Post #24

[seoulfulness]

Fics (#23)

The Weather Channel infinite, woohyun/sunggyu
Sharing the Stage 4minute/after school/kara/secret/sistar
and i'm joining up the dots exo, kai/d.o
i'll follow you until you love me exo, gen
grip block b, b-bomb/zico
untitled btob, hyunsik/sungjae
we are infinite shinee, gen
start over reply 1997, joonhee/yoonjae
wonderful tonight b1a4/

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filled: exo, kai/suho (part 2/4)

[anonymous]

Target #3 is a man named Kim Jongin. He's a surgeon in a city hospital, and he's volunteered to be on duty on both Christmas and the New Year. "A bit of a workaholic, don't you think?" Kris comments after the whole introduction. "Much like someone I know."

Joonmyun laughs a little and waves Kris off. "I'm a lazy ass. I sleep on the job. I don't know what you're talking about."

He doesn't tell Kris that he knows a whole lot more about "this Jongin person". He met Jongin a couple of years ago, back in med school when he was still in training. Jongin was one of his first assignments; back then, he was tasked to make Jongin develop a crush on a boy named Taemin and, at the same time, develop a crush on one of his female seniors.

Joonmyun knew for a fact that Taemin would turn him down, eventually, but he had to fulfill his mission.

"So, who is he supposed to fall in love with now?" Joonmyun asks, then turns to Kris with a small smile on his lips. "The records say he's had too many heartbreaks to count. Well, just five, but you get the drift-"

"You sound different."

"And you sound funny." Joonmyun clears his throat. "The mission?"

Kris prolongs the staring game for a bit longer, then eventually breaks eye contact. "The guy he'll be operating on - the performer, Lu Han? He has to fall in love with him."

Joonmyun scans the files, checking the possible outcomes of the mission. There are three, but Joonmyun's eyes are fixed on the first - the operation doesn't go well, and Lu Han dies.

He takes a deep breath.

"I'm on it."

It's not like Joonmyun is a stranger to death. He's seen people die left and right, has seen them frolicking in the empty space just under the clouds, looking for a passageway to heaven. They're hollow until they make it through the barrier and, when they do, they want to go back to the empty space for fear of feeling pain again.

Being friends with Jongdae doesn't help, when Jongdae brings a bunch of spirits with him everytime he comes back from his missions. "This one's cute," Jongdae points out, gesturing at the one of the spirits. "His name's Minseok. I saved him from having to find out that his girlfriend was cheating on him by tripping him somewhere. Aren't I great?"

"Amazing," Joonmyun replies, scoffing. He then excuses himself to head back down and check on Jongin.

In the three days that he's been on the case, Jongin has already made progress. Daily checks of Lu Han's vital signs are now peppered with conversations about dancing and singing. "I've always wanted to sing, actually," Jongin casually mentions, a hint of shyness in the undertone of his voice. "I mean, I do sing, but my other friends sound so much better so I just stick to dancing."

Lu Han laughs a little and shakes his head. "How bad can you be?"

"Worse than you. I've heard you sing, and you're good."

"Can't be that bad." Lu Han gestures for Jongin to come closer. "Come on, sing."

There's hesitation in the furrow of Jongin's eyebrows as he parts his lips to start, then promptly presses them back together. He repeats this a few more times until Lu Han slaps him on the arm. He starts out shaky - Polaris is a song he hasn't sung in years, after all - but his voice gradually becomes steadier as the song goes on. He closes his eyes when the song peaks, and Joonmyun holds his breath, eager to see if Jongin will be able to hit the notes right.