White Noise - Part 41
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"That's it." Onew said, and of course Minho was expecting the door to open to a vision of relief and freedom, and of course he was disappointed. Three people stood there, all men that Minho simply assumed were vampires, all glaring at both of them with a look that said they were ready to fight.
Onew quickly moved between them and Minho, scowling.
Then, a gun fired somewhere to the side of them. One at a time, each of the vampires Onew and Minho faced went down after splashes of blood from their heads.
A familiar hunter named Jay, not that Onew would know to call him that, stepped near them - tightly clutching a pistol. Onew could hear his nerves, or simply adrenaline, in the form of his rapidly beating heart under his chest - which was no contradiction to his vaguely wide, round brown eyes. "You two have bonded again?" Jay asked, glancing only for a moment away from the vampires to peek at Minho's bleeding lip.
Minho lifted his hand to wipe away some of the blood as Jay reminded him of it, and Onew answered, "Yeah. We did."
"Thank you." Minho said.
"Taemin is at Key's." Onew blurted out, "Right now, Jonghyun should be there alone--"
"He is.. there, alone." Jay said. "Jonghyun let Taemin go, so Taemin is at the hospital with Jungmo."
"Is he okay?" Onew asked.
"I hope so." Jay replied shortly.
"Thank you." Onew said, grabbing Minho's arm and pulling him off.
"Taemin was captured again?" Minho asked as they rushed away. "Why would Jonghyun just let him go?"
"They must have made some deal." Onew said, "But he's safe. We have other things to worry about now."
"Where are we supposed to go?"
"I'll figure that out after we get a car."
"My brother's." Minho said.
"Your brother has a car?" Onew said, looking over his shoulder at Minho.
"No. That's where I want to go. Siwon brought him up, and it made me uncomfortable.. I don't want them to do anything to him while they're mad."
Onew scowled, "If Siwon brought him up, he'll be targeted. We can't be around him."
Minho jerked his hand out of Onew's, stopping. "You told me you'd make sure they didn't hurt their family, but that's only as long as we won't get hurt while you do it?"
Onew frowned, and stopped, turning to Minho. "Fine. Where does your brother live?"
The conflicting feelings within Minho had become all too familiar.. though maybe with a new level of confusion, because he realized the bond wasn't forcing him to feel as he did about Onew. Not entirely, anyway. His brain was getting used to the wars that raged inside his head anyway, and he hardly even felt the pounding on his head when he forced his voice to a calm level so he could answer Onew. "I only remember the street name, but I was just there and I'll recognize the building. We should call a cab."
"Can't." Onew said, "If we call a cab to this area, it'll be like telling The Council to check it out."
"Then what are we supposed to do?"
Not long after, Joon's junkie car pulled up next to them at a bus stop, and Onew wasted no time in pulling the back door open and 'helping' Minho inside, which was really more like a rushing shove. Minho crushed a plastic cup under his knee as he crawled across the backseat, making the slightest noise of disgust as he shoved things off of the seat.
"Wow," Joon said, seeming unaware of the disgust that his messy backseat was causing Minho. "You really are relying on me a lot lately, huh?"
Onew pulled the door close after he climbed in, and said, "Drive."
"To my brother's apartment." Minho said, "You remember, right?"
"How could I forget? Acting like some human chaffeur.. hey Onew, at first I thought I owed you, but at this point it's definitely the other way around, huh?"
Onew wasn't interested in whatever Joon had to say, though, and he was blatantly ignored as Onew leaned across the backseat and kissed Minho on the lips. Minho, who was fast to pull away. "Onew!"
"What?" Onew asked, blinking at him. "We're safe now."
"Even if I wanted to do that with you," and he wasn't sure he did, "we're not alone."
"Joon doesn't mind."
"I mind~." Joon argued, just to be difficult.
"He's paying attention to the road." Onew said, glaring at him.
"Don't, Onew." Minho said, and wiped his hand over his lips just to be sure there was no more blood there to give Onew an excuse.
Onew frowned at Minho, but conceded to his wish, and simply took hold of his hand once again.
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