[KPOP RPS] Multi chap: Baby, this ain't nothing but a thing - Chapter ten {super junior}
Title: Baby, this ain't nothing but a thing - Chapter ten
Rating: R
Pairing: Mainly: Kyuhyun/Zhou Mi, Yesung/Ryeowook and Henry/Kibum. With various others.
Warnings: Sexual situations, sexual innuendo, voyeurism, bad language and some violence.
Word count: This chapter = 2, 663
Summary: Team White and Team Black have been pitting themselves against each other for years. They've become too wrapped up in this Spy vs Spy game, too wrapped up in thir own dispute to see the bigger picture. Enter the shadowy Team Grey who have their own agenda and their own way of getting things done.
A/N: In which Super Junior are all Spies and they kind of fail at it. Spy vs Spy AU.
Character profiles Who is in what team | Chapter one | Chapter two | Chapter three | Chapter four | Chapter five | Chapter six | Chapter seven | Chapter eight | Chapter nine
Chapter ten
Kyuhyun woke with a pounding headache and a dark shadow looming over him. For a heart stopping second Kyuhyun had visions of the men in grey coming back to get him and he flailed his arms out wildly. He tried to bat away a hand that held a damp cloth, panic clutched at his heart and he tried to call out, call out for help, call out for Zhou Mi. But his voice wouldn’t work and all that came out was a strangled croak.
“Kyuhyun-ah,” the shadow above him said. “Kyuhyun-ah calm down, it’s all right.”
Kyuhyun knew that voice. Oh, oh god.
The shadow pulled back to avoid Kyuhyun’s tightly clenched flailing fist. As it moved it resolved into a proper shape, the shape of a person, a person dressed in white not grey.
Leeteuk.
Oh. Oh shit.
Leeteuk was perched stiffly on the edge of Kyuhyun’s bed, he looked oddly out of place in the mess of Kyuhyun’s bedroom, sitting there in his pristine white suit, wearing a concerned and yet somehow angry expression. Leeteuk held a white cloth in his hand, there was a bowl of water on the night stand. Kyuhyun’s forehead felt cool and damp from where Leeteuk had been dabbing the soothing cloth.
Kyuhyun had enough of his wits about him to cringe under Leeteuk’s gaze. He’d seen that look levelled at Donghae and Eunhyuk more than enough times but he’d never experienced it before. Kyuhyun decided that he didn’t like the experience at all. He could at it to the now epically long list of things he didn’t like about this whole situation.
Kyuhyun tried to push himself up, tried to sit up - his arms felt weak and shaky and he got halfway to a sitting position before his arms gave out and he flopped back down on to the bed. He let out a groan and he tried to curl in on himself.
“What happened?” Kyuhyun tried to say but his voice was still not cooperating and the words came out at barely a whisper. He coughed, cleared his throat and he tried again.
“I should ask you that.” Leeteuk said, his voice soft.
Questions. So many questions tried to form in Kyuhyun’s mind. How did he get back to his house? Why was Leeteuk here? What the hell was going on?
Eventually he settled on what he thought was the most important one.
“Where is Zhou Mi?”
Kyuhyun was almost afraid of the answer because if Leeteuk was here then it was safe to say that Zhou Mi wasn’t.
Leeteuk made a sound of displeasure and Kyuhyun felt the bed shift as Leeteuk stood up. He heard Leeteuk pace around the small room.
“So that’s who it was.” Leeteuk said, his voice sounded far away and - to Kyuhyun - cryptic.
Kyuhyun tried to sit up again and this time his attempt was a little more successful. The room around him started to spin so he shut his eyes tight and waited for the dizziness to pass.
“He’s a member of Team Black, Kyuhyun-ah.” Leeteuk said, his voice calm now. He said the words like they were a gentle reminder, like Kyuhyun wasn’t already well aware of that fact. “Kyuhyun-ah, just what have you gotten yourself in to?”
Kyuhyun really, really wished he knew the answer to that.
*
Leeteuk listened intently and carefully. Kyuhyun couldn’t tell him much, he still only had a limited idea of what actually happened to him today - yesterday. Time was still a hazy concept, he’d started work at nine yesterday, he’d been prompt and on time as always and now…and now it was sometime in the early hours of the morning. So much had happened in such a short time.
Leeteuk didn’t interrupt Kyuhyun as he recounted his tale even though Kyuhyun could tell that he really wanted to. Kyuhyun could only tell Leeteuk about Team Grey’s presence and what it was they were looking for. But he couldn’t tell Leeteuk just who Team Grey were or why they wanted what they wanted.
