Off Key

#7

"Okay, I should probably give you guys a tour..." They all had just entered Felix's home and were standing awkwardly in the middle of the living room.  "Yeah, a tour would be nice," Changbin said looking at the different passageways someone could get lost in. Felix didn't have a huge house, or so he says. The ginormous living room and their elevators said something different. "Is that a fucking elevator?" Jisung pointed out.

"Okay, how many people live in your house?" Hyunjin asked. "Just me, my mom, my older brother Minho, whom you guys have met, and my little sister Chaeryeong." Changbin's eyes went wide at the name of his friend. "Wait, you and Minho are related to Chaeryeong? She never told me."

"You know her?" Felix was a bit shocked because he had never heard of Changbin from his sister. "We're friends. Kind of."
"So how about that house tour," Seungmin said piping up from the couch. "Ah, yes, follow me, gentlemen." Suddenly they all heard the door knock.

"Can you open the door Jisung? You're closest to it.." Felix said pointing to the door. "Yeah, don't worry." Jisung walked over to the door and stared at the door, looking at it as if it were an unknown creature. "Felix, how the fuck do you open your door?" Jisung kept pulling and pushing and twisting and turning until the handle broke off. The person on the other side pushed the door open.

"Oh, hey Minho!" Felix waved to his older brother. Minho waved back a bit confused about what was going on. "Hey, uh Felix... wanna explain what's going on? And did you just break my door?" Minho said pointing to Jisung. "Minho, they're here because I invited them and I was currently about to give them a tour."

"That's nice and all but did this squirrel just break our door?" Jisung looked slightly offended and put his hands on his hips. "I'll have you know it's a quokka, not a squirrel, and no I didn't break your door. I was simply trying to open your door." Felix walked up to them and took the handle into his own hands. "I'll take this, so let me give them a tour." Minho sighed and just headed to the kitchen.

"Wait Minho!" Minho turned around and looked at his brother. "Yes?" Minho said.  Jisung couldn't take his eyes off of Minho, oddly. The older noticed Jisung staring at him and found it weird but cute? It's not weird to think he's a pretty good looking dude, right? "Do you possibly want to help me give them a tour?" Minho was taken out of his thoughts from Felix's question. "Huh? Oh, oh yea, sure."

~~~

"Okay, so that was the house entire house." The boys all sat on the couch and were very tired. "No wonder you guys are so fit.. this place is like a fucking museum," Chan said taking a big gulp from his water bottle. "I still think you guys are exaggerating. It's not that big.." Minho said.

"Wait, we never got to see where your equipment is for the band," Jeongin said from remembering why they were invited in the first place. "You what?" Minho said now looking at Felix furiously. Felix hung his head low and covered his face with a nearby pillow. "Well, I was thinking that I could show them the garage..."

Minho looked at Felix with disbelief. He knows that a garage is a sensitive place for everyone living in the household, and for him to show it to strangers didn't sit right with him. "Why?" Minho was on the verge of tears feeling hurt but quickly blinked rapidly so the tears won't spill. No one noticed except one individual.

"If you don't want me to, I won't." Minho sighed a little feeling a bit of relief but was still upset with him. "Don't." Felix nodded, understanding his reasons. Felix felt the same way, but he feels so connected with the boys, after meeting them so quickly, that he wanted to show them.

Minho got up from his couch and started to head to his room. "Sorry guys, I'm gonna head to my room, it was nice meeting you guys." The guys all looked at each other and just waved goodbye, not questioning, wanting to respect his decision. "Sorry, anyways, you guys want pizza?" Everyone nodded and quickly switched topics.

~~~

Chaeryeong was packing her stuff, currently heading home. While Chaeryeong was heading towards the exit of the school, she saw it was raining outside. "Crap, I didn't know it was gonna rain.." she said muttering to herself. "Here." Chaeryeong looked next to her and saw Yuna handing her an umbrella.

"Oh thank you but you don't even know me." "Sure I do! You're Felix's little sister." Chaeryeong was a bit surprised at how she remembered her. "Oh, I- yeah that's me, but I still can't take it, you'll be without an umbrella." Yuna giggled at the girl's stubbornness. "I'll be fine. Besides my ride is on their way, even though they said they'll be here 20 minutes ago.." Yuna said muttering that last part trying not to make it audible. Except Chaeryeong heard.

"Oh, then I can give you a ride!" Chaeryeong said a little too excited. "Really! Oh my gosh, seriously thank you!" Yuna brought Chaeryeong closer to her and locked arms with her as they started walking to her car. "You Lee's are just too kind..." Chaeryeong felt heat rise to her cheeks and tried to calm her breathing down.  "But seriously, thank you," Yuna said calmly as she looked into Chaeryeong's eyes. "D-don't mention it." Chaeryeong, stuttering? Idiot.

Chaeryeong noticed Yuna staring at her from the corner of her eye. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Chaeryeong started wiping her face with her sleeves. "Yes, you have beautifully written on it." Chaeryeong started to panic internally. Hard. "Funny.." Yuna giggled at Chaeryeong's flustered self.

~~~

Hyunjin was currently having a conversation with Changbin. "Dude, you're short." "And you're tall!" Hyunjin giggled and was about to continue until he heard his phone ringing. "Oh, hold up." Changbin nodded and went to have a conversation with Felix.

Hyunjin answered the phone after seeing it was his sister. "Hello?"

..........

"I'm on my way."

Hyunjin started panicking. "Hey guys, I gotta go, I'll see you guys tomorrow." Hyunjin rushed out of the house, not giving anybody time to say goodbye. "Damn, he was my ride.." Seungmin said.

~~~

Hyunjin arrived at the hospital and saw Yeji waiting for him at the front. "What happened?" Yeji had tears in her eyes, holding on, trying not to spill. "He had a stoke in his sleep. They took him into surgery, not long ago." Hyunjin felt so many emotions go through his body and he had so many different questions.

Hyunjin had so many things to say but nothing came out. Yeji brought her brother into a hug and the tears spilled. This came as a shock to Hyunjin. Yeji always put a strong look, whenever it came to Hyunjin, even though she was younger but this time, she couldn't.

Hyunjin didn't hesitate to hug her in return and decided, he should be the strong one. "I'm sorry.." Yeji was confused about why he was apologizing. "W-why are you sorry?" "For being a shit brother.." Yeji giggled slightly and went back into his hug. "Don't worry about that.."

They walked back into the hospital and headed into the waiting room. They saw their mom sleeping on a chair in the corner. "I need the Hwang's?" Yeji went to go wake up their mom and Hyunjin approached the doctor. "That's us.. is he okay doctor?" Yeji and their mom approached the doctor. "Doctor please tell us something good."

Ms. Hwang had puffy eyes and almost looked sickly from lack of sleep and food. It almost brought tears to Hyunjin and Yeji's eyes seeing their mother like that, but they had been used to her looking like that after so many years. "I have good news and bad news... good news, the surgery went well and he's currently back in his room.....bad news is...

...we don't know if he'll wake up."