lil update for whoever’s still with me

Hello! Not sure if any of you guys know this but i’m actually on AO3 now writing member x member fics. I’m actually taking a break there too (because of uni and life in general) but there’s a good repository of works there for whoever’s interested.

Also! I have so many asks in my inbox about a Minghao soulmate AU! Believe it or not, I have it. In draft form. In many, many bits and pieces. I’ve moved on from writing in second person narratives but since it was so highly requested I will make some time to finish it and post it, eventually. I know I’ve made some people here wait for literal years! HAHA but, unfortunately the waiting will have to continue for a few months more. Apologies!

Regarding the unfinished MAFIA!SVT fics, I will eventually tie up all the loose ends either in a point dump like I did for Jeonghan or in actual chapters. It depends on the member and how far along I had planned their story before. There was, in fact, a whole other world I wanted to explore along with the Mafia verse but it eventually became too far-fetched for me to really comprehend and that’s why I stopped. I think it happened when I added all the supernatural stuff, HAHA. I might do a long, world-building fic just to explain what I intended for the Mafia stories but we’ll see.

This all will take a while, considering I am in the thick of my university life, but even if it takes three more years, I’ll get it done eventually. Once I tie up all the loose ends and unanswered requests on this blog, there will no longer be anymore stories posted here. I’ve grown out of second narrative writing and found another platform I would prefer to write on. Thank you so much for everyone’s support :)

Much love, xviichapters

PRIDE || MAFIA!Seokmin [Chp 4]

In the weeks that followed you worked as a runner for SVT in exchange for board and bed at the safe house. Technically you were ‘working’ at the safe house too – as a nanny of sorts to the children there – but it never felt like work; you were one of them there, the older sibling they turned to when they needed a listening ear or someone to hold them when they were missing their families too much. For the first time in a long time, guilt was no longer a feeling that sat like a heavy stone in your gut every time you woke up in the morning. You didn’t have to steal any food, didn’t have to lie about your age, didn’t have to hurt someone else every day just to survive. And it felt nice too, that you could smile now, even if it was just to the kids.

You were doing good and it made you feel good.

Being a runner wasn’t half bad either. All you had to do was gather information here and there – already a lot less confrontational, and thus a lot easier, than what you had to do before – and your age became one of your strengths instead of a liability. Your seeming innocence was key to making other people slip-up.

Currently, you were walking down the street on the way to one of the street corners where gangs love to meet up. No one knew yet that you were out of Kihyun’s gang – Kihyun himself probably thought you were still in mafia hands or just didn’t care – so you could easily blend into the old crowds without much worry. 

There was still time before you had to pick the kids up from school so you took your time socializing, bumping spots before anyone could get too suspicious. Halfway through, however, you realized you had a shadow.

"Are you stalking me?" you called out.

Seokmin’s chuckle sounded somewhat impressed. He stepped out from the shadowed alley, bright grin on his lips. "Just making sure you stay out of trouble."

“Right. As if you could protect me from the big bad wolf.”

He raised a brow. “Did you forget that I'm the one who saved you from those thugs before?”

“Are you going to keep holding that against me?”

“Just stating a fact.” He shrugged. “Wouldn't want all my effort of saving you go to waste by letting you walk into another bear cave.”

You rolled your eyes and decided to ignore him. Ten metres down the street you couldn’t take it anymore. He was being so obvious.

You whipped around, scowling. “How am I going to do my job if you keep scaring off the big game?”

He laughed. Actually laughed. “Stop talking big; you wouldn't know game if it hit you in the face.”

Suddenly there was a little shout to the left and a woman cried, “Help! That man stole my wallet!”

With a smirk, you nodded your head towards the sound. “Found it.”

You ran after the thief, covering the head start he got in half the time he did, matching him pace for pace. Soon, you were running alongside him.

“Are you gonna return that back?” you asked without losing breath.

“What?” The guy, on the other hand, was winded. “Y/N? That you?”

You blinked, taken aback. “Minhyuk?”

“Why are you chasing me? Get that guy off my back and we'll split the spoils!”

“What gu–”

But before you could get the question out, Minhyuk went down with a loud thud, a nice straight stick rolling away from where it had him in the back of the head.

“SEOKMIN!!” you couldn't help but whine. “I had that covered!”

“Sorry princess,” he grinned, coming over to you, “You were talking too much.”

You pouted. He laughed, touching your chin. “Don't do that. It makes me want to kiss you.”

