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≔ ⋆⟢ pairing : (boyfriend) han jisung x (idol!girlfriend) female reader
◟ genre : fluff
◟ word count : 325
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
Keys can be heard excitedly jingling from the outside while the front door is rattled open. That means Jisung is back! As soon as the door was opened, it was quickly closed behind him with a single kick. His shoes are tossed to the side as he’ll store them on the rack later. He just ran in. He flew right into the living room where you were laying comfortably.
“Hey… Jisungie?” You greeted, sitting up to place your attention entirely on your boyfriend.
He doesn’t say anything back yet, just sitting on the couch with his hands moving frantically. The box was ripped open for him to lift out a… smaller box? But why does it look familiar? Hang on, that’s your group’s album box! The latest one too!
“It’s here! It’s finally here! After waiting a whole week!” He chimed out. “Please, please, please!”
“Seriously Jisung? I could have gotten you one for free?”
“Shhhh shhh! This is part of the experience that a boyfriend should have to support his girlfriend!”
So you let him have his moment. You watched him look excitedly through the album’s book, examine the CDs that come with it, as well as the other little merchandise included in the package. But the most important item of all are the photocards for him.
“Please…?” He pleaded, closing his eyes as he lifted the two photocards in the air. “W-Who did I get?”
“Me.”
“REALLY?! ON BOTH CARDS?!” He beamed, turning the cards around to look at them himself. “Yes! Thank you universe!”
“Jisung, you know you could’ve asked?”
“Hey! You also buy our album packages too! It’s only fair! I want to experience the same excitement.”
“I guess?” You shrugged.
“Now sign please! I want your autograph!”
“... You can’t be serious, Baby?”
“Oh I’m very serious! If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you my growing collection.”
“... YOU HAVE A COLLECTION OF MY GROUP’S MERCHANDISE?!"
◟ .✦ ݁˖ genre : historical fantasy, adventure, romance, angst, fluff
◟ ⋆⟢ # word count : 830
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
ᯓ★ series m.list
After your soft departure from his living quarters, he stayed there, sat down, in awe and thought, within the peace of his inner garden. The guards, the maids, and other attendants who passed by him were a little surprised. They’ve never seen the sixth prince act this way. Not once. The look on his face showed pure satisfaction, like he won the yearly hunting festival games. While remaining seated, he contemplated when he should go see Chan. But this sort of news is not something one can easily keep to themselves.
“Y-Your highness, where are you going?” One of his attendants worryingly asked, following right behind him in his excited stride.
“To the crown prince’s studies, do not follow me!” He happily chirped out as people stared at him.
That was all he said before breaking into a full sprint. He just ran without stopping. Surely it breaks every royal protocol or etiquette whatever people want to make judgement under, but the scolding would be his concern for later. For now, he has to tell Chan and the rest of his brothers about this big news.
“Sixth prince, what are you doing here?” One of the royal guards at the entrance asked.
“I am here to speak to the crown prince.”
Nothing more needed to be said. Felix wasted no time getting in. The only point where he did stop was when he now stood in the same room as Chan which was in his studies. Chan sat there, stiffly in his chair, eye focused, mind buzzing with thoughts about his royal responsibilities. He doesn’t even need to look up to know who stood before him.
“Lix? Why are you here?”
“Hyung, you won’t believe it!”
Chan doesn’t show much interest from his lack of reaction. His hold on the brush stays steady as he writes down his answer to a certain problem found within a court document. But Felix won’t be having him half focused on what important news he has.
“The Northern princess, did you know she’s gotten better?” Felix announces, drawing closer to Chan’s desk.
“I did not. I’ll be sure to have a maid send her flowers later to congratulate her.”
“Hyung, you don’t get it. She’s changed.”
“What do you mean she’s changed?”
“I met with her today and her entire demeanor has shifted. Quite odd yet alluring.”
Now this definitely caught Chan’s attention. Felix knows him well enough when Chan wants more information about something. He sets his brush aside to look up at Felix. His gaze is curious and sharp. That’s when Felix spills everything, not a single detail was left out. Even then, Chan had a hard time believing what he was hearing. He nearly scoffed at such a description about you.
“You’re sure of it? You didn’t just imagine this eye opening encounter?” Chan questioned, leaning back in his chair.
“Hyung, I know what I saw and I definitely know what I heard. If you don’t believe me, why don’t you pay her a visit?”
“Hmmm…”
Chan does think about it. But his answer doesn’t come out when his eyes dart to someone at the door. Felix turns around to have his smile grow bigger.
“Minho-hyung! You’re back!”
“Woah? What’s gotten you to smile like that?”
“The Northern princess seems to have finally shown her colors.” Chan said.
“What does that mean?” Minho questioned, raising a wandering brow.
“I met her today and she’s completely changed for the better.”
“Really? Hard to believe that she’s anything other than a shy girl brought here to fulfill this heavy responsibility by father’s order.”
“The two of you will just need to see her again. I promise, you’ll be blown away.” Felix persuaded.
“I have work I must complete.” Chan sighed.
“You always have work.” Minho chuckled.
“Then why don’t I take a look?”
All heads turn back to the door to see Hyunjin leaning against the doorframe.
“Why do you all have to gather within my studies?” Chan amusingly asked.
“Because it’s the only place where we are free to speak. Anyways, tell me more about the princess, Felix.”
So Felix explains the entire encounter once more for both Minho and Hyunjin to hear. The two of them seem just as intrigued as Chan was. They all have met you once but the impression you left them with didn’t settle with them well until Felix brought this news to them.
“I think it’s about time we pay our princess a visit. Must be quite lonely to be in a foreign palace while being stuck in their quarters.” Hyunjin mused.
“I’ll go with you. I wanna see if this is just an act.”
“I assure you two, it’s not! I can feel her! Her words are spoken with the utmost sincerity!”
“If Felix is vouching for her then… I’ll agree with his judgement as this is not the time for me to go venturing.” Chan sighs, returning to his work.
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≔ ⋆⟢ pairing : (secret agent!husband) park seonghwa x (secret agent!wife) female reader
◟ genre : secret agent au, angst
◟ word count : 525
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. mentions of death + accident and not proofread
1 YEAR AGO
You had fortunately met Seonghwa at the agency that you were transferred to. Even though you were a new agent there, no one dared to mistreat you any differently nor discredit you for your previous missions. You’ve worked many years under this field, loyal and beyond courageous. Your name is well known amongst your peers, except for a certain someone.
Park Seonghwa, someone you deemed must’ve lived comfortably under a rock, to not know who you are. Not in an arrogant manner but out of surprise. It’s not everyday, you meet someone who doesn’t have a single clue who you are. But that was honestly a breath of fresh air. Since your transfer, you and Seonghwa have been put on many of the same missions. The two of you didn’t click right away but when you did, wow was that magical.
Within six months, he got down on one knee and proposed to you. What better answer could you give then a big loud yes! Your wedding was small and private just the way the two of you liked and preferred. However, not even three months later within your marriage did tragedy strike.
The two of you got assigned to another mission. No big deal. Everything was going great until one little misstep. You and Seonghwa successfully stole a brief case full of top secret information, you two ran for it. Alarms were blaring, men were running the two of you. It’s only when you reached the rooftop did Seonghwa face the worst moment of his life.
There was a helicopter waiting for the two of you on the landing pad, you handed him the brief case. Seonghwa thought nothing of it as he got in but… you didn’t. Instead, you slid the door shut, locked it from the outside, and gave the sign to the pilot to go. The pilot does as instructed, causing Seonghwa to scream.
“S-Stop! STOP! What do you think you’re doing! We can’t leave her!” Seonghwa shouted, trying to break open the door but it didn't budge.
Then BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Three loud gunshots rang into the air.
He looked through the small helicopter door’s window to see you lay flat on the ground, motionless with a pool of blood around your stiffening body.
“NOOOOOOO!”
PRESENT TIME
“W-Why? Why didn’t you tell me?” Seonghwa cried within his car, parked by the edge of an ocean.
His hands harshly gripped onto the steering wheel, he leans ahead, breathing heavily as the memories of that night haunt him. You didn’t say or show him anything. He had just discovered from a fellow agent that you were told to sacrifice yourself for the sake of Seonghwa surviving and for the information to be successfully retrieved. If only he knew, he would have sacrificed himself without question.
Now he’s sitting here, all alone, crying his heart out.
“I miss you, Baby… I miss you everyday. It’s not the same with you.”
It was then that the moon rose and a quick whip of light passed, likely a shooting star.
“Please visit me in my dreams, at least let me hold there…”
◟ .✦ ݁˖ genre : historical fantasy, adventure, romance, angst, fluff
◟ ⋆⟢ # word count : 924
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
ᯓ★ series m.list
As the person came into view, Junghee drew back her sword, placing it back into its protective sleeve before she knelt down. Seems like he’s someone important. If Junghee’s actions tell you that, then it’s certainly concluded from what he is wearing. His clothes are vibrant in color, detailed with embroidery, and the overall design of its construction is refined. You stood there quietly until you felt Junghee lightly tug on your skirt.
“Right…” You mumbled, you tried to bow to this person too but your back can’t handle it so you quickly rose up.
“Greetings, Your Highness.” Junghee said calmly, still knelt before him.
