Kim Mitzuki / Lan Win/ Lan Taehyung's P.O.V.
Most at the meeting were surprised when Lan Sizhui rushed Jin Lang; arms wrapped around the older in a bone-crushing hug, weeping on the stranger and mumbling things through his tears that most of the others couldn't understand. Until he said loud enough for everyone present to hear him clearly say, "I found you, brother-in-law." I saw a few looks shared amongst the others, similar to having a 'lightbulb moment' like, OMG yeah! Although I'm surprised nobody asked about me or Yoongi, uh.. Yunghe, joining the Wàng Jī crew. Until Jinhong spoke up...
"Hey, uh, Lan Taehyung? Are you related to Kim Mitzuki at all? 'Cause you kinda look a lot like him." 'FuCk.' I thought, 'this isn't gonna go well, we haven't all got our stories totally strai-' "No." Lan Yibo stared intensely at Jinhong Eijirou as he bluntly stated, "Lan Taehyung is of the GusuLan Clan. Never met, doesn't.. didn't.. know Mitzuki." Lan Yibo was still unreadable to most people though I could tell he was apologetic for almost giving away our secret, Jin Ling's disappearance must have been harder on him than we assumed. I squeezed Yunghe's hand and slipped over to him and hugged Lan Yibo. "Father Zhan, it's okay. I am sure Kim Mitzuki was an honorable person. I know he meant a lot to you all in the time he stayed with you."
I watched Lan Yibo's response to me calling him Father Zhan and of all the reactions I had expected, it certainly wasn't that he would draw me into his and Lan Ying's arms or his eyes to become glossy and shed a few tears over it. I'd wanted others to love me and it seemed that when Lan Wuxian and Lan Yibo collected me off the street that one dirty night, they also brought me into their home and into their hearts. In their arms I finally felt as if I have found somewhere I can call home. Not just with Yoongi, but also with the Lans. My new family. A family who will always look out for me and love me and... Family. Oh... Family... "Oh my- fuck. No- Fuck! I think I know where Jin Ling is!" I exclaimed loudly. Everyone's eyes turned to me but I stared at Jin Yonghoon who gave me a blank look back.
Freeing myself from my new parents arms I went back to Yunghe, whose arms I pulled around me for comfort and I nuzzled my head into his shoulder inhaling his scent. "Where? Where is he?" Demanded Jin Lang, unwrapping Sizhui from him and turning to me hurriedly.
"Well, I was just thinking about.. stuff.. you know, how lucky I am to have parents like Father Zhan and Papa Ying and brothers like Lan Yuan and I was thinking how lucky I am to have someone as wonderful as Nie Xion, Yunghe, who loves me no matter how broken I am, and then I the word family got stuck in my head," for this I received either blank stares or confused looks from those around me, my family. "When we spoke earlier what did you say, and I use this term very loosely, your father kicked you out of home for? Who has been taken? What gender is his partner? Who is a greedy son of a goat that would never pass up the opportunity to make more money?" I could see the lights begin to flicker on again behind their eyes as I spoke.
I didn't want to be the one to say what I believed but I wanted to lead them to what I'd figured out and hoped they would think of the same person. I also didn't want to say the name because of the memories I knew it would invoke. I felt arms behind me tighten around my waist as I trembled a little, I knew then I wouldn't have to say anything. A voice, maybe Bakugo Katsuki, spoke in the quiet, "It's Jin Guangshan, isn't it?"
Tremors shuddered through me because I knew that Jin Guangshan and Izuka Yang were close business partners. His name scared me because even if Jin Guangshan and his goons hadn't seen me personally I knew that they would destroy anything to get the money that Izuka Yang offered, I mean, fifty million was nothing to him and the Jin's only cared for money.
Well, almost all of them. Jin Ling was different in the best kind of way. He knew who and what he loved - and it definitely wasn't money or power that he desired most in this world. The tremors that shuddered through my body weren't stopping, they were getting worse. What started as a mild tremor at the name brought with it a fear so deep and ingrained that even after all these months I still felt my PTSD begin to shut me down. I stared at Sizhui trying to convey what was happening to me and leaned back heavily against Yunghe. "I-I.. I ne-need t-"
I didn't get to tell them Jin Guangshan or any of the Jin's (current company excepted, I hoped) would lead directly back to Izuka Yang. The thought of Him finding me again terrified me so badly that I couldn't control my reactions. I felt something warm around me as I fell, someone calling my name.. I let the familiar blanket of unconsciousness engulf my mind and then - I knew nothing.