The boys had explained to you that at the end of the day when they all got off work they would go to pick you up at your home. You didn't question it, choosing to take the time to get out of your work stench. You had no idea where it was they were going to take you but you felt much more refreshed after taking a bath.

Your mother had looked at you oddly when you had chosen to bring in buckets of water into the basin from the well. She didn't question you just yet, instead choosing to watch you closely. It was when there was a knock on the door that your mother came to a conclusion.

"Good evening." Yeosang's voice rang out through the house. "I'm here for (Y/N)."

"Oh!" Your mother looked at him oddly. "Yeosang? You're taking (Y/N) out-"

"I'm right here." You crawled under your mother's arms, standing next to Yeosang on the porch. "Yes, we are going to the auctions." You smiled at her.

"Oh, you and Seonghwa?" Your father turned up behind your mother, raising a brow when he noticed the other boy standing at the bottom of the steps.

"Yes sir. I do hope it's not a problem." Seonghwa answered from where he was.

"Not at all." Your father shook his head. "I do expect her to be home at a reasonable time though. As much as I like you I still have to be a father." He chuckled.

You almost frowned at the thought of your parents just letting you fend for yourself. While you were happy to be going out with the boys it did feel like a ping in your chest to realize that your parents were hopeful about you leaving the house.

You were an adult, you were meant to be out of this house by that point. However, you guessed it had to do with the fact that you felt like you weren't ready. At least two weeks ago you did.

"That is no problem. I'll be sure to have her home before things get too bad." Yeosang politely nodded his head.

"Be careful, dear." Your mother gave you a bright smile, hugging you.

"Bye mom." You hugged her back.

You waved to your father, turning to catch Yeosang holding his arm out for you to take. You gladly hooked your hand on his bicep, letting him lead you down to where Seonghwa was. Subconsciously, when the man went to follow after you two, you hooked your other hand onto his bicep as well. The two men had smiles over their features at how attached you felt towards them.

You noticed two horses waiting at the posts your house had. While vehicles were a thing now, they were much too expensive for your family. Wagons were easy to come by but when it was just two/three people why have to lug such a huge thing around. It was much easier to travel by horse for the three of you.

Yeosang helped you up onto one of the animals, allowing you to sit sideways due to the dress you wore. When he felt you wouldn't slip off on your own, he hauled his feet over the side of the large animal and scooted closer to the front of the saddle to give you room behind him.

"All good?" He questioned over his shoulder.

You hummed, wrapping your arms around his torso to keep from falling backwards or forwards. It wasn't a common thing to see women wearing pants. And because of that it wasn't often they would be riding horses. The ones who did were led by their husbands or were just for show in a parade. You hadn't really thought about how tough it was to move around in a skirt. It was how you lived and worked.

The two men started moving along the road, heading towards the hotel. You tilted your head, frowning when you began to wonder where it was they were going. As they turned onto the main road, you finally voiced your curiosity.

"We actually going to the auction now?" You grinned.

"Nah, there's nothing good." Seonghwa answered as he pulled his horse to trot next to you and Yeosang. "Your family is still looking. Can't take you into the woods in front of them can we."

You hummed, giggling to yourself at the thought of going into the woods with the two. When you all made it a safe distance away from your family's estate, the both pulled their horses to a stop.

"Seonghwa will take you to the others." Yeosang got down from the horse, tapping your waist as he helped you down. "I have to go for Yunho at the docks. Jongho should be there already."

You walked closer to Seonghwa who had gotten off to make room for you.

"See you in a bit." He smiled up at you.

"Pretty girl." You felt Seonghwa's breath hit the shell of your ear, causing you to shiver.

"Seonghwa." You smiled up at him. He gave you a grin back before grabbing the reins and moving the two of you along.

As you watched Yeosang go off in the opposite direction, the curiosity returned tenfold. You sighed to yourself, leaning back onto Seonghwa's chest.

"What was Yunho doing at the docks?" You asked.

Your eyes lifted up, watching as he grimaced. You could feel the sigh he let out as his chest deflated. Drifting to look back over the surroundings you dropped your shoulders. You were getting too comfortable with them. You had come up with some scenario that somehow they trusted you to tell you what was going on. It hadn't been that long since they met you. You knew they weren't going to tell you everything. You even told them so.

"Police stuff." Seonghwa sighed. "There were a few casualties. People started to claim it was the outlaws so he had to go and check it out."

"Are they suspecting the boys?" You spoke quietly, watching for his reaction.

"Yeah." It was quiet for a while after that.

It was a 15 minute ride to the campsite the gang had made. It looked like every other campsite one might come across. They had a small sized schooner wagon between some trees, the entire thing having been set down to rest some. There were tarps placed around the area as well; four by the looks of it. They must have been the tents the boys used to rest. Most of their things were outside hanging up. You could also make out a couple more horses grazing nearby.

Seonghwa had walked you two past the clearing, catching the attention of the others waiting by the campfire circle they had made.

"Sweetheart!" You heard someone's excited shout from the camp.

Seonghwa pulled himself off the horse, moving the reins just a bit to tighten them up. You watched as Wooyoung made his way over with a large grin on his face. His hands found purchase on your legs, pulling them around your waist.

"Hi, Wooyoung." You giggled when the boy immediately pulled you off the horse and wrapped his arms around your thighs.

"Come see the others." He set you down, grabbing onto your hand. "Sannie! Come greet, Sweetheart!"

Wooyoung pulled you towards one of the tents, calling out to the man you remembered to be the sharp eyed one. He had walked out of the tent, stretching a shirt over his arms as he pulled it over his head. Wooyoung subtly glanced your way, wanting to see if you would react to his shirtless friend in any way. However when he saw you hadn't so much as looked away, he squinted his eyes.

