It was Saturday and Jisung was so thankful. The week has been stressful especially after Moonjin came in the picture. The next day after they got their partners, he tried to talk to Jisung whenever the boy was alone but once Jisung told Minho about it, Minho never left Jisung's side. Moonjin stopped trying to talk to him and instead hung out with Soobin.

Jisung got an incoming call from his boyfriend. "Hey babe." He answered the phone.

"So I was thinking," Minho started.

"Oh that's never good." Jisung mumbled jokingly.

"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that." He said making Jisung laugh. "Anyways, like I was saying, I was thinking that you should come over."

Jisung stopped breathing for a second. "What." He peeped.

"Chan hyung and Woojin hyung wanted to hang out with everyone so Hyunjin, Changbin, and Yedam are inviting Seungmin, Felix and Jeongin and I'm inviting you."

Jisung stayed silent, comprehending what Minho just asked. He's inviting me over to his house? The gang's house?

"I'm not asking by the way, I'm just giving you a heads up because I'm picking you up in about an hour." He laughed.

"You're telling me this now?"

"I didn't know until today. Chan hyung literally told me like ten minutes ago."

"What if I have plans today?" Jisung didn't have any plans but he just wanted to see what Minho would say.

"Do you have any plans today?" He asked.

"I might."

"Oh." Minho said upset. "I wanted to spend time with you. With who?"

"I'm just kidding, I'll be ready by the time you pick me up." Jisung laughed.

"That was a dick move Han."

Jisung giggled, "Oh well. Oh also, my siblings want to meet you so when you pick me up, you might have to talk to them."

"Oh god, should I be scared?"

"I don't think you have anything to be scared about. My sister already loves you and my brother isn't going to do anything."

Minho let out a sigh of relief, making Jisung laugh at his dramatic boyfriend, "Now leave me alone, I have to get ready." He said.

Minho chuckled, "Okay okay, I'll see you in an hour."

When Minho hung up, Jisung jumped up from his couch and checked the time. 12:25 P.M. He went upstairs to take a shower and freshen up. Afterwards he walked to his closet and got ready, deciding to wear a hoodie and ripped jeans. Once Jisung was done getting ready, he checked the time again. 1:14 P.M. He walked downstairs and saw his sister watching something on the couch and his brother eating something at the table.

They both looked at Jisung once he walked down. "Where are you going?" His brother asked.

"I'm going to Minho's house. He's picking me up any minute now."

Jihyo and Brian propped up. "He's coming here?" She asked.

"Yep." Jisung already knew what was coming.

"Oh that's great!" Brian smiled. "Looks like we're about to meet him."

"Just don't, scare him." Jisung said half heartedly, he knew nothing but heights scared Minho.

"Oh please Jisung, we just want to introduce ourselves. I already approve of him." Jihyo smiled.

"I just have a few questions for him." His brother said.

"If you ask him what his favorite sport is, I'm going to drag him out of this house." Jisung warned.

"Hey! If he's a fan of any sport other than basketball then he doesn't get my approval." Jisung and Jihyo just rolled their eyes.

Just then, the intercom buzzed, indicating that someone was requesting to get through the gate. "Guess he's here." Brian said, buzzing Minho in.

"Please don't be annoying." Jisung begged.

"Us? Annoying? Never!"

There was a knock at the door. "Oh look who's here!" Jihyo wiggled her eyes at her younger brother.

Jisung got up and answered the door. There stood his boyfriend in a casual outfit. "Hey babe." Minho smiled.

"I'm so sorry in advance." Jisung whispered leaving Minho confused.

Before he could ask, the door flew open even wider and there stood Jihyo and Brian. Jihyo was smiling while Brian tried to look serious and intimidating.

"You must be Minho!" Jihyo said happily.

Minho bowed, catching Jisung off guard. He honestly didn't know that Minho knew how to bow. "Yeah that's me." Minho smiled back.

"I'm Jisung's older sister, Jihyo, and that thing over there is Jisung's older brother." She lazily pointed to the oldest making Jisung laugh.

Brian glared at his sister. "That thing has a name and he's older than you." He turned to Minho "I'm Brian."

"Nice to meet you." Minho smiled.

"I mean we've already met but that's not the point, the point is, what is your favorite sport?" Brian raised his eyebrows, watching Minho's every move.

Jihyo groaned loudly as Jisung rolled his eyes. "Oh my god." They both said.

Minho gave a confused look at Jisung before looking back at Brian. "Uh... Basketball?"

Brian's facial expression and mood drastically changed as he smiled for the first time at Minho. "Oh you got a keeper." He said to Jisung, shaking his shoulders.

"Welcome to the family Minho, we approve of you." Jihyo said.

"Yeah come inside, let's talk more." Brian invited.

Jisung quickly walked out the door and grabbed Minho's hand while saying "Definitely not, we have somewhere to be. Bye guys." He dragged Minho back to the car.

"Bye you two!" Jihyo said.

"Have fun but not too much fun!" Brian called out, you could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Oh my god hyung shut up!" Jisung called out, mortified causing Brian and Minho to bust out laughing.

When they got into the car, Jisung hid his face in his hands. "I am so sorry for that." He mumbled.

"Why? I like talking to them." Minho said amused.

Jisung glared at him, "Just drive." Minho laughed and started up the car, driving to his house.

The drive wasn't short but it wasn't long. They talked for the most of it. Jisung knew what to expect since Jeongin told him all about it but he was still nervous.

