Chapter 18: 6.3

He bought two banana milk, some cereal with a flavour both Taehyung and Jungkook loved. Humming a nice melody of the children's favourite anime, Seokjin went to pick up the boys from their nursery school. The work in the flower shop finish earlier, Jessica also gave him a delicious cake, she said 'for your sons'.

Seokjin almost forgot about his bruises, most of them already healed but one or two bruises on his face still visible. At first, both place where he works and the nursery school showered him with a bunch of question, except Yoongi and Hoseok who guessed what happened.

He answered as short as possible, leaving more questions to people who asked. Moonbyul and Solar were super upset when they heard the truth, securing their club and street near their place for Seokjin.

The hybrid chuckled, he has so many good friends. He should be grateful, "maybe Taetae and Kook will be happy if I make stew tonight," he talked with himself.

Seokjin almost lost his mind when he came to the nursery school and the teacher said someone already picked up the boys. Hoseok was not coming today due to personal reason so he couldn't get angry at his best friend.

Cold sweat drenched his clothes, all horrible scenarios played inside his head. How could he be so stupid to forget the incident days ago?! Someone was targeting him! Of course, they would come after his son sooner or later!

Taehyung and Jungkook were gone, someone took them. Thinking what his enemy did to his sons made Seokjin miserable, making him look like a mess. He was panicking for several minutes before someplace popped up inside his mind.

He bit his lips hard, he tasted blood. His eyes flared with rage, stupid stupid stupid! Now the children were suffering the consequences of his actions, everything was his fault!

Please, not the kids, please not Taehyung and Jungkook.

JUST NO!

"Jin," the hybrid turned back with scary eyes, he clenched his fist and glared with ragged breath. He was ready to visit the night district because he thought one of his enemies from that place kidnapped his children but then a familiar face greeted him.

"C-Chanyeol ...?" after a second his shoulder slumped down, his eyes watered. Taehyung and Jungkook ran to him with Popsicle on each hand, they didn't catch their father's expression changed. They grinned to Chanyeol, the other male grinned back while approaching them.

Chanyeol bent down, patting his sons' head, "hey," Seokjin looked down to his friend's eyes, almost smacking the other male's head for making him like this, "I know, you must be upset because I picked them up first but please, we can talk about that later because I need to tell you something."

They ended up going to a nearby café, Taehyung ordered a strawberry shortcake while Jungkook ordered a banana milkshake. They chatted like normal friends, the real talk began when both of the kids went to the kids' area to play.

"Three people attacked me two weeks ago," Seokjin told his friend, Chanyeol tilted his head a little to observe some bruises on the hybrid's face. He touched one near Seokjin's plump lips, the hybrid hissed and slapped away Chanyeol's hand.

He nodded, "I already guess it," Chanyeol took a sip of his smoothie, "since I'm pretty sure you stop coming to the fight ring, you also stop accepting a challenge. Must be a surprise attack," the hybrid nodded, caressing the thin bandage wrapping his knuckles.

"Who are they?" Seokjin asked straight to the point, Chanyeol took out his phone from his jacket's pocket, "how can they know about my face? I believe you're here with at least one useful information."

Chanyeol showed Seokjin a familiar picture, the picture of his last opponent in the Hell's ring, "I heard him talked about you about one month ago in the downtown's club, he has several photos with your face as clear as the day," the hybrid gulped. He clenched his fist due to the fact now most of the people knew the face of 'Jin'.

"It's not as simple as you think, Jin," Chanyeol was serious, no jokes, "he had connection with your 'big family'," Seokjin raised his head, gazing to Chanyeol with a hard gaze, "fortunately he never mention the children; both Taehyung and Jungkook are safe, for now. I stalked him for several days, he just talked about you," the hybrid's heart calmed a little but he knew it wouldn't be long until the enemy insert the children to this chaos.

"Revenge?" he asked, Chanyeol nodded, "damnit- Why now? Fuck, why when I'm together with Taehyung and Jungkook?" Seokjin rubbed his forehead, depressed.

