“Yuta, you have to ing explain this!” He heard his leader shout to him once he had entered the room, the older looking at the pictures that Lucas had sent him a few hours ago. “What do you mean by ‘this was on Minhyung’s old desktop’?!”

“I mean that we found that on Minhyung’s computer,” He steadily explained, seeing anger rise in the older man’s eyes. “Jisung - the kid whose taller than us - let us in.”

“What?!” Taeyong exclaimed, glaring at Yuta’s soul. “What’s our policy about privacy, huh?!”

“Look, you know those policies are bull and that you’re just afraid that someone is going to do something that will cost their life,” He stated, voice icy and coated with acid as he returned Taeyong’s glare three fold. “In this case, respecting Minhyung’s privacy could cause us to lose Renjun.”

“This can’t be happening…” He heard Taeyong mumble in the eerie silence of the hotel room that served as his office. “Maybe we shouldn’t have-“

“Don’t you dare say that you regret taking Renjun in,” He cut the other off, striding forward to grab Taeyong’s shoulders to get his perspective through the older’s thick skull. “Don’t you ing dare.”

“But Yuta…we wouldn’t be in this if we didn’t-“

“Do you know how ruined Jeno was because of his older brother?! Who was the one who got close to him and coaxed him out of his room when Donghae-hyung changed to the he is now?!” He shouted, not bothering to control the volume of his voice as long as his leader didn’t say something that he would cry about later. “Tell me, Taeyong! Who was that person?!”

“R-Renjun…” Taeyong hopelessly answered as Yuta noticed tears begin to form in the older’s eyes. “But still…what if-“

“We can’t change the past and we wouldn’t if we could,” He whispered softly, eyes staring into Taeyong’s own dark pupils. “We can turn this around. I know we can.” He heard Taeyong hiccup before the older reached up to wipe his forming tears away. 

“Does Johnny know yet? The three of us run this gang, we should all be on the same page…” He heard his leader say and shook his head lightly. 

“We found out only a few hours ago but I’ll let him know when he comes back from the deal he went to with Taeil-hyung and Doyoung,” He reassured the older who nodded and took a deep breath as thoughts whirred inside his head. “Taeyong, we’re getting everyone through this alive.”

“Even…even Minhyung?” He couldn’t help but sigh at the caring nature of the older as he pulled Taeyong in a close hug. “Especially Minhyung. We will find him, ask him to explai