wrong number | yuwin

#twenty-three!¡

8:26 PM | Lishui, China

Sicheng got out of the car, and Yuta was already out holding Sicheng's luggage. Yuta locked the car, before putting an arm over Sicheng's shoulder, and walking him to his cousin's house.

They weren't really far away from Sicheng's house in Wenzhou, as Yuta's cousin's house is located near the border itself, in Lishui. He just hopes his family won't find out.

Yuta rang the doorbell, and after a while, a very short girl opened the door. She gazed upon them for a brief second before hugging Yuta. She proceeded on to squeal something in Japanese, which Sicheng didn't understand.

Soon, they were let inside as they sat in the living room. She brought a glass of water for both of them, as they thanked her.

"Hello, I'm Nakamoto Suzuka." She introduced herself in Korean, which amazed Sicheng cause he didn't expect her to know the language, but then it made things easier so it's good.

"I'm Dong Sicheng." He half-smiled her, but she returned it with a whole smile which stretched across her face.

"So, explain, now." But soon her expression changed to a serious one, glaring through Yuta. Yuta sighed, glancing at Sicheng, asking for permission. Sicheng got the hint, and nodded, allowing him to tell the story to his cousin.

"This is my boyfriend, Sicheng, as you know. Well, he kind of ran away with me because of his family. But I can't take him to Korea with me yet, as he's to complete his education and so do me. So, it will be a great favour if you keep him with yourself. It's just about some weeks."

Her eyes flickered to Yuta, then Sicheng and back to Yuta again, before exhaling deeply.

"You do know that you can't always run away from them, and at some point, you've to face them?" She calmly asked, leaning back on the sofa.

"Yes, we know. That's why we've decided that after our education is completed, we will straight go to his family and tell them everything." Yuta explained, throwing a reassuring smile at her. Her expressions softened.

"Ok, I can keep him with me. Now go and get fresh, I'll make the dinner for you both." She said, and by that, stood up to leave for the kitchen. Yuta grinned and took Sicheng's hand, leading him through a flight of stairs, and to a room in the corner, before locking the door from behind.

"Yuta.. thank you so much.." Sicheng whispered, hugging him. He chuckled, hugging him back and kissing his hair. But then Yuta's phone rang. With an apologetic look, he pulled away and took his phone out.

"Hey, Johnson."

"Did you kidnap Sicheng?"

"Oh wow, yes I might have.."

"DUMBFU- do you know how crazy everyone's going right now?"

"Fill me in, please." Yuta put the call on the loudspeaker so that Sicheng can hear it too.

"Ten called me panicking, telling me that Sicheng is nowhere to be found in his house and his phone is also switched off."

"How did you know that he will be with me?"

"I knew you'd went to China, it was obvious that you will be involved."

Yuta only chuckled, as Sicheng looked down in guilt for making his friends so worried about him.

"This isn't a laughing matter! Tell me what happened and where you guys are."

"Chill down. Sicheng ran away with me to my cousin's house in Lishui cause of his family. I'm not going to take him to Korea, though. He will stay here until both of our education are completed and then we will go and face his family."

"I respect the decision.. tell Sicheng to talk to his friends, they're going mad." And by that, a beep was heard, indicating the end of the call.

"I can't switch on my phone, they'll track down my location." Sicheng worriedly let out.

"It's ok, just use my phone for now. After that, you can use Suzuka's phone if you need it, she won't mind." Sicheng couldn't express how grateful he was. He took Yuta's phone and called Kun, who picked it up almost immediately.

"Hello? Is this Sicheng!?"

"Yes, hey Kun, it's me. Add Ten to the call also."
After a while, Ten's voice could also be heard.

(here the italic sentences will represent Ten's words)

"Is this the ultimate betrayer, Sicheng?"

"Calm down, Chittaphon. I'll tell you everything."

After explaining them the whole tale, from how he ran away to meeting Yuta's cousin, he sighed.

"So you're still going to school?"

"Yes. I just hope they don't find out."

"They won't. It's just a matter of a few weeks before we're out of school."

"But it's after that the riskiest part will be. Facing Sicheng's scary family.."

"As long as we're both together, I can do it, we can do it." Yuta smiled in encouragement from the corner of the room. And then they heard Suzuka's call for dinner.

"Ok bye, I'll see you guys tomorrow in school. Just stay away from my family and don't let them suspect that you both know anything about this." He then declined the call, before following Yuta down to the dining room.

Reaching there, he could smell the delicious dinner made for them. He sat down beside Yuta and thanked Suzuka for the effort and meal. And then, they started digging in.

"You know, Sicheng, I'm also a runaway from my home. But I never went back to them, you're very brave to do so." Suzuka said with a pained voice, which Sicheng understood it better than anyone.

"May I ask.. why did you run away?"

"I'll save that talk for later." She told, clearly not comfortable to talk about it yet. Yuta again gave her a reassuring look. He already knows it.

"By the way Yuta.. don't you think that his surname is familiar? Like I'm pretty sure I've heard it before, not here but in Japan."

"Same, but I can't exactly pinpoint." He agreed. And then, Sicheng realised something.

"Actually, I can bet that I've heard my parents talking about Nakamotos before."

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