now as well as $ do, that $ ha e rested enough" MyungSoo said and too% a different spoon to stir what he was coo%ing" He then too% one of the trays, that were piled up ne't to the door and se eral other items, SungYeol had seen in diners and placed them on the tray, along with the freshly coo%ed stew" Without much effort, MyungSoo passed SungYeol and called out for WooHyun the num!er of order that was ready and the !espo%en one came almost right away and too% the tray" $ was worried# SungYeol said 5uietly" His panic had washed away along with his anger and now he was e en a little ashamed" How could he %now how well MyungSoo was feeling? He had %nown his condition !etter than any doctor !efore, so why was this time different? $m sorry" MyungSoo said with a small sigh and too% few steps closer to SungYeol, so that there was almost no distance !etween them" You would ha e had a surprise dinner coo%ed !y me here after youd return from uni ersity with results, !ut now the surprise is pretty much ruined, as you didnt go anywhere, !ut, $ guess that is my fault" He said and cupped SungYeols face in his hands" $m sorry" Aeally" He said and pec%ed SungYeols lips" $ was so worried" SungYeol pouted" You really thin% this will ma%e up for it? MyungSoo pressed his lips against SungYeols again, this time gi ing SungYeol enough time to respond and a pec% to turn in to a decent %iss, !ut as soon as that happened a loud sound of dishes crashing on the floor and few shrie%s came from the hall" What was that? SungYeol gasped the ery moment the %iss was o er and MyungSoo was already rushing out of the %itchen" -he customers seemed shoc%ed and a !it frightened and at first it wasnt clear what had happened, until MyungSoo saw SungGyu helping WooHyun to get !ac% on his feet" -he later had o! iously fallen, ta%ing the tray with empty dishes along, scattering them on the floor" What happened? MyungSoo came closer to help clean the mess and SungYeol soon followed him" $ saw him" WooHyun turned to MyungSoo, his face full of shoc% and terror" Saw who? MyungSoo as%ed, not !eing completely sure he wanted to hear the answer"

-he foreign giant" -he one we# He# He was standing !ehind the window and loo%ing inside" WooHyun said, his ga;e focusing on MyungSoo, as if emphasi;ing that what he &ust said was true" ,re you sure? MyungSoo as%ed and recei ed a nod as a reply" Without thin%ing much he rushed out of the diner and loo%ed around the empty street" , shadow mo ed in a side)way across the main street and MyungSoo already launched forward to run to that alley, when someone gra!!ed him !y his hand" (o you ha e to do that? SungGyu as%ed : his grip strong enough to %eep someone li%e MyungSoo in place" $f its really him WooHyun saw then, yes, $ ha e to" MyungSoo said" $ need to chec% at least and right now he, who e er it might !e, has time to get away" $ am going with you then, or the two of them SungGyu nodded toward the diner, o! iously spea%ing a!out SungYeol and WooHyun will rip me to pieces" $ am not willing to allow this, !ut $ cant waste time" MyungSoo said and SungGyu let go of his wrist, letting him to finally mo e across the street, other following close !ehind" -he alley was located in such way that it would !e hard for a simple passer)!y to notice anything there, if he or she wasnt paying e'tra attention" $t was a pretty classical type of place !etween two !uildings where gar!age containers were placed" ,t first loo% it seemed empty, !ut then a figure stepped out of the shadow and MyungSoo fro;e, ma%ing SungGyu to almost run in to him" -hat really was the chaser" His posture was a !it croo%ed : not as stiff and straight as !efore? he seemed to limp with one leg and his right hand loo%ed li%e one after a wrongly healed !ra%e : misplaced and misshaped" His nec%, which at first loo%ed li%e it was co ered in thic% !lac% scarf, was actually loc%ed in some sort of de ice that reminded more of a futuristic wonder from Star Wars, than something real medicine would use, !ut then again the chaser was not from those who used the ser ices of hospitals and real doctors" -he chaser mo ed and MyungSoo too% a careful