“You may stand.” He orders as he turns his attention to you. “It’s nice to see you out here, Princess Y/N.” The man softly spoke with a beautiful smile. Are you feeling better?”
“Yes, I do feel better…”
“Prince Felix.” Junghee mumbled to you.
“Prince Felix. I believe this little one here is yours?” You suggested.
“Indeed. Quite the troublemaker.” He sighs, picking up the pup before he stares at you.
His gaze remains warm and it’s searching for something. You don’t know what, but you just offer him a kind smile back. Seeing you smile, his for you grew wider. And that’s when you swear you saw a short sparkle in his eyes.
“Since we’re out here? Would you like to have some tea with me?” He suggested.
“Oh umm… sure?”
That response certainly intrigued him. He doesn’t say anything but his expression says it all. His eyebrow rose to your response. His smile got sillier. Why is he so adorable?
“Please, follow me.”
You do and Junghee is never far behind. The three of you only walked for a short while, still it was quite eye opening. This place, this palace is enormously unfathomable. A whole city could fit in here without a problem. You only stopped when you reached the front gates of his quarters most likely. The guards there greeted him and you formally before allowing entry.
“Go Ujin, go inside.” Felix chirped, letting the puppy go as he stood back up to look at you. “Is there something wrong, Princess?”
“You’re very kind, Prince Felix.”
“You think?”
“I do.”
“But I don’t think that’s a very good thing.”
He sighs, as he walks you towards the garden within his quarters. Gesturing you to be comfortable, have a seat as he prepares to brew some fresh tea leaves.
“What makes you say that?”
“For a prince to become a king, he must harden his heart. Grow cold and unfazed by worry. And restrain from showing weakness.”
“I would like to disagree.”
“Please enlighten me with your thoughts.”
“Gladly.” You nodded, gesturing to him to sit across from you to make this conversation less tense. “That’s more of what a tyrant is than a king. You say that you must harden your heart, but it’s a known saying that the hardest hearts are the ones that easily break. Growing cold and unfazed by worry? That's not possible, you wouldn’t be human then. If you could do that, then your kingdom’s people are bound to suffer. Lastly, yes I do agree to not show any weakness but a calculated planner always thinks ahead. You could use it to your advantage when your opponents can’t see what’s coming.”
He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. You, the Northern Princess, the one who has caught a severe fever, ill for weeks has changed. Your entire personality has basically transformed for the better. The way you carry yourself, the authority in your voice, this is coming from someone who has been described to be shy, weak, and easily spooked. He’s never imagined you to be like this. Even in your first encounter together, he saw a fearful girl instead of the strong willed minded person you are now.
“You’re quite wise, Princess. But why do you advise me so truthfully?” He asks, wanting to see if he can detect any hidden motivations.
But he senses none.
You just smile at him sincerely.
“You’re a kind prince. I hope you can rule with a clear mind and set heart. That’s all I hope to see out of you.”
His heart was racing. His hands instinctively grip onto his robes as he stares at you in awe. This is the first time in his life where a girl can speak so freely. Makes him want to know you better.
“Your highness, the tea?” Junghee coughed out to get Felix to snap out of his daze.
“Right, right…” He mumbled, pouring out two cups of tea. “Here.”
“Thank you.”
“Drink it slowly, it’s quite hot.”
“I will keep your worry in mind.” You grinned, blowing softly into your cup to take a sip. “Mmm…”
“You like it?”
“I love it. The flavor is light yet sweet.”
“Then I shall send my servants to send you ten whole jars of these tea leaves to your quarters.”
“As much as I appreciate your gesture, I can’t accept such a gift. Please save it for your guests. Now please excuse me as I have finished my cup, I must return to my quarters.” You advised, bowing to him before making your leave.
“W-Will you come again?!” He nervously asked.
“I’d love to.” You turned back to send a happy smile to then return to walking with Junghee by your side.
“You’re truly one of a kind.” Felix hummed, watching you until your figure can no longer be seen in the distance. “I must tell Hyung.”
◟ .✦ ݁˖ genre : historical fantasy, adventure, romance, angst, fluff
◟ ⋆⟢ # series word count : tba
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. poly relationship, contains multiple tropes (reincarnation/miscommunication/forced proximity?), power imbalance, manipulation, use of magical elements, complicated family issues + drama, eventual description of graphic violence, and not proofread (more to be added later on)
〔 special mentions – ateez (ot8) 〕
⚠︎ DISCLAIMER : THIS IS PURELY FICTION AND IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY! THE FOLLOWING CONTENT IN NOT MEANT TO REFLECT ON THE IDOLS MENTIONED IN ANY FORM!
◟ .✦ ݁˖ genre : historical fantasy, adventure, romance, angst, fluff
◟ ⋆⟢ # word count : 850
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
ᯓ★ series m.list
What’s this? What’s going on? You feel… weird. Floating? Drifting? To where? You don’t have the slightest clue. All you know is after you passed out and away in your hospital room you fell into complete darkness. Just nothingness around you until something caught you. It’s strange, everything about this. Something pulled you down by your ankles further into the darkness until you got sucked into something. Someone maybe?
“Princess?! Princess?! Please wake up!” A girl cried out frantically.
“... Nari? SHUT UP! You screaming won’t make the princess feel any better! Jeez!”
“I KNOW THAT JUNGHEE! BUT WHAT MORE CAN I DO?! THE PRINCESS HAS FALLEN ILL AGAIN?!”
Eh… what’s going on here?
Why are they even arguing?
Whatever it is, you’re about to find out when you open your eyes and sit up.
The two girls immediately stopped their bickering. Both staring at you with wide eyes, jaws dropped in disbelief. You sit there, on the bed, a little awkward because you don’t know them and the attention they’re giving you is uncomfortable. Without a word, the shorter girl jumps up on her feet to hug you, to burst out in tears.
“PRINCESS YOU’RE AWAKE! I THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER WAKE UP! YOU HAD ME WORRIED!”
“Ah? Okay? There… there?” You said, patting her as she cried onto your shoulder.
“Are you feeling better princess?” The other girl asks.
Princess? Who? You?
“I’m sorry… but who are you two?”
It’s like a bomb went off into the room.
The two girls got on their feet, again in shock before running off screaming… “PHYSICIANS! WE NEED THE ROYAL PHYSICIANS HERE NOW!”
You take this chance to get out of bed to then come to a realization of where you are.
… Why does everything here remind you of a historical drama? Even the clothes you wear seem very authentic. And that’s when you look into the mirror, it’s your face for sure, but certainly not the same body. Unlike your previous body, this one held strength and resilience.
“Huh? Not bad?” You said, admiring how much healthier you look.
“Yeah she’s… PRINCESS YOU SHOULDN’T BE STANDING!”
“Oh? Sorry?”
You sit back on the bed where a group of what you assume to be traditional doctors examine you. They took your pulse, asked you to follow their finger, and gave a weird and bitterly tasting medicinal brew.
“So… is there something wrong with the Princess?”
“Hmmm?” The elderly physician hummed, looking up at you with worry. “When was the last time the princess had a fever such as this?”
“About a year ago?” Nari answered. “Why do you ask, Sir?”
“I’m afraid this time the princess’s body couldn’t handle such a fever which resulted in her having memory loss. Until I get the right measurements of the ingredients needed, look after her.”
“Understood.” Junghee bowed with Nari beside her doing the same. “Princess, do you really not remember anything?”
“Ummm, no. I’m sorry. And… can you guys please stop calling me princess?”
“Forgive me for annoying you princess but formalities and customs must be upheld.” Junghee spoke respectfully, kneeling before you.
“I understand, then may you two introduce yourselves to me?”
“I am Junghee, your bodyguard and here right next me is Nari.”
“We have both been your companions since childhood.” Nari added.
Judging by their words and the feeling you have about them, they’re telling you the truth. There’s no lies spoken here.
“Then please take care of me.”
“We will as it is our greatest duty.” Junghee announced.
“Please rest princess, I will fetch you your favorite snacks.”
“Thank you, Nari. And Junghee?”
“Yes?”
“Can you walk me around?”
“But you must rest princess. Your body needs to recover its strength.”
“Trust me, Junghee. I’m alive and well.”
Those words couldn't be any truer until now. Junghee didn’t object any further. With you dressed and the addition of a heavy coat, she walked with you. Out of your quarters where you can admire this new world your soul has been brought to. Certainly beautiful. A better scenery than what any historical drama production could accomplish. Everything now just feels whole. Content. Purposeful. To feel the sunlight against your skin was refreshing compared to the stuffy atmosphere within your hospital room.
During a moment of distracted bliss, you suddenly see Junghee stand before you. A guarding stance. Something charging right at you.
“Stop right there!” She ordered, pulling out her sword as a defense.
“Huh…?”
Your eyes followed to where she was pointing at her sword to see… ahhhh a puppy! How adorable!
“Junghee, relax, it's just a puppy.”
“Princess be careful, you don’t know if it’s feral.” She reasoned.
Right as she said that, the little pup rolled on its back side, exposing its belly.
“Awww you’re adorable!” You cooed, crouching down to give it a belly rub. “Where’s your mom? You shouldn’t be running out here all by yourself, little one?”
“Ujin! Ujin?! Ujin-ah?! Where are you?!” Someone fearfully calls out.
