One to All | Ateez

5

San and Wooyoung ditched all their belongings at the motel, Hongjoong promised them he would have someone drive them back in the morning to pack all they needed.

The duo followed the members of the Disciples of Seoul back into the shitty parking garage. God, it was so trashy there. In the corner, on the far right side was a van that San and Wooyoung completely happened to miss on their way in.

They all got in, Hongjoong in the passenger seat and the others in the back. San got in first and was somewhat shocked to see three other individuals already there. They paid little attention to him or Wooyoung as they got on.

The vast majority of the car ride was spent in silence. San had never been in a gang, so he didn't really know what to expect, obviously he was not expecting everyone to break out into some musical number while on the road, which was honestly a little devastating.

The car ride itself wasn't painful, it was more comforting in a way. San was about to enter a new world that he knew nothing about, the car ride held hope for him, hope that him and Wooyoung wouldn't be separated yet.

The only conversation the car held was only when the driver started humming to some hip hop song nobody knew about. Well that San didn't know about, nobody else sang so he assumed nobody recognized it.

"Shut up and drive faster, Yunho." Hongjoong rolled his eyes, clearly tried and with desperate need to get out of the van. "My grandmother drives faster than you."

One of the guys in the back chuckled at Hongjoong's insult. He was by far one of the most good looking men San had ever seen.

"Oh you think that's funny, Yeosang? Kitchen duty, two weeks." The handsome guy, Yeosang's smile completely disappeared off his face immediately.

"I'm sorry, Hongjoong. It won't happen again. Please don't give me kitchen duty you know I can't cook!" Yeosang pleaded, showing an angry yet beautiful facial gesture at Yunho.

"Don't worry, Yunho will help." Hongjoong added soon after.

Another person who San assumed was the tech guy was sitting in a chair in the back surrounded by a lot of computers. He chuckled and added to the conversation, "Hongjoongie, don't treat them so bad."

Hongjoong chuckled at the sound of his nickname, softening up a little.

*

The next morning, all of the boys were called into a room which looked very similar to a conference hall.

All of the safe house for the Disciples of Seoul was anything but lowkey. It yelled out, "look at me, I'm rich and powerful."

This room like San's bedroom was dark. It was enormous with a table that could fit double if not triple the people in the room. San had not had the pleasure of exploring his new home yet but he would make sure too, he didn't want to get lost.

"Good morning," Yunho, the driver from last night, skipped into the conference hall. Yunho joined Seonghwa on the right side of the table while San, Wooyoung, and Yeosang were on the other. All of the members were there except the tech savvy guy and Hongjoong.

"Morning," Yeosang said, rubbing his eyes.

Five minutes passed until Hongjoong and the other guy walked into the room. Hongjoong sat at the head of the table and the tech guy sat next to Yunho.

"Good morning, guys. How'd you sleep?" Yunho asked the others with a cheeky smile. Out of all the guys in the gang, San and Wooyoung both found Yunho to be the nicest.

"I slept great. Thank you for asking." Hongjoong replied before taking a sip of coffee from his 7-Eleven styrofoam cup.

"What about you, Mingi?" Yunho cheerfully turned his attention to the other.

"Good, I might go to the store later to buy some pillows. My neck's pretty stiff." The tech guy, who could now be identified as Mingi, answered.

Hongjoong cleared his throat making everyone in the room quiet down to pay attention to him. Attentively, everyone turned to their attention to him as he set down his cup.

"San, Wooyoung, meet everyone. Yeosang is our medic, he's a very skilled doctor." The duo waved at their elder.

"Nice to meet you, Doc." Wooyoung spoke for the both of them.

"Across from him is of course, Seonghwa. You already know him and to his right is Yunho. Yunho will be in charge of training you, mostly in physical combat. However, he's extremely happy all the time, I think he must have fallen off his crib when he was older." Hongjoong cracked a smile at his comment.

"I can't wait til we start training boys." Yunho chuckles as San and Wooyoung bowed towards him. San was looking forward to learning how to fight and defend himself.

"Finally to his right is Mingi, Mingi is our technology guy as well as my second in command. Hongjoong waved to him as he flashed the duo a beautiful smile with pearly white teeth.

"Guys, today we have no mission. Nobody to take out or harm. Well that is if San and Wooyoung don't decide to target another convenience store. Right we aren't doing that anymore?"

"Yes, you have our word. We will stop."

"Good. Now everyone leave for the afternoon. You have the day off, except Mingi, we have to start going over the details of the next mission."

*

Yeosang loved the park. Sure he was a part of the Disciples of Seoul but he enjoyed going for a stroll around town without having to carry guns or have backup.

However, this was a luxury the gang couldn't have. Yeosang snuck passed the guards leaving his weapons behind to be a regular guy in his 20s for at least an hour or two.

The park was so beautiful today, maybe it was the way the freshly cut trees smelt so earthy and ordinary or maybe it was the way the sun beamed giving everything light without it being so hot.

Yeosang was happy he left the house for a little while.

Until he heard it.

The boy's painful cry for help.

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Happy Mingi Day!

I hope he has a wonderful day and celebrates his birthday happily. He deserves everything he has accomplished and so much more. Happy birthday:)