"So how'd it go?" You asked straightforwardly once you two finally got to Saeran's apartment; he was probably already asleep in his room.

Saeyoung sighed loudly as he flopped on his back on the couch.

"Terrible." He answered with an arm covering his eyes.

"Huh? Is she making you do something else?" You settled your things on the living room table and made your way to the couch. Tapping Saeyoung's arm, he sat up letting you sit down so he could lay his head on your lap.

"She told me the usual and then about how her day went." He let out another sigh in frustration.

"So, just do as she says blah-di-blah and no one gets hurt? No gloating? No big hu-hah about 'told ya so' or 'I warned you'? Nothing?"

"That's what's bothering me." His serious expression unchanged since you two left the hospital.

Letting out a sigh, "Well, that doesn't mean she wasn't involved, right?"

"I don't know..." You could see that he was physically and mentally tired. All this extra of work was taking a toll on him and what you wanted more than anything was it to stop.

"Why don't you spend the night here? You look like you could pass out any second and we don't need anyone else in the hospital." You said with a slight chuckle.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Plus we've gotta get up early tomorrow for Jumin's surprise party." You raised an eyebrow.

"What are you talking about? Jumin can't leave the hospital yet."

"Who said we were going out?"

~

"Guy's keep it down!" You whisper yelled as everyone started pooling into the hospital room with decorations and food.

"Where do you want this?" Zen asked carrying a box with finger foods. You looked around the room and cleared a table that had a flower vase on it.

Understanding what you were doing, Zen walked over while Yoosung, Saeyoung, and Jaehee started with the decorations.

Everything was going according to plan so far and Jumin was still asleep.

"Min! You can put the cake over here!" You continued whisper yelling and flailing your arms as signals. She nodded, walked over and took the cake out to neatly put it on Jumin's bedside table.

"Thanks again for helping us out." You said with a smile, happy about the extra pair of hands.

"No prob, I'm glad to help." She answered with a gentle smile. "Bye guys!" She said as low as possible as she waved goodbye.

"See you in rehearsal, Min." Zen lifted his fist and Min gladly bumped it.

"Yeah, see ya there." And just like that, she was gone.

You inched your way over to Zen and raised your eyebrows.

"Don't you start with me." Zen warned. You shrugged your shoulders and got back to work.

"Y/n, what do you think?" Asked Yoosung as he stood on a chair holding one side of the banner while Saeyoung held the other end.

"I think it's a little tilted, Jaehee what do you think?" Jaehee left the streamers and walked towards you.

"Bring the right side a little higher." She advised.

"Like this?" Asked Saeyoung, doing as she said.

"No no, that's too much, bring it down a bit." You waved your hand in a downward motion to try and direct him.

"Now the left side looks too high." Said Zen with his arms crossed.

"I think it looks fine."

"No one asked you trust fund k-" Everyone froze and slowly turned to see Jumin with an eyebrow raised.

"Su-Surprise?" You shrugged your shoulders.

"SURPRISE!!!" Everyone cheered suddenly, almost giving you a heart attack.

"What's all of this?" Jumin asked honestly confused.

"What? Did you get amnesia?" Asked Zen.

"We're celebrating your birthday Juju!" Saeyoung cheered while throwing streamers at everyone like a kid.

You could see Jumin struggle a bit to sit up, so you went over to help. As you grabbed the side of his arm, Jumin's eyes locked with yours in surprise. His features slowly fading into a weary smile. "Thank you."

"So who's up for Pictionary?"

~  

"HOW IS THAT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO 'text message?!'" Zen asked in disbelief.

"Don't you see the rectangle?? This is even the same chat we had recently!" Argued Yoosung as he circled the image several times with the marker for emphasis.

"Rectangle??? That right there is a freaking Brick!"

"Okay~~~." You stood up and tried to calm the two idiots down. "Let's not criticize drawings now Zen. Do you remember the 'Frog'?" You put air quotes when you said the words. Zen let out a 'Humph!' And crossed his arms like a child.

"I didn't remember how they look exactly!" You simply chuckled turned to catch glimpses of Jumin staring blankly out the window or the ceiling, just before he bounces back into the conversation.

I wonder what's going on in his head? Your eyes slowly fall to the cast on his leg.

Thinking about it for a moment, Jumin hadn't really mentioned it and had been avoiding the sight of the elevated plastered leg as long as you can recall.

His leg.

You take a deep breath. I'll have to talk to him about it later. He doesn't need to worry now.

"Who's up for some cake!"

~  

"That was fun," You said as you hang your coat on the hook behind the door.

