Clues

After the long flight we finally arrived, and honestly I didn't know where to start.

“ Soooooo………. Where do we go?” I asked. I really hope he has something, because if he doesn't he will die.

“Um… Not exactly sure yet.” Kris said mater factly. Oh. I spoke too soon.

“.......You’re kidding right?”

“Uh… No?”

“ You have 5 seconds to run before I kill you.”

“ WAIT—!” Kris yelled, somewhat frightened with what the sassy police officer would do to him when seriously pissed off. He can’t even run away either, seeing as how he is handcuffed to him.

“ One…..”

“ Goddamnit, I said wai—”

“ Two……”

“ Ok. Ok, I do have something, wait. Ok?!” Kris yelled. I swear this better be good.

“And that would be…?”

“ I have a key that my mom left me. I just don't know what it opens, and I know it,s important cause my mom said take care of the key to the best of my ability. Soooo…”

“ Ok…...That doesn't help much! Goddamnit, why did I decide to trust you again?!”

“Look, calm your , we can try my mom’s old house, I actually already tried looking there for a clue but you never know; I might have missed something. I was at the time trying to run away from my father.”

“ -Sigh- Ok, fine…. We’ll start there. There’s a chance your father has looked there as well, so we might not even find anything.” This journey is becoming more stressful by the minute.

As I had imagined Kris’s mom’s house was pretty messed up. Papers were all over the place, chairs fallen over, as well as tables. The whole house was pretty much thrown upside down.

“…” Kris said, while running a hand through his hair. “ You’d think he’d show some respect for my mom at least.”

I felt bad for Kris, seeing as a greedy man who so happened to be his father ruined the last place his mom had stayed at. As I lost myself in thought, I randomly pick up a stack of papers on the floor and decide to go through them. One crumpled folded paper catches my eye in the stack of papers.

I open the folded paper to see numbers and writing of a name of a place. Then something hit me. “Kris! Let me see the key your mom gave you!”

“What? Why?”

“Just let me see it!”

“ But it’s precious and I don't let just anyone see—”

“Kris!”

“Ok fine! Here!”

Kris grabs the string on his neck holding the key and hands it to me. I carefully inspect it and find the matching numbers from the folded paper on one side of the key.

“Ah ha! I was right!”

“ What?”

“ Look, this paper I found has the same numbers as your key so this is a clue to what the key opens! The paper has a name too, see?!”

“Ok…What the hell, where’d you find that paper anyway?” Kris replied with a somewhat shocked look on his face.

“It was in this stack of papers, why?”

“No...It’s nothing. I’m just a little shocked I missed it, but then I did say I might have missed something.” Kris said thoughtfully.

“Ok, well then. Anyway, your mom must have put something in storage or something along those lines. Here look up a storage place around the area, I'm going to see if I can find anything else in these papers.” I said handing my phone and the paper to him.

“ Um, ok” he said slightly dumbfounded.

And the real search begins.

“Uh, Tao?”

“ What? Did you find it?”

“ Uhhhh, kind of?” Kris said unsure.

“ Then what is it?”

“ Well there’s more than one around the area and even more throughout the whole city.”

“What? Well which one is the closest to your mom’s house?” I said kind of annoyed. I mean how many storage places could there possibly be in one area. Not many I’m sure.

“ It’s this one, but they’re not all the same type of storage places though, some are for small things and some are for more bigger things, they’re just the same company,” Kris said with a frown. “Also… I don’t think my mom would choose somewhere near her house probably knowing my father would come after her.”

“That’s true…. but we can at least start there. How many other places are around here?”

“ Uh.. Like 20 other places.”

“ What! Why are there so many?!”

“ I think that’s why mom wasn't specific on paper with the exact place.”

“ Yeah, she actually thought this through but made sure to leave you clues at least.”

“ But I still don't understand what my mom wanted to so desperately hide from that man.” Kris said in a harsh tone.

“ Well that’s what we’re supposed to find out in order to claim your innocence.”

“Yeah…” Kris replied in a sad tone, “Hey…” he said suddenly.

“What?” I say feeling Kris get closer to me (not that we couldn't be any closer already as we are handcuffed together, I don't get much personal space anyway).

“ Thanks… for believing in me...” Kris whispered wrapping his free arm around my waist to give me a hug.

OK IS IT JUST ME OR IS IT HOT IN HERE. I can feel my cheeks heat up, and I just know my face is all red now. I wasn’t ready for Kris’s sincere words nor his sudden act that was, to me, intimate. It’s not that I didn't appreciate his actions in thanks, it’s just I wasn’t used to such things especially from someone I barely knew.

Snapping out of my state of shock, I could feel my heart beating faster than it usually does. Noticing Kris didn’t make any actions to move away anytime soon, not being able to take the confusing feelings that were suddenly rushing up my body, I pulled myself away.

“Uh... It’s nothing, just lets make sure to catch your father ok?” I said nervously.

Kris stared at me for a few seconds, making me feel more self conscious, and then smiled. “Right.”

I swear if he’s trying to make me feel nervous on purpose I will ing slap him, I say to my self.

But deep down I knew I felt a little disappointed for pulling away from his embrace.

OK guys i know, i know its been a year but please dont kill me yet i can explain ..... kinda ..... heheheh....well u seeeeee i was lazyyyyy IM SORRY!!!

lol jk... kinda...but anyway so i kinda recently finished high school (like a few months ago) and alot has been goin on since and before then and stuff but i wont go into detail so i dont bore u with my hectic life, but i hav been busy getting my together to start college and i just finished 1 semester (yyyaaaaayyyy).

I honestly did have time in between but ideas wouldnt pop up to continue from where i left off so ive been procrastinating ALOT on this story.

also with all the happening in exo and in kpop all together this year i became more reluctant

(BUT I WILL STILL SHIP TAORIS TILL THE END OF THE WORLD GODDAMNIT!!!!!)

but also, im sure u guys know me too right? DX i dun like writing too much DX but i had givin in to the temptation to write some but it just takes me a while. I promise not to be one of those authors who completely abandon their incomplete stories tho!