Changbin had been distant since the night Felix extorted a date out of him. Felix was so annoyed, he had thought the night went really well, that they left each other in a really good place with his heart even fluttering for Changbin. They had kissed so tenderly that night and since then Changbin had barely looked in Felix's direction let alone gave him any type of affection.
That's why Felix went to that frat party in the first place, to blow off steam. He and Changbin were in a rut and he was tired of the crime boss' hot and cold behavior.
Now it was time for them to go on an out of town trip and Felix prepared to make it a memorable one. He wasn't going to miss his opportunity to tease and entice Changbin. He was going to pull out all the stops, all the things he knew Changbin couldn't resist, in a desperate attempt to make him look in his direction.
He didn't know if it would work but he had to try because the truth was no matter how distant Changbin was, no matter how much he pushed him away and treated him like crap... Felix still wanted him.
Though he would sometimes get fed up with Changbin's aloof behavior, majority of the time he loved the cat and mouse game. He liked having to chase and seduce Changbin, it kept things interesting. But what he loved most of all was pushing Changbin to his breaking point, teasing him to the point he became desperate for Felix's body.
He loved how needy Changbin could get for him. It was an emotion that Felix aligned with love, and in Felix's mind, he didn't need to be loved, he just needed to be desired. And not to mention, their constant push and pull always ended with the hottest sex.
Of course a Changbin and Felix trip out of town for a billiards tournament never meant just Changbin and Felix. Changbin was the leader of a multifaceted crime operation, he had a whole entourage with him at all times, including his personal bodyguard Chan. But Chan wasn't just Changbin's bodyguard, there was much more to their story.
⚠️ Trigger Warnings ⚠️
-Alcohol/Alcohol Abuse
-Drugs/Drug Dealing
-Child Abuse
-Blood/Injuries non-graphic descriptions
-Mentioned adult attempting to seduce a minor
-Mentioned non-explicit consensual underaged sex
They were childhood friends, growing up on the wrong side of the tracks together. They were neighbors and their parents were friends too, often dragging Changbin and Chan along to bars with them. That's where Changbin discovered his love of pool; he and Chan would play for hours as their parents drank until they passed out in the booths.
As they got older, they drifted apart slightly. Chan was determined to get out of their small town, make something of himself and Changbin had a different idea of what making a name for himself meant. Changbin started hustling pool at 14, tricking older men out of their money left and right.
Soon he was noticed by a very prominent and dangerous drug dealer that hung around the pool circuit. The man took a liking to him, seeing an untapped potential within him. And with Changbin growing up without a dad, in a toxic home with very little love, acceptance and affection, he thirsted for that approval, so he started selling for the man and it only snowballed from there.
Changbin told him all of his ideas to hustle pool on a wider scale and showed the man how there was a real market for it. Showed him that it was easy money if you had a few talented players and that a lot of money could be made above the table too in tournaments and competitions so it came with little risk to the man's empire.
The drug lord loved all of Changbin's ideas, especially after seeing first hand how much money Changbin was bringing him. He soon promoted Changbin through the ranks in his operation until he was the man's most trusted advisor. The man was killed a few years later during a dangerous deal with another powerful cartel leader and ended up leaving basically everything to Changbin.
He never had children and Changbin had become like a son to him so he inherited not only the billiards place that he had convinced the man to build in the first place but also the title and position of respect of the late leader. With the money that was left to him, Changbin revamped the place to be part billiards and part club and named it Seo Good and it has been booming ever since.
While Changbin was thriving in his life of crime, Chan was suffering on his straight and narrow path. He had stayed in school and gotten good grades, hoping to get a scholarship and get out of that town and away from his horrible parents. His father was a violent drunk and his mother a weak and cowardly bystander, watching as Chan was abused almost nightly. Chan tried to smile through the pain as he pushed himself to get up every morning and go to school no matter how sore or bruised he was.
He was determined to make a better life for himself but his father, cruel and controlling, found out about his future plans and decided to show Chan that he would never leave that town or their family if he had anything to say about it. He had drunk so much that night and he just didn't stop hitting Chan. He beat him within an inch of his life and left him bloody and crying on the kitchen floor. Having heard the tail end of the commotion, Changbin waited till he saw Chan's father's pickup truck peel out of the driveway and swerve down the road before running over.
The back door was attached to the kitchen and Changbin could see Chan's unmoving body on the hard tile through the window. He knew where the hide-a-key was and unlocked the door, rushing to Chan's side.
Changbin should have called 911, reported Chan's father to the police and got an ambulance to come take care of him quickly but bringing cops to his front yard would not be good, considering the large quantity of drugs that he was storing in his house. Chan was also a minor, he knew that they would take him away from his parents and he would go into foster care and he didn't want to lose his best friend. Sure they weren't as close as they were as kids but they were bonded by their shared traumas and it wasn't a bond that could be so easily broken. Changbin decided to take Chan back to his house and bandage him up himself.
