"jisung, your phone is ringing!" a voice yelled from across the dorm, making the youngest boy come rushing from chenle's room to answer it.

he frowned at the unknown caller before deciding to pick up anyway.

"hello?" he spoke, heading towards a calmer place where he wouldn't be disturbed by donghyuck's whining or lucas' screams.

"woah, i thought i would never have you on the phone again..."

jisung's frown intensified as he didn't recognise the voice that had just spoken.

"i'm sorry, but... you are...?"

"come on we didn't speak for six months! that's how long it took for you to forget about your godfather?!"

jisung's eyes widened in surprise as a beaming smile appeared on his face.

"heesun! oh my god i hadn't recognised you!"

"yeah, i figured out." the man laughed. "and you never called me either."

"i disactivated my phone. i didn't want anyone to know where i was." jisung explained. "but i'm back now."

"i know. i saw the announcements on tv."

it had been a few months since jisung had come back to the nct dorm after a whole year of giving no news to anyone.

it had been a few months since everything had become better.

a few days after coming back, jisung went to see nct's manager and ceo of their record agency with the whole band. they had had a long talk, and taeyong had explained that nct wasn't nct without jisung, and that it didn't matter to them whether he was a former mafia leader, because he was still the same jisung they all considered as their baby brother – except for chenle, of course.

the manager and ceo couldn't refuse. he had nothing to lose anyway, nct had already lost its fame, and he had nothing to get from them. he knew nct did music because they were passionate about it; and in fact, it was the same for him. he had created this agency because he had always wanted to open one, and he was passionate about music.

and thanks to all the troubles that had tarnished nct's reputation, he had been able to make his wish come true and become a real company, dealing with interviews and shows, and planning concerts and events. sure, nct wasn't the famous boy band that it used to be, but he couldn't care less about it. as long as both nct and him were doing what they liked the most in the world, he was okay.

so, jisung had joined nct again soon after coming back to the dorms.

his return hadn't been announced directly, but nct was secretly training and working on a new album while promoting their latest one.

it took them a few months to create a new mini-album with jisung being part of it. and the day of the release, the remaining fans of nct learnt that park jisung, former leader of death park, was back.

jisung recalled that day so well. whether it is the way all the media became suddenly obsessed with nct and his return, the amount of information that was spread through the internet, but mostly the faces of fans that had come to see their first representation. jisung would never forget about that.

of course, jisung coming back had started new problems, and nct's popularity decreased again, but none of the members could care less about it. they were all so ecstatic about singing and dancing together, as a family, that they paid no mind to what the others thought about it.

there was one last detail that made everything even better for jisung: his relationship with chenle.

with the consent of all the other members, chenle and jisung had come out as a couple publicly. of course, this matter wasn't that accepted in the country, and this made even more fans leave nct behind, but once again, they couldn't care less. their members approved them, their manager and ceo approved them, and it was all they needed to be happy.

the best part of it now was that nct could really be themselves in front of the cameras and on stage. there was no more fake play to fit in the criteria of what fans would and wouldn't appreciate.

nct was finally free, and they were all so happy about it.

"we're having a concert tonight at the myeongdong theatre." jisung spoke. "it's far from being sold out, so if you'd like, you could come. i'd be very happy to see you there."

"i already paid for my place. i'm a loving godfather."

jisung chuckled, his heart warming at his godfather's words.

"ji...?"

the former mafia leader lifted his head, his eyes falling onto chenle who was wearing one of his shirts and a pair of sweatpants.

"hi baby." jisung smiled brighter as chenle waddled towards him, snuggling into his side and hugging his torso.

"hey..." he mumbled.

"oh, i'm guessing your boyfriend has appeared." heesun's voice stated, speaking so loud that chenle heard him despite the phone not being on speaker.

"he has..." jisung nodded, tangling his fingers with chenle's hair as the older snuggled even closer if possible.

"i'm going to let you two do whatever you are up to do then." heesun continued. "i'll see you tonight?"

"yes. tonight." jisung nodded with a smile.