Leeteuk was quiet for a few moments after, he sat there at Kyuhyun’s tiny kitchen table, his chin resting on steepled fingers. Leeteuk eyed Kyuhyun warily, like he was sure that Kyuhyun wasn’t telling him everything. And in fact Kyuhyun wasn’t. Kyuhyun put his hands around the cup of tea that Leeteuk had insisted on making for him, Kyuhyun had no idea what was actually in the tea but it didn’t taste that bad and the few sips Kyuhyun had taken had made Kyuhyun feel a little better.
Kyuhyun ducked his head to avoid looking Leeteuk in the eye, he should tell Leeteuk everything, he knew he should. But there was some things that he didn’t want appearing anywhere in any kind of official record - like the hand job Zhou Mi had given him. Kyuhyun was pretty sure he hadn’t dreamed that. Kyuhyun was also pretty sure that Zhou Mi had only done it to help Kyuhyun, help him get better, help him get over whatever it was Team Grey had done. Kyuhyun had been lucid enough at times through out the ordeal to catch snatches of conversation.
Zhou Mi had helped him. And then he had left.
“What do Team Black have to do with this?” Leeteuk asked eventually. Kyuhyun just shrugged and looked down at his cup. His hands were shaking, the slight tremors were making ripples on the surface of the steaming liquid. They were kind of hypnotic.
“He saved me.” Kyuhyun said after a while. “Zhou Mi saved me.” Saying the words out loud made them sound at once both profound and ridiculous. “Zhou Mi saved me and then he left.”
“He called me.” Leeteuk said and at first Kyuhyun wasn’t sure he heard him properly. “He called me and told me that I needed to come to your apartment, that you needed help.”
“Oh.” Kyuhyun said. “Oh.”
Because, really, what else could he say?
*
Kyuhyun couldn’t sleep. Leeteuk has insisted he get some more rest, but once Kyuhyun was back in his little bedroom he found that his brain wouldn’t shut down. His body still felt tired, so, so tired, but his head was a hive of activity. Every time he closed his eyes he would see images of Zhou Mi leaning over him. Kyuhyun could still feel Zhou Mi’s gentle hands on him, holding him. He could still hear Zhou Mi whispering his name.
Dammit. God fucking dammit.
The images, the feeling wouldn’t quit and they left him with a very immediate problem…again. But he felt uncomfortable taking care of it because the walls of his apartment were thin and Leeteuk was camping out on his sofa. Leeteuk had also insisted on staying the rest of the night, to be there in case Kyuhyun needed him even though Kyuhyun had said it wasn’t necessary. Kyuhyun kind of really just wanted to be alone right now.
Kyuhyun knew that Leeteuk wasn’t sleeping either. Kyuhyun could hear him talking to someone on the phone, he spoke in such low tones that Kyuhyun could only barely make out bits of what Leeteuk was saying. Kyuhyun was sure that Leeteuk said “Heechul” a few times, he was sure that he heard Leeteuk say “Chullie-ah.”
But that had to be his imagination. Right?
He must have dozed of at some point because the next thing he knew Leeteuk was shaking him awake.
“Come on, Kyuhyun-ah. I’ve made breakfast. Let’s eat well and then go to the office.”
Oh, Kyuhyun thought, oh great. Now he’ll get to recount this whole thing again and with a slightly larger audience.
*
“I wanted to go to that stationary convention.” Donghae said with a pout.
Donghae was sulking, Kyuhyun found this to be both adorable and annoying. Donghae’s put out expression made Kyuhyun smile a little but he still couldn’t help but think that Donghae was missing the point.
“I’m the technology and gadget specialist in this team.” Donghae continued. This time he added some enthusiastic arm movements to further emphasise his displeasure. He almost hit Eunhyuk in the face with one gesture. “I should have been the one to go to that convention.”
“Donghae.” Leeteuk sighed as he rubbed tiredly at his temples. “You and Eunhyuk are banned from Russia or have you forgotten that?”
Both Donghae and Eunhyuk looked away. Donghae suddenly found the scratches on the conference room table infinitely fascinating.
Yes, Kyuhyun thought bitterly. Because of that incident Kyuhyun was the one who had to go to Russia and it was that trip to Russia that brought him to the attention of Team Grey.
