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When Hongjoong woke up from his deep slumber,it was 12 p.m already. But he did not care as it was Sunday and he deserved a good rest after all the assignments he had finished.
Stretching his body, he stood up from his bed and made his way to the bathroom to freshen up.
After he was done he made his way to Seonghwa's room,which he didn't use much as he slept with Hongjoong in his bedroom, only occasionally spending time in his bedroom to make sure it was clean and looked habitable.
While he was walking, he felt goosebumps all over his body and he felts chills all over his body. He could feel a throbbing sensation near his magnum foramen, he hoped it was due to his messed up sleep schedules and not a freaking disease.
He heard a quiet and almost ghostly whisper of his name behind him, thinking it was his mind playing games on him,he paid it no mind,which he should have had he not been scared shitless after feeling like someone was watching him from somewhere.
He just wanted to be embraced by Seonghwa and eat the food prepared by Wooyoung while playing games with Yunho and Mingi and help Jongho and Yeosang with their upcoming tests and make San coddle him.
He suddenly missed his boyfriends even though they were living in the same house and wanted nothing more than to be near them, making sure they were happy and safe.
He sped up to Seonghwa's room, hands reaching out to open the door,his left hand hovered just above the door handle.
He could hear Seonghwa laughing,probably because of Yunho's jokes.
He called out to them,announcing that he was coming inside but before he could open the door he was yanked away and he could feel his consciousness slipping.
Before he passed out,he felt his eyes sting with the tears he was holding as he realised he must have been kidnapped or worse.
He had no idea how they entered their house and why they kidnapped him.
He would never see them again and his lovers wouldn't even know that he was kidnapped.
He wanted to scream for help but all he could feel was numbness and his voice refused to come out.
He heard the man before he saw him, he was mentioning something about being successful in his mission and that their boss should thank him for this,all while he was wearing a royal blue outfit which looked like a poor excuse of a suit.
He grimaced internally as a fashion student, he found it hideous,specially the mask that had been pulled down. The man had an ugly scar down his eyes and he looked like he belonged in prison.
Instead of looking intimidating, he looked like a failed lab experiment.
He closed his eyes and thought about his lovers.
Holding onto his couple ring,he fell into a deep abyss with his tears slipping down his face.
"Huh?" exclaimed Wooyoung in confusion who opened the door to see his lover only to be met with nothing.
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With a glare on his face, he turned around in his chair looking at the records given by Seonghwa about the place to be raided in the upcoming mission, it would have been easy had it not been for the constant ringing in his head and his blurry vision since he woke up, he didn't want to go back to sleep so he started his work early.
But it did more harm than good as he couldn't make sense of what was given to him.
Sighing,he stood up and decided to make his way to them but to his dismay, he found it quite difficult just opening the big door of his office and making his way to the huge hall below where he knew that they would be there.
Could he call them his lovers? Not exactly as all they did for each other was to make sure they survived and did not break down after all they went through.
Sure they hugged each other when someone needed comfort,even did some stuffs which normal people won't do unless they were lovers but alas, they weren't normal,were they?
He chuckled just thinking about it, ignoring the ache in his chest, because deep down he knew it was a facade and that he wanted nothing more than anything to have a romantic relationship with his teammates, the same teammates who held him when he had a panic attack after he killed someone for the first time, the same teammates who always gave him time and never held grudges,the same team who encouraged him through his dark times and followed him as their captain without a second thought.
How could he ask them to be more when they were already more than enough for him without him even asking? He knew it was selfish, to want them, for him to want them to want him.
But even if he never voiced it out but deep down he had a feeling that they knew,that they also wanted the same thing as him,that they too wanted him, wanted Hongjoong to be theirs the way he was theirs, even if they didn't realize that he was already theirs.
How could he not realize it when Seonghwa,his second in command,would always hug him extra tight after a mission even if they safely completed the mission,how he would check on him at night and sometimes he heard him whispering his name with so much love it made him feel suffocated yet warm at the same time.
How Yunho would make excuses just to carry him even if there was no need just because he wanted to feel him and he knew it was partly because Yunho was the first one to join his team so he felt a deep attachment to him.
How Yeosang would never leave his side until he told him to leave, how he would always console him when he downgraded himself and helped him feel better even on his darkest days.
How San would always try to show off his muscles to him so he would compliment him and how he would sleep with him after some missions almost went wrong and he would get nightmares about the what-ifs.
How Mingi would write lyrics with him and for him, how he would act spoiled in front of him when they were alone and no one could take advantage of it.