"i'm looking forward to it. i missed you a lot." heesun told.

"i missed you too."

the phone call ended a second after, and jisung slipped his device into the pocket of his shorts before wrapping his second arm around chenle.

"who is it that you miss?" chenle asked curiously with a hint of jealously.

"heesun." jisung replied, bending forward to kiss chenle's forehead.

the older boy frowned cutely, pulling away from jisung's embrace and crossing his arms over his chest. "who is heesun?"

jisung chuckled at his boyfriend's behaviour before sneaking his arms around the boy's waist and pulling him close again – despite chenle struggling slightly to get or of jisung's embrace.

"heesun is my godfather. he's 45 years old, he was a close friend of my parents, and he was in charge of prostitution in the mafia." jisung explained, his eyes never leaving chenle's. "satisfied with the answer?"

chenle huffed, his cheeks reddening as he realised that he had started getting mad and jealous for nothing.

"hmm..." chenle hmphed, placing his head against jisung's chest to hide his red face.

"now, will you quit being jealous and understand that you're the only one i love?"

still with his head pressed against jisung's chest, chenle nodded, making the younger boy smile happily.

"great. now give me a kiss."

chenle shyly pulled back and tilted his head up to allow jisung to kiss him. the chinese male puckered his lips slightly as he got on his tippy-toes before laying his lips on jisung's soft ones.

the younger tugged on chenle's arms lightly, wrapping them around his neck before he slid them under the boy's thighs to lift chenle up with ease.

the two boys kissed passionately, their teeth nibbling at the other's lips as their tongues caressed each other from time to time. butterflies erupted into both of their stomachs, just like the first kiss they had ever shared.

"woah, it's getting hot in there!" yangyang's voice cut their sweet moment, making them part and stare at the older chinese male.

"it was barely indecent, hyung..." jisung rolled his eyes, tightening his grip on chenle's thighs.

"well, too much for my innocent eyes to endure." yangyang shrugged. "you should take this to your bedroom, where no one can see you doing dirty things."

"sure, let's do that." jisung smiled evilly, walking straight to the room him and chenle shared with sicheng – chenle's bed was big enough for both of them, and the chinese male had refused to let jisung sleep anywhere else when their manager and ceo had asked about it.

"jisung! no! put me down!" chenle whined, his cheeks burning red as he hit jisung's shoulders.

yangyang smirked as he saw them passing through the living room, in front of a few members. "oh, and don't remember that we have a concert tonight and chenle needs his voice to sing. so, don't go too hard on him!" he laughed.

"shut the fuck up gege!" chenle yelled in mandarin.

"language!" kun scolded chenle as yangyang snickered.

this was the last thing chenle heard before jisung had brought them into their room and placed chenle on his bed.

"w-we're not going to have sex now, r-right?" chenle stuttered, sitting crossed-legs on the bed and looking at jisung with the best puppy eyes.

"baby, i already told you that we'll wait for you to be ready." jisung smiled sheepishly, cupping chenle's red cheek. "and when you'll be, i'll book a night in a beautiful hotel so that we can enjoy the night and not be stressed about any of the hyungs embarrassing us on purpose..."

chenle nodded. "but they're already embarrassing us, even though we did nothing yet..."

"leave them be." jisung plopped down on the bed, lying on his back. "now, come cuddle me, and let's take a nap. i'm so tired and we're going to stay up late tonight because of the concert."

"okay!" chenle excitedly exclaimed before lying down next to jisung and draping his arm and his leg around the giant boy's body. "have a good nap!" he added, lifting himself a slight bit to reach jisung's mouth and drop a sweet peck there.

"thank you, my baby." jisung replied lovingly before he pulled chenle closer and closed his eyes, amost immediately falling into a deep slumber.