Chan's father stayed away for a while, knowing that he really fucked up this time and that if he came back to the house too quickly, he could get turned into the police. During that time, Chan stayed at Changbin's house as he nursed him back to health.
Changbin was an only child, living with just his mother after his father left when he was young. His mother did what she had to do to put food on the table and a roof over her and her son's head. You guessed it, she was a prostitute. She had Changbin when she was very young and was extremely beautiful, using her good looks to pay their bills.
One night, Changbin had left to go sell off some product and when he returned, walked in on his mother throwing herself at the helpless Chan, confined to his bed with a few broken ribs.
Changbin quickly pulled her off of Chan yelling "Mom! What the fuck is wrong with you?! He's only a year older than me! He's 17!" She started crying and ran out of the room ashamed, not having known that Chan was still underaged.
Changbin quickly went to check on Chan, brushing his hair from his face as he asked "Are you okay? I am so sorry she attacked you like that, I don't know what's gotten into her. I don't want to make excuses for her behavior but she is so insecure because of what she does for work... She probably just wanted to be wanted by a handsome guy like you."
Chan gulped as he looked up at Changbin, he had never had feelings for him before but there was something about that night. Maybe it was the fact that Changbin had been taking such great and attentive care of him as he nursed him back to full strength or the heightened emotions of the whole ordeal. Or maybe it was simply their teenage hormones, and the fact that neither of them had ever really explored their attraction to men but Chan suddenly grabbed Changbin's shirt and pulled him down for their lips to meet.
They slept together that night, Changbin carefully riding Chan so as to not hurt him or aggravate his injured rib and when they woke the next morning, both had come to their senses. They talked about what happened, the significance of it being both their first times fooling around with a guy but that neither of them felt any real romantic spark and weren't interested in exploring that kind of relationship with each other ever again. And they never did after that night.
The incident with Chan's dad happened when Changbin was still a lower level dealer but was slowly gaining the interest of the cartel leader. When Chan's dad finally returned home, Changbin couldn't stand the sight of him and asked his boss if he could send some of his muscle to fuck Chan's dad up.
They sent a couple of guys to beat and threaten his dad, telling him to leave town for good and never speak to Chan or his mother again or else they would kill him. So he left and never came back or contacted Chan again.
Chan was forever grateful to Changbin already for saving his life that night when he found him and nursed him back to health and for getting rid of his tormentor but what he didn't realize was the consequences that would come with running his dad off.
Chan was now in his senior year of high school, going to school during the day and working two jobs at night to help his mom pay the bills and they still were not making enough. His father, while a worthless piece of shit, used to bring in the majority of the money needed to sustain the household and now that he was gone, Chan and his mom were barely surviving.
Chan eventually had to drop out to find a full time job just to keep them afloat. And then at 20, without a high school diploma, he still could only find shit jobs that paid shit money.
After 2 years of trying to make ends meet, they were deeply in debt and about to lose the house when Changbin stepped in to save the day once again. He was only 18 but was already in that trusted right hand position of the boss and he offered Chan a job.
He offered him the position of his personal bodyguard with a monthly salary so high, Chan would not only be able to pay off his family's debt in full but also pay off the house and gift it to his mom so he could finally be free from her and start his own life.
Changbin was once again saving his life, maybe not literally like he did the first time but Chan was killing himself with how much he was overworking his body and nothing was ever good enough which took a toll on his mental health as well so his job proposal was everything he needed and more.
From that day on, Chan vowed his life to Changbin, that he would do anything for him, fight anyone, jump in front of a bullet, bow down to him every day, whatever he asked or needed.
But the job of leading a huge criminal operation wasn't easy on Changbin, he changed so much from that kind and chivalrous teenage boy who was Chan's best friend.
He had grown cold and calloused from the countless amount of people that backstabbed him and only used him for his power or money. He had become mean and cruel in order to maintain an air of authority and strength and he often tried to forget the humble beginnings he came from and that included Chan.
He kept Chan on his staff so close to him because he knew that he could trust him more than anyone else and that if he said bark, Chan would. But everytime he looked at him, it only reminded him of his painful past so he often tried to pretend that he and Chan did not have a long history with one another. Often treated him like any other employee of his with harsh language and empty threats.
That first night in his personal billiards room when he and Felix slept together for the first time, he came out and ordered Chan to clean things up and threatened him like any of his lackeys so Felix had no idea how far back the two of them went. Felix now knew that Changbin kept Chan very close as one of his most trusted and loyal staff but he still didn't know about their intertwined past.
