㈡ residence

@☘ ┊nie jaewook ᵃ when they entered the library, sehun immediately used his powers to ensure that it was okay. the library was protected by a special barrier which recognised the lan core and others' would be eliminated. this protection was necessary as the library contained thousands of enchanted music notes and spells. sehun guided the other to the end of the hallway, where the maps were located. their main task was to find a way how to cross the humans, trying an alternative way and since lans were known for the storage of information, sehun thought it would be necessary to check the old records. 'you are the first leader who is not a lan and who has been here.' he announced.

@☁┊lan sehun ᵃ [h] as they walk, jaewoon followed sehun's track on his side but when sehun stopped, it made jaewook blinked for a few times before he stopped his walk too. he looked at sehun's face as he confessed his true feeling. jaewook stayed silent. after he heard his feeling, jaewook sighed softly. he brought up his hand to sehun's back shoulders and gave him gentle pats. "I am strong because I have my people on my sides and back. I am sure that deep inside, you are strong too. Either be a leader or just you."

@☘ ┊nie jaewook ᵃ [H] when they passed the long hallways and turned right, they finally got to the secret room. his question lingered in his mind. why did he move? why did he decide to run away from his own memories, haunting him? why didn't he build new, happy ones on top of the grief he had. it made the leader stop in his tracks. he and jaewook knew each other since the academy and among other future leaders they had the best relationship. if anything, they almost were close friends. he thought that he could confess to the other. as they got to the entrance of the hidden hallway, leading to the secret place connected to the library pavilion, other members left them alone. it was for the leaders only. 'after my father died, I could not bring myself to be here. I am not as strong as you, hyung' he admitted after long time of putting on a facade.

@☁┊lan sehun ᵃ [sh ³ ⁿᵒᵛ] the nie alpha crossed his arms on his back as he looked at the surrounding. indeed, the place was filled with the lan members. once sehun started his walk, jaewook followed him on his side. times to times, he greeted back to those who bowed at him. "why aren't you stay there anymore?" jaewook asked as he looked at sehun's face as they walked.

@☘ ┊nie jaewook ᵃ [H] when they stepped inside the residence, the nie alpha following close by. his eyes moved over his old house. as soon as their father died, sehun moved out of the residence. he felt like the memories of his parents' were haunting him. he could not bare the pain and the regret in the house. so the male moved out of the house and built his own mansion. the cloud recesses were not deserted, the residence was full with the clan members, daily. when the nie alpha complimented the residence, he chuckled. 'thank you. is it unusual to see the the snow ?' when the other mentioned the house, he suddenly remembered that the nie pack's leader had been here before. 'I don't live here anymore.' the leader added and walked to the hall with the other leader. as they stepped down the long hallway, all of the passing by people, bowed in respect.

@☁┊lan fanxing ᵒ The Jin leader didn't understand why the omega was crying, that was until he heard the truth of what actually took place, his eyes welling up with tears. His parents hadn't abandoned him..all his life he'd thought they had. His eyes locked with the omega's own, continuing to listen to the story.

"They just wanted to protect me, they just wanted to keep me safe and I've been cursing them all this time..I had no idea that my parents loved me. I truly had no idea. I was never told what actually happened."

Hoseok closed his eyes for a few seconds, trying to calm his breathing, his eyes shooting open when he heard the fate of his father "My father..he protected me until the very end. He gave his life up to protect me and mother, I'm so happy to hear that my mother survived, no. Our mother. You have nothing to be sorry for, absolutely nothing. I can't tell you how much this has weighed me down for my entire life. Just knowing the truth of what happened, that's enough for me. Thank you for telling me the truth, Brother"

He smiled with tears in his eyes and stood up to walk around the table, pulling the omega into a hug, "Thank you, Didi"

@✸┊jin hoseok ᵃ Hearing Hoseok's words, Fanxing chuckled softly and nodded. "Oh. We do have a lot of rules but I think it's okay to break them once in a while." He grinned softly and what happened next it something that he never imagined would happen. Your sudden outburst made me almost jump from my seat and I tried my best not to cry but the moment you mentioned being abandoned, I can already feel tears well in my eyes.

