#spystro

Don’t get it wrong though

He grew up with high expectations

His love of working out and constantly honing his skills became a habit of his

Not once did he complain or hate it

As such he fit his role as the heir to the gang perfectly

But one thing you should know, is that his father if a huge softy

Moonbin’s mother passed away not long after his sister’s birth

His father became a very protective and dotting parent for both of them

For the most part, his sister stayed with his grandparents but somehow the two of them never grew apart

Bin stayed with his father, learning to fight and become a good leader

At twelve years old, father brought him and four highest ranked member of the mafia to a meeting with men in suits

Bin didn’t understand what it was for and completely paid no attention

Unbeknownst to him, they were agents from a highly ranked spy agency and their unit was in charge of keeping tabs on them.

“If you don’t do more good deeds and keep up with your quota within your territory we will act.”

“You should also know, there rumors that the smaller organizations are trying to make pacts with each other... there’s a high chance Balgeundal will be in danger in a few years.”

His father managed to bring the idea of being kind and helpful to all of the members and with everyone’s help they managed to keep up to their “goodness” quota

As much as they also prepared for what was warned, they didn’t expect how many they would actually face.

By the time Bin turned 14, their group’s number had diminished in half and a third of their territory was taken over.

In order to keep his family safe, his father ordered Bin to stay indoors at all time and they never visited his sister either for fear the smaller organizations would try to target his children.

A few months after he turned 14, his father called Bin to meet with him

When he went into his father’s office, the same two men from two years ago were also there.

One leaned against the dark colored wall and the other sat in one of the two chairs in front of his father’s desk.

Bin cautiously sat down in the other chair.

The man in the chair next to Bin looked to his father

“Are you sure about this? You know what we do for a living. We can’t guarantee anything.”

Bin looked to his father in utter confusion

“Yes, I’m absolutely sure. He’ll be much safer with you than he would with me. He’ll be able to make friends in the agency and most of all, he’ll be able to see his sister more so than he can now.”

Safer with them?

He’s going with these absolute strangers?

Yes. He is but of course not without a fight.

“Dad, why?!? I don’t even know these people! I’d rather stay with you! I can protect you and sis! You told me I’d be the next leader and I can be just that.”

“I’ll... I’ll recruit more members and train them myself if I have to! I’ll convince those organizations to leave us alone or to join our side. I... I...”

His father stood up and gave him a hug.

“Your strong and you’ll become even stronger. But your place isn’t with us but with them. You’ve always had a good heart just like your mother’s. Now go, and that’s an order.”

His father gave him a tight squeeze and a smile before letting in some of the remaining members of the group, some of which held bags containing Bin’s belongings.

Bin held back his tears as each member present gave him a pat on the back as he walked out the doors with two complete strangers

When he got to Fantagio he was surprised by how big the agency actually was.

He was put into a dorm with a bunk bed which he detested but once he saw all the snacks and food in the kitchen he didn’t complain.

One month later he was given a roommate who he became very close with

They trained together and became stronger together as well

While he was a trainee, he often visited his sister who was growing up to become a beautiful and strong woman.

He often brought his roommate with him and he could’ve sworn his roommate had a crush on his sister but he always denied it

Bin and his sister never go to see his father and the rest of the gang

But he does his best to get information on them and how they’re doing, even till now

It seems the smaller organizations have stopped attacking them but Balgeundal was no longer as powerful as it was before

He’s happy enough to know his father and “family” are still alive and safe for now

His father was abusive towards their mother

He would make MJ and his brother fight to the edge of death

If one didn’t properly fight, he would threaten them

He would either threaten to kill the other brother or if neither wanted to fight he would threaten to kill their mom

He forced them to take different martial arts classes just for the sake of watching them fight properly

Myungjun hated fighting his brother

Especially because nine out of ten times he would win

His brother wasn’t as athletic as him

It didn’t help that he was also more frail and sickly than him

But MJ couldn’t hold back or else their dad would kill him

A few days before he turned twelve, their father was out of town for a “business trip”

Which they all knew meant he was going to see his other family

MJ came home from school to find his brother lying on the floor, a cut along his arm and a pool of blood surrounding him.

He quickly stopped the bleeding and called 911

Luckily he survived, but was hospitalized to keep an eye on him

Before MJ left, his mother told him “Run. Run away while you still can! Don’t worry about us. He can’t hurt us here.”

MJ violently shook his head, but his mom kept telling him to leave and pushed him out the door.

He stood in front of the door for what seemed like hours.

He didn’t want to leave his mom and his brother

But a part of him also wanted to escape his father’s grasp

It took the nurse trying to make her way into the room for him to finally move.

He ran home, opened a duffle bag and stuffed all of his clothes and personal items he knew he couldn’t live without

On the day of his twelfth birthday, as he was walking around trying to find somewhere to stay, he saw a boy, maybe a year younger than him, surrounded by a group of buff looking men in the alleyway

MJ could tell they were threatening the boy

He put his bag down at the end of the alley and walked over to them

“Hey leave that kid alone.”

