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(1)
That evening, Chan returned home with an... indescribable expression. The mix of emotions stunned Jun into forgetting the correct number of bills in his hand. A blink, and then, “Did something happen on the way home?”
Chan looked like he had just eaten a slice of extra sour lemon. Or someone punched him in the face until it shrunk—cartoonish style. Either way, “Something... Something happened, indeed...”
That was how the orange cat’s curiosity got piqued.
(2)
“So you got cornered by some thugs.”
“The ugly ones, yes.”
“Most thugs are ugly if they’re background characters, Chan-ah.”
“Hyung, you’re leaning too far, you’ll fall.”
Jun cleared his throat. “Okay, back to topic. So—they wanted to take your money.”
Chan nodded.
“But something happened. ”
Chan nodded, again.
(3)
“And that ‘something’ is...?”
“Someone helped me.”
“Someone helped you,” Jun echoed, “But why was your face that...” he made a frantic hand movement, not unlike a conductor leading an orchestra in fastest tempo. “...weird?”
“Thanks for being honest, I thought you’re going to use ‘unique’.”
Jun cheekily grinned.
(4)
“I got cornered by three ugly thugs, then a good-looking thug saved me,” was Chan’s complete summary.
Jun scratched his head. “That good-looking one must be someone important.”
“That good-looking one is also a possible asylum escapee.”
“...and why is that?”
Chan grimaced. “He called himself a tiger... And even wearing a tiger-themed outfit... Hyung, why are the good-looking thugs weirdos?”
Jun grinned, once again. This time, sheepishly. “To balance things out, I think...?”
(5)
Mingyu-hyung
Chan-ah, for the time being, don’t come here
Oh thanks heaven my butt is safe
Mingyu-hyung
))):
Don’t you miss us?
I love the cuddle part but not so the aftermath :D
Mingyu-hyung
))))):
Anw for now stick with Jun
If you see a weirdo, run
Don’t look back
...hyung by any chance this weirdo
I know there are a lot of weirdos in this town but this one
Is he someone who declares himself as an animal
A tiger perhaps??
Mingyu-hyung
.......
I’m too late in warning you, ain’t I?
(6)
That evening, the peaceful vibe in Wonwoo and Mingyu’s apartment was shattered by the arrival of the (so-called) tiger.
No, thankfully, it was not a real one. Thankfully, everyone refused to think that he was a real tiger. Fortunately, everyone was sane enough not to believe that man’s words whenever he declared himself as a tiger.
Which was why Mingyu sent Chan that warning.
To the definitely still a human who was watching television in the shared living room, Mingyu warily asked, “Hyung, did you do something before coming here?”
(7)
The person on the sofa, munching on Mingyu’s barbeque-flavored chips, blinked in surprise. “Is that interrogative or a purely curious tone?”
“Depends on your answer?”
Then that man cutely smiled. “I saved a high schooler from three bastards.”
Mingyu nodded. “Okay, it’s curious tone then. Thanks for saving him, Hyung.”
“Someone you know?”
“Yeah. My—and Wonwoo-hyung’s—boyfriend.”
A potato chip decided that was the best time to stick itself in its eater’s throat.
(8)
The dying (not) tiger struggled to reach his phone on the table. Mingyu helped him by doing the heimlich maneuver.
The sight of the shorter blonde man being held in Mingyu’s arms, oh so tight, was what Wonwoo saw after he finished showering.
Deadpanned, he said, “Don’t start a smackdown round here, please.”
“Hyung can’t you see him dying from food-choking?!”
(9)
“You are in a relationship,” that man, Kwon Soonyoung, alias Kwon Hoshi, seriously said.
“I am indeed in a relationship,” Mingyu confirmed the truth.
“Wonwoo is also in one,” Hoshi said, his index finger moving to point at the nonchalant Wonwoo.
Mingyu nodded with patience that was on par with a saint.
“And your lover is— are —“
“Wonwoo-hyung and that highschooler you saved,” Mingyu gave two thumbs up.
Hoshi’s gasped in shock; scandalized as hell, also pretty much dramatic as heck.
Wonwoo kindly covered his friend’s gaping mouth, lest a mosquito flew in and endangered himself once more.
(10)
“I’m moving here,” Hoshi announced, as he got up from the sofa. The owners of the house, of course, were both shocked.
“Who decides that?”
“I am!”
“Who lets you decide that?!”
“Myself!”
“First thing first, tell me why you suddenly want to move here.” Wonwoo pulled his hand, so that their sudden, non-official roommate would not be able to run and pack his luggages.
Of which Hoshi unhesitantly replied, “To save that child’s ass from being broken by you two, duh!”
The corner of Wonwoo’s lips twitched. Mingyu face-palmed.
(11)
Mingyu was strong. Wonwoo was also strong.
But to make Hoshi stop, or to make him change his mind, even they struggled doing so. Hoshi managed to open the door with those two holding on his waist and pulling the back of his clothes.
And standing in front of that door was their Channie, stupefied silent, a plastic bag filled with something in his hand.
(12)
The blond self-declared tiger happily waved his hand. “Oh, the little boyfriend! Hello there, nice meeting you again!”
Chan awkwardly waved back. “Nice to meet you too... Hyungnim?”
“Aww, don’t be shy! You can call me ‘Hyung’ like how you call these two~”
Chan glanced at his two boyfriends, whom, for the first time, he saw struggling with his own eyes. Wonwoo frantically shook his head, while Mingyu mouthed ‘run now!!!’
Those unusual actions, of course, confused Chan even further.
(13)
Hansol was on his way to meet Seungkwan for an afterschool date. Or for more accurate understanding, using Seungkwan’s own words, “Help me choose snacks for our school trip, Hansol-ah. I think I’ll be broke as heck if I bought it alone.”
As a good, caring boyfriend who definitely would not let his darling go broke, Hansol accepted the invitation. He was at the door, phone in hand and denim jackets half worn, when he saw an interesting sight.
(14)
Chan was there (he awkwardly waved at Hansol). Wonwoo-hyung and Mingyu-hyung were also there (Wonwoo was, for once, frantically pulling someone’s shirt; Mingyu, not for once, hugged that someone’s waist, imitating that pose of a wronged concubine from saeguk dramas). An unfamiliar face stood between Chan and those two, his back on the next door duo, not flinching even with such a chaotic situation around him.
Hansol opened his mouth, and then closed it again.
After finishing formulating the proper sentence in his head, Hansol opened his mouth, again:
“Can I record this and send it to someone?”
(15)
I’m a tiger
[sent an image]
I’m moving in tonight~
Orange Cat
???
Woozi
with whose permission
I’m a tiger
My own!
There were a lot of ellipses appearing in that chat room.
Your Big Boss
@/wonungie @/mingoori is everything okay?
I’m a tiger
they’re being mean to me
I want to move in but they rejected my idea!
Even though I mean well!
Your Big Boss
…no wait something’s missing here
fr tho hoshi-ya, why the sudden?
I’m a tiger
I found a cute dongsaeng this evening
I saved him from three ugly thugs, and now I’m saving
his ass
him from two good-looking thugs!!
Cue a long period of silence in that chat room–until ‘Minmin is cute Mimi’ sent a hysterically laughing cat gif.
And then, all hell broke loose.