There are 2 ways to merge mafia houses.

Marriage.

And Murder.

We only have three rules.
Honesty.
Loyalty.
And Respect.
To break these rules is treason, a death sentence.

And there are three main ways to earn the death penalty in this world.

Treason.
Thievery.
And Cheating.

Allow me to take you back.

***TW: DEATH, ACTS OF SEVERE VIOLENCE, MENTION OF WEAPONS, SWEARING, SEXUAL ASSUALT, SKIP IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE***

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**FLASHBACK**

I get in the van with Ni-ki, Jungwon and the rest of the boys. Once we are safely away, the group bursts into cheers.

Who are we?
We are Enhyphen (EN-), A small, recently formed mafia from the HYBE district.

As we drive away, Jake pats me on the back from the passengers seat. "Great job today, O Fearless Leader". He laughs and the boys join him. I smile with them. "We all did great today boys. Now, let's head home and celebrate!"

I'm sure you're all wondering if that was just a friendly gesture. Believe me, if it wasn't, Taeyong would have Jake sent off to one of the prison centers on the lower level of our headquarters.

In a chance meeting on the same mission, I met Taeyong, the leader of NCT, the biggest mafia in the SM district. At first, we were fierce competitors. Yet, slowly but surely it turned into something more. We're set to get married in July, and we'll officially join our two houses and grow powerful together.

I pull the car up next to the front steps of the NCT-Enhyphen mansion, our valet waiting right out front to congratulate our success. The boys hop out of the back, gear and guns in hand as I toss the keys to our reliable aid.

"Another successful mission, no doubt, Miss Oh?" I laugh warmly and pat his shoulder gently.

"Please, Seongjun, call me Y/N. No need for last name formalities."

He smiles. "Thank you, Miss Y/N. Congratulations on your mission." I nod and walk up the steps and into our sprawling home.

As I head inside, I start running over the program for tonight's mafia leaders meeting. Jin and Suho have important issues to cover as far as the SM-HYBE alliance. And although the alliance prospers, no one is quite happy with Taeyong and I being together. There is talk that the JYP district wants to become allied with HYBE as well, but that should all be covered during tonight's meeting. They warned me, saying that Taeyong has a history. I hope to make him a better man is my steadfast reply, but there's always a voice in my head that tells me they're right.

And boy I should've listened while I had the chance.

The boys have already made themselves comfortable with the rest of NCT in the living room, however, Johnny and Jaehyun are waiting for me at the bottom of the staircase that leads to the bedrooms. I stop next to Johnny, slightly concerned.

"May I get to my room, gentlemen?"

Jaehyun hands me something heavy, wrapped delicately in cloth. Johnny looked at me. "I tried stopping him. I don't know what got into him, but he snuck her in through some window. I'm so sorry Y/N, but it looks like we're merging sooner than planned."

I immediately knew what this meant. I straightened myself up and unwrapped the delicately curved blade and nodded to the two. "Thank you, both of you. I have some business to take care of it seems, I'll be downstairs shortly."

I slowly started walking up the stairs. "Oh and Jaehyun?" He looked up at me. "Yes, Y/N?". I smiled grimly. "Have the clean up crew ready." He nodded briskly and spoke into his walkie talkie in a hushed tone while walking towards their office.

Johnny stood silently at the bottom of the stairs, making sure no one came up to interrupt what I was about to do.

I stood outside our-, no, my bedroom door, and listened. What I heard disgusted me. Slowly, I open up the door, thankful that it doesn't squeak. The image before me brings a boiling rage into my throat. He has this poor girl tied to my bed. She's very obviously uncomfortable, but that doesn't stop him.

I reach down to my boot and open up a pocket strapped right above it. I pull out a slightly strong sedative-filled dart, aimed, and hit the girl right on her left shoulder. She couldn't have been older than 14, 16 at the oldest. I couldn't kill her, no. Just enough to have her asleep while I do what I must.

I cock my pistol, and Taeyong's eyes dart over in fright. I smile darkly at him as he tries to come closer and apologize.

