I immediately opened my group chat with EXO.
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Me: Guys?? Did any of you go
into my apartment??
Bacon: No?
Chanyeol: Uh uh
Sehun: why?
Me: The door's open and I swear I locked the
door before I left
Sehun: You're with Kai hyung rn right?
Me: yeah?
Layyy: Ask him to drive you over and
check it out...
Me: ok
SuHOE: Sry what's happening??
Chen: WHEN DID WE HAVE A GROUP CHAT?!
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Even though Kai was standing in the kitchen with me, I didn't tell him what was happening, because my first instinct was to just text everyone.
I slipped my phone back in my pocket and looked back up at Kai.
He just stared at me, raising his eyebrow.
"Can I help you?", I asked sarcastically.
"I was standing right here", his eyes flickered between the group chat on his phone and me, "Couldn't you just tell me you think someone broke into your apartment?"
My mouth stumbled over a whole bunch of vowels and consonants, "I just thought I'd text the others", I said, "Because I know you didn't break in since you're standing right here"
"Fair enough"
I crossed my arms, "So?", I glared, "Aren't you going to take me to my place so I can see what's up?"
He let out a breath through his lips, making a few strands of hair blow upward, exposing his forehead.
"I was just on a mission for a week", he had an aggravated tone in his voice, "And I haven't even been home for more than twenty minutes and you expect me to take you to basically visit some kind of burglar?"
"Umm...", I started shyly, "Yes?"
He let out another sigh and just shoved his keys in his pocket.
"Well, it doesn't look like you're gonna take 'no' for an answer"
He walked to the garage, expecting me to follow him...which I did.
"So, umm", I asked after I got in the car and clicked my seat belt, "How'd you know..."
"Know about what?", Kai asked as he starting driving with one hand on the wheel.
"About Jaemin", I said.
"What about Jaemin?"
"Him being...closed off and quiet over his past", I blurted out.
Kai took a second and looked at me.
"He was always like that", he sighed, "Ever since I met him"
"When did you meet him, though?", I felt my curiosity take a hold of me.
"Oh, I've known him since he was really little", he explained, "After his parents died"
I slowly lowered myself back into my seat, and stared at the road ahead of, "He never told me he was an orphan"
"Doesn't surprise me", Kai yawned, "His parents were everything to him, so I don't think he likes thinking that they're gone"
I nodded slowly, "Is that why he's quiet?"
"Partially.", he steered the car down another street, "But mostly because he's just scared of trusting people, I think"
"Why, though?"
"Because, for most of his life, he only had me and his parents", he ran his hands through his hair, "And his parents died, and he didn't trust me after he found out I was with EXO"
Things were starting to make sense now.
"So, that's why he hates seeing you?", I asked more questions, "Because you were in EXO without telling him?"
Kai shrugged, "I've tried to figure out why he hates me so much", he sighed, "But I really don't know. I think the whole mafia thing scared him when he was younger", he paused, "He started going down the wrong path in the beginning of high school, and I don't think he saw anything to do in his life except for being in a mafia"
"Probably blamed that on you, huh?", I asked quietly.
Kai just nodded. "Most likely"
We were quiet for a few minutes, until Kai parked the car.
"This is your apartment complex, right?", he asked.
"Mhm", I nodded.
I almost forgot the whole reason I was with Kai in the first place after talking with him about Jaemin.
We jogged up the stairs.
Kai motioned for me to stay behind him as we walked up to my apartment door.
He took a deep breath and lip synced "3, 2...1"
Bam!
We opened the door wide open.
He originally was holding his gun, but lowered it after seeing the person inside.
"M-Mark?"
