Baekhyun smirked once Chanyeol walked out the door. Making sure that his husband was with his friends through Sehun, the male walked up to their bedroom. Opening the closet, his eyes looked around till it fell on the box he had labelled as books since he was sure Chanyeol would not read books. 

Placing it on the carpet, he began taking out the candles he had bought and began placing them like he had pictured before going downstairs. The blond had tried baking a cake two days ago but in the end, he decided to order not wanting to kill his husband or have him admitted in the hospital on his birthday. 

When he was done with setting up the gift box at the dining table, he waited for the doorbell to ring for his bouquet of roses and cake. Ten minutes passed and the small man jumped to his feet hearing the bell ring. 

Baekhyun thanked the man before walking to the living room. Settling on the couch, he opened the bouquet and began plucking the petals off the flowers to make a flowery trail for the giant and a beautiful heart on their bed. 

Next, he set up the place for their little candlelight dinner and fixed the curtain so the moonlight could shine on it. Checking up the place one last time, he sighed in content. With a hand on his tummy, he smiled to himself, "We did a good job, right, baby?"

The younger had picked out a silky red shirt when he had gone shopping with Luhan two days ago. He winked at his reflection as he put the shirt in front of him. "Let's get ready for Daddy, baby," he chuckled and walked into the bathroom. 

When he walked out feeling fresh, a shiver ran down his spine as his eyes fell on the figure which sat on the bed leaning against the headboard, "Hey, Dr. Park." Baekhyun stepped back slowly trying to get into the bathroom again only to stop when the man stood in front of him. 

"Where do you think you're going?" Baekhyun quickly moved away into the bathroom and his hands tried to find any spray or anything he could get to defend himself and get out of there. "Mr. Kim," the younger began to shiver, his face going pale as he looked at the man, "How did you get in here?"

Minyeok deeply chuckled, "Don't worry, I made sure not to mess up your little romantic setup. Chanyeol would need something to remember as the last thing you did for him, right?"

"Last thing?"

Baekhyun understood what he meant and sunk to his knees as he begged the man, "You've misunderstood everything. I did do everything to save your family, I swear."

Minhyeok paid no heed as he gripped on the blond locks before bashing his head against the tub. The doctor's cries died down and the elder smirked at that before dragging him to the living room. 

He locked the bathroom with the lights still on before getting back to the unconscious male downstairs. Lifting him in his arms, he exited the apartment and laid the body in the backseat of his car. 

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Chanyeol sighed seeing it had been 10 minutes and the younger was still inside. Smirking to himself, he pushed open ready to scare his little husband but was met with nothing. There was no sign of his husband. 

But he felt his whole world come crashing down when he saw the blood on the edge of the tub, "No, no, no..." Tears cascaded down his face as he fell on the floor not believing his eyes. He pulled on his locks as he rushed to the police station while continuously calling his husband's number which only directed him to voicemail. 

Once he got there, he rushed to one of the officers, "My husband, he's missing. Find him, please." The officer nodded handing him a glass of water, "I don't need water, I need my husband," said the man before pushing it away.

"Has it been 24 hours already?" Chanyeol let out a humourless laugh at that before slamming his hands on the desk with bloodshot eyes. "What do you mean 24 hours?"

"You can report a person mis--"

"My husband is pregnant, you asshole. He wouldn't just run away like that," he pulled him by his collar, "Start a search, find him." The other officers rushed to get those two away from each other. 

Just then someone else walked in and the other officers bowed at him. "Oh, Yeol," the raven head knew the voice, "What brings you here?" The raven head fell on his knees as he sobbed, "Please find my Baekhyunie, Hyung."

Yixing widened his eyes and knelt in front of the younger, "They can't do anything till tomorrow, but we'll try everything, okay?"

Getting him up, Yixing patted his shoulder, "We'll find him soon, alright?" The raven head could only nod at that. 

"First, let's check the CCTVs at your building and ask all your friends if they heard from him, alright?" Another nod. 

While Yixing made the calls, Chanyeol went to check the CCTVs. 

