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"Well you see...." he started explaining everything.
How he had meet some new people and got involved in a mafia because they saved his life. How he hasn't been able to talk to me because it would just put me in danger. I just stood there shocked. Not even wanting to believe what I was hearing. "You're lying" I said, my face full of shock.
"I'm not lying Areum." He said. "Yes you are." I argued, trying to make myself believe that this was all just a dream, or a prank.
"Areum. Stop. I'm telling you the truth. Please believe me." He said pleadingly. My eyes softened at the sight of him, "alright. I'm sorry. I believe you."
"Good" He said smiling. I was still quite weary of him and the other boys. A mafia? What was going to happen now?
"Alright, reunion over. Now you have to come with us." The red haired boy said. "Excuse me?" I said raising my eyebrow at him, shocked from what he just said to me.
"I'm not gonna repeat myself." He said sternly, eyes not leaving mine. "And why do I have to come with you?" I asked. I truly didn't want to go anywhere near them, less on with them.
"Because if you don't you'll probably be killed. Do you want to die? I'm pretty sure WinWin would kill me if I let you die. So you have no choice but to come with us." He said and started walking off. Wait, who the hell is WinWin?
"Wait what's your name?" I asked him, as I noticed him just leaving without saying anything else. "Taeyong" He said and continued walking off.
"I'll be home later. I'll go with her to get her things." Sicheng said to him and then turned to me. "So lets go?" He smiled awkwardly.
"This is ridiculous! I'm not going to die! I don't want to go with you all. You're a fucking mafia. You kill people!" I said while throwing my arms out dramatically.
"Areum calm down and be quiet. It's safest if you come live with us. At least you'll be able to see me all the time! I can even train you!" He said smiling.
"Why the hell would I want you to train me? I don't want anything to do with this mafia nonsense." I took a step back from him.
"Come on, we aren't that bad. We're like the good guys in the mafia world. We get rid of the bad guys." He said trying to convince me. " You're still a mafia! You still kill people!" I don't understand how the once innocent boy I knew, now killed for a living. It didn't quite make sense to me.
"Please Areum. You aren't safe anymore. Especially if another mafia find out about your association with me. They could use you against us. Plus it wouldn't hurt for you to learn some self defense." He reasoned once again.
I stared at him with a blank expression on my face. Hesitantly asking, "What do you do then? Like what is your role in the group?"
"Well umm.. I'm an assassin" he said while rubbing the back of his neck nervously. I was a little taken aback, but it did make sense. Sicheng was quite flexible and agile. "Oh okay." I replied, unsure of how to respond.
"Really? You're not going to freak out?" He asked surprised at how calm I was being.
"No. I mean I've excepted the fact that you are now in a mafia. So I guess I should learn to not be surprised anymore." I said shrugging my shoulders, trying to play it cool. Even though on the inside I was still slightly freaking out.
"Okay then." He said, walking off towards the direction of my house. Neither of us have spoken on the way home, so I decided to break the awkward silence. "What's the other two boys names?" I asked him.
"The tall one was Johnny and the other was Haechan." He said. "Oh okay. Wait- so you mean I'm going to have to live with 4 boys?!" I said realizing what is going to happen.
"Well actually..." he started speaking and rubbed his neck. "What?" I looked at him weirdly. "Actually you'll be living with 21" he smiled awkwardly.
I stopped walking and turned to face him, "21?! There's 21 of you?!" I said dumbfounded. "Yep" He said. "Oh god" I sighed, "this is going to be interesting."
"It's gonna be great! You'll be living with me like we planned!" He said excitedly. "Yeah, you and 20 other boys!" I glared at him. He just laughed, opening the door to my house.
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"So you all must live in a big house?" I said breaking the silence that had overcome our walk to their place. We had went back to my house and told my mom that I was moving in with WinWin. Then we went and said hi to his mom, before making our journey to my soon to be new home.
"Yeah it's pretty big" he said shrugging his shoulders. "Well it has to be big to hold 21 people" I said. "Ehh, I guess so." He said. I just rolled my eyes.
"We are here!" He exclaimed, putting his arms out like he was showing off something amazing. I just stopped in front of the door and stared.
"Come on, don't worry they are all nice." He said while opening the door and pulling me in. "Guys I'm back!" He said while carrying in my suitcase.
"WinWin!!" A younger looking boy came running to him and hugged him. "I've only been gone for a few hours" WinWin chuckled. "Who's this?" The boy asked. "This is Areum" he said pointing to me.
"Nice to meet you Areum! I'm Chenle!" He smiled widely and stuck out his hand. I chuckled and shook his hand. He was quite cute. "It's nice to meet you too. How old are you?" I asked curiously.
"I'm 19, you?" He said. "Ah, I'm 18." I said, "how olds the youngest member?"
"18, which makes you and Jisung the youngest now." he said. "Oh geez" I mumbled. "What?" Sicheng gave me a confused look.
"I just realized I'm gonna have to learn 20 names and faces" I face palmed. They both just looked at each other and laughed. "Yeah and now you're living with 21 boys!" Chenle said laughing.
"Ahh! Can you cook?" Chenle asked smiling. "Nope" I said popping the p. "Aw neither can any of them" He said.
I burst out laughing, "you should see Sicheng trying to cook. I'm not sure who's worse between the two of us"
"Hey now! Doyoung is a pretty good cook" WinWin argued, "and says the one who burnt water." He stuck his tongue out at me.
"Yeah but like we literally only ever eat three different things, instant ramen, tteokbokki, and Bulgogi." Chenle said, "and how do you burn water?!?!"
"Long story." I huffed and crossed my arms. "Quit complaining. All those foods are amazing. At least you get fed" Sicheng said and Chenle just rolled his eyes.
"Who's this Doyoung? I wanna tell him to fix dinner, I'm starving." I smiled. "Also, who's WinWin?" I asked curiously, remember how everyone kept saying WinWin.
"That's the name I go by on missions." Sicheng said, shrugging his shoulders. I just nodded my head, watching as the two boys conversed.
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