⇄

jisung's eyes ran through the small crowd of fans that had formed inside the myeongdong theatre a few minutes before the beginning of their concert. his heart beat fast in anticipation as he searched for his godfather.

a smile creeped up on his face when he found him standing alone in the middle of girls and looking around at his surroundings. his eyes then met jisung's who was hidden behind the curtains on the side of the stage and he smiled brightly.

returning his smile, jisung motioned him to go towards the back where two security guards were making sure no one was entering backstage without permission.

the youngest member of nct rushed towards the guards across the backstage corridors before his godfather came into view, making him almost shriek in happiness.

thankfully, he held himself and approached the two guards that were blocking the way to heesun who tried to explain something to them.

"it's okay, he's with me." jisung declared, catching the attention of the two guards.

the bodyguards raised a brow, looking between jisung and heesun.

"he's my godfather, i called him here." jisung explained. "now come, heesun."

the guards allowed heesun to walk past them, and jisung and him walked backstage, where they would be more hidden from the crowd that had started to form in the public aera.

"heesun!" jisung threw himself in his godfather's arms as he was engulfed in a tight hug.

"oh my god, jisung!" heesun replied. "you grew up so much..."

jisung laughed loudly as both of them pulled out form the hug.

"look at you now, all grown up, looking like a fine ass man..." heesun gasped, ruffling jisung's hair.

"don't mess my hair! i'm supposed to be on stage in a few minutes!" jisung scolded, trying to rearrange the mess on his head.

"it's so good to see you again after more than a year..." heesun sighed.

"yeah, i'm so glad you could make it." jisung nodded. "how have you been doing this past year?"

"well... okay, i gues." heesun shrugged. "i got back to my accounting job full-time, and life became normally boring again..."

"isn't it better that way?" jisung asked. "not having to kill people, to torture others, and in your case, to pay sluts to get rich men's money?"

"it makes life more tranquil and less unpredictable." heesun continued. "and at the same time, it gives more time to socialise..."

"you've been socialising?" jisung asked curiously, knowing how his godfather wasn't a social butterfly.

"yeah, well... you disappeared, and i had no one left..." he smiled sadly. "i started hanging out with colleagues, and i met a few nice people."

"nice people?" jisung smirked. "what kind of nice...?"

heesun raised a brow at his godson before hitting the back of his head.

"you're impossible!" he tsked. "you know what i'm talking about."

"i do, but i want to hear it from you." jisung wiggled his brows.

"okay, right..." heesun rolled his eyes. "there's this girl, she works at the company just next to my accounting firm. we hang out at a bar downtown often, and yeah, she's really good company, you know...?"

jisung smiled sincerely at his godfather. "i'm happy you finally found someone."

"nothing is really official yet, but... well, we've had something going on for a few months now." heesun explained.

"i'm really happy for you." jisung confirmed.

"thank you." heesun smiled. "and you? tell me about your chenle."

"i have a better idea." jisung shook his head. "come and meet my chenle properly."

jisung rushed further in the backstage corridors, followed by his godfather.

he reached the make-up room and found his boyfriend sitting on one of the couches before waiting for his time to get pampered.

"baby..." jisung called, catching the attention of the chinese male.

"hi, ji!" he smiled brightly, waving his hand.

"come here for a second."

chenle obliged, standing up and walking to his boyfriend.

"what's up?"

"baby, i want you to meet heesun, my godfather. heesun, this is chenle, my boyfriend and the love of my life." jisung introduced two of the most important persons in his life to each other.

"well, nice to meet you properly chenle." heesun stated while shaking chenle's hand. "our last meeting was a bit rushed." he said, referring to that one-time heesun had come pick chenle and jisung up from the aquarium because chenle had been targeted by dark danger.

"it's a pleasure to meet you, sir." chenle bowed.

"oh, please, call me heesun. you don't need to be so formal." heesun smiled at the chinese male who blushed slightly.

jisung chuckled at that, wrapping an arm around chenle and kissing his temple quickly.

"chenle, make-up!" a voice called from inside the make-up room.

"sorry, i need to go." chenle declared. "it was a pleasure to meet you, heesun."

"same here, chenle." heesun smiled fondly.

chenle bowed quickly before turning around and heading inside.

however, he was pulled back against jisung's side before he could go too far.