The man in the middle just chuckled and shoo’d his away

“Mind your own business kid.”

He turned to the other kid and pounded his fist into his palm

“Give it back or else.”

MJ was surprised by how calm and undeterred the other kid was

But he still wanted to help the weak looking boy

He tapped on the mans shoulder

“You still haven’t left yet?!? I told you-“

Just as he turned around MJ punched him and knocked him out cold

The other men stood shocked

MJ taunted them, making them even angrier

They all fought him at once but still he managed to beat them all up

The whole time the kid silently watched

“I guess all that fighting he made us do wasn’t a waste” he whispered to himself

He noticed the kid still standing there looking at him and whispering to his sleeve

“What are you still doing here? They could wake up any time, you should get outa here.”

But he still stood there whispering to himself

MJ decided he was weird and that it was time to keep moving on

When he turned to the direction of his bags, a man was holding them

He looked even more gruff than the six he had just taken down

“Hey, that’s mine! Are you with them?!? I’ll beat you up too!”

He furiously walked up to the man but the man stayed perfectly calm

When MJ was arm’s length away, the man handed the bag to him

The kid walked up to the man excitedly

“See! You saw it right? Well the end... but you saw it right?!? He has potential!”

Potential.

Potential???

Potential for what?!?!

MJ started to get scared

Maybe this kid and... his father? We’re part of some gang

He didn’t want to be part of something illegal

Just as he was about to make a run for it, the man spoke

“Jinjin... you’re getting too excited. Look how scared you made him.”

“Oh I’m sorry... I’m Jinwoo by the way but just call me Jinjin! Thanks for saving me back there but I totally had them covered.”

“Um.... No problem...? I’m Myungjun, but call me MJ.”

The man was whispering into his sleeve as they made their introductions and finally spoke to him once more

“My name is Noh Taeyoon. On behalf of Jinjin, because he is still in training, we would like to recruit you to our agency.”

“Agency...?”

“Yes. We’re a spy agency. The best spy agency, actually, and don’t worry we’re the good guys.”

The kid... Jinjin excitedly cut in, “You’d have your own room, and free food! A weekly allowance and people you can call your family!”

“I have a family already!”

MJ suddenly thought of his mom and his brother and wondered how they were doing.

He started to cry and without hesitation Jinjin hugged him.

The man patted his head.

“We can keep both your brother and your mom safe from your father too. They’d be able to live normal and happy lives and your father can go to jail.”

“How.. how can you do that... why would you even help me...?”

Jinjin rubbed his back, “We told you we’re a spy agency. We can do all of that! And like we said, we’re the good guys. It’s our job to help people.”

MJ held back his tears with much effort

“I’ll join.”

It took him a while to adjust to his new home

Fairly, he didn’t trust they were the good guys either

Not till he saw his father getting arrested on the news

He visited his mom and brother the next day and promised to visit them whenever he could

Which he knew would be rare

But at least he knew they were safe

And he knew they could be trusted

Over time, he became close to the boy he had “saved” that fateful day

They became best friends and especially close when he joined the same unit, Astro, as him

Back to being a genius

Got straight A’s

Began learning advance information at five years old.

Like calculus, bio chemistry, and mechanics

He mastered them too!

On his own! His parents didn’t teach it to him

Elementary school was boring for him since he knew everything already

His teach suggested a new field at the time: computer science

So he started learning computer science

He loved it and became addicted to it!

At seven years old, he decided to get some other hobbies aside from sitting at the computer all day.

So he started taking martial arts, archery, cooking, baking and dance

He wasn’t very good at dancing and didn’t really enjoy is so he gave up on the third day

It took him longer to get the hang of martial arts but archery was a different story

On the very first day, after all the instructions, they were given a chance to try it.

All of the other kids missed of course, but Eunwoo...

Nah he got a bulls-eye

He didn’t always get bulls-eye but he also never once missed the target

At nine, he was already bored with his life.

He had mastered his new hobbies

So he decided to try hacking and instead of archery, started taking lessons on shooting

Yes shooting guns

And just like archery, he never missed the target

So the instructors decided to give him those human silhouette targets

Every shot hit the silhouette!

They were amazed

Back to hacking

He started to get really good at it

He would hack minor things but never steal information

He just liked the thrill of getting through the firewalls and such

But one day he accidentally hacked into the wrong server

At that time someone else was also trying to hack into the same computer

But they were better than Eunwoo and also hacked him

Scared of getting caught and going to jail, he quickly pulled the outlet- shutting everything off

The next day there was a doorbell at the door

Though he didn’t think much of it. He thought it was one of his parents’ friends visiting

So when they called him down, he was shocked

“Eunwoo! There’s a recruiter at the door!”

It was normal for recruiters to come looking for him too

But his parents seemed more cheerful than usual

When he walked into the living room where the guest was waiting he saw a man in a suit.

Actually not a man

A teenager

He didn’t look that much older the Eunwoo himself was

“Hi Eunwoo. My name is Kang Tae-oh... Wow! Your really handsome I bet you get more girls than me!”