“But they weren’t interested in your presence at the convention, Kyuhyun-ah” Leeteuk mused. “They didn’t know about the convention at all.”
Kyuhyun shook his head. “No, they didn’t believe me when I told them, they just thought I was fighting their truth serum, which I was. I tried to fight it but in the end I couldn’t. They kept asking me about some code breaker.”
Donghae made a noise of disgust. “Code breakers.” He grumbled. “Someone is stuck in the sixties.”
“If they’d asked the right questions.” Kyuhyun said. “If they’d asked me what kind of stationary would be at the convention then I would have had to tell them. But they didn’t ask so I didn’t tell.”
“Nano technology.” Donghae sighed happily. “Office supplies fitted with nanobots! How cool is that? I want.” Donghae turned his best puppy dog eyes on the leader of Team White. “I so very much want.”
Leeteuk coughed and shifted in his seat. “Nano technology isn’t in the budget.”
Donghae’s look of disappointment was almost heart breaking but Kyuhyun was relieved. Yay for budgetary restrictions. Donghae with nanobots? Kyuhyun shuddered at the thought.
“But what do team black have to do with this?” Eunhyuk asked.
Kyuhyun wanted to know that too. How were Teams Black and Grey connected? Zhou Mi had left Kyuhyun chained to a park bench, if Black and Grey were working against each other and Kyuhyun had been left as bait then why did Zhou Mi risk his operation to save him? If Black and Grey were working with each other then why did Zhou Mi risk his partnership to save Kyuhyun?
Kyuhyun was confused and angry. He needed to talk to Zhou Mi.
The door to the conference room opened and Siwon slunk in, he took the seat next to Kyuhyun. Both Donghae and Eunhyuk stared as him as he entered and sat down
“Morning, Siwonnie.” Eunhyuk said with a bright smile. “This isn’t the observation room…”
“Or the men’s room.” Donghae cut in.
“Did you get lost?”
“Is it all right for you to be here?” Donghae asked, he was all wide eyed innocence. “You’re not missing anything are you? And by anything I mean sex. You’re not missing any sex?”
“Those two must not be doing anything interesting right now.” Eunhyuk said seriously. “And by interesting I mean having sex.”
Donghae nodded solemnly, Kyuhyun tried not laugh but he failed. Even Leeteuk cracked a smile. Siwon blushed and wouldn’t look anyone in the eye.
“It was all quiet.” Siwon said, ignoring Eunhyuk’s suppressed giggles. “Heechul, Han Geng and Zhou Mi were holed up in Heechul’s office for a while. It looked like Heechul was yelling a lot. Now Zhou Mi is cleaning out his office, it looks like he’s quitting.”
“He’s what?” Kyuhyun exclaimed. Kyuhyun was up and out of his chair and off out the door before he even realized what he was doing. Kyuhyun ran, ignoring the voice of Leeteuk calling after him.
*
Zhou Mi was cleaning out his office.
Kyuhyun rushed to the observation room, locking the door behind him as he entered. The room was cool, quiet, he bank of TV monitors played on silently and Kyuhyun immediately looked towards the screen showing Zhou Mi’s office and there was Zhou Mi. Packing. He was carefully putting all his things into brightly coloured but somehow still matching boxes. His tiny dog was sitting on a little fluffy pillow on Zhou Mi’s desk, forlornly watching his owner work. Kyuhyun clenched his fist and resisted the urge to punch something. The only things available to punch in this room were the walls and the TV’s. And punching them would hurt, probably a lot.
Kyuhyun looked to see what the rest of Team Black was doing, he wanted to see why no one was trying to stop Zhou Mi from leaving. Oh god, had Zhou Mi been fired? Kyuhyun didn’t think you could be fired from a spy team.
