Capture? (1/1)

The next morning, Minho got a text from Taehee. Ignoring it momentarily, he smiled at Karam’s still sleeping form. His lover had obviously let out a lot of tension last night, his face looking much more relaxed than it had in a while. Minho grinned, hoping that their passionate night had helped him. Despite his joyful, easy nature, Karam carried a lot of weight and worry on his shoulders. It was probably much more than was needed, but he was strong. He could get through it, and this was a difficult time. He needed to keep in mind that they had a difficult job on their hands, doing something that the authorities wouldn’t admit to. He caressed Karam’s face before opening the text.  ‘Dongsaeng, I’m sorry you had to see that the other day. I hope you aren’t discouraged. If you want to back out on this job, I will allow it. You are more important to me and I don’t want to chase you off or make you feel uncomfortable. I know that this is a hard job to do and I don’t want to overload you. A job like this can break a person. It has before, but if you want to stick with it, I will be grateful. We all will. Either way, I support you. Saranghae.’ Minho sat on the bed, thinking about it. He knew it was a hard job, but it was needed. He didn’t hit reply, since he had received the text much earlier. Getting dressed quickly, he walked to Taehee’s room and knocked. His brother answered it almost immediately, smiling at him when he opened the door. “Come in, Minho.” Taehee looked tired.  Minho smiled at him gently. “Thanks, hyung. I got your text.” Taehee took a deep breath, nodding. “Good. I was hoping you would get it. I didn’t want to send it last night,” He grinned. “You didn’t sound much like you should be interrupted…But anyway,” he looked embarrassed. “What did you think of the text?”  Minho looked at his hyung with concern, dismissing the teasing remark. “I know you’re concerned about me, but the other day didn’t chase me away. It only confirmed that I’m staying to help you. I understand that this is a hard job and we may lose people sometimes, but it’s what I signed up for. You’re my hyung and this is what you do. I feel like it’s my responsibility, also.” Taehee looked relieved. “Thank you,” he replied quietly. “I am glad you feel that way. I’m also glad you weren’t disheartened by Jihyun’s death,” he sighed. “Thank you. It means a lot to me. If you ever feel like it’s too much…” Minho shook his head firmly. “If I feel like it’s too much, that’s when I need to be here the most. You need me and I need you.” Taehee smiled at him, pulling him into a hug. “Saranghae.” He could feel tears coming and he didn’t stop them, leaning into his brother for support.  Minho held him for a moment before pulling away. “Saranghae.” He smiled at Taehee. Taehee squeezed his hand. “I have some things to attend to…paperwork. Yuck.” He wrinkled his nose. “I’ll see you in a while, though. Go wake up your cute lover,” he grinned at his dongsaeng.  Minho grinned back at him. “I will. See you later, hyung.”  Later that day, Taehee called a meeting about the special team to take care of the Lights. He noticed that JJ seemed to be a little discouraged, so he smiled at him. He also didn’t want to take up a lot of their time with the meeting, so he made it brief. He noticed that Lumin had not been able to join them, and he thought it may have something to do with his conversation with him the other day. That hadn’t b