“Y/N?” A voice came from the ground. “You're with them now?”

“Unfortunately,” you sighed. You crouched down to check on your former colleague. The stick had hit him pretty hard but nothing he couldn’t recover from. Minhyuk skinnier than before, bruised in places he hadn’t been before. “You could join their little pet project too if you want; getting kids off the street,” you started softly. “At least I'm fed and there's a warm bed to sleep on.”

At first, it seemed like he had heard you. But then his face twisted into a scowl. “Go to hell.”

You sighed, getting up. “Suit yourself.”

From his pockets, Seokmin produced a couple of cable ties and tied the boy's wrists together. Then he hoisted him up and tied him to a metal pole. You picked up the forgotten purse and returned it back to the lady.

She almost cried when she saw it. “Thank you thank you!” she gushed. “You don't understand how important this to me!”

You smiled cordially. “It's no problem.”

“Tell your boyfriend thank you too, I don't know what I would've done–” And then she did burst into tears. You put an arm around her and sat her down on a bench, letting her tears fall. You wanted to stay and comfort her but you knew you'd be in big trouble if the police arrived and you were still there, so you slipped away quietly without a word. Instead, you watched from far away as they arrived – somebody, maybe Seokmin, must've called – and swiftly took Minhyuk and the woman in separate cars.

Seokmin returned to your side. “That felt good, didn’t it?”

“…She cried when I gave her back the purse.”

“Must’ve been important.”

“But it’s just a purse.” You recalled many times when you had stolen things the exact same way back when you were still with Kihyun, just for a bit of cash or if you were lucky, a bunch of credit cards before they all got cut. If the purse was branded, it would be pawned away. Everything else would be thrown out.

“But it’s never just a purse, is it?” Seokmin was saying. “There’s a story behind every item a person owns. Maybe that purse was given to her by her late husband. Maybe, that purse contained all her life savings and she would have nothing without it. Maybe there’s something irreplaceable in one of the pockets of the bag.”

All the personal items you had tossed away, the photos, the seemingly useless letters – all that had meant something to someone.

“Just because there isn’t a dollar sign attached doesn’t mean it’s not valuable.”

The both of you had reached the end of the pavement, and traffic dashed past at the crossroads.

“I liked that feeling, of having the lady thank me,” you said eventually. “Instead of you know, usually having them curse after me.”

He grinned, bumping his shoulder against yours. “To be honest, I like doing this too.”

“You do?”

“Mmm. I missed it actually. The simplicity of setting things from bad to good. Now it’s getting all fuzzy with politics and treaties and stuff,” he sighed. “But this right here was what I signed up for.”

The light turned green and you tugged him forward.

Seokmin remained tense, mouth tugged in a frown and brow furrowed. Hesitantly, you squeezed his shoulder. He responded like a cat would; closing his eyes and curving into your touch. He looked back at you, the warm heat of his body radiating on your arm. He grinned. “But I wouldn’t have changed a thing. You know why?”

“Why?”

“It let me meet you.”

You felt yourself turn red. “Yah, don’t say such corny things.”

“Why not? They’re true.”

Just as you were about to respond, something whistled across the air towards the both of you, dropping to the ground with a metallic, cling cling cling. The resulting silence is what you imagined the fear of dying might sound like.

You’re both frozen in shock as you tried to register the image before you.

A grenade, with its pin removed.

Strangely, you’re the first the snap out of it. “Seokmin!” you yell as you tried to pull him away. The bomb goes off a second later.

GREED || MAFIA!Jeonghan [How It Ends]

BLURB: Power makes most men weak but you’re his special brand of kryptonite.

GENRE: mafia!au, action, mystery, romance

WORDS: 2125

PART: 1 | 2 | This is How It Ends

A/N: Thousands of apologies to everyone who was waiting for a proper update. This is very unfortunate but I’ve since lost the passion, will or time to continue this story or any other story here on this blog. However, being a reader myself, I know how much it sucks not knowing how a story ends, so here is what was supposed to happen in this narrative if I had ever finished it.

F I N

This series is up for adoption. If you would like to adopt the narrative and turn it into your own story, please DM me here for details. || For more of my works, find me on Archive of Our Own as xviichapters.

Amusement Park || Happy Birthday Soonyoung || Oneshot

BLURB: You and the performance unit are at an amusement park for Soonyoung’s birthday.

WORDS: 2144

“3.”