Kyuhyun looked and he found Kangin in the weight room, big surprise there. Han Geng was in another office packing up stuff. Kyuhyun frowned, that wasn’t Han Geng’s office, in fact, Kyuhyun didn’t think he had ever seen anyone use that office before, he’d often wondered why there was a camera in there at all. Heechul was sat at his desk, he sat so motionless that it was almost eerie. Suddenly Heechul looked up, looked directly into the camera Donghae had planted. It might have been Kyuhyun’s imagination but it felt like Heechul was looking right at him. Heechul’s expression was dark, forbidding, it sent a shiver down Kyuhyun’s spine. Then Heechul flicked his wrist and the TV screen exploded into static. Heechul must have done something to kill the camera feed but for the life of him Kyuhyun couldn’t tell what. Kyuhyun watched the white fuzz of static snow for a few moments before turning his attention back to Zhou Mi. He watched Zhou Mi finish up packing his things, he watched Zhou Mi pack away his weapons, Kyuhyun did so love Zhou Mi’s weapon collection. He watched Zhou Mi scratch his tiny dog behind the ear and then slump tiredly in to his desk chair. There was a weary, lost look to Zhou Mi’s expression and it made Kyuhyun’s heart ache. Zhou Mi looked up then, he looked up in to the camera, looked in Kyuhyun’s direction just as Heechul had done. Kyuhyun knew that Zhou Mi could see him, he knew that Zhou Mi was watching Kyuhyun just like Kyuhyun was watching Zhou Mi. They were spies spying on each other.
Kyuhyun was afraid that Zhou Mi was going to do something to cut the camera feed just like Heechul had done and a hopeless, helpless feeling flared in the pit of his stomach. No. No, he didn’t want to lose this last link between them. But Zhou Mi didn’t do anything, he just sat there, looking at him, looking at Kyuhyun. Zhou Mi smiled slightly, it was a weak smile but it was still a smile and Kyuhyun couldn’t help but smile back.
Then Zhou Mi looked away, looked towards his office door which opened and Han Geng entered. Kyuhyun didn’t know what they were saying to each other but neither of them looked happy. Zhou Mi stood up, he picked up his tiny dog still sitting on it’s little fluffy pillow and he walked out of his office. He didn’t look back at Kyuhyun. Han Geng picked up one of Zhou Mi’s many boxes and followed him out.
Kyuhyun punched the wall. It hurt. A lot.
He unlocked the observation room door and threw it open, almost slamming into Leeteuk in his hurry to leave.
“Kyuhyun-ah, are you ok?”
Kyuhyun opened his mouth to say something but he didn’t know what to say. Yes? No? I don’t know?
“Hyung,” Kyuhyun stammered. “I think I want to go home.”
Leeteuk’s expression softened “Of course, Kyuhyun-ah, I’ll get Siwon to take you.”
“Thank you, Hyung.” Kyuhyun turned to go and then he paused. He turned back to face Leeteuk. “Hey, Hyung. I think Kangin might be getting in the shower soon.”
Leeteuk smiled a little wistfully and he sighed. “Business first I think, Kyuhyun-ah, business first.”
.end chapter ten
Rating: R
Pairing: Mainly: Kyuhyun/Zhou Mi, Yesung/Ryeowook and Henry/Kibum. With various others.
Warnings: Sexual situations, sexual innuendo, voyeurism, bad language and some violence.
Word count: This chapter = 2, 663
Summary: Team White and Team Black have been pitting themselves against each other for years. They've become too wrapped up in this Spy vs Spy game, too wrapped up in thir own dispute to see the bigger picture. Enter the shadowy Team Grey who have their own agenda and their own way of getting things done.
A/N: In which Super Junior are all Spies and they kind of fail at it. Spy vs Spy AU.
Chapter ten
Kyuhyun woke with a pounding headache and a dark shadow looming over him. For a heart stopping second Kyuhyun had visions of the men in grey coming back to get him and he flailed his arms out wildly. He tried to bat away a hand that held a damp cloth, panic clutched at his heart and he tried to call out, call out for help, call out for Zhou Mi. But his voice wouldn’t work and all that came out was a strangled croak.
“Kyuhyun-ah,” the shadow above him said. “Kyuhyun-ah calm down, it’s all right.”
Kyuhyun knew that voice. Oh, oh god.
The shadow pulled back to avoid Kyuhyun’s tightly clenched flailing fist. As it moved it resolved into a proper shape, the shape of a person, a person dressed in white not grey.
Leeteuk.
Oh. Oh shit.
Leeteuk was perched stiffly on the edge of Kyuhyun’s bed, he looked oddly out of place in the mess of Kyuhyun’s bedroom, sitting there in his pristine white suit, wearing a concerned and yet somehow angry expression. Leeteuk held a white cloth in his hand, there was a bowl of water on the night stand. Kyuhyun’s forehead felt cool and damp from where Leeteuk had been dabbing the soothing cloth.
Kyuhyun had enough of his wits about him to cringe under Leeteuk’s gaze. He’d seen that look levelled at Donghae and Eunhyuk more than enough times but he’d never experienced it before. Kyuhyun decided that he didn’t like the experience at all. He could at it to the now epically long list of things he didn’t like about this whole situation.
