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Jisung and Seungmin have know each other since they were kids. since Seungmin was a little pup and Jisung was a kitten. They lived on the streets together for years. They say cat and dogs don't get along, but that doesn't apply to them. So when Minho decided to pick Jisung off the streets and take him in, Jisung adamantly refused to go with him. It took minho a bit to understand but then he realised that they wanted to be together. It was that or nothing. A 2 in 1, he could say.
He was standing in the alleyway the two lived in, tring to coax the two boys that he's not a bad person. then a man approached. he had soft features and a freckled face. his long blonde hair was tied up in a high messy bun. he looked a bit confused as he approached. "Oh hey. I heard Jisung whining and I came to check on him." Minho stared at the man and blinked a few times. "Jisung?" he tilted his head in question.
"yeah, the cat. the pup is seungmin. I named them. I work here," he points to the alleyway wall of the building. "the cafe. I'm Felix!" he smiled. minho nodded and stood up. "Nice to meet you, felix. I'm minho... You named them?" Minho asked, hoping felix would elaborate, give him information about the strays. "yeah! they've been in this very alleyway for twenty years. my mum owns the cafe so I come here since I was five. Always played with them." He chuckled softly, walking closer and crouching down to pet jisung's head. "they were babies back then."
"so they're twenty years old now?" Minho asked and felix stood up, looking back at minho and nodded. "they were infants. my mother took care of them but we couldn't bring them home because my dad was allergic. and even now that I don't live with them, even my boyfriend is allergic." minho looked behind felix at the two behind felix. "I was planning to take the cat... uh.. jisung? home. But he refused to come with me. Apparently they both want to be together..."
"oh yeah," felix chuckles "they're literally insuperable. really cute."
Minho stared for a second then turned back to felix. "can you help me convince them come with me?"
He gave them a shower first. then clothes. his own, which were a bit too huge on them but they would do the job until he can buy them new clothes tomorrow, since it was already late. then he fed them dinner that he whipped up to feed them. when both pets were clean and fed, minho tucked them in the queen sized bed in the guest bedroom. the two younger boys immediately cuddled together when minho tucked them in and fell alseep. minho smiled softly at the sight, turning off the lights and walking out of the bedroom, leaving the door open in case they woke up at night and felt scared or something.
minho washed up then went to bed. he lied there on his back under then covers, staring at the ceiling, surrounded by the darkness of his bedroom. the two couldn't form words, felix said. they can understand them but not actually speak. that will be a problem. and he needs to take the two to the vet tomorrow. just to make sure everything is fine with them. he sighed and closed his eyes. that's for the future minho to deal with. he just needs some sleep now.
the next morning, he woke up to something pressing against his chest. or something, he realised, as he opened his eyes and saw jisung sitting on top of his chest. he's glad the cat boy is already warming up to him but he needed to breath! he grunted and gently got jisung off his chest and put him down on the bed, sitting up and finally noticing the puppy sitting on his knees on the floor beside his bed. he smiled softly and pet seungmin's head. "good morning..." He mumbled, voice raspy. seungmin smiled widely and wagged his tail vigorously, barking twice. minho cuckled and turned to look at jisung when the car nudged his arm with his head. he scratched behind jisung's ear, making the boy purr in contentment.
"slept well?" both nodded. "Hungry?" both nodded again. minho chuckled and nodded, getting up from bed, careful not to kick seungmin accidentally. he went to the bathroom and freshened up then helped the younger two do the same then went to the kitchen and made then some breakfast. jisung and seungmin sat on the floor at first but then minho asked them to sit on the chairs so they did, finding it weird at first but eventually they got comfortable.
they sat together at the table and ate. minho discussed his plans for them today. first, visiting the vet and then some shopping. the boys didn't quite grasp the concept of what minho meant by 'vet' and 'shopping' but they didn't ask questions.
later, after their visit to the vet, and after seungmin and jisung were given vaccinations and did full check ups and came out healthy, minho took them to the mall to get them new clothes and accessories and toys, and some decors to personalize their own bedroom now. it was easy to handle them because both stuck to minho's side, too scared to get away from the now familiar man. minho was very happy with how fast they trusted him. they walked around the mall and whatever jisung's or seungmin's eyes landed on, minho bought it. he really couldn't resist spoiling them, especially on their first full day with him, and also after both of them cried at the vet after taking the vaccination. He also took them to eat out and try different foods! they had soooo much fun!
after finishing up at the mall, they went back home and washed up then minho helped the two decorate their room. they changed the bedsheet, pillow covers and duvet cover to more comfy and warm ones in a light green shade for the duvet and pillows, and a darker shade for the bedsheet. they also got nightstands to put on each side of the bed. one being in the corner of the room beside the window in the space between the window and the bed and the other on the other side open to the room. minho also got them two desks and placed with beside each other with a small bookshelf between them, and got the two as many toys and accessories and even got them study books for kids to help them learn how to speak and write, and some stationery. the also got a small couch to sit on when they want and they put it by the wall oppesite the bed from the side. they placed two closets beside the sofa, making sure the door is still openable even with the closets there. minho even got them a toys box to put all their toys in. and they placed a rug beside the bed on the floor with little stars on it.