Once they got close to the first gate, Minho said, "Okay don't freak out."

Jisung chuckled, "Babe I know what's about to happen."

The gang member brought his eyebrows close together, "You do?"

"Yeah. Jeongin told us when Yedam brought him over. So you don't have to explain cause I already know."

"Okay great, that makes my life easier." Minho smiled.

When they got to the first gate, two giant dudes popped up and Minho rolled down both windows.

"Hey Minho." The first guard asked.

"Hey BM."

"Who's that?" BM pointed to Jisung.

"Han Jisung."

BM looked at a piece of paper before he nodded his head at Minho and backed away, disappearing into the woods. Minho rolled the windows back up and drove once the gate opened.

"Well that's not intimidating." Jisung said out loud making Minho laugh.

"BM is a nice dude."

"Yeah I bet."

They drove up to the second gate and Minho scanned his eye and fingerprint which opened the gate. They drove for a bit further into the woods.

"You have to do that every time you come home?" Jisung asked.

"Yeah pretty much."

"The poor guards." Jisung sympathized.

Minho smiled, "They don't stay there all day. We have different guards every few hours."

Jisung finally was able to see the palace that Minho called home. Wow Jeongin really wasn't kidding when he said it looked like a castle. It's bigger than how Jeongin explained.

Minho drove up to the front of the castle and they got out of the car. A guy popped out of nowhere and Minho threw his keys to him, the guy climbed into the car and drove off. The gang member guided Jisung to the front door, opening it. The boy was overwhelmed by the size and the expensive interior decor.

"Jeongin really wasn't kidding when he said your house was huge." Jisung looked around, amazed.

"Yeah well," Minho said almost shyly.

"Is that Jisung and Minho I hear?" It was Woojin's voice coming from who knows where.

Suddenly all eight of them popped up from one of the hallways. "What took you so long? I left after you." Changbin asked.

"Well, I had to meet Jisung's siblings." Minho explained.

Everyone's eyes shot to Jisung. "Oh god, how'd that go?" Chan asked.

"I am sorry for whatever he did." Woojin apologized.

"Did he screw it up?" Hyunjin asked.

"Did he even bow to them?" Changbin asked.

"I bet you he forgot to even do that." Yedam slightly hit Changbin's chest.

"What does Jihyo noona and Brian hyung think of him?" Felix asked.

"Did Brian hyung ask him that dumbass question?" Seungmin asked.

"Jihyo noona probably loves him doesn't she?" Jeongin assumed.

Jisung busted out laughing at all their questions while Minho, on the other hand, looked hurt at their lack of confidence in him.

"They love me and I did bow for your information."

They looked at Jisung for confirmation. "Yeah my siblings approve of him. And he did bow, surprisingly-"

"Surprisingly?" Minho turned towards his boyfriend.

"I genuinely didn't know if you knew how to bow." Jisung said in all honesty making everyone laugh.

"And yeah Brian hyung did ask that stupid question." Jisung answered, making Seungmin, Jeongin and Felix all groan.

"What stupid question?" Yedam asked.

"What his favorite sport is. My brother loves basketball."

"Oh so does Minho." Chan chimed in.

"Yeah so that's the reason why my brother loves him."

"Wow Minho, sorry for doubting you buddy, but our reason should be justified."

Minho playfully rolled his eyes, "I'm just glad that it's over."

"Oh but it's not." Seungmin said, making Minho look at him with confusion. "You still have to meet Jisung's parents." He pointed out.

"Oh yeah. Good luck with that." Jeongin chimed in.

"Yeah, they're terrifying as hell." Felix added.

Minho worriedly looked at the three back and forth before he looked at his boyfriend. "It's okay, that's a problem for next time." Jisung patted Minho's shoulder.

The gang member looked back at his friends with his slightly mouth open. They all stared back, not knowing how to help him. Then Jisung, Seungmin, Felix, and Jeongin all bursted out laughing, leaving everyone confused.

"Minho calm down, my parents aren't scary." Jisung said between laughs.

"Yeah Jisung's parents are the sweetest." Felix said.

Minho relaxed immensely. "Oh you're gonna get it." He said to Jisung, making him start running.

"This isn't fair, I don't know my way around this palace!" Jisung yelled.

"Good!" Minho yelled back.

Jisung quickly hid behind Woojin. Minho stopped immediately in front of the older, not doing anything because he knew that Woojin would not deal with anyone's shit.

"Go ahead." Woojin said calmly but Minho knew better.

"I'm good." Minho said backing off a bit.

"Yeah that's what I thought."

"Smart move Han." Minho said.

Jisung peaked out from behind Woojin and smiled at his boyfriend. "Yeah I know."

"Okay you children, let's go to the basement." Chan said.

Jisung jumped on Jeongin's back, catching the boy by surprise. "Hey hyung." He said.

"Hey Innie. I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever." Jisung said dramatically.

"We literally talked last night." Jeongin rolled his eyes jokingly.

"Yeah, but I wish you were in our class."

"Me too hyung."

"Hey but at least you have Yedam." Jisung smiled at the boy.

Yedam grabbed Jeongin's hand. "Yeah he does." He smiled back, making Jeongin's cheek tint a little. "Ew, affection." Jisung gagged.

"Shut up, don't act like Minho hyung wasn't just chasing you around ten seconds ago." Jeongin scoffed making his friend laugh.

"Speaking of Minho, I better walk with him before he gets all pouty." He slid off of Jeongin's back and grabbed Minho's hand.

