"Btw Cyrus, have we met before?" Nikolai asked.
With a smile, "We did...we shared a person." Cyrus replied.
"We did?"
"We did."
"Who was it?" Nikolai asked, Cyrus pulled his phone out and showed him his wallpaper.
Nikolai's eyes widened immediately at the sight of it, Jin noticed his expression and tried to glance at The phone himself, but Cyrus pulled it away before Jin could.
"Is everything okay Nikollai-ssi?" Seong-min min asked, "Yeah...yeah!" Nikolai hastily replied, he couldn't speak his mind not knowing what to say in the first place after what Cyrus showed him.
...Some Time later...
"Doesn't this place look like home now?" Seong-min cheerfully said clapping her hands together, they were just done organizing the whole place from top to bottom.
"It does." Ha-yoon replied, Cyrus has retreated to a corner, leaning while staring at his phone's wallpaper, "Uh? who's that boy smiling next to you...he's so cute!" Seong-Min said while glancing at the picture.
Cyrus who didn't feel her when she sneaked up on him, was caught by surprise, "HUH?! WHAT THE...how did you move that fast?!" he asked.
"I'm Sneaking out of the house expert." Seong-min replied to him, "You still haven't answered my question." she added.
"Min-Min stop it." Jin's voice reached her, "It's okay, I'm not planning to hide this forever...Fate must've gotten us all together anyways." Cyrus replied.
"Fate?" Jin repeated the word, "This Guy in the picture is My highschool boyfriend...My first love, but he's gone...he has been for years now." Cyrus said while sighing, answering Seong-Min's question.
"Oh, sorry for your loss, you look so happy in this picture, he must've been an awesome guy." Seong-min replied, "I can't help but to think, you looked quite feminine back then in this picture, compared to you now Cyrus." she added pointing out.
"That was because I used to be a girl back then, and yeah...I was happy with him, I'll never get over him." Cyrus replied, his response steered some glances to be shared between the rest of the group, but nobody commented about it, especially since Joe his father looked sad to see hear his son's words.
But Seong-min was definitely the exception here, "So, this all happened in highschool?" Seong-min asked, "Yeah...seeing his face makes me feel nostalgic but it's the only thing pushing me further." Cyrus replied before Walking away.
"Hold on bro, I got something to tell you!" Ha-yoon said following Cyrus quickly, and the two left the apartment together.
Taking the chance of his absence, "Joe, your kid is trans?" Jin asked.
Sighing "Yeah, he figured he was a boy a little before highschool, but didn't transition until after graduation." Joe replied.
"Good for him, if you don't mind what was his name before?" Nikolai asked, hiding the fact that he was aware of who Cyrus could be.
He was still shaken by seeing the picture Cyrus has as his phone's wallpaper, and what Cyrus just said, has awakened some feelings Nikolai thought he buried deep.
But despite the confusion and anger, Nikolai kept a warm smile apparent on his face.
"Cyra...his mom is Greek so she named him when he was born." Joe replied, "From Cyra to Cyrus...those are pretty cool names." Nikolai said, "Why I feel like I heard this name before?" Jin said mumbling to himself.
"He kept his desire for transition hidden at first because he was afraid his mom won't be okay with it, since she played the role of a typical christian wife.
Little did he know that both his mom and I were gay, we were married as a cover for each other to fool our parents at that time." Joe spoke again.
"It must be after your divorce that he started feeling braver to talk about it." Jin said.
Nodding, "Kinda, Cyrus kept acting like a girl and waited until highschool is over to transition, also because of fear of bullying, and to start fresh when he goes to college." Joe replied.
"Did you know about his boyfriend?" Seong-min asked, "Seong-min!" Jin scolded her.
"What? you can be nosey and I can't?" she said, "I don't think Cyrus minds.
Despite back then, I wasn't living with him during his highschool years, his mom told me she only found out that he was dating a senior in highschool...later when Cyrus attended his funeral." Joe said.
"His boyfriend died, Cyrus said much." Seong-min spoke slightly sad, "The boyfriend was a nice introverted kid who kept to himself, and he was living with his cop uncle at the time.
That day, I remember it like yesterday, because My son was never the same after his boyfriend killed himself...Cyrus was the first who discovered his body." Joe Said.
"Killed himself...?" Jin said nervously, "His name, Julian baker." Nikolai said making Jin's eyes go wide open.
Surprised as well, "Right! how did you know his name?!" Joe asked, "Because I was Julian closest friend at that time." Nikolai said, "And I used to be bullied by the same son of bitch and his gang, who pushed Jillian to kill himself...and who Later on pushed me to try and end my life." he added while glaring daggers at Jin, the memory of Moses's laugh still rang new in his ears as if he heard it a minute ago.
"End Your Life?!...Nikolai did you Attempt suicide?!" Jin asked, "That's right, you didn't know...but it was All thanks to you anyways." Nikolai replied, "Do you have any idea how you and your so called 'Bullies' left me? the state I was in...I was ready to follow Julian to the grave.
I was bullied left and right, shamed for who I was! my best friend killed himself and the very same day, it turned out my boyfriend was dating me to save himself from bullying...Stole my heart Because he was afraid of losing a DAMN BET." Nikolai added shouting.