Chanyeol patted his shoulder, squeezed it lightly to comfort Seokjin, "I think you should finish this as soon as possible, faster is better before both of your children get dragged into this mess," Seokjin agreed, "maybe leave them with your younger brother or your friend for a while? You can't bring them."

"I know," Seokjin smiled softly to Chanyeol who smile back almost immediately, "I will ask Hoseok or Yoongi to take care of them, but I can's suddenly come to that bastard place without any preparation," Chanyeol hummed, he was right. The enemy was someone famous in the underground area, he was one of the best fighters in the night district. He has a lot of connection, going there without thinking the risk was the same as jumping into a pool full of sharks.

"The children went with me because you often video called with me," Chanyeol explained, "they seemed hesitant at first, that's good, not to follow any stranger."

Seokjin grinned proudly, "I tried my best to raise them well, it's hard, so fucking hard Yeoll," it was amazing from Chanyeol's point of view. How Seokjin talked with such gentle and soft words when he was with his sons but changed into Jin he knew when his sons weren't with him.

Seokjin sometimes smokes when he felt like it, but never once when Chanyeol talked to them through video call he saw a cigarette or one simple ashtray in their small apartment. His friend changed like really changed to a better person and Chanyeol was so proud.

He felt like it was yesterday when he found Seokjin cornered in some dark alley, with a man taller than the hybrid. An arm on Seokjin's tiny waist, the pervert man's eyes gazing down; full of lust for the pretty face of the slim hybrid. When Chanyeol about to step in, the hybrid punched the man in front of him.

Chanyeol was speechless when Seokjin's eyes full of disgust and anger, fist clenched, veins popping from his arm and neck, feet kicking the poor man non-stop. He saw Seokjin smirked to the pathetic human with bleeding nose, clearly enjoying the sight of his victory.

But after they talked; after he knew Seokjin better than their first meeting, Chanyeol saw the lonely boy behind that mask. Behind the black mask or the hoodie, he wanted to know the reason behind the hybrid's aggression, the reason someone so fine like Seokjin ended up in this dark part of the town. It was hard to crack open the shell, to peek a little to the hybrid's locked heart. To find out a little truth behind Seokjin's wings that never come out.

Chanyeol knew about the truth but he couldn't do anything, nothing he could do even after he hugged the broken man. He couldn't fix the broken glass with his soft kisses, 'it's beyond repair,' Seokjin once said to him with a smile too pretty to be real. They never be a lover but they weren't a normal friend either, Chanyeol refused to call this relationship as 'friend with benefit' because Chanyeol did this without thinking the benefit, he did it willingly.

He believed it, that nobody can put Seokjin back into one piece; but then, both of the adults were wrong.

It was magical how Taehyung and Jungkook saved Seokjin.

How they innocently became Seokjin's treasures, the most important things for the hybrid.

Also how Seokjin raised and took care of the kids, it made Chanyeol's heart fluttered.

"Uncle," Chanyeol looked to his side, Taehyung pouted with tail tensed; a sight of discomfort, or maybe anger? The tiger growled a little, eyes sharp, his little fangs poked out from his small mouth. Jungkook was no better, he tried to look scary with his cute face.

"Yeah?" the older man tilted his head, both Taehyung and Jungkook grabbed his hand, pulling it away from Seokjin's shoulder and brushed it off.

Seokjin widened his eyes slightly, Chanyeol laughed when he realized what the children just did to him, "don't worry, don't worry, jealous boys," he tried to catch his breath after laughing loudly, poking Taehyung and Jungkook's cheek lightly.

"Nobody can steal your Appa away from both of you," Taehyung and Jungkook grinned widely, standing tall in front of their father.

Seokjin smiled, the tug inside his chest became a little bit unbearable; he hugged Taehyung and Jungkook, "nobody can steal both of you from me too," he whispered softly to his sons, Chanyeol got up and bought new drinks for them; leaving them for a while.

"I will protect both of you no matter what, I promise, no one can hurt my Taehyungie or my Jungkookie," he assured both of them, Taehyung and Jungkook looked back to him, giving him big smiles; Taehyung with his iconic boxy smile and Jungkook with his bunny smile; they replied Seokjin in unison.

"Promise!"