"Are you still out to get me?" Jisung smiled.

"Oh definitely. Sleep with one eye open tonight."

"Pfft. Good luck getting through my gate."

"Oh did I not tell you?"

Jisung looked at Minho confused, "Tell me what?"

"You're sleeping here tonight." Minho said.

Jisung raised his eyebrows, "No you did not. I didn't bring clothes."

"Oh, I must've forgot to mention that. Oh well, guess you're just gonna have to wear my clothes." Minho winked at his boyfriend.

Jisung's mouth dropped open. "You sneaky little bitch. You didn't tell me just so I wouldn't bring extra clothes and would have to wear yours instead."

"I'm not confirming nor denying your theory." Minho smiled dumbly.

"If you really wanted me to wear your clothes, you could've just said so." Jisung winked back at his boyfriend, making him smirk.

-

The boys spent hours in the basement, playing the Nintendo switch, talking, and watching a movie. Just spending time together with everyone felt complete and they all felt genuine happiness. They were having a great time and didn't even notice it was already ten at night. They decided to call it a day and everyone went to the floor they lived in. The second floor was Changbin's, the third floor was Yedam's, the fourth floor was Hyunjin's, the fifth floor was Minho's and the seventh floor was Woojin and Chan's.

They all said goodnight to each other and went to their designated floor. Chan and Woojin climbed into their elevator and waited until the elevator dinged, opening to the seventh floor. They walked to their shared bedroom.

No one owned the sixth floor because that used to be Woojin's, but since him and Chan were dating, he just gradually moved in with Chan onto his floor. They decided to turn the sixth floor into another hangout area for the boys cause they totally needed more. It also had spare bedrooms for when guests come over but that never happened.

"I feel like their dad." Chan chuckled.

"Yeah well I feel like their mom." Woojin said.

"It feels better with them though. More complete."

"Yeah they sort of bring out a side of us that we never really show."

"Do you think they're good for them?" Chan asked vaguely.

"I'm gonna guess you're talking about Yedam, Changbin, Hyunjin, and Minho and their boyfriends." Woojin sat on their bed, while Chan changed.

"Yeah I am."

"Well, I think Jeongin's good for Yedam because Jeongin's such an innocent little bean, but he's feisty sometimes. Let's also mention the fact that he's 's liked Yedam for a long ass time so at least we know he's loyal." Woojin said making Chan chuckle.

"Yeah I knew Jeongin was the right one for Yedam the moment I met him."

"Mmm, I think Seungmin is good for Hyunjin because his bluntness and sassiness is perfect for him, he keeps Hyunjin in check and helps with his ego."

Chan sat next to his love, "I think Felix is good for Changbin because he makes Changbin into this soft human being and you can tell that Felix really cares for him from the way he was hurt from all the rumors and stuff." Woojin nodded, agreeing.

"Jisung..." Chan started.

"What, you don't think he's the right one for Minho?" Woojin asked in shock.

"No it's not that. I think he's absolutely perfect for Minho. Have you seen how much happier and less violent Minho's become just because of him? I truly believe that Jisung has the power to help him bring down that wall he's built because of his past and I believe Jisung will help him get over that."

"Then what?" Woojin asked, a bit confused at why Chan hesitated after saying Jisung's name at first.

"I just really hope that Jisung won't leave him. I know he won't because he's as in love with Minho as much as Minho is in love with him, but I'm still a little worried because it could happen, it most likely won't, but it could."

"Why do you think Jisung will leave Minho?"

"Because Minho's past is... you know. What if Jisung views him differently? You know something can happen to Jisung and what if he just breaks up with Minho because of it?"

"You know that he won't." Woojin gently took Chan's hand and played with it because that calmed the leader down.

"I know, but do you know how crushed Minho will be? He'll go back to the way he was but worse and I don't think he'll ever get up from that." Chan looked down.

Woojin placed his hands on both of Chan's cheeks and lifted his head so his boyfriend could look up at him. He placed a gentle kiss on Chan's lips, pulling away after a few seconds. "I get that you're worried, but I genuinely don't think we have to worry about that. I know that there's a chance that it might happen but it's extremely small. Jisung would never break up with Minho, he's stronger than that. You're overthinking, stop it."

Chan stayed quiet, knowing that Woojin was correct.

"Chan do you remember when I came into this gang?"

"Yeah of course I do." Chan said. How could he forget? It was one of the best days of his life, the circumstances definitely weren't his favorite and he wished he could've met Woojin for different reasons, but nonetheless he was grateful that he ended up finding the love of his life.

"You found me on the streets, completely broken and a mess, but you took me in and comforted me without asking any questions. Eventually you got curious and hesitantly asked me why I was on the streets, but I wouldn't tell you anything about my past self for a long time, that I was abandoned by my entire family. I didn't want you to know because I thought you were going to abandon me too. My mindset was that if you found out that my own family didn't even want me and kicked me out, then you wouldn't want me either because I thought you would realize how worthless I was. I thought you were going to think less of me because of that."

"Your old family were pieces of shit. You are not worthless, you mean the whole universe to me and I would never think lesser of you." Chan said, holding Woojin's hand.

"Well I know that now, but back then I didn't. This is sort of the situation with Minho and Jisung. Sure Minho's past is... dark, but Jisung's not going to leave him because of that. He's not going to think differently of him, Jisung's stronger than that. I seriously think we have nothing to worry about." Woojin made a good point.