step !ac%, pushing SungGyu along" 2 en a %itchen %nife would ha e came in handy now, !ut right now MyungSoo was unarmed and e en though the foreigner didnt loo% as one that could fight at the moment, it was still a !ad thing" -he foreigner reached inside of his long !lac% coat and pulled out his !lade : the same MyungSoo once felt on his !ac% and spun it once in his well hand" SungGyu o! iously tensed !etween MyungSoos !ac% and MyungSoo too% the needed position to launch at foreigner as soon as a chance occurred" He had no other strategy and he hoped this one would wor%" -he giant spun the !lade once more and dro e the !lade in to the ground ne't to his feet" /W+ is pleased with your performance, !ut not pleased with your !eha ior" -he foreigner spo%e, his oice sounding li%e something close to (arth Eaders" -he cut in his throat, left there !y MyungSoo on their first meeting, had pro!a!ly cut the ocal cords or rather destroyed them" $ ha e nothing to do with them anymore, so $ dont care what they thin%" MyungSoo replied, still remaining ready to attac%" You might not ha e anything to with them now, !ut there will !e a day, when they will come after you" -he chaser said" ,s for now, you e won" He said and stepped !ac% from his !lade" Won? MyungSoo as%ed and straightened out from his half !end attac% position" Won freedom and time" -he foreigner said" $ respect you and accept my own defeat, !ut $ am not the only one and it will only ta%e time till ne't one appears" He said and too% few more steps !ac%" How much time do $ ha e? MyungSoo as%ed" , month, two, may!e a year or more" /o one can tell, !ut they will hunt for you, that $ can say for sure" -he foreigner said and too% few more steps !ac%, !efore disappearing in the shadow, &ust li%e he appeared" -hat means# SungGyu, who seemed almost ine'istent !efore, spo%e" -hat means e entually someone will come after me" MyungSoo finished others sentence and too% few steps closer to the !lade" ,nd we cant %now when, right? SungGyu as%ed and followed" 3i%e he said" MyungSoo replied and too% of the apron he was wearing, to wrap it around the !lade : first around the handle to pull it out of the ground, and then around the !lade itself" -hat means we should always !e ready" SungGyu said, !ut not with e'pected anger : rather with determination in his oice" $ e !rought life of ne er ending tension to e eryone" MyungSoo said, loo%ing at the wrapped in !lade he held"

/one of us is an angel, so we would e entually !ring it upon oursel es anyway" SungGyu said and placed his hand on MyungSoos shoulder" 3ets go !ac%" $ll put that thing away" Shouldnt $ do that? MyungSoo turned to other" /o" You already ha e a weapon at your house and one of these is more than enough" +ther said and too% the !lade from MyungSoo" 3ets go, !efore WooHyun and SungYeol go insane" He said with a small smile and led the way !ac% across the street, where the mentioned two were already waiting outside of the diner" Was it him? WooHyun as%ed" $t sounded li%e he wanted to recei e a negati e answer" Yes" MyungSoo said with a nod" 0ut he is not and will not !e a pro!lem" Well tal% a!out it later" SungGyu spo%e" Aight now we will continue to do what we had to do" He said and recei ed three nods in reply" ,ll of them returned !ac% to the diner and soon SungYeol left to uni ersity, &ust to come !ac% later together with (ongWoo, Hoya and Sung*ong" So, they will come !ac%# Hoya said with a sigh and leaned !ac% in his seat" -hose are not pleasing news" 2 en more of the fact that we dont %now when""" WooHyun said" ,nd who they will !e" (ongWoo added" We will &ust ha e to wait and see" SungGyu said and poured e eryone apart from Sung*ong and MyungSoo a round of so&u, as one was too young, !ut other &ust didnt drin%" We dont ha e many other choices" Hoya nodded and dran% his shot of the alcoholic drin%" -heres always the possi!ility to find them first" MyungSoo said, attracting e eryones attention and ma%ing SungYeol ne't to him to tense" 0ut that is not an option and, no, $ am not going to do that" He said and loo%ed at SungYeol during the last part" -hen# we &ust wait? Sung*ong as%ed, loo%ing