entangled // ryan nguyen

three

[author's note: it's been less than a week and already over 100 reads? ty all so much *cries*~ i hope you all continue to support this story. i hope you enjoy this next chapter!]

"okay, so you two can have fun fighting to the death," sebastian called out as ryan and justin continued wrestling on the floor. "i'll help miya settle in -- bye!" he waved to the rest of the boys as the two of us ran back down the hallway and into my room.

"ryan looked like his whole life had been a lie," i remarked as sebastian closed the door.

sebastian laughed. "yeah, probably since he didn't know and him and justin have known each other the longest. mans definitely feels betrayed."

"i should probably go talk to him and the other boys later too," i thought out loud.

"traitor."

"hey!" i exclaimed, hitting his shoulder at his statement. "i already feel comfortable and good with you, seb. i need to get to know the rest of my new housemates."

"i better be your favorite," he pouted.

"tied with justin?" i offered.

he threw a pillow at me. "just me. no exceptions."

"fine," i settled. "you can be my favorite seb."

"yay," he said in victory, hopping onto my bed. "can't wait to rub it in justin's face," he said mischievously, making me laugh.

"have fun with that," i said as i began unpacking one of my suitcases and started organizing my clothes. "genuine question though. what are the other boys like? i'd ask justin, but he'll probably tell me they're all idiots or something."

"that's not far off," sebastian joked. "for real though, if you want the most basic description possible of all of them, here you go."

"like he said, kane is the oldest. he really likes volleyball and anime and is also extremely competitive. if you want proof just watch literally any video on our youtube channel."

"oliver is my older brother and is the leader and unofficial but also very official mom of the group. he looks like a soft type of boy but watch his tiktoks and you'll think he got possessed by a demon or something."

"regie is the flirty one, i guess? if you see any of kane's tiktoks asking us to say stuff, regie always tries to make it sound like he's seducing someone. he's pretty funny though."

"ty is our manager, and also kane's brother, like he said earlier. he's pretty chill and takes really good care of us, and is basically the unofficial but also very official dad of us."

"darren is a bit of a troll i would say. he identifies as a bird, as you've seen, and he's really crazy and loud and acts like he's better than us even though deep down he loves us all."

"ryan is the extroverted introvert. when you don't know him he's really quiet, but once you get to know him and he gets comfortable with you he's really loud and crazy. he's also a gamer, so i apologize for all the yells of anger you'll hear in the coming months."

"and you know me and justin, of course, aka your favorite boy and the cat whisperer," sebastian finished.

"ah yes, of course," i smiled as i digested all of the information he had just given me. "do any of you have your soulmate strokes of hair yet?"

sebastian nodded. "justin, regie, ty, kane, and darren all have theirs. they've been really busy so they haven't put much effort into searching for their soulmates. only me, oli, and ryan haven't gotten ours yet. or maybe we have and our soulmates' hair colors are just black," he joked, making me laugh.

"i'm sure you'll find yours soon," i said encouragingly. "i don't have mine yet either."

"we can soulmate-less together," he grinned.

"hey, don't forget about me!"

sebastian and i turned our heads to see oliver walk through the door into my room. he went over and sat next to seb on my bed.

"go away oli," sebastian groaned, shoving his brother away from him.

"hey, i need to get to know miya too," he argued.

i laughed. "he has a point seb."

"i think we all need to get to know miya," darren said as he strolled in and sat next to me on the floor, with regie following behind him.

"don't scare her away boys!" ty warned as he walked past my room in the hallway.

"we won't!" regie grinned.

"okay, what do you guys wanna know?" i asked. "feel free to interrogate me."

"don't ask anything weird!" justin yelled from the living room. "or i'll kill you!"

"WE KNOW!"

~

after a nice two hour interrogation session -- that had been mainly conducted by regie -- it was now time to eat dinner. the boys ordered food via postmates and we all gathered in the kitchen to eat the food, talking and laughing. i began talking to kane and ty, as they hadn't been a part of the earlier interrogation.

"i still can't believe justin kept you a secret," kane laughed.

"i think when we reveal it to our followers it'll be an even bigger shock than it was to all of you," i commented. "i'm still debating how to do that, honestly."

"maybe make a tiktok about it before we upload the video," ty suggested.

"oh yeah, does this mean miya will be a part of our videos now?" darren chimed in, joining the conversation.

ty shrugged. "it's up to you guys."

"i mean, i'm not technically a north star boy, so i can be in them sometimes, but not always," i suggested. "it's all your stuff, not mine."

"fair," kane nodded. "oh, and speak of the devil."

"say hi to the camera guys!" oliver said as he walked over to us. "so miya, how has the first day with the north star boys been?" he asked, pointing the camera in my direction.

"other than the fact that i'm now living with justin, it's been great," i said seriously.

"hey!" justin exclaimed, walking over after hearing my words. "this is how you treat your older brother after not seeing him for months?"

"love you too!" i said cheekily, making the rest of the boys laugh.

"who would you say you're the closest with as of right now?" oliver continued.

i pursed my lips in thought. "probably seb?"

"SEBASTIAN MOY!" justin ran over and tackled the boy in question.

kane, darren, oliver, and ty looked at me with concerned looks on their faces. "justin'll get over it," i said, giving a thumbs up to the camera.

"NEVER!"