Shaking my head, I looked up at you and tried to get in a word but I let you finish first and I rubbed my eyes, trying to compose myself. "N-No. . . that's not what happened. Our mother. . . our omega father. . . all three of you were together when you were born but. . . hunters. . . t-they came. . . and. . ." Even though it's only a story that Fanxing's uncle told him, it still hurts as that's something that an infant, let alone someone to go through.

Letting out a deep breath and sniffling softly, Fanxing continued to explain the best way that he could and looked Hoseok in the eyes. "No one abandoned anyone. Our mother and your father didn't have a choice. Hunters were running after them. The hunters came upon hearing that you were born and because you're from two different packs, they thought of you as a threat. They swore to kill you before you could even grow up, thinking that you'll endanger them and they tried to protect you."

Fanxing sobbed softly and continued through his tears. "Your father died, however, our mother did his best to make sure that you survive. They left you at the border of Gusu and Lanling to keep you safe and that's when your uncle found you. . . my uncle only told me of this story but I hope that this sheds light on what really happened decades ago. If it was only up to mother, he wouldn't have left you there but he knows you have a higher chance of surviving if you were with the Jin pack and in Lanling. I-I'm so sorry for all of the sudden revelations but I just. . . I think it's not fair for you to not know what really happened and to still keep you in the dark. . . I-I hope you're not mad. I'm really sorry. . ."

Fanxing muttered and kept his head between his shoulders, fiddling with the skirt of his clothes. He knows he's breaking all of the rules now just being with Hoseok but he's breaking the biggest rule of his own uncle that resonates with the wishes of their mother, which is to never reveal his true identity to Hoseok.

@☁┊lan fanxing ᵒ "Oh you're one of the rebellious ones, there's not too many of you in Gusu, besides that pain in the you call your leader" he rolled his eyes and chuckled softly

The Jin leader took the towel and muttered a thanks in gratitude, "Hey, if I lived here in Gusu, I know I'd be breaking most or all of the rules, some of your packs rules are okay but others, not so much. I'm surprised Sehun hasn't gotten rid of some of them, or even Lan Zhan"

He took one of the cups, blowing on the hot tea to let it cool down while listening to the Lan pack member, nearly dropping the cup at the confession from the young omega. He set down his cup of tea without tasting it, looking at the omega with wide eyes "What did you just say? You're my brother and my omega father is yours as well? If you're really telling me the truth then tell me why did my parents abandon me as a baby?!" He shouted with clenched fists, standing up quickly "Why was I abandoned and forgotten?! I was a baby and I was alone and abandoned with no memory of them, they ing abandoned a baby. Does my omega father know that you're here now? Did he put you up to this, to get something from me? Because I'm the leader of Jin, now I'm worthy of being his son?! ing bull"

@☁┊lan zhan ᵒ yeri chuckles and smiles at the other, "you know, he's lucky to have you. even though yibo and i are twins we have differences." then the other linked her arm with his before the beta chuckles. "i'll tell you more when we get to your house." she giggles a bit before they went to their home.

() sure thing! ^^

@☁┊ lan yeri ᵇ Zhan let out a soft laugh when he heard Yeri said that Yibo is a grumpy boy. He is a little but he is really adorable and lovely. Reasons why he fell for Yibo, other than for his looks but also because of his personality. He loves him for himself. He blushes slightly when he thought of that, knowing that Yeri will if he said everything out loud. "I agree.. Things were really very rough when Lan Oldie passed away.. But im so happy I managed to meet you and Sehun! Sehun knew about my pregnancy before Yibo!" he chuckles and immediately linked his arm with Yeri. "Let's go! I and a yuan are hungry!" he chuckles softly, walking towards Zhan and Yibo's place.

() Wanna continue in their apartment? :)

@☁┊lan zhan ᵒ "i see, well... i guess i shouldn't be concerned about it. yibo might be a grumpy boy but he has a big heart towards people." yeri chuckles as they start walking back to zhan and yibo's home, "my older brother likes to have you around for yibo, things were rough on us since our father passed away." she sighs before chuckling when she heard zhan's stomach growling, "okay okay, let's go to your house and i'll prepare us some foods to eat." yeri smiled at him before gently putting his large tummy.