The man in charge of security began playing all the footage until Chanyeol asked him to pause at a specific place, "Who's that?" He asked narrowing his eyes at the man with a cap hiding his face carrying a bouquet and a box. 

"When does he come out?" the man began playing the tape from the hallway till he stopped and notified the CEO. "I think that's your husband, Sir," he mumbled while Chanyeol's eyes were glued to the screen. 

But the next thing he saw infuriated him more, Minhyeok had had the audacity to look at the camera and smirk. Chanyeol dialled Yixing before telling him about Minhyeok and the security footage. 

Yifan had already sent out his men to find Minhyeok's whereabouts but the man was yet to be caught. The police had begun their search as well. Chanyeol went back to his house trying to find something the other would have left behind but he came up with nothing. 

He almost flung his hand at the intruder only to stop seeing it was his cousin. "Hey," the younger knelt beside him, "He's gonna be just fine, cuz. He's got a sassy mouth, he's Park Baekhyun. He will be alright, just don't give up."

Chanyeol sobbed on his shoulder as the younger patted his back. It was his birthday and he was waiting for his husband only to realize that he had been abducted. "What about Yifan?" Chanyeol pulled away looking at his cousin.

"Did he come up with anything? Any lead?"

"Minhyeok's hiding too well." Sehun looked at the floor with a sigh. Chanyeol harshly wept away his tears as he stood up, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find that motherfucker and kill him with my hands." He said and disappeared through the door while Sehun could only sigh hoping his cousin would not get into something bad. He also knew there was no stopping him, not when Baekhyun was in danger. 

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Baekhyun woke up when someone splashed cold water on his face. "Welcome to hell, Park," a loud voice rang in his ears as he shook his head trying to get the dizziness away. "Let me go, please," the younger pleaded looking at the male in front of him. 

"Chanyeol did not do anything and I did everything to save your family, please believe me," the younger teared up. The ropes around his wrists and ankles were too tight, almost digging into his skin. And the dull ache at the back of his head was not making things better. 

Seeing Baekhyun struggle against the ropes, Minhyeok chuckled with a smirk. He went to him and leaned closer to his face, "You know I have a thing for bondage. Makes my partner even more attractive, such a huge turn on for me."

Baekhyun hissed at him with a glare while the other disregarded it as he licked a stripe from the younger's neck to his earlobe. "What? Do you have something to tell me, baby?" the elder leaned his ear toward the younger. 

The doctor took that as an opportunity before harshly biting on the other's ear hoping he would drop the knife on his hand. But to no avail, as Minhyeok pulled away before slapping across the younger's face drawing blood from his lips. 

"You thought it'll be that easy to escape me?" The elder gritted out as he pulled back the younger's head with a strong grip on his locks. A painful scream left Baekhyun's lips as he felt the blood drip down his head again from the same spot. 

Minhyeok flashed him a malicious grin before bringing down his other hand and stabbing the knife on the younger's thigh earning another painful scream from the younger. "Even if I untie you now, you'll be easy to catch," he hissed at him before letting go of the locks which were coloured in crimson red. 

"You see," Minhyeok began as he played with the bloody knife, "I initially wanted to rape you and slowly watch you die but then I changed my mind."

Baekhyun glared at him with a grimace on his lips, "But your other half would be here soon. So I changed my plan a little." He stood in front of the doctor and lifted his face with the knife under his chin, "How wonderful would it be if I fuck you in front of him and kill you before killing him slowly?"

Baekhyun spat at the other as he glared at him, "Chanyeol is not as stupid as you, you retard." Minhyeok leaned on the table as he held his chest, "That stings a little, darling." 

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Chanyeol drove around the city, his knuckles pale from how tight he had been holding onto the wheel. He was in shambles about where his Baekhyun could be and he did not know if they were doing fine and could only hope so. 

The raven head remembered something. Minhyeok's old office building which was to be renovated soon. He had tried his apartment but the cunning man had already evacuated the place. 

Making a sharp turn, Chanyeol stepped on the gas speeding off to the building where he hoped to find his universe soon. Just then his phone rang disturbing the silence of the car. Seeing it was Yixing, the raven head answered. 

