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" why can't we just be a normal family ? "

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"How's my baby doing?"

Jungkook rolls his eyes as he sits at the table, yawning. "I'm fine hyung, what's that smell?"

"Your birthday breakfast, obviously." Yoongi ruffles his dirty blond hair as he pouts. "But I can't assure you it will be good..."

"It's fine, it's the thought that counts." Yoongi places the plate in front of him and he notices the bags under his eyes.

"Get any sleep? You know I told you being out and following whatever TaeTae does at night would be bad."

"I don't think my soulmate got much sleep." Jungkook smiles as he bites into his sandwich. Barbecue sauce in his breakfast sandwich made up for it all. "Hyung you're the best."

"I know I am." The older opens the fridge and pulls out banana milk to which the youngest's eyes widen. "I felt bad that we had to do a gathering on your birthday so..."

Jungkook gives his guardian a genuine smile. "Thank you."

"Happy birthday." Yoongi looks down at his phone. "Why the hell isn't Taehyung up yet?"

Jungkook sighed as his phone vibrated in his pocket.

Yugyeomie:
Happy birthday. I'll see you at the gathering right?

JK:
Thx, yeah

The boy didn't much care for these 'gatherings' as time passed on. They really were just meetings of gang leaders discussing problems and fixing them to avoid gang wars in Seoul.

Yoongi was a gang leader, pathetically enough. He didn't have anyone in his gang other than all the kids he picked off the streets. They never did anything as bad as other gangs. The only business he ran was selling marijuana and providing fake green cards to the U.S.

The oldest in the house was a man with a kind heart. He could be scary and absolutely murderous if provoked, but inside, he really did just have a soft heart. That heart was the one that picked both Taehyung and Jungkook off of the streets. No potential whatsoever to even be part of the business, and yet he still gave them a place to live and legal jobs to sustain themselves.

Jungkook could never figure out why he worried so much about their illegal activities if he himself would show up at times covered in blood and even limping.

Maybe he didn't want them to fall into the same path as he did.

Yoongi comes back from the hall pulling Taehyung by the ear. "I'll say it as many times as I have to Kim Taehyung, in this house...we eat breakfast together!"

Taehyung is pushed onto a chair next to Jungkook and he huffs, grabbing onto his ear. "Sorry... I was just really tired."

"Not my fault." Yoongi places another sandwich in front of Taehyung. "Now finish up, I'd like to get there in time."

"You just handed me the food, oh my god."

Jungkook scrolls through his phone and he gets shivers down his spine, that feeling right after you have a really good sneeze. "Damn, that sneeze was orgasmic."

"Oh yeah, best part about this is you feel all the good shit too!" Taehyung frowns and turns to Yoongi. "Hey how come you're not with your soulmate?"

Yoongi stops as he has just hung the apron on the hanger. "I don't think I was meant to have one."

"What do you mean hyung?" Jungkook looks up from his phone, interested suddenly. "I thought everyone had a soulmate."

"Not everyone can have a soulmate if the population is an odd number." Yoongi jokes and Jungkook knows he's just trying to avoid the subject so he drops it.

But of course, "Did they die?"

The youngest kicks him under the table, making his runaway brother yelp. "Tae, do you ever know when to shut the fuck up?"

"Fuck off."

"You fuck off."

Yoongi sighs as he rolls his eyes. "I'm only twenty five and already have children, how sad."

"Hey, we're not kids!" Taehyung yells out but he gets thrown at him a magazine. "Ow! If you were our real father, child services would have taken us away you prick."

Yoongi turns to Jungkook. "He's testing me."

"Just kill him, I've thought about it." Jungkook stands up, cleaning up his plate and pushing his chair in.

"Ugh! How dare you say that about your brother?" Yoongi immediately pouts in sadness.

"Not his brother." Taehyung grimaces.

"Not my brother." After putting the plate in the sink, Jungkook grabs his black, leather jacket and puts it on. "Can I just meet you guys there?"

"No, oh my gosh why can't we just be a normal family and go together?" Yoongi sighs as he smacks Taehyung's head as he finally finishes the sandwich. "Hurry it up."

"Why can't we be a normal family? Hmm, let me think," Taehyung does the same as Jungkook, knowing that if either one left the table dirty they wouldn't hear the end of it, "We all ran away from home, one is the son of a gang leader and he became a gang leader when the dad died, we keep guns in every room just incase and we all have so many cute scars!"

Jungkook looks between Yoongi and Taehyung and immediately has to come between them as Yoongi has launched at him, wailing his arms at him. "Let me at him! I'm gonna murder this ungrateful little bitch!"

"Come at me old man! Whatcha gonna do? Climb me?" Taehyung sticks his tongue out and Jungkook has had enough.

"Can I have," He yells through their bickering, "one fucking day where you two shut the hell up?!"

As chaotic as they were, they loved each other. They would never admit it with words, but all their scars were ones of them protecting each other in fights or being chased.

And as crazy as they were in the house, outside wasn't all fun and games. As they arrived at the abandoned warehouse, most gangs were there already.

Yoongi, as a gang leader, was very intimidating. His lackeys were scared of him to all ends. His business might be the most acceptable and least criminal compared to others, but he took it as serious as the rest. It still came with plenty of trouble.

No one has stolen from Min Yoongi for two years since he cut someone's thumbs off.

"What's going on?" He asks as he notices the eerie and unusual silence around.

"Junmyeon had a drug bust during a secret shipment," Yugyeom says, a lackey of Yoongi's. "He got arrested and everyone is saying there's a spy amongst the other gangs."

