powerboys | Can't breathe in the sunlight

"Yeah, you got a point. I guess they are our best bet for now, huh? And he is nice. Dumb and smelly but he's nice." Jiho smiled as he lay there for a while, unsure why he felt so weak and needed to cuddle his baby brother but he had to. He just needed it. "Then team eomma has decided to join Minjun-hyung. We'll have to take a picture with him, show we're on his side so you gotta pull the silliest face you can."

And then he'd try to make sure no one took pictures of Tae again. He wasn't going to be a pawn. "Hey, TaeTae?" He looked down at him, grinning a little despite the stress and pain. "We totally kicked Kangwoo's ass."

"We did! You did! You were so amazing, I was really scared, but you did so well!" Obviously he had known that neither of them stood a chance against Kangwoo, but just seeing Jiho go for it, it had been so inspiring, so amazing, he didn't think he'd ever forget it. He snuggled close to him, beaming up at him. His awe-inspiring big brother!

"I told him that he's dumb and that no one likes him and he smells." Tae giggled, knowing that Jiho had been there, but telling him anyway. "I knew you'd help me, you know? You are the bestest hyung and you saved me. That's why I never have to be all scared, just a little scared. Because I have my hyung."

"You're such a dork, I lost the fight... but it was fun to punch Kangwoo in his stupid face." Jiho slowly pushed himself to sit up, moving Tae along so he could properly have a seat on the edge of the bed, wanting to get up and just move a little. These pyjamas weren't his, they were soft and nice though. Cute too. They had stars on them.

"I want to get up and move, yeah? You wanna go out. We can see your little friend, Jungkook." He braced himself on the edge of the bed, hoping this went well. "I'm so hungry. I want to eat." Pushing himself up, he winced and braced himself on the wall, holding out a hand for Tae.

Tae nodded his head and got off the bed, reaching out to take Jiho's hand in his, feeling a little bit uncertain on his feet as well. He was still hurting a lot, but it was getting better and he agreed with Jiho. "I'm so hungry! I could eat like an elephant, eat all the things! Like the caterpillar!"

He knew literature references. The soup they had gotten had been very good and nourishing, but it had still only been soup. Today, Tae felt, chewing something would be nice.

"He ate a lot. I don't think you can eat that much." Jiho smiled, holding his brother's hand and carefully limping along to the door. He opened it slowly and peered out, pulling back a little because everyone was in the living room. His fear got the best of him and he wanted to back out but Ten saw him, smiling and gesturing over at them.

"Come over, you two feeling like exploring?"

Jungkook bounced up immediately, doing a little jog on the spot when he saw Tae and almost stomping on Yoongi's lap, which had been his seat a moment ago. "TaeTae!"

Jiho opened the door more, bring Tae in front of him. Kind of as a shield. It was easier to focus attention onto Tae. He just needed food and to talk to Minjun.

"We are hungry," Tae announced, so they would know. He stayed close to Jiho, because Jiho being nervous was making him nervous too, so he pressed himself against his brother's legs and clung to his hand, even as he waved at Jungkook. "Hi, Jungkookie."

"We'll get you food." Yoongi tried to coax Jungkook to get off him. "Go show Tae and his brother where they can sit down, huh?"

Minjun stayed next to Ten, trying to look at Jiho in an encouraging way.

"Sit here with me!" Jungkook climbed onto the sofa and eagerly patted the seat next to him, moving Dooly on the other side so he wasn't in the way. Then he felt bad and kissed Dooly. "You're not in the way, TaeTae just needs this seat."

Feeling Tae hesitate and pick up on his nerves, Jiho knew he had to push Tae forward and be brave for both of them. They'd come this far. He held Tae up onto the couch by Kookie and then sat down himself, awkward and unsure.

He tried not to look at Yoongi or Namjoon. Not that Namjoon noticed, he was reading and blocking the room out - it happened sometimes. He just needed a break from Dooly and drama. Jungkook held out Dooly for Taehyung. "This is my bestest friend, hyung."