'Where are you?'

"Why?"

'I don't need you to go missing too and having to find two of my friends in one night, Yeol.'

Chanyeol sighed, "Don't follow me." He did not want to draw much attraction since he did not want Minhyeok to flee if he were really there. 

'What do you mean?'

"I'll turn on the tracker on my phone but don't follow me, alright?"

Yixing sighed before humming, 'Call me if anything.'

Chanyeol assured him before speeding off to the building. 

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Meanwhile, Baekhyun eyed the knife on the table. Minhyeok had gone off for a smoke and left the knife there. Seeing the shiny blade gave Baekhyun a glimmer of hope. 

"Minhyeok." He said with an audible voice but got no response. Nodding to himself, it's now or never, he thought before moving the chair with his feet. Though it was not much, he felt happy seeing he could move at least a little even if it took a lot of time. 

A few minutes later and almost falling down, beads of sweat ran down his forehead and finally the table was right in front of him. The young doctor moved his head and grabbed the knife with his teeth before slowly lowering it to hold it in his hand. 

Once he got a firm grip on it, the blond began cutting the rope which tied his wrist with the arm of the chair. His right hand was free and quickly moved to the other wrist while taking care to watch out for the abductor. 

Freeing his wrist and feet, Baekhyun got to his feet. Hiding the knife under his sleeve the blond took a step out of the room. He peeked his head out, looking out for the man but to his luck, there was no sign of the other man. 

Baekhyun shuffled to his feet and ran out of the room with a limp feeling the blood wet his pant with every step he took. He sat down at the stair and ripped a piece of cloth and tied it around the wound as tight as he could to stop the bleeding. Gritting his teeth, the male continued to walk. 

But the doctor froze hearing footsteps ascending the staircase. He peeked down to find the mop of chestnut hair making his way up the stairs. Baekhyun held the railing with his hand as he began climbing up the stairs hoping to get to the roof and find some help.

His bangs had stuck to his forehead as he climbed the stairs out of breath, looking back every now and then to make sure the male was not following him. 

Baekhyun slowly pushed open the door to the roof and locked it behind him before limping away to the railing. And to his utter despair, not a single building was in sight. It was in the most secluded part of the city and the doctor wanted to sob when the realization hit him hard- the only way out of there was to jump down. 

"You actually tried to run," he froze at Minhyeok's voice, "How cute!" The man clapped his hands mocking the doctor and the younger turned around. "So what's it gonna be, will you be jumping down or wait for me to slowly kill you after seeing your husband?" Baekhyun glared at the elder wanting to punch the smug smirk off his face. 

"Don't try to act smart, Minhyeok," snickered Baekhyun and pulled out the knife in his hand, "I might kill you before that." 

Minyeok laughed at the younger and began walking towards him with his hands stuffed in his pockets. Pressing himself against the knife, the business man leaned down. "It's a pity," before Baekhyun could comprehend, he felt the cold tip of the gun against his temple, "You brought a knife to a gunfight."

The young doctor dropped the knife on the ground and fell to his knees, "Trust me, please. We're not the reason your family is dead, please."

"Chanyeol and I are finally happy, please don't do this to us. Please. Your wife would not have wanted you to do this, I--" Minhyeok pressed the gun harder, "Do not talk about my wife with that filthy mouth of yours."

"Please trus--"

"You talk too much," uttered the male before knocking the younger unconscious with the grip of his gun. 

"Now, it's peaceful."

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Chanyeol groaned slamming his palm against the wheel. He was stuck in a traffic jam with no way of getting out. There were vehicles on every side and there was utterly no possible way that he could turn around and leave. 

And he knew very well that every minute he wasted, Baekhyun could be more and more in danger. Opening the navigation, he noted the distance from his current spot. After sending Sehun a text about abandoning his car, the raven head began walking in the direction of the building. 

The weather was cold and he clenched his teeth as he continued to walk. Nothing mattered to him when Baekhyun was in trouble, not even himself. 

He had to walk for ten more minutes and someone finally stopped seeing his held out hand. "You know the old building of Lee Holdings?" the man narrowed his brows, "The one which is to be renovated?"