"Did Jumin seem a bit off to you?"

"You noticed it too! I was thinking to talk to him at work." You pondered on the thought as you sat on the couch back at the apartment.

"He's such a workaholic." Saeyoung commented as he took a seat next to you.

"*Cough* you're one to talk *cough*" You couldn't help but crack a smile at your response.

"Looks like we're alone." He wiggled his eyebrows at you.

"Yeah. So?" You raised a brow, slightly curious where he was going with that remark.

"Well," And in a second Saeyoung laid you on the couch with him hovering over you. "Why don't we have a little fun?" You felt your cheeks practically burst into flames.

0-100 much?!

"Ha..haha, nice try Saeyoung but you won't be teasing me this time." You tried your best to get up but that only made his smirk widen and lean closer to you.

"Who said I was kidding?" He placed his head in the crook of your neck.

"Co-Come on saeyoung, let's keep this PG 13!" This only made him laugh and he started sitting back up and help you as well.

"Alright alright, party pooper." He then decided to pull you into a side hug. "I wouldn't force you to do anything you didn't want to." He said sweetly as he leaned his head on yours. Now you just felt kinda awkward.

"It's...It's not like I wouldn't want to do something like that with you, just not now..." You muttered but Saeyoung could clearly hear you.

"Does this mean I have permission for future sex!" You smacked the back of his head and buried your face in your hands in embarrassment.

"Don't say something like that so casually!" Saeyoung would just keep laughing seeing you get so flustered.

"Haha, sorry babe, I just love seeing you react like that." He teased and pulled you back in for a tight hug and gave you a kiss on the crown of your head. "I promise that soon we'll get our happy ending and we won't have to think about anything but ourselves.

You cracked a smile and gave him a tight squeeze. "Yeah, I hope that moment comes sooner than later." You gave out a chuckled sigh.

"Well, we can have at least one moment of bliss." Saeyoung gently pulled up your chin to let his lips meet yours. It's been a while since you two kissed and it felt like the first time, sweet but it started morphing into something more heated, that is, until the door opened.

"Gross, don't go ruining my couch man." Said Saeran as he entered casually with a bag from the grocery store. You two quickly separated and sat correctly on the couch while Saeran sat in between you two.

"Hey, beautiful." Saeran winked draping an arm around you.

"Why?" Saeyoung whined. "Just this once."

"Ice cream?" He offered his brother some mint chocolate ice cream.

"Ughhhhh." He groaned in annoyance as he got up and walked over to the kitchen to get his own snack.

"I'd like some." You said with a shrug of your shoulders. Saeran took note and went to the kitchen to get bowls and spoons.

"So now what do we do with that bitch Rika." Asked Saeyoung as he walked back into the room with a bowl of chips in his hands and offered you some but you kindly decline; waiting for ice cream.

"Yoosung said that we should go ahead and capture her."

"Capture her? With no evidence? I can already see that plan backfiring." He flopped himself on the couch not caring about some chips falling to the floor but you glared at him and he slowly but surely started picking them up and paling them back in the bowl.

"What if we trick her into spilling the beans?" You suggested.

"We'd need to know who she's working with and convince them to help us. It's gonna be really hard to get Rika to trust some random person we send. She's cautious with everything she does."

"Than what are we supposed to do?" You sighed and leaned forward as you held your head in your hands in frustration. All of a sudden you felt a light tap on your shoulder. You looked up to see Saeran was back with an extra bowl of ice cream in his right hand. You gave him a soft smile and took it from his hands with a small 'Thank you'.

"By the way, someone went over to your apartment, Y/n." He said as he took a seat across from you two.

"What?" You raised an eyebrow in question and you took a spoonful of ice cream.

"Yeah, they were there for a while so I asked what they wanted and told her you went out and that you wouldn't be back for a while, she said she was a friend of yours." He explained casually.

Was it Celest?

"What was her name?"

"She said she her name was, Mira?" Your eyes went wide when you remembered who that name belonged to.

"What did she look like??" Asked Saeyoung, you noticed his hands were slightly starting to shake from panic.

"Blond, green eyes?" Saeran shrugged his shoulders. "Am I missing something here?"

"THAT WAS RIKA."

"WELL HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW, YOU NEVER TOLD ME WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE."

~Celestial-Red & MMspaMEM~

Hey guys, friendly reminder! These chapters are written with my good friend MMSpaMEM! She helps me with plot ideas and proof reading, so if you wanna show her some love go ahead and check out her profile and she's got a book called 'Mystic Song' which is a parallel story to this one! As always, thanks for your love and support you guys and we'll see you in the next chapter!