Saviors

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Jihoon awoke to Minghao staring at him. Minghao brightened when he saw that his Hyung woke up and he smiled cheerfully. Jihoon once again slept on the couch in the living room, he didn't think he would be able to share a room with Soonyoung quite yet. Jihoon didn't even know the reason.

"Her funeral is today at two." Minghao informed him. Jihoon nodded, but Minghao made no move to leave. He shifted like something was on his mind. Minghao pursed his lips and looked at Jihoon through his eyelashes.

"What is it Minghao?" The younger boy bit his lip.

"Can I... go with you? To her funeral?"

"Yeah, I was actually going to ask if you would come with me." Jihoon rubbed his eyes. A few members came out of the doorway where they were listening to their conversation.

"Can we all go Jihoon?" Seungcheol asked. Jihoon thought over the question.

"I think... she would have liked that." He said after a while. He smiled at them and they all grinned back. She's always wanted me to have friends, and to tell my members everything.

"What should we do until then?"

"Food." Seungkwan huffed whilst flopping onto the couch next to Jihoon. Jihoon sat up fully to prevent Seungkwan from sliding down the couch and onto him. Jun sat down on the other side of Jihoon.

"I second that notion." He said, slightly raising his hand. "We need to fatten up Jihoon." The members laughed and Jihoon scowled playfully. Did he already feel closer to them? Was it possible?

   As time passed, Jihoon felt his smile slip away. The members also grew more somber as the time for her funeral grew nearer. They ate a small lunch then changed. The members of Seventeen were silent as they all dressed in various dark suites.

   The rest of Seventeen waited patiently for Jihoon to finish getting dressed. Several eyes widened when he stepped into the room. He finished straightening his sleeve then looked up at them.

   "What?"

   "Hyung, you look..." Minghao started.

   "...kind of scary." Vernon finished for him. The members nodded. One member hadn't moved yet. Soonyoung looked Jihoon up and down, making the younger boy oddly uncomfortable.

~

   When Jihoon stepped into the room in his suite, Soonyoung wasn't surprised that he wasn't the only one who's eyes widened at the sight. Decked out in an all black suite, Jihoon looked... good. Really good. The suite fit him perfectly. He looked like the son of an evil overlord.

   "What?" He asked them nervously.

   "Hyung you look..."

   "...kind of scary." Soonyoung smirked and looked Jihoon up and down, making him shift uncomfortably. Jihoon looked a bit like a badass, and Soonyoung liked that. Jihoon shrugged and looked at the ground.

"It doesn't really matter how I look. Let's go."

The thirteen handsome boys walked down the street in black and gray suites, drawing everyone's attention. People gawked at them as they walked by. Jihoon walked into the same flower shop as usual, and picked out some sunflowers. They were Jihyo's favorite kind of flowers. The register girl looked shocked as they all crowded around the desk.

"Hey, aren't you guys-" she stopped once she saw Jihoon's face. Raw emotional pain and anguish filled his eyes. The rest of his face was expressionless. "That will be 12000 won. Have a nice day," she mumbled. Jihoon payed her and left without a word. The girl watched them in awe as they left the shop.