Seong-min had a slight angry expression on her face while Joe was absolutely stunned, "So the boy you told me about was him?" Joe asked, Jin has already told him a version of his story.
"Niko...please...!" Jin tried to speak but Nikolai cut him off, "Jin please, we came here to help people, don't give me your shitty excuses unless you want us to fight again." Nikolai said.
Ha-yoon and Cyrus were just back in time to witness what's next, and before Jin could even think of something to say to Nikolai, someone got a hold of Nikolai's Shirt, it was a pissed off Seong-min.
"Let him go! what you're doing?!" Joe cried out, "SEONG-MIN YOU FUCKING BRAT!" Ha-yoon Shouted hurrying to her side.
But no matter what they said, she kept on gripping his shirt, "NIKOLLAI-SSI! The one you should hate is Moses not Jin, the one you tried to kill yourself because of, was Moses and not Jin.
The reason why you are such an easy target, is because you don't listen to people when they try to help you or give you an advice, or even give you an explanation.
Because you Nikollai-ssi, are a narcissistic Asshole who thinks he knows what's up, when you barely touched the tip of the iceberg." Seong-min said.
"Why would I need an explanation from your brother?! I heard everything I needed to hear that day! Moses made sure I heard it from the source." Nikolai said calmly.
Tightening her grip, "You refuse to listen to Him, to listen to the other side of the fucking story...even in true crime stories, they tell the story from both sides!
But because you're so deep into the act of being the ONLY victim, you end up making a fool out of yourself and act recklessly without caring that you'll hurt everyone around you this fucking way!
NIKOLLAI-SSI! YOU FUCKING LANDED YOUR OWN MANAGER IN THE HOSPITAL MOTHERFUCKER CAUSE YOU FAILED TO TAKE THE DEATH THREATS SERIOUSLY!" Seong-min shouted on top of her lungs, her words caused Nikolai's mask of calmness to crack.
"Seong-min, let him go!" Jin begged her, "You know I'll have to use force on you if you don't." He added.
"Be my fucking guest." Seong-min said still tightening her grasp around Nikolai's shirt.
"Let him go...if you believe That Nikolai is wrong for hating on Jin rather than on Moses, then what the fuck are you doing sis." Cyrus spoke up, "You should also focus your hate on someone who deserves it, since Nikolai is obviously not that person to you." he added.
Surprisingly, his words made some sense into Seong-Min's head, enough that she let go of Nikolai.
It took Nikolai a moment to realize she has let go of him, since his focus was still on her previous words.
"Come with me." Cyrus said grabbing Seong-min by her hand, they walked away from the group, going outside of the apartment.
Instead of going outside, Cyrus lead her up, to the rooftop.
While Seong-min followed him, was beginning to regret her decisions.
She felt a bit of guilt at the problem she just caused there, she was afraid it would cause the rift between her brother and Nikolai to grow wider than ever.
Reaching their destination, "I can tell you have a big fire within you, Seong-min...but that fire, is untamed." Cyrus said, "Be careful with how you approach people with this fire.
You're going to burn more than just your enemy...your flames will swallow even your friends." He added.
"Who are you." She simply asked, "My name is Cyrus, Cyrus Melaina...And I will be the guy to give Moses king and his two other bitches, a taste of what I went through...What Julian went through." He replied smiling at her.
"Now, who are you?" He asked her the same question.
For a second, Seong-min thought he was joking with that question, but his unwavering expression made her realize otherwise.
"I am Seong-min...I want to make Moses also feel the pain he made my brother feel, the pain that Nikolai aslo felt.
And...I want Jin and Nikolai to get back together, so I can finally return the happiness to my brother's life." She responded.
Extending his hand, "Perfect...Now, do you want to form an alliance with me? Seong-min?"
"An alliance?" she asked refusing to shake his hand, "Two heads are better than one." he replied dropping his hand.
"So we'll work as a team?...Why would you suggest something like this?" Seong-min asked.
Without a warning, Cyrus charged at her with a punch.
Realizing she was getting attacked, Seong-min crouched down avoiding the attack miraculously, she took the chance that she was at a low spot and grabbed Cyrus by his leg, pulling him to her, making Cyrus lose his balance.
In a second, Cyrus was laying on his back on the ground, looking straight at the stars, he was surprised by her move, he started laughing so hard.
"AHAHAHA! who the fuck crouches when you punch them?!" he said rolling on the ground, but he couldn't roll too much since Seong-min still had a grip around his leg.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WHY DID YOU ATTACK ME?!" Seong-min shouted.
"Damn I wasn't really gonna punch you, I just wanted to see them reflexes sis...earlier you scared the shit outta of me when you sneaked up on me to look at my phone." he replied.
"You're a fucking weirdo." she said, "Well that makes too of us darling...so a team?" he asked.
"I'll think about it." Seong-min said.
"Oh shit...my head, I think I'm bleeding!" Cyrus said touching the back of his head, he pulled his hand from his head to see it covered in blood.
"Oh! OMG I'm sorry!" Seong-min said terrified letting go of his leg, "We should get you treated!" she added freaking out but Cyrus kept laughing wholeheartedly.