𝕃𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕠 [LEE KNOW]

22

Reunited

At that moment, the chaos around them no longer mattered. The harsh weather was no competition to their warm fiery hearts who have been calling for each other since the day they said goodbye.

In the last nine years.

"Precious?"

The nickname does something to Yumi. But it wasn't just the nickname. The way he spoke to her and the way he looked at her was the perfect recipe in making her a flustered and blushing mess in front of the fine man named Lee Minho.

"I'll be yours." She let out a breath. "Things have changed in those nine years, I know. But I hope you'll be patient as I am. There's a lot we missed in those years."

Minho laughed, a hearty laugh and embraced her in a hug. His lips pecked her forehead, and they hugged like the world outside did not matter. "I am and will be. I don't care as long as we have each other now."

They were about to close the space between them once more when a little furry animal disturbed them. Rubbing itself on their feet.

"Meow."

Yumi broke the embrace and looked down. There, she saw an orange cat and her eyes squinted. It looked so familiar. So similar to the one cat she used to play with. Except, it was a lot bigger and older than the one she used to play with.

With hesitating voice, she called out. "Soonie?"

To her surprise, Minho knelt down and carefully lifted up the cat towards Yumi's eye level. "Hey, how did you even get out of the house?" He whispered.

"This is Soonie?" Yumi asked in surprise. She carefully held out her hand for the cat to smell. To her relief, it seems as if Soonie still recognized her and reached out to shift into her arms. Minho just smiled before giving her the cat.

"Lee Minho." She spoke his name. "You're name's beautiful."

Minho smiled at her. "You're the one to speak. Ahn Yumi. A name as beautiful as its owner." He winked at her.

Yumi just chuckled, petting the cat in her arms. "Where's Doongie?" She asked.

"She's with Dori."

She lifted her brow at the unfamiliar name.

"Dori is another cat I adopted around 2019? If I remember correctly." Minho answered.

The wind blew again giving them chills. The space's door opened once more, and a silhouette appeared towards them. There was a tall young boy carrying several towels walking towards them. He was rushing a little bit.

"Hyung. Why in the world did you shower in the rain. Taemin hyung told me to come here and bring several towels. I don't know why-"

The man froze seeing the two in each other's arms with a cat in between them.

"Hey, why aren't you greeting Jun?" Minho asked in a knowing tone.

Yumi turned towards the man and observed him. "Jun as in Yeonjun of Tomorrow by Together?" She asked. She wasn't entirely oblivious of the kpop industry. She knew a few names here and there seeing as Yeonjun's the one who does tiktok trends more often with her members.

"Noona?" Yeonjun asked. His eyes darting towards the two of them back and forth. His eyes widened. Before he could forget, he quickly gave them the towel. "I have so many questions, but you need to go in first. I'm pretty sure both of your groups have schedules this month and the last thing your leaders want is for you to get sick."

Yumi smiled as his arms never left her. His warm body preventing her from freezing to death. Their hair and clothes were damp from the rain, but it didn't really matter when they finally have each other.

Minho wordlessly wrapped a few towels over her shoulder to keep her warm. Then, grabbing a few for himself as well. Silence filled them as they walked to sit on the all so familiar place where they used to spend the most time.

"So, you're Jun." Yumi shook her head, smiling. "I knew I should have been socializing more with other idols."

"Good to see you're finally back, noona. I missed you- we missed you." Yeonjun admitted. He fiddled with his fingers, looking down and avoiding eye contact.

Yumi smiled to tease the younger boy. "I knew you guys loved me."

"We all did. Well, one of us might have loved you in a different way but you get it." Yeonjun winked at Minho.

"Hyung, where were you? Have you found Minho hyung-"

Two younger idols froze and stood in place as they watched the scene unfold in front of them.

"Is that...?" Yumi whispered.

"Meet Dobi and Woo." Minho introduced.

The two did not bat an eye before rushing and hugging the woman who was lightly shivering. "Noona. Finally, you're back after almost a decade." Dobi spoke first.

"Noona we're adults now." Woo said proudly. "Should we beat up those haters now? We're big enough."

Yumi shook her head and laughed. "No need for violence. Sorry but like can you tell me which group you're from and your names? I'm not really familiar with other idols. Especially male idols. You know how the industry is."

Yumi noticed the way Minho froze as she mentioned the industry and made a mental note to ask him about it later on when they're alone. Not in public because she knows he won't tell her when there's other people around.

"Doyoung. Not from NCT but from Treasure." Dobi introduced himself. "From YG."

"Riwoo of Boynextdoor. Zico's group."

Yumi nodded at the explanation. "What happened, noona? When did you come back?" Dobi- Doyoung asked.

"Well, SM had an audition in Canada, and I got accepted. Long story short, I came here to train and then later on debuted with Aespa."

Yumi paused and turned towards them. "Hold on, did you know I was Red the entire time?"

They shook their heads. "We had our theories, of course. But we could not confirm. We waited until you or hyung spoke about it to us first." Yeonjun admitted.

"When did you know about Minho being blue?" She asked.

Yeonjun smiled at the memory. "I figured it out as soon as Stray Kids debuted. Since then, we kept contact. He waited until you got back."

Yumi smiled at that because Yeonjun's words held the truth.

They waited for each other.

a/n: sadly no one guessed who Woo and Dobi are:((

revelations are over but there's still quite a lot to unfold:D