Yunho yelped and stumbled when his foot got caught in one of the tree roots. Yunho whimpered when his body collided with the big tree roots, hurting his stomach and elbow as he didn't have time to stop his fall. Yunho paled when he heard rushing footsteps and he stopped himself to rub at his wounds and get up before starting running again. His ears fall flat on top of his head as he runs through the forest, ignoring all the cuts that he got from the branches as his goal is only to get out of there and away from them.

Yunho panted when he was finally out of the forest and he didn't stop running as he ran to wherever his feet took him to, rushing past people who looked at him weirdly. Yunho ignored them but he didn't want people to start making any assumptions so he ducked into a smaller street before stumbling to a dark alley. Yunho hid himself behind some piled up trash and his bushy tail wrapped around his stomach as he sat there, hugging his knees to his chest and buried his head in between them.

Yunho stayed silent for a while but his body started to hurt from all the cuts and wounds that he got from the branches and those bad guys that were chasing him, making him whimpered.

"Who's there..? Hello..?"

Yunho tensed and bit his lips to stop him from whimpering again because his wounds flared up. His ears still flat on his head as he ducked his head between his knees, hoping for whoever that was to go away. He's afraid that the guy will catch him and take him to the police. He doesn't want that, not after he gets to run away from the lab. Yunho squirmed a bit and he couldn't help but to whimper when his wounds flared up once again, making the guy who was about to walk away stopped walking and turned around.

"I know you are there. I'm not going to hurt you. Please come out so I can take a look at you. You sound hurt. I can help you, I promise."

Yunho bit his lips, contemplating whether to trust this guy or not. From how he sounds, Yunho thinks that this guy is a nice guy but he couldn't really trust him. "I promise I won't hurt you." The guy told him once again and Yunho finally wanted to try to trust him. "P-promise?" Yunho muttered and the guy walked even closer to where Yunho is. "I promise." The guy said and Yunho couldn't help but to whimper again when he saw the guy walk closer and rustle the trash in front of him.

"Hey there, don't worry I'm not going to hurt you." Yunho's ears flattened on his head as he warily looked at the guy. The guy gave him a small smile and crouched down near him but not too near. "My name is Mingi. Song Mingi. What's yours? If you want me to know that is." Mingi said softly and Yunho tilted his head silently at him. Mingi waited for him patiently, still adorning that soft smile and Yunho finally stuttered out his name.

"J-jeong Yunho."

"What happened to you, Yunho?" Mingi asked, frowning in worry when he saw his cuts and wounds littered all over his body and face. "P-promise you won't s-send me to the p-police or t-them?" Yunho muttered with fear in his eyes as he clutched his bushy tail to keep his anxiety at bay. "I won't if you're going to be a good boy."Mingi said, already knew how to handle a hybrid as he was actually a hybrid doctor but Yunho didn't know yet. Yunho frowned and pouted, "I'm always a good boy." Yunho retaliated as soon as Mingi said those words, making Mingi smile bigger.

"Then I won't send you to them. Can you come here so I can take a look at your wounds? That must've hurt." Mingi said softly and Yunho can't help but to obey as Mingi looked and sounded believable so Yunho uncurled himself before whimpering slightly and scooted closer to Mingi quietly, though he still adorning a doubtful look at Mingi. Mingi softly touched Yunho's face, not wanting to scare the hybrid away as he looked at the cuts on his face before scanning his body but he couldn't really see it in the dark alleyway.

"Bub?"

Yunho blushed at the sudden pet name as he tilted his head at Mingi. "Can I treat you at my house? It's better to treat you there than in this dark alleyway." Yunho bit his lips but Mingi was quick to assure the hybrid. "I'm living alone so no one will see you if you don't want them to and I'll keep my promise." Yunho pondered for a bit before nodding his head, making Mingi smile at him.

"Can you stand up?"

Yunho bit his lips as he tried but yelped when his legs gave away but Mingi quickly held his arm to prevent him from falling down. Yunho hissed in pain when Mingi accidentally grabbed his injured arm, making Mingi loosen his grip on the hybrid, "I'm sorry, bub. Since you can't stand up right now, can I pick you up?" Mingi asked but Yunho only tilted his head at the doctor. "H-how?" Yunho mumbled, eliciting a hum from Mingi. "On my back? Can you do that?" Yunho nodded and he went to Mingi's back as the doctor picked him up gently.