“I can’t believe we're doing this,” Jun stated, coming up on your right. He crouched down into a running position.

You shrugged. “Soonyoung wanted it, so…”

“And it’s his birthday,” Chan said to your left, copying Jun’s movement. “He gets to make us do whatever he wants.”

“2.”

“It’s still crazy,” Jun muttered.

“It’s Soonyoung.”

“What if we get caught?”

“Then we’re dead,” Minghao added unhelpfully.

“1.”

“I can’t believe you kids talked me into letting you do this.”

You scoffed. “Please Jun, you’re the one who put the idea in his head.”

“Well you didn–”

"GO!"

You shot off into the crowd, immediately losing the rest of them behind you. The summer heat beat off the pavement as you pressed through sticky bodies, everyone out enjoying the mild weather before it turned too hot to even step foot outside. The amusement park wasn’t very packed, seeing as how it was a week day, but there were still enough people around for a game of hide & seek to prove to be a challenge.

Why were you playing hide & seek, one might ask?

Because it was Soonyoung’s birthday and he seemed intent on abusing his power any way he could, which included making you and the other members of the performance unit play a game meant for kindergarteners.

Not that you minded.

You zoomed passed a bubbling fountain, a smile creeping onto your face as the wind whipped across your cheeks. It had been a long time since you could be this free outside.

Being Soonyoung’s girlfriend meant you had to keep a low profile so you wouldn’t spoil his or Seventeen’s image. But today was different. The five of you had been tasked to keep him entertained while the rest prepared for his surprise birthday party back at the company building.

The performance team and you had mulled around for a bit, trying to figure out what there was to do when Jun suggested hide & seek as a joke. Soonyoung took the idea seriously however and the next thing you knew, you six were being dropped outside the gates of the local theme park, Soonyoung grinning so widely that you didn’t have the heart in you to talk him out of it. He’d given each of you face masks to hide your identity, as if that will fool their fans.

In the end there was nothing anyone could do but go along with it.

You ran by a group of school students and their eyes widened, squealing suddenly in excitement. You stopped to stare at them, “Do you recognize me?”

They nodded, smiling nervously at you.

You grinned, "Don’t–”

"READY OR NOT HERE I COME!" You froze up, realizing it was Soonyoung’s voice.

"Shoot," you muttered. How did he find you so quickly? Without thinking you darted behind the girls and crouched low, hoping he would just walk pass them and move on.

"Don’t tell him I’m here!" you whispered up loudly to the girls. They nodded, stifling their laughter. Seconds later you heard his footsteps pounding down the cobbled street you had just been on, stopping near the group of girls.

"Jagi-ya, I know you’re here~” his familiar voice crooned, “I saw you running!"

"Cheater!" you gasped involuntarily. The girls overheard and started giggling excitedly. You tried to shush them but Soonyoung already noticed their odd behaviour.

His narrowed his eyes at them, four girls standing in a perfectly straight line, hands clasped behind their backs. They avoided his gaze, trying hard not to smile or burst out laughing. They were clearly blocking the path but refused to move. He saw a flash of black jeans behind their pale legs. He grinned.

"Jagi-ah~ Where are you? I know you're around here somewhere…"

He looked around at the people gathered there. Everyone was looking at him now because of all the noise he was making. Those who recognized him gave excited waves. He waved back.

“Everyone! I’m playing hide & seek now but I can’t seem to find my girlfriend! Has anyone seen her?” Most people shook their heads ‘no’ but the girls only became even more excited, their ability to supress their giggling decreasing by the second.

"No?" Soonyoung drew it out.

"No!" people chorused.

"That’s too bad…”

You knew you were going to get caught if you sat just there so you moved and tried to lose yourself in another big group who was passing by. You crept carefully to the edge, standing slowly to make it look as natural as possible–

"JAGI!" Soonyoung pounced. "I found YOU!"

The crowd burst into squeals of laughter. Some even clapped. You ducked your head, blushing red. He came over to you grinning, wrapping his arms around you. You hid your face into his chest.

“You cheated!” you accused.

“And you’re cute,” Soonyoung complimented.

“Yah Soonyoung–”

“EVERYONE THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND!” he turned you to face the crowd, “ISN’T SHE PRETTY?!”

The crowd whooped.

“VERY PRETTY!” the crowd called back. “Oppa is so lucky!”

He chuckled. “I am aren’t I?”

You scurried back to hide in his shirt, unused to all the attention. He wrapped his arms around you easily, making people squeal even more.