"where's my kiss?" jisung raised a brow, making chenle flush red.

the chinese male mumbled something incomprehensible before pulling jisung down by his neck and pecking his lips fully.

"i love you baby." jisung smiled when they parted.

"i love you too." chenle smiled back before going to the make-up room for real.

jisung's eyes followed his boyfriend until he was not in sight anymore.

"you're so whipped..." heesun declared, making jisung look at him again.

"is that a problem?" jisung raised a brow. "he's the most lovable person in this world. of course, i want to shower him with my love and affection. plus, after all i made him endure, that's the least i could do..."

heesun snorted. "and i remember you telling me that you weren't able to feel love anymore at that new year's ceremony two years ago."

"and i remember you telling me that it's my heart who would fall for someone at the least expected moment." jisung added.

"well, was i wrong?" heesun raised a teasing brow.

"absolutely not." jisung shook his head.

his heart had fallen so deep for chenle without jisung even realising it.

one day, he was an emotionless mafia-leader, and the next, he had become a lover boy, unable to think about something else than zhong chenle.

but it didn't matter anymore. there was no more emotionless mafia leader, but just a lover boy. and jisung liked it better that way.

he loved zhong chenle, and he had never imagined his life taking a better turn than when his heart had chosen him.

⇄

jisung clapped and whistled along the hundreds of loyal nctzens that were still supporting them after everything that happened.

they were halfway through the concert, and the rappers were all standing aside on the scene while the vocalists of nct performed their song, blessing the public's ears.

letting his body sway from left to right to the beat of the music, jisung kept his eyes on chenle. who was hitting a beautiful high note while making eye-contacts with their fans.

jisung's heart beat madly in his chest as he recalled that this amazing boy was in fact his. his zhong chenle; the man of his dreams.

"admiring the view?"

jisung almost threw a punch out of reflex at the person that had sneaked behind him to whisper in his ear.

"taeyong hyung, you have to stop doing that." jisung whispered back.

"sorry." taeyong chuckled. "so, admiring your boy?"

"of course. how could i not when he looks this good?"

taeyong laughed silently, staying behind jisung as his eyes focused on the boys singing beautifully in the middle of the stage.

"i've been meaning to talk to you about something for a while..." taeyong started again, keeping his eyes on the singers while he spoke low enough for no one but jisung to hear.

"sure, about what?" jisung asked, his eyes glued on his boyfriend.

"well... if you ever miss being in a mafia and... and doing mafia shit... blood ruby would be pleased to have you among its members..."

jisung froze for a second, his whole body tensing as his life flashed in front of his eyes.

he revived all those fighting lessons he had had.

he revived all those shooting sessions.

he revived all those mafia ceremonies.

he revived all those crimes.

he revived them all, one after the other.

and damn, they had been such an important part of his life...

but then, jisung made eye-contact with chenle as the chinese male waved at him while dancing when the song was coming to an end.

jisung's heart fluttered hard, at jisung had to place a hand on his heart to calm it.

sure, the mafia had been an important part of his life, but chenle held an even more important part of it.

all this mafia shit was in the past now, and jisung wanted to concentrate on his and chenle's future.

"thank you, hyung, but i'll have to decline..." he whispered.

"are you sure?" taeyong raised a brow, smiling as chenle turned towards jisung the second the song ended to run into the boy's arms.

jisung caught chenle swiftly, making them spin a few times as he hugged the boy tight, then looking into taeyong's eyes.

"i'm done with double-dealing."

⇄ the end ⇄

a big thanks to all of you for the love and support you showed on 'double dealing'! i'm so sad that it's already the end of the story even though it took me forever to write it (mostly because of the angsty parts that had me depressed, not gonna lie)

but anyway, thanks again to all of you, and special thanks to @AEPHOBIA for requesting this very interesting story!

it was a pleasure as always to share a chapter with you every day, and i am always thankful for all the cute and funny comments you leave behind! they truly warm my heart!!

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