after they, or more realistically, minho was done with the bedroom, he made them dinner and they all sat around the dining table and ate. seungmin and jisung seemed to talk together in their own language. minho tried to read their expressions and understand what they're talking about but he totally failed.
later that evening, minho sat with the two boys in their bedroom. jisung and seungmin were on their bed, opening up their new toys while minho folded and hanged their new clothes in their closet. he looked back the the younger ones and smiled softly to himself at how happy they seemed with the toys. seungmin was lying down on the bed with a rubber bone in his mouth while watching jisung and jisung was showing off his dinosaur plush. minho stood up and walked over to them, patting jisung's head, who looked up at him with a big smile on his face, holding up the dinosaur plushie to minho. minho carefully tapped the dinosaur's head.
"it's a reall cool dinosaur you've got there." minho sad softl and jisung looked confused for a second. he looked down at his dinosaur and tilted his head "hm?" minho laughed softly at the cat's little hum and sat down on the edge of the bed. "it's called a dinosaur. it's died soooo many years ago so they're not here anymore. but you have one right here!" he pointed to the plushie and jisung nodded, smiling again.
minho turne to seungmin and leaned in to pat his head. "sleepy, pup?" seungmin nodded, eyes drooping and the rubber bone dropped from his mouth. he smiled softly and brushed back seungmin's hair then pulled the covers from under him ad covered him with it, tucking him in. He turned to jisung and smiled at him. "It's your bedtime too, kitty." jisung whined but still lied down and cuddled up to seungmin's side, his dinosaur plush squished between them. minho tucked them in and turned off the lights, leaving the room.
Minho heard whining in his ears. he opened his eyes but he can't see anything. he groaned when he processed the weight on top of him. when his vision cleared and he could slightly see in the dark, he saw seungmin curled up beside him on the bed. he turned to lie on his back, accidentally knocking jisung down on the other side beside him on the bed. he looked to the side at jisung and chuckled softly. "you're here too..." he muttered and rubbed his face, still groggy. he sat up and picked up his phone, checking the time. 4:28 AM. he dropped his phone beside him on the bed and lied back down with a groan. he looked to his right side, jisung was smiling up at him, batting his eyes. he smiled softly and pressed a soft kiss to jisung's nose. he doesn't know why he did that but he did.
he turned to his left side, seungmin was curled up, sleeping blessfully. minho sighed contently and patted seungmin's head. he lied on his bad and folded his hands on his stomach and stared up at the ceiling. jisung nuzzled against his side, pushing his head under minho's arm. minho wrapped his arm around jisung's shoulders and gently carded his fingers through his hair. "what brought you here?" minho asked jisung. jisung shrugged. minho nodded. "wanted extra cuddles?" jisung nodded. minho chuckled softly.
he felt his eyes drooping but he tried to keep them open until jisung would sleep. but jisung seemed wide awake. "don't you want to sleep, jisung?" minho asked, his hand scratching behind jisung's cat ear. jisung didn't respond but his eyes stayed wide open. he was clutching his dinosaur plushie against his chest and he was really quiet and still but didn't show any signs of falling asleep. then his eyes caught sight of minho's phone on the bed. he started curiously pawing at it.
minho looked down at his phone and chuckled then picked it up and turned it on. jisung's eyes went wide when he saw the device lightning up. minho handed it to him and jisung started tapping on it randomly, opening different apps. minho spent the rest of the night teaching jisung how to use a phone despite how his eyes ached and his yawns kept coming.
Jisung was actually pretty smart, he got the hang of it quickly. Minho download some games and taught jisung how to play on them and jisung was now hooked, eyes focused on the screen. "Jisungie... using a phone in the dark is bad for your eyes, sweetheart..." minho muttered but jisung wasn't listening, eyes focused on the phone. it was already 6 AM now and the sun was rising. minho slowly sat up and yawned. "aren't you tired?" he asked jisung, who still didn't respond. minho sighed and slowly reached for the phone the quickly plucked it out of jisung's hands. jisung whined when minho took it and tried reaching back to it but minho kept holding it out of jisung's reach.
jisung whined more and climbed on top of minho. minho dropped the phone on the bed and held jisung, holding both his wrists down and smirking at him. jisung pouts and leans down, hiding his face in minho's neck. minho laughed softly and ruffled jisung's hair their scratched behind his ears. "so cute..." minho muttered and kissed jisung's head.
minho heard seungmin shifting slightly behind him until his eyes fluttered open. he looked up at minho and jisung and yawned, his tongue lolling out. minho laughed softly and pat seungmin's head. "since both of you are awake, how about we get up now?" seungmin didn't respond but jisung loudly whined.
minho got the two to wash up and freshen up then he put them in the living room while he makes breakfast. "food is ready! come eat!" he called from the kitchen. when he got no response, he called out again, louder "food is ready! come eat!" he heard shuffling in the living room and footsteps approaching. jisung and seungmin crawled into the kitchen. "I told you not to crawl, babies..." minho said and crouched down to their lever to pat their heads. then he stood up and picked up seungmin and sit him down on a chair before doing the same to jisung. he served them breakfast and sat down to eat himself.