"Yeah you're right. We all just need to make sure nothing happens to Jisung or any of them."

-

"You should get a dog." Seungmin said to his boyfriend. They were currently laying in Hyunjin's bed. "Like a really cute puppy."

"I already have the cutest one in my arms right now." Hyunjin kissed Seungmin's head.

Seungmin felt the heat rise to his face. That was smooth Hwang.

"Stop making me blush and get a dog."

Hyunjin chuckled, "Why don't you get a dog?"

"Because my brother's allergic." Seungmin pouted.

"Speaking of your family, when am I going to meet them?" Hyunjin changed the topic.

"When you get a dog." Seungmin mumbled causing Hyunjin to roll his eyes. "You can meet them whenever you want."

"Soon would be nice. Should I be scared?"

"No, I already told my family about you and they seem to like you from what they know."

"Oh that's refreshing to hear." Hyunjin smiled.

"Uh..." Seungmin hesitated, not knowing if he should ask Hyunjin what he was thinking about. He didn't want to force it out of him.

"What're you thinking about baby?" Hyunjin asked sweetly.

"Hm? Nothing, it's nothing... Um, so about that dog..." Seungmin tried to change the subject but Hyunjin wasn't falling for it.

"No, no, no. What were you about to ask?"

"It's honestly nothing important."

"Everything you say is important. Now say it."

Seungmin looked up at Hyunjin who gave him a look of encouragement, the boy looked back down. "...I was just wondering about your, um, family." Seungmin said quietly.

Hyunjin froze for just a split second, but immediately relaxed afterwards. He knew this question was going to come and he knew that he was going to have the explain to Seungmin at some point. It wasn't a big deal for Hyunjin, he was open and ready to tell his boyfriend. The gang member was actually planning on doing it he just forgot.

Hyunjin sat up causing Seungmin to sit up also. They sat facing each other. "I think it's time to tell you how I got into Stray Kids." Hyunjin said.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." Seungmin said quickly.

"I want to though. It's not that much of a big deal or anything that's that personal to me." Hyunjin told his boyfriend.

"Okay." Seungmin said quietly.

Hyunjin hesitated, thinking about where to start the story. "I'm an only child and I was an accident. Well, I don't know that for sure but it was pretty obvious that I wasn't planned. My parents, if I could even call them that, were very greedy. They hated the fact that they had to spend their money on someone other than themselves. So, they never bought me anything that I didn't need for survival. They only bought things I absolutely needed. No toys, no books, and I wasn't allowed to touch the tv, so no forms of entertainment."

"Growing up, my parents only fed me dinner and what they gave me wasn't much. They would give me the leftovers of their food since making extra food for me was a waste. So I was a very small and scrawny child. They bought me one singular outfit and I had to wear that outfit everyday until I grew out of it. Then they would buy me another outfit, only after complaining about how much money they always spent on me."

Hyunjin laughed a little, "Which was definitely not true and was ironic. Everyday they would tell me how much I ruined their life, how much I waste their money, how much better their life was before I was came along. They made me sleep in the attic where there was no heaters, no air conditioning, and I had to stay up there all the time. I was able to leave only at dinner time. Then after dinner I had to go back up in my room. They let me go to the bathroom once a day and I showered once a week. I didn't have lights in my room because of the electricity bill so I had candles. I had a blanket to sleep on and another thin blanket to sleep with, that did not do any justice in the winter. I'm honestly surprised I didn't die."

Hyunjin stayed silent for a second and Seungmin reached over and held one of his hands. The boy continued, "All the kids at school made fun of me and bullied me for what I didn't have and how much I smelled. I lived like that for nine years, thinking I was a burden, like it was my fault for my parents' miserable life. Until I just couldn't take it. I ran away and just kept running. I don't even know if my parents even noticed that I ran away, if they did then I know they were grateful that I left." Seungmin frowned.

"It was late at night and I didn't know where I was going. I roamed around the streets until I found myself in the sketchy part of the city. I was terrified but I knew being there was better than being with my parents. I sat down on the sidewalk and just cried for what seemed like hours. Until a man walked up to me and asked me what I was doing in the streets alone. I was scared and didn't say anything until the man asked where my home was, so he could take me back home, and I started begging him not to take me home. I'm pretty sure he got the gist that my parents were the problem and he took me to his house."

Hyunjin paused for a second, "Which thinking about it now, that wasn't very smart of me to go home with a stranger, but I didn't know any better, my parents definitely didn't teach me stranger danger. But that was also the best decision I ever made. Turns out the man was Chan hyung's dad, and he took me to his home, where I met Chan hyung, Changbin and Yedam and they were so welcoming. They never asked where I came from or tried to make me feel bad, they acted like I wasn't different and I was definitely not used to being around nice people."

His lips turned up into a soft smile, "It felt great and we became best friends immediately. I know that Chan hyung's dad took me in because he saw me as another potential member for his gang in the future who he can train or whatever, but after he saw how close I was getting with his children, he and his wife took me in as one of their own, which was something I never had, caring parents and love. So, if you're wondering when you'll meet my family, you already have."

"I'm so sorry you had to live like that for nine years." Seungmin said with his head down.

Hyunjin frowned, placing him hand on the other's chin, lifting it up so they can look at each other, "Why are you apologizing. It's not your fault that my parents were selfish."

"Yeah but I used to judge you for being selfish, I thought that you lived a happy life and never knew what pain felt. I feel guilty because I didn't know you started life like that, I was so quick to judge you." Seungmin closed his eyes, the guilt started to eat at him.

