Homecoming | GiMyeong ✅

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Giwook sighed as he cleaned yet another table. He couldn't understand how people could be so messy. "Just because 'we'll just clean it up afterwards' doesn't mean you can make a huge mess." "Put your back into it or else the manager will get mad." Giwook gave Harin a knowing look then went back to wiping tables. Someone had bumped into him and almost fall over if he hadn't held onto the table. He heard something clatter to the floor and saw that it was his locket.

He stared at the locket and was snapped back to reality by someone attempting to pick it up. "Don't touch it!" He snatch it out of Harin's hands then came to his senses. "Sorry..." "It's cool. I didn't know it was that important to you. What's in it...?" Giwook slowly opened it and revealed a photo of him and a guy Harin had never seen before. Giwook could see the confusion in Harin's eyes and decided to enlighten him. "This...this is my boyfriend. Well, was my boyfriend..." "Did you two break up?" "I guess it can be considered that. It's not like we wanted to." "What do you mean?" They heard their manager's booming voice and quickly scrambled back to their positions.

Giwook had grabbed his things from his locker then jumped when he saw Harin standing behind the now closed door. "So, continue with your break up story." "He and a friend were...kidnapped. After countless searching and reinvestigations, no one could find a hot lead, so it's now a cold case. Yesterday marked a year since it happened." Giwook was surprised that for the first time after talking about it, he hadn't cried. "Now I see what you meant then...So, everyone just gave up on them?" "Yeah...I continued on without them, but there really wasn't anything to go off of, so I gave up too."

We walked side by side as we lived in the same apartment building. "So, are you going to move on?" "Well, I'm sure he'd want me to..." I noticed someone had bumped into me then took off at top speed. I had assumed I had been pickpocketed until I felt something extra in my pocket. I looked up and saw that the person had disappeared. "Who was that?" "Dunno man...Did you lose anything?" "No, but I gained something." I showed him what I had obtained and proceeded to unfold it.

"Dear Giwook, my eternal love. It's been so long since we've gotten proper sunlight. At least, me anyway. Please, don't give up on us. We're still alive. We're still fighting. We've been planning for this day for a while now and I only get once chance. Where we're being held doesn't have an address. We think we're in Gwangju, but it could be farther cause of how long the trip is. You're our only hope, my love. Please find us!
                                -Your songbird,
                                                   Donnie

Giwook couldn't believe it. Was that really him who bumped into him? Even if he ran, he was sure he had gotten far ahead. "How did he get out...?" "Dude, you have to report this." "And what? Tell them someone's face I couldn't see bumped into me and gave me this?" "They can do handwriting comparisons. It's not that easy to change your handwriting." Giwook sighed then decided it was worth a shot. They hurried to the police station in hopes of reopening the case. Dongmyeong watched from a distance as his boyfriend and the stranger rushed off. "I know you can do it, Gi..." He quickly ran away as Yonghoon's life was at stake because of his absence.