The wine valley | Jisung x Hyunjin x Minho

Part 1 Chapter 3

Changbin was sitting on the couch with his little rosary, moving one by one each bead. He was thinking about the business. He knew all that was about to come, but he didn't want it. He had no idea of how the grapes had to be taken care of, Jisung knew. He had no idea how to recognize them, Jisung knew everything about them. There were so many things he didn't know about the production of the wine and he was sure Jisung knew every little detail. He had no idea why they even asked him to come here for this, because it was clear, his dad, Byungchul didn't want to have anything in common with this business, so why should Changbin even have a chance? For real, he just had to decline and go back to his friends and lover.

His childhood was too carefree, he used to live carelessly and he had no idea how he would even manage to deal with a whole winery and the vineyards, that was a lot of acres of vineyards and he didn't want to be responsible even for one.

"Oh, you're here already?" Mr Jiwon entered. His white mustache was shaping his mouth just perfectly as he smiled. "Where is your cousin?"

"I don't know." Changbin whispered and left the rosary on the table. Turning around to see his grandfather, he smiled a little bit. "But I want to talk with you, grandpa, alone." He said quietly.

"What is it?" The old man asked. "Do you want me to help you with anything?"

"Uh, I actually want to tell you something, grandpa." Changbin whispered. His mother told him that he will have to think about it a lot before finally deciding what to do, but this business thing wasn't his thing at all. He didn't love the winery as much as Jisung and he knew that his cousin would take better care of the business than him.

"What's up, Changbin?" The old man asked with slight worry in his voice about what Changbin wanted to tell him.

"I don't want the business. I don't want anything from here." Changbin whispered.

"Why?"

"Just like that." He said. "I don't want to be responsible for everything. I saw how Jisung is looking at every single grape we were able to spot, the love in his eyes is just magical!" Changbin continued. "I can't love this place as much as he does. I can't put it as my number one priority and I know I won't be able to handle it all."

"I see," The old man started. "So, you're sure you want this whole vineyard and the wineries to go to Jisung? Not even a percentage for you?"

"Not even. I have a small business in Korea with my fiance and I won't be able to handle this as well."

"Why did you have to come all the way here?" The man asked him. "You could've just sent us a letter."

"Because I wanted to see you." Changbin lied and smiled. "So, we're gonna meet again on lunch, right?"

"How much will you stay here?" His grandfather asked, wanting to know how much time he had till his grandson went back home. "Your aunt didn't tell me anything..."

"Just a few days, I will head back by train the day after tomorrow." Changbin said. "So, will we still have time for a family golf turnir?"

"You want me to beat you all again?" The boy asked teasingly. "Yes, sure! We will have time for that!" Changbin laughed on his turn and hurried to leave the man alone. He wanted to take a long walk on his own. He missed his life in Korea so badly and his fiance... Especially his fiance.

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Lino and Hyunjin were sitting in an arbor in the family's mansion, the place where Hyunjin was spending most of his time. As usual, he was holding a book, his eyes moving fast as he was reading every word, his mind making images of how the main characters were walking by a river, holding hands and laughing at the conversation they were having. Hyunjin had a small smile on his face. He loved to read romance, because it was making him feel complete. He was living through so many lives and at every good ending he was as happy as if that was his story and not someone else's. His conception of love was built by the many books he had read and every time he was thinking about explaining it with one word, 'ideal' was coming to his mind right away. Lino tried to tell him a million times that the world in the books and the real one were two completely different universes. However, Hyunjin didn't seem to care enough about what the other was trying to tell him