"Oh, I see. Hello, Kookie's friend." Tae shook the doll's little arm, smiling politely. "I'm TaeTae, it's nice to meet you! Jungkook is the best, right? So brave."

Yoongi got up and headed for the kitchen, hitting the back of Namjoon's head slightly as he passed him so he would pay attention, just in case a fight would break out or whatever. One never knew.

Minjun meanwhile moved to stand by Jiho, smiling at him. "This is the first time I've ever heard you say you're hungry, I'll take that as a good sign."

"Still don't want a lot. Food is gross." Well, it was. Or it was to someone like Jiho, who had a very complicated relationship with food and only ate a very small selection of stuff. Still, he was in Min Yoongi's house - somehow, someway - and he would eat whatever he offered. He wasn't crazy. "You eat too much. Stoner."

"And yet he looks beautiful." Ten commented, beaming at Minjun. Namjoon rubbed his head, trying to keep an eye on things because yeah, anything could happen now and it was best to be safe.

Jungkook hugged Dooly and smiled at Tae. "Do you want to hold Ryan? He's a special bear but he gives good hugs. He belongs to Namjoonie-hyung and he's so cool."

"It's cause I regularly forget to eat." That and he did actually work out a fair bit. Hey, he wanted to look good. In general and in specific for his boyfriend. he grinned at him and kissed his cheek, then turned his focus to Jiho again. "Eating's healthy anyway. You look like you could use a good meal."

"Sure!" Tae was willing to play along with anything Jungkook wanted right now and, well, it wasn't as if Ryan didn't look adorable. "You have so many friends to play with now, Jungkookie. I still have your bunny, the one you gave me. He's in my bed now, he was in my pocket when we ran away."

"I have plenty of good meals, I just don't like them." He had a traumatic early birthday memory of eating too much food and throwing it all up, it sort of lodged in his head and cemented him firmly as a picky eater who was incredibly awkward always. He couldn't help it, some foods just triggered that feeling in him. "I'll eat today." He looked up at Minjun and bit his lower lip, unsure how best to tell him. "We, uh, we're in."

"I'm glad, he was special so you needed him." Jungkook set Ryan in Tae's lap and his bunny between them, happily snuggling up to his hyung. "Hyung, are you feeling any better? You still have an owie."

"Yeah?" Minjun smiled and then he leaned down to grab Jiho's hand for a cool handshake, figuring that that was the most appropriate way to celebrate this. "I'm glad. So glad."

He would have had to do something regardless, but it was good to have Jiho's collaboration. "I talked with Min Yoongi-nim and they are fine with you and Tae staying for now, while things are dicey. No one will dare touch you here."

He still didn't know who of his own people he could trust and all that. So much to figure out. But that was his issue, not his little cousins. "I want to tell people about you and Tae fighting Kangwoo and getting away. What do you think?"

Tae smiled and wrapped an arm around Kookie, nodding as he adjusted the bear on his lap. Such a cute bear. "I feel better. It still hurts a bit, but it looks worse than it is, you know? And I'm not so sleepy and dizzy anymore, so it's much better."

"Sure, whatever you want. It's your call, leader. Just don't let Cheon near Tae and you can do whatever. Actually, don't let a few people near Tae. Some guys are just ... bad." Jiho didn't know how else to describe it but sometimes he sat in with Kangwoo and Cheon talking because, well, they did it sometimes over the dinner table. Sometimes he sat in Cheon's lap.

"You should write a list." Namjoon spoke up, turning his head to look at Jiho. "We have a list we've been working on but to work out who is who in your gang would be very useful."

Jiho nodded, a little bit caught up in stage fright to add anything else. He just looked up at Minjun to show he would, trying to properly convey his feelings.

"I'm glad you're not sleepy and dizzy. I was very scared." Jungkook kissed Tae's owie very softly and then pulled back, nodding in approval. "Like eomma kisses! I can make it better. I'll kiss it every day."

