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"Great show again tonight folks! Two more shows to go!"
The pack up was completed and the train locked up for us to set out later while we went out. Apparently it was tradition after the last show of a city, everyone had to go out for dinner together to celebrate. I was invited along to my surprise but went with them nevertheless. The group was in comfortable chatter as I stayed near the back, dawdling.
I recognised the streets we were heading towards. I began to panic internally and felt myself go pale as I recognised the restaurant we were heading to. It was a hot pot restaurant but relaxed of course.
I knew the person who owned it. They were friends of my parents. I began to slow at the back. They would recognise me and call my parents to come and drag me away. They were not nice people the owners of this restaurant. Then being friends with my parents explains a lot.
"Uhm.. guys.." I quietly called out as I only caught the boy I recognised as Seungmin and Yuqi's attention.
"What's up Jisung?" Yuqi said loudly much to my disgrace. This caught almost everyone's attention. Minho watched me judgingly as I went to say something.
"Say it then. I'm hungry. We don't have all day." Minho spat the words with venom as Chan sent him an equally as venomous look, muttering something to him.
"No, no nevermind." I gulped as everyone turned back around and leapt back into their conversations. I felt sick as we neared the place and Chan ventured through the door. I looked around alarmingly as I heard the owners voice echo around slightly from the bustling kitchen.
Chan seated us all over the space of three tables around each other since we couldn't fit 12 of us on one. On the first table sat Chan, Felix, Yunjin and Yuqi. The second housed Seungmin, Jeongin, Wooyoung and Changbin which subsequently became the louder table of the three.
That left myself, Hyunjin, Max and to my utter distaste Minho. I pulled my hood up as we sat down into the booth.
"So what are we going to order!? Chan said it's on him!" Hyunjin grinned happily, sat next to me.
Minho sat directly opposite me with the same emotionless, cold face. Max sat next to him with a much more preferable cheerful face.
"Start off with beef first!" Max suggested as Hyunjin began to add practically the whole menu onto the tablet and practically smacked order.
The order went through as Hyunjin and Max began to chatter. I picked up the glass of water in front of me. I drunk from it and put it down as I looked up to meet Minho's deathly gaze.
"What are you looking at?"
"You. Why do you have your hood up?"
"None of your business."
"Are you a criminal or some shit? I don't see why you need a hood up in here."
"Can you not? I've known you for a few hours and your just being a bitch."
"Me being a bitch? It's you who is-"
"Guys cut it out our foods coming." Max silently gestured towards the person coming towards us with our food.
"Here's your food! I heard you guys are the people from the circus! I'm the owner of this place. It's lovely to meet you all and have you here!" Great. Thank god I kept my hood up.
"Ah! Lovely to meet you! I'm Max. This is Hyunjin and Minho. The one with the hood up is our new employee starting next tour, his name is Jisung!" Thanks Max. What a great unwanted introduction.
"Jisung? As in Han Jisung?!" I felt the utter disgrace in his voice as I tried to avoid his gaze.
"Yeahh-"
"Jisung. Your parents called about you. I need to take you back there."
"No." He suddenly grabbed my wrist since I was on the edge booth seat.
"Jisung. I'll call the police." He yanked me up suddenly and my hood fell.
"Call the fucking police. I'm 22. I don't have to go back if I don't want to."
"And. Your parents want you home."
"Get your hands off me." I said sternly but couldn't avoid the shaking.
Most of the restaurant ignored us but I noticed Chan begin to get up. Someone else beat him to it though.
"He told you once to get off of him. I don't think you wanna be told twice." Minho stood next to me. Yet, the owner still didn't release my wrist.
"Go back and eat your food quietly or get out. Jisung is coming with me."
"He's not a object, you prick."
"Get out of my restaurant."
"Let go of Jisung and we'll leave." Chan had now moved over to us with a dark look.
"Take your hands off my employee. I don't think the police would be very happy if they heard about you manhandling a young boy for the purpose of intimidation." The owner threw my arm back at me and stepped backwards.
"Just you wait, Han Jisung." He stepped further back before yelling, "now get out of my restaurant!"
The whole restaurant had witnessed what had happened and began to whisper. I spotted a few young girls silently sneak out in front of us. They gave me a polite bow before disappearing into the young night.
The twelve of us exited the restaurant and I immediately felt bad.
"Sorry guys. I've absolutely ruined your dinner." An array of sorrowful comments were gently passed to me.
"Sung, don't apologise. I wouldn't want to give any money to that imbecile." Chan looked pissed off but hopefully not at me.
"Yeah it's not your fault." A chorus of agreements filled the air as Hyunjin moved back next to me while we walked back towards the train.
"Seems like you've got a lot of backstory. To whatever that was."
"Guess you could say that."
"I know about family issues. My family kicked me out when I was 15 so I joined this circus! A few of us have suffered with being unsupported or neglectful families."
"Mmh. My family are awful, awful people. They are all cut from the same cloth. Even my sister who I thought to trust."
"Yuqi said something to us all about you being the brother of Han Hwa, right?"
"Yeah..."
"I can tell by your tone something happened right. It kinda got around that you and her parted ways."
"Well, I'm not too bothered about people knowing. I joined the circus to get away from that all."
"I get that completely. I was in the same situation years ago."
"This is gonna sound bad but I'm kinda glad other people know what it's like?"
"I feel the same. Come on, get that out your head and we'll get some food back on the train. We have an overnight journey to Italy."
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𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 || Minsung 💛
Fanfiction"You were made to be mine." ** Jisung is a trapeze artist and joins the circus after running away from his hometown. He is taken under the wing of Bang Chan and partnered with Lee Minho. A breathtakingly handsome man with a cold attitude towards the...
