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"And just where do you think you're going?"
For a moment, Han Yoojin thought the voice was aimed at him, Sung Hyunjae's silky tones weaving in and out of his consciousness like smoke. That didn't make sense, of course. Yoojin was very much not going anywhere anytime soon. Not with all the IVs hooking him up to all manner of machines, and the low throb of pain that even potions couldn't seem to take the edge off of. Yoojin couldn't seem to remember much, but—he did remember the pain.
No. Yoojin wasn't going anywhere. In fact, he'd very much like to be unconscious again.
"It's none of your business," Song Taewon said, his voice a low rumble that seemed to roll through the hospital room. He sounded tense, serious, and beneath that, he sounded furious and cold.
Huh. Yoojin didn't know if he'd ever heard Taewon sound quite like that before. He kind of wished he could open his eyes to see what kind of expression went with it, but even that much effort seemed to be beyond him for the time being.
"On the contrary," Hyunjae said mildly. Yoojin couldn't see him, but he sounded close—like maybe Hyunjae was sitting nearby. "I'm the one who's going to have to explain to our darling little item why you're in jail when he wakes up. He'll be so disappointed."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Song Taewon said stiffly.
"Come now, Chief Song-nim," Hyunjae said, very deliberately leaning on the title. "At the very least you're going to abuse your authority to hunt down the kidnappers. I think it far more likely you're going to…take care of them as well."
Silence settled over the room, and Han Yoojin was just about to drift back into blessed unconsciousness when he heard Sung Hyunjae speak again.
"Stay until he wakes," Hyunjae said. There was the rustle of something—paper, Yoojin thought—and then another beat of silence before Song Taewon's voice sounded once more, incredulous and deeply, deeply satisfied.
"You've already found them."
"Stay until he wakes," Hyunjae said again by way of confirmation, "and we can go together."
There was a brief hesitation, and then the soft sound of someone sitting in a chair. Sung Hyunjae gave a hum of approval.
Oh, good, Yoojin found himself thinking before he drifted off again. Wouldn't want to miss the party.