Yoongi looks around and sees the lack of trust as everyone eyes each other. He steps in the middle and clears his throat, Jungkook and Taehyung just wait in the back, listening as they always do.

They weren't directly part of the gang, in fact, Yoongi use to not want to have his boys at the gatherings but their curiosity and rebellious nature had them sneaking in time to time, which caused a bit of trouble. So, evidently, Yoongi started bringing them with him just so they knew what was going on with his business and he didn't have to play catch up at home.

"Everyone is here so let's cut to the chase. Anyone who Junmyeon trusted and told about the shipment is a suspect." The dirty blond shrugs with hands in his pockets, smiling. "Simple as that."

"And what if some little asshole told someone else? We have no way of knowing that." Soyeon calls out from Yoongi's right as she crosses her arms.

"Yeah, we can't suspect everyone they knew as well because there's just not enough people for investigating that shit." Johnny points around as his gang stands next to Soyeon's. "Who even wants to investigate that?"

"We're not all selfish dipshits like you," Jackson scoffs as he calls across the warehouse to the left. "Some of us want to get rid of the threat and be smart about this."

"We might as well be dead meat if we let a peep squeak run around being a snitch." Ryujin steps her foot down as she raises her hand. "I say we send someone to visit Junmyeon and ask him who knew."

"Right, and risk our own business for that prick?" Soyeon scoffs and someone yells out right after.

"You watch your mouth, whore." Sehun growls as he places his hand on the gun he holds in his back pocket. "Junmyeon has done a lot for this compromise and if it wasn't for him, you would have been killed by Makpo's gang."

"You can try and show your fangs all you want, you're all bark but no bite." The girl smirks as she grabs onto the handle of her knife.

"Children, please!" Yoongi smirks as he gains their attention. "This isn't something we've never dealt with before. A snitch is but a snail to find in the vast field of grass. And their shell is not very good at camouflaging." Yoongi looks about and Jungkook smiles because he loved that look on his guardian's face.

He may be a dork at home, but in the streets, everyone was intimidated by his sharp eyes and the tone of authority to his voice. His dark aura was actually one to be feared.

"We'll continue the usual business with more precautions as we investigate. As Junmyeon's friend," Taehyung almost laughs at the statement. "I'll take care of it."

"Because your gang of potheads is sooo sharp." Jackson spits on the ground as he points at himself. "Leave it to us."

"Yeah cause we'll let the chinese take over? Like hell we are." Johnny shouts.

Jackson's anger growls within and he takes out his gun as he points it across the warehouse with both his hands, causing so many of the gang members to ready themselves. "You piss me the fuck off, Seo."

As cocky as ever, Johnny just smiles as he pulls his gun out as well, one hand holding it to show off his strength with pistols. "That's the intention, Wang."

"Ladies, please!" Yoongi laughs as he pulls out both his guns and points it at the two. "As weak as my lackeys look to you, they are very capable. Put some trust in me or you get a bullet to the head. And I really wouldn't like to have to kill all of your members as well."

Johnny and Jackson huff as they put their guns away and Yoongi smirks to himself. Control, as always, is at his fingertips.

"Do we have any other problems?" The tone in his voice pretty clearly says to not waste his time so no one steps up or says anything. "Good. This gathering is dismissed."

Yoongi gathers his members away from other gangs, Jungkook and Taehyung both behind him, the older of the two on his phone playing a tapping game vigorously.

"Because of these circumstances, I can't risk letting all of you know who I'll have conduct the investigation, and I'm sorry." Yoongi has a kind hearted smile as he looks at all of the present members. "I do need you all to keep a look out for me and listen to everything that may be of use. So we're all basically working on this, okay?"

He receives nods and a few 'Yessirs' before the three of the runaway family walk off and into the car.

"Shouldn't you check the car for bugs just incase someone wants to keep an eye on you?" Jungkook calls out and Yoongi smiles proudly. "Wouldn't be surprised if someone wants to snitch on any of your buy-ins."

"I have a system update in the car. Anything it recognizes as foreign, it will tell me." Yoongi unlocks the car and Jungkook races to the car.

"Shotgun!!"

"No fair..." Taehyung whines.

"It's his birthday, just let him." Yoongi chukles and the three buckle in.

The silence over takes them and the two youngest frown because he's not driving out.

"What's wrong hyung?" Jungkook notices the uncomfortable look on Yoongi's face.

"I'm sorry guys, I always told you I'd keep you out of all this bullshit, but I can't trust anyone." Yoongi turns to Jungkook and then Taehyung. "I need your help investigating."

Taehyung immediately begins whining as he shuts off his phone. "No way! I refuse to do field work."

"Tae, please, our own livelihood could get affected." Yoongi sighs as he sees Taehyung shake his head. "You don't have to do field work. All you'd need to do is go visit Junmyeon and ask for a list of people he told about this and keep track of paperwork."

"Then what does he get to do?" Taehyung points at Jungkook.

"Kook, can you do the field work?"

Jungkook shrugged as he returned to his phone. "Yeah, whatever."

"Good, cause I already have a possible lead." Yoongi then started driving out.

"Already?" Jungkook frowns and huffs. "What, some gang like two cities away?"

"No, one of the clients for the drugs." Yoongi smiles to himself, knowing the two would do just fine. "He's the owner of a coffee shop. I'll be dropping you off there."

Jungkook sighs as he puts his mask on, not wanting to draw out much attention.

"Great, do I need a gun or something?"

"Not at all, you're only to ask him what he knew of the shipment. That's all."

"Okay... great birthday gift, by the way." Jungkook rolls his eyes for what feels the millionth time today.

He just couldn't catch a break, could he?