The person’s voice grew louder and louder till they made their appearance known.
◟ .✦ ݁˖ genre : historical fantasy, adventure, romance, angst, fluff
◟ ⋆⟢ # word count : 847
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. murder + death (momentarily) and not proofread
ᯓ★ series m.list
Life is… worthless. Living is tiresome. Uneventful within this dreaded existence. At least that’s what you felt like it was and would miserably describe it to be. From the moment that you are born, it’s been nothing but hardships after hardships. The universe has decided to abandon you for whatever reason. Problems always arise with no solution to permanently close them up. The biggest and most bothersome of them all was your deteriorating health.
After the delivery, the doctors and nurses warned your parents of the distressing news. The news of how you are unlikely to live for the next couple of days let alone within those next stressful hours. Of course, you parents were heartbroken. But the two of them and the medical team within the hospital did everything they could to preserve chances of living. Even then, the likelihood of you living on was slim. Yet, you proved them wrong, but… you wish you didn’t.
There have been days where all you did from morning to night was curse yourself for an early death. Because is life really worth living when all it evolves around is being stuck in the hospital with literally little to no prospects for your future. You’re doomed. You can’t do anything without causing pain to yourself. Everything and anything you do needs assistance from one person or more. You might as well be considered a living doll. One who’s lost the spark of life, just waiting for this game to come to an end.
Your parents thought they could handle it. After all, you’re their daughter. Their first child they brought into this world. They’ll love you no matter what the circumstances are. But, you can tell, your never improving health is affecting them. Having quite a negative impact. But they’ll never say it, unwilling to admit it when you can clearly see the signs. The financial burden of your hospital residence is like placing a mountain over your parents shoulder. They work tirelessly for your treatments with no improvement in sight. There’s no point in continuing on like this.
You begged them to just pull the plug on you. Multiple times. But it just leads you to a screaming match where a group of nurses have to break you and your parents apart. It hurts you just as much as it does to them. You hate yourself. Deeply. You feel so useless.
“Nurse…” You mumbled, watching her place your breakfast on your night stand.
“Yes?”
“Is there any way I can obtain a consent form to stop my treatments?"
The nurse only offers a saddened frown. Her hands rested on her stomach as she kept her head down. Slowly, she just shakes your head. There you go, that’s your answer.
“I’m sorry…” That’s all she said before leaving the room.
The way that you just want to scream into your pillow is becoming unbearable. So you just cry, quietly. You stare up into the ceiling, wondering how much longer you can live like this.
“I can’t keep living like this… it’s not even worth shit.”
On that same day, more so at night, you felt a weird sensation. A weird gut feeling of sorts. You were sleeping. Trying to. Your body is but your conscience stays awake. With your eyes closed, you hear the door to your room being opened. Weirdly, quietly and tactically. You slowly open your eyes, adjusting to the dark, expecting to see a nurse.
But the person who entered your room wasn’t a nurse, no scrubs, no ID, nothing that gives you a hint that they are even a member of the medical staff, instead this person wore all black attire. Even their face is covered up, making you unable identify a single feature on their face. Without saying anything, they rushed over to your bedside once they realized you were awake to shove something into your face. Due to how weak you’ve always been, you couldn’t fight back.
“Mmph!” Your muffled cries are left unheard.
“Shhhhh just let go… please. I’m sorry”
And that’s when you made a shocking realization.
Your heart felt like it was going to explode.
That person, their voice, soft and strong at the same time is from someone you know.
“D-Dad?” You huffed out lowly to then lose conscience, but his grip on the cloth to your face never relented.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry… please, forgive me, my daughter. I’m sorry. Please forgive your dad who couldn’t give you the life that you deserve.” He shushed his crying. “But I hope in your next time. You’ll be happier and do all the things you ever wanted and couldn’t do. So… f-farewell my loving daughter.”
That was it.
You went on long enough without any oxygen to the point where your body couldn’t handle it.
You… died.
Many would have haunted their parents for making such a cruel decision, but you couldn’t thank him enough. You just wish you could tell him, both your dad and mom you loved them and to not carry any more guilt or unnecessary burdens.
☰. [ genre ] – dead dove do not eat, horror, slight sci-fi, monster au, angst
◟ word count : 2.4k
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. possessive + obsessive behaviors, mentions of kidnapping, violence, murder, multiple deaths, graphic descriptions of human experimentation, details of medical horror, elements of physical and psychological abuse, use of guns, lots of injuries, near death experiences, trauma bonding, gaslighting, heavy angst, and not proofread
⤿ part 4: a very close call
SUBJECT: SEO CHANGBIN
[ 𓃑 ⛶ ◉ | CODE 39211 ] - CONTAINMENT # 2479 -
LOCATED IN THE UNDERGROUND EAST WING
WHAT?! YOU’RE BEING SERIOUS?!
I fuckin swear Changbin, if you scream one more goddam time, I’LL MAKE SURE YOU’LL NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!
Sorry Hyung. But seriously?! Wait… where is she now?!
Don’t we all like to know? If my guess is correct, they’ve already introduced her to Chan and me then the next would be…?
ME!
Or not.
Ayyy! Hyung! I really hope so! I’ve been waiting ages to see what our mate is like.
Haven’t we all?
Is she pretty?
Far too pretty for you, that’s for sure.
Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?
Heh nothing… but… stay alert, Bin. Make sure you keep her safe.
No worries, I’ll handle it.
𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏
“Are we almost there yet? Jeez, I’m getting tired of pushing this bitch around.” One of the guards asks as the wheels to the metal cart annoyingly squeaked out.
“Then why don’t we just make her walk? She doesn’t have two legs for nothing.”
“Huh? Good point. I don’t see why not. Not a bad idea either.”
This time, when the doors opened, you had to pathetically crawl out of your miserable glass cage. You hate it so damn much. Especially since due to the shocks of pain. Your muscles haven’t recovered from the previous torment. Your jaws remained clamped down to not give them the satisfaction of hearing you whine in pain like they were looking for.
With the doors closing behind you, you collapsed.
“Hey! Are you okay?!”
A figure quickly ran to your side.
The floor beneath was slightly shaken with his powerful stride.
“Mmm mmm.” You hummed lowly, unable to speak when you’re really preventing yourself from letting out a strained yelp.
“Here, let me help you.”
He got closer, trying to hold you but you flinched. You quickly backed away from him, making that poor attempt anyway. You're a little nervous about his actions. Not so much out of fear but precaution. You’re anxious that your body won’t be able to handle his strength.
“I won’t hurt you if that’s what you’re worried about Y/N. Not now, not ever, I promise." Changbin softened his voice.
Taking a moment to exhale, you gave him your permission by nodding. Weak but still a sign. He carefully dug his muscular arms underneath before lifting you up. Kind of a surprise to you. He’s a lot gentler than you anticipated. His movements are slow and methodical to ensure you weren’t in any sort of pain. While you were being carried by him, he made his way to what you deemed to be a nest created out of jagged metal and bulky pieces of cushion torn off the walls.
“Rest here, Baby.”
He sets you down right at the center.
“W-Wait! Where are you going?”
Your hands gripped onto his arm.
“Woah! Easy there. Don’t worry, I’ll be right here, by the nest, right next to you. Just rest for me.”
“Really?”
“I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else besides being with you.”
For the first time in what felt like forever, you find yourself slowly drifting off into the realm of sleep. To have deep rest without the interruption of pain gnawing at you. Your body relaxed in Changbin’s presence. Your mind is sound. And then, there is Changbin, sitting out the nest, adoring how you are.
His chin rests on his palm, admiring how effortlessly adorable you look sleeping in his bed. It takes a tremendous amount of willpower to stop himself from hopping in to cuddle next to you. But he knows better, you need this time to not only rest but to adjust to everything new. The damage that was done to your poor body, this cursed place, and them.
But all you need is time.
𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏𖦏
“... You think she has some kind of special ability or something to make them act this way?” A scientist posed the question as he chewed on his pencil till there were small chips of wood covering his crusted lips.
“It’s possible. After all, we did commit the same experiment on the other eight and yet they all presented different unique abilities at separate healing stages. But for hers? What is it?”
“Whatever it is, that shit will come in handy. It’ll help us in the long run. Good thing she’s weak enough for us to control.”
“The perfect tool to control the others too.” One of the scientists giggled, wiggling his fingers mischievously.
“Aren’t we geniuses?”
“We sure as hell are!”
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Hours must have gone by cause when you woke up, you felt rejuvenated. Energized like never before. With a moment of peace that you know you’ll need to savor.
“Glad to see you wake up, Baby.” Changbin greeted, staying in the same position from what you remembered he was in before you fell asleep.
“Hi?”
You smiled up at him, pushing yourself to sit up.
“Wait! Wait! Slowly! I don’t want you to hurt yourself!” He panicked, jumping into the nest to support you. “D-Do you feel any better?”
“Much better and…?”
“What's wrong? Do you feel any discomfort?”
He scanned your body, from the top to the bottom to check for any injuries he might have missed.
“No, I’m fine. I just– I didn’t get a chance to ask for your name?”
Both his hands quickly clutched the center of his chest.
“AHHHHH MY HEART!” Changbin thought, grinning ear to ear.
“It’s Changbin, but… you can call me whatever you like!”
