Taste of Freedom - [TXT FF]

EPISODE 12

While all of this fighting, blood shedding, and whatnot was going on, Soobin had been all by himself in their cage.

It was a wonder that he had an off day; usually, most animals participate in the dangerous activities every day.

Did he mind?
Of course not.

It gave him time to think.

He was thinking, quite a lot actually.

But not about the present times, or the future, whether they can survive or not.

He was remembering the past.

Yeonjun stood protectively over Beomgyu and Soobin, glaring at the rustling bushes right outside their home.

"What is it hyung?" a twelve year old Beomgyu questioned.

"Someone is coming," Yeonjun, at the time fourteen years old, responded.

Soobin only looked closer at the bush, and he gasped quietly.

"Hyung, look, they're crossovers too!"

At the sound of his softened voice, two small crossovers peeked their heads out of the bushes. One had a red hair, very large eyes, and a small face. The other was a ravenet like Beomgyu, and he had a literal baby face.

"Who are you?" the red haired boy asked.

"This is our home. You're not welcome here," Yeonjun replied angrily.

"Please, d-don't turn us away! Our families were attacked and killed! We have nowhere to go!" the small ravenet exclaimed.

Beomgyu gasped quietly.

"You too?"

"Yeah— wait, are your families dead too?"

"Mine are. So are Soobin hyung's, and Yeonjun hyung's are missing."

Soobin glanced up at the yellow haired.

"Hyung, they're harmless. We can let them live with us, right?"

Yeonjun's glare had not left his face. In fact, it had only become sterner by the minute, still not trusting these intruders. 

The two strays gulped and cowered back a little.

That was when Yeonjun took a good look at their eyes: youthful eyes filled with innocence, stars, and life (even if they both experienced something horrible).

Soobin was right; what could they possibly do wrong? Turning them away would be horrible; I mean, wasn't it obvious that they had nowhere left to go.

He finally dropped his scary façade and smiled at the two newcomers.

"Okay, you guys can stay. What are your names?"

The red haired's face brightened up.

"Taehyun! This is Hueningkai; I call him Hyuka for short!"

Hueningkai awkwardly grinned.

"Hi!"

"Nice to meet you Taehyun and Hueningkai, I'm Yeonjun."

"I'm Soobin," the purple haired greeted.

"And I'm Beomgyu!"

Since that day, the five crossovers became closer friends.

Soobin, Yeonjun and Beomgyu found out that Taehyun and Hueningkai were the same age, 11, and that they were literally brothers from different mothers.