(Sorry, I couldn't upload last week, had some issues with my internet connection... so to make it up for you here's a double update! I also haven't re-read it yet so I'm sorry for any mistakes you could find!)
"This sucks." Hyunjin said, as he laid down on the bench while staring at his phone.
Why did that person need Jisung? Maybe Minho was right and Sungwoon was the one being targeted.
Hyunjin had a very difficult decision to make. Betray Jisung and get his brother and Jeongin back, or betray those two and keep Jisung safe instead?
But no matter how he thought of it, his conclusion was that he couldn't betray Jisung. The boy had been with him ever since they were children. They had their fights, but still remained close. But he also couldn't hurt Yunseong and Jeongin. If only Seungmin was there to help him...
"Oh my god." Hyunjin whispered to himself, suddenly realising something. "What if..."
Just as he thought that, Seungmin came back, his phone in his hand, as he smiled at Hyunjin.
"Any luck?" He said, trying to sit next to Hyunjin, but the boy quickly stood up and grabbed Seungmin by his collar.
"It's you!"
"Wait, what?!"
"You are the one who just called me! You have Yunseong and Jeongin! Where are they!?"
"What are you even talking about?!"
"Don't play dumb! You even still have your phone in your hand!"
"I just messaged Jisung! Asking him if they had found them!" Seungmin said, turning his phone on and showing him his conversation with Jisung.
Hyunjin weakened his hold on Seungmin's collar as he sat down again.
"I-I'm sorry. I just-"
"It's okay Hyunjin. Besides, I have news."
"What news?"
"My soulmate mark. It's not there anymore."
Hyunjin was confused for a few seconds, until Seungmin showed him his wrists.
"I don't understand what happened? How can a mark disappear just like that?"
"It's this stupid flawed system." Hyunjin said, boiling with anger. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine. Maybe I'm not meant to find my soulmate, or have cool powers like all of you." Seungmin said, taking a seat next to Hyunjin.
The atmosphere suddenly turned into a sad one, and it began to rain.
"Oh my god, really?" Seungmin said, as Hyunjin smiled weakly.
"Seungmin?"
"Yes?"
"A private number just called me. They said they have Yunseong and Jeongin."
"What?"
"They also told me that if I give them Jisung they will give me them back."
"WHAT?!"
"STOP SAYING WHAT AND HELP ME OUT, DUMBASS." Hyunjin said, as he kept getting soaked with rain.
"Okay okay! Maybe you shoul-"
"Guys!" The two heard Jisung shout as he ran towards them. "It's raining! Why are you sitting there?"
He approached them and ruffled their now wet hair while grinning.
"What? Are you two going to keep on sitting there while staring at me? Come on, we need to go!"
Seungmin and Hyunjin then turned to face each other, sad smiles on their faces, as they took in a deep breath.
"Jisung. There's something we need to tell you." Hyunjin said, but as he opened his mouth again, Seungmin interrupted him.
"I lost my mark!" He said rather loudly, as he glared at the older boy. "Look at my wrists. Blank again. As if the mark hadn't ever been there."
Jisung suddenly grabbed Seungmin's hands while caressing them softly.
"Seungmin, it's fine. You will find your soulmate one day, I'm sure of it. Maybe Younghyun wasn't meant for you. If I was you I would be careful, maybe Yunseong's birthdate appears on your wrist later! Now please cheer up, I hate seeing you sad like this."
Seungmin smiled, suddenly feeling better, and just as if the weather had gotten in sync with him, the clouds slowly disappeared and the sun appeared again, shining brightly.
"Oh, wouldn't you look at it, it stopped raining!" Jisung said happily.
Yet suddenly, Seungmin felt sad again. Jisung was such a nice innocent boy, why would anyone want to hurt him?
Just as those thoughts flodded his head, the clouds slowly appeared again.
"The weather is crazy today." Seungmin said.
"Oh my god, Seungmin!" Hyunjin shouted, as the realization hit him. "You have a power! You can control the weather!"
"What?"
"Didn't you notice? When you were sad just now, it started to rain, then Jisung made you smile and the rain stopped, and now you've probably gotten sad again because those clouds showed up!"
"Don't be stupid. I don't have any powers." Seungmin simply replied. "I don't even have a soulmate mark."
"But you do!" Hyunjin insisted. "Jisung, help me out!"
"I don't know, Hyunjin. It might be a coincidence." Jisung said.
Hyunjin decided to give up. It was a crazy theory after all, and maybe Jisung was right. Coincidences do happen, sometimes.
When the three boys managed to reunite everyone, telling them they couldn't find the lost boys, they decided to just rest for the day and go back home.
Having walked everyone to their respective houses, Hyunjin was now entering his own one, carefully stepping inside as he was trying to not make any noise. But his older brother was already standing in front of him.
"Have you been waiting for me?"
"Of course. It's pretty late and you didn't call me or anything. Where have you been? And where's Yunseong?"
Hyunjin felt his stomach hurt by the mention of his brother's name. And just as he had gathered enough strength to explain Minhyun everything, he heard someone unlocking the main door and he turned around.
It was Yunseong. With Jeongin.
"What? How have you- What happened?"
"Well, some weird dudes kidnapped us and Jeongin and I did freak out a little until we realised I can teleport, so that's what we did."
After a few seconds, Hyunjin couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Oh my god he went crazy." Jeongin said as his soulmate turned around and held onto Minhyun.
"No, I'm fine. It's just that you're right. You can teleport. How didn't I think about this before? These kidnappers really are dumb, aren't they?" Hyunjin said, as Minhyun cluelessly started at him.
"Kidnappers? What? What did they want from you? Who were they?" Minhyun asked.
"Well, we don't really know what they wanted or who they were. But we figured out that they had no abilities. And they kept talking about Sungwoon and Jisung so we got very creeped out and teleported back. By the way, I need a glass of water before I pass out or something. Teleporting really drains out all of my energy." Yunseong explained as he walked in and made his way to the kitchen.
"Teleporting is so weird." Jeongin said. "I felt like throwing up but in a cool way."
"How do you feel like throwing up but in a co- okay you know what? Not going to ask that. Nope." Minhyun said. "I'll go call Sungwoon. Someone's really after him again."
"Again? So this happened before?" Hyunjin asked.
"Yeah. The word spread about Sungwoon's power so ability-less people have been bumming him about wanting to have powers and stuff. At first they would just accept a no for an answer but ever since Sungwoon agreed to give Changbin that power that some of these got mad." Minhyun explained before walking away.
As soon as he left, Hyunjin grabbed Jeongin's hand and caressed it softly.
"So, are you okay? Did they hurt you?"
"Oh, no. Don't worry. They were actually very nice. I even felt bad about them not having powers and everything."
"You're too nice, Jeongin." Yunseong said as he walked back in. "Please don't tell me you have that stockholm syndrome."
"I don't!" Jeongin replied, annoyed.
Hyunjin left them to bicker as he took out his phone to tell everyone the news.