“Do you guys know she was my fan?” he was saying, “She wasn’t this shy when I met her though.”

They laughed.

“Oppa do you think I have a chance with Mingyu-ssi?” a girl called out.

“Mmm Mingyu?” he laughed. “I think Mingyu and Wonwoo will end up together.”

While Soonyoung was enjoying himself talking to his fans you were still wrapped in his chest trying to hide your face. You weren’t camera shy but this was the most public you’ve been with Soonyoung and didn’t know what to do.

“Soonyoung we have to find the rest,” you reminded quietly.

“Ah right.” He pulled you away and turned his back towards you. “Jump on.”

You blinked. “What?”

“Jump on! I’ll carry you to the Ferris wheel.”

“The Ferris Wheel? But we have to find the others!”

His eyes twinkled when he turned back to you. “Let’s not look for them. Let’s spend what little free time we have together at this wonderful theme park, okay?”

You couldn’t answer amid the ‘awwws!’ coming from the crowd. You felt yourself blushing red again. “Soon-youngg,” you whined but he only laughed and turned around again, urging you onto his back. “Come on!”

“I can walk Soonyoung.”

“I know that but I wanna show them how strong I am now.”

“What’s that supposed to mean!”

“It means I’ve been working out and you’re light,” he grinned cheekily. “So get on!”

“No!”

He pouted. “But it’s my birthday…”

Around you, you were aware of eyes watching both of you interact and suddenly you grew incredibly shy under their gazes. You also knew what it might look like to his fans for you to be rejecting his offer like this.

You sighed. “Ahh fine fine just stop it with those eyes!”

He brightened instantly. “I know they’re your weakness.”

“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” you muttered, jumping on his back. Instantly everyone started squealing. You hid your face in his shirt, blushing intensely.

“Soonyoung!! Go!!!”

Meanwhile Soonyoung was just soaking in the attention. “No wait look! They want to photos of us!!”

He lifted one hand to wave at his fans. You yelped. “SOONYOUNG!”

“Hello everyone! Isn’t my girlfriend pretty!” he announced. Everyone giggled which made you blush even harder.

“Soonyoung-ah! Ask her to lift her head!” someone called out. Murmurs of agreement rippled through the crowd.

“Jagi-ah, they want to see your pretty face.” You shook your head violently, refusing to reveal yourself. He chuckled. “Ahh it seems she’s very shy. Sorry guys, maybe some other time.”

There were sounds of disappointment through the crowd. “Soonyoung I will kill you when we’re home,” you threatened into his ear.

“Kill me with your love~” he murmured back. You hit him. It instantly brought a response from the crowd and you quickly hid your face again.

Soonyoung just laughed. “Guys! We’re gonna go on the rides for a while so if any of the members come looking for us tell them you don’t know where we are okay?”

“There are other members in the park?!” the fans all started asking.

Soonyoung nodded. “They’re playing hide and seek now and waiting for me to find them. Please find them for me so I can spend time with my jagi!”

There was a chorus of understanding from the crowd before they dispersed off excitedly, looking for the other members. Only a few remained to see what would happen next between the two of you.

“Forget about me killing you. It’ll be lucky enough if the boys let me stick a fork in your thigh.”

“Always one for the dramatics,” Soonyoung said.

“They’ll throw you in the river.”

“Thankfully I know how to swim.” He flashed his signature cheeky grin and you couldn’t help butroll your eyes. “Don’t worry so much Y/N, I’ll be fine! It’s my birthday.” He flashed that signature smile and started running towards the ride.

“But what if–”

Before you could finish that thought Soonyoung took off running down the street towards the rides.

“SOONYOUNG!” you screamed, clinging to him in mild terror.

“It’s fun right?” he yelled back laughing. It was so wild and carefree that you started laughing too, your head falling back with abandon as you grew braver, letting your hair fly out behind you.

The next day someone posted a beautiful still of you two; a frozen portrait of happiness with your arms on his shoulders, head thrown back and a gigantic smile on his face, so full and wide that his eyes disappeared into cresecent moons.

Even after all the scolding he received the next day for being so reckless, that picture and the time spent with you made everything worth it.

“Wow!” he gasped, looking up at the Ferris wheel. He looked star struck – like a blind man seeing light for the first time.

“Come on its not like you’ve never seen one before,” you teased.

“That’s true,” he smiled at you, “But it’ll be the first time I’m riding it with someone as pretty as you.”

