Family? (Stray Kids OT8 x Reader)

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Y/N stared at him in confusion, wondering why he was bringing the worst moments of her past up. "Those kids stopped bullying me aft-" she started.

"After I left. Yeah, I know..." Seungmin mumbled, looking down. His heart was beating faster than it ever had and his mind was clogged up with so many thoughts. Should he tell her? What happens if she gets scared of him? But... he only did it to make her feel safe and a little more happy. She would understand... right?

"Seungmin... you can tell us anything, you know that right? We won't judge," Chan spoke up, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. Everyone nodded in agreement, even Hyunjin did.

"I... I just want to let you know, I'm the same Seungmin that was your best friend when we were kids. Nothing's changed," Seungmin stated.

"Okay..." Y/N said, looking into his eyes. She studied his eyes, trying to see if she could tell what he was feeling. His eyes showed uncertainity and fear, but also a sense of... being proud? 'What did he do...?'  she thought to herself.

"So... uh... just after I left and a few hours before I got taken away by those scientists, I paid a little visit to those kids," Seungmin said, taking a deep breath in, "I... uh... told them to not bully you anymore I guess...?"

"What do you mean you guess? What did you do Seungmin...?" she pointed out.

"Well... I... scared them?" he answered, unsure of his own statement.

"Scared them how?" Minho asked, tilting his head, his eyes hinting at how curious he really was.

"I... may have hurt them," Seungmin said, but his eyes widened realising what he had just said, "But I swear they're not dead or anything!" he explained almost immediately.

"How did you hurt them...?" Y/N asked, raising her eyebrows.

"I... it wasn't that bad..." Seungmin replied.

"So telling me won't be a problem then," she said.

"Oh God," he whispered, running his hands through his hair in frustration and fear, "Basically, I turned into my human form in front of them and when they ran, I chased them down and punched them a few times and they bled, but they all passed out from shock cause they thought I was a werewolf, but just before they passed out I told them to stay away from you." 

Everyone looked at him with their eyes wide and their jaws open. Everyone but Y/N. Instead of a shocked expression, her face showed that she was amused at what he had done.

"You're... you're not mad right?" Seungmin asked cautiously.

"No Seungmin. I'm actually proud of you. If you hadn't done that, I'd have probably beat them up at school and I'd probably get into trouble. I was done with their shit anyways," she replied, a small smirk on her face.

"I don't believe you," Felix said, looking at Seungmin.

"Me too. How could he fight people? He looks... innocent?" Hyunjin added, squinting his eyes at the word. "Not innocent... uh... what's the word for when they look like they can't do something bad?"

"Uh... I don't know, I think innocent is a good word..." Changbin said, unsure of his reply.

"Innocuous looking. He looks innocuous," Chan spoke confidently, causing everyone to look at him.

"Damn, okay smartass," Minho replied, rolling his eyes.

"What? He asked a question and I answered it," Chan retorted, glaring at him.

"Innocent is a good enough word," Minho answered back, smirking.

"No, it isn't. Why use basic words when there are better, more unique words?" Chan said.

"Okay, we get it, you're smart," Minho smirked.

"I'm not that smart, I'm just smarter than you," Chan mumbled, annoyed.

"What did you sa-"

"OH MY GOD, JUST SHUT UP. WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW," Changbin yelled, breaking the fight up.

"Woah," Jisung mumbled, shocked at Changbin's outburst. Everyone looked at Changbin in shock and stared at him.

"Thank you. Anyways, Seungmin continue your story or whatever," Changbin said, smiling. It was like the whole yelling outburst hadn't even happened and Changbin was back to his normal self again.

"Um... if you don't believe me... I guess I could show you my evidence...?" Seungmin mumbled, walking towards a box in his bedroom.

"Evidence? What the fuck, I swear if you pull out fucking body parts-" Hyunjin started, but was interrupted by Changbin slapping his shoulder.

Seungmin opened the box and pulled out a camera. He turned on the camera and scrolled until he reached '2013' and opened up a video. He turned it on and showed it to them.

"What..." Felix mumbled, taking the camera.

The video was of the kids, some of them a little bruised up, mumbling 'Sorry Y/N.' Then the video turned to a 12 year old boy who was recording it, presumabley Seungmin, who smiled and said, 'You're safe now Y/N. I told you I would always protect you.'

"Wow..." Jisung whispered, taking in the information.

"You made it seem as if you almost killed them. They look like they got punched once..." Minho said, rolling his eyes.

"You did all this to protect her?" Jeongin asked confused.

"Yeah..." Seungmin replied, nervously scratching the back of his head.

"You shouldn't be a Golden Retriever, you should've been a... German Shepherd!" Changbin spoke a little too loudly causing everyone to laugh.

"Wait, why'd you keep these videos?" Felix asked.

"I wanted to remind myself what I was fighting for. I also hoped that one day if I did meet her, I could show her the things I did to protect her," Seungmin said with a smile, "I kinda sound scary now that I say this out loud-" he mumbled, blinking his eyes.

"Nah, I've seen worse," Hyunjin replied with a smug smile.

"So you probably like her too then?" Chan asked, tilting his head with a little smirk.

Seungmin blushed a little and looked down. He nodded his head and looked back up to face Y/N.

"Really? You do?" she asked, causing him to nod.

"Well... me too..." she said, gently hugging him.

The two remained in each other's embrace and then finally let go after a while.

"I didn't know you liked me," Seungmin whispered.

"You looked out for me all my life Seungmin... not to mention how you know everything about me. You were literally my dog..." she replied, smiling.

"So, who's turn is it now?" Jisung asked, looking around.

"Yours," Minho said, smirking.

"I don't have any secrets..." Jisung mumbled, looking around nervously.

"Everyone has secrets," Hyunjin smirked.

"Uhm... I didn't hurt or kill anyone!" Jisung spoke in a panicked tone.

"We know that... tell us something about your past," Changbin said, causing the rest to nod.

"Well... I..." Jisung looked down and fiddled with his fingers, "I was... abused."