"Stop it, you didn't know, you only saw what I chose to display at school and I don't blame you for judging me like that. You're not the only one who thought of me like that, so don't be so hard on yourself. I didn't tell you this because I wanted you to feel guilty, I told you this because that was the only secret I was keeping from you and I don't like keeping secrets from you, I want you to know who I really am and that starts with telling you my past."

Seungmin stared at Hyunjin. His heart melted and he could feel tears forming in his eyes. Is this love?

He reached out and wrapped his arms around Hyunjin's neck. The gang member immediately wrapped his arms around his waist, chuckling.

"I don't deserve you." Seungmin mumbled.

"I should be saying that to you." Hyunjin whispered back.

Seungmin pulled away enough to look at his boyfriend's face. His eyes traveled down to Hyunjin's lips and back at his eyes. The gang member's eyes were looking at Seungmin's lips. The brown haired boy couldn't hold back anymore and smashed his lips on the taller's, feeling that burst of electricity from all the other times he's kissed his boyfriend. Hyunjin immediately kissed back and pulled Seungmin onto his lap and he straddled Hyunjin's waist. Their lips melted into each other and moved in sync.

Hyunjin licked Seungmin's bottom lip and the boy slightly opened his mouth. Their tongues clashed in the middle. Seungmin knew Hyunjin would win but he just didn't want to give it to him that easily. After a moment, Seungmin gave up and let Hyunjin explore his mouth, moaning softly against his lips. He moved his hands from Hyunjin's neck and tangled his hands in the boy's hair, pulling it every so often earning a moan from his boyfriend. Hyunjin's hands roamed all around Seungmin's body.

The taller boy bit Seungmin's lip as he pulled away, only to latch his lips on his neck. Hyunjin kissed and licked everywhere he could making the other breath heavily. Hyunjin started softly nipping at his neck and waited until he found the perfect spot. When Seungmin whimpered, he knew he hit the jackpot. Hyunjin started sucking on the spot.

"W-wait—ah. Don't l-leave—ah—a m-mark." Seungmin stuttered to say.

Hyunjin smirked against his neck and continued to suck his boyfriend's neck.

-

"I can sleep on the couch if you want." Jeongin nervously rubbed his nape. They were sitting on the couch, in front of the fireplace, which was on.

Yedam raised an eyebrow at him. "You want to sleep on the couch, when my bed's big enough for the both of us?"

"I-I mean, I just, didn't know, if you, uh, you know-" Jeongin stuttered, as he felt Yedam's gaze on him. He quickly hid his face in his hands not wanting to face the other.

Yedam chuckled as he turned his body so he was facing Jeongin's body. Softly, he grabbed both of Jeongin's hands from his face, holding them in his hands. "If you don't want to sleep next to me then I'll take the couch and you can have my bed."

"I never said I didn't want to." Jeongin said quietly.

"Well then it's settled." Yedam said before kissing Jeongin quickly on the lips.

The latter rested his head on Yedam's chest. Yedam wrapped his arms around Jeongin's body, holding him close.

"I don't know if this is a touchy subject," Jeongin started to say, making Yedam confused. "And if it is then you don't have to answer," Jeongin paused again. Yedam felt his heartbeat quicken and he didn't know why he was so nervous because there was nothing that he wasn't willing to tell Jeongin about himself but it was still nerve wrecking for some reason.

"How come you aren't apart of Stray Kids?" Jeongin asked quietly. He didn't know if he was scared to ask or scared for his boyfriend's reaction.

Yedam stayed silent. Not because he didn't want to answer the question but because he was a little shocked, he certainly wasn't expecting Jeongin to ask this. But the silence freaked Jeongin out, he doubted that it was the right time to ask.

Jeongin opened his mouth to say something but Yedam beat him to it. "My dad wanted Chan hyung and I to join the gang first to put our training to use before we got involved with the serious stuff in the mafia. I was originally going to join the gang when I turned 16. That was the magic number. That was when Chan hyung joined the gang, when he was 16. I was actually really excited and I looked forward to it. My brother and my dad would always talk about how fun it would be for all three of us working together."

Jeongin lifted his head from Yedam's chest, looking at him with confused eyes. How was this supposed to answer his question.

Yedam looked at his boyfriend and caressed his cheek before continuing, "It was all planned and I was ready for it. Until one day, just after Chan hyung joined the gang and I was twelve, our old home was attacked by another gang. I didn't know what was happening, I woke up hearing gun shots and then Chan hyung and the others busted into my room, telling me to hurry up and get up. I barely even heard what he was yelling at me though, the noises from the gunshots filled my ears."

Jeongin stiffened from shock, but immediately relaxed and Yedam continued,

"I quickly got up from my bed and my brother dragged everyone to the secret hideout. It was this giant vault that was bulletproof. The walls of the vault were so thick, once you were inside with the door locked, it was soundproof. We all got inside and Chan hyung closed the door. I was screaming at him, asking him, 'what about mom and dad? We can't just leave them' but apparently my dad specifically told Chan hyung that if we were ever under attack, to take the kids to the vault and to not wait for them. I didn't realize why they would want us to just leave them until later." Jeongin frowned.