@☁┊ lan yeri ᵇ Zhan's eyes widen and quickly shakes his head, gently put his hand over Yeri's shoulder to reassure her, "Nonono! I was working with him at the gaming company at Hangshui, but when the tummy is getting obvious.. like 2 months ago, he asked me to work from home! He will take his time to go online and have lunch with me and come home early for dinner. But today he has a dinner meeting, so I am alone at home, so I decided to come out and walk around.." He smiles softly and smirks playfully, "Sehun said that? Aw he is such a cutie!" he chuckles and blushes when he heard his stomach grumbling. "Im hungry~"

@☁┊lan zhan ᵒ the beta frowned a bit before sighing, "did he always left you alone inside the house? you should have told me about it." she pouted a bit before zhan placed her hand against his tummy and gasped a bit when she felt their baby kicking. "oh-- it kicked!" she smiles widely and nodded, "i would loved to, i never been into your house. yibo and i still aren't in our best relationship." she shakes her head a bit. "but i'd get to know you better, sehun's right, you're a kind man." she told zhan.

@☁┊ lan yeri ᵇ Zhan chuckles and pouts slightly, shaking his head quickly. "It's not too early! It's not too late too!" He chuckles and thinks a little, it's indeed boring to stay alone at home without Yibo around, the whole house is too quiet for his liking. "How about... Do you want to come over to Yibo and my place? We can eat together! It's just too boring to stay alone at home. It has been so many years!! We have so many things to catch up on!" He grins and playfully hold onto Yeri's hand and put them on his tummy, letting Yeri feel a Yuan kicking. "We are hungry too!"

@☁┊lan zhan ᵒ yeri felt a bump against her as the other hugged her tightly, she gasped when she heard him that he's pregnant with yibo's baby. "oh my! congratulations! i'm too early to become an aunt." she joked and chuckles before looking back at him, "i'm a little exhausted and hungry but i can still walk back home alone. what about you? you shouldn't going out for too long."

@☁┊ lan yeri ᵇ Lan Zhan was rubbing his tummy gently and walked over to Yeri with a huge smile. He opened his arms before giving Yeri a tight hug. He is really excited to meet Yibo's sibling! It has been a long while since he stays this long at Gusu, especially when the both of them got really busy with their work.

"Yes yes! I am great! Yea.. Because a Yuan is growing bigger so my clothes is making it really obvious! And Yibo is working... so wearing his clothes, his scent is still there." He let out a shy smile before patting his stomach. "How are you? It has been a long while!"

@☁┊lan zhan ᵒ after she had spend hours of working with animals in their center, yeri had finally ended her shift and went back to cloud recesses to rest and might look for food to eat. the lan beta sighed as she walks inside while holding her hand bag, yeri was exhausted from work and she did it again-- the breath of life, she had told her not to use it again during her work or she might collapsed from exhaustion. she felt her phone buzz before she gets it only to receive a text message from someone that made her smile, however she halted when someone called her. yeri looked around and saw zhan wearing her brother's traditional costume.

yeri smiled and walked over to him, "zhan! how are you? it's been a while since i last met you." she greeted and looked at his outfit, "you even wear yibo's clothes." then chuckled at him.

@☁┊ lan yeri ᵇ It's been a while since he had seen Yeri. He remembered the last time he met the other was during the mating ceremony and that is about 5 years ago. Maybe he might have met the other during the funeral of the previous pack leader but he couldn't talk to the other lots. Since he has promised Yibo to not travel anywhere out of Gusu, he is spending more time walking around Gusu Lan, to explore the beauty around Cloud Recesses. He was wearing the Gusu Lan traditional costume, it's not his but it's Yibo. Yibo is taller and bigger, just nice to fit his tummy. His tummy is getting bigger as he is approaching his 7th month.

He supported his back and gently caresses his tummy while he was walking around, enjoying the fresh air around and the cold weather of Gusu Lan. His eyes widen when he saw someone familiar, it was Yeri! He waves happily and called out to her.

"Yeri! It's me! Zhan!"

He then walked quickly towards the other, trying hard not to waddle with his huge tummy.