"Sweetest love I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me, I-" I hushed him and slowly sang his favorite song.

"Baby, we built this house. Our memories. I'll take your picture now, shake it til I see it. And when your fantasies," I gestured, gun in my hand at the bed where his victim lie unconscious and slowly pulled out the blade Jaehyun gave me."Become your legacy, promise me a place...in your house of memories."

As I whispered the last words into his ear, the knife entered his body and I twisted it in a full circle. "The top three ways to earn the death penalty in this world are treason, theft, and cheating."

I yank the knife out push him to the ground and I start to pace in a steady circle around him. "You've betrayed the trust of NCT and EN-, you've stolen my heart, my time, and months of my life. And, a month before our wedding, no less, you cheated. Brought a young girl into what used to be our bed."

Jaehyun walks in, Ni-ki next to him and they come up to my sides, Jaehyun to my left and Ni-ki to my right. I take a deep breath, trying to steady myself so that I don't break form.

"Lee Taeyong, I hereby sentence you to death on basis of disregard for all three of the Mafia House Laws." I raise my gun up and aim at his head.

"사랑해, my star. But your time as leader is done."

And with that I pull the trigger.

The gun rings out, and yet the girl still stays there knocked out. No, I hadn't killed her. It was not her fault. She was not the one who had broken the undisputable laws.

I walked over to Taeyong's spacious walk-in closet, which was right next to mine. The two were separated only by a single wall. I walk around until I find what I'm looking for.

I went to the bathroom and got dressed, after all, I have a meeting tonight. But now it looks like I'm the leader of NCT and EN-. Tonight will surely be eventful.

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Much later, after the clean up team had finished, I stared at the young girl who lay in my bed. Johnny and Jake walk up on either side of me. "What do you want us to do with her?"

I sigh. "The clean up crew bagged her things and set them in the closet. She's a high-school student who is a regular at the café he always used to go to. I read her diary." I sighed and gently pushed a strand of hair out of her face.

"Her name is Byun Jaesoo. Take her home, tell her parents that you two are bodyguards for the mayor of the SM district. Tell them his daughter-in-law found her on the side of the road like that with a man that was trying to do things to her and that the man was taken into custody and was given the death sentence."

I looked gently down at her. "I want you to be sure she arrives safely home. And if her home environment is not safe, you bring her straight back here." I turn around to look at them. "Understand?"

They both nod. "Yes ma'am." I nod curtly and walk out.

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I walk into the garage, gazing at all of my prized vehicles. My minimal collection has now expanded to over 100 vehicles. I gaze upon the massive hall filled with cars as I set my sights on my favorite vehicle, the keys for it already in my hand.

(A glossy black, lifted, 1995 Chevrolet suburban. This is actually my dream car 😅)

I unlock the door and hoist myself into the driver's seat, shutting the door once my seat belt is buckled. Yes, I'm a mafia boss, but safety comes first. How do you think I've survived this long?

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**END OF FLASHBACK**

I pull into the massive parking lot of the BTS mansion. The 7-member unstoppable mafia had quite the sprawling property compared to when they first started out.

As I walked up to the door, I grabbed the pins for both NCT and Enhyphen and pinned them to my coat. The security guard looked at me, saw the redness in my eyes and solemnly nodded. As I entered the manor, i could see people from groups across each district. To my far right were Monsta X and Ateez. So KQ and Starship actually sent them this time, I thought to myself.

A little bit closer to me were some of the guys from Seventeen. To my far left I saw TXT engaged in a friendly debate with Jackson and Jaebom from GOT7. Yeonjun smiled, giving me a small wave when we made eye contact. As i continued to lead in the boys from both NCT & EN-, more eyes turned in my direction. However there was one pair that caught my attention. Seo Changbin.

Now don't get me wrong. Did I love Taeyong? Yes. But you can't let yourself stay attached after something like that happens in our world.