Kyuhyun tried to push himself up, tried to sit up - his arms felt weak and shaky and he got halfway to a sitting position before his arms gave out and he flopped back down on to the bed. He let out a groan and he tried to curl in on himself.
“What happened?” Kyuhyun tried to say but his voice was still not cooperating and the words came out at barely a whisper. He coughed, cleared his throat and he tried again.
“I should ask you that.” Leeteuk said, his voice soft.
Questions. So many questions tried to form in Kyuhyun’s mind. How did he get back to his house? Why was Leeteuk here? What the hell was going on?
Eventually he settled on what he thought was the most important one.
“Where is Zhou Mi?”
Kyuhyun was almost afraid of the answer because if Leeteuk was here then it was safe to say that Zhou Mi wasn’t.
Leeteuk made a sound of displeasure and Kyuhyun felt the bed shift as Leeteuk stood up. He heard Leeteuk pace around the small room.
“So that’s who it was.” Leeteuk said, his voice sounded far away and - to Kyuhyun - cryptic.
Kyuhyun tried to sit up again and this time his attempt was a little more successful. The room around him started to spin so he shut his eyes tight and waited for the dizziness to pass.
“He’s a member of Team Black, Kyuhyun-ah.” Leeteuk said, his voice calm now. He said the words like they were a gentle reminder, like Kyuhyun wasn’t already well aware of that fact. “Kyuhyun-ah, just what have you gotten yourself in to?”
Kyuhyun really, really wished he knew the answer to that.
*
Leeteuk listened intently and carefully. Kyuhyun couldn’t tell him much, he still only had a limited idea of what actually happened to him today - yesterday. Time was still a hazy concept, he’d started work at nine yesterday, he’d been prompt and on time as always and now…and now it was sometime in the early hours of the morning. So much had happened in such a short time.
Leeteuk didn’t interrupt Kyuhyun as he recounted his tale even though Kyuhyun could tell that he really wanted to. Kyuhyun could only tell Leeteuk about Team Grey’s presence and what it was they were looking for. But he couldn’t tell Leeteuk just who Team Grey were or why they wanted what they wanted.
Leeteuk was quiet for a few moments after, he sat there at Kyuhyun’s tiny kitchen table, his chin resting on steepled fingers. Leeteuk eyed Kyuhyun warily, like he was sure that Kyuhyun wasn’t telling him everything. And in fact Kyuhyun wasn’t. Kyuhyun put his hands around the cup of tea that Leeteuk had insisted on making for him, Kyuhyun had no idea what was actually in the tea but it didn’t taste that bad and the few sips Kyuhyun had taken had made Kyuhyun feel a little better.
Kyuhyun ducked his head to avoid looking Leeteuk in the eye, he should tell Leeteuk everything, he knew he should. But there was some things that he didn’t want appearing anywhere in any kind of official record - like the hand job Zhou Mi had given him. Kyuhyun was pretty sure he hadn’t dreamed that. Kyuhyun was also pretty sure that Zhou Mi had only done it to help Kyuhyun, help him get better, help him get over whatever it was Team Grey had done. Kyuhyun had been lucid enough at times through out the ordeal to catch snatches of conversation.
Zhou Mi had helped him. And then he had left.
“What do Team Black have to do with this?” Leeteuk asked eventually. Kyuhyun just shrugged and looked down at his cup. His hands were shaking, the slight tremors were making ripples on the surface of the steaming liquid. They were kind of hypnotic.
“He saved me.” Kyuhyun said after a while. “Zhou Mi saved me.” Saying the words out loud made them sound at once both profound and ridiculous. “Zhou Mi saved me and then he left.”
“He called me.” Leeteuk said and at first Kyuhyun wasn’t sure he heard him properly. “He called me and told me that I needed to come to your apartment, that you needed help.”
“Oh.” Kyuhyun said. “Oh.”
Because, really, what else could he say?
*
Kyuhyun couldn’t sleep. Leeteuk has insisted he get some more rest, but once Kyuhyun was back in his little bedroom he found that his brain wouldn’t shut down. His body still felt tired, so, so tired, but his head was a hive of activity. Every time he closed his eyes he would see images of Zhou Mi leaning over him. Kyuhyun could still feel Zhou Mi’s gentle hands on him, holding him. He could still hear Zhou Mi whispering his name.
Dammit. God fucking dammit.