"We were in the vault for what felt like weeks, but it was only a day or so. No one tried to break in which was weird. Finally when Chan hyung thought it was okay to open the vault, we walked out and it wasn't messy or anything, until we kept walking. There was bullet holes everywhere, but it didn't seem like the attackers took anything. We kept walking until Chan hyung abruptly stopped. He let out a cry and dropped to his knees, I was right behind him and when he fell, I saw what he was looking at."

Yedam stopped talking and looked down. "It was my mom lying on the floor, a bullet hole right through her heart. A couple feet away from her, was my dad and he had the same destiny. I don't remember anything that happened after that. My eyesight was blurry from the amount of tears that were flowing out my eyes and my hearing went mute. I'm pretty sure I blacked out because the next thing I remember was waking up in an unknown room.Soon I found out we were in my dad's best friend's house, he was in the gang too."

Yedam furrowed his eyebrows, "The next few days were a blur, I just remember everyone in the gang, mourning the death of my parents, and the funeral we held for them. Later we found out that the attackers were from another gang and their mission was to kill my parents. After they succeeded, they left. Which made me realize why my dad told Chan hyung to not wait for them if under attack. He knew that if we ever were under attack, it was going to be another gang trying to kill my parents. They didn't want to be in the vault with us because then everyone would be dead too."

He sighed, "Chan hyung became the leader of the gang and the boss of the mafia at age 16, with the help from my dad's best friend. I promised myself that I would never be apart of the gang because it killed my parents. But I did train with everyone, only for one reason, so I could be prepared when we get revenge on the people who killed my parents. About a later, the gang finally found the people who killed my parents and we hunted out and returned the favor."

He lightly shrugged, "After that, I never trained again and I wish Chan hyung would stop with everything, but I know that my dad wanted him to take over and I know it's more complicated than to just stop. I just don't want the same thing to happen to Chan hyung or anyone else. That's why I'm not in the gang or the business, because my parents were killed because of it."

Jeongin looked at Yedam with his jaw slightly dropped. He looked like he was about to cry. Yedam saw and immediately engulfed Jeongin into a hug.

"Don't cry please. You shouldn't cry, I'm okay."

"Is that why Chan hyung has all those guards and all that security and why you live in the middle of nowhere?" Jeongin sniffed when they pulled away from the hug.

Yedam slightly chuckled at the 'middle of nowhere' statement, "Yeah, after that, my brother built a house in a place that was hard to find and was very guarded."

"Oh my god I'm so sorry you had to go through all that, if I knew it was that serious I wouldn't have asked." Jeongin looked down.

"Jeongin look at me." The boy slowly raised his head. "I told you because I wanted to, you were going to find out at some point. Don't apologize like it was your fault. I don't want you to feel burdened when you shouldn't. Don't dwell on it okay? I'm fine and I've had time to heal, I don't want you to be sad." Yedam said softly.

Jeongin nodded his head slowly resting his head on Yedam's chest. "How about we go to sleep?" Yedam said while he wrapped his arms around his boyfriend.

"Yeah that sounds nice." Jeongin said against his chest.

-

"You know-"

"No I don't know." Changbin cut Felix off, earning himself a whack on the head with a pillow from his boyfriend. "Ow! I was just kidding." He rubbed the side of his head that got hit.

"It's a pillow. How does that hurt?" Felix raised his eyebrow at his dramatic partner.

"It hurts more than you think." Changbin pouted.

Felix knew what Changbin was doing and he knew what the boy wanted, so he leaned in and kissed his boyfriend's pout, letting the kiss linger for a bit. Changbin smiled into the kiss, his plan working. He placed his hands on Felix's nape, pulling him deeper into the kiss. Their lips moved perfectly with each other.

Felix was the first to pull away and Changbin was smiling like an idiot. "You know if you want to kiss me so badly, you could just ask or, I don't know, just do it."

Changbin was given the chance and took it, he pecked Felix's lips, taking the other by surprise. "I know, but I like when you kiss me first." Changbin winked causing Felix to go red.

He slightly pushed Changbin and lied down on the bed he was sitting on. The gang member chuckled at his boyfriend's flustered reaction, soon lying in his bed too.

"I don't understand how someone as soft as you, is in a gang like Stray Kids." Felix thought out loud.

"Hey! I'm not soft." The boy took full offense.

"Mhm yeah, whatever you say babe." Felix patted Changbin's chest. "It's okay because you can also be really intimidating, I guess."

Changbin stared at his boyfriend and scoffed making Felix giggle. He playfully rolled his eyes and started to play with his boyfriend's purple hair. The boy snuggled into Changbin's chest.

"...Can I ask you a question?" Felix asked hesitantly.

"Of course." Changbin said softly.

Was it the right time to ask? Maybe he should wait a little longer. Felix debated with himself until he just decided to go for it. "How'd you join Stray Kids?"

Felix heard the gang member suck in his breath. He panicked and looked up at Changbin. The last time Felix asked this question, his boyfriend gave him sort of a vague answer.

"Do you remember the first time we hung out, at the beach, I told you that I was fighting in the streets when Chan hyung found me and took me to his dad where he asked if I wanted to be in the gang?" Felix nodded his head, "I sorta lied. That's not how I joined the gang at all."

Felix opened his eyes wide, but he honestly wasn't surprised Changbin lied to him. They had just met and Felix asked a personal question so it would make sense for Changbin not to tell a stranger, his personal life.

"My parents were actually apart of Stray Kids too. They were really good friends with Chan hyung's parents, so me and Chan hyung have been best friends for as long as I can remember. I always went over to his house whenever the gang had some kind of mission and I spent a lot of time with him and Yedam. I always knew I was going to join the gang when I got older, take after my parents." He paused.

