#how is he to blame?? like actually seungmin isnt responsible at all

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Seeing people still being weird about cinema.... girl it's been 17 years since it came out. Move On!!

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[ PART 30 ] Without Fear: stray kids purge au.

As Hyunjin and Seungmin left the store, Minho found himself smiling. It was just like Hyunjin to make his move at what may be the worst time possible, but he was proud of him nonetheless. He rested his head against the hard wall, letting out a loud huff.

"I understand," Felix said suddenly, and Minho looked over at him with confusion. "Why you'd want to kill Chan, I mean." Minho felt his hands ball into fists at the mention of the boy, who he considered some sort of traitor. "But I really do think he had good intentions," Felix added.

"He's a traitor," Minho said simply, not knowing how else to convey his anger towards Chan. Felix nodded.

"Would Jisung want you to kill him?" The blonde asked, finally turning his gaze to look at Minho as he spoke. Minho looked down at his boyfriend's peaceful face, feeling the tears well up in his eyes once more.

"N-no. He wouldn't," he stuttered. Felix turned away and nodded once more, but didn't say anything else.

Felix was right, Minho was letting his emotions get the best of him, and not thinking about the more important matter at hand. Jisung would be devastated if he had killed someone simply out of his own spite. Minho still blamed Chan, but he had more peace of mind now. He wouldn't need to worry about running into him again anyway, right? Apparently there was no such luck.

As if on cue, someone barged into the front door of the store, causing Felix to jump up from his spot on the ground. Minho instinctively reached over to grab his gun which Hyunjin had taken before, and pointed it at the intruder.

"Chan?" Felix questioned when he saw the face of the boy. Minho did not lower his gun.

Hyunjin and Seungmin came crashing back into the room from the back door looking dazed and confused, hair slightly tussled and lips a brighter shade of pink than usual. Minho would have laughed at them under different circumstances. Chan stepped towards them with his hands in the air, showing that he meant no harm.

"Minho, we talked about this," Felix said when he still didn't drop the gun. Felix's words from before repeated in his mind, and he finally lowered his weapon, looking away from Chan.

"What are you doing here?" Hyunjin asked, a slight bite to his words.

"The gang," Chan huffed, clearly out of breath. How far had he ran? "They're.. They didn't hear back from Changbin," he was bent over, his hands on his knees as he tried to give them his message, "They're coming. Here. Now."

The boys all looked at each other with wide eyes. The end of the Purge was so close, how could this be happening to them now? If what Chan was saying were true, they were goners unless they could run, but Jisung was in no state to walk let alone flee from murderers. The boys stood by the back door, minus Minho and Jisung.

"Minho, we need to go," Hyunjin said.

"What, and leave Jisung here? He'll die!" Minho argued.

"You can come back for him later. Maybe they'll think he's already dead and leave him be," Chan suggested.

"I can't believe this," Minho laughed, "What if there isn't anyone coming? He's lied to us before, how do you know he's not doing it again!?"

"Minho, you're not thinking straight! We need to go now, or else we'll all die!" Seungmin tried.

"What do you know? It's not like the love of your life is laying half dead in your arms, is it?" Minho snapped back, resting Jisung's head onto Hyunjin's folded up jacket so that he could stand.

"I-" Seungmin was caught off guard by his words. Chan stepped towards Minho, grabbing him by the arm to pull him towards the door.

"We'll come back for him, I promise," Hyunjin said.

"Let go of me!" Minho shouted, ignoring Hyunjin completely and trying to rip away from Chan's hold. During the struggle, he had forgotten about the gun in his hand until it was too late. The sound of a gunshot filled the room, causing Minho's ears to ring and Jisung to awaken, shock plastered on his face when he saw the scene before him.

Chan was holding his stomach, blood suddenly soaking through his shirt and sweater, before lowering himself to the floor in pain. Minho dropped the gun on the floor, in shock himself. Hyunjin and Seungmin looked terrified, as Hyunjin grabbed Seungmin's hand and pulled him slightly behind himself. Minho looked at them with fear in his own eyes.

"I-it was an accident, I-" Minho kneeled on the floor beside Chan, not knowing what to do. His hands were shaking, and it felt like the world was spinning. Minho began to believe he really was losing his grip on reality. Felix cautiously stepped towards them, crouching down and placing two fingers on Chan's neck to check for a pulse.

"He's still alive, but with a shot like that," he said, looking at Hyunjin as he spoke, "It's unlikely that he'll survive. Not without an ambulance." Minho let out a sob at Felix's words.

"What have I done...?" He whispered, looking at Chan's crumpled form, "I'm a monster!"

"You didn't do it on purpose, r-right?" Hyunjin stuttered, "You weren't in your right mind," he tried his best to comfort Minho, who looked the most scared of all. Hyunjin knew his friend wasn't a murderer, and that he wouldn't have actually killed Chan on purpose. He was all talk and no bite, but he'd be lying if he said he wasn't scared of him in this moment.

"Minho?" He heard a voice from behind him, and whipped around to see Jisung staring wide-eyed at him before rushing to his side. "What.. happened?" He asked.

"I.. I just wanted to keep you safe, but now..." He tried to explain, but he himself couldn't believe what he had just done. Jisung simply smiled softly at Minho, weakly reaching up to wipe a tear from his cheek, letting his hand linger on his face. Minho placed his own hand over Jisung's before whispering, "I'm sorry."

They had almost completely forgotten about Chan's warning of the gang. Hyunjin walked over to the front window and peered outside.

"Don't you think those gang people would have gotten here by now?" Seungmin wondered out loud. Felix nodded in response, still crouched beside Chan.

"I think I see smoke coming from a few streets over," Hyunjin said, still looking down the now lightened street as Seungmin went over to join him, "Maybe.. Hopefully something happened." The rest nodded in response.

Jisung tried to pull himself up, despite the pain in his abdomen. Minho lightly held him down, shaking his head.

"Just rest, you'll hurt yourself more," Minho said, a worried expression on his face. Felix went back over to Jisung and checked on his wound before nodding.

"It's almost 7, and the wound isnt bleeding anymore," he said, "So you should be fine." Felix added with a smile.

They all let out a sigh of relief when they heard the sounds of sirens blaring in the distance. They were almost there.

A/N: this ones long and angsty,,, hope u enjoy. (; but the au is coming to a close!! theres only 2 chapters and an epilogue left aaaaaa