If Wonwoo was being honest, his image of Seungcheol had always been what his brother told him about. He was told the older sitting in front of him was cocky, arrogant, blood boiling and a basterd for no reason man. He had spent years creating that image of Seungcheol in his head, and even now, it hadn't changed much.

Like always, Wonwoo didn't prefer to be tangled with Seungcheol at all. He widely remember how back at the dining table, when they were introduced with eachother, a small glare from Seungcheol when his father said Wonwoo was the one ready to marry from his side, had for seconds made him believe it was Seungcheol he was going to be tangled with.

And at that instance, he had felt his heart skip a beat, a prominent one.

From all of the fight Wonwoo had with three brothers, all that he knew about Seungcheol was a man who was  mad- fucking crazy up there. He talked in sarcasm, was known for not letting people bullshit around him and was very stubborn, annoyingly stubborn. Seungcheol had always appeared to him as a cold man, a man who wasn't trustworthy, but again, watching him sit in front of him and ask questions he never intended to answer, Wonwoo had realised Seungcheol wasn't the type he thought.

He paid attention, to everything.

"You won't tell me anything, right?" Seungcheol gave him a smile, the type which showed his disappointment in Wonwoo, but honestly, Wonwoo couldn't really pinpoint what he was really disappointed about.

It wasn't like they were a real family-

"I thought we were family Wonwoo." Seungcheol stated, standing up as he took a deep breath, his brother following him as well, "But seems like you didn't thought of us as family till now."

Wonwoo stared at the table, eyes refusing to look up as he muttered, "It's not as easy as you think."

"Ofcourse it's not." Seungcheol was definitely staring at him but Wonwoo couldn't make up to look at him, "But running away from us won't solve anything Wonwoo. We are a family, whether you like it or not. And since you are with us, your protection is our responsibility as well."

"I don't need protection or anything-"

"I am not asking you Wonwoo." Seungcheol's voice was cold, "I am telling you, you need to let go of the past and put yourself in present. If you'll go around without telling us anything, knowing well someone out there is already looking out for us, a single slip and you don't know what can happen to you. Do you even know how dangerous is it?"

"I am not a child." Wonwoo argued, "I know what can happen-"

"Leave it Hyung." Mingyu kicked his chair a little harshly, totally pissed as he said, "What makes you think he is going to listen to us?" And the next second, he was openly glaring at Wonwoo, "If you think disappearing from our sight will make you feel better, I'll just hope this won't backfire you. And yes, if something, by any chance, happens to you, we won't be accountable for it. Tell that to your brothers."

And he went away, fist clenched and teeth gritting in anger. Seungcheol on the other hand had just shrugged his shoulders, walking behind Mingyu as well. Right now, all that left was him, Chan and Vernon in the house.

Chan, fortunately enough, didn't said anything. Wonwoo also wasn't in mood to have some stupid moral support either. But when he stood up, it was Vernon who spoke, "I know we were never on good terms," His voice was quite muffled, "But again, I'll still suggest you to be around someone, anyone, even if they are your brothers. We'll take care of this matter, but it's impossible to take care of it at this moment. If we did something before the transaction, they'll get alert and you know, anything can happen."

Wonwoo saw hesitation in Vernon's eyes. This younger was the same man who had driven Seungkwan crazy to the point his brother was planning to kill him with chopsticks. Vernon was always the most coldest and non- friendly in the three brothers, the one who was more of careless and laid back, and watching him all of sudden pay attention to something was little surprising to Wonwoo.

He then heard him adding, "I am not asking you to trust us, all I am asking right now is if you ever get in trouble, remember, we are your family too." The younger then sighed, "I don't care about your brothers, but you are my brother-in-law, and I would very much want you to be safe as long as you are with us."

And he went out as well, with Chan giving him a small smile and following Vernon from behind.

But the words they said roamed around Wonwoo's mind a little too much than he liked.

Family? Brother-in-law? What really was up with all of them in early morning?

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"The matter is serious." Seungkwan said while biting from Wonwoo's burger, the one he brought as a replacement to his breakfast.

"It is serious." Wonwoo added as they walked through the corridor, his older brother silently following him from behind, "Did they really made you sit through a family business discussion? Like a real family one?"

Seungkwan was more of in disbelief at the moment but Wonwoo also couldn't help it from his side. He too was shocked, so earning those wide eyes from his younger was definitely not the strangest thing that had happened to him this morning so far.

When his older brother, Jeonghan, raised his brows, he replied while biting on his burger, "They said I was a part of their family, and i should stop ignoring them and all that. They also said if i ever get in problem, I can look out for them."

"They did?!" Seungkwan's face showed how he wasn't having it at all from the back to back confessions, "From when they started being so friendly towards us? I am telling you Hyung, this is a trap! They are definitely upto something!"

Wonwoo shrugged his shoulders, quietly agreeing with what Seungkwan said, "Not gonna lie but they way they are treating me so good, I am afraid to even drink the water of that house. what if they are being so sweet so they could poison it and kill me?"

"Exactly! That's why I am telling you should stay away from them Hyung! You never know what's upto them. Also, after all that happened, why would they even treat you so well? It's unbelievable, no Hyung?"

The question was directed towards Jeonghan, the older who instead of responding Seungkwan, looked at Wonwoo, "What do you mean by they are friendly to you?"

Wonwoo thought for a while, finally adjusting his glasses on his nose bridge as he said, "Friendly in the sense that Vernon, the ass in the three, does not talk back to me, instead of that, he doesn't really indulge in any fights with me as he always used to do before. He just turned out be quite... nice."

Seungkwan scoffed, "Nice? That man? Are you sure you aren't hallucinating?"

Wonwoo glared at his younger, "No, I am not. He isn't exactly the kind of friendly friendly, but he sure treats me well. Even Seungcheol, a man who appears to be so cold and rude isn't exactly of that type. I mean a person who cooks for his brother, how can they even be cold?"

"He cooks?!" Jeonghan's eyes were widened when Wonwoo nodded, "Not only that, he is like a mother of the three. You know we always thought that man was so cocky? But recently, I just realised he is not like that."

"Not like that?" Jeonghan asked his brows frowned.

"Yes, he is like a total different personality back there at their house. He cooks for them, he looks out for them, he laughs with them, and for god's sake they are so chatty every morning that it makes my ears bleed. And you know what they talk about?"

"What?"

"Definitely something you would have never believed coming out from their mouth. You'd think they are some cold serious personality by how they are but all they talk about is how Vernon stubbed his toe early morning, how Seungcheol heard some dad joke and was eager to tell them, how they met someone stupid in university, how was the last football match they watched, the gossip they had of their classes, who patched up, who broke up, like seriously? Who would have expected them to be such a gossip bros?"

Seungkwan all of sudden bust into laughter. And for real, the idea of the brothers sitting around while bitching was even funny to Jeonghan as well. Who could have thought the cold demeanor brothers were into these things for entertainment?

"They are so stupid." Wonwoo added with a sigh, "Specially when they are with eachother. They are so careless when together, almost like any normal siblings, fighting, cursing and you'd see once in a while one of them will try to kill the other. The environment there, is too friendly. Not to mention Seungcheol is always too good to me. He like, treats me how he treats his two brothers. Isn't that odd? Shouldn't he be hating me?"

There was no answer to Wonwoo's questions and silence was the only thing that he received at that moment. But then, Jeonghan's mouth open up to ask a question,

"What about Mingyu? How does he treats you?"