Felix still had many questions. Why doesn't he live with his parents? How come he never talks about them? Are they still in the gang?

Changbin continued, "When I was seven, my parents dropped me off at Chan hyung's house like usual and left for a mission, but this time, they never came back. I didn't know what was about to hit me, I played with Chan hyung and Yedam happily. Then it got late and their parents nor my parents were back yet. I didn't think much of it at the time."

Changbin took a deep breath, "Soon Chan hyung's parents came home with red swollen eyes. They sat me down and gently told me that my parents were gone, they were killed in the mission. It felt like I couldn't breathe, like my lungs were ripped out of my chest, along with my heart. I cried until I fell asleep, Chan hyung's mom hugged me and patted me, trying to soothe me."

Felix tightened his arms around Changbin's waist as the boy continued, "Their parents decided to take me in and care for me. I promised myself that I would join the gang to not only get revenge on the people who killed my parents but also because I knew my parents wanted me to join the gang. A year after I joined, I found the people who killed my parents and got revenge. It's kinda twisted in a way but welcome to my life."

Felix kissed Changbin's chest, he opened his mouth but before he could say anything, Changbin said, "Don't say you're sorry. It's not your fault so you don't need to apologize or else I'll feel bad. Don't worry about me because I'm okay."

Felix quickly closed his mouth.

How the hell did he know I was going to say sorry?

"I am not sorry then." Felix said awkwardly, making Changbin laugh. He hugged the boy tighter saying, "You're adorable." He kissed the top of Felix's head.

"I'm just glad you're doing okay. That's what I care about the most." Felix said snuggled more into Changbin's embrace.

"As long as you're with me, I'll always be more than okay." Changbin smiled into Felix's hair.

-

"Here." Minho tossed Jisung some sweatpants and a shirt. "You can wear that."

Jisung caught the clothes, "Thanks. Where's your bathroom." Minho pointed to a door. He went inside and got changed. Minho's clothes were a little baggier for his small figure. Jisung went out of the bathroom and saw his boyfriend with no shirt and only sweats, almost causing him to hyperventilate. Minho had a nice body, it was nicely toned and Jisung was tempted to run his hands along it.

Minho turned his head to Jisung when he heard the bathroom door open and saw the other boy checking him out. "You wanna take a picture? It'll last longer." He smirked.

Jisung snapped back to reality and immediately felt his cheeks heat up. "Shut up." He muttered, making Minho chuckle.

"You look cute." Minho smiled.

"It's because I'm wearing your clothes which engulfs me." Jisung said.

"You should wear my clothes more often." He smirked.

Jisung sat on Minho's bed rolling his eyes. "You should wear your own clothes too." Jisung pointed to the boy's bare chest.

"Why? You don't like it?" Minho walked closer to his boyfriend.

"I never said that."

"Then why should I put a shirt on?" Minho stood in front of Jisung, leaning down to him. His face was so close to Jisung's that the boy forgot how to breathe.

"It's just that, we're going to sleep. Don't you get cold?" Jisung came up with a dumb excuse but he honestly was more focused on trying to keep his voice stable. He just wanted Minho to stop teasing him and kiss him already.

Minho shook his head, "I usually don't wear anything when I go to sleep, but I thought that since you're here, I would wear some pants at least. Which would you prefer?" His face was an inch away from Jisung's. He could feel Minho's breath on his face.

Jisung couldn't take it anymore, instead of answering, he placed his hand on the back of Minho's neck, crashing his lips into Minho's and the boy immediately kissed back. The kiss was hungry and desperate. Almost as if they hadn't kissed in months which wasn't the case. Minho pushed Jisung back onto the bed, climbing on top of him. Jisung pulled his boyfriend closer to him, trying to get rid of any space. Minho deepened the kiss, keeping a hand next to Jisung's head to hold himself up, while the other found its way under the shirt Jisung was wearing.

The gang member slipped his tongue past Jisung's mouth and explored every inch of his mouth. Jisung let out a small moan as fireworks exploded all throughout his body. He moved his hands down Minho's bare chest, tracing his fingers along the boy's abs just like how he wanted to do it.

Jisung pulled away from the kiss to get a breath of air but Minho continued to kiss Jisung down to his neck. He kissed a certain spot that made Jisung gasp, Minho smirked and gently sucked on that spot. Jisung bit his already swollen lip to keep himself quiet as his boyfriend continued to bruise his neck. Soon he couldn't take it and let out a moan making Minho smile in satisfaction. The gang member reconnected their lips in a deep kiss.

Suddenly Jisung's phone started going off. The boy pulled away from Minho, groaning. He was about to punch the person who decided to call him at this time. Minho chuckled as he got off of Jisung and the latter sat up, reaching for his phone. He checked the caller ID and it was his brother. He rolled his eyes and answered the phone.

"What."

"Damn boy that's no way to talk to your older brother like that."

"Why'd you call at-" Jisung pulled the phone away from his ear and checked the time, "-10:30 P.M.?"

"Because I was wondering where you're at and when you're coming home." His brother asked.

Jisung mentally slapped his own forehead, he forgot to tell his siblings that he was staying at Minho's. "I'm coming home tomorrow."

"Ohhh." Jisung could hear the smirk on Brian's face. "So you're sleeping at Minho's house?"

"He's what now?" It was his sister.