“Then is Binnie, okay?”
His cheeks and ears turned bright red. He’s burning up!
But more concerningly, he grew quiet.
“Changbin?”
“YES! More than fine! In fact, call me Binnie more!”
You couldn’t help laughing, for the first time since you’ve been imprisoned here, at how silly although overly enthusiastic he is about a simple nickname. It had him looking at you in awe. Just surprised.
“Do that again! Pleeeeeeeeeease~!” He pleaded with both of his hands held together.
“Do what again?”
“That sound you made…”
“You want to hear me laugh again…?”
“Yeah that! That’s what it’s called…”
“Binnie, I can’t laugh on command. It comes out naturally when I find something funny.”
“Oh… okay.” He pitifully pouted.
A metaphorical grey cloud hovered over his head as he sulks.
“Pft… hahahahaha!”
“Hey! Don’t cover it up with your hand!”
“I can’t help it! Hahahahaha!”
“I wish I could hear you laugh like this forever!”
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“Okay, I’m kinda getting tired of all this lovey dovey shit. She got to rest, now let’s proceed with our next test.”
“What do you have in mind?”
The scientist only lets out a hollow chuckle.
“Why don’t we bring in some of our other toys into the picture? See if the upgrades we did on them actually made a difference?”
“Ohohoho! I need to see this!” Another one of them spouted, rubbing his hands together like a fly.
“Sit back and watch boys.” The scientist arrogantly declared, leaning back on his chair, arms resting behind his head while putting his feet up on his desk.
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“B-Binnie?!” You screeched, anxiety at its pique to hear the doors opening and see how two new figures entered the room.
Well… looks like you have company.
“Stay here and… look away.”
That was an order and you’re not one to object.
“O-Okay.”
“Long time no see, Changbin!” One of them chaotically roared out, hurting your ears.
“I’ve been waiting, you pompous fuckin bastard!” The other screamed in total fury to then use one of his lobster looking claws to point at his face. “See this? Remember this from last time? I lost my fuckin eye thanks to you!”
Changbin only scoffs, crossing his arms over his sculpted chest as he stands up to them.
Face to face.
Calm and eerily collected.
“You’re welcome. You’ve always been an ugly fuck anyways. I’ll take the other out for you too to make it even if you want.”
“Why you– you son of a bitch!” The second figure advanced, running full speed at him.
“Speak for yourself.” Changbin calmly said.
Changbin stayed in place. Stood his ground. Unconcerned and not even remotely serious as his opponents are. Every punch swung and flying kicks made were easily dodged with a single step to the side. It looked ridiculous on his opponent's part. His reflexes are unmatched. His opponent used every trick in their book without being able to leave a single scratch on his skin.
“Are we done here? I don’t feel like playing around today. So why don’t you and your friend over there scurry out of here?” Changbin boredly yawned.
While Changbin was momentarily distracted, he missed how his other opponent snaked his way behind him… right to you.
“Aren’t you a pretty thing?” He hissed.
Immediately, Changbin spun around.
“Shit! Y/N!”
Dropping your hands down from your face to your lap, you saw an unwelcome guest intruding the nest. You didn’t think about anything, just got up and moved. Running towards Changbin where you’ll be safe in his arms. Great for you but not so much for him. He has to multitask now. One, keep you safe and out of harm’s way, two, fend off these two bastards. Definitely not impossible, however not easy either.
It just became a dance, not elegant, but still strong. A dance of maneuvers and instinctive timing. You held onto Changbin for dear life, watching as he smoothly dodged and fought back simultaneously in his arms. Isn’t he amazing?
“Why won’t you drop dead already?!”
“You annoying motherfucker!”
His opponents huffed out, gasping for air on the ground before Changbin and you. Unlike them, Changbin stood tall, still carrying you with one arm without much trouble. Just when Changbin thought to end it here. His opponents, as stupid as they are, made the biggest and gravest mistake of their pathetic lives. They can’t undo what they did even if they wanted to. One of them, doesn’t matter who, shot a dart towards the two of you. It was meant to hit Changbin but it missed and ended up cutting you on the cheek instead.
“Oww!” You winced, quickly covering your cheek with your hand to stop the bleeding.
That’s all it took. Your pained yelp and a whiff of your sweet blood that’s running down your cheek. He didn’t need to see you hurt to feel it. The beast in him awakens. His rage ignited, choosing monstrosity over his rationality.
“Y/N, I’ll say this once and I mean it. Go back to the nest and don’t look back until I say so. Got it?”
The air in the room grew heavy.
He slowly sets you down.
“O-Okay.”
You jogged back, scared of him even though you knew very well he wouldn’t hurt you. You hopped into the nest. Your hands returned to covering your face to prevent yourself from seeing something you didn’t want to. But you heard it. Everything. You heard the destruction and weight of brutality Changbin unleashed.
“W-WAIT?! I’M SORRY! I DIDN’T– I DIDN’T MEAN TO AHHHHHHHH!”
“WHY ME?! I DIDN’T SHOOT THAT FUCKIN THING AT HER?! NO… NO… NO! WAIT?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH!”
Their bloody screams vibrated within their bodies, stopped by the sound of this disgusting gurgling. Blood filled their throats as they tried to get their last words out. But Changbin has no time or care left to give. He gave them a chance and they didn’t take it. Too bad so fuckin sad. As a last act of leniency, he swiftly removed their heads off their shoulders. The chilling sound of bones snapping and skin being ripped apart was vile. The smell of their blood was metallic. Two loud thuds crashed onto the floor with a roll afterwards. For good measure, Changbin kicked their heads and limbless bodies towards the wall.
“Y/N, you can look now. It’s safe.” Changbin advised, standing outside of the nest but not far from it.
Is it really though?
“B-Binnie? Are… are you okay? You’re all covered in blood?”
Aren’t you adorable being all worried about him?
“I’m fine. As for the blood, don’t worry, it’s not mine.”
“Good.” You sighed out.
“I’m sorry you got cut, it must’ve hurt really bad.” He murmured, unable to peel his eyes away from the cut on your cheek.
You shook your head, “No, no! You must be in so much more pain.”
“This is nothing new, Baby. I’m used to it.”
“I wish you weren’t. Seriously, are you hurt anywhere?”
“No, but…”
“But?” You worryingly chirped.
“Can I hold you? Just for a few minutes, but if you don’t want to I–”
“You don’t need to ask, Binnie.”
You stayed in the nest. Your arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him in slowly to allow his rest to rest on your shoulder. His arms, his entire body trembled. He nervously tangled his arms around your torso as he took a moment to breathe. To feel something. This is the quickest time on record for him to cool down. On average, it would have taken hours or even days. At its worst, a whole month.
Even with the sight, smell, and sound of blood dripping off of him, you aren’t disturbed. The sight seems mild now. The smell can be ignored with enough concentration. What mattered more was comforting your mate. Making sure he feels safe and protected with you as you did with him. Neither of you say anything, simply soaking in the moment while it lasts.
Then the doors open.
“Time’s up Lovebirds! Let’s get moving.” A scientist joyfully shouted.
“Why you?!”
“Binnie! Don’t!”
You held him down. He looks down at you, arms wrapped around his figure with pleading eyes staring up at him. His heart was crushed.
“It’s going to be okay, I’ll be fine.”
“But you’ll…”
“Binnie, believe me. They won’t do anything to me. Everything’s going to be alright. They’ll just be taking me to another room.”
“Y/N…” His voice lowers, almost contemplating on whether or not he should beg you to change your mind.
“Binnie, trust me.”
He takes a deep breath and nods, “Fine, stay safe out there.”
That was all he could muster up to say, giving your temple a kiss as he watched you, heartbroken, you voluntarily handed yourself over.
“Clever girl, guess you do become smarter after a punishment.”
“I still can’t believe it…” Felix blissfully hums, eyes closed, leaning in and craving more of your touch, loving how your fingers easily threaded through his soft hair.
“Believe what, Lixie?” You asked through a curious chuckle as you continued to play with his hair in amusement.
“That all this happened today. That I got to meet you, well…” He sneaks in a muffled snicker, right before giving Seungmin a very proud side eye. “Being the lucky one out of the seven of us to meet you first. And to know now that you accepted the bond, which means you accept us. It’s wonderful.”
Seungmin sighs tiredly, slightly sagging his shoulders forward while grumbling beside his gleeful packmate who’s practically vibrating with joyful energy, “You still won’t drop it, huh?” Afterwards, that beautiful smile of his appears.
“Of course I can’t! Never will!”
“Well, I’m glad all this happened too. Even if it had a messy beginning.”
You felt him freeze.
“... Sorry about that.”
“Lixie, it’s okay.”
“But still, your clothes got ruined.”
“But I got to meet you.” You added.
“Woah… this feels amazing. Can this be an everyday thing?” Seungmin mischievously suggested, feeling his inner wolf wagging his tail left and right chaotically.
“I’ll try. But I can’t guarantee it, Minnie.”
You smirked seeing him give you a disappointed pout.
“Hmph…”
“Okay, let’s finish setting up the table.” Minho announces, grabbing a stack of empty plates and gesturing to the three of you with his chin to grab the cups full of utensils. “Come on…”
“Ugh, so… much… work! Hmph, I don’t want to do it anymore!” Felix playfully groaned.
