CHATS -

CHENLE
DONGHYUCK
JAEHYUN (3)
JAEMIN (1)
JISUNG
JENO
LUCAS
MARK
FUNKY TOWN

YOU ARE NOW MESSAGING
JAEMIN!

JAEMIN
EMERGENCY

JAMIE
WHERE I GOTTA BE
AND BY WHEN BITCH

JAEMIN
I JUST SAW JENO AT
THE STARBUCKS NEAR
YOUR HOUSE AND HE
HAD A DUFFLE BAG WICNW

JAEMIN
btw i'm here plz let me in

"the fuck?"

jaemin nodded, taking another sip of his six shots of espresso.

jamie was alarmed, jaemin had seen jeno alone, a few blocks from her house where there was a starbucks with a big duffle bag and a mask over his mouth, his hair a newly brown. he said jeno hadn't been in school the past couple of days and wasn't answering any text messages.

after the new years party, life had gone fast. "funky town" met up often, they even went ice skating like mark and jamie wanted to. suddenly, jeno stopped answering around the first weekend after school started. it had been a week since then.

"jeno... has been to a lot of foster homes," jaemin said slowly, trying to find the right words, "i heard rumors that he ran away a lot... did he run away from his adoptive family then?"

jamie shrugged, holding her hands on the hot chocolate jaemin had gotten her, "i don't know... maybe."

"i should've approached him," jaemin cursed, leaning back in his chair, "we met eyes and he immediately ran that bastard."

"maybe he's ashamed," jamie muttered, "did he ever mention running away to you? or anything of the sort that would lead to that?"

jaemin thought for a second, "he complained about his sister a lot... and his parents. he said they were controlling and gave him little to no freedom and that he snuck out often."

jamie blinked in shock, jeno was the last person she could see doing that.

"did he ever mention... trying to find his real family?"

jaemin looked at jamie in shock before shaking his head.

"adopted kids do that a lot," jamie hummed, "maybe he found them and that's why he ran away?"

"why did it look like he was living in the streets then?" jaemin asked, "and why didn't he tell any of us?"

jamie sat quietly for a minute, staring at her hot chocolate, thinking.

"jaehyun!" she yelled suddenly, scaring jaemin, "come over here please!"

jaehyun entered the kitchen, looking thoroughly annoyed, "i'm doing homework and i need to finish a shit ton before work in an hour, what could you possibly want?"

"if you were adopted and given the chance to find your family, would you take it?" jamie asked.

"of course," jaehyun answered quickly, "i'd want to know why they gave me up."

"would you go right away?" jaemin asked.

"after i found them? no, i'd probably be too nervous," jaehyun answered, confused, "why are you asking me this?"

"we think jeno ran away from home because he found his biological family," jamie said, leaning back in her chair, "but how do you approach someone about that?"

jaehyun shrugged, "don't know, how do you approach anyone about anything? you either sugar coat it or straight out corner them and ask."

jaemin and jamie exchanged looks.

"i don't like the look of that..." jaehyun drawled out, "but i'm too busy to care right now. can i leave?"

jamie nodded, laughing, "bye jae."

jaehyun left and jamie and jaemin turned to each other before quickly getting up and putting their shoes and coats on.

CHATS -

CHENLE
DONGHYUCK (2)
JAEHYUN (3)
JAEMIN
JISUNG
JENO
LUCAS
MARK
FUNKY TOWN

YOU ARE NOW MESSAGING
DONGHYUCK!

DONGHYUCK
i found jeno lmao

DONGHYUCK
pay up bitch

JAMIE
thank you for being the
amazing stalker you are

DONGHYUCK
i'm not a stalker i'm
just good at finding ppl
who are hiding from me

JAMIE
i shall get you lunch
next week after we solve
the case of jeno's disappearance

DONGHYUCK
the fuck are we?
scooby doo?

JAMIE
fuck you

DONGHYUCK
also don't forget my
twice album along with
my lunch k? thxs b

JAMIE
well goodbye to
my next paycheck

DONGHYUCK
it's for a good deed

DONGHYUCK
you're helping the poor

JAMIE
you're literally richer than
me stfu

JAMIE
gotta go find jeno now

DONGHYUCK
gl

"catch!"

the pokeball bounced off of jeno's shoulder and he looked around in alarm.

jamie and jaemin stood in front of him, blocking his exit from his table at, ironically, starbucks while jisung and chenle stood at the door, ready to catch jeno if he went running.

jaehyun was sitting at the bar, watching in boredom at the scene, his coworkers watching in alarm.

jeno tried to escape the two, only to be caught by chenle and jisung, clad in sunglasses and black, looking like bodyguards.

"you caught a lee jeno," jamie smirked.

"stop playing pokémon please," jaemin mumbled, shaking his head.

jamie gasped, watching as jaemin sat down across from jeno and taking a seat herself.

"what the fuck," jaemin started with, jamie punching his arm in retaliation.

as the two fought, jeno snuck away, leaving through a door they didn't know was there.

the four all gasped as they watched him run away through the windows.

"you all suck at interrogations," jaehyun commented from behind the bar.

"shut the fuck up pinky," jamie sighed in aggravation, "this is why i said i should be the only one to confront him."

jaemin scoffed, "my fault? no way."

"i never said it was yours ass," jamie sneered at him, going up to where jaehyun was and ordering a drink.

the other three boys also ordered before sitting down at a table.

"fuck you donghyuck! we're late!"

the door slammed opened and there stood mark, donghyuck, and renjun who looked around frantically before seeing the group of four all sitting dejectedly at a table together.

they all stared at each other for a few minutes before someone who was trying to get in the starbucks yelled at the three boys, making them bow in apology.

the three joined the four and the seven of them sat in silence.

"we're fucking awful."

"tell us something we don't know."

"we can't even catch a twenty year old man!"

"...you say that like he's five."

"jeno is five! my child!"

"jaemin, shut up, literally no one cares."

"shots: fired."

"did you really just say colon out loud?"

"...possibly."

"did you guys every think of maybe, i don't know, approaching him like humans?"

the seven all stared blankly at jaehyun who had said that, giving them each their drinks.

"what?"

"you are literally a genius."

"or we just jump to conclusions."

"shut up chenle."

"gasp, don't be mean to chenle!"

"jamie, you too."

"donghyuck is: a savage."

"can ya'll stop with the fucking colons!"

"god i need alcohol to deal with you all."