We Meet Again [prologue] ✔️

Venti

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The weather seemed to be bipolar recently, which was abnormal. Normally, it would either be sunny, cloudy or a mix of both. It would never rain for three days straight. "It's nasty outside," Felix commented as he placed a bucket of dirty dishes next to one of the dishwashers(the worker). "Yeah," one of the chiefs comments as he slides a plate down the line, "we normally don't hear storms inside here."

Everyone nodded in agreement before waving to the host as he left; getting one back from the male. He got back to his position and glanced towards the glass doors, his lips going into a thin line at the conditions of the world. He felt a little relaxed knowing that the twins were okay as the center would've called him by now. He looked down at the items that were around him and mentally counted them along with the utensils; noticing he was a bit short on the utensil bit.

He sighed and looked up, his eyes widening as he locked eyes with a familiar group of boys. Felix's hands, which were resting with a relaxed muscle, quickly tensed up as his eyes darted to each one of them. He swallowed and attempted to pull out a smile. "Hello...how um-how many people?" Felix asks but none of them spoke as he read each of their expressions; one angry, one betrayed, one sad, and the others were either repeated or were impossible to read. "Um...how many people?" Felix asks again and the main one speaks up. "7 people," He said and Felix nodded his head. "Let me go check if there is a table," Felix said as he took steps back before quickly walking off.

Felix exhales and walks into one of their bigger rooms which didn't have many people inside. He gave smiles to the people and pretended to be looking around even though he already knew there was a table for the group. He ruffled his hair as he left the area and walked the short distance to the main area. He quietly picked up the seven menus and the utensils. "Follow me," Felix managed with a smile.

They nodded their heads and followed behind the male. Once they got to the area and quickly placed the menus and utensils down and stepped back, allowing them to sit down. "Your waiter will be with you shortly," Felix said and they nodded their heads, each going to the menu while one stared at Felix; watching him continue his job.

"Bin."

The male quickly looked over at him and looked at the sympathetic look they had. "Sorry," Chan said and Changbin shook his head. "It's fine," He mumbled and opened the menu to start looking for food.

Felix ventures to the back and exhales. "You okay?" His boss asks which startled Felix. "Op! Sorry," She apologized with a light chuckle. "Ah, I'm fine, just um...stuff," Felix said with a smile, and his boss's eyebrows furrowed. "Mhm...sure," She said and Felix smiled. "I needed to grab a few more utensils."

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The time ticked by and with each passing minute, larger groups kept filing into the restaurant; which caused Felix to go into the large room, meaning he had to face the group he had seated earlier. He noticed they were there for a while, but he decided not to bother after a certain point. The weather had died down which made him happier as he didn't have to take 20 hours to get to the center.

He glanced over to his partner and nudged her to get her attention; which he received. "I'm going to head to the restroom," He said and she nodded her head, turning back to face the door with a determined look on her face; Felix gave a light chuckle as he walked towards the restroom. They weren't far from the lobby so he made it there in a few seconds. As he opened the door, he noticed nobody was inside.

He did what he needed and as he was washing his hands, he heard the door of the bathroom open. He glanced over and quickly shifted his eyes back to the water, trying to act as normal as he could but also hurry up to get out.

He turned off the water and turned towards the left to use the air dryer. It didn't take long to dry his hands and he turned over; his face dropping when he locked eyes with the person he was attempting to ignore. "How long was it going to take for you to come and find us?" The raven-haired asked as their eyebrows raised. Felix's lips went into a thin line as his hands started fumbling with his rings. "Felix," The male said and Felix's shoulders tensed up at the tone. "I-I'm sorry," Felix muttered as all the guilt he had shoved aside for the past years was boiling inside. "How am I supposed to take that?" The male said as he walked forward to be closer. "I-I don't know," Felix said with a frustrated huff. "I don't know how I'm supposed to take you walking into where I work twice when I haven't even been here for 3 months," Felix snapped as he looked up and eyed him.

"How long were-"

"Stop asking how long this and how long that, Changbin. I don't know, I don't know when I was going to attempt to reconnect with you or the group," Felix said with a head shake, "I don't even know if I wanted to reconnect with you." The male in front of him stared at him and Felix's eyes closed. "I...need to-"

"I'm sorry."

Felix's eyes opened and his eyebrows furrowed. "Huh?" Felix questions and the male in front of him shake his head. "I want to have a normal conversation," He said and Felix stared at him. "Why?" Felix said with a scoff, "here I thought you hated me." Changbin's eyebrows furrowed and his eyes had a light shimmer to them. "I couldn't," He said as was about to grab the male's hand but Felix stepped back. "I have work to do," He said and walked around him to exit the bathroom.

Barely a few minutes passed and Felix went to the waitress area. "Hey, where is the waiter who had table 25?" Felix asks and the person occupying the station looks over. "They left early, I was about to give that table their bill," They answered and Felix glanced at the billing card. "I'll go do it," Felix answered and the person gave a smile. "Thank you," They said and Felix smiled. "No problem," he said and took it before walking towards where the table was located; writing something on the random paper that was inside of it.