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"Master." Jisung spoke gently, tears brimming his eyes as he stared back at the older. "You promised."

Lee Know walked off, knowing Chan wasn't going to tell him where Jisung's friends were.

I'll have to find them myself. I just hope they're alive.

Chan stepped forward, placing his hands on either side of Jisung's face as he gazed back into the tearful eyes of his beloved.

"Your friends are fine, doll. Master didn't break his promise."

Lee Know walked around until he eventually found the four boys huddled together.

His eyes softened as he noticed two of them, the ones who used to be bullies, were all bruised and bloody.

"Come on, let's get you guys home." The blonde gestured for the four to stand, noticing the reluctance in their eyes.

He sighed, "Chan won't harm you anymore."

"What about Jisung?" Felix questioned in a dry tone.

Lee Know bit his tongue, not wanting to cause an argument with the boys. "Come on."

The blonde led the four boys towards the front door, where Chan and Jisung were still standing.

As soon as Jisung glanced over and saw his friends, he broke down into tears, running towards the group.

"Ji!" Felix and Seungmin engulfed the smaller into a hug, Jisung silently crying as he felt the warmth from his friends again.

Pulling back, Felix ran his fingers through the boy's hair, "What'd they do to your hair?"

Jisung looked past his friends to see Hyunjin and Jeongin leaning on Lee Know, his heart breaking at their current state.

Turning to face Chan, Jisung spoke up, "You said-" "You made me promise to not hurt Felix and Seungmin. You never mentioned anyone else." Chan stated matter-of-factly.

Jisung only sighed, approaching the two boys, "I'm sorry." Jeongin smiled at the now brunette, "Don't worry about it. I'm honestly just glad you're okay. We've all been worried about you."

The smaller started to cry again, pulling Jeongin and Hyunjin into a group hug.

He missed his friends, and he couldn't believe they were standing in front of him right now. Under horrible circumstances, but still.

Lee Know glared at Chan, earning a look of confusion in return.

'What?' Chan mouthed, earning nothing but silence and daggers from the blonde.

After a while of hugging and silent tears, Jisung pulled away from his friends, "You guys should go home and rest."

"But, what about you?" Seungmin questioned gently, hinting at the fact that they wanted him to come home with them.

Glancing at Lee Know, Jisung responded, "But I am home."

Felix started to respond, to argue that this was definitely not Jisung's home, but Jisung interrupted him before he could, "This is my home now. With Lee Know and Chan."

Lee Know's heart fluttered at the brunette's words, feeling he could cry hearing him say how this was his home.

Chan felt happy that the younger finally felt at home, but was upset he was being called his birth name by his beloved.

"Ji." Seungmin began, resting his hands on the smaller's shoulders. "Are you sure?"

Jisung thought for a moment, contemplating if he were really truly sure.

What Chan did today was wrong. He hurt Jisung's friends to lure him back home instead of just voicing his concerns about his beloved being away.

Yeah, sure, Chan's a bit mental and doesn't know how to express things well. And Lee Know isn't that great at helping Chan do those things either.

But Jisung can't imagine being away from Lee Know and Chan. He can't imagine leaving this house, leaving them.

Despite the pain and suffering he's endured, and despite how the older induces a large amount of fear into him, Jisung can't leave.

This is my home, he thought.

Jisung smiled up at his friend, "I'm sure, Min."

Lee Know inched towards his boyfriend while Jisung spoke with his friends, slowly linking their arms together.

"Honey," He began, earning the male's attention. "I'm still very pissed at you, and I'm sure our beloved isn't that happy either. But, maybe this could be your chance to start fixing things."

Chan furrowed his brows in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Well, you could begin by allowing our beloved to see and speak with his friends more. Look at how happy he is, honey."

Glancing back at the group, Chan nodded, "We'll have a discussion about it tomorrow."

"Doll." Chan called out, the room falling silent as all eyes were now on the older. "It's time for your friends to go home."

Jisung nodded, seeing a few men in suits approaching out of the corner of his eye as he said goodbye to his friends.

After hugging each of them, Jisung waved to the group of boys as they were led outside.

Once the door closed behind them, Lee Know turned to face their beloved, seeing the pain and sadness in his eyes as he stared at the door.

"Sweets," He began, earning a hum from the brunette while his eyes remained glued to the door, already missing his friends.

"Why don't we get ready for bed, yeah? We'll all have a discussion tomorrow about your friends."

Jisung's eyes trailed to gaze at Chan, whose dark orbs were already placed onto the smaller, before meeting Lee Know's gently smiling face. He nodded, "Okay, Oppa."

As the three of them walked upstairs, Chan turning off all of the lights on their way, Jisung tugged on the blonde's sleeve.

Leaning closer to him, Jisung's cheeks tinted pink as he questioned, "Can you stay with me tonight, Oppa? I don't want to be alone."

Lee Know nodded, "Of course, sweets. Go ahead and get changed and comfy, I'll be right there."

Jisung nodded before rushing off to his room while Lee Know stayed back to speak with Chan.

The blonde informed his boyfriend that he would be sleeping with their beloved tonight. Even though Chan was sad he was going to be sleeping alone, he understood.

"Maybe, if you change your act a little, our beloved will want to sleep with you, too." Lee Know placed a kiss on his boyfriend's cheek before walking away, going to get ready for bed himself.

After getting ready and wishing Chan a good night, Lee Know entered Jisung's bedroom to find the smaller already drifting off to sleep.

The blonde smiled to himself as he crawled into bed, pulling the younger closer to his body.

Jisung sighed in content as he rested against the male, enjoying the feeling of warmth the older provided.

He was upset their time in Thailand was cut short, but in a way, Jisung was glad to be home.