The images, the feeling wouldn’t quit and they left him with a very immediate problem…again. But he felt uncomfortable taking care of it because the walls of his apartment were thin and Leeteuk was camping out on his sofa. Leeteuk had also insisted on staying the rest of the night, to be there in case Kyuhyun needed him even though Kyuhyun had said it wasn’t necessary. Kyuhyun kind of really just wanted to be alone right now.
Kyuhyun knew that Leeteuk wasn’t sleeping either. Kyuhyun could hear him talking to someone on the phone, he spoke in such low tones that Kyuhyun could only barely make out bits of what Leeteuk was saying. Kyuhyun was sure that Leeteuk said “Heechul” a few times, he was sure that he heard Leeteuk say “Chullie-ah.”
But that had to be his imagination. Right?
He must have dozed of at some point because the next thing he knew Leeteuk was shaking him awake.
“Come on, Kyuhyun-ah. I’ve made breakfast. Let’s eat well and then go to the office.”
Oh, Kyuhyun thought, oh great. Now he’ll get to recount this whole thing again and with a slightly larger audience.
*
“I wanted to go to that stationary convention.” Donghae said with a pout.
Donghae was sulking, Kyuhyun found this to be both adorable and annoying. Donghae’s put out expression made Kyuhyun smile a little but he still couldn’t help but think that Donghae was missing the point.
“I’m the technology and gadget specialist in this team.” Donghae continued. This time he added some enthusiastic arm movements to further emphasise his displeasure. He almost hit Eunhyuk in the face with one gesture. “I should have been the one to go to that convention.”
“Donghae.” Leeteuk sighed as he rubbed tiredly at his temples. “You and Eunhyuk are banned from Russia or have you forgotten that?”
Both Donghae and Eunhyuk looked away. Donghae suddenly found the scratches on the conference room table infinitely fascinating.
Yes, Kyuhyun thought bitterly. Because of that incident Kyuhyun was the one who had to go to Russia and it was that trip to Russia that brought him to the attention of Team Grey.
“But they weren’t interested in your presence at the convention, Kyuhyun-ah” Leeteuk mused. “They didn’t know about the convention at all.”
Kyuhyun shook his head. “No, they didn’t believe me when I told them, they just thought I was fighting their truth serum, which I was. I tried to fight it but in the end I couldn’t. They kept asking me about some code breaker.”
Donghae made a noise of disgust. “Code breakers.” He grumbled. “Someone is stuck in the sixties.”
“If they’d asked the right questions.” Kyuhyun said. “If they’d asked me what kind of stationary would be at the convention then I would have had to tell them. But they didn’t ask so I didn’t tell.”
“Nano technology.” Donghae sighed happily. “Office supplies fitted with nanobots! How cool is that? I want.” Donghae turned his best puppy dog eyes on the leader of Team White. “I so very much want.”
Leeteuk coughed and shifted in his seat. “Nano technology isn’t in the budget.”
Donghae’s look of disappointment was almost heart breaking but Kyuhyun was relieved. Yay for budgetary restrictions. Donghae with nanobots? Kyuhyun shuddered at the thought.
“But what do team black have to do with this?” Eunhyuk asked.
Kyuhyun wanted to know that too. How were Teams Black and Grey connected? Zhou Mi had left Kyuhyun chained to a park bench, if Black and Grey were working against each other and Kyuhyun had been left as bait then why did Zhou Mi risk his operation to save him? If Black and Grey were working with each other then why did Zhou Mi risk his partnership to save Kyuhyun?
Kyuhyun was confused and angry. He needed to talk to Zhou Mi.
The door to the conference room opened and Siwon slunk in, he took the seat next to Kyuhyun. Both Donghae and Eunhyuk stared as him as he entered and sat down
“Morning, Siwonnie.” Eunhyuk said with a bright smile. “This isn’t the observation room…”
“Or the men’s room.” Donghae cut in.
“Did you get lost?”
“Is it all right for you to be here?” Donghae asked, he was all wide eyed innocence. “You’re not missing anything are you? And by anything I mean sex. You’re not missing any sex?”
“Those two must not be doing anything interesting right now.” Eunhyuk said seriously. “And by interesting I mean having sex.”
Donghae nodded solemnly, Kyuhyun tried not laugh but he failed. Even Leeteuk cracked a smile. Siwon blushed and wouldn’t look anyone in the eye.
