Oddinary// Hyunlix & Minsung FF// Editing

Chapter Forty: Nowhere Is Safe

Sitting in the room listening to Lix lie was killing me. Why didn't he tell Doctor Wang everything? He seemed like a good man who genuinely wanted to help my little angel.

"So, you're still not over your Dad's death?" Doctor Wang asked for the fifth time. I knew exactly what he was doing. He was trying to check the consistency of Lix's story. The bespectacled man took his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers.

I was surprised by the direction of Lix's intense gaze. It wasn't at Doctor Wang. It was at the man sat next to him. His eyes were wide and unblinking and I gazed back at the man. Did Lix know him?

"Doctor Wang, I'm really exhausted. Can we take a break?" His voice was shaking and he was... scared? Lix didn't show that emotion without due cause and I wondered what was going on. The two men exchanged some hushed words before exiting the cramped room. As soon as they did, Lix began panting like a dog.

The depths of his true fear became obvious. His breathing was desperate and strained, as his chest rose and fell. Shallow breaths were all he could manage.

A thin layer of dewy sweat broke out across his forehead, and his entire, tiny body was shaking. Every single hair on his head looked as though it had been electrified as it stuck out at weird angles.

"Baby, what's going on, talk to me." I instructed firmly, but calmly. He shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut so tightly I thought they may never open again. I stood and placed my butt on the edge of his bed, so I could carefully lift him and hold him to me.

"H-He's one of them J-Jin. At those parties..." He didn't need to say anymore. A disgusting nausea rose from the bottomless pit in my stomach and my heart dropped to my feet.

This was the worst possible scenario. If Lix said or did anything, Dad would find out. I wanted to weep for my little soldier. Every time we thought things might get better, Dad was one step ahead of us. My heart was breaking for my Felix and I couldn't do a damn thing to help him.

"Just stay quiet. We're gonna expose him Felix. Do not let this set you back. Please." He shook his head and pulled away from my embrace. I cupped his face and was surprised to see a stoic look of determination etched into it.

"Now I'm more fucking determined we're gonna nail him. I'm done with this depression bullshit. I'm sick of being a victim." My mouth fell open slightly. Where had this new Felix suddenly come from?

A determined smile spread across his face and I was in awe of this amazing man that sat in front of me.

"We're gonna end this Lix." I stated quietly.

"No. We're gonna end him." I smiled and his lips collided with mine. I found myself more in love with this determined Lix than I had ever been. He was so impressive and I wanted nothing more than to see him succeed. To see all of us succeed.

"Ahem." Doctor Wang cleared his throat and the two of us separated from each other. I sat back in my chair and heard Felix's giggle as he realised how incredibly embarrassed I was. I stared down at my hands, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone else in the room.

"Doctor Wang, can I be totally honest with you?" Lix asked in his low confident voice.

"Of course Felix. That's exactly what I want." He stated sounding relieved that Felix finally wanted to offer some morsel of information up.

"This was a huge mistake. I mean, I thought I wanted to die, but I don't. I want to live. I'm ready to live. I have way too much to do before I can die." He stated firmly. I looked up and his eyes were fixed once again on the man next to the doctor. Doctor Wang seemed confused and frowned slightly.

"Felix, forgive me, but I've heard you talk like this before, and we're here almost a year later. You've been admitted four times in the past month, but from what your mother has said, you've attempted suicide at least seven times." He said skeptically.

"You're wrong Doc. I told you I wasn't brave enough to kill myself. I don't feel that way. I'm ready to reclaim my life. I want to start coming to therapy again, and I'm gonna beat this depression." He gave a determined nod and folded his arms across his chest. Doctor Wang sighed.

"OK Felix. Thank you for your time. I'll schedule an appointment through your Mother. I'll see you in the next week." The doctor nodded to me and stood.

"Doc, could you send Jisung in? Minho will be with him, I need them both in here. Do not let my mother or Mr Lee in. I need to see my brothers first." He requested politely. He nodded and bid us both farewell before he left the room. The other man in tow as he went.

Jisung threw open the doors and his tearful eyes bobbed into view.

"Jisung-ah." Felix held his arms out and his brother practically launched himself, like a rabbit, into them.

"I'm s-so sorry Felix if I had stayed awake-"

"Don't you dare Ji. It's ok. I'm ok. I'm so sorry I worried you." He murmured as he comforted the small boy that sobbed into his chest. I looked up at my own brother and his eyes were fixed on the doors. A concerned look was in his eye, and he frowned deeply as he thought.

He recognised him too.

"You ok?" I asked him softly as I reached for his hand cautiously. Upon contact his head snapped around and he glared down at me, before tears gathered in his wide eyes and began spreading down his cheeks.

"Him..." he murmured quietly. I felt like I knew what he was getting at. They had clearly both had the worst experience with that man and it broke my heart all over again knowing they were both so traumatised.

"Come here Min." I tugged his hand gently and he dropped to his knees before burying his face into my thighs and weeping. My hand fell upon his head and I gently ran my fingers through his soft hair.

"Jisung-Ah. We need your plotting skills. Leeknow and I are not going to anymore of those parties. We need to start planning for safety. Things are going to start getting more difficult the more we poke around." Felix said as he coddled his brother and dried his tears tenderly.

"O-Ok. We'll come up with something. For now, do not let either of them separate us. Mom has something to do with this. No less than pairs anywhere around the house. We need to choose our next move carefully." I nodded as I held onto Leeknow tightly. I carefully pulled him up and sat him in my lap. He flopped his head forwards onto Jisung's legs and I wrapped my arms tightly around his waist.

"Jisung, you can't tell Doctor Wang anything from now on." Felix warned. He looked totally confused and eyed his brother searching for answers.

"That man... He's the one who beats us." Leeknow's voice was tiny and terrified. My heart lurched, and I found myself wanting to storm out and beat him senseless, but I knew that wouldn't achieve anything.

"Huh?" Jisung still hadn't caught up with the rest of us and he seemed to be totally clueless.

"The man investigating Mom and Mr Lee is at those parties Ji. If we tell Doctor Wang and he tells him... Who else do you think is going to know?" Lix explained quietly.

"Oh my-" He stopped talking and his eyes fell upon hid sobbing boyfriend. He immediately doubled over and placed Leeknow in a protective embrace.

"Lix, I'll stay at the hospital with you." I stated firmly. "I can't have him getting to you here." He nodded with a grateful smile on his face.

"Jisung, Leeknow why don't you stay with Seungy for a few days? His parents are out of town. We'll regroup at our spot when Lix is released."

"O-Ok." It was unlike Jisung to just agree without so much as a hint of a protest. I could sense how much he was hurting, on behalf of his brother and mine.

My father was completely unaware of the war he had just started.

We were going to take him down no matter the cost.

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Omfg look at them all coming together.

Also does Mr Lee just have people everywhere?!?!?!?

How are they going to ever catch him out?

Thank you for reading.

ILYSM❤