"so, I prepared a daily schedule for both of you. nothing much, you'll have free time most of the day. I might not be home all the time, I'll be out at work. can you two stay alone?" minho asked softly, looking at the notes he's written down on his phone before turning to the two boys who nodded. minho tilted his head "are you sure?" they nodded again. "okay, then... just don't mess up the house while I'm gone." they both nodded and continued eating up their food.
minho left the house a bit after and he trusted the two to actually listen to him and not make a mess. though he did have a bad feeling. he's glad they didn't cry when he left though. they were so glued to them so he expected them to protest, but he's not complaining. he got ready to leave, checked on them before he did though. they were in their room, playing around. seungmin was chasing his own tail while jisung was playing with his toys. minho left the house after, hoping to come back to a normal house.
when they heard the door lock, jisung and seungmin looked at each other and jisung smirked. they had the entire house to themselves. unlimited snacks, free to do whatever, no studying. the schedule minho set was lame! wake up, breakfast, play time! study time, lunch, tv time! clean up, study AGAIN! dinner, wash up, sleep. but now they were free! minho is gone!
seungmin crawled up to jisung and licked his face. 'he said not to make a mess.' seungmin's eyes said. jisung tilted his head then let out a soft meow. 'don't worry, I won't make much mess.' seungmin sighed and licked his face again, making jisung giggle. jisung stood up and ran to the kitchen. he got a chair and placed it in front of one of the high cabinets and climbed it. he opened the cabinet and stole the snack bag minho got them the day before. they only got to try it once after dinner but it was so delicious jisung wanted more! but minho kept denying him and saying it's bad for his health. what was it called? chocolate? probably. jisung sat down on the chair and opened the bag, taking out a piece and eating it. he maoned at the taste and closed his eyes. seungmin crawled into the kitchen and towards jisung. jisung fed him a piece and seungmin happily ate it, his tail wagging.
jisung ate half of the box then he set it down on the counter and went to the living room, knocking over a glass with his tail by accident but he didn't even look back at it. seungmin carefully crawled around the broken glass and followed jisung. he already experienced the cuts caused by those shiny things. he doesn't want to feel it again. jisung was in the living room, slumped on the couch. he yawns and stretches. he makes biscuits on the couch then curls up and closes his eyes. he really needed that sleep after staying up all night.
jisung sleeped for the next five hours. seungmin... well, while jisung was sleeping, he followed the schedule. he tried to study on his own in his alphabets books, tracing the lines like minho taught him last night. but he didn't really know how to read them. he only knew 'ah' and 'oh' since minho taught them to him the day before. then he went to the kitchen and tried to carefully clean up the glass jisung dropped. he managed to clean up well without getting hurt.
he found the food minho left them for lunch and heated it up according to the instructions minho came. seungmin was smart enough to memorize all the steps and do them right. he heated up one plate and ate it since jisung was still sleeping. he sat down at the table and started eating, wagging his tail happily. minho's cooking was so good!
when minho came back before dinner time, jisung had just woken up a few minutes ago, while seungmin was writing in his book. when seungmin heard the door open, he quickly ran to the door and dropped to his knees in front of minho and hugged his legs, wagging his tail. minho chuckled softly and pet seungmin's head. he slowly moved down to crouch down by seungmin and kissed his forehead. "how was your day, pup?" he asked softly and seungmin barked once. minho took that as a 'good!'. "where is jisung?" seungmin pointed to the living room. minho stood up and walked to the living room, seungmin following behind.
minho found jisung in the living room, sitting on the couch, staring blankly at nothing. minho cuckled and walked over to him and sat behind him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "well, hello there. sleepy?" jisung nodded "told you to sleep. you refused." jisung whined and leaned against minho. "ah!" seungmin tried to get minho's attention. minho turned to look at seungmin and tilted his head. "what is it, minnie?" the nickname rolled off his tongue effortlessly.
seungmin pointed to jisung then to the kitchen. he barked twice and jisung pouted. minho raised an eyebrow. "jisung went to the kitchen?" seungmin nodded the made an eating gesture then shook his head. "jisung didn't eat?" seungmin nodded again. minho turned to look at jisung and frowned "why?" jisung closed his eyes and put his palms against each other and on the side of his head "you were sleeping?" jisung nodded. minho sighed nodded. "okay. I'll go wash up and prepare dinner. stay here, hm?" the boys nodded and minho nodded, going to the bathroom.
after he washed up and changed his clothes, he went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. But then he saw the small fragments of broken glass that seungmin missed and the half empty chocolate bag. He sighed and cleaned up the floor then went to the living room, holding the chocolate bag. "May i know who ate all that?"
