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prologue [six]

Yuta had left your apartment fairly soon after the three of you finished your meal, promising to meet up with you at Lenticular Café. As you led Taeyong through the streets that evening, you found yourself thankful that whatever magical ability allowed him to change between human and cat also gave him clothes in his human form, and that those clothes fit right in with the current state of fashion.

That thought made you ask, "Taeyong, should I get you some more clothes?"

"You don't have to," he shook his head. "I don't want to freeload off of you."

"Taeyong, if you need clothes, I will buy you clothes. Don't let Yuta get in your head."

"I'm alright with just these. Some kind of magic keeps them clean, for the most part. Unless I spill something on them."

"Like ramen," you teased, taking a look over his dark jeans, freshly washed white t-shirt, and simple black shoes. "We'll at least need to get you a jacket when it starts getting colder."

"Thank you."

The two of you soon arrived at Lenticular Café, the closed sign flipped around once again. Walking in, you already spotted Renjun, Johnny, and Jeno in various places at or near one of the larger booths. You led the way over to them, Taeyong right behind you.

"Hey, guys," you greeted them, sliding in across from where Jeno was half-asleep slouched against the wall, his legs up on the seat.

"Hey, Y/N. Good to see you again, Taeyong," Johnny greeted the both of you kindly.

"Oh, Renjun, this is Taeyong. Taeyong, this is Huang Renjun," you introduced the two of them, unsure of how much Renjun had been told by his friend.

"Nekomata, right?" Renjun questioned from his spot in a chair pulled up from a nearby table.

Taeyong nodded, "Satori?"

At Renjun's nod, Johnny cleared his throat, "We're still waiting on one more."

"Make that two more," you informed him, now curious as to who Johnny was referencing.

The two fully awake men looked at you questioningly, and you added, "My friend Nakamoto Yuta is a Kitsune, I invited him tonight."

"Right, Yuta," Johnny nodded with some familiarity. "Never expected him to do this kind of stuff."

"Uh, what kind of stuff, exactly?"

"I'll explain in a minute, once our last two members arrive."

Just a few seconds after he'd declared that, the front door was pushed open, and you were surprised by the figure who walked in. Sicheng approached your table as well, bowing his head almost remorsefully, knowing exactly what was coming his way.

"'I know about Ayakashi, Sicheng.' 'About what?'" You mimicked your previous conversation with him, deepening your voice mockingly to imitate him.

"I'm sorry, Y/N," Sicheng apologized, running a hand through his hair anxiously.

"Yeah, yeah."

You weren't actually too terribly pissed, just rather annoyed at the fact that he had tried to play dumb with you earlier.

Johnny spoke up, "Okay, so now we're just waiting for Yuta."

A few silent minutes passed by, the only sound being Jeno's steady breathing as he snoozed. At ten after, as the awake five of you exchanged antsy and anticipatory glances, the door finally opened again. Yuta stepped through, beaming at everybody.

"Oh, finally!" Taeyong hissed quietly, eyes already narrowed at Yuta.

Johnny moved to lock the door now that everybody had arrived.