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- S I X T E E N [FELIX] -

I wasn't mad or anything about seeing his big project, but I wasn't hugely happy about it either. I was proud of what he had accomplished, but I didn't know why I wasn't excited. It was a strange, new, nostalgic, but joyless feeling.

I went for a walk through the streets near the house, I needed to clear my thoughts, to breathe that fresh air that flowed in the evenings and try to understand what I really wanted now. A couple of months ago I knew what I wanted, I had decided to leave aside my old self, the one that hated changes and that was easily violated. I wanted to grow, not in height, but emotionally, to learn new things and find my true self, to discover all that I was capable of doing and to be happy again. However, after entering that house again and seeing him without getting over it, I had made a change in me, making me go back to the beginning, where my feelings drove me and kept guiding me towards him, towards the first boy who had made me feel truly loved, but also the one who had made me suffer the most.

I kept walking until I reached the park that was three streets down from the house, and I sat on one of the swings that was empty, so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even notice when a boy sat next to me. I had never seen him before, maybe he lived nearby, I don't know, but he spoke to me as if he had known me all my life.

- Hi, what's on your mind? -He spoke softly, his voice was a little hoarse, but pleasant to listen to. He looked at me with a slight smile, something that confused me even more, and his eyes were clear, like the color of honey. His shoulders were broad, broader than Chris's, but you couldn't tell he was very tall, maybe two or three centimeters taller than me.

- I'm sorry, are you talking to me? -he laughed a laugh, he had a nice laugh.

- Do you see anyone else? -I looked around and it was literally just me and him.

- I'm sorry, but I don't think I know you. -My voice couldn't have sounded more tired.

- Oh, sorry. -He stood up and stood in front of me, holding out his hand, "I'm Seo ChangBin, I recently moved here, nice to meet you. -He said enthusiastically, showing his white teeth due to his smile.

- Ah, hello. My name is Lee Felix, I also live nearby, nice to meet you. -I don't even know why I told him I lived nearby if it wasn't entirely true, but I was noticing how my confused thoughts had dissolved to start thinking that his name sounded familiar. He sat back down on the swing and looked at his feet.

We chatted for a while about anything from how the pebbles in the sand rattled when he stepped on them to how he once dyed his hair and almost went bald. I laughed with him quite a bit until it started to get dark and he offered to join me, I accepted and so we discovered that we were almost neighbors. His house was one house away from Chris's, we agreed to try to see each other often, maybe it would be a good friendship.

I went into the house and went up to the bedroom, Chris was sleeping on the edge of the bed, not covered. I went over and covered him with the blanket, I lay down on the other edge after I went into the bathroom and covered myself with another blanket. It didn't take me long to fall into the arms of Morpheus, but that's when a dream flashed through my mind and made me remember something.

If that Seo ChangBin was the same one who had been in elementary school with me, then the new friendship I had formed was more than just a neighbor.