The walk to Mingi's house was silent and by the time Mingi reached his house, Yunho had already fallen asleep with his bushy tail wrapped around Mingi's wrist. Mingi gently put Yunho down on the couch as he went to get the first aid kit in his bathroom before changing his shirt and brought a set of clothes for Yunho to wear. Mingi gently shook Yunho's shoulder to rouse him up and Yunho rubbed his eyes before humming in question sleepily.

"We're here, bub. Let me treat your wounds first and then we could eat and sleep." Mingi explained, eliciting a nod from the hybrid. "Take off your shirt, bub." Mingi said softly and Yunho tried but he couldn't as the movements hurt his body so he huffed before pouting and looking at Mingi shyly. "I c-can't.. It h-hurts.."

"Want my help?" Mingi asked as he knew some hybrids won't let people touch them easily but Yunho nodded his head with a tiny voice, "P-please.. T-thank you.." Mingi smiled and his stomach had butterflies with how cute the hybrid is right now. No, Mingi. You don't know if he has an owner or not. Mingi thought, pushing the butterfly feeling away as he helped Yunho take off his shirt and pants, leaving the hybrid in his brief.

Yunho blushed as he felt very embarrassed being mostly naked in a stranger's house so he curled up while biting his lips. Mingi was aware of this so he slowly pat Yunho's hair and when Yunho didn't do anything, he started to caress Yunho's soft fluffy ears, eliciting a content hum from the hybrid. After a while of Mingi petting Yunho, he finally pulled away as he patted Yunho's head for the last time, for now. "Don't be shy, it's only me and I am a hybrid doctor." Mingi said, making Yunho widened his eyes at him. "Y-you're a hybrid d-doctor?" Mingi nodded softly. "Yes, bub. A good and nice one. I treat them. I don't hurt them."

"O-okay then.. The d-doctor back at t-the lab wasn't as nice as y-you, anyway.." Yunho pouted as Mingi raised one of his eyebrows at the words. "They're not?" Mingi said as he took a seat next to Yunho and began to clean the wounds and cuts on Yunho's face. Yunho whimpered and hissed quietly as it stings but he let Mingi do his job as he answered the doctor's question earlier. "T-they usually tied me u-up and kept t-taking my blood a-and hurting m-me when it h-hurts.."

"What? Are you sure they are doctors??" Mingi asked, perplexed by what he had heard from the hybrid. Who in the world could hurt a hybrid as cute as Yunho? "T-they wear t-those long white coats though.." Yunho mumbled. "Well maybe they're not doctors. That's okay, bub. I'm a real doctor with a legal license. I won't hurt you." Yunho nodded cutely and quietly let Mingi treat his wounds on his body.

Yunho felt sleepy as Mingi treated him because the pain had numbed. Mingi chuckled when he saw how Yunho kept on falling asleep while he was treating him so he sped up the process before helping Yunho into clean clothes that he had brought earlier. "Don't sleep yet, bub. You need to eat. Do they even feed you there? You look so thin." Mingi stood up and went into the kitchen as Yunho followed him with curiosity as Mingi let him.

"Is ramyeon okay with you? I don't have enough things to cook and I'm not actually a good cook either.." Mingi said sheepishly. "I can cook! I usually was the one who had to cook back in the lab! If you have the ingredients, I can cook something for us!" Yunho said with wide excited eyes, making Mingi melted slightly before patting Yunho's head and ears. "It's okay, bub. You can cook some other time, okay? You need to rest. I'll cook the ramyeon." Mingi said but Yunho pouted sadly, his ears flattened on his head as his bushy tail stuck in between his legs.

Mingi knew this and smiled softly at Yunho. "Don't be sad, bub. I didn't say that you can't cook for us. Only for tonight. Besides, I haven't gone grocery shopping yet." Mingi explained as Yunho nodded sadly, making Mingi sighed softly. "Only for tonight, okay bub? I promise you can cook for us later." Yunho, who is still pouting, looked at Mingi with hopeful eyes. "Really?"

"Really, bub."

"Promise?"

"I promise." Mingi chuckled as Yunho clapped his hands and bounced before making the ramyeon while Yunho sat on the chair at the table. After finishing the food, Yunho felt sleepy again and nearly flopped down onto his bowl before Mingi caught his head and quickly put the bowls in the sink before picking the sleepy hybrid and brought him to one of the guest rooms. Mingi tucked Yunho in before going into his own room to sleep.