“It was all quiet.” Siwon said, ignoring Eunhyuk’s suppressed giggles. “Heechul, Han Geng and Zhou Mi were holed up in Heechul’s office for a while. It looked like Heechul was yelling a lot. Now Zhou Mi is cleaning out his office, it looks like he’s quitting.”
“He’s what?” Kyuhyun exclaimed. Kyuhyun was up and out of his chair and off out the door before he even realized what he was doing. Kyuhyun ran, ignoring the voice of Leeteuk calling after him.
*
Zhou Mi was cleaning out his office.
Kyuhyun rushed to the observation room, locking the door behind him as he entered. The room was cool, quiet, he bank of TV monitors played on silently and Kyuhyun immediately looked towards the screen showing Zhou Mi’s office and there was Zhou Mi. Packing. He was carefully putting all his things into brightly coloured but somehow still matching boxes. His tiny dog was sitting on a little fluffy pillow on Zhou Mi’s desk, forlornly watching his owner work. Kyuhyun clenched his fist and resisted the urge to punch something. The only things available to punch in this room were the walls and the TV’s. And punching them would hurt, probably a lot.
Kyuhyun looked to see what the rest of Team Black was doing, he wanted to see why no one was trying to stop Zhou Mi from leaving. Oh god, had Zhou Mi been fired? Kyuhyun didn’t think you could be fired from a spy team.
Kyuhyun looked and he found Kangin in the weight room, big surprise there. Han Geng was in another office packing up stuff. Kyuhyun frowned, that wasn’t Han Geng’s office, in fact, Kyuhyun didn’t think he had ever seen anyone use that office before, he’d often wondered why there was a camera in there at all. Heechul was sat at his desk, he sat so motionless that it was almost eerie. Suddenly Heechul looked up, looked directly into the camera Donghae had planted. It might have been Kyuhyun’s imagination but it felt like Heechul was looking right at him. Heechul’s expression was dark, forbidding, it sent a shiver down Kyuhyun’s spine. Then Heechul flicked his wrist and the TV screen exploded into static. Heechul must have done something to kill the camera feed but for the life of him Kyuhyun couldn’t tell what. Kyuhyun watched the white fuzz of static snow for a few moments before turning his attention back to Zhou Mi. He watched Zhou Mi finish up packing his things, he watched Zhou Mi pack away his weapons, Kyuhyun did so love Zhou Mi’s weapon collection. He watched Zhou Mi scratch his tiny dog behind the ear and then slump tiredly in to his desk chair. There was a weary, lost look to Zhou Mi’s expression and it made Kyuhyun’s heart ache. Zhou Mi looked up then, he looked up in to the camera, looked in Kyuhyun’s direction just as Heechul had done. Kyuhyun knew that Zhou Mi could see him, he knew that Zhou Mi was watching Kyuhyun just like Kyuhyun was watching Zhou Mi. They were spies spying on each other.
Kyuhyun was afraid that Zhou Mi was going to do something to cut the camera feed just like Heechul had done and a hopeless, helpless feeling flared in the pit of his stomach. No. No, he didn’t want to lose this last link between them. But Zhou Mi didn’t do anything, he just sat there, looking at him, looking at Kyuhyun. Zhou Mi smiled slightly, it was a weak smile but it was still a smile and Kyuhyun couldn’t help but smile back.
Then Zhou Mi looked away, looked towards his office door which opened and Han Geng entered. Kyuhyun didn’t know what they were saying to each other but neither of them looked happy. Zhou Mi stood up, he picked up his tiny dog still sitting on it’s little fluffy pillow and he walked out of his office. He didn’t look back at Kyuhyun. Han Geng picked up one of Zhou Mi’s many boxes and followed him out.
Kyuhyun punched the wall. It hurt. A lot.
He unlocked the observation room door and threw it open, almost slamming into Leeteuk in his hurry to leave.
“Kyuhyun-ah, are you ok?”
Kyuhyun opened his mouth to say something but he didn’t know what to say. Yes? No? I don’t know?
“Hyung,” Kyuhyun stammered. “I think I want to go home.”
Leeteuk’s expression softened “Of course, Kyuhyun-ah, I’ll get Siwon to take you.”
“Thank you, Hyung.” Kyuhyun turned to go and then he paused. He turned back to face Leeteuk. “Hey, Hyung. I think Kangin might be getting in the shower soon.”
Leeteuk smiled a little wistfully and he sighed. “Business first I think, Kyuhyun-ah, business first.”
.end chapter ten