at his hyungs" Yes" We wait and li e as normal as its possi!le for us and that is it" SungGyu said and emptied his glass" $ts not said, that they will e er come, though" WooHyun said and loo%ed at SungGyu" -hreatening to come and coming are two different things" You %now that" 6oming right now and after some time are two different things as well" SungGyu replied" ,gain secrets $ dont understand" (ongWoo frowned" /ot only you" SungYeol said" 6are to e'plain? /ot right now" SungGyu said and poured some more of the drin% for himself" , complicated story that will !e told some other time" You %now, that after telling it, some might !e angry a!out your attitude, right? WooHyun as%ed" $ am pretty much aware of that" SungGyu said with a !it of sad smile and emptied his glass again" -he $ guess we will wait till some other time" MyungSoo said and SungGyu nodded with a smile" He could see a similarity !etween himself and MyungSoo and at the same time ma&or difference" +n one hand it was great : when SungGyu as%ed too many 5uestions and sometimes rushed with conclusions, MyungSoo didnt as% and waited for things to re eal them sel es slowly : that was the great, !ut pleasant difference" +n other hand, he felt this dar% similarity that was hopefully not ready to re eal it too soon, as that could endanger their merry company of se en as much as MyungSoos past" Smile We should change the su!&ect" Sung*ong frowned" We ha e great news to cele!rate, !ut all we do is tal% a!out the !ad stuff" Sung*ongs right, WooHyun said with a smile" We ha e !etter things to tal% a!out" >or SungYeol getting accepted in uni ersity with perfect e'am results. Hoya raised his glass and e eryone did the same, raising their glasses from the ta!le" Good thing you managed to arri e !efore closing to get your results" (ongWoo smiled and put his glass !ac% on the ta!le after ta%ing a sip" -hat could !e a sign that e erything will start to get !etter from now on" WooHyun said" Since when do you !elie e in signs? SungYeol turned to WooHyun" Well, e erything happens for a reason and with its own aftermath, so you could count some things as signs" -he !espo%en one said with a faint smile and glanced at SungGyu for a !rief second" -hat was cheesy" (ongWoo said acting out a shi er" -hen how a!out this? WooHyun made a heart with his arms o er his head and @threw it across the ta!le to (ongWoo, ma%ing the later to cringe" ,nd this? he turned

to SungGyu, made peace signs with !oth of his hands and started to ma%e pro!a!ly the weirdest)supposed)to)!e) cute noise e er" +uh, dear lord" SungGyu turned away automatically, causing others to laugh" Gyuu7 WooHyun whined in the same supposed)to)!e)cute oice and lightly hit SungGyu shoulder ma%ing others to laugh e en louder until they all suddenly came to silence, including WooHyun who was amusing e eryone with his @cute act" -he laughter that stopped only few seconds after e eryone else stopped was the reason of e eryones silence" -hey all loo%ed at the source with wide eyes, ma%ing other to loo% !ac% at them with the same e'pression mi'ed with confusion" What? MyungSoo as%ed, loo%ing !ac% at the si' pairs of eyes loo%ing at him" Whats wrong? he as%ed again" Hyung# Sung*ong finally spo%e" You laughed" His oice was full of shoc%" $# did? he loo%ed at SungYeol, who &ust stared at him wide)eyed and loo%ed as if he had stopped !reathing, and then turned to Hoya, who nodded" $# he loo%ed at the ta!le in confusion" You laughed. (ongWoo finally said louder and clapped his hands once !efore going of in shouts of laughter" -hat is great. he cheered" You cant e en imagine how many times Hoya had said he dou!ted that you can actually smile. he said and continued to laugh" See, $ said things will go !etter from now on. WooHyun started to laugh as well" ,nd all than%s to my aegyo" He said and threw another round of hearts : this time to Hoya and MyungSoo, ma%ing the later to laugh again and co er his mouth with the !ac% of his palm" -his turns out to !e a really great day after all. SungGyu said with a small laugh and poured the drin%s again" SungYeol, are you o%ay? he as%ed when he reached SungYeols