maze of memories. | lmh + hjs ✓

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jisung wiped a tear away, clutching onto his stomach. "i can't breathe." he said, sniffling. "wow, why are we such a fucking mess?" felix asked, panting from laughing so hard.

"i don't know." seungmin sighed, plopping down on the floor face down. "i'm so tired and we haven't even done anything today." his voice was muffled against the cold stone floor.

"same. we should take a trip to the store for a cup of ramen, don't ya think?" jeongin questioned, with sparkling eyes. "we haven't gone there in... a whole 2 days!"

"its two days jeongin-" jisung was interrupted by seungmin. "of course we'll go, our very dear MAKNAE." he smiled. jeongin rolled his eyes. "for real hyungs."

"yep, let's go!" felix left no room for argument. "here, your beanies." he thrust the fabric at the three. it was indeed a little strange wearing beanies in the middle of the year, but it was necessary.

the snow white ears and the strawberry blonde hair on felix's head was smothered by the black beanie he had pushed onto his head. "okay, now, everyone good?" he looked at the group. they all had pulled a beanie, hiding their obvious ears. they constantly wore loose baggy pants, so it their tails wouldn't be a bother.

"okay, its like really early in the morning, so there shouldn't be anyone out right now." jisung said, peering out of their alleyway and onto the main street. after weeks of the same drill, they had become quite familiar with the set of rules. don't talk to anyone, don't meet anyone's eyes, keep as unnoticeable as possible, run when you see trouble. it wasn't that hard, considering they hadn't seen many people around.

"okay, let's go guys! also, someone has to organize this place when we come back." jeongin looked at the mess they had just created.

seungmin shrugged and began to stroll toward the corner store that was a 2 minute walk away. "eh, we'll just worry about that when we come back."

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"hey, i was next!" felix and jeongin were fighting over the rusty convenience store water boiler while seungmin and jisung just sat at one of the rickety tables.

suddenly, jisung spotted a shiny something on the ground. "oh, a coin." he smiled at the luck and bent down to pick it up. "wait, jisung, don't. its on the wrong side." seungmin informed jisung. "nice try, but i don't buy that." he picked up the coin and pocketed it. by this time, felix and jeongin had both filled their cups.

"time to eat!" felix loudly proclaimed, lifting his chopsticks up in the air. "shhhh!" jeongin scolded him, gesturing to the dude who was passed out behind the counter. felix rolled his eyes. "yea, he's not waking up any time soon."

"okay, well let's eat." seungmin was already shoving noodles into his mouth. "ah, how much i craved the salty unhealthiness of instant ramen."

"we came here two days ago." jisung deadpanned, opening his ramen.

"whatever! ramen is always the best." seungmin defended.

"whatever you say." jisung snapped his chopsticks apart. "whatever floats your boat."

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"that was a really fulfilling meal." felix sighed in satisfaction. "you say that after every meal, hyung." jeongin told him. "well that's because every meal is a fulfilling one, okay?" felix shot back, pouting.

"yea yea, now stop bickering and-" seungmin was walking past an alleyway when his words were cut off by someone dragging him into the darkness. ""what the fu-?" he screeched. his words were muffled by someone's hand.

the others froze, unsure on what to do. "run!" seungmin yelled, after biting on the person's hand. "oW! what was that for?" the tall masked boy yanked his hand back and examined the mark. "it was YOU who dragged me into an alleyway like a pedo!" seungmin snapped.

"shut up. i don't know who you are and why you're in the abandoned part of the city but i need to know." the masked boy hissed back at him. jisung watched this unfold, all the while creeping toward seungmin. felix and jeongin were slowly scooting closer as well.

"grab him and run in 3... 2... 1-" before jisung could grab seungmin's hand and make a run for it, the dude with the black mask whipped out a knife and held it up to the poor dog hybrids throat. "not so fast. who are you?" he demanded. "and why are you here?"

"i could ask the same of you." jisung said, keeping his eyes on the pocketknife in his hand. "fine. my name is hwang hyunjin and i'm here to do a outskirt patrol for my gang." he replied after a second of thought.

a gang? jisung's eyes widened. were they going to die here?

seungmin spoke up, shivering. "we're just a group of orphans... trying to survive. we've been living here for a few weeks." seungmin whipped up a sob story, trying to strain away from the blade.

"orphans who all like beanies in june?" hyunjin asked, smirking. "you're hiding something behind that beanie."

"no we're not!" seungmin spun around, snatching the knife by its blade and tossed it onto the ground. it skidded away and landed at felix's feet. he cautiously picked up the dagger that was now laced with seungmin's blood. the trio were still watching this happen, knowing that interfering would end in a bad outcome, for they saw the gun (along with a whip and several more daggers) strapped onto his belt.

hyunjin hadn't done anything to seungmin, so they left them be. the pair was currently pressed against the wall, seungmin's finger placed on the tip of hyunjin's nose. "stay away from us." he growled.

hyunjin seemed to be almost enjoying this, for he knew that he held all power in the situation. he could easily grab the gun and shoot all 4 of them but he decided that he would have some fun instead.

"oh, so you are hiding something. i wonder what it is." he smirked, leaning closer and pushing seungmin's hand away. he took the other's shoulders and flipped him around. now it was seungmin who was up against the wall. "get off me!" he was blushing madly and tried to push hyunjin off him, to no avail.

"hm? i didn't hear you. louder." hyunjin leaned even closer, now only barely an inch away from seungmin's face. he peeled the mask that was covering the lower half of his face, fully revealing his face.

"uh... are they flirting?" jisung felt disbelief begin to grow. felix relaxed his stance and sat down on the floor. "where's the popcorn?" he laughed, gesturing for jisung and jeongin to sit down as well.

the younger immediately complied, plopping down next to felix. jisung, however, stayed standing, watching hyunjin's hand, which was dangling dangerously close to the gun. he picked up the dagger felix had put down and watched the scene in front of him.

meanwhile, the masked boy was using his other hand to pin seungmin onto the wall. "so... what's your name?" "kim seungmin, now get the fuck off me before i make you." he glared back. "feisty. i like it." the gang member leaned even closer, leaving seungmin extremely red.

hyunjin smirked at the sight and without another word, kissed seungmin on the lips,

ripping the boy's beanie off in the process.

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sorry there's seungjin content before minsung content lol
there's a lot more seungjin drama coming up so look out for that 👀👀

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