"Ugh. I hate how many disgusting perverts there are everywhere. Cheon is the worst." He knew all about that already and dating Ten had driven the point home even more. "Jiho will help with the list, he's very organised."

He could answer for Jiho, giving him the thumbs up. He knew that Jiho just got nervous easily. "They will never get to be near Tae or you again. I promise."

"I'm sorry I scared you, Jungkookie! I remember how scared you were when we got here, but I was all worried about my hyung and then after the doctor looked at me I just fell asleep, so I couldn't go talk to you. But now I can!" He smiled and hugged him to make up for missing out before. "You have magic kisses. I told my hyung about it, he thinks you're so cool."

Or maybe Jiho had just wanted him to shut up, whatever.

"Cheon is pretty bad but he makes a lot of money. He has links with two over low level gangs and they're all working with the human trafficking ring. It makes a lot of cash." Jiho stated bluntly because he listened in a lot. He shrugged his shoulders. "Kangwoo doesn't like it but he likes the money. It's not about what it is to him, it's about the power and the money. Always."

Namjoon raised an eyebrow, mentally noting that away. Which low level gangs? He was going to have to talk to Yoongi later, find out what was what finally. He just didn't want to overwhelm Jiho with questions. The younger boy reached out and gently gripped the back of Minjun's shirt for support, embarrassed and hoping his cousin didn't draw attention but this was a lot. He needed someone older to just take over for a few.

"I'm cool? That's awesome." Jungkook beamed excitedly and bounced on the couch, pulling Dooly between them so they could both hug him too. "Do you wanna watch TV or we can do crafts or we can play cops and robbers where we run about and--"

"Kookie, kid, TaeTae is still sick. Chill. He can do running games later." Namjoon warned gently, trying to keep Jungkook from hurting Tae by accident.

Minjun sat down next to Jiho, leaning back and leaning just a little into him, knowing that he needed someone and knowing he was too old and cool for him to just take him into his arms. "I know a lot about Cheon from Ten and because Cheon's used me as a translator a couple of times. Jiho is right, he brings in the money, mostly by having no money. One of the gangs he's affiliated with is based mostly in Thailand." Not so surprisingly.

"Maybe we can watch TV? That's nice." Because his head did hurt a little and he wasn't sure how much focus he really had, but he wanted to do something with Jungkook for sure. "Where do you watch TV, Kookie?"

"He's not a nice guy, he's very cunning. Has a lot of connections." Ten knew that first hand, he'd been brutalised at Cheon's hand and, really, he hated to think about it. It made him feel sick. Cheon wanted him to be some kind of weird little boyfriend pet, not a person or a lover, just something to hurt and fuck. He couldn't be more thankful for Minjun. "I was very lucky."

"Is he your boyfriend or...?" Jiho didn't know, he never got much chance to talk to Minjun. Kangwoo deemed him a bad influence.

"We watch it in here or sometimes in appa-- erm, in Yoongi-hyungs room." He kept slipping up, he didn't mean to! Yoongi was like an appa and he wanted to call him appa but he knew he wasn't his appa. It was so hard! "We can go after food."

Minjun reached out to pull Ten on his lap, wrapping an arm around him loosely. He wanted to reassure him, knowing how much Cheon had traumatised him. What an asshole. "Yeah, Ten's my boyfriend. My partner." They had started out literally just playing around, but then everything had started to happen and now there was just a lot more there than he could have ever imagined. He had no idea whether Ten would stick around with him, but right now he knew he needed him. "I've told him a lot about you, Jiho. About Tae too."

Although Tae was easier, in a way. Incredible weird, but really just a cute, little baby. So loving, in spite of everything.

Even now he smiled at Jungkook, nodding his head. "Yes! I wanna play with you soon and now we can, but today maybe we can watch some television. Hey, do you know what food we'll get?"