Now Bang Chan was the leader of Stray Kids for all intents and purposes, but he had made it known at the last meeting that if anyone were to merge, it would be through marriage with Changbin. Why? I had no idea, and at the time I was running too small of an operation to question it.

Before I could even blink, the doors to the meeting hall swung open, therefore giving us our cue to enter. I was glad that NCT & EN- were next to each other. I watched as all of my guys settled down, the former to my right and the latter to my left. I put both group name cards in front of me as well as both microphones.

As the remaining groups filed in, I noticed that Stray Kids was seated right across from us. As Chan's eyes cautiously scanned the table, he & Changbin noticed at the same time that I held both NCT & EN-. They looked quizzically at each other, faces & posture straightening up as BTS & EXO entered the room, followed by SHINee & BIGBANG. "Even YG sent somebody," I whispered to Ni-ki.

As Jin & Suho sat at the head of the table, their respective groups filing into the seats on either side, SHINee and BIGBANG stood behind them.

"Hello, everyone. I now bring this meeting to order. Will each leader please stand at the name of their group?" Jin announced. Of course, BTS & EXO were called first, as well as acknowledgement for our mafia elders SHINee & BIGBANG. The list went on & on.

Ateez?
Hongjoong stood.
Stray Kids?
Bang Chan stood.
Xdinary Heroes?
Gun-il stood.

Jaehyun looked at me curiously. "Xdinary Heroes is a newer group in the JYP district."

GOT7?
JB stood.
TXT?
Soobin stood.
Seventeen?
S.Coups, Hoshi and Woozi stood.

"Enhyphen?" Suho's commanding tone called out. I stood, with my chin up. I would not let anyone see me nerves. "NCT?" I stayed standing, and that's when a hush blanketed the room. Suho & Jin exchanged looks, then looked back to me. "You've merged sooner than expected. Which house law did he break?" Jin asked, his eyes doing a once-over to see if I was hiding something.

I lifted the mic from the table. "As we are all well aware, the only two ways to merge are marriage and murder. The ways to earn your death sentence are treason, thievery, and cheating. And, in answer to your question sir, Lee Taeyong broke all three of our house rules." Some people gasped, others shared knowing glances.

Suho sighed disappointedly. "I have good reason to assume you took care of it yourself then?"

I nodded. "Yes sir. Right before I left actually."

Jin & Suho exchanged looks. You could tell neither of them wanted to ask this next question. "And how old was this victim?" I visibly cringed. "15 sir. Her name is Byun Jaesoo, a high school student who frequented the café he went to." Anyone could notice how scathingly I said "he". "I had Jake & Johnny take her home and we created a story for her parents."

Suho nodded. "And the story was?"

"The story was that the two of them are bodyguards for the mayor of the SM district. I told them to tell the parents that the mayor's daughter-in-law found her on the side of the road like that with a man that was trying to do things to her and that the man was taken into custody and was given the death sentence. She was given a mild sedative, she should be awake in an hour or so."

Jin nodded. "I thank you for being proactive, Y/N. However we do have some news for you." I looked up at the man curiously. "Yes, Jin?"
He looked mildly uncomfortable, so Namjoon grabbed the mic. "As you are well aware of Y/N, you are our only female leader in the HYBE district. Therefore marriage alliance options are, limited." I immediately knew where this was going, lowering my head as he continued talking. "We have decided to go through with the HYBE-JYP alliance merger. Which, as you are aware of from last meeting Miss, means that you will be wed to Operations Lieutenant Seo Changbin of Stray Kids."

Suho looked over at Jin, who grabbed the mic from Namjoon. "Suho, she will stay leader of both NCT & EN-. This is purely an alliance-based union." Jin looked at me again, the eyes of my father-figure peeking through the stoic shield of the mafia leader persona. "My Y/N, I know you have certainly been through a lot in the past few hours, but this is going to help all of us prosper. Understand?"

I nodded at him, not daring to let a tear roll down my cheek. "Understood, sir." I said as I sat down.

The meeting dragged on and on but the only thing I could focus on was the dark haired man sitting just across from me.

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