Chanyeol nodded mentally sighing in relief, "Please drive me there as fast as you can, please." The stranger nodded and took off with a smile. 

Once the building came into view, Chanyeol asked for him to pull over since he did wish to draw attention, "Thank you so much." The man nodded and drove away while the raven head pulled out his phone and dialled Yixing. 

"Hyung, I'm at Lee Holdings, follow my tracker but don't come yet."

'What do you mean?'

"If I don't come out of here in 10 minutes, send backup. Please don't forget this, Hyung."

Getting confirmation from the detective, the raven head turned his phone to silent before walking inside. Eerie darkness with a deafening silence filled the place as Chanyeol slowly continued taking care to avoid stepping on anything that could create noise.

When he was on the third floor, he saw the door opened and the raven head peeked in. There was no one but before he could turn to leave, his eyes caught sight of the chair. Chanyeol felt helpless seeing the blood on the chair and the ropes which were lying around it. 

But he also remembered seeing blood on the staircase. With a ray of happiness, Chanyeol began to ascend the stairs hoping Baekhyun was at the roof safe and sound. But the fact that he had not seen Minhyeok either bothered him a little. 

Chanyeol pushed open the door which opened with a loud squeak. The raven head looked around feeling all hopes gone until his landed on Baekhyun's back on the chair. 

The CEO hopped over to his husband and knelt before him. He shook him as he stroked his cheek, "Baek, baby?" But there was no response. 

Seeing there was no one else, the elder began untying the ropes on his wrists and ankles almost grimacing at the red bruise around the milky skin. Just when he finished untying his feet, he felt the cold metal pressing on the back of his head. 

"Thought I was that dumb for a minute, didn't you?" 

Chanyeol got up to his feet and moved to the railing while Minhyeok kept the gun pointing to his forehead with his finger on the trigger. "What? I let you kill my family and you thought I'd let you live happily like those Disney stories?" Minhyeok snickered at the raven head. 

"Fine, I don't deserve a happy ending. Go ahead and kill me, get this over with, Minhyeok," then he pointed to his husband, "But let him go, please." Minhyeok laughed at that, "You know he was begging me just like you did. He was being too noisy so I had to shut him up."

Chanyeol clenched his fists, "Please, Minhyeok. If you need my company, you can have it. Name your price but please let him go."

"I think not, Park."

The raven head was not ready to take it anymore as he glared at the other, "So this is all part of your plan, huh? Your little plot to kill me from the beginning. Since you couldn't take me down the straight way like a fucking man, you chose to kill me like some fucking coward, huh?"

He flashed him a devilish smirk as he continued, "Admit it, Kim. You killed your wife so you could get back at me this way, didn't you?"

"Shut the fuck up, Park Chanyeol!" Minhyeok roared before shooting the male on his left arm but Chanyeol did not show it on his face. "It's embarrassing to think that I'm going to be killed by a fucking coward who can't even shoot properly and used his wife and unborn baby to blame me," he spat at him. 

"You asked for it," Minhyeok screamed at him and aimed at the male's chest before taking the shot. Chanyeol closed his eyes reminiscing all his beautiful moments waiting for the bullet to strike him but that never happened except for the sound of a body falling to the ground. 

Opening his eyes, Chanyeol rushed to hold his husband in his arms. Cradling his head on his knees, the CEO pushed the hair out of his eyes and stroked his cheeks.

Baekhyun had gained consciousness and had been listening to the two men. Feeling his limbs freed, when the younger knew what was coming he had jumped up. 

"Why, Baek? Why?" Baekhyun brought his hand to wipe the tear which left his eye, "Did I earn the 70%, Yeol?" Chanyeol could not answer as tears ran down his face. He choked on his sob as he looked at Baekhyun's shirt become red around his chest with every passing second. 

"Marshmallow, Yeol. No matter what, Marshmallow," he stuttered out. "Don't say that, I can't lose you, Baek," said Chanyeol as he sobbed. "We need to have a proper first date, honeymoon and more kids, you can't leave me now, please," he cried out holding the other's slender fingers. 