glass" -he later one was still fro;en, his eyes glued to MyungSoo" He had seen glimpses : small flashes of smile on MyungSoos face or rather in his eyes, !ut ne er something one could really call a true smile" ,nd now : out of !lue air : MyungSoo was laughing, the sound of his laughter ma%ing SungYeol deaf to anything else" He had waited for so long, wondered for the reason why other didnt smile for so long, that after all disasters that happened, he had forgotten his 5uiet resolution to find out why other didnt show this wonderful emotion and how to ma%e him show it" /ow it had happened and SungYeol was at lost of words" /ot !ecause it wasnt him, who made other finally re eal his smile, !ut !ecause he felt li%e a !lind man seeing the sun for the first time : no matter how ridiculous it sounded" SungYeol? MyungSoo turned to him : his eyes !right and shining : and SungYeol almost felt li%e he could cry" ,re you feeling o%ay? he as%ed, loo%ing straight at SungYeol" $ dont %now# SungYeol said 5uietly, still loo%ing at MyungSoos face" When the !right e'pression that had mesmeri;ed him slowly started to fade and turn in to concern, SungYeol finally snapped out of it" $ was &ust surprised" He 5uic%ly said and tried to force out a smile of his own, !ut suddenly he felt li%e all his a!ility to smile had run away from the surprise" ,re you sure? MyungSoo as%ed" -he mood at the ta!le was serious again and it made SungYeol to feel !ad" Yes" He nodded and finale smiled" $ was &ust really surprised" He said and loo%ed at e eryone at the ta!le and then returned his ga;e to MyungSoo" Aeally" He said, reassuring other that he was fine" +%ay" MyungSoo said" His lips twitched a few times and formed a smile afterwards, ma%ing SungYeol to free;e a little again" He had no idea such a simple thing could lea e such an impression him" -he shoc% had washed away and now was replaced !y something !etween &oy and a feeling he couldnt 5uite descri!e" $t was li%e his heart got gra!!ed !y something, this time in a good way? li%e the little oices in the !ac% of his head had gone cra;y and started to whisper to him things they usually tal%ed him out off" You dont loo% good, though" WooHyun said with concern" May!e we should go home? MyungSoo as%ed, his smile gone" He rested his hand on SungYeols, who was still a !it fro;en" May!e# the later said 5uietly" Well continue this some other time then" SungGyu said and stood up" $ts pretty late anyway and we actually had a pretty long day" He said and swayed a little trying to ta%e a step !ac%" ,nd you dran% a lot" WooHyun said with a sly grin on his face" -hat does not mean a thing" SungGyu narrowed his eyes at WooHyun" ,s you say" WooHyun stood up as well and others followed him" We will lea e first then" MyungSoo said and wrapped his arm around SungYeols middle, steadying the taller one as he seemed da;ed"

+%ay" Go home safely" +thers said almost in unison as MyungSoo led SungYeol trough the door" You really dont loo% well" MyungSoo said when they reached the door of their apartment" -he way home was 5uic%, as MyungSoo half dragged half carried da;ed SungYeol there, !ut others condition hadnt changed much" $t was more than &ust weird, as not more than FG minutes ago SungYeol had !een perfectly fine : laughing and smiling : !ut then as if he remem!ered or saw something that &ust flipped his mood upside down he turned in to the da;e man he was right now" MyungSoo led him to the couch, made him to sit down and then rushed to the %itchen to !ring a glass of water" May!e you dran% too much? he as%ed, handing the glass to SungYeol, %neeling in front of him" SungYeol shoo% his head in denial" ,re you still worried a!out what happened earlier today? SungYeol shoo% his head again and loo%ed at the glass he was holding : &ust holding, he didnt ta%e a drin% from it" (id something that $ dont %now happen? SungYeol shoo% his head yet again and put the glass of water on the small ta!le !ehind MyungSoo" You happened" SungYeol finally spo%e, loo%ing straight in MyungSoos eyes" Me? (id $ do something wrong? He as%ed, not !eing 5uite sure, what was going on in SungYeols mind" /o" You &ust did something $ forgot $ wanted you to do" SungYeol said and it still made no sense to MyungSoo" What? he as%ed, this time waiting for a decent answer" You smiled# laughed# SungYeol said, his eyes lea ing MyungSoos face for a moment and then returning" MyungSoo was at lost of words" Why would such a thing affect SungYeol so much? ,s if hearing MyungSoos thoughts SungYeol too% a deep !reath and started to spea%H When $ first met you $ was sure that you dont smile !ecause you didnt ha e a reason orIand !ecause of what you did" -hen, $ started to notice small glimpses of smile, !ut none of them really led to a smile, so $ assumed you &ust# cant" SungYeol sighed" 0ut you can and $ was &ust thrown !ac% to the first time $ saw you, and $ was as positi ely shoc%ed as !ac% then and &ust# MyungSoo gently cupped SungYeols chee%s, his lips curling in to a small smile again" $t always ta%es time to learn how to do something" He said, still smiling a little" +r rather understanding or feeling that doing it is right, li%e with e erything" He smiled a little wider and leaned forward, pec%ing SungYeols lips" He tried to return the distance they had !efore, !ut SungYeols arms wrapped around his nec%, pulling him closer again and pressing their lips together in a %iss that soon grew too passionate to !reathe trough it" SungYeol grew dominant for moments, as if challenging MyungSoo and ga e up almost as soon as MyungSoo too% control o er the %iss" He had a definite reason to do so, as it as if pushed a switch in MyungSoo, ma%ing him to act in a way he had learned is right as well" His hands found their way around SungYeols middle, raising others shirt as if on purpose and letting his fingers to as if accidentally s%im o er the !it of s%in that appeared" SungYeol shi ered and tangled his fingers in MyungSoos !lac% hair, pulling him as close as possi!le !efore !rea%ing the %iss to gasp for air" He rested his forehead against MyungSoos and !reathed hea ily, loo%ing straight in others deep eyes, getting lost as he always did : nothing had changed, he was still a dum! pigeon when it came to MyungSoo" -he later one let his hands to fully go under SungYeols shirt, ma%ing other to shi er slightly" So many things had happened that SungYeol had already forgotten how it was to feel MyungSoos hands on his s%in, not to mention anything else that resulted from that" He reached for the edge of his shirt and pulled it o er his head, shi ering this time from the cool air of the room hitting his already heated s%in" -he reali;ation of how long he had lasted without touches he cra ed so much was mind)!lowing, !ut he had to end the undetermined time of waiting now, as certain things had happened and triggered something in side of him" He leaned closer, as he had had to lean !ac% when he remo ed his shirt, and captured MyungSoos lips in a %iss again" -he later one stood up slowly, pulling SungYeol up from the couch and wrapped his arms strongly around SungYeols waist, pulling him against his !ody" His hands started to trace SungYeols sides : thum!s dancing o er his ri!s, and his lower !ac% : fingers redrawing his spine" $ guess youre fine after all" MyungSoo !ro%e the %iss and said with a smile, ma%ing SungYeol to gasp" He will need time to get used to it, !ut right now was not the right time to thin% a!out it"

SungYeol unlin%ed his arms from around MyungSoos nec% and started to fondle around the !uttons of others shirt, !ut they seemed rather diso!edient and his long fingers were near ripping them out, when MyungSoo came in help, slowly un!uttoning each !utton" SungYeol stepped !ac% a little to gi e space for other and to ha e a !etter iew, of how the white fa!ric left MyungSoos torso, letting SungYeol to admire others !ody for the hundredth time" He was sure : no matter how many times he would see other, he would ne er stop !eing ama;ed, how none of the scars managed to ruin the perfect lines of MyungSoos toned !ody, how they rather completed his image and draw SungYeol e en closer, li%e a stupid pigeon he was" MyungSoo too% the small needed step !ac% to SungYeol and wrapped his arms around SungYeols waist