The outcasts

First night out

They faced each other when Minseok looked over his office and picked a notebook and a pencil. “Here, write everything.” Luhan still stepped back and Minseok softly waited for him to step closer. “I am not going to hurt you. If you have anything to say, say it, but don’t treat me like I am a kind of monster.”

Luhan blinked and hesitantly picked the notebook and wrote carefully. Why are you nice to me? Are you doing this in purpose to tease your family and you will punish me later?

Minseok read it and sighed. “Your fears are justified. I know how we treat slaves and I guess you had been brainwashed that you should treated in a way but.” Minseok held Luhan’s hand, caressing the smooth skin as a reassuring smile showed in his face. “I don’t see you as a slave.” Luhan tensed. “There is no lie in what I say. No hidden motives. I just… see you as my only real family.” Minseok managed to step too close to Luhan and rested his burning hand on Luhan's skin. “You smile to me so brightly whenever I feel down, you take care of me so delightedly, and you actually listen to me. I don’t know if slaves are meant to do that but what you do touched me.” Luhan blushed. “I am nice to you because you are the only nicest person to me. Am I wrong to treat you this way?” Luhan shook his head and picked the pad.

No one was ever this nice to me… not even Mistress. I was scared. I am scared.

Minseok nodded at that. “I understand.” Luhan smiled shyly at that. “It is night time so do you want to go out and like... walk?” Luhan looked shocked. “Did you ever walked out of the house since you came?”

Luhan tilted his head before shaking his head. “That won’t do it! Let’s go.”

Luhan left the house with a buttoned shirt and straight pants he sewed for himself so he was pretty much confident about how he looked until he reached the city. He realized how much he stood out with his outfit as most of the people around had similar style to Minseok who had a leather jacket on top a blue shirt Luhan sewed for him and black jeans. It was casual and normal while Luhan looked rather ceremonial. “Relax. You look good.” Minseok said suddenly. They got in a shop and Minseok seemed interested so Luhan tried to act the same when a hat attracted his attention. It was a koala hat and he tried it facing a mirror.

“You look so cute with it.” Luhan tensed as a male voice spoke which wasn’t Minseok’s. The said man had noticed Luhan by the mirror and stepped closer. “Do you want to see other hats from the same collection?”

“I think this one suit him a lot.” Minseok peeped in as he smiled. “Do you like it, Luhan?” Luhan nodded as he tugged the hat’s sides with a shy smile. “What do you have else?”

“We got a deer hat , wolf hat and an owl hat. However, the wolf and the owl are in bigger sizes than this one. “ the man smiled brightly as he explained. “The only hat in this size is the koala one and the deer one.”

Minseok picked the deer and made Luhan wear it before laughing. “It looks like you grew deer ears so much it suits you.”

The man joined with brightness. “Plus, Luhan means little deer in Chinese which suit him even more.” Minseok and Luhan looked at him surprised.

“Then we are taking the deer hat.” Luhan eyed the koala hat looking disappointed when Minseok teasingly added. “And the koala one of course.” Luhan brightened up like a kid and wore the koala hat as they left the place. Minseok just smiled and allowed him to. He bought Luhan a perfume to deceive his special scent before taking him to a shapeshifter club. As he knew they may not appreciate him in there, he basically bathed himself in.

“You overdid. Now they will definitely notice you.” Minseok laughed when he took the same perfume and put on some. “Don’t look at people's eyes, ok? Some of them are already Alphas of their own packs.” Luhan nodded and stayed behind Minseok tightly.

The club was packed and surprisingly the perfume made them invisible as the scent of alphas in the club surpassed it. Minseok felt uncomfortable for a moment but as Luhan held his hand, he felt way better.

Luhan considered beer with dread but realized it tasted like water which is something he was forced to drink when he was taught the table etiquette. However he noticed how Minseok turned red by his second bottle. “It feel nice!” He yelled suddenly. “Let’s dance!” Luhan raised an eyebrow and followed Minseok who moved swiftly. Luhan stood stiff, not because he didn’t know how to dance but also watching Minseok move that way was… fucking hot. I should run. However he stayed still as Minseok suddenly was pushed his side and in his drunkenness  almost kissed him. Luhan caught Minseok before the impact and looked up to meet a smirking Sehun with more people who seemed emitting dark aura. He held Minseok suddenly tightly and dashed in the speed of light.

When Luhan reached the bedroom and did put Minseok in bed, the last was sleeping deeply. Shaken, Luhan rested his back on the door, blocking the entrance, while his mind wandered back to Sehun and his friends.

For some reasons, I feel like they loved how vulnerable Minseok seemed.