“Almost done, Lixie.” You murmured, patting him on the back to cheer him on before you moved past him and Seungmin to grab the cups of utensils. “Here you go.”
“Thank you.” Felix chimed out.
“And here you go.”
“Thanks.” Seungmin nodded.
“There, everything is set.” Minho lets out an accomplished sigh after making sure everyone at the table has a clean plate and a set of utensils laid on top with a cup to be filled.
He laid both his hands on his hips as he turned towards you.
What a cheeky and adorable smile he has?
“Now, let’s call them up.” You advised.
All Minho does is nod and then… “Time to eat!”
He shouted on the top of his lungs.
Then all of you wait… in anticipation. But it seems like the others didn’t hear him. Not by what you’re hearing. Judging by the sounds coming from the living room downstairs, Changbin and Hyunjin are still going at it, bickering with Chan getting into the mix of it to break the two up while shouting at Jisung to cut it off, however Jisung seems too occupied with his chaotic and adorable laughter echoing throughout the entire mention. He’s laughing so hard that he’s even having a hard time breathing from where he sat on the side.
“Say it! Come on! Say it again! I dare you!” Changbin shouted.
“Oh I’ll say it again! I’ll say it directly to your face! As many times as I want until your thick skulled head lets the words sink in!” Hyunjin screamed back.
“Yah! Enough!” Chan screamed afterwards.
“Hahahahahaha please! My stomach hurts! Hahahaha!” Jisung wheezed.
“Channie-hyung! He started it!” Changbin argued.
“Me? ME?! This all started because of you!” Hyunjin snapped back.
“Both of you are in the wrong! Now stop it!” Chan demanded.
“NO!”
So Minho tries again, after letting out a heavy sigh of carouse.
“I said time to eat!” He shouted, just slightly louder than before.
Still the same response. The bantering continued and the four of you stood here like statues. There’s no audible footsteps heard coming up the stairs. By the looks of it, Minho’s patience is growing extremely and dangerously thin.
He lets out this low growl. His inner wolf isn’t too happy and neither are Felix’s or Seungmin’s.
Felix and Seungmin, who stood beside him, only exhaled a tired sigh.
Gah! No! No! No! We need to help him!
Can’t have two melt downs in one day, now can we?
Minho’s fists are clenched to his sides. His once bright smile shifted into a tight frown.
“Seriously?! Do I–?!”
“Min! Min! Min! Min…” You quickly call out to him in a panic to soften your tone afterwards, walking up to him to place a hand on his upper arm. You did your best to soothe his rising annoyance. “ It’s okay. I’ll call them to come up. So the rest of you go sit down and eat, you’ve worked hard enough.”
To make sure that he stayed calm, you gave him a kiss on the cheek for extra measure.
Felix and Seungmin still can’t get used to seeing Minho become so soft. He’s known to be anything but soft, just tough. It’s a complete one eighty from being his usual scary second in command of the pack self.
“Fine.” He cooed, listening to your request without a complaint with a very adorable smirk.
It had Felix and Seungmin exchange looks of disbelief.
“You see what I’m seeing?”
“Sure am.”
Minho walked over to his spot on the table with Felix and Seungmin doing the same. By then you make your way downstairs to a thoroughly entertaining scene. Changbin and Hyunjin were close to butting heads. Then there is Chan, in the middle, grabbing both their collars, trying to get the two of them to stop. And Jisung was there, sitting on the sofa and watching everything unfold happily. He’s definitely enjoying every second of it, laid back, arms wrapped around his stomach likely cramping because of how hard he’s been laughing.
“Do it! Come on! Come at me!” Changbin dared.
“Bring it!” Hyunjin excitedly tempted, willing to make that charge.
“Will you two stop it already?!” Chan scolded. “Jisung help me out here!”
“Hahahahaha I-I would Hyung b-but hahahaha this is too funny! I can’t!” Jisung continues to laugh, just adding more fuel to the fire. “Owww! My stomach! Ahhhh!”
You stand there for a good minute to watch.
“SEO CHANGBIN?! HWANG HYUNJIN! I SWEAR THE TWO OF YOU BETTER–!”
Okay, now might be the right time to step in.
“Eh hem?” You let out a fake cough. “Channie? Binnie? Jinnie? Jisungie?”
The second they heard your voice, they stopped.
“Yes?!” They all answered in unison, automatically moving away from each other to get closer to you.
“Pft! Hahahaha! Stop arguing, the food is ready, so let’s eat.”
Changbin takes this chance to get a deep whiff of the air and you swear you can see some invisible wolf ears sprout out from the top of his head, pointing up in high alert, “Mmmmm! It smells delicious!”
“Well, we all better hurry then or else Felix and Seungmin are going to eat it all.” Jisung joked, jumping out of his spot to run up the stairs with Changbin trailing behind him.
“Gah! Hyung!”
“Sorry Jisung! But the food is calling to me!”
While watching in total amusement of Changbin and Jisung racing upstairs, you hear someone’s stomach growling.
Loudly, determinedly, and hungrily.
“Oops, hehehe… my bad?” Chan shyly chuckled out.
“Wow! You must be really hungry, Hyung.” Hyunjin teased.
“Yeah, I guess so?” Chan mumbled, blushing a bit while rubbing the side of his neck bashfully. “Haven’t eaten anything since the morning…”
“You didn’t eat breakfast?” You asked, but Chan doesn’t say anything, using the silence to hide his secret.
“He never does.” Hyunjin sighs in admittance.
“You don’t usually have breakfast?”
Now that’s a new and interesting fact to discover about one of your mates.
Again, Chan sticks to staying silent.
“Yeah, Hyung has a bad habit of not eating much.” Hyunjin confessed. “It’s very bad…”
“Yah–!”
“Then that all ends today, because you’re never going to miss a meal. Not on my watch.”
“Ooh? That’s going to be a bit of a challenge.” Hyunjin hid his smirk behind his hand. “Channie-hyung here is quite stubborn.”
“Yeah? Well then you guys will see a new level of stubbornness.” You raised a challenging brow.
“You hear that, Hyung?”
“Zip it!” Chan exclaimed bashfully. “Come on, let’s go, the others are probably waiting for us.”
“Or busy stuffing their faces?” Hyunjin happily suggested.
“They better not!”
“Come on, let’s go!” You cheered, holding each of their hands, guiding them up, eager to spend time with every single one of your mates.
“There you guys are! Come! Let’s all eat!” Felix excitedly shouted from where he sat, seeing the three of you finally come in.
As Chan and Hyunjin make their way to their seats, a new problem comes to light. There was more than enough food, plates, utensils, cups to go around for everyone… but ummm who are you going to be sitting next to?
A real tough decision here.
“Y/N!” Jisung called, waving his hands in the air to get your attention. “Y/N! Sit next to me!”
“You? You didn’t even help!” Seungmin poked fun, sitting across from him.
“Well I would have if I wasn’t distracted.” Jisung let out a huff.
“Right?” Felix murmured, joining in on the fun.
“Sounds like a you problem.” Seungmin added with a chuckle.
“Where do you want to sit?” Hyunjin asked as Jisung was trying to defend himself against Felix and Seungmin passionately.
Looking at the table, there was only one reasonable answer since there was only one seat left open and that was the one between Chan and Minho. Whether they planned this or not, you don’t know. But either way, they’re happy you’re seated next to them. Chan and Minho didn’t even try hiding their smiles as the rest of the pack slightly frowned.
Lucky them, they all thought.
“I see how it is, Y/N…” Jisung dramatically sniffs as if he was about to cry. “You’ve already picked your favorites.”
“I do not! I love you all the same! Plus this isn’t permanent. I’ll sit with you next time.”
“Really?” He asks, eyes sparkling brightly.
“Yes.”
“You promise?”
“I promise.”
“YES!”
“Enough talking! Let’s eat! Woohoo!” Changbin announces, to then start adding food to his plate. “Wow, does this look good?!”
The rest of the pack followed Changbin’s example, excitedly stacking as much food on their plate till there isn’t an empty spot left as if it would be gone in seconds. But that’s not necessarily an impossibility.
“Jagi, gimme your plate. I’ll fill it up before these guys eat it all.” Minho said calmly as he gave you a variety of dishes that he cooked and some of what Felix and Seungmin cooked, just in smaller portions.
“Not true!” Felix argued back. “We wouldn’t eat it all!”
“Don’t talk with your mouth full of food! And yeah we would eat it all.” Seungmin sighs next to Felix.
“... Wow?”
You couldn’t help being a little taken back.
Minho wasn’t kidding around when he said he’d fill your plate. You watched in amazement how the amount of food he effortlessly piled up was near the same height if laid on the table up to where your collar bone was.
“Is this enough?” He asked, all too curiously.
… Is he serious?
“Want me to add more?”
HUH?!
“No! No! That is more than enough, Min! Thank you!” You nervously laughed out as you carefully took your plate out of his hands, pulling it closer to you and to prevent him from adding more than what you can eat. “I’ll get more if I’m still hungry.”
He nods, sits down before giving himself another big scoop of food onto his own plate.
The first bite you took, Minho couldn’t help glancing at you. He looked calm, kept calm, but felt a tingle of curiosity.
“You like it?”