again, pulling him closer and letting their s%in to touch" He didnt say a thing? instead he &ust smiled, pec%ed still and again da;ed SungYeols lips and too% him !y the hand, leading the way to their !edroom" ,s soon as the destination was clear for SungYeol, he too% the initiati e and dragged MyungSoo in to the room" He let go of others hand and immediately tried to rid himself of his pants and almost fell o er, if not MyungSoos arms wrapping around him from the !ac%" /o need to rush" He said calmly and pressed his lips against SungYeols shoulder, his hands going down from SungYeols a!domen to SungYeols hands, that had stopped halfway done with the !elt of his pants" He lin%ed their fingers together and %issed SungYeols shoulder again, this time lea ing a trail of %isses afterwards : from the ery edge of the shoulder to the spot !ehind SungYeols ear" 3ets ha e this my way this time# +%ay? MyungSoo whispered against the shell of SungYeols ear and other tried his !est not pass out form the sensation of others hot !reathe against his s%in" +%ay" SungYeol nodded wea%ly and let himself to !e spun around !y MyungSoo and guided !ac% until the !ac% of his %nees hit the !ed and he securely sat down and mo ed !ac% until his feet no longer dangled o er the edge of the !ed, ne er !rea%ing the eye contact with MyungSoo, who loo%ed straight at his face li%e did !oth pre ious times they had got this far" -his time other didnt hesitate for SungYeols in itation to mo e further and crawled upon the said one almost immediately, loc%ing their lips in a %iss" SungYeol wrapped his long arms around MyungSoos nec%, trying to %eep him in place and deepened the %iss till ma'imum, !ut failed, yet he didnt regret failing" MyungSoo !ro%e out from SungYeols hold and !ro%e the %iss as well, &ust to place one on SungYeols &aw, then lea e a few down his nec% and o er his collar!ones, down his chest and a!domen and then !ac% up till cur e of SungYeols nec%" What e er MyungSoo tried to gain with this was wor%ing pretty well, as the rain of %isses and others hands caressing his sides and still clothed thighs had dro e him close to the edge of shameless moaning and pleading for something he didnt e en %now what e'actly, at least he though he was &ust close to that" -he trail of %isses, which was now accompanied with small !ites, had yet again reached SungYeols lower torso and MyungSoos fingers &ust !riefly s%immed o er the outline of SungYeols still co ered yet fully erected mem!er as he laid %isses along the edge of SungYeols pants and the later cried out louder than e'pected, with pleads lea ing his lips" +nly then he reali;ed he had pleaded and moaned already for a while and he &ust was so o erwhelmed with all those wonderful sensations he hadnt registered his own oice !ouncing around the room" 2 en more, till the moment when MyungSoos fingers this time definitely on purpose, glided o er the tent in his pants, he hadnt registered that other was teasing him and was awfully good at it" MyungSoo# 4lease# SungYeol finally !reathed out, registering his own oice : which was raspy and a !it hoarse : saying that" $n a second MyungSoos face was a!o e his and he finally was a!le to understand where his hands ha e !een all this time, as he had o! iously lost control of them" MyungSoos hair was a complete mess and SungYeols fingers were still tangled in them and the later could only !riefly remem!er pulling something when others lips hit and e'tremely sensiti e spot on his s%in" 6an# can $ ta%e o er? SungYeol !reathed out and recei ed a mischie ous smir% as a reply" /o" MyungSoo said, the smir% not lea ing his face" You agreed on this !eing my way this time" -hen please# SungYeol managed to say !efore he had to moan again, as MyungSoos hand s%immed o er the front of his pants" Where had MyungSoo learned this, as most of the time they spent together? /ot that SungYeol minded : he rather lo ed it, !ut he was &ust curious" He stopped to thin% a!out that as soon as he felt others !ody lea ing him and loo%ed around, to find MyungSoo going trough his !ag, which he usually too% with him to wor% and which was now standing on a chair at the corner of the room" He returned as 5uic%ly