Mingi was sleeping soundly when rapid knocking on his doors woke him up. Thinking that something happened to Yunho, Mingi rushed to his doors and opened it. Mingi yelped in surprise when Yunho flopped onto him, sobbing quietly and trembling so the doctor hugged him close while running his hand on Yunho's back. "What's wrong, bub?" Yunho hugged Mingi, clutching his shirt at the process as he sobbed quietly. "T-they g-got me and b-brought me back to t-the lab.." Yunho stuttered while sobbing in Mingi's neck and the doctor finally realized that the hybrid had a nightmare.

"You're safe here, bub. It's just a nightmare." Mingi consoled the hybrid. Yunho pouted, still not letting Mingi go. "It's still scary.." Mingi hummed, "Do you want to sleep with me?" Yunho pulled away, looking at Mingi with wide puppy eyes that melted Mingi instantly. "Can I? P-please?" Mingi nodded his head and pulled Yunho to his bed, closing his door beforehand. Yunho awkwardly sat on the bed as Mingi laid down, patting the empty space beside him.

"C'mere, bub." Mingi said softly and Yunho let out a shaky breath before laying down next to Mingi. "Y-you're not going to do anything to me, right?" Mingi blinked, shaking his head, "No, bub. Why?" Mingi asked and he could see how Yunho bit his lips, fumbling with the blanket that Mingi had put on Yunho. "You won't be disgusted..?" Mingi tensed when he heard that and he could feel himself getting angry at the thoughts of someone who had Yunho. "No, bub. I don't mind if you don't want to tell me."

"You w-won't kick me out..? I don't want to go o-out there again.. You're so n-nice to me and I s-should do something to p-pay you back.."

Mingi blinked again and Yunho thought that Mingi actually wanted him to pay him back so Yunho's lower lips wobbled before he shakily sat up, reaching for Mingi's pants. Mingi stopped him after he realized what Yunho was trying to do and the hybrid burst out crying. "P-please.. I c-can make you feel good, I promise.. J-just don't k-kick me out back on the s-street or to the l-lab.." Yunho stuttered out while crying, still trying to reach for Mingi's pants. Mingi stopped him again and caressed Yunho's ears while wiping his tears away. "I don't want to Yunho, and I know that you don't want this either. I won't kick you out. I p-promise. I was only angry at them. They forced you, didn't they?"

Yunho scrunched up his face, sobbing loudly as he nodded his head. "I n-never want it.. B-but they forced themselves on m-me.. I'm a s-special hybrid.." Mingi tilted his head at that before caressing Yunho again to calm him down. "Special?" Mingi asked and Yunho nodded his head, wiping his tears shakily. "I'm a b-boy but I also h-have w-woman's private p-part.." Yunho told Mingi, making the doctor blink. Yunho really is a special hybrid, he only encountered someone like Yunho for a few times in his 4 years working as a hybrid doctor.

"That was why they kept you in the lab?" Yunho nodded at Mingi's question, hiccupping occasionally as he had stopped crying because Mingi had caressed his head and ears. "Well, I promise I won't do anything that you don't want me to. You're safe here." Yunho smiled softly, nodding his head cutely before yawning and Mingi chuckled, threading his fingers through Yunho's lock. "Let's go to sleep, bub."

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[3 months later]

"I'm home. Bub?" Mingi called Yunho as he took off his shoes and signaled for Wooyoung to keep quiet. Wooyoung hid himself behind Mingi as he saw Yunho bounced to them, smiling brightly with his bushy tails wagging excitedly. "Min! Welcome back! I'm cooking right now. You can go take a bath first!" Yunho said as he hugged Mingi before tensing when he realized someone else was there. Mingi ran his hand on Yunho's back as he planted a soft kiss on Yunho's forehead.

"Bub, this is my friend and colleague. He's a nice guy, don't worry." Mingi explained as Yunho shyly hid his face in Mingi's neck as Wooyoung smiled softly at how cute the hybrid is hiding in Mingi's neck. "Hello, Yunho. I'm Jung Wooyoung. Nice to finally meet you. Mingi here always told me about you while at work." Wooyoung introduced himself and Yunho finally looked at him, though his bushy tail was between his legs as he warily looked at Wooyoung.