As if the cheerful hum wasn’t enough to answer his question.
“I love it!”
You took another big bite just to prove it to him.
“Hey? Slow down, Sweetheart. The food isn’t going anywhere.” Chan advised, scared you might choke. “Take your time eating.”
“You have some food on your cheek, here let me wipe it off for you.” Minho sweetly spoke, dragging a napkin delicately across your cheek as the others watched.
“This has to be a dream.” Hyunjin said in disbelief with a mouth half stuffed full of food.
“Even if it is, it’s a good one in my books.” Jisung casually remarked.
“Both Channie-hyung and Minho-hyung… wow? Y/N’s already has them wrapped around her finger.” Felix whispered to Seungmin who’s proudly smirking.
“As if we’re all not?” Seungmin added.
“Maybe she can be the first in command from now on?” Changbin shrugged.
“We heard that.”
“Hey! No fighting while we’re eating.” You warned, getting the two oldest of the pack to turn their attention back to their plates.
“Yup, she’s definitely first in command.” Seungmin quietly laughed with Felix.
“Minnie, don’t taunt Channie and Min.”
“Fine.”
“Hehehe, you’re no different Seungmin.” Felix mumbled.
You let out a content sigh, soaking in the moment as you watch your mates.
“Something wrong?” Chan asked curiously, seeing how quiet you got.
“I’m just happy to be here with you guys.”
They all smiled.
“We’re happy you’re here too and staying.”
“Staying?! Like overnight?!” Jisung gripped the edge of the table.
“Yup.”
“Yes!”
“Don’t think about hogging her up all to yourself, Jisung!” Hyunjin quickly reminded, warned, with a spoon pointed at him.
“I still can’t believe it…” Felix blissfully hums, eyes closed, leaning in and craving more of your touch, loving how your fingers easily threaded through his soft hair.
“Believe what, Lixie?” You asked through a curious chuckle as you continued to play with his hair in amusement.
“That all this happened today. That I got to meet you, well…” He sneaks in a muffled snicker, right before giving Seungmin a very proud side eye. “Being the lucky one out of the seven of us to meet you first. And to know now that you accepted the bond, which means you accept us. It’s wonderful.”
Seungmin sighs tiredly, slightly sagging his shoulders forward while grumbling beside his gleeful packmate who’s practically vibrating with joyful energy, “You still won’t drop it, huh?” Afterwards, that beautiful smile of his appears.
“Of course I can’t! Never will!”
“Well, I’m glad all this happened too. Even if it had a messy beginning.”
You felt him freeze.
“... Sorry about that.”
“Lixie, it’s okay.”
“But still, your clothes got ruined.”
“But I got to meet you.” You added.
“Woah… this feels amazing. Can this be an everyday thing?” Seungmin mischievously suggested, feeling his inner wolf wagging his tail left and right chaotically.
“I’ll try. But I can’t guarantee it, Minnie.”
You smirked seeing him give you a disappointed pout.
“Hmph…”
“Okay, let’s finish setting up the table.” Minho announces, grabbing a stack of empty plates and gesturing to the three of you with his chin to grab the cups full of utensils. “Come on…”
“Ugh, so… much… work! Hmph, I don’t want to do it anymore!” Felix playfully groaned.
“Almost done, Lixie.” You murmured, patting him on the back to cheer him on before you moved past him and Seungmin to grab the cups of utensils. “Here you go.”
“Thank you.” Felix chimed out.
“And here you go.”
“Thanks.” Seungmin nodded.
“There, everything is set.” Minho lets out an accomplished sigh after making sure everyone at the table has a clean plate and a set of utensils laid on top with a cup to be filled.
He laid both his hands on his hips as he turned towards you.
What a cheeky and adorable smile he has?
“Now, let’s call them up.” You advised.
All Minho does is nod and then… “Time to eat!”
He shouted on the top of his lungs.
Then all of you wait… in anticipation. But it seems like the others didn’t hear him. Not by what you’re hearing. Judging by the sounds coming from the living room downstairs, Changbin and Hyunjin are still going at it, bickering with Chan getting into the mix of it to break the two up while shouting at Jisung to cut it off, however Jisung seems too occupied with his chaotic and adorable laughter echoing throughout the entire mention. He’s laughing so hard that he’s even having a hard time breathing from where he sat on the side.
“Say it! Come on! Say it again! I dare you!” Changbin shouted.
“Oh I’ll say it again! I’ll say it directly to your face! As many times as I want until your thick skulled head lets the words sink in!” Hyunjin screamed back.
“Yah! Enough!” Chan screamed afterwards.
“Hahahahahaha please! My stomach hurts! Hahahaha!” Jisung wheezed.
“Channie-hyung! He started it!” Changbin argued.
“Me? ME?! This all started because of you!” Hyunjin snapped back.
“Both of you are in the wrong! Now stop it!” Chan demanded.
“NO!”
So Minho tries again, after letting out a heavy sigh of carouse.
“I said time to eat!” He shouted, just slightly louder than before.
Still the same response. The bantering continued and the four of you stood here like statues. There’s no audible footsteps heard coming up the stairs. By the looks of it, Minho’s patience is growing extremely and dangerously thin.
He lets out this low growl. His inner wolf isn’t too happy and neither are Felix’s or Seungmin’s.
Felix and Seungmin, who stood beside him, only exhaled a tired sigh.
Gah! No! No! No! We need to help him!
Can’t have two melt downs in one day, now can we?
Minho’s fists are clenched to his sides. His once bright smile shifted into a tight frown.
“Seriously?! Do I–?!”
“Min! Min! Min! Min…” You quickly call out to him in a panic to soften your tone afterwards, walking up to him to place a hand on his upper arm. You did your best to soothe his rising annoyance. “ It’s okay. I’ll call them to come up. So the rest of you go sit down and eat, you’ve worked hard enough.”
To make sure that he stayed calm, you gave him a kiss on the cheek for extra measure.
Felix and Seungmin still can’t get used to seeing Minho become so soft. He’s known to be anything but soft, just tough. It’s a complete one eighty from being his usual scary second in command of the pack self.
“Fine.” He cooed, listening to your request without a complaint with a very adorable smirk.
It had Felix and Seungmin exchange looks of disbelief.
“You see what I’m seeing?”
“Sure am.”
Minho walked over to his spot on the table with Felix and Seungmin doing the same. By then you make your way downstairs to a thoroughly entertaining scene. Changbin and Hyunjin were close to butting heads. Then there is Chan, in the middle, grabbing both their collars, trying to get the two of them to stop. And Jisung was there, sitting on the sofa and watching everything unfold happily. He’s definitely enjoying every second of it, laid back, arms wrapped around his stomach likely cramping because of how hard he’s been laughing.
“Do it! Come on! Come at me!” Changbin dared.
“Bring it!” Hyunjin excitedly tempted, willing to make that charge.
“Will you two stop it already?!” Chan scolded. “Jisung help me out here!”
“Hahahahaha I-I would Hyung b-but hahahaha this is too funny! I can’t!” Jisung continues to laugh, just adding more fuel to the fire. “Owww! My stomach! Ahhhh!”
You stand there for a good minute to watch.
“SEO CHANGBIN?! HWANG HYUNJIN! I SWEAR THE TWO OF YOU BETTER–!”
Okay, now might be the right time to step in.
“Eh hem?” You let out a fake cough. “Channie? Binnie? Jinnie? Jisungie?”
The second they heard your voice, they stopped.
“Yes?!” They all answered in unison, automatically moving away from each other to get closer to you.
“Pft! Hahahaha! Stop arguing, the food is ready, so let’s eat.”
Changbin takes this chance to get a deep whiff of the air and you swear you can see some invisible wolf ears sprout out from the top of his head, pointing up in high alert, “Mmmmm! It smells delicious!”
“Well, we all better hurry then or else Felix and Seungmin are going to eat it all.” Jisung joked, jumping out of his spot to run up the stairs with Changbin trailing behind him.
“Gah! Hyung!”
“Sorry Jisung! But the food is calling to me!”
While watching in total amusement of Changbin and Jisung racing upstairs, you hear someone’s stomach growling.
Loudly, determinedly, and hungrily.
“Oops, hehehe… my bad?” Chan shyly chuckled out.
“Wow! You must be really hungry, Hyung.” Hyunjin teased.
“Yeah, I guess so?” Chan mumbled, blushing a bit while rubbing the side of his neck bashfully. “Haven’t eaten anything since the morning…”
“You didn’t eat breakfast?” You asked, but Chan doesn’t say anything, using the silence to hide his secret.
“He never does.” Hyunjin sighs in admittance.
“You don’t usually have breakfast?”
Now that’s a new and interesting fact to discover about one of your mates.
Again, Chan sticks to staying silent.
“Yeah, Hyung has a bad habit of not eating much.” Hyunjin confessed. “It’s very bad…”
“Yah–!”
“Then that all ends today, because you’re never going to miss a meal. Not on my watch.”
“Ooh? That’s going to be a bit of a challenge.” Hyunjin hid his smirk behind his hand. “Channie-hyung here is quite stubborn.”
“Yeah? Well then you guys will see a new level of stubbornness.” You raised a challenging brow.
“You hear that, Hyung?”
“Zip it!” Chan exclaimed bashfully. “Come on, let’s go, the others are probably waiting for us.”