as he left and was o! iously carrying something in his hand according to the way things were mo ing SungYeol %new more than well what he was carrying and pro!a!ly from where the %nowledge came from" WooHyun" 0ut this was a!solutely not the right time, place and conditions to thin% a!out the said male" SungYeol had other : more important things to thin% a!out rather than the idea of WooHyun ha ing -H2 tal% with MyungSoo" SungYeol sat up on his %nees and as soon as his arms could reach MyungSoo he hoo%ed his fingers in to the !elt) loops of others pants and pulled MyungSoo closer to the !ed, until his %nees hit the edge of the !ed" His crotch was now around SungYeols eyes le el and SungYeol would !e a liar, if he wouldnt admit li%ing the !ulge in front of his eyes" He loo%ed up to meet MyungSoos eyes filled with the same mi'ture of emotion he remem!ered seeing !efore : lust and something that seemed so strong and intense that it !urned SungYeols soul with the most pleasing flames e er" He leaned forward and %issed MyungSoos lower a!domen along the edge of his pants and slowly start to undo them, !ut switched to fast as he didnt recei e any resistance" 0ut as soon as he was ready to pull off the incredi!ly annoying pieced of clothing MyungSoo was wearing, MyungSoo put his hands on SungYeols shoulders and pushed lightly, ma%ing later to fall !ac% in to the !ed" My way : remem!er? he said with a sly smile and almost copied the way how SungYeol had opened his pants moments ago doing the same to SungYeols, only the later was sure MyungSoo was somehow !etter in this" , gasp !ro%e from SungYeols lips when MyungSoo didnt stop and finally too% of the un!elie a!ly uncomforta!le attires he was wearing, letting the heated up, !ut still chilly air of the room hit his na%ed form" Youre no longer too s%inny" MyungSoo said with a smile, crawling o er SungYeols frame to lea e %iss on his lips" $ %now $ agreed on doing this your way, !ut if youre not ta%ing your pants off right now $ will lose my patience" SungYeol said with a pout and !efore he managed to add anything MyungSoo was gone to return literally few seconds later" 0etter? he said and SungYeol shi ered in agreement from all the s%in contact" Much !etter" He gasped out and entwined his arms around MyungSoos shoulders, &ust to let his hands roam o er others !ac% and upper arms, while their lips were loc%ed in a %iss again" MyungSoo !ro%e the %iss again, lea ing SungYeol !reathless and not letting other to regain normal !reathing, as on his way south he now laid %isses only on the places of SungYeols torso that were e'tremely sensiti e" SungYeol lost conception of the world around him, when MyungSoo started to %iss his inner thighs and he was pretty sure his moans could !e compared to ones of a wanton whore, &ust li%e his actions of spreading his long legs further apart and clenching on to the sheets" He regained the a!ility to actually &udge a!out his surroundings when a slic% finger started to circle his entrance" He had no idea he had missed the sensation that much, !ut he tried to thrust !ac% &ust of the rather simple touch and !y that he lost the touch at all" You should calm down" MyungSoo said, his oice somehow sounding deeper than usual, !ut SungYeol !lamed that on his own currently clouded reality" 4lease# SungYeol !reathed out as he could no longer ta%e the teasing" He lo ed it ne er the less, !ut he had waited long enough" His !ody was aching for a release and he didnt want it any other way than with MyungSoo inside of him" -he lost sensation of touch returned and pro!a!ly the loudest moan of night so far !ro%e out from SungYeols lips as the first finger finally entered him" -he mo ements were slow and careful, !ut at the same time they somehow managed to dri e SungYeol insane, especially when the second and third finger &oined in" ,ll that time he had managed to stay as still as he could, not thrusting !ac% on MyungSoos digits that were stretching his entrance and not ruin the actually perfectly slow, still teasingly pace they had, !ut he no longer could ta%e it" He had held !ac% as much