You rolled your eyes but inside you were secretly flustered. “Let’s just get on the ride.”

He let you down and took your hand, leading you into a carriage. It was small – just enough space to fit two people on either side. You moved to sit opposite him but he grabbed you by the waist, pulling you onto his lap. He buried his face into your hair.

“Soonyoung!”

“What?”

“We’re in public!”

“No we’re not, we’re in this carriage!” he laughed. “And it’s already moving up, no one will see.”

You were still uncomfortable and wouldn’t properly settle until the wheel was high in the sky. You relaxed into him, letting him pull you closer. He nuzzled your neck gently.

“Ahh Soonyoung that tickles,” you giggled. He started to poke your sides. “Ahhh stop!”

“You’re so cute Y/N,” he murmured going back to cuddling with you. The carriage filled with orange light from the setting sun.

“Look,” he pointed at the bleeding sky, “That sunset’s as pretty as you.”

“Stop it,” you said.

“But it’s true. You’re so beautiful.”

It was quiet in the carriage. After a while he stood up, wrapping his arms around your shoulder from behind. “I can’t believe I’m twenty-two.”

“I can’t believe you’re twenty-two,” you agreed.

“Hey!”

You chucked softly. “My boy’s growing up.”

He spun you around to face him. He was so beautiful. You couldn’t help but feel so lucky to have him. Up here it felt like you were the only two in the world.

“Happy birthday Soonyoung,” you murmured, placing a long kiss on his lips.

“YAH WHERE DID YOU GO!” Jun pounced on you two the moment you found them.

“We took a ride on the Ferris wheel.” They eyed your hands intertwined together.

“Is that okay?” Minghao asked concerned.

Soonyoung just shrugged. “It’s my birthday. Let them think what they want.”

Jun looked like he wanted to say something but bit the words back. Eventually, he just sighed. The sun was gone and now the dark blue sky was slowly tinging black; it was about time to get back. Taking Chan’s arm in with other hand you four followed Jun back to the car for the drive back home.

“Yah Soonyoung if it wasn’t your birthday I would hit you for what you did!” Seungcheol was screaming the moment they stepped inside the building.

“But it is my birthday,” Soonyoung declaring, squeezing you tightly. “And you guys just let me spend it with someone I love a lot. Thanks hyung.”

Seungcheol stuttered as you blushed wildly.

“Happy birthday to me,” Soonyoung announced happily.

Badlands || Soulmate!AU Chan

“They’re only going to get stronger if we remain on the defence!” The King’s voice reverberated through the heavy oak door, echoing down the hallway. “We need to start attacking and squash their forces now!”

The anger in his father’s voice made Chan step away from the door but it didn’t shock him. Things have been tense since two summers ago, when the rebels first showed themselves. They have been pushing the boundaries ever since, coming down from the mountains and occupying the Badlands, the buffer region between the Lee Kingdom and the rebels’ own exiled territories. They’ve went past the city walls too, slithering underground like rats in the sewers and exploiting old mining tunnels that had once been used to transport minerals from the caves down to the city. It was only a matter of time before the rebels tired of simple theft and rebel graffiti. Rumour had it that there were already over a hundred safe-houses mushrooming around the kingdom, and the people’s loyalties were swaying. The officials were getting antsy and Chan’s father, the highest ranking official around, was the antsiest of them all.

Chan decided it was time to move on, leaving the great War Room behind and continuing his journey down the hallway. There was no one around. His quiet steps echoed in the emptiness. Even as he descended the stairs to the back garden where one of the castle exits was, no guards stopped to greet him. In fact, there were no guards about at all. Castle security had been lax ever since more and more men were sent to patrol the Walls. Not that it mattered – the rebels were still evading capture somehow. His father’s words from a few days ago rang in Chan’s ears, “If anyone is caught harbouring these rebels or assisting them in any way, they will be arrested and executed immediately.”

Chan carefully unlocked the garden gate, looking furtively around. When he was satisfied no one was watching he slipped outside.

It could just be the placebo effect but Chan felt the sunshine was warmer out here than it was inside. The alley he was on was also quiet and void of people, but it was different somehow, the sounds and sights up ahead creating a sort of ambience that was absent from the emptiness within the castle walls. Crowds pleased him and he enjoyed being able to walk about without the responsibility of being his father’s son heavy on his shoulders. No one seemed to realize he was a prince and treated him like everyone else.