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The members gathered in the living room on a Saturday evening. Their practice ended early and they won’t have a schedule the next day. Junmyeon and Sehun went to the kitchen to get some beer cans while Yixing and Jongdae followed to get some chips.
When they were all settled, they decided to play a movie everyone wasn’t able to finish the last time. On the first few minutes of the movie, Baekhyun suddenly noticed something as he was looking for the usual shoulder he is used to lean on. His left foot was on Yixing’s shoulder while the right foot was on Chanyeol’s who were both sitting on the floor. The small man scanned the room and suddenly freaked out, almost kicking the two men’s faces.
“GUYS!! OH MY GOD WHERE IS MINSEOK?” He screamed.
Jongdae paused the movie and stood up.
“I saw him going to the bathroom earlier before we were settled. He might have a churning stomach. He’ll be back once he’s done with his dilemma.”
“Ok” Baekhyun agreed.
“Play it back hyung, please”. Jongin asked.
It was halfway through the movie but there’s still no sight of Minseok.
“Guys, did hyung just ditch us and studied again? Unbelievable” Sehun complained.
“It’s spring break Hunnie, he doesn’t have a class” Kyungsoo responded.
Sehun just lets out an oooh yeah.
“OH MY GOD WHERE CAN HE BE????”
“Stop being a drama queen, Baek. He might be in his room sleeping. We can check on him later once the movie is done” Chanyeol suggested.
But Junmyeon peeked out from the hallway and announced that the hyung isn’t in his room. That’s when panic started to rise.
“He’s not in the bathroom either” Yixing said.
“He’s not in any of our rooms too” Jongin and Kyungsoo announced.
“He’s not in the practice room” Sehun and Chanyeol wearily panted.
“He’s not in the vocal and recording rooms too” Jongdae said while Baekhyun was clinging to him.
“WHERE TF IS THIS GUY” Junmyeon started dialing his number but he was only greeted with a voicemail.
The room went silent. Everyone was starting to worry. Minseok doesn’t usually do this. Well, he often likes to be alone but he always tells them where he’s going.
Baekhyun called Minseok’s mom in any case but her son isn’t there either. The guy’s eyes are starting to water.
“Is there a tvxq event today?” Jongdae opened up.
“Checking the site.... uhmm. None hyung” Sehun confirmed.
“Oh my God is he in China?”
“SHUT THE FUCK UP CHANYEOL.”
“Or is he in his school? He might have submitted one last project?” Jongin added.
“I don’t think so. His class was over around two weeks ago. He can’t be in school at this hour” Yixing replied.
“Call manager hyung please.” Kyungsoo’s eyes direct to Junmyeon.
This cut the bickering.
Junmyeon cleared his throat then started talking. The members were attentive like they are waiting for some good news.
“Manager hyung doesn’t even know where he is. He’s starting to worry and will call the police if hyung isn’t home by midnight.”
“He isn’t even allowed to be seen elsewhere knowing we’re in the midst of preparing for our comeback. Why is he like this? I’m worried hyung” Jongin’s tears started to fall so Kyungsoo with Chanyeol quickly patted his back.
“I hate him so much” a trembling voice from the kitchen echoed.
“Baek? We didn’t notice you’re in there. Don’t hate him. He might be out for an urgent matter. We don’t know” Yixing spoke.
Everyone gathered in the living room while constantly checking their phones for any news. It’s already 11pm.
Clock is ticking.
“MINSEOK HYUNG TT TT” Sehun lets out a cry.
“Don’t act like he is dead Sehun. He’ll be home in a while” Kyungsoo was determined.
At 11:45, the door suddenly opened with a familiar face trying to sneak out.
He then turns on the light.
He was walking stealthily holding something towards his room so no one could hear him.
A voice halted him from walking past his room.
“WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING SMALL MAN?”
Then a few more loud voices talked in unison.
“WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?”
“DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?”
Minseok’s face turned red. He was caught off guard.
“Guys. Guys. Calm down. I was looking for Tan but I wasn’t able to see him. I went outside and found him at the backyard then he ran. We were like playing hide and seek and finally I was able to catch him on the next block. Amber even helped me when she saw me crazily running. I was still inside the compound though”
“Then why were you tiptoeing when you arrived? You’re hiding from us” Sehun pouted.
Minseok touched Sehun’s chin. “No no baby, of course not. I just don’t want to bother you all. I thought you were all asleep.”
“Don’t do this again Minnie please. You got us too worried”
Sorry Chennie, I promise I won’t do this again” He patted the other man’s head causing the other to nod.
“Make sure you don’t. Manager hyung almost called the police” Junmyeon added.
“Are you hungry? I can cook for you. I can cook for all of us. Midnight snack” Kyungsoo broke the tension.
“Yes please hyung. I got hungry from worrying too much” Jongin jokingly snarled.
“Ahhh. Thanks Kyungsoo. And guys I’m really sorry. I didn’t know you noticed me when I was gone. You were all enjoying the movie”. Minseok hugged Kaisoo.
“Not until Baekhyun almost kicked our faces when he freaked out” Yixing noted.
“And he was running all around the building like a lost kid.” Chanyeol just shook his head.
“I’m really sorry Channie, Xing, Myeon. But i’m already here, yeah?”
He then turned to Baekhyun.
“Bobohu I’m sorry too okay? I didn’t know I got you worried too much. I’m already here babe.”
“Hmm. I’ll accept your apology but in one condition.” Baekhyun grinned.
“What is it?”
“I’ll sleep in your room tonight”
That was when chaos started. Everyone just protested.
“No way!! If you’ll sleep in his room then I’ll sleep in his room too” Sehun asserted.
“Then I should be too you know. He might escape anytime. We should keep an eye of him” Chanyeol added.
“Ah waeeee. Of course I should join too!! We need more people to look after him” Jongdae whined.
Then it ended with 9 men in one bedroom with their legs curled between each other and the tiny hyung sandwiched.
The next day, the men were woken up by Baekhyun’s loud screech.
“GUYS MINSEOK IS MISSING AGAIN?!!!!!!”
Then, panic... Yes, panic, shouting, crying and discordance were all over the room.