"about that... I quit working for him. I had enough of hurting my son to satisfy him"

"wow you finally came around big whoop" chan says.

"I told him off about it too... but I don't think he got the message knowing him" chan rolls his eyes.

"just leave" chan opens the door and lays felix down on the sofa.

"please... let me talk to him" he looks at chan.

"you raped him. you agonized him. you traumatized him. you don't deserve to talk to him" chan walks closer to him.

"I didn't... and you know it..." he looks at chan, who looks down.

"yeah. well you did everything else" chan sits next to felix.

"I'm sorry... felix I'm so sorry" he says, but felix just stays silent.

"please talk to me"

"fine, how about you just leave? you were one of the reasons I left to come here in the first place.... yeah you're my dad but you also treated me awfully" felix avoids eye contact with him.

"I know... I'm really sorry... I-"

"please... go..." felix says, chan holds his hand.

"if you guys need my help to take him down, I will help" he says and he leaves the house.

"you okay?" felix nods and rests his head on chan's shoulder.

"I'm sorry" felix says.

"what are you apologizing for?"

"it's just... all the stuff your dad has done to you... you don't deserve it"

"hey... it's okay. don't apologize for that, I don't care anymore because I wouldn't have met you. and I don't want that" felix chuckles.

"stop" he smiles and chan gives him a peck.

"no"

they both exchange smiles, but then they get interrupted when jisung coughs.

"we're still here" hyunjin says.

"you guys can just do whatever you want for now, we'll start tomorrow on our plan"

"sweet!" jisung and minho run upstairs.

"those two..." chan says and felix laughs.

"at least they're in love right?" chan nods.

"yeah true, and so are we" he smiles and felix giggles.

"you're so cute" felix's cheeks turn a slight red and he smiles.

"no you are"

they hear loud noises and they knew exactly where it was coming from.

"get used to it they're always fucking" chan says and felix chuckles.

"how long have they been together?" felix asks.

"hm... a few months I think"

"how did all of you guys meet?" felix asks.

"well hyunjin and I have been friends since we were in school, one day we found jisung on the side of the road. he had nothing. nowhere to go. pretty much all of us turned out like that. we... we all had nothing" before chan said anything else felix wrapped his arms around him.

"I'm so sorry" felix says.

"don't apologize, there's nothing you need to be sorry about. it was us... it was our faults that we believed that anyone could love us and they would always be there for us"

"but still.... you guys don't deserve any of it"

"don't worry, it's okay now. because we're all here and we all have each other now" chan looks at him.

"that's good"

"we made a pact that we would never leave each other, and that will still stand no matter what"

"good, I'm glad" felix smiles softly and chan strokes his hair.

they have their moment, even if there's loud moans coming from upstairs.

...

changbin finds hyunjin sitting on the steps outside smoking a cigarette.

"you still do this shit?" changbin sits next to him.

"chan hasn't done it anymore, but I have, I don't really care" before hyunjin could take a huff of it, changbin snatches it from his hand.

"well these can kill you, chan stopped so you should too"

"you think I give a shit? I'd rather have them kill me than don't" hyunjin takes it back, but changbin snatches it again and puts it out.

"shut up" hyunjin rolls his eyes and he takes another one out.

"really?" changbin takes that one away too.

"I got plenty more, how long you wanna do this?"

"until you stop"

"how about I don't stop, you go back inside and leave me alone to let me smoke in peace" hyunjin takes the unlit cigarette from changbin.

"forget it" changbin turns away and goes back inside.

"what!? forget what!?" hyunjin stands up and grabs his arm. "forget about all the shit that's happened to me? I'm at happiness when I smoke. just let me be happy"

changbin looks down, and he turns around.

"let me make you happy then" changbin says.

"what the hell are you talking about?"

"nevermind" changbin pulls out of his grab and goes upstairs.

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