"He took them," Jaemin murmured when they sat on the couch as the house now felt- there was something (or someone) missing.

"Who?" Haechan asked looking around dumbfounded as Jisung rolled his eyes at him smacking the back of his head. "Ow!"

"Hyuntae and Hyejin," the brunet answered his friend's question nonetheless. "Jeno took them and left me with Hyunjoon, just because he doesn't want our family to be completely- apart."

"It still sort of feels and looks like it though," Jisung said looking at the elder in pity.

"I know."

Hyunjoon was taking a nap in the triplets' shared room, it's sort of his now for the time being of whatever feud their parents are having.

It took more than usual to make him fall asleep, kept whining and crying for his mother's name as the last time he saw the cat hybrid was earlier this morning with his other two siblings.

"Is it true?" Jaemin asked looking up at his friends who decided to have the heart to come over even though this situation is really fucked up.

"Is what true? I slept on the floor because Renjun thought I was taking that bitch's side at the grocery store last week?" Haechan guesses quite straightforward.

"No," the elder alpha sighed rolling his eyes. "What Mark said yesterday in my office before storming out, was all of it true?" He repeats gulping audibly.

"Ohhh~ that true, got it," Haechan drawls pointing finger guns at the brunet whilst clicking his tongue for sound effects.

Jisung then snickered at the beta, "you took someone else's side against your own mate?" He sneered earning a glare.

"Shut up,"

"Guys!" Jaemin finally stopped talking in a murmur after processing what happened and just used his alpha voice to get their attention.

"Can you fucking listen and focus!?" He growled eyes turning red and fingers growing claws, almost turning into his werewolf form.

The other two just stared at him trying to observe the angry alpha's state. Taking mental notes as they blinked at him, hell even Haechan seemed unbothered.

Probably because it's normal for them to see now, since years ago.

"We will," Jisung said almost the same alpha tone as Jaemin's but held back. He doesn't want to rile the elder up than he is already as much as he's annoyed with this.

Haechan nodded agreeing to the younger alpha before humming, "calm down first."

"I am calm!"

"No you aren't, have you seen yourself when you're angry Jaemin? That's what I've been wondering." The beta said nonchalantly not even scared.

Yes, alphas are very scary when they're angry, they get hostile and have not much control over themselves unless they're properly trained and taught.

Jaemin is like that, even though Jeno has had made him feel reassured and gave support with the same amount of patience and love. Jaemin is still not halfway there.

Mind you, Jeno is a cat hybrid. He can give support for his mate in this problem but isn't a professional when training him to be a good alpha with good control.

Mark was once like Jaemin, every alpha was once like that. They've all gone through the same problem, but not many had succeeded.

Mark was properly trained since he was six and a half years old when he accidentally picked up a fight with some other kid at the park for whatever toy they bickered about.

Thus is why Haechan isn't scared when Jaemin is in no control since he's (or moreover they've) lived with it but rather scared when two alphas are in a fight.

The beta's words echoed in Jaemin's ears after a few seconds as he blinked several times and glanced at the full body mirror in the room.

He widened his eyes and panted as he calms himself down with his once red eyes back to normal brown and his claws now gone.

"Is this w-why Jeno is scared of me?" He asked hesitantly trying to calm his mind at what he had just saw. Himself.

The other two nodded without further thinking, they all know it's true. And even if they lie, they know it'll only make Jaemin and Jeno's relationship more at risk.

Jaemin needs to know what he's doing as Jeno's alpha. He needs to properly get his self control on instead of none and just scaring his poor mate.

"You know," Haechan starts after a beat of silence. "I assume you would think Mark is an asshole for doing what he did despite being drunk, I'm sure everyone would be too in your point of view."

The brunet looked at him listening carefully to try and understand the mishap in his relationship with Jeno. Oh how he misses the younger.

"But for us, Mark is a hero in this case." Jisung nodded at the beta's words glancing at Jaemin carefully to see his reaction.

"How?"

Haechan chuckled at the elder alpha, "I know it's confusing and hard to believe, everyone would be like you too you know?" He shrugged.

He then pursed his lips, "Mark did what he did to save Jeno, he kept making out with him even though he knew it was wrong. Yes he didn't have full control but he also decided to not stop or tell Jeno to."

"And why?"

"Because if it weren't for him, Jeno would have been snatched away from all of us."

"What?"

"Jaemin, if it weren't for Mark, Jeno would have been gone forever. He saved him by doing what they did that night, as stupid as it sounds, it was the only choice he could do." Haechan explained further.

"B-but-" the brunet stammered shellshocked. "Please elaborate more," he pleaded desperately trying to understand the full story before he fucks it up even more.

Jisung sighed, "basically that guy that drugged Jeno was planning to kidnap him after, but his plan failed once Jeno went to Mark and kissed him without knowing anything."

"That guy stayed for a while, waiting for the chance for Jeno to be alone since he knew Mark was an alpha and he probably saw their marks making him think they were mates." He continued.

"But once they went upstairs almost doing it, which they didn't by the way," Haechan sneered aiming at Jaemin who sighed to himself. "Minghao called the cops before anything could happen."

"Then why-"

"Mark thought the guy was still out there, so he decided to keep going so the guy would leave them alone when he will barge in seeing them all over each other." Haechan said.

Jisung then shared, "then that's when they stopped after you saw them, Jeno ran to the bathroom and threw up before passing out because of the drugs."

"Mark thought you were the guy so he just shrugged it off and took care of Jeno since he was so out of it and limp." He adds.

A pause of silence was next before Haechan pursed his lips, "Mark tried looking for you afterwards, but he stopped when he assumed you got it all wrong, which he was right about."

"Mark has a mate if you couldn't tell by the mark behind his ear, he just adores Jeno like a little brother. That's why he's affectionate with him." Jisung stated.

With a pat on his shoulder when Jaemin was still quiet, absolutely appalled at the full story of their situation, Haechan stood up.

"Just so you know, if all of this wasn't true. I would have punched Mark on the face and nagged at Jeno, which I would never do, but hey," he paused.

He then gave a small smile, "you can still get him back. You just need to work yourself out." He said before leaving to the kitchen.