"Yes, yes I am. Sorry I didn't tell you earlier, I forgot."

"What were you doing that made you forget? Are you guys sleeping in the same bed?" His sister gasped.

"Oh my god, don't even think like that. We weren't even-" Jisung looked up at Minho who had an amused look on his face.

"Yeah yeah I'm just teasing. Next time don't forget to tell us, okay?"

"Don't worry I won't."

"Okay have fun but not too much, and if you do, use protection." His brother said, soon followed by an "Ow." Probably from Jihyo slapping his arm.

"I'm hanging up now! Bye!" Jisung quickly hung up the phone.

Minho busted out laughing. Jisung looked at his boyfriend completely mortified, "Please don't tell me you heard that whole conversation."

"You bet I did."

Jisung covered his face in his hands. "Why is my life so embarrassing."

Minho tackled Jisung with a hug, "I love your siblings."

"Don't. I don't want to talk about that conversation." Jisung groaned.

Minho laughed, "Fine. Come on let's go to sleep."

Jisung remembered something he meant to ask Minho about. He was the only one out of his friends who hadn't asked his boyfriend about it. "How come you never told me Chan hyung is part of the mafia?"

Minho cocked his head to the side, "I always forget that Chan hyung is the boss. I just see him as just the gang leader since he never talks about the mafia with us. I wasn't trying to hide it from you, I honestly just forgot."

Jisung raised an eyebrow, "Are you ever going to join the mafia?"

Minho shrugged, "Maybe when I become an adult? I don't really know. I've talked about it with Hyunjin and Changbin but we all just decided whatever happens happens."

"Well I'll support you with whatever you decide to do"

Minho tightened his embrace around Jisung and kissed his head.

-

The next morning, everyone sat down at the table for breakfast. Jisung just drank water, sitting in front of his boyfriend and in between Seungmin and Jeongin, when all of a sudden Felix gasped really loud. Everyone, including Jisung, turned to the boy with confusion written on his face.

Felix looked back and forth between Jisung and Seungmin with wide eyes, he pointed to both their necks, "Are those hickeys!?" He yelled, making everyone stare at Jisung's and Seungmin's necks.

Jisung froze and felt his face heat up. He immediately covered his neck with his hands and stared at his boyfriend who acted clueless, "You gave me a hickey?!"

Seungmin dropped his jaw and looked right at his boyfriend who gave him an innocent smile.

The pair quickly got up from the table and walked to the nearest mirror. Jisung checked removed his hand from his neck and sure enough, there was a deep purple hickey on his neck. Seungmin gasped when he saw the purple mark that occupied his neck. His fair skin made the dark mark pop out even more so how did he not see it before?

"Seems like you guys had a lot of fun last night." Felix teased and Jisung groaned as Seungmin glared at the boy.

Jisung marched back to the table and everyone was looking at the mark Minho left on his neck. He slapped Minho's shoulder, "Why didn't you tell me that was there."

"I think it looks nice." Minho said smiling.

Seungmin stomped over to his boyfriend which earned everyone's stare on his neck now. He glared at Hyunjin, "I told you not to leave a hickey."

"I know, I'm sorry, but couldn't help it. You weren't complaining when I was doing it either." Hyunjin smirked. His last comment made everyone chuckle. Seungmin's face went bright red as he hid his face in the crook of his boyfriend's neck. Hyunjin wrapped his arms around the flustered boy, smiling.

"Damn, I didn't know you guys were like that." Chan teased.

"Don't act like you've never left some on Woojin hyung's neck and vice versa." Hyunjin teased back, making Woojin choke on his drink.

Chan narrowed his eyes. "Touché."

"You guys must've had fun last night." Changbin teased.

"I'm glad we don't live on the same floor." Yedam joined in the teasing.

"Please tell me you guys didn't actually..." Felix asked.

Jisung and Seungmin gasped, "Felix who do you think I am?" Jisung asked.

"No we didn't!" Seungmin lifted his head and answered.

"Hey it's a harmless question." He held up his hands, laughing.

"Damn hyung you're wild." Yedam said to Hyunjin and Minho teasingly.

Jeongin walked up to Jisung and examined his neck before he walked over to Seungmin and doing the same thing, "You both are wild." He gasped.

Of course everything that the other six people were saying, were all jokes just to tease the two couples. They honestly didn't think it was a big deal but they made it a big deal because that's what made it fun and that's what friends do.

Jisung groaned and covered his red face. He got shy and hid in Minho. The gang member chuckled and hugged his embarrassed boyfriend. "No Felix, we didn't do that either." He cleared the air.

"Oh thank the lord." Felix gasped dramatically, causing everyone to laugh.

Jisung lifted his head and stared at Minho, "I can't believe you gave me a hickey."

"Hey you didn't stop me." Minho smirked.

"I can't believe you both have a hickey." Jeongin said, directing it to Jisung and Seungmin.

"I'm surprised Felix doesn't have one." Woojin said casually.

Felix widened his eyes and felt his cheeks get hot. Changbin chuckled at his boyfriend's reaction and pulled him into a hug. "Maybe next time." Changbin joked which earned himself a hit from Felix.

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this chapter is so incredibly long oh my

you found out everyone's backstory except for minho's but you'll find out his backstory soon, like really soon... *wink* *wink* :) but i hope that minsung action can make up for the time being.

which story backstory surprised you the most?

in the next chapter:
- followed
- envelope
- finally

tell me what you think is gonna happen in the next chapter :)