with all love, xoxo. (seungin, stray kids fanfic)

6 ★

Both the boys started to panic, of course they couldn't run around and scream like little kids, they tried to move in silence and be as careful as possible, the creaking sounds of the wooden floor weren't helping.

They also noticed it was already dark outside. Did they really spend that much time exploring the attic?

Seungmin's uncle was back home. That wasn't good. He is gonna be so mad when he finds out his nephew, who is already not acting the best according to the old man, forgot to clean the house and now has a friend over. And also had the audacity to go explore the attic instead of doing chores.

Felix came up with an idea to exit the house from the window, but it would be an instant suicide, the attic window was too high and jumping out of it would cause some serious damage to Felix's body.

They had to do it the hard way, the blonde boy had no other choice than exit his friend's house normally, but at the cost of getting caught by the scary older man who is going to be furious when he sees the house is still messy.

Seungmin and Felix quietly walked to the front door of the house, not talking or making any noises, practically tiptoeing, they were incredibly lucky, seungmin's uncle didn't notice them. He was probably busy with work. As always. But it was good since that meant less yelling and less problems.

After Felix left, Seungmin didn't even greet his uncle or anything, he was too busy in his office anyway. What does this man do other than working?

Seungmin took the light blue box from the attic to his room, he wanted to have the things close to him. It really felt like his mother was still here. It felt like she was sending him signs and hints so he could find out more and more about her. The boy loved mysteries, but this one was different. It wasn't like in those detective movies where the main star always solves everything. This wasn't like this, the boy was now completely lost. He didn't know where to start.

Seungmin took the photo of his mom and her best friend out of the box, examining it one more time, repeating the name of his mom's friend that Felix told him.

"Nicole Yang, Nicole Yang, Nicole Yang...."

The name was beautiful, but seungmin would have been happier if he knew his mom's name instead of some friend of hers who is now somewhere gone cause she changed her identity.

He noticed it's really really late, after a few glances at the photo he decided he can't go to sleep now, he needs to find out and try to understand more about all of this.

Seungmin was also surprised that he doesn't know any actress with the name Nicole Yang, Felix even mentioned that she was really famous. How famous was she really? The boy decided it's gonna be the best to try and find some information about her online. He searched her name, hoping there's gonna be at least one mention about his mom, because apparently they were close.

He let out a quiet "what?!", surprised by the results of his search. There was nothing, no article about her, no sites mentioning her name, no photos of her.

The only thing that was there surprised seungmin, it was a site with all of her movies. After some seconds of deciding whether he should click on the link, he did it. Now, all of her movies were in front of him, he could watch them whenever he wanted. The boy tried to push back his thoughts of how suspicious and unsecured the site looked.

the next day

Seungmin woke up, it was one of those long naps. He didn't even know how he fell asleep.

The boy woke up disoriented, hungry, almost drowning in his own sweat, charger around his neck, still in his normal clothes instead of pyjamas. This nap was wild.

After a while of getting ready and trying to gather his thoughts, Seungmin was finally feeling a little bit better and was able to actually do basic activities, the disorientation from the nap slowly fading.

Today was the day, the day when he's gonna find all the answers he was looking for. All he could think about lately was his parents and the stuff about them. He was also really mad and sad about the fact his uncle doesn't want to talk with him about anything that includes the words "mom, dad, parents, accident". Like what is this man hiding?

Seungmin's eyes were glued to the small digital camera, it was white and the perfect size to fit into his hands. The boy got an idea. He needs to get the camera fixed. Today. That's the only way to reveal all the secrets.

He put on some warm clothes, not really minding how he looks like at the moment, it's okay as long as he's warm and comfortable. And he of course didn't forget to put on a scarf and gloves like the previous times.

Seungmin put the camera in his bag and started walking to the nearby bus stop, it was snowing, the white shiny snowflakes were freely flying across the sky, looking softer than ever. The boy gently lifted his hand, letting the soft but cold snowflakes fall onto his fingers, melting instantly. He shivered slightly when one of them fell on his nose.

As he was sitting in the bus, he was watching all the buildings and trees that were outside. It looked like they're running away from him, just like the answers to his questions. Nobody wanted to tell him the truth. It was all so frustrating.

He also noticed the people in the bus, their plain and emotionless faces were sending shivers down seungmin's spine. Luckily, the final destination was really near, meaning he doesn't have to sit there with them for too long.

When he got out of the bus, the first thing he did was check if the camera even survived the bus ride and didn't break to pieces. Luckily, camera survived and was ready to get fixed, or at least, that was what seungmin was thinking.

The shopping mall was so big it took the boy a while to find the right place where he can get the camera fixed. There were various grocery stores, some shops with clothes, but that wasn't what he was looking for. He already walked and explored everything in the mall at least twice, but still no signs of what he was looking for.

His third attempt to find the shop was successful. It was a small corner shop with surprisingly a really long line of people waiting to get their electronics fixed.

Seungmin sighed, "this is gonna be interesting", he muttered as he was walking towards the line, searching for the last person standing there so he can stand behind them.

He found the end.

Seungmin stood behind a young looking boy, he looked the same age as him, the boy had black hair, he wasn't tall nor short, just average. He looked like the typical cold person. But something was telling him that the boy is not like that. Seungmin was really curious about why the boy is here.

That's when he noticed the same digital camera in his hand.

"eh??"

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Hii! this chapter took me longer to write than the usual ones, but it's here now!🤭

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