ink • soonhoon (completed)

• fifteen •

"why are you four here anyway?" jihoon asked as he adjusted his sleeves pulling them up for once. jun, minghao, and seungkwan all quietly admired jihoon's tattoos. the work was truly beautiful.

"we're here to ask you two some questions about what to do now," mingyu said and jihoon's face twisted to confusion while soonyoung was shocked he didn't get scolded by wonwoo. wonwoo still glared at soonyoung.

"what do you mean now?" jihoon said and mingyu sighed.

"seungcheol is dead. wonwoo and i are running the yakuza." mingyu informed and jihoon cracked a grin. seungcheol couldn't hurt him anymore, he felt oddly at peace.

"so what do you need to ask us?" soonyoung asked as he now was back in the conversation. they all fully came inside and situated themselves in the living room and seungkwan came out of the kitchen fully and sat with them as well.

"well, what do you want to do now? jihoon you can leave and never come back and i wouldn't do a thing about it. soonyoung you may return to your cafe and continue you normal life. you two may choose," mingyu explained and jihoon sighed.

jihoon had wanted to escape this shitty job and seungcheol's control for so long but he wouldn't mind working for mingyu and wonwoo. yet he found himself wanting to work with soonyoung even though a cafe wasn't a good spot for someone who has an excessive amount of tattoos and a not-so-friendly face.

"can i even go back? there's going to be word about dokyeom's death and i've been missing for a while now.. is it even possible to just slide back in normally?" soonyoung asked and wonwoo had to admit that the kid was quite sharp, he wasn't a complete idiot.

"you have a point but we can work those things out-"

"you can bribe police and families but gossip spreads much faster. if i go back my cafe could be ruined, the yakuza isn't something many people want to be associated with." soonyoung intervened and jihoon placed his hand over soonyoung's to calm him. he knew that soonyoung didn't want to lose his cafe.

"going back isn't going to be easy but if it's what you request then we can get it to work," wonwoo said as he finally spoke up and soonyoung let out a sigh.

"what about you, jihoon?"

"it's funny because as i think about it seungcheol had ruined me on purpose. he made me get more tattoos.. he made me work those ridiculous hours.. he made it impossible for me to be able to work in a normal place. no one is going to hire a tattooed covered man with a mean face," jihoon ranted and both wonwoo and mingyu let out a sigh, he was right. soonyoung looked to him and squeezed his hand.

"i'll hire a tattooed covered man with a mean face," soonyoung said and jihoon cracked a grin, which was a rare sight, and he shook his head.

wonwoo smiled as he realized that jihoon had finally met someone who would treat him right. wonwoo hadn't seen jihoon smile so much with anyone else, he had only seen him smile with soonyoung. it relaxed him to know that the innocent tattoo artist that suffered the most was able to escape.

"i'll still do tattoo work for you but with my own terms." jihoon said as he looked to wonwoo and mingyu. the two smiled while jun raised his hand.

"can i schedule an appointment? i really want some of your work on me-"

"jun! not the time!" minghao scolded and jihoon just chuckled.

"we'll work something out, but for now i'm gonna be busy." jihoon said as he glanced to soonyoung, who wasn't really listening, and jun smiled and nodded.

"i guess that settles it," mingyu spoke with a grin on his face and wonwoo nodded. it was filling to see jihoon smile.

"we'll get going, kwan you come with us." mingyu said and seungkwan nodded as he stood up and winked to jihoon and soonyoung.

"wait we're leaving them alone? but what if-"

"we'll come pick you up when we work everything out, have fun." mingyu said as he placed a hand over wonwoo's mouth and forced him out.

after the group left jihoon and soonyoung were alone inside the house. jihoon sighed and laid back onto the couch, soonyoung wiggled his way onto jihoon's chest and laid down. jihoon ran his fingers through soonyoung's soft hair as he looked at the ceiling.

"jihoon?" soonyoung asked and jihoon responded with a small hm?

"are we dating?" soonyoung asked again and jihoon paused as his face flushed.

"n-not yet. i don't even know y-your b-birthday! o-or favorite f-food!" jihoon panicked as he placed his hands over his face in embarrassment.

"june 15th, i like japanese food the most.." soonyoung said as he pulled jihoon's hands away from his face while he straddled jihoon's waist. jihoon's face was a bright red as he felt like he was going to melt any second now.

"no-november 22nd, jjajangmyun a-and spicy n-noodles m-mixed." jihoon stuttered out and soonyoung smiled as he admired jihoon's blushed face, he never knew he could see jihoon like this.

"you're too cute! let me date you~" soonyoung pleaded as he collapsed into jihoon's chest and held onto the boy. jihoon shook his head furiously.

"we b-varely know each o-other!"

"pleeeaaassseeee!"

"w-we haven't g-gone on a date!"

"okay then let's go on a date!"

• author's notes •

yes a double update bc i love this book .. also i had to copy and paste jjajangmyun because my brain could not comprehend how to spell it :)

also sorry this chapter is a bit shorter

-lilly