"H-hello." Yunho stuttered out before he smelled something and gasped, rushing to the kitchen as Mingi and Wooyoung blinked before they realized it must've been the food Yunho was cooking. "Sorry, Woo, I told you he's not really good with strangers. He'll open up to you if you keep being nice to him though." Mingi said apologetically to Wooyoung who just laughed and waved Mingi off lightly. "It's fine. Sannie was like that too in the beginning." Wooyoung assured the worried Mingi as they walked into the kitchen.

Yunho was putting the food on the plates when they arrived in the kitchen as Yunho blushed at Wooyoung. "S-sorry Wooyoung-ssi.. I didn't want the food to burn.." Yunho mumbled and Wooyoung quickly waved him off, adorning a bright smile that made Yunho relief. "It's okay, Yunho. Just call me Woo, all of us are the same age anyway. The food smells and looks amazing, Yunho-ah!" Wooyoung said as he eyed the food, making Yunho blushed deeper.

"T-thank you, It's not m-much though because I didn't know you're coming.. I'm sorry.. If I knew I would make more.." Yunho pouted, looking over to Mingi to give him a slight glare as Ming grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, bub. I'll tell you if someone's coming over after this." Yunho huffed cutely, his bushy tail tapped against the chair, showing how upset he is. "You better." Mingi chuckled, caressing Yunho's ears as he knew that gesture would instantly melt Yunho down and it did as Yunho closed his eyes, humming in content.

They ate peacefully with Wooyoung asking Yunho a few questions here and there before Wooyoung decided to bring up the talk that he had been planning since Mingi told him about Yunho. "Say, Yunho-ah." Wooyoung started, making Yunho hummed in question, his head tilting cutely to the side. "I also have a hybrid at home, a cat hybrid, do you want to have a playdate with him? His name is San and he knew about you already and told me he's excited to meet you."

Yunho widened his eyes and blinked rapidly. "W-will he like me though..? I'm a dog hybrid.." Yunho bit his lips and Wooyoung shook his head, "He's fine. He likes making new friends no matter what hybrid they are so you don't have to worry about that." Wooyoung assured Yunho. "O-okay.. I want to meet another h-hybrid too.." Yunho said shyly, making Wooyoung beamed up. "Okay! We will set the date later and Mingi will tell you, how's that sound?" Yunho nodded cutely and they started chatting about everything after.

Wooyoung went back home later that night and Mingi went to shower as Yunho lounged on the couch in the living room, watching a spiderman movie while waiting for Mingi. Yunho was so immersed in watching the spiderman that he didn't realize Mingi until the doctor sat beside him, making him jump out of his skin, his bushy tail puffed up before he pouted at Mingi who laughed at his appearance. Mingi caressed Yunho's ear, an act of apology and the hybrid melted, leaning his head towards Mingi's hand more.

"Bub, do you want to come with me tomorrow? I need to stock up our groceries." Mingi said while still playing with Yunho's ears. Yunho beamed up as he didn't really go out so he was excited whenever Mingi asked to accompany him to go grocery shopping. "Yes! Can we go to the park afterwards?" Yunho asked, his eyes full of hope as his bushy tails wagging. Mingi chuckled, nodding his head as Yunho flopped down onto his lap, wanting Mingi to pet him more, in which Mingi did instantly. After 15 minutes of petting Yunho, Mingi pulled him into the bedroom to sleep.

The next morning, Mingi was awake because he felt suffocated and found out that Yunho had slept with most of his body on top of him and his fluffy ears had been on Mingi's face. Mingi pushed Yunho's ears aside as he chuckled at how Yunho was sleeping on top of him. He had been doing this after a month he saved Yunho and though sometimes he would feel suffocated, he still loved it. It means that Yunho had trusted him enough to do so. Rather than waking up the hybrid, Mingi only pulled him close, running his hands on Yunho's waist, eliciting a hum from the hybrid as Mingi could feel his bushy tail tapping the bed in a lazy manner.

