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"When I arrived, they were about to operate on you." He said with a sigh of relief that he had gotten there on time to stop it. The two of them laid in bed together side by side with Miran in his arms and her head rested on his chest. He was once again filled with anger as he remembered seeing her defenseless on the operating table. "I didn't know what they were going to do to you, but I knew it wasn't good."

From that, Miran knew nothing had happened while she was unconscious. He had arrived just in time to save her and the baby. She also knew he was completely in the dark about the abortion they wanted to perform on her. She didn't know whether to tell him about it or not. There was no danger now and there was no reason to anger or worry him. She knew he would react badly to the news anyway. But she also didn't want to keep any secrets from him when he had been completely honest with her about everything, even when he had wanted to go against Soo for the leadership position in the pack.

He instantly sensed there was something on her mind. "What's wrong, baby?" He wondered, pressing his lips softly to her temple.

"Light, you have to promise you won't flip out or anything because this is something very serious and I just know you. You'll be furious." She started with caution, testing the waters. Baekhyun was sweet and funny, but when it came to things related to the pack or whenever he was angry, he could be very serious and even frightening. 

He tensed by her side with her words. He wanted to promise, but at the same time he didn't want to be compelled to a promise he might not be able to keep. He thought on it for a minute before he said to her, "I don't think I can promise that. But please don't keep whatever it is from me."

Miran bit down on her lip before starting with hesitance. "While I was there, my parents went to court and made a case against you for rape." She stopped for a moment, taking in his reaction. He flinched at the word rape. The accusation was completely untrue and her parents knew it. But they just wanted to save face in front of their friends and family. They didn't want anyone to know that their daughter had gotten involved with a gang--involved because of them, no less. "The court gave them permission for the mental hospital to have an abortion done on me."

Baekhyun pulled away from her and sat up in bed quickly, looking back towards her full of outrage. "I'll kill your parents, Miran. I swear I fucking will." He said to her through gritted teeth, seething with rage. His hand reached for his gun and she knew that promise was absolutely serious unless she did something about it.

"Light!" She said urgently, her arms reaching out to him. "Calm down, okay. Nothing happened. Everything is fine now."

"They wanted to kill our baby." He reminded her. He paced back and forth around the room, gun in hand and ready to dart out of the room at first chance. He was almost like a lion cornering its prey. He looked to her, trying to convince her to let him go. He wanted them to die a slow and painful death and in his mind he was already thinking up ways to do the deed. "They locked you up in a mental hospital."

She beckoned for him to go to her, and his anger died down significantly. She laid there in bed with a heart monitor and an IV hooked to her. She looked calm, but her heart monitor gave her away. It was beeping madly now and in a blue hospital gown, he thought she looked so small and defenseless. All he wanted to do was to protect her. Maybe later he would think about paying her parents a little visit. He sighed in defeat and set his gun down on the nightstand, crawling back into bed with her, this time under the covers. 

Miran immediately wrapped her arms around him to keep him there, and she buried her face in the crook of his neck. In a shy little whisper she made an indecent offer to him. "Why don't you just stay here, and unleash that and anger and frustration onto me?" Her hand slowly traveled up his chest, starting to undo the buttons on his shirt slowly.

He turned in her arms, placing his hands on her waist and colliding his lips with hers, giving his answer. He gently pushed her onto her back and climbed on top of her, pushing her legs apart and settling between them, deepening their kiss. His hands pushed the blue hospital gown up and out of the way while her hands continued to undo the buttons on his shirt shakily in her haste to get him undressed. The two were stopped, lips still connected and bodies heated, when there was a knock on the door. 

He pulled away from her and sighed in frustration, resting his forehead on her shoulder in annoyance. "Maybe if we stay quiet they'll get the hint and go away." He told Miran, his dark eyes full of desire looked into her own.

Miran shook her head breathlessly. "It might be something important." She whispered.

Baekhyun pushed himself off her and climbed out of bed, buttoning up his shirt as he went to open the door. When he opened it, there was a familiar face waiting for him out in the hall.

"Hyung," The boy--who looked no older than eighteen--bowed his head to Baekhyun apologetically. Miran had quickly covered herself with the blanket and adjusted her medical gown. "Lay hyung is downstairs in the lobby waiting for you. He wants to give you a tour of the casino, and then he is going to tell you about your duties at the casino. Kris hyung said if our other siblings would like to work here, they may as well." Baekhyun had been momentarily surprised that he called them his siblings as well. But there was no longer any bad blood between both gangs, and the boy had been too young to take any grudge against them anyway.

The beta's eyes narrowed in recognition. "I remember you. Aren't you...Jeno?"

The boy nodded his head slowly.

A smile formed on Baekhyun's lips as a memory came to his mind. "When I last saw you, you were like eleven. You were this tall." He gestured with his hand and the boy smiled at him with another nod of his head. "You used to go to that foreign school for orphan children. I remember Kris hyung and Jun hyung would donate money and toys there and you and your little group of friends were always the first to greet us when we arrived."

"You remember that, hyung?" Jeno laughed shyly, also remembering his old days at the foreign school.

Baekhyun nodded and pulled him in for a hug. "You're just as tall as me now, omega."

He didn't know what rank the boy had now. But back then when they were only children, Baekhyun and the others would call him and his group of friends the omegas because they were so young. 

"Well, you're not exactly super tall, hyung." Jeno bantered. He then added teasingly, "And who are you calling omega? I'm a second in command. We're on the same level now."

As they pulled away, Baekhyun chuckled and ruffled his hair in a brotherly gesture. "We're on the same level now." He mocked playfully. "Who's you're leader?"

"Renjun." Jeno replied matter of fact.

That had been the cutoff, as Baekhyun remembered it. When the older packs split up, half stayed in Korea while half went to China. The same had happened with the younger pack. Half stayed with the wolves while half went with the Coven. Mark could have left the wolves to become the leader of the younger pack in China. But when he decided to stay, he was made omega of the younger pack because he was the youngest. His rank didn't matter to him because he preferred to stay in Korea with his brothers.

Baekhyun looked back into the room, remembering he had been busy with Miran due to the awkward tightness in his pants that he hoped the boy hadn't noticed when they hugged. And if he did notice, he said nothing of it. "I would introduce you to my girlfriend Miran, but we were kinda busy in there when you arrived. Please tell Lay hyung I'll be right down, as soon as I can."

Jeno nodded and disappeared down the hallway, leaving the two alone again. Baekhyun closed the door and hurried back to Miran's side.

"Where were we?" He asked her with a cheeky wink.

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a little update for you all today before i go to bed. i took a four hour nap and woke up at 8pm. but i have to get up at 5am tomorrow to go to work so hopefully i will be well rested. also guys, imma tell you the chisme (gossip). roast myself, like exo do to each other.

im such a hoe. when im at work i only have eyes for my work crush and flirt with him shamelessly.

but then at night i go to the gym monday through thursday, and there's this really hot asian guy that i sort of semi stalk. his build reminds me of baek and he dresses in similar gym attire than baek. and i think he knows i like him bc yesterday i was looking for him. and when i found him, he smiled at me as i passed him on my way to the locker room. he was on the treadmill. idk his name, but i call him my asian mango (latin thing; calling someone a mango means they hot af). 

my asian mango knows i have a thing for him. im such a cringe.

-clary