It's Just A Picture (BL)
Chapter 374: We’re family, Hyung

Chapter 374: We’re family, Hyung

"Ah," Dongwoo exclaimed. "A birthday surprise party? For... For me?" He looked around confused and they all nodded. "Today is my birthday?" He asked and Minwoo nodded.

"Yes, happy birthday Hyung, nor fess up!" He wrapped his arms around Dongwoo’s neck. "Everyone prepared this for you because we all care and love you."

Dongwoo was speechless, staring at their smiles and then at the cake.

Ah, so this was what a surprise party looked like.

His insides were squishy all of a sudden. It was as if there were butterflies in his stomach.

No one had ever thrown him a birthday party before. No one had ever made him feel so seen, so loved so the feeling made him a bit... Emotional, and before he knew it, his eyes had started welling up in tears.

"My birthday," He said through his barely opened mouth. "my surprise party," he walked towards the twins and looked at the cake. "My cake. This is all... For me?"

"Yes, Hyung." Seojin said. "Happy Birthday," he leaned down and kissed the corner of Dongwoo’s eye.

"This is something you deserve," Seojun said, also leaning in to kiss his cheek. "We regret not being able to do this for your past birthdays when you always remembered us and made wishes for our well-being. From now on, we will--"

"Quit the plenty talk and just get to the point already." Haejoo said, interrupting Seojun’s heartfelt words and they all laughed.

Seojun showed his fist and Haejo cleared his throat, looking away.

"I think I have another schedule soon, so I’ll make my way out now that I’ve seen the spectacle," he said and ran away. Scratch that, he left for his ’important’ schedule.

Dongwoo felt a lump form in his throat as he looked around the room. These people had become his family. They had accepted him for who he was, scars and all.

As Seojin handed him the cake, Dongwoo felt a wave of emotion wash over him. He was loved. He was cherished. And for the first time in his life, he felt like he belonged.

"Thank you," Dongwoo whispered, his voice shaking slightly. "Thank you for making me feel so loved."

The room fell silent, and for a moment, all Dongwoo could hear was the sound of his own heartbeat. Then, Seojun spoke up.

"We’re family, Hyung," Seojun said, his voice firm and sweet at the same time. "And family takes care of each other. We’re in this together, always."

As Dongwoo blew out the candles, surrounded by the people he loved, he felt a sense of joy and belonging that he had never felt before. This was what it meant to be part of a family, to be loved and accepted for who he was.

And as they sang "Happy Birthday" Dongwoo knew that this was just the beginning of a new Chapter in his life – one filled with love, laughter, and adventure.

Everyone started to leave gradually after dropping their gifts for Dongwoo.

"I’m off, kiddo. Happy Birthday," Taiha said as he handed Dongwoo a box.

"Bye, Oppa. I hope you like my present." Doha said before hurrying out, and Dongwoo smiled with a little ’thank you’ escaping his lips. He was so grateful that they could make time to be here for him and also give him presents.

He would definitely cherish this day.

It was finally time for Seojun, Seojin, and Dongwoo to leave as well.

"Minwoo, you and Sungho should spend the night at a hotel tonight. I’ll pay for your house cleaning." Dongwoo said. "And I’ll come another day to get the gifts as well."

"Awn, is paying for the house cleaning the birthday present my lovely Hyung got for me?" Minwoo asked in jest and Dongwoo blushed.

"Of course not." He said. "I’m sorry, Minwoo. With all that was going on, I forgot it was our birthday. Even this party was thrown for me and it was also your birthday. I’ll definitely make it up to you."

"Don’t sweat it. I wanted it to be thrown specifically for you. You don’t know how many birthday parties I’ve had to live through in my life," he said and laughed. "The most important thing is that you’re happy and you got to experience the joy of being celebrated," he interlocked their fingers and pressed his forehead on Dongwoo’s. "I’m happy if you’re happy, Hyung. So, whether you have a present for me or not, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re happy. Your happiness is my happiness after all," he smiled and Dongwoo smiled back.

"Yeah," he said. "Thank you, Dongwoo."

"I think that’s enough," Seojun said, snatching Dongwoo from there and giving scary eyes to Minwoo.

"You two have had enough contact," Seojin added, perking up glasses that came out of nowhere.

"Where did you get those glasses?" Dongwoo asked and Seojin flung them aside.

"Jeez, I can’t be all touchy to my Hyung cause his lovers as so clingy and overprotective," Minwoo grumbled and then sighed. "Anyway, on your way now. I don’t want to hold you back from being all lovey-dovey." He waved them off. "Shop!"

"Bye," Dongwoo waved and then closed the door.

Minwoo sighed and then turned to Sungho.

"Then, shall we also get going?" He asked. "Let’s book a five-star hotel with a nice view." He said, wrapping his arms around Sungho while putting his weight on one leg.

"And we’ll have seafood too." Sungho said as he wrapped his arms around Minwoo’s waist, planting soft kisses on Minwoo’s face. "I missed holding you in my arms like this,"

"I missed this too. But do you know why I miss more?" Minwoo asked, his lips curling up. He reached for Sungho’s ear and whispered, "I’m so pent up I could die."

"But I sucked you off just last week." Sungho said but Minwoo darted his eyes away.

"It’s not the same thing, okay?"

Minwoo could not exactly stay more than a month without getting sexually active but Sungho refused to do it with him while he was in the hospital.

Instead, he sucked him off when he could and fingered him too. It was enough to relive his sexual frustration for a while but he was still looking forward to the real thing.

"Come on, let’s go already. We have a loooong night ahead of us," he smirked.

Meanwhile, Dongwoo follows the twins to their apartment.

After the kidnapping incident, Dongwoo officially started living with the twins.

He moved out of his own apartment and moved into theirs. They all spend the night in one room but since that kidnapping incident, they had never done anything together.

Dongwoo was mostly inclined, probably still recovering his heart and the twins never showed any intention to initiate anything either.

They would wait for him for as long as it took.

As they walked in, Dongwoo suddenly pinched the hem of Seojun and Seojin’s coats and said,

"Seojin, Seojun, it’s been a month now," he looked up at them and met their eyes. "I think I’m ready to talk about it now."

(Alright, this part is not a part of the novel. They live happily ever after from here.)

The End.

Bleh, I’m joking. If you’re reading this then you must be curious as to what I plan to write next but I assure you, there’s nothing, lol. just forget it and go to the next charge.

Honestly, it’s just me talking about how glad I am that I have such caring reader who are about to reach the end of this novel soon, it makes me so happy and emotional. The end of this journey is very near and I’m just taking this opportunity to speak my mind. I’ll still talk more after the end of the book but let me use this opportunity to speak here. i love you all for reaching the end of this book.

Wait, am I chasing you with this note?

Please don’t run away and make sure to read the last two or three Chapters. And then leave a review, telling me how much you enjoyed the story or not, if you didn’t like it, but I hope not to see such a reviews though, cause I know how much time and effort I put into this.

Seeing a review that suddenly says the book was not good or something like that would make me think you read the entire book just to criticize me at the ending which is not fair to me as the author. In any case, I look forward to your warm and sincere reviews my lovely readers.

Cheers and see you in the next Chapter (when I’m done with it. I’m so exhausted piling these Chapters up but I’ll make sure the ending is wholesome and heartfelt.)

Spoiler: It’ll end with a proposal.

Oh, someone told me In AAB that I was biased towards Woo-bin and gave him all the important moments so I’m thinking of how I’ll make this proposal. Should I just make them both go down on their knees and put two rings on both hands? Lol, wait that could actually work. Let me go do my research. Bye for now. Love you, muah