Oddinary// Hyunlix & Minsung FF// Editing

Chapter Fifty One: We're Brothers

(hunnjinsbuttsheeks Here's your daily reminder that I love you so much ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍🖤)

I entered the room and silence descended, along with an awkward tension as unresolved feelings from the fight bubbled back up. Lix's eye was swollen and mine wasn't much better.

"Morning everyone." I said as I flopped down onto the chair next to Min. He placed one of his legs over mine and draped his arm around my shoulder lightly.

"So then, Min grabbed the wheel and nearly crashed my poor baby into the curb." Hyunjin said with a chuckle.

"Hey! It didn't nearly crash at all! It just spun out a bit!" He defended with a smile.

"My tyres must be fucking trashed. The amount of times I kicked the back end out." Hyunjin said as he toyed with Felix's hair. He was sat in an awkward position and I could see a couple of deep purple bruises. Had they fought last night? Lix didn't look exactly with it this morning.

"Don't forget there's a lovely streak of vomit down the side from Lix!" Min said with a smile.

"It's not my fault, Jin was screaming around those corners. It was too much." He murmured unenthusiastically.

"Ahem." I said quietly as I stared at them all. "Felix, can I talk to you?" I requested quietly. The guilt of what had happened was finally settling and I could see he felt the same way. He slowly got to his feet, and Hyunjin carefully moved himself, with a pained expression.

He followed me out of the room and Leeknow yelled after us about not fighting. I sighed and headed for the bedroom we had stayed in the previous night. We had to clear this tension now.

"J-Jisung-" He began but I stopped him and shook my head.

"Let me first please Lix. I'm sorry for everything I said, and for starting the fist fight. I should have stayed calm." I blurted out quickly. "I don't want you to die, and I don't want you to overdose, or any of the things I said. Please forgive me. We are brothers. No matter what happens I'm always going to need you." I felt a lump forming in my throat as I spoke and I swallowed it down.

"I-I'm sorry to Ji. I didn't mean what I said. I was hurt, and angry. I should never have taken it out on you and Minho. I'll apologise to him too." He said softly. I couldn't hold back any longer and I embraced my brother. We both erupted into tears as we sobbed over the loss of both of our parents.

"What is happening to us Lix?" I asked as I buried my face into his shoulder. He squeezed me and shook his head.

"I don't know Ji... This time last year we were on holiday with Eomma and Appa and we were happy. We were so happy. How has everything gone so wrong?" I pulled him closer and we both sank to our knees as we tried to comfort each other.

We were all that left standing of the family our father had tried to give us.

"Why would Mom do that? Her and Dad were always so happy... What changed?" I asked. Lix took a sharp breath inwards and pulled away from me. I had no idea at the information he contained in his head.

"Y-You know that day, Dad wanted us both to go with him. H-He told me he wanted to divorce Mom." He revealed. My mouth dropped open slightly and I stared at him with wide eyes as he continued to explain what our father had revealed before he met his untimely death.

Felix's flashback

I crossed my arms as I sat in the heavy silence between my father and I.

"Felix, my boy you have to understand. This isn't an easy choice. I wish Jisung had come, I wanted to tell you both." He explained as he pulled into the car park and turned the engine off.

"Where's your evidence Dad? How do you know this is happening? Mom is always at home!" I snapped angrily.

"I wish I could tell you everything Felix, but I don't want you thinking less of your Mother. She loves you boys with everything in her heart." He said softly. He reached out to place a hand on my thigh and I slapped it away. I didn't want him to touch me. There was no way Mom was having an affair. She wouldn't do that to him.

"I don't believe you. You're just looking for an out. You're never around anymore and you just don't want to be with us anymore." I hissed angrily. His face dropped and he pulled me into a tight hug as tears filled my eyes. I couldn't believe what my father was telling me.

"Felix that's not true. I love you and Jisung. You boys are my world. I'm so proud of you both and the strong young men you've become. You inspire me daily to be the best person I could possibly be. I'm so lucky to have such wonderful sons." He sounded emotional and I felt slightly bad, but he was still tearing our family apart.

"Don't. I don't want to hear it. If you do this. I'll never speak to you again."

"Oh my god Felix, why didn't you tell me sooner?!" I asked as I rubbed his back soothingly. He shrugged and hid his face from me.

"I didn't want you to hate me. I was so cruel to him Jisung, he didn't deserve it. He was trying to protect us, and I threw it back in his face like an ungrateful brat. Then everything else happened and it didn't seem important anymore." He whispered the last few words and the weight of everything my dear brother had been through was hitting me hard. He was so traumatised I didn't know how he was still functioning.

"He was right about one thing Lix. You're so strong. You've overcome so much and you're still standing, and fighting for everything you love. I'm so lucky to have you as my brother." His arms tightened around me and his sobs became audible once more as he finally released the last of his pent up emotions. Maybe now we could begin mourning our father properly, and healing from this whole mess that had been created by the adults who were supposed to protect us.

"I'm so sorry J-Jisung." He whispered. I couldn't bear hearing those words. Not from him.

"You have nothing to apologise for. Don't you apologise for anything. You didn't know, none of us knew. This isn't your fault." I reassured him quietly.

An hour later we were sat against the wall on the floor with our heads resting against each other. We had reminisced, cried, gotten angry, and laughed together. It had been sorely needed.

"Hey Lix, is Jin OK today? You guys didn't fight last night did you?" I asked quietly, thinking back to his bruises and pained expression. Lix shifted uncomfortably next to me and sighed.

"No. We didn't. I got angry, and uh, things went a little wild from there." I scrunched up my face and shook my head. He giggled and I couldn't help smiling at him.

"That's nasty." I said as I pulled a face at him.

"You're the one with Min in a freaking collar! I bet you have a leash and you parade him around like a cat!" He accused. I didn't say anything.

That was worse than denying it.

"No way! Oh my god Jisung. I never thought you would be taking charge of Min."

"What about you and Jin. You've always been so laid back with him. Now look at you. The poor boy can barely move!" We both burst into laughter again and it felt like our worries were melting away once more. As long as we had each other we would be ok.

"What are we gonna do Jisung. How do we get out of this?"

"I have a plan Lix. I was thinking about it all last night when I couldn't sleep. But we need Jin and Min and probably the others too." I stated excitedly as I clapped my hands together.

"Who are we going after first?" He asked with a grin. It was nice to see that he still trusted my judgement. It was a true sign of how he felt about me, and it was comforting to know he didn't hold anything against me.

"Eomma."

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