How Wooyoung learned to cook for them so he could feed them what they wanted with the same love their mother prepared it,how he would always ask him what he wanted to eat everyday, not even bothering to ask others.
How Jongho would sing for him with his beautiful voice before going to bed, how he acted very mature in front of everyone but his facade broke when he was with Hongjoong, he would act like the youngest only when he was alone with him and in the darkness where no one could see them and no one could take advantage of it.
Because they truly couldn't afford to show this vulnerable side to any outsiders because that's the world they were living in a world where music, emotions and humanity had died.
How could he not fall in love with those seven people who saved him? Maybe they already knew that he wanted them because how could they not when he made sure to entertain each and every thoughts of theirs.
When he always put them before him and would sacrifice his life if they asked. When he never questioned why Seonghwa was being extra rough with him after their mission almost went wrong and how he would take him with him and lock the door so that Seonghwa won't feel burdened to hold himself back and assured him that it was fine to be like this.
When he wrote a song for them and sang it after he realized that they were more to him than just his teammates but less than lovers. When he ate all the food prepared by Wooyoung when he was still learning to cook even if the food was uncooked or overcooked and still complimented him.
When he would act like he couldn't walk so that Yunho, Mingi or San could carry him so that they won't think he doesn't like their physical touches.
When he could understand Yeosang without even needing to talk and how he would make sure to involve him in everything so he doesn't feel left out and would kiss his birthmark and tell him how pretty he was every day.
When he would pull Jongho with him so that he could show him the mew song he had wrote and how he would make sure Jongho never felt uncomfortable and he would always massage his leg which had been crushed to pieces which left him immobile for three months.
Even if this cursed world forbids emotions and music, he couldn't help but feel so much when he was with them. Even if they were known as unkind to outsiders but they had never been shown kindness outside so why should they do it as well? Especially when they were leading a rebellion to save and free this world from the chains of darkness and evil.
So he was sure that they already knew it,knew his feelings and it made him feel like a coward because he never acknowledged his own feeling for them while they were so obvious.
With a new-found determination,he made his way down the spiral staircase, wanting to confess to them right now because he felt that it would be too late otherwise even though they weren't going anywhere else.
After all they were closest thing to home for him.
Maybe he should have realized that something was wrong when a small voice in his head told him to run for safety but he ignored it and this would later make him regret it.
He felt chills over his body and could feel a pounding on his head and he felt someone call him but how is that possible?
He rounded a corner and saw the door to the hall where they would be and said,"Finally. I am coming in!!"
But before he could open the door, someone pulled him back and he felt the man with a mole near his eyes chuckling darkly as he felt his consciousness slipping.
"Captain?" exclaimed Wooyoung in confusion when he opened the door but was greeted by the sight of nothing, like as if Hongjoong had disappeared into thin air.
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Hongjoong woke up with chills all over his body. He was in a bed and thought he dreamt everything and rolled over only to be met with the ground. As he opened his eyes, he was met with an unfamiliar sight.
He looked around only to be met with dark cemented tall walls and a closed window with black curtains pulled.
He stood up in panic and felt his heart shaking as he realized he really was kidnapped and rushed to the huge door and put all his power in opening it as he expected it to be locked but was shocked when the door opened easily and he crahsed into a solid body and looking up he felt his fears disappearing and reached out to hug him only to be pushed into the wall with his hands behind his back in a tight grip.
"S-San why are you doing this? And what happened to your hair? Is this a prank? Are you pranking me? It's not funny anymore so stop it!!"
He said in a panicked voice, not understanding why San had been violent with him and why he looked different and was wearing black clothes and his hair was not short anymore but a bit longer.
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Hongjoong woke up and was immediately alarmed by the soft bed he felt underneath his body as his bed was never this soft.
He opened his eyes and was met with a bright room filled with drawing of clothes and he remembered that he had been kidnapped.
Standing cautiously, he made his way to the window and was shocked by the almost pink sky outside and the greenery.
He couldn't believe his eyes and he was scared that he had been captured by the Andriod Guardian and was being held hostage in a hologram cell. But all of his doubts melted away when the door opened and a familiar face popped inside.
He would have cheered had he not realized that he only looked the same but was not the same person.
Reaching inside his pocket, he slowly pulled out his butterfly knife he kept in his pocket at all time.
He cautiously watched the move of Seonghwa who had long platinum hair instead of black undercut hair and realized it was not his Seonghwa.
"Who are you and where am I? You better not lie otherwise I will not hesitate to attack!" He asked urgently while Seonghwa who looked like his Seonghwa but was not his Seonghwa looked at him with wide eyes and paled when he saw his knife.
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