After a while, Mingi ran his hand through Yunho's hair, scratching Yunho's ears while at it to rouse the hybrid. Yunho whined at this because he knew whenever Mingi started threading his fingers along his hair, that means Mingi wanted to get up. "5 more minutes.." Yunho mumbled as he snuggled into Mingi's neck, making the doctor chuckle. "Come on, bub. Get up. If we hurry, we could go to the park earlier and stay for a lot longer than usual." Mingi said, bribing the hybrid and it worked as Yunho instantly got up from Mingi with his face full of excitement and his bushy tail wags rapidly.

"What are you doing, Min?? Hurry hurry!" Yunho pulled him into the bathroom and they showered together to save time as Yunho had pressured Mingi to do so. Since Yunho had told him he was a special hybrid, Mingi had let Yunho take his shower alone to be respectful but sometimes Yunho wanted to shower with him so he let him do so. Mingi had come to love the hybrid but he wasn't sure about how Yunho felt for him so he didn't do anything, in fear that Yunho would run away.

They dressed up quickly and went to the mall as Yunho bounced excitedly in the car. "We're going to the park~" Yunho hummed, making Mingi smile fondly as he drove to the mall. Once in the mall, Yunho started to walk with his hand wrapped around Mingi's, not wanting to be away from the doctor at all as they shop for their groceries quickly. Mingi knew how much Yunho hated open space, in fear that someone from the lab recognized him so he let Yunho cling onto him for the rest of their time in the mall.

Mingi then brought Yunho to the park and he had to reprimand Yunho to wait for him as he shut the car off and got out of it. Yunho pouted but he obeyed as he bounced on the spot, waiting for Mingi as his bushy tail wags rapidly. Mingi took Yunho's hand as they walked further into the park and Yunho widened his eyes when he saw a bunch of butterflies and before Mingi could stop him, Yunho had already let go of Mingi's hands and ran towards the butterflies to try to catch one.

"Don't go too far, bub!" Mingi shouted as Yunho kept on chasing the butterflies while answering the doctor while at it. "Okay, Min!" Yunho said, without looking at Mingi as he chased the butterflies. He was so caught up in trying to catch one of the butterflies and when he did catch one in his hands, he was excited to show it to Mingi and turned around.

Only there was no Mingi to be found.

Yunho started to panic, thinking that Mingi had become tired of him and left him there as he let go of the butterfly in his hand, his tears pooling in his eyes. "M-min?? Mingi??" Yunho shouted, his voice shaky as he was on the verge of crying and he did so when there was no reply from the doctor. Yunho slid down to the ground, crying openly as there was no one in the park and hugged his knees close, calling for Mingi, begging for him to come back.

"I p-promise I'll be a good boy from now on.. P-please don't leave me..." Yunho cried and suddenly there was a pair of hands hugging him close. "I'm here bub, I'm here. I won't leave you." Mingi consoled him as he felt bad for trying to hide from the hybrid to play around with him. He didn't expect for the hybrid to break down like that. Yunho turned around and flopped onto Mingi, burying his head in Mingi's neck as he sobbed loudly.

"I t-thought you left me here because y-you got tired of m-me!" Yunho sobbed and Mingi caressed Yunho's hair and back gently. "No, bub. I'll never get tired of you." Mingi comforted him as Yunho finally started to calm down and stopped crying. Mingi let Yunho calm down for a bit, still caressing his back and head before Yunho suddenly confessed to him.

"M-min? I l-love you.."

Mingi blinked and looked at Yunho as the hybrid pulled away. "You love me? As in love love or just love me because I've been taking care of you?" Mingi asked without caring how his words seemed absurd. Yunho giggled, "What were you trying to say, Min? I love you as in I want to be your boyfriend, if that's what you were trying to say." Yunho said shyly and Mingi grinned, kissing Yunho's reddened cheeks.

"Well then I love you too, bub. I have been for a while though but I didn't want you to be scared of me so I didn't say anything. '' Mingi said, making Yunho pout and slap his chest lightly. "I'm not scared of you anymore. You should've said it earlier." Mingi chuckled with how Yunho seemed to pot even more and pulled Yunho in for a sweet passionate kiss on the lips. Yunho hummed in content as his tails wagged behind him.

After they pulled away, Yunho grinned cutely, making Mingi tilt his head in question, "Can I go play again?? Don't hide again though!" Yunho huffed and Mingi laughed, nodding his head. "I'll sit here, go ahead and play." Mingi said softly and Yunho kissed Mingi's cheek before getting up and went to search for the butterflies again as Mingi watched fondly.

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