maze of memories. | lmh + hjs ✓

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"hi?" jeongin gave a timid wave and let go of a relived seungmin.

"um, hi? come in... chan wants to talk to you all." the man pushed the door open wider, creating a slight creak. it wasn't ominous, but it sent shivers down jisung's spine nonetheless.

"o-okay." seungmin sighed, lightly smiled and skipped up to the door. "what are you guys waiting for?"

felix opened his mouth but jising beat him to it. "noTHING, now let's go in." the hybrid at the door sent him a thankful look and followed the man into the house.

"i swear to god we're all going to die in that house." felix grumbled but dragged the luggage up the stairs. jisung was unsure on what to feel, but he trailed behind an excited jeongin. despite the uncertainty crawling up his throat, he wanted to stay with the only people he knew.

after stepping into the room, the first thing he was greeted with was the warm smell of tea and cookies and a group of people sitting on the couch, deep in conversation.

seems a little too normal for a gang... he scanned the space warily. to the left was a kitchen with a small island. next to it another room seemed to be connected to it, but it wasn't in his view. on the right was the living room, which was fairly messy and had a couch, table, tv, and probably a million different pieces of trash and laundry everywhere. straight ahead was a hallway and a flight of stairs.

"hey guys, take a seat!" hyunjin was sitting next to the raven haired boy who had opened the door. hyunjin himself had changed out of his work clothes and into some comfortable shorts and a loose pastel yellow shirt. "you can just leave the backpacks there." he pointed to the bottom of the stairs.

"ok." felix peeped a short reply and practically threw the backpacks there, not moving his feet a step. one of the members just picked them up and walked away.

the majority of the people sitting on the couch seemed to be shocked at the sight of them, but jisung wasn't sure because he was way to anxious to look anybody in the eye.

the four awkward hybrids took off their shoes and rigidly sat down on the leather sofa. "this is so awkward. i regret this already." felix mumbled to him, scooting closer to him. jisung had noticed that the raven haired boy next to hyunjin was intensely staring at felix like he was the most interesting thing here and felix, who had sensed the obvious gaze, was incredibly uncomfortable.

"well, according to hyunjin, y'all are hybrids, government experiments, and very interesting. will you introduce yourselves, and maybe explain to us who you are in the process?" the blonde who had slammed the door and looked like the leader, spoke up in a demanding way.

"um..." seungmin sighed. "its a long story."

"we have time." the boy who was staring at felix said, shifting slightly in his seat and looking expectantly at the dog hybrid.

and so, seungmin explained their story for the second time that day.

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"and then hyunjin... saw us." seungmin finished, out of breath.

"i see." the blonde, curly haired male stroked his chin. "i think we should introduce ourselves first while you catch your breath."

"my name is bang chan, but you can just call me chan. im the leader and im 22." the fit, tall male said. "if you have any questions, then you can come to any of us, but mostly me."

"i'll go! even though you guys know me already." hyunjin smiled in their direction. "i'm hwang hyunjin and im 20! my birthday is march 20th."

"so you are older than us." seungmin smirked. "i was right about the pedo thing."