Sorry that it took so long for me to continue this story. Had some kind of a writers block and I'm still not that satisfied with how the chapter turned out.. but hope you'll enjoy it anyway.

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Chan closed the music program tired and turned to Changbin. He had fallen asleep on the sofa. Smiling, Chan squatted in front of the sofa and gently stroked his hair.

"Binnie, baby," he gently kissed the younger.

Changbin opened his eyes tired and looked at him a little confused. "What time is it?"

Chan looked over to the clock on the wall.

"Three o'clock in the morning?" Chan replied with a crooked grin.

"Have you finished?"

Chan nodded and attracted Changbin.

"Do we want to go home? So to Ji and Minho?"

Changbin sat up tired and nodded. Chan got up, grabbed his laptop and phone and trimmed.

One missed call from Minho.

Chan frowned. It was too late to call Minho back. Panic rose in him. Panic that something had happened to Jisung.

"Come on, let's go home..!" Chan said anxiously and pulled Changbin after him. He just managed to grab his phone from the sofa before Chan could pull him out of the studio.

One missed call from Minho.

"Baby, did Minho try to call you too?"

Chan looked at him astonished and nodded. Confused thoughts buzzed around in his head. What might have happened?

"Let's go home. Probably the two are already asleep and I don't want to wake them up now. If something bad had happened, Minho would have called more often."

Tired, they ran to the elevator and drove into the parking garage. Normally, they themselves would be driven home at such a late time, but Jisung's kidnapping had left their mark on all of them.

Chan sat down at the driver seat, because Changbin looked like he was about to fall asleep standing up. Changbin sat down in the passenger seat and tried to make himself as comfortable as possible.

Lovingly smiling, Chan watched him and then set off.

Apart from the concern for Minho and Jisung, he was very happy with himself and how the day had gone.

They had had a damn long, exhausting meeting with their manager, but after that they had finally let their creativity run wild again and forgot about time.

Not that they didn't thought about Jisung and Minho in the meantime. But time was just different when they were working on songs.

And working on songs, or producing music in general, was their way of dealing with problems. To cope with stress and process experiences. Which didn't always help, but the time in the studio had done really well.

Tired, Chan tried to concentrate on the street and would have liked to sit in the back seat and sleep like Binnie. But it would probably take some time before they could be driven again without hesitation and anxiety by someone else.

Finally, the apartment complex came into sight and Chan sighed with relief. He just wanted to sleep.

After parking, he went around the car, opened the passenger door and helped Changbin out of the car, who could hardly keep his eyes open.

He quietly unlocked the door of Minhos and Jisung's apartment and together they walked to the bedroom as quietly as possible.

Minho was terrified. He didn't know exactly what had woken him up, but he knew exactly that someone was in the apartment. His breath accelerated and he wondered why the damn alarm system hadn't worked.

As quietly as possible, he slipped off the bed, pressed his hand onto the biometric safe under his bed and took out his weapon.

For a brief moment, he was upset that the bedroom door opened inwards. Otherwise, he could have just slammed it in the intruders faces.

He heard soft whisper in front of the bedroom and pressed himself next to the door against the wall.

Just when the bedroom door was carefully opened, Minho pulled out. At the last second, he noticed the blonde hair and barely managed to not punch Chan in the face. For this, his fist landed in the wall.

After that, several things happened at the same time.

Chan screamed frightened, which woke up Jisung, who was scared and also started screaming. Minho shook his hand cursingly and Changbin tried to realize what had happened in the dark.

The painful hand pressed to his chest Minho went over to the bed and took Jisung in his arms.

"Baby, it's all good. Calm down!" he tried to calm him down.

In the meantime, Chan had found the light switch and the too bright light at least scared away the dark shadows.

Minho tried to understand why he hadn't thought for at least a moment that it could be Chan and Changbin who had come into the apartment. He gently stroked over Jisung's back.

The younger had sat down on Minho's lap and squeezed himself tightly against him. With his eyes wide open, he stared at Chan.

"Honey, I'm so sorry! We didn't want to scare you!"

Minho didn't know if he should be angry or laugh. He stared madly at Chan, who came closer with a small pout on his lips and almost hesitantly sat down on the bed next to them.

Jisung stretched out his arms and Chan was relieved to be pulled into his arms. Changbin had to grin. It looked a bit strange how the three sat on the bed and hugged each other awkwardly.

"Well, if we have all calmed down again now, we can now go to sleep."

Minho nodded, stood up and put his weapon back in the safe.

Chan got up, took off his pants and sweater and then snuggled back to bed with Minho and Jisung.

In the meantime, Changbin had also undressed, turned off the light and finally snuggled up to Chan.

All four only needed a few moments to fall asleep. Minho and Jisung were happy that Chan and Changbin were back and they didn't have to worry anymore and Chan and Changbin were exhausted from the long day in the studio.

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