We Meet Again [prologue] ✔️

Tredici

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"Stop splashing me!"

The twins laughed hysterically as they splashed their papa with water. They stopped after a few seconds and smiled as Felix grabbed a small hand towel and wiped his face. "Thank you for that shower," Felix comments with a light laugh. Michi and Ryu calmed down and allowed their papa to rinse the conditioner out of their hair.

Once he finished, he watched the twins carefully crawl out of the bath and be wrapped in their tiny towels. "Cuties," Felix said and grabbed a small towel to dry their hair. Once he finished, they left the bathroom to go change. Felix stood up from the floor and cleaned up the watery mess on the floor. As he listened to the draining sound of the bathtub, something else occupied the apartment; a knock.

He lifted his head as he slowly placed the towel that was in his hands on the counter. He turned off the lights of the bathroom and went to see who was at the door. He got to the door and looked through the spyglass to see it was a group of people. He slowly unlocked the door and stepped away, opening the door to see who they were.

"Hi! Welcome to the apartment complex!"

Felix smiled at the greeting and was about to say something when another person in the group spoke up. "It smells good in your house," they complimented, which made Felix grow a bigger smile. "Thank you, but it's just food," He said and all of their mouths dropped. "That's just food? Dang, where did you come from?" One asked. "...Italy," Felix said and they looked at each other before looking back at him. "Understandable."

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Felix was surprised that the twins were wanting to go inside the new daycare center. He was nervous about them going inside as he put them in the hands of unknown people, but he had to trust himself for the moment.

He had seen a flyer for a restaurant that was hiring and he decided he should check it out for extra money. He was currently sitting on a bus as he wrote down a small grocery list for after his interview. His eyes scanned the electronic list quickly before looking out the window, seeing his stop was coming up. He glanced around out of habit and saw nobody was looking at him besides a kid. He smiles at the kid who smiles back and watches as the young adult leaves the bus after the vehicle stopped.

He sighs as he starts walking towards the grocery store. He arrived after a few minutes and walked inside, trouble checking he had his wallet before adventuring any further with the cart. He wandered each aisle as he checked things off of his list and added small things for himself.

He mumbled the things he still needed and glanced up to look at the signs. He found the sign and made his way to the aisle. The shopping didn't take much longer and he was already in line to pay. Once he did and had a few bags, he made his way home which wasn't far.

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Time ticked by after getting home and he eventually had everything in its rightful place. He sighed as he plopped himself onto the couch to relax. He grabbed the remote from the coffee table and turned it on, watching as the dark screen filled with colors. He was about to change to another channel when the news headline caught his attention.

"Movin' Grocery Store went up in flames at 2:30 pm. The suspect is currently on the run and is being tracked down at the moment; please be aware of your surroundings and look for this man. If you have seen this man anywhere, call the police station or ***-***-****  immediately."

Felix's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he looked at the grocery store he was at an hour ago, his heart rate increasing at the thought of possibly being burnt alive if he went any later. "Holy..." Felix trailed off as he ran his fingers through his hair and relaxed back into the couch. His eyes trailed from the floor up to the TV screen which showed an image of a man that was the suspect. It wasn't a very clear image but they looked to be in their early 30s and seemed to be of a different nationality.

He shook the feeling away and quickly changed the channel to a much calmer and hopefully happy-filled channel. Every so often, he would hear the sound of police sirens shooting past his area or just random cars and he shook his head, bringing his legs to his chest. "I hope this isn't a 24/7 thing," Felix mumbles as it was only his second day back and he didn't want to go back to Italy anytime soon.

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Felix stood outside of the daycare/schooling center with a few other parents who were talking amongst themselves; not noticing the boy next to them. Felix didn't want to have any conversations as he was still hung up about the whole grocery store incident. He turned his phone on and saw that the kids should be exiting soon and as he looked up, he noticed they were.

The kids either ran to their parents' car or were greeted by the woman who was standing next to him. Felix kept his eyes on the door and felt his body relax as Michi and Ryu walked out after waving goodbye to one of the adults. The adult looked over and locked eyes with Felix, both of them exchanging a smile before Felix averted his attention to his kids who were carefully walking down a ramp; holding hands to not lose each other in the crowd of kids.

Once they made it off of the ramp and onto the sidewalk, they hesitantly made it over to their papa who was waiting patiently. "How was it?" Felix asks as he squatted down to gently squish their faces and kiss their foreheads. "I'm tired,' Michi said and quickly clung onto Felix who smiled. "I can tell," He said as he slipped an arm under Michi's bum and stood up, Ryu grabbing his free hand. "Ryu?" Felix asks as they start walking. "It's fun! I made some friends, Michi too," Ryu said as he could tell his twin was passed out on their papa's shoulder. "That's good," Felix said, "what do you want for dinner?"