@✸┊jin hoseok ᵃ Upon hearing the remarks of the older male, Fanxing grew flustered but that didn't deter him to still continue the offer as he is still the reason why the pack leader is now soaking wet. Chuckling softly as he mentioned about their rules, he could only rub his nape and nod.

"Yes. We do have a lot but it doesn't mean I can't break one or two of them." The omega grinned and motioned for the latter to follow him. Calculating their size difference, he's sure that none of his clothes will fit the latter, so once they have arrived at his residence, he asked one of the healers to get clothes that's larger for him at their favorite tailor.

"Uhmm, here's a towel to help you dry off. I'm really sorry. I'm just always so preoccupied whenever I'm doing something, I barely notice what's around me." He smiled apologetically and started to prepare some warm tea for the older male. Bringing a tray back and settling it down the table, he sat down across the other.

"I know this is kind of weird but. . . I know that. . . you are my half-brother. My father is an omega here as well and he told me about his lover whom he met at Lanling. I never really had a chance to meet you because I was away but uhmm, just letting you know, I'm so sorry if it's so sudden. . ." The younger male looked down his lap, not really knowing how the latter will react to his words but he wants to get it off his chest and the longer he beats around the bushes, the more he knows that he won't be able to say anything anymore later on.

@☁┊lan fanxing ᵒ "Oh, you know who I am? Well I guess that's not surprising now that I'm the leader of Jin. I'm sorry to ask but what's your name?"
Hoseok noticed that the omega seemed to be anxious to some reason, he didn't know why but it could be either because he was an alpha, because of his different colored eyes, or because he was the leader of Lanling Jin. Either way, he would make sure the Lan pack member knew that he meant no harm, and that he wasn't angry in any way.

"A change of clothes would be great, it's a long way back to Lanling Jin, wouldn't want to catch a cold or anything. Also, you don't have to be nervous little one, I know you didn't spill water on me on purpose. You can relax, I won't yell at you or anything, if anything I applaud you for breaking one of your pack's rules, seeing that there are so many of them"

@☁┊lan fanxing ᵒ [I didnt forget and I'll reply once I get home~]

@✸┊jin hoseok ᵃ It's been a while since Fanxing got back from his journey to learn more about healers from other cultures and the art of healing itself. He's been planning on building an academy within Gusu Lan and today is a meeting that he's supposed to have with the leader for his proposal but it got cancelled last minute. Deciding to go around the place, Fanxing remembered that he left something brewing in his place when he suddenly ran into someone and he fell back due to the impact.

"Ouch. . ." He muttered and his eyes widened upon realizing that the bucket of water he is carrying that he's supposed to use when he gets back to his place is now all over the ground and onto a certain man. Looking up as he got up, his eyes are now fixated on his face and he can never be mistaken of who it is.

"Y-You're Hoseok, right? Of Jin?" He questioned, a bit trembling out of nervousness as he had never met him before but he knows how his past goes back to Gusu Lan as well. Dusting off his clothes, Fanxing immediately picked up the bucket and focused on what he had done.

"I'm so sorry for what happened. U-Uhmm, you're soaking wet, would you mind if I get some change of clothes for you?" He asked, still contemplating if he should introduce himself right away or make some small talk. It's been years and he knows that he has a half brother from Jin and despite preparing himself for years, once he saw his half brother, nothing was ever able to prepare him for it. It's been one of his goals to meet him and here he is in front of Fanxing and by the looks of it, seems like the older male is trying to think of who he is but is unsure, which is understandable but not the younger omega.

@☁┊lan fanxing ᵒ The Jin leader had just finished his meeting with the Lan leader, which had ended surprisingly well. Hoseok always felt strange coming to Gusu Lan, especially since he knew that one of his parents were from there. He'd almost asked Sehun about it to see if he'd know anything but he decided against it in the end, his parents abandoned him as a baby so it wouldn't matter now.

Hoseok looked down at his wedding ring, suddenly thinking about his mate who was waiting for him back at home, the person who loved him and would never abandon him. Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted as he collided with someone, a bucket of water now having drenched him from head to toe. Well this wasn't how he expected the day to go.

"Isn't one of the rules in Gusu that you're not supposed to run?" He laughed heartily and looked at the stranger, something about him seeming familiar to him but he couldn't quite understand why.