requested: yeoshwa_
relationship: strangers
tags: first meeting, ateez hybrids
word count: 1.8k
published: 08.01.20
"seonghwa hyung, do you have any siblings?" hongjoong asked, his ears flattening against his head as he curled up in seonghwa's lap.
the eldest smiled, letting his hand scratch gently at the ears, watching as hongjoong flinched and pushed his head closer to his hand. "i do."
the puppy's ears perked up and his short tail wagged underneath the fabric of his sweatpants. "you do? can we meet him?"
"i don't know. maybe; he's a bit far from us right now." he flattened his hand against the top of hongjoong's head, feeling the ears go lax beneath his palm.
"far? where is he?"
"he's doing his military service. his vacation day is coming up, i can ask if he'll meet you guys then."
all of a sudden, a little giggle came from under the coffee table, another hybrid sliding out. "how old is he? is he good looking?"
"sannie, why were you under the coffee table?" hongjoong spoke, his head rising from seonghwa's chest.
"we weren't talking about that; how old is he hyung?" the fox diverted.
"he's 29, and no he isn't good looking. i look better," seonghwa teased, sticking his tongue out.
san only stared at him, his ears twitching. "i think you're lying, let me see a picture."
seonghwa shook his head and dug his phone from his pocket, scrolling through his gallery to find the ugliest picture he could. his satisfaction had settled upon an image of seonghwa crossing his eyes and y/n smiling awkwardly. the photo was taken on the day y/n was entering the army. he was always on the heavier side even with him being tall and his features had been made to look uneven because of his build, so everytime the two were seen together by relatives, they commented that seonghwa had been the blessed one.
"is he meaning to smile like that?" san held in a laugh when seonghwa had shown him the photo; hongjoong's interest was piqued now and he grabbed onto the older's wrist and shifted the angle toward him.
"yeah, my mom said to make a silly face but only i ended up doing it. why?"
san's body jolted with a swallowed howl and he looked seonghwa dead in the eyes. "i see where you get your smile from."
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"you guys, it's dinner time!" seonghwa shouted, hongjoong helping him set the table.
a bunch of footsteps sounded down the stairs; 6 pairs, to be exact.
"what's the menu for tonight?" a boy with black hair added. he was one of the humans within the group. there were 3 humans and 5 hybrids.
seonghwa, wooyoung, and yeosang were human; hongjoong, san, mingi, jongho and yunho were hybrids. they all met and came to live together because the three humans were friends to begin with. seonghwa was the guardian of hongjoong, wooyoung was san and mingi's, and yeosang was jongho's. yunho was adopted into the group after they'd found him. he wanted to find an owner but he found it burdensome on the others. he wanted someone where he wouldn't feel burdensome towards; someone who didn't already have someone to look over.
"we are eating pizza. i had leftover coupons, so i ordered wings too." seonghwa told them, watching the hybrids get excited. wooyoung however let out a drastic sigh.
"pizza, again? didn't we eat that last week?" his lips were pouted and his eyes were playful, but they turned into a glare when a smack had landed on the back of his head. he turned slowly, his teeth clenching. san was smiling at him and mingi sat next to him looking in shock.