“Or busy stuffing their faces?” Hyunjin happily suggested.
“They better not!”
“Come on, let’s go!” You cheered, holding each of their hands, guiding them up, eager to spend time with every single one of your mates.
“There you guys are! Come! Let’s all eat!” Felix excitedly shouted from where he sat, seeing the three of you finally come in.
As Chan and Hyunjin make their way to their seats, a new problem comes to light. There was more than enough food, plates, utensils, cups to go around for everyone… but ummm who are you going to be sitting next to?
A real tough decision here.
“Y/N!” Jisung called, waving his hands in the air to get your attention. “Y/N! Sit next to me!”
“You? You didn’t even help!” Seungmin poked fun, sitting across from him.
“Well I would have if I wasn’t distracted.” Jisung let out a huff.
“Right?” Felix murmured, joining in on the fun.
“Sounds like a you problem.” Seungmin added with a chuckle.
“Where do you want to sit?” Hyunjin asked as Jisung was trying to defend himself against Felix and Seungmin passionately.
Looking at the table, there was only one reasonable answer since there was only one seat left open and that was the one between Chan and Minho. Whether they planned this or not, you don’t know. But either way, they’re happy you’re seated next to them. Chan and Minho didn’t even try hiding their smiles as the rest of the pack slightly frowned.
Lucky them, they all thought.
“I see how it is, Y/N…” Jisung dramatically sniffs as if he was about to cry. “You’ve already picked your favorites.”
“I do not! I love you all the same! Plus this isn’t permanent. I’ll sit with you next time.”
“Really?” He asks, eyes sparkling brightly.
“Yes.”
“You promise?”
“I promise.”
“YES!”
“Enough talking! Let’s eat! Woohoo!” Changbin announces, to then start adding food to his plate. “Wow, does this look good?!”
The rest of the pack followed Changbin’s example, excitedly stacking as much food on their plate till there isn’t an empty spot left as if it would be gone in seconds. But that’s not necessarily an impossibility.
“Jagi, gimme your plate. I’ll fill it up before these guys eat it all.” Minho said calmly as he gave you a variety of dishes that he cooked and some of what Felix and Seungmin cooked, just in smaller portions.
“Not true!” Felix argued back. “We wouldn’t eat it all!”
“Don’t talk with your mouth full of food! And yeah we would eat it all.” Seungmin sighs next to Felix.
“... Wow?”
You couldn’t help being a little taken back.
Minho wasn’t kidding around when he said he’d fill your plate. You watched in amazement how the amount of food he effortlessly piled up was near the same height if laid on the table up to where your collar bone was.
“Is this enough?” He asked, all too curiously.
… Is he serious?
“Want me to add more?”
HUH?!
“No! No! That is more than enough, Min! Thank you!” You nervously laughed out as you carefully took your plate out of his hands, pulling it closer to you and to prevent him from adding more than what you can eat. “I’ll get more if I’m still hungry.”
He nods, sits down before giving himself another big scoop of food onto his own plate.
The first bite you took, Minho couldn’t help glancing at you. He looked calm, kept calm, but felt a tingle of curiosity.
“You like it?”
As if the cheerful hum wasn’t enough to answer his question.
“I love it!”
You took another big bite just to prove it to him.
“Hey? Slow down, Sweetheart. The food isn’t going anywhere.” Chan advised, scared you might choke. “Take your time eating.”
“You have some food on your cheek, here let me wipe it off for you.” Minho sweetly spoke, dragging a napkin delicately across your cheek as the others watched.
“This has to be a dream.” Hyunjin said in disbelief with a mouth half stuffed full of food.
“Even if it is, it’s a good one in my books.” Jisung casually remarked.
“Both Channie-hyung and Minho-hyung… wow? Y/N’s already has them wrapped around her finger.” Felix whispered to Seungmin who’s proudly smirking.
“As if we’re all not?” Seungmin added.
“Maybe she can be the first in command from now on?” Changbin shrugged.
“We heard that.”
“Hey! No fighting while we’re eating.” You warned, getting the two oldest of the pack to turn their attention back to their plates.
“Yup, she’s definitely first in command.” Seungmin quietly laughed with Felix.
“Minnie, don’t taunt Channie and Min.”
“Fine.”
“Hehehe, you’re no different Seungmin.” Felix mumbled.
You let out a content sigh, soaking in the moment as you watch your mates.
“Something wrong?” Chan asked curiously, seeing how quiet you got.
“I’m just happy to be here with you guys.”
They all smiled.
“We’re happy you’re here too and staying.”
“Staying?! Like overnight?!” Jisung gripped the edge of the table.
“Yup.”
“Yes!”
“Don’t think about hogging her up all to yourself, Jisung!” Hyunjin quickly reminded, warned, with a spoon pointed at him.
Your breathless scream sliced through the thickening silence. The sound waves easily traveled to his ears, but there was no reaction. Not one that was animated nor loud. Just subtle. He flinches from where he crouched in the alleyway. He stops, but only for a second. He raises his head, slowly and calculatingly, as does his body. His back remained facing you as he stood to his full height. He mustered the courage to look at you fully.
You’re not that far or too close. Exactly how it’s always been between you two.
Though still as pained as he’s been for thousands of years. Weeping. Hoping. Regretting. However, whatever he’s feeling cannot be easily discerned, not with a stoic expression and calm exterior. But you know better. You know better than anyone when it comes to him. After all, how could you not? Especially since the two of you have a long history that goes way back into the dynasty eras. You immediately recognized him as soon as you saw him. How could you not possibly recognize the life you made an oath to, a long, eternal promise of cherishment.
“So I see a hunter has found me?” He spoke lowly, eyes quickly darting to your scythe. “... How unfortunate.”
“I’m not here to fight.”
You made your weapon disappear once you followed his gaze. But even then, your actions didn’t ease him. His guard is still up. His stance shows he’s on guard. Unwilling to take his chances.
“Plus, I don’t know anyone by that name…” He admitted, almost close to spitting out a curse that he’d be associated with such a name.
“Minho… it’s me.”
Your fists are clenched to your sides as you start walking towards him. He takes a step back every time you take one forward. So you stopped. He wanted to look away from you, tuck his chin to his chest in shame, but he doesn’t. At a time like this, he can’t show weakness.
“I don't know who you are and why you’re so desperate to get to me.”
“You know exactly who I am, Lee Minho. Minho, you were the first and only son of your family’s clan. You had a bright future, prized by those in elite status… yet, you…”
“What? Go on?” He asked in a taunting manner. “Finish what you want to say?”
“Fallen from your graces and became a poor man who’d rather lose it all than the love of your life.”
“Heh, quite pathetic isn’t it?”
“No, it’s not!”
“If this is all you have to say then I shall not waste my time…”
He flew up. But you weren’t far behind. Following his every step. From every street he crossed to building hopping across the city till the two of you reached a village.
“Why did you come here?” You questioned sternly, knowing fully well the significance of this place to him, to you.
“Can’t you leave me be? I’ve suffered enough for thousands of years…”
“I’m sure you have, Min.”
He pushes on, walking further into this poorly abandoned village that’s become weathered under the elements of time. He says nothing on this walk, staring ahead to stop in front of a grave.
“You have flowers with you?”
“Tsk, of course I do. The dead deserve them.”
“The dead or this person deserves them?”
“What are you getting at?”
He turns back at you, unable to unleash the demonic energy he has within him. Constantly flaming and hungry.
“Min, it’s me. It’s really me.”
His eyes get a little watery, but he shakes his head.
“Your face, your body, your voice, your manners may all mimic my wife but you’ll never be her.”
“I am no mimic, I am simply just me. Min, wake up.”
“You’re not her!” He finally cries out, shooting out tears as you back him into a tall tree, the one the two of you rest under. “... Y-You’re not…h-her.”
You say nothing more, just hugging him.
“Feel it. Feel this? My heart, my body, my warmth, it has returned to full strength.”
“My wife has been dead for thousands of years and you dare to use this vulnerable moment to attack me?” He mumbled, but showed no signs of resistance.
“I’ll never hurt you Min.”
“Stop it, don’t say it…”
“Say what?”
“That nickname. It’s only reserved for…”
“Me. Your wife. Your reincarnated soulmate. Y/N, the one who’s always believed in you yet given an untimely death due to the growing issues happening during that horrifying dynasty. Believe me, Min. It’s me… it’s really me.”
“Jagi…” He sharply breathed out, hugging you back so tightly that you lost your breath, but totally worth it. “... I missed you.”
He hid his face into the crook of your neck. His breath is shaking as his grip on you remains relentless.
“Where were you? I wanted to find… but I could never find you.”
“Oh Min…”
“I’ve waited, I’ve tried waiting but… eventually I lost myself.”
“It’s not your fault.”
“Jagi… no one choose to become a demon without a reason.”
“Losing me was that bad huh?”
“That shouldn’t even be a question. But…” He summons his own demonic weapon, a dagger to place it in your hands.
“M-Min! What are you doing?!”
“Kill me, Jagi.”
“No!”
“I’ve caused pain and hurt to others.”
“No! I can’t! And I won’t!”
“I can’t recover from…”
“LEE MINHO WAKE THE HELL UP!” You shouted, smacking him across the face while also tossing the dagger to the side. “DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF RIGHT NOW?!”
