Last Breath - Part 21
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Since Minho's mom insisted that he go back to sleep as soon as he was done his soup (saying "I shouldn't have woke you up" and offering far more than necessary apologies), Minho found himself lying awake in bed, staring at the ceiling and feeling sick and horrible.
"Onew," he said after a long while, "are you awake?"
Onew was hesitant to answer, but Minho knew before he did that the answer was yes. He still waited for Onew to say so, a quick, "Yeah.", before he said, "What do you know about where Taemin is right now?"
"Minho, if she hadn't woke you up, you wouldn't have given Taemin a second thought and we'd be leaving the country first thing tonight."
Minho could feel Onew's irritation, but his reply was calm and simple, "I'm thinking of him now. We have to help him."
"It could be too late." Onew said, though he doubted that much was true.
"Tell me what you know." Minho said.
Onew was hesitant again, this time not because he wanted to fake sleep, but because he wanted to fake innocence. Saying that he just let Taemin be taken off and didn't mention it until now wouldn't exactly sound good. "... Do you remember when I didn't have to tell you everything?" he asked, and Minho could all too easily picture his pout and wrinkled nose.
"You say that like you tell me everything now." Minho said. If he had more energy, he'd smile. He heard Onew slide out just a bit from under the bed, and leaned off himself to look down at him. "And, don't kiss me in this house."
"You had me living here with you and your parents didn't notice. How would they find out if I kissed you?"
When Minho just frowned, Onew gave a slight smile, and moved the subject back to where it was probably better off, saying, "There was a group of vampires at Taemin's last night, but, Taemin wasn't there. While you were crying to your parents, I spoke to one of them. He's someone I know. He's usually against The Council. Right now he isn't, cause the leader of his little gang is Key's sire, and Key is Jonghyun's sire, and Jonghyun is, I guess, in trouble with The Council because he remembers what it was to be a human."
"They're not against The Council because The Council is angry at them?"
"Because they need to get on The Council's good side."
"He's in trouble for remembering?"
"I sure as hell wish he'd forget." Onew said, frowning. Onew kept talking, saying something or other about why it wasn't right for vampires to remember their human lives, but Minho zoned out quite suddenly. He was staring at Onew's soft eyes, thinking he looked best like that, thinking it reminded him of when Onew was human, thinking of the words he could remember from a dream..
"No, promise that you won't let me forget."
Onew widened his eyes, "What did you say?"
"Promise that.. you'll keep me.." Minho mumbled, thoughtful.
"Minho, what did you say about Noh?"
"Noh?" Minho blinked, looking more focused at Onew. "A name..?"
Onew frowned and climbed completely from under the bed. Minho rolled onto his back once again, watching the vampire as he stood up.
"Where did you hear.. those words? And, don't say them again.."
Minho tilted his head, "I dreamt them. From those dreams of you as a human, I think.. who is Noh?"
Onew scowled and quickly shook his head, "Just don't. I can't talk to you about this."
"It's your sire, isn't it?" Minho asked, "He's been in my dreams, and.. you begged him not to let you forget, right? He promised that he wouldn't, so.."
"Stop it." Onew said firmly, scowling.
"I just think, if your sire promised you that, maybe the reason Jonghyun has human memories has something to do with something he did.."
"It doesn't matter. We're not helping Jonghyun, we're helping us. And apparently Taemin. Shut up about the dreams."
Minho lifted a brow, and softly said "Sorry."
Onew shook his head, tightly crossing his arms over his chest.
Minho added hesitantly, "But if other vampires are trying to get on The Council's good side, maybe that's what we should try. They want you dead, don't they? They wouldn't if they thought you were useful. If you tell them about Jonghyun.."
"That isn't enough." Onew said in a sigh, "I doubt they care that much about Jonghyun."
"Key does.. doesn't he? And it's Key's sire who has Taemin?"
"Don't you think Taemin's hunter friends will save him?" Onew asked, nose wrinkled.
"We can't know." Minho said.
"How do you propose we even find Taemin?"
"What would you do if he were me?"
Onew took a long moment to glare at Minho, but finally eased up after a while. "I can probably call Key, and get him to meet up. But we'll be walking into a trap."
Minho shook his head, saying, "If we know it's a trap, we can avoid it. But how do we get him to tell us where Taemin is?"
"Torture." Onew said, fighting a smile when he did. Minho didn't miss the fleeting excitement, though. "You're gross." he told Onew.
"Key would never willingly give us information like that. It's just what we have to do."
"Or trade. Information for Taemin, right?"
Onew scowled, "All we know is some possible memory that says there was what was probably a fake promise." Still, Onew already knew, Key would value any words that came from Noh... "I'm not calling him until night. When I go to eat. Will you try to sleep now?"
Minho closed his eyes, "Promise you'll call?"
Onew opened his mouth to say, 'I promise', but the words got stuck in his throat. He wrinkled his nose again, sitting down to slide once again under the bed. "Yeah, Minho. Go to sleep."
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Notes: I'm active again on tumblr right herrrreee. It's just me being me though. :P And, can you answer this question for me? If not on facebook, just do it here/elsewhere I can see. :D I just wonder. Remember, it's why you STARTED reading, so if you didn't like Onho before you read it "I like Onho" would not be an appropriate selection. o__o