Seungmin pointed to jisung who had his head in seungmin's lap and jisung hid his face in seungmin's legs. Minho sighed and put his hands on his hips. "Do you realize how bad that is for your health, jisung?" Jisung looked up, his lower lip jutting out as he shook his head. "of course you don't..." he muttered "just don't do it again, okay?" jisung slowly nodded and leaned back on seungmin. "okay, not would you explain for me the glass on the floor?" seungmin pointed to jisung again then swayed his own tail and pretended to knock over something by hitting jisung's face lightly, making the cat yelp. "jisung knocked it over with his tail?" seungmin nodded and minho sighd for the nth time in the last ten minutes.
"okay... okay..." he left the living room and went back to the kitchen. he cleaned up the glass and hid the chocolate bag somewhere jisung actually can't reach and started working on dinner, thoughts swirling in his mind.
They sat at the table and ate. "so, did you do anything else while I was gone?" seungmin nodded and tried to explain how he studied. minho tried his best to understand what seungmin tried to say when he pretended to hold an invisible pencil and write. "mhm, you studied?" seungmin nodded. "jisung?" minho turned to look at the cat. jisung shrugged. "nothing? slept all day?" jisung nodded. minho sighed and continued eating. "cool.."
he put them to bed after their night routine and went to his own room but for some reason he couldn't sleep. leaving seungmin and jisung alone at home didn't feel right. not because he was scared they're make a mess, but because he was scared they will hurt themselves. he needed to find someone who can sit with them while he's gone. he knows someone. he can ask him in the morning. hopefully he agrees.
jeongin found himself at minho's house at 8 AM. he absolutely did NOT wanna be there but he also couldn't say no to his hyung. so there he is, closing the door behind minho, looking back at where the two pets were staring at him curiously. he sighs and walks up to where they're sitting on the floor of the living room. "okay, first things first, I'm jeongin. minho hyung already told me enough about you. and about your schedule which he mentioned someone," he gave a pointed look to jisung "skipped. but I'm not gonna be lenient with you. you two will sit here while I prepare breakfast and I don't want any trouble." He said firmly and went off to the kitchen, leaving the younger two sitting there with confusion written all over their faces.
Jeongin prepares a simple and quick breakfast and the gets the two to come and eat. Jeongin doesnt talk to them like minho does. He stays silent as they eat and they didnt like it. "Ah..." seungmin tries, catching Jeongin's attention, making him look up from his phone. "What is it?" He asks but seungmin has nothing to say so when he stays silent and makes no gestures, Jeongin goes back to his phone, making the two pout.
After breakfast, jeongin allows then to watch tv a little then a he took them to their bedrooms to study. Jisung refused and whined at first, but then he ended up accepting it and sitting at his desk to study. Seungmin did it like he did before, and with jeongin's help, he was even able to pronounce some alphabets. jeongin has to admit, seungmin was so easy to deal with. but jisung... he was a headache. and if he had seungmin to join him, oh god it's a disaster. he's only been with them for a day but they drained him.
later at dinner, minho came back. he found them sitting at the dining table, jeongin busy on his phone, seungmin and jisung communicating in some kind of way while eating. he walked quietly into the kitchen, sneaking up behind jisung and scaring him, making the boy jump and yell in surprise. seungmin and jeongin looked up and laughed at jisung's reaction. "you're finally back." jeongin said and took a bite of his food. "yeah. did they cause trouble?" minho asked, kissing seungmin's head. "nah. they were good." jeongin said, looking back at his phone.
minho looked down at both his pets and tilted his head. he knelt down to be in their eye level. "was everything okay?" seungmin nodded but jisung shook his head. minho frowned "why?" jisung crossed his arms and pouted "because he made you actually study instead of sleep all day, huh?" jisung nodded and minho laughed softly, petting jisung's head. he stood up and looked at jeongin. "you can leave whenever you like, innie. I'll take them to bed soon." jeongin nodded and continued eating. minho also had a little of the food as the two youngest finished eating. minho put them in the shower, night routine and then to bed. jeongin had left a little while ago so they were alone now. jisung and seungmin were in bed, cuddled up together as minho pressed night kisses to their foreheads "goodnight..." he muttered softly and they both smiled at him. he stood up and left the room, turning off the lights but keeping the door open and then going to bed. he hoped the will warm up to jeongin eventually.