SOLE | ChanLix AU

CHAPTER 13 | End

Bangchan's Point of View

"We will be off now," Hyunjin says to everyone, we have only been home for half an hour and he's already leaving.

"But we just got here," I.N tells him as he hugged him tightly. Hyunjin smiles at the little one and pats his back. 

"You'll come to visit right?" Seungmin asks trying to hold back his tears. Everyone wanted him to stay, I was actually fine if he did. But I guess this is for the better. 

"I'll see, but Wooyoung and I have work to do there. So, it's going to be a bit complicated to go back." He responds after everyone has said goodbye. We all helped them out. Felix held Hyunjin's hand the whole entire walkway to the gate. He would definitely miss him. After they left, the others decided to go to town to get something to eat and go shopping. Felix and I stayed home because he said that he didn't have the energy to go out. 

"Do you want to start making a list of things we need for the wedding?" I ask him, he shakes his head not even making eye contact with me but just simply staring at nothing. We were seated in the living room and he doesn't even want to watch tv.

"I'm sorry love, it's not that I'm not interested in planning for our wedding. But I just don't feel good today. My best friends just left and I don't even know if they would be at our wedding." He explains, I completely understand him. I know that he is worried about them as well. I just hope they are doing fine.

Wooyoung's Point of View

"Are you sure you want to live in Canada with me? I can still may a turn to bring you back to the boys." I ask Hyunjin, he turns his head to me from looking out the window. His lips curved into a fainted smile as he nods his head.

"The pain still lingers, I can't afford to stay under one roof with the two of them. Not only am I embarrassed but I'll also live in agony." He answers, Before the last meeting we had in Hamilton. He told me he wanted to move back to New York immediately after all the work is done. I offered him another plan, which is to come to live with me in Canada. Ateez's business there is having some problems so someone needs to monitor it. Being the secretary of the group I mostly handle those things. It would call for me to stay there for a long time. So, I thought of bringing him along to keep me company. 

"Hyunjin can you open the glove compartment," I ask him, he follows by leaning slightly forward to open the compartment in front of him. After he did, he paused while holding a white rectangular box. 

"The reason why I told you to live with me is that I want to start a new with you. When you're ready, I want you to wear that necklace." I explain as he opens the box releasing a silver necklace with the coordinates of Seoul which is 37.5665° N, 126.9780° E. The place where we first met.

"I know you're not ready so I'm giving you time. And even if you choose not to love me back I'm okay with that." I explain, then suddenly he gives me a kiss on my cheek. 

"Thank you for your love and respect, I look forward to living a new life with you." He says keeping the box in his handbag. It's a risk-loving him, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I know he might not even love me back but at least I tried. I believe that loving someone always comes with both pain and happiness. You can't just have one or else you are not living in the reality of life. I'm sure I can make him feel cared for and special but I don't know if I could make him fall in love with me.

Felix's Point of View

Do I blame myself for everything that had to happen? maybe? I know I shouldn't beat myself up on something that I have no control of. But, maybe if I didn't get sick in the first place, it wouldn't end like this. No, if I wasn't a coward and just told everyone I was sick then in the end we could have all been together. I lost two of my best friends today, I don't even know if they would come back. Or would want to come back. Despite being disappointed in Hyunjin I just can't hold a grudge against him. Since part of why he became like that was because of me.