Cat Got Your Tongue | Minsung AU

Chapter 1

It had been days since Minho found something decent to eat. Roaming the streets searching for scraps that aren't completely rotten and coming up with nothing. He strolled his little cat legs up and down the street continuing his search when he suddenly smelt something delicious. He followed the scent to an open apartment window on the third floor. There was a fire escape leading up to the window and he contemplated climbing it. What would he gain from getting closer to the delectable smell, it's not like he could go into the apartment and get some. But his curiosity ate away at him like the maggots on that old piece of bread on the ground beside him. It couldn't hurt to just check it out right.

Minho leapt up on to the first narrow step of the fire escape and sighed deeply. Becoming increasingly more anxious with each step, he could feel his tiny heart beating faster and faster. His small paws sprung him unto the platform next to the open window and he froze in fear for a moment.

Minho didn't often get scared. He had been living on the streets for quite some time with his 'brothers' Felix and Changbin and they had been through their fair share of pain and turmoil. He was tough and rugged, not often showing much emotions as he tried to remain a strong front for his little found family. After leading the escape from the organization, Changbin naturally assumed the position of head of the family or 'pack'. Even though Minho was the oldest, he graciously allowed Changbin to lead them.

Though he was not good at following rules and orders he also had no interest in being a leader. He didn't see why they needed a leader. The reason they left the organization, sneaking out in the dead of night was to escape the cold dictator Seungmin, so why did they then appoint someone else amongst them to enforce similar rules and regulations. Minho hated the restraint of the rules Changbin created but he loved his brothers. He would do anything for them, and if that meant following certain rules to keep them safe and together then he would.

But as he slowly peeked his head above the windowsill to look inside the small apartment he knew he was putting himself at risk. Changbin despised humans, even though he himself hadn't had much interaction with them at all. It was Minho who was hurt by humans, he had a reason to hate them but he didn't, he couldn't.

Minho was not an ordinary cat, neither was Changbin, Felix or any of the other cats from the organization. They were shapeshifters, rare creatures that were born with two forms, a cat form and a human form. They could transform at will whenever they wanted. It was like magic but what really caused it was unknown even to the organization. Minho had his theories about that though.

The reason they fled the organization was because its primary operation was to breed more shifters. Forcing the male and female cats to mate in order to produce more of their kind. While no one knew for sure Seungmin's reasons, Minho's theory was that Seungmin was breeding cat shifters and experimenting on them. A feeble attempt to find out how the shifting worked and why it worked.

With so many unanswered questions such as; Why were they different from normal cats? Why were they born with the split identity and mindset of both human and cat? Minho could understand why someone would go to great lengths to find out the truth but Seungmin's methods were inhumane. He barely fed his people, gave them very little free time and forced them to mate with whoever served his agenda. But Changbin, Felix and Minho were different from a lot of the other shifters.

They were males attracted to males and those types of relationships were forbidden within the organization since they could not produce offspring with one another. Felix and Changbin fell in love and began their secret relationship but one day they were caught by Minho in the throes of passion. He vowed to keep their secret if they also kept his, that he was just like them.

They kept their secrets hidden for a while before being found out and beaten to a bloody pulp. After realizing they could no longer keep living their lives in the shadows, unable to be with the ones they loved without fear of violence, they decided to make a run for it.