8 sips of Wine | Stray Kids AU fanfiction

If he did that

Busan Shelter

Four hours later, Hyunjin, Changbin and Felix arrived at the Busan shelter.

Seungmin heard the steps and went downstairs to welcome them.

Felix ran towards him and hugged him so tight making them both fall on the floor.

-Seungminnie, I missed you, he started sobbing tightening his grip.

Seungmin started caressing the boy on the back.

-Felix, you're crushing me.

Then Felix saw Jeongin looking around confused. The freckled boy went to him and jumped in his arms crying.

-Innie! I thought you died.

Jeongin's face softened as he wrapped his arms around Felix.

-Hi, hyung, he whispered.

Hyunjin helped Seungmin stand up and gave him a short hug.

-I knew you don't die that easily.

-Don't tell me you missed me, Seungmin raised an eyebrow.

-I gotta admit it was boring without you around, smiled Hyunjin. But I think he missed you more, the taller said pointing to Changbin who since the moment he entered he just stayed there staring at Seungmin.

-What's wrong with him? asked Seungmin clueless.

-He suffered a lot after you death. He even made you a grave, Hyunjin shrugged, then moved his attention to Jeongin.

-Dog, come here! Hyunjin demanded.

Jeongin approached him still holding Felix's hand.

-Hello, hyung!

Hyunjin hugged Jeongin which left the younger aback.

-I'm proud of you. Don't you ever try to prove something to me if it means your sacrifice. I can't lose another dog.

Jeongin cracked a huge smile. He nodded and enjoyed the very first hug from his mentor.

Seungmin looked at them feeling proud of both of their developments. He finally realised they did change, and it was into the better.

Then he turned around to face Changbin who was dragging his feet on the floor until he ended up a little too close to Seungmin's face.

-I heard you cried like a baby for me. How cute, Seungmin snorted completely oblivious of Changbin almost breaking into pieces.

The older engulfed Seungmin into a hug, taking him by surprise. Seungmin was left aback when he felt Changbin digging his head in the crock of his neck. He could feel Changbin's hands trembling at the touch with his shoulders.

-Hyung?

Changbin stayed silent, just tightening his grip around Seungmin's body.

Seungmin just went with it and stayed there for a while knowingit wasn’t the moment for his attitude to kick in.

-Where is Jisung? asked Hyunjin not seeing him anywhere.

-In his room. He's been really quiet lately.

Someone knocked at Jisung's room. He flinched in his bed and hid under a pillow some file he was reading so intense a moment ago.

-Jisung? asked Hyunjin opening the door.

He entered followed by Changbin and Felix who slipped between the two and flopped on the bed to attack Jisung with hugs.

-How are you, Ji? asked Changbin with his eyes still red.

-Pretty fine, he said visibly nervous.

-Why are you so tensed? asked Felix taking a closer look at Jisung's face.

-I just didn't expect you, guys, to arrive so fast, he shrugged it off smiling.

That was enough for Felix to ignore the problem and Changbin was a little to shaken up from seeing Seungmin to say something. So the two of them just went to find their rooms.

Hyunjin however, he stayed.

He leaned on the door closing it and stared with a scow at Jisung. Then he went to inspect the room in a creepy silence that made Jisung to gulp in fear.

Hyunjin took a pillow and threw it at Jisung making him slump back on the bed. The former jumped on the bed too and started hitting the younger with the pillow over and over.

-You brat! I thought you fucking died! I was about to threw up when I saw the scene you put up. I had nightmares since that day even tho I knew you were alive. Do you know how relieved I felt when I saw you alive sitting on the bed a moments ago? How dare you die before me?

Jisung was defending his face with his palms.

-Ok, stop it! I got it! I'm sorry, Hyunjin! I'm sorry!

The taller stopped in order to take a breath. Jisung was looking at him with his hands close to his face in case he would get hit again. His hair was a mess and sweat was dripping off his forehead.

-I missed you too, Jisung said with a smile.

-Why am I your friend again? asked Hyunjin after sighing.

-I can't even remember, he laughed.

-So, what are you hiding? It is about Minho hyung?

-Is that obvious?

-No, but I can read you easily. What you got?

Jisung had a slightly hesitation to answer, but he decided to trust Hyunjin and to tell him indirectly what dilemma he was confronting with.

-Let's just say...hypothetically...that hyung had to do something...a job, ok? But he didn't. And that led to some consequences in the present.

-He should've done that then.

-No! I mean yes. But if he did that, something in the present, the present we know and live in right now, would change drastically. He did the right moral choice, but not the legal one. And I don't know why. Do you understand me? Are we on the same page?

-Ji, I don't even think we read the same book, frowned Hyunjin. What are we really talking about?

-Hyung knows who I am, said Jisung getting up of the bed. He knows who I was and he didn't tell me. And that terrifies me. He knows what horrible mistakes I made. And he just kept playing dumb all this time. What if he is just playing with me? Or wants to fix his own mistake by doing what he didn't then?

Hyunjin saw Jisung's hands shaking and heard the crack in his voice. He took his hands in his own to sooth him.

-Jisung?

-I am madly in love with him, but in the same time I am terrified of him. It's just a mess in my head. And I don't know what to do, he started sobbing.

He crunched down and hid his face in his palms resting his head on Hyunjin's knees.

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You already know that everytime I post a chapter with a lot of dialogue something dramatic is coming. Well, it is. Have a little patience.

Notice how the members are starting to fix their relationships and friendships with each other little by little. That means we are close to an end. Isn't it exciting?

What do you think is in the file Jisung is hiding? What was Minho supposed to do in the past that he didn't? And how that influenced the present?

Thank you for reading!