He stays silent as he lets the pain of that slap sink in.
“You’ve waited this long to see me and now when you do… you want me to kill you?! I can’t. AND I won’t. What kind of wife would I be if I decided to kill my husband?!”
“Y/N, there’s no place for me in this world.”
“There is, and if there isn’t then I’ll make space.”
“How…?”
“Everyone deserves a second chance, even for a demon like you.”
“Do you hear yourself? Giving a demon mercy?”
“Heh, then call me crazy. Because you are not a demon by any means. Even if you take the shape of one.”
“And you know because?”
“I’ve been watching…”
“... What? For how long?”
“Since I’ve caught sight of you in the market that night. You take out the bad, not once have I seen you take a soul without fair reasoning.”
“S-Shit!” Minho groaned in pain, dropping to his knees as his demonic marks came to the surface of his skin. “Y-Y/N, you need to run.”
“What’s wrong?” You crouched beside him, hoping to relieve him of his pain.
“I-It’s Gwi-Ma. Go.”
“I’m not leaving you behind again!”
“You’re not. But the least you can do for me is keep yourself safe until we can meet next time.”
“What?”
“Long time no see, Y/N?”
“C-Chan?” You gasped, turning around to see seven familiar faces standing before you.
“I believe you have our brother right there.”
Before you can even react Changbin ran past you to haul Minho over his shoulder.
“Where are you taking him?!”
“Don’t worry, we won’t hurt him. But it’ll be best for you to get out of here while you can. Until then… see you.”
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≔ ⋆⟢ pairing : (superman!best friend) bang chan x (crush) female reader
◟ genre : superman au, fluff
◟ word count : 567
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
Huh, that’s weird. And maybe it’s even a little concerning? Here you are, standing awkwardly in the hallway, in front of Chan’s dorm door. Previously over text, Chan asked if you wanted to come over and hangout at his dorm this afternoon. You agreed since you had nothing better to do. As always, you always arrive a little earlier than the agreed time. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, until now.
What wasn’t normal is for him not to answer the door. He usually does, even before you get a chance to knock. You’ve knocked on his door, called him, and even resorted to saying his name. Not once has he responded in any shape or form. You thought about possibly calling the building’s super attendant or even a security guard to do a welfare check.
However, the moment you turn towards the stairs, you see Chan running towards you.
“Y/N! I’m sorry I made you wait!” He huffed out, hunching over in his baggy hoodie.
As he straightened himself, you couldn’t help staring at his face.
“Woah? What happened to you?”
“Huh?”
He was left speechless when you suddenly and gently laid your hand against his cheek.
“You got some heavy eye bags. Did you even get any sleep or were you studying all night?”
“Yeah… I have a bit of trouble sleeping. Insomnia, you know?”
“Damn, then you need to rest as much as possible.”
“Oh no, it’s fine…”
“I’m not compromising with you on this Chan. You need to give yourself a break.”
“I wish I could have one too…” He thought as he inserted his key to open his door for the two of you. “Come in.”
“Now go sit on the couch, I’ll make you something to eat.”
“But–”
“Ah ah? No arguing.”
He does as he is told. Tossing his bag to the side as he sits down, unable to focus on anything else but you. Sadly, there wasn’t much found in Chan’s fridge or cabinets. Just a bunch of ramen. You’ll have to make a mental reminder later to buy him some groceries because there’s no way you will have him live like this. Not on your watch.
Within the next couple of minutes, you set a bowl of ramen down with two fried eggs on top and some vegetables added into the soup. He finished it all like it was nothing.
“Wow, that was good.”
“It’s just some ramen, egg, and veg Chan.”
“Yeah but you made it.”
“Really? Then I’ll do it more often?” You teased.
“W-Wait I meant–!”
“Relax, Channie. I’m only playing with you. Now go and rest your eyes for a bit.”
“I don’t think I’ll get much sleep?”
“Then we’ll watch a movie and see if you’ll get tired then.”
“Fine.”
You both sit back on the couch. You browsed for a bit before settling for some random movie neither of you have much interest in. While the intro was being played, you can see from your peripheral vision how Chan let out a yawn. You don’t say anything about it as he starts sleepily blinking. Then as he slowly and surely drifts off to sleep, his head starts sliding. Hoping to get him a little more comfortable, you guided his head to rest on your shoulder.
He lets out a soft hum, fully asleep as you keep still.
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≔ ⋆⟢ pairing : (superman!best friend) bang chan x (crush) female reader
◟ genre : superman au
◟ word count : 685
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
LAST NIGHT
“Finally…” You slowly and happily breathed out on the front steps of the campus’s grand library.
You had just finished a long study session with a classmate of yours for an upcoming exam. By this point, your brain is fully numb. There’s nothing you want to do now other than lay in your bed to sleep. After you bid your classmate goodbye, you started making your way back to your dorm. In the midst of your route, you couldn’t help getting that twisting gut feeling that something’s not right.
And you stand corrected when you see a hooded guy holding a knife only a few feet behind you.
He said nothing, even when he was caught.
Without another second to lose, he charges and you run. You don’t have time for this type of crap. You did everything you’re supposed to. You run to a crowded place, though by this hour of the night, highly unlikely to find a big group of people, but you’ll take your chances. You started shouting on the top of your lungs hoping to catch someone’s attention.
However, your luck runs out when he corners you against a building.
“Shit…” You quickly turned around but it was too late.
He’s way too close for you to slip away.
Well, if there’s nowhere else you can run then the last thing you can do is fight.
Die trying at least.
Your fists are clenched tight, got into stance as you stare at the man in front of you. You weren’t ready but you’ll have to be if you’re going to swing your first punch.
But you never had to do any of that.
One second the man was lunging right at you then was being held up in the air by someone else.
“Seems like this man is bothering, Miss. I’ll make sure he’ll leave you alone.”
Normally, you’d thank the person, but you're currently at a loss for words. Not only is this person extraordinarily strong… he has the ability to fly without any instruments.
“Miss? Are you okay?” The guy nicely asked as the man struggled to have his collar come loose.
“Y-Yeah… thank you.”
“Please get back safely and as for this guy, I’ll be sure he gets dealt with. Goodnight.”
“Goodnight to you… too.” You said, unable to peel your eyes away from him.
Just… incredible.
THE NEXT DAY
After you were officially dismissed from your last class of the day, you practically ran to the opposite dorm besides yours. You ecstatically ran up the stairs to reach the third floor, then off you went down the hall. Of course, people stared in confusion, concern, and annoyance, but you didn’t care. When you spotted the door that you’re looking for, you made a harsh stop. Your knuckles harshly knocked against the wooden door.
“C-Can I help you?” Chan yawned out, likely being just woken up from his afternoon nap.
“Chan! I have something big to tell you!”
“Hmmm? What is it?” He asked, rubbing his eye under his glasses.
You pushed him into his dorm, closed the door behind the two of you, locked him, and had him sit down on the dining room table.
“What’s going on?”
“You won’t believe this! But a super human saved me last night.”
“O-Oh? R-Really? Tell me more?”
“There was this guy that followed me with a knife. I don’t know if he was trying to rob me or whatever, but the point is, he chased me around. And just when I thought I was done for, this guy came flying from nowhere!”
“Flying?”
“Yes flying?!”
“You sure you weren’t seeing things?”
“I’m dead serious Chan!”
“Did you get to see the guy's face?”
“Sadly no but…”
“But?”
“Call me crazy but you sound a lot like him. But you’re not a super human Chan.” You chuckled, opting to end the story there to start boiling some water to have lunch together which were two bowls of ramen from the convenient store.
“Phew… she still doesn’t know.” Chan thought, smiling when you turned back to look at him.
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≔ ⋆⟢ pairing : (husband) lee minho x (wife) female reader
◟ genre : married au, fluff
◟ word count : 284
⬩➤ 「 warning 」 ᝰ. not proofread
“Woah… why am I getting so nervous?” Minho utters out.
“Because this will be the first time we pick up our son together.” You chuckled out, opting to hold his hand to ease some of his nerves. “Now come on, he’s probably waiting.”
Once you and Minho entered the daycare, one of the teachers happily greeted you to then show you towards where the kids are playing. As you walked down the hall, the chaotic and joyful screams of the kids here got louder and louder until you two reached the play room. There, several of the kids have already been picked up by their parents, while the others play in wait.
“Hmmm?” You nearly press your face against the glass when you spot your son. “There he is!”
You gently knock on the glass to get his attention.
And you swear, the smile your son had on his face could light up the entire night sky.
He quickly dropped the toy that he was playing with to run over towards the door. As he was doing so, one of the other kids walked in his way.
“Move! My Omma and Appa are here!” He boldly stated, running past his classmate.
This had you, Minho, and his teacher laughing.
“Hey Baby boy?! How have you been?” You cheered, picking him up.
“Good! Why is Appa here today?”
“Why? Don’t you want to see me?”
“No…” Your son teased, hiding into your shoulder as he chuckled. “I’m kidding Appa!”
“You better be.” Minho happily huffed out.
“Ooh? Can we go to the cat cafe today?” Your son asked excitedly.
“Sure, but first, let’s go buy some ingredients to make our lunch for the day.”