Eunwoo cautiously shook his hand

“Ah! Don’t worry, I’m not here to scam you or anything. I really am here to recruit you. I may look young but we have something in common...”

The guy leaned closer and whispered, “We’re both hackers.”

Eunwoo started to shake

But the man just laughed

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell your parents or anyone. My agency has done some research on you and we want to recruit you. You may not know it but you almost out hacked me last night and I’m the best hacker at Fantagio right now!”

Eunwoo didn’t show a single bit of reaction. He didn’t even know what to think of the situation.

“Look... My boss thinks you’d be a great asset to us. With both your hacking, aim, and fighting skills, you’d be an amazing agent. If you come with me I can teach you what I know and get even better.”

Eunwoo glanced over in the direction he knew his parents were listening in.

“Ah! You won’t have to worry about food or money. We have dorms and the fridge is always stocked with food and ingredients. And if you want something specific they do give a weekly allowance of two-hundred dollars.”

Again he glanced over to where his parents were hiding.

Tae-oh leaned in closer

“With how smart you are I’m sure you’ve realize what kind of agency we are. You don’t have to worry. We’re one of the good guys and we’re the strongest spy agency there is. Your parents’ identities will never be connected to you so they’ll be perfectly safe. Of course joining us would mean you wouldn’t be able to see them often if not ever again...”

He sighed deeply

“I told your parents we’re a government agency, which isn’t a lie per say, and that you would be fully taken care of but that you’d be traveling a lot. I’ll come back in a week if you want to give you time to decide.”

Eunwoo’s parents finally came out of hiding

“He’ll do it!”

“Mom?!?”

“Eunwoo this is the perfect job for you! They’ll always keep you on your toes and keep pushing you to surpass yourself. I know that’s the kind of thing you’ve been looking for... Honey, I know your young, your only nine for goodness sake! But if this is something that will make you happy it’s alright with us.”

“Son, we know they’ll take good care of you. You just be sure to visit us whenever you can! I’m sure your brother will miss you too.”

Eunwoo still wasn’t convinced but he know what his mom said was true

He’d always be encouraged to push himself to be better

He’d always do different things

He wouldn’t be bored anymore

And he decided on his own that maybe he’d actually be able to make friends

He hugged his parents and started to pack his things

The next day he left and when he arrived at Fantagio and saw all of their advanced technology he immediately decided he didn’t regret listening to his parents.

He advanced his skills in computers

Helped invent new technology for agents to use

At fifteen he officially became a spy and continued to work with Tae-oh in information gathering and did some undercover work as well where he made his alias Dongmin

A few years later he joined an actual unit called Astro

At first he kept to himself

At eleven years old, Minhyuk’s parents disappeared over night and an uncle he had only met once in his life appeared that same night

His uncle stayed with him

For two years his parents disappeared without a warning

In that year, Minhyuk didn’t understand why they suddenly left

He blamed himself constantly, day and night

He never shed a tear nor asked questions

Eventually, he outcast himself from his friends and his uncle

He became a loner and was always serious

Much to his dismay, his uncle forced him to continue going to his extra-curricular classes

A few months after the second anniversary of his parent’s disappearance, his uncle woke him up in the middle of the night and told him to quickly pack whatever he could and whatever was important to him.

Although he was utterly confused, he proceeded to pack his things at three in the morning

He packed whatever clothes he could, a picture frame of him and his parents, and a watch his parents had given him on his birthday before they left

At four o’clock, his uncle handed him a to go box of breakfast and loaded the bags into the car

By 4:30, they were off to who knows where and Minhyuk fell asleep

When Minhyuk awoke, he noticed they were parked in the middle of the woods

His uncle noticed he had woken up and ran his hand through Minhyuk’s bed hair in an effort to fix it

“Come on! I have a surprise for you.”

Minhyuk hesitant, got out of the car and silently followed his uncle

The same thought kept repeating in his head “Is he going to kill me!?!”

His uncle stopped walking and gently held his shoulders from behind,

“Close your eyes. It’s a surprise after all.”

His uncle guided him as he closed his eyes

For minutes they continued to walk through the woods in silence

Minhyuk could feel his uncle let go and take a few steps back

“Open your eyes.”

They had moved out of the dense forest and into a small clearing within

Colorful lanterns were lit all around

A table and four chairs were set off to the side

Two coolers near by

The rest of the space was empty except for a small table with a CD player on top

His uncle silently walked to the table while Minhyuk tried to take everything in

Minhyuk walked to the CD player, a cd was already inserted. Curious he pressed play

The song that played was not only his favorite song but it was his and his parents song

The song they would sing along to together in the car

No matter how horrible his dad could sing

Tears began to form in his eyes just as he heard rustling from the woods

Out of the dense forest, emerged his parents

His mother already in tears as she ran up to him and hugged him

His father trying to put a brave face on, embraced them both

Minhyuk was too shocked to react

So many questions filled his mind

But all he could do was let out the tears he had been holding back for two years

After everyone had settled down, the three of them joined his uncle at the table he had just finished setting up

Before Minhyuk could even open his mouth, his mother blurted out