The last time Yixing had failed to turn up at work, Luhan was worried about the well being of his friend. Could anyone blame him though? Yixing was hiding a murderer in his house and when Luhan eventually went over to Yixing's place to see if everything was alright, had discovered his friend had been beaten to a pulp... Luhan had every right to over worry about the guy sometimes! 

Yifan was gone now, finally everything would be able to die down and Yixing could go back to getting his life on track. Not showing up to work, and Luhan having not heard from him for over a day now, the worry and fear that overcame him the last time quickly made its return. 

Call after call went straight to the answering machine, text after text went by unanswered. The feeling of the unknown was eating Luhan alive, but he couldn't show it. It's what he was always told by his boss; that his personal life could not get between his professional life. At the bakery, he had to put on a performance to please the customers and leave his private life for the sidelines. 

"Come on, come on, come on" Luhan muttered, sat out back with his mobile in hand waiting for Yixing to answer his freaking phone! 

The number you have called is currently unavailable please tr-

"Damn it!" Luhan shouted, fighting every temptation in him to not lob his phone across the floor. This was the final straw in telling him that something was wrong and he needed to go check on his friend. Yixing would never be this careless and knew better than anyone else that if he wasn't going to be turning up to work today, a phone call would have been useful. 

"How long have I got until my break is over?" he asked a co-worker 
"Uh... twenty-five minutes" they replied . 

Perfect

That would be all the time Luhan needed 

"If anyone wonders where I am, tell them I've just popped out to check on something and I'll be back in a jiffy" he said, grabbing his coat and car keys and running out of the bakery towards his car.

The ride itself was torture. Every red light he came to, every traffic jam he found himself in.... he didn't care if he was late in coming back to work, the safety of his friend was his top priority at this moment in time. 

Parking across from the apartment, Luhan sprinted from the car park to be met with police cars littering the site around Yixing's apartment. Instantly a feeling of uneasiness fell in the pit of Luhan's stomach, fighting his way through the crowds of people who had descended on the place and shooting himself up to the floor where Yixing's place was located. 

Pausing to catch his breath, being met with a yellow tape and various officers inspecting the area only seemed to confirm Luhan's worse fears. 

"I'm sorry sir you can't come any further" an officer said, rushing forward to stop Luhan from approaching the scene any further 
"N-no you don't understand, that's my friends apartment you're looking in" Luhan tried to explain but no one listened to him and instead, was lead away so the officers could continue their investigation without any further interruptions. 

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Three days later and still nobody could figure out what had happened to Yixing or where he could have possibly gone. Throughout the initial investgation, the same question was always floating around; what motive would anybody have to do something to Yixing? 

It wasn't as if he had made enemies throughout the twenty three year existence of his life so far... in fact, nobody could ever recall a time where Yixing had ever done anything to piss somebody off. If that was the case, then why would somebody do something like this to him? 

That's what frustrated Luhan the most 

He wanted to go out and help find Yixing... but what use was he to the police? He just felt so bloody useless; sitting around and not being able to do just even the slightest of things.  

Then there was the issue of work, a place where all the talk was, naturally, on Yixing. How they couldn't believe someone would do something to poor, sweet Yixing, how everywhere Luhan went they were talking about Yixing, making up rumours... didn't they have better things to do in life? The whole situation was becoming too messy, nothing was happening and the slow progress just wasn't cutting it for Luhan... it was becoming ridiculous! 

Luhan didn't really want to close up the bakery that night. It was bad enough he was doing it by himself, but having to go back to his dorm, flick on the news and watch a report or two pop up about the disappearance of Yixing was just as bad. 

Clearing up, he couldn't help but feel that something was right... even though he was in the safety of the bakery, he just didn't feel safe... like someone was watching him and his every move, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. It wa sbecause of this Luan was rushing and skipping out on things he would have been scolded for in the past for missing out. 

He must have looked like such an idiot when there came a knocking on the window and Luhan jumped feet... possibly letting out a scream... 

"S-sorry we're closed" he squeaked out, this time really rushing to get everything finished with. The knocking was persistent and Luhan found himself becoming increasingly scared now. What if the person knocking on the window became frustrated with Luhan ignoring them and ended up hurting him? 

"We're closed!" Luhan repeated, voice raised higher this time in the hopes that the person got the message this time and just left him alone. Either they were extremely dumb or they didn't speak Mandarin well, for they completely ignored Luhan for a second time now and were now beginning to frustrate Luhan himself, eventually making himself snap as he turned around to properly face the person. 

"Look I said we-" 

He immediately shut up when he saw who was waiting for him on the other side...

And yet no matter how much of a goo friend I make him, or how 'manly' I make him out to be in this chapter... Luhan always manages to do something that just makes us agree with this gif each and every time; 

But hey ho! A secondary character in Luhan focus chapter! 

Will Yixing be found? 

Is he still alive?

Who was it that Luhan was met with at the end? 

Are you suffering with the major feels crisis this fic is giving you? 

All, apart from the last question, shall be revealed in the next coming chapters!

Until then!!