"I know a lot. I know Tae is very smart and ... imaginative." He had learned not to say weird but, well, he was weird. He shrugged his shoulders, turning to Jiho cause he was not a weird little kid so that was easier to not insult by accident. "And I know that you used to like dancing a lot. Which is great cause I do too."

Jiho smiled a little and nodded his head, not really sure if he liked dancing any more but eomma was a dancer and he had always been fascinated with how well she danced.

"I'm a dancer too." Namjoon joked as he got up, dancing badly through the living room as he hurried over to see what Yoongi was up to. Ten had to laugh - how the hell was this RM? He had been told he was scary! He was such a dork. They both kinda were.

"I don't know what food will be but it's gonna be yummy cause it's Yoongi-hyung cooking!"

"You should dance with Ten some time, he's really good. We got this room in our apartment that's basically a dance studio now. I managed to squeeze in some workout equipment in a corner, but mostly it's for Ten to show off." And Minjun didn't mind, he was damn sexy when she danced.

"...why does Min Yoongi-nim cook? What does your cook do?" Tae had to laugh, because he had the strange mental image of their cook having to sit in the corner and watch or maybe do a crossword puzzle. It was a strange mental image and he was giggling.

"We don't have a cook, we have Yoongi-hyung! And if he doesn't cook then we have snacks cause Namjoon burns everything." Kookie hung over the side of the couch and looked off at the kitchen, pouting a little. He wanted food but he knew food took time and he had to give appa-- hyung, his hyung, time to cook.

"Your apartment sounds massive."

"It really is. It's swanky as f--things." Damn, kids. He had to remember not to swear. "We'll make up a room for you and Tae, you could live with us. I mean... we can work this out, right? Can't be too hard." He didn't want kids but what other option was there?

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"We'll see. We'd get like... Some person that can look after Tae, so it's not all on you, Jiho." Minjun wasn't dumb enough to suggest to the ten year old that they'd get a nanny for them both. Anyway, Jiho was quite self-sufficient. "I'm thinking that and maybe a tutor, especially since you'll be missing some school now. I don't care about your grades, but graduating is a good thing."

Minjun shrugged, still trying to figure this out. He had a clan to lead, he really needed to get someone to help with the parenting. "Our apartment has two floors, so. There's more than enough space for you two."

Tae had finally started paying attention to them, so he took Jungkook's hand in his and looked at Ten and Minjun in awe. "Do you have a pool?"

"I won't graduate, I'm a solid F student. I'm in the bottom ten of my class, they always hang it up so everyone can see. No one will be shocked." He didn't mean to be, he wasn't too bad at practical stuff but then he got into tests, the words moved and he panicked. He was happy enough to fail and skip school. He was kind of done with academics. "I'll only go if I have to."

"You have to. We're good, responsible role models." Ten insisted, even though he was wearing a shirt that said 'Big Dick' on it. Look, he was hoping not to unzip his jacket but it was warm in here - he didn't have a lot of clean shirts. "And we have a pool but it's on the top of the building and belongs to like five other people. Kinda communal."

"Nah, you don't have to go to school," Minjun disagreed with Ten, but he continued on to explain his point. "I want you to graduate. Eventually. Whenever you get there. But if you're fed up with school, I get that. I know I was. Almost got kicked out a couple times. So I'm thinking, home schooling. You get tutors, you can pick who you like and you do everything at your own pace. I can afford it, so, whatever. How's that sound? You can even team up with Ten, he's gonna graduate too."

Minjun grinned. That's what Ten got for wanting to be a role model.

"I have a pool!" That was the point Tae chose to focus on, telling Jungkook excitedly.

"I don't wanna graduate." Ten whined as he dramatically flopped against Minjun, pouting. "In Thailand, you can leave school at 14 if you have work. Gimme a job, then I don't have to. My korean isn't that good."

"Seems pretty good."

"Shh." Ten deterred, waving a dismissive hand. "It's terrible. We can see what happens with me, I am a good worker - not a studier."

"You have a pool!" Jungkook cheered, unsure why he was cheering but he did. "You're so cool, hyung."

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