Baekhyun flashed him a smile, "I love you, Yeol." Chanyeol could not reciprocate them as he sobbed helplessly but fell silent when he felt the hands in his hold lifeless, "Baekhyunie, baby." He shook his small husband's body and cried out looking up at the heavens as the soft snow fell on them. 

Minhyeok fell on his knees as the guilt consumed him whole. Baekhyun and the baby were never a part of his plan, only Chanyeol was. He only turned around when he felt a knife on his throat. 

"Don't worry, honey. I won't kill you 'cause I wanna see you rot in jail for what you did to my friends." Before he could respond, the stranger had knocked him unconscious. 

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When Yixing decided to move to the place, he knew they were too late. Chanyeol's eyes were bloodshot as he hugged Baekhyun's body in his hold while the blood wet them both. His red eyes stared into nothing as he mumbled Baekhyun's name over and over again. 

"Yeol, please," said Yixing as he held onto the man's shoulder but he did not budge, "let go of Baekhyun. We need to get him to the hospital for an autopsy." The raven head paid no heed. 

Jongin, Sehun, Yixing and Yifan sighed before nodding to themselves and pull Chanyeol away while the medics held Baekhyun's body. "Let go of me," the CEO thrashed in their hold as he hysterically screamed, "Don't touch my Baekhyun. He's sleeping don't wake him up, he hates it. Don't touch him!"

The four wanted to cry at their friend's state but there was nothing they could do. 

"We got a pulse!" The medic screamed and the four tightened their hold when Chanyeol tried to move towards his husband. "Don't disturb him, he needs his sleep," Minyoung who was quick to arrive there slapped a palm over her mouth seeing the state of the two. 

When the paramedics took Baekhyun on the gurney, Chanyeol roared at everyone as he struggled in their hold, "Where are you taking my Baekhyun? Let go of me!" Minyoung knelt in front of him and stroked his cheek wiping away the tear. 

"Mom?"

"Yes, baby. I'm here, honey," the lady let her tears roll down as she watched her son smile. "I found Baekhyunie. But they're taking him away, Mom," Minyoung nodded, "Don't worry, baby. I'll be with him, alright?"

Another medic who looked at Chanyeol's arm ordered for him to be taken to the hospital as well. 

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But things were not better even at the hospital. Chanyeol tried multiple times to stop Minseok, Kyungsoo and Jongdae from wheeling Baekhyun into the OR. 

Seeing no other way, Yixing asked one of the doctors to give him a sedative. His arm was not looking good and he needed treatment but the raven head was putting up quite a fight. 

A couple of hours later, Chanyeol woke up. Pulling the IV off his hand, the raven head shot out of bed. His left arm had been put in a cast to help the healing. 

The others in the room tried to get him to sit but the male took hold of the syringe next to his bed and held it in front of him, "Tell me where Baekhyun is." Yixing sighed before telling his friend to follow him. 

When they were in front of the OR, Chanyeol looked up at the red light. "How long has he been in there?" the raven head asked with a voice barely above a whisper. "About two hours now," Sehun replied and Chanyeol fell back on the seat. 

Minyoung took a seat beside him as she stroked his back, "Will he be alright?" 

"I can't promise anything, Yeol. We haven't been told anything yet."

It was just that morning, they were bickering and joking around. But in a matter of few hours, his world had turned dark and cold. Rubbing his palm on his face, he could only sigh waiting for something. 

An hour passed when they saw Minseok step out. Chanyeol rushed to him, "Your priority should be Baekhyun only. I need Baekhyun, you hear me?" Jongin and Sehun held him back.

'Sorry, Baekhyun...' the raven head thought. He remembered what his husband said but he was not ready to lose Baekhyun. 

"He lost a lot of blood and pray that he's a good fighter."

Giving them no time to comprehend, the doctor went back.

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Several hours passed. Everyone was still there waiting for some news that could give them a tiny glimmer of hope but so far there had been nothing. 

Chanyeol almost jumped to the door when he saw the red light turn off. Kyungsoo and Minseok emerged through the door, their heads bowed. 

"Yeol..."

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A/N

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