as he could !ecause he actually en&oyed it more than he should" Sweat already !ro%e out on his !ody and he finally lost control of himself, as he thrust down on MyungSoos digits, moaning louder and louder with each of his own mo e until the feeling of !eing full was lost and he already thought he ruined e erything when the sensation returned, yet this time those were no fingers" SungYeols !ac% arched from the !ed and he 5uite automatically clenched on MyungSoos forearms" He rolled his hips, not waiting for his !ody to ad&ust and cried out louder than e er !efore" -he @hint was understood correctly !y other and with &ust few seconds apart from SungYeols attempt of getting a mo ement he wanted, steady and dead)on precise thrusts too% his !reath away"

2ach mo e was precise to millimeter and millisecond, not lea ing SungYeol wanting for more as it was perfectly what he wanted" His mind seamed to finally clear enough from ridiculous amount of desire and he registered another hot !reath filling the air? a pair of hands holding him steady !y his hips" He opened his eyes, which he had such at some moment, and loo%ed at MyungSoo" Shear layer of sweat was co ering his s%in, his !lac% hair stuc% to his forehead, lips parted letting hea y !reaths to escape them, eyes shutting and opening as if trying not to get lost in sensations, not to lose control too much" Wea%ly SungYeol reached his hand out for MyungSoos upper arm and pulled other down for a %iss" -he grip on his hips was gone as MyungSoo laid !oth of his hands on either side of SungYeols head and SungYeol could wrap his legs around MyungSoos lower !ac%, rolling his hips and en&oying the response he recei ed !oth in form of thrust and in their %iss" 3ose control" SungYeol mouthed against MyungSoos lips" He could feel how other was holding !ac% from something and he wanted him to let go" (o it" He said and the ery moment dug his !lunt nails in others shoulders" -he mo ements !ecame wilder, still as precise, still dead on, !ut faster and, dear lord, SungYeol lo ed it" +ne particular thrust finally threw him o er the edge and e erything !efore his open eyes !ecame !right white in mere seconds, as he screamed out MyungSoos name from the top of his lungs, not 5uite hearing that may!e someone could hear him" His !ody shi ered and he couldnt stop moaning as MyungSoo was still mo ing, !ut he as well didnt last much longer and came with a !rutal growl CSungYeol noted that he wanted to hear more of those for sureD" $t too% a good moment from SungYeol to come down from his high, !ut he when he did, he was already in MyungSoos em!race, something that reminded of a !lan%et, !ut SungYeol wasnt sure, wrapped around them" $ guess $ will need to than% him or something" SungYeol murmured" -han% who? MyungSoo as%ed, his oice sounding almost as tired as SungYeols" Who e er# $ dont %now how to say it# You %now# SungYeol said, running his fingers across MyungSoos chest" +uh# other said" $ said that $ read almost e ery !oo% from down stairs# So you pro!a!ly should than% inanimate o!&ects" He said and SungYeol loo%ed up from his comfy @pillow in form of MyungSoos upper arm to meet a smiling MyungSoo loo%ing at him" $ should &ust than% you" SungYeol said and rose higher from his position to %iss MyungSoo" $ would ha e !een dead, if not you" He said loo%ing in others dar% eyes" +r !ecause of me" /o" SungYeol shoo% his head" $ am ali e, here and happier than e er in my entire life !ecause of you" Me too" MyungSoo said with a smile, that SungYeol lo ed more and more" $ would still !e *iu, hiding somewhere in -o%yo and !eing a part of something that wasnt me" he !riefly %issed SungYeols lips" $ should than% you" Were e en" 2 en though $m a stupid pigeon and youre an angel" SungYeol said and laid !ac% on his pre ious place" What? /othing" SungYeol smiled and hugged MyungSoo a little !it tighter, recei ing the same response" 3i%e WooHyun said ) e erything in life had its reason and aftermath, e en the !ad things" Sometimes the !ad things e en lead to possi!le the !est ones : li%e lo e and happiness : e en if its !etween a ridiculous com!o li%e a pigeon and an angel"