Everything was set up and ready, so once the doorbell rang he answered quickly. He smiled at the man, recognizing his face from the file he was given.

“Hello, are you Hyunsoo?” Minho asked and the man nodded.

“And you must be Minho” He smiled as Minho led him into the apartment.

“Well, this is the apartment, it’s very spacious and homey. My room is the first door on the right, yours would be at the end of the hall” Minho lied, gesturing down the hall and Hyunsoo nodded.

“It’s very nice, and the rent isn’t that bad” Hyunsoo started down the hall and then stopped and turned to face Minho, “There’s no bug problem right? Or noisy neighbors or something?”

Minho chuckled in relief, “No, nothing like that, I bring in a good amount of money so my roommate doesn’t need to chip in as much” Minho wished this would hurry up.

“Ah, what do you do?” Hyunsoo asked as Minho started walking towards his real room.

“I work at a law firm, long hours but good pay” Minho told him and smiled when Hyunsoo followed him, “Don’t mind the tarps, I was planning on repainting the room if you don’t move in”

Hyunsoo walked into the room, the tarps crinkling under his feet, the sound merging with Minho’s own footsteps as he moved between Hyunsoo and the door.

“It’s a really nice room, what color were you thinking?” Hyunsoo asked, and Minho reached behind his back for his concealed knife.

“I was thinking something warm, like red” Minho came closer, Hyunsoo paying more attention to the bed than Minho.

“A pastel yellow would-” Hyunsoo stopped when Minho held the knife against his neck.

“I don’t care for yellows” Minho replied, smiling as Hyunsoo’s breathing became erratic.

“Wh-What are you doing?” H