"Darling." San's sharp eyes peered down at you.

"Hi." You bowed your head.

San looked over at Wooyoung, shrugging his shoulders when he noticed his friend's plan to get you flustered had not worked. Wooyoung turned you back around to the circle where you saw Jongho conversing with the pink haired man. You smiled as the three of you walked closer.

"Hi, Mingi. How's your shoulder?" You asked.

"It's fine." He spoke quietly. "Really helped to get medical supplies."

"I'm glad you're feeling better." Your lips pulled over your teeth, causing the man to look away with a blush.

"Mingi, Seonghwa." A stern voice interrupted. All of you turned to where Hongjoong stood by a tent, eyes glaring as they looked at each of you. "May I speak to you?"

The two he had called to didn't question it, following their captain into the tent. You clenched your jaw as you kept your eyes on him. He had given you one last glare before turning around to talk privately with the others. You rolled your eyes, crossing your arms as you went back to looking over the camp.

"What's on your mind?" Jongho appeared next to you, watching the side of your face.

"I wanted to come and meet the other boys properly." You shook your head. "But it seems not all of them are happy with that." Your face remained passive but Jongho could see you were upset about it.

"Hey, captain just needs time. He's a good person." Jongho assured you.

"Captain!" Someone shouted as they entered the campsite.

Everyone turned to see Yunho jump off Yeosang's horse before the man even came to a complete stop. The three men who were in the tent rushed out, all of them gathering closer to Yunho.

"Yunho." Hongjoong greeted. "So, what is it?"

"I managed to deter them from searching the area." The tall man sighed deeply. "The person who was found dead had stab wounds, not bullet. Lucky us that you and Mingi have choice weapons." He spoke, looking at the two who were considered outlaws.

If it hadn't been the two who stood next to you that had killed that person, than someone else was running around Cromer with a bloody knife.

"There's a murderer in the city?" You spoke up before any of them had the chance of saying anything.

"There's plenty of killers." Hongjoong spoke up. "There's just one who was sloppy about it."

The way he looked at you had you unsettled. But you only looked at him with your own passive expression. You knew he meant a lot more than just the citizens. Hongjoong and Mingi were wanted for a reason. If it wasn't for thievery, then it must have been for murder.

"Come on, Darling." San grabbed your bicep, pulling you along. "Wooyoung made dinner today."

Yunho and Hongjoong had gone into the tent that the captain pulled Mingi and Seonghwa into. The others began to gather around some pots that were steaming over a low flame. Wooyoung had positioned himself behind it as he began to shuffle food into the bowls that were laying on a table next to him.

A smile returned to your face as you watched the boys laugh over things as they waited for their food. You weren't a stranger to the way they acted with each other, having seen them interact at the hotel. However the last time you had seen them all together was when you had cleaned up Yeosang and it was only for a few fleeting moments.

You waited for all of them to sit down before you began to eat your food. Yeosang took a seat next to you on a log, followed by Jongho who took up your other side. The older man took notice of how you watched the boys all come to sit around the fire, not daring to move the spoon to your lips.

As Wooyoung made his way over with his own bowl, your fingers finally moved over the metal to begin eating. It made Yeosang smile bashfully at your manners, the man quickly taking a spoonful of food to hide his growing blush. It felt nice to see you wait for all the members.

Hongjoong and Yunho were quick to join you all, Wooyoung getting up to serve them plates as well. There was a lot of loud talking and open mouths full of food but you enjoyed their banter. When everyone finished up, you went to help Wooyoung wash the plates in a basin.

"It was really good!" You smiled at Wooyoung.

"Were you doubting me?" Wooyoung bumped his hip with yours.

"Just a bit. You answered nonchalantly.

"I am offended." He said appalled. He shook his head at your words, going back to grinning. He dried his hands off with a rag before holding one out for you to grab. "Come on, before they start the stories without us."

His fingers weaved between the two of yours, dragging you along to reach the light of the fire. You looked up at the purple sky, watching as the clouds created a rainbow of darkening colors. Wooyoung pulled you from your view as he sat down on a log, placing you down next to him. You made yourself comfortable as the boy seemed to hold onto your hand in his lap.

The boys all went back to laughing once more, poking fun at each other and rattling off stories about their past. Most of them were tame really, nothing out of the ordinary you would classify as their past. Every gang had stories upon stories to tell about their time spent out camping in the woods or running from the law.

You would laugh along with them as they recalled things for you. Somewhere in that time, Wooyoung had made himself comfortable along your side, moving you closer to him as he wrapped his arm around your waist. You could feel his head nestling itself in the crook of your neck. As you laughed loudly at Yunho's imitation of something Jongho did, you turned your head to see Seonghwa moving to sit next to you.

"Tired yet?" He asked you.

"With you guys?" You grinned. "Not at all."

The man looked at Wooyoung wheezing from your shoulder before leaning closer to you so only you would hear him.

"You can move him off if he's bothering you." He told you. "Woo is the touchiest out of all of us."

"Not at all." You shook your head. "He's fine."

The fire had been caught in your eye which called Seonghwa's attention. He felt something brush against his heart when he noticed a sparkle in them as you laughed with his brothers. He wasn't inexperienced when it came to others. He was sure all of them were well versed in carnal desires.

However, thinking about touching you in a way that wasn't sexual made Seonghwa rethink all that he had done. He wasn't ashamed, far from it. If he had to do it again he would in a heartbeat. It freed him from the life he was living. A life he felt was the same in every aspect. Like a record stuck on repeat until it was scratched too much to continue playing.

Meeting you opened up something new for him. Something he had never experienced even in his past life. He wanted to be selfish and reach for it. He wanted it to be part of his routine. Unlike everything else this was something he didn't want to get away from.

"If you say so."