Crazy In Love || Sunhak [Discontinued]

十二

The group of what used to be three- now five crammed into a mini van that was usually used for deliveries from the different company buildings to this building but for this instance, this car is now being used as their mode of transportation.

Completing both Haknyeon and Eric's wardrobe took a while but not as long as they all thought. The two boys had weirdly similar styles. It was probably because of how close they were that it influenced their styles more than they thought.

"Who's hungry?" Janghee asks as the driver. "You two have tried the Grand Plaza already, right?" Before Haknyeon could say anything, Eric butted in as started to say, "The food is so good! 10/10, would recommend again. Not for my wallet though."

That made the two models and the CEO of Prized Jewels laugh. "Lucky for you two, we have the money." Chanhee says to which, his boyfriend nodded in agreement. Haknyeon's eyes widened and began to disagree. He can't let them pay.

They may be the ones with the unlimited amount of money but, they have already given him so much. He can't possibly repay them for. "We are not taking no for an answer." Changmin says. "Besides, you're going to meet Juyeon."

Haknyeon almost forgot what this whole day was about, meeting Sunwoo's cousins. He has met 2 out of four, not counting significant others and his brother. If that were included, he has met 3 out of 7. He was no where near done.

"Hyung," Eric called out to the younger Choi twin. "How are you both a model and have a fashion line? You're amazing!" Chanhee couldn't help but laugh at his own answer. "Thank you for acknowledging that but, it's plain old nepotism."

"Nepotism is an under statement." Janghee couldn't help but add. "Everything was basically handed to us on a silver platter that we had to work more to make a name for ourselves without the nepotism given by our parents."

As they were rich, making and owning businesses came easy to them as they had enough money to support it. What was challenging for them was the fact that everything they had- every chance they got was out of nepotism. Makes life both easier and harder.

They never know if these chances came from their own hard work or from the connections their families have. People don't see these achievements as their own. It was hard to be known for something handed to you by someone else.

"But you are amazing! You all are, nepotism or not." Haknyeon says. "Sure, you might have been able to get all of these brand deals because of connections but, you are handsome which is needed in the modeling business." He says to Chanhee.

"You also design your own pieces, making sure every single outfit was your style. Sure, you have help but, you still put in so much effort. You studied fashion design, a field mostly run by women because it is your passion. Every piece of clothing has your effort put into it."

"And Astrid noona, you studied business and geology. You, yourself are the one checking every single jewel to see if they are real or not and how much your jewelry should be sold for in a reasonable price. That's your own efforts."

Haknyeon may have only met these people for a day (2 days for Janghee) but he knew and can't deny their achievements. Changmin talked to them as Eric was trying on clothes about the specifics the twins do in their jobs and Haknyeon was amazed.

The boy's words made the Choi twins's hearts melt. They have never met anyone (not part of their family) acknowledge all of the things they actually do. The others could agree with this as well. Haknyeon was different. He was a keeper.

"We're here~" Astrid parked the car behind the restaurant and waited for everyone to get off before turning the car off. "I can't wait to eat!" Eric exclaims. "The food here tastes so good." Eric was so in love  with the food that he slipped into Korean.

"Welcome to the Grand Plaza, your seats are this way." The lady manning the front desk sees who they were and leads them to an isolated room with around 10 seats. "Plain old nepotism." Changmin notes, making them laugh.

The couple were the ones in charge of ordering everything they set their eyes on. They ended up ordering more food than what Haknyeon and Eric had when they ate there with Sunwoo, Hyunjun and Yoojun- and that was a lot of food.

They ordered enough food to feed 4 starving families and yet, it was all for them. Haknyeon felt kind of put off by how much food they had for such little people. He never had such opportunity to be able to have as much food as he wanted on their table.

He was well off now as a Law professor but, there was still this fear of not having enough money to put food on the table for his mother and himself. Having so much food and not worrying about money was something weird to Haknyeon.

"Go on. Eat!" Chanhee urged them. "With the food left over, we'll either take it out to give to Sang hyung, Younghoon hyung and Jae hyung or we'll give it to the people begging on the streets." That made Haknyeon feel better.

The group talked more about what they did as a living and subtly hinting on how Haknyeon would have to adjust to be able to live comfortably with them. It was either Haknyeon didn't get the hints of them accepting him or he just didn't say anything.

"This is so good! Compliments to the chef." Haknyeon praises. "Aw! Thank you." The two Korean-Americans jumped in their seats while the pure Koreans just laughed at their reactions. "I'm so sorry for scaring the both of you."

Haknyeon turned around saw a man in a chef's uniform. Kind of like Gordon Ramsey but younger, Asian and much more good looking. If Haknyeon wasn't dating his boyfriend, he would have a crush on this guy.

"Juyeon, come sit." Janghee patted the free seat beside her- right in front of Haknyeon. He should have expected this; that his man was the head chef and Sunwoo's cousin. He should have expected that their whole family was gorgeous.

"This is Haknyeon, Seonu's boyfriend." Juyeon's face turned into one of recognition. "You're the boy he decided to bring to Hyunjun and Yoojun's wedding. It's very nice to meet you." Haknyeon said the same and they shook hands.

Juyeon took a bite out of Janghee's food and quickly started a conversation so that she wouldn't scold him or get mad. "What do you do for a living, Haknyeon-ah?" Haknyeon took a sip of his water and replied, "I teach law."

That made the head chef gasp. "Wow, your job is way more applausable than mine." He laughed. It was a joke but not one Haknyeon likes. Just like what he did with the Choi twins, he wants people to know their worth in anything they do.

"Being head chef is a plausible job. You have to direct people into making sure they cook the best food for all of your customers. It's hard to lead a lot of people, especially since all of them do different things at the same time."

"Chanhee hyung and Changmin hyung also told me that you, yourself manage the whole restaurant. That is a hard job! All of your efforts are not a waste; everything you do, whether there's an influence of nepotism, is of your own efforts."

Juyeon was shocked. He looked over at his cousins, only to see them nod with a look that says 'He's the one'. Juyeon couldn't help but agree with them. Haknyeon seemed to be the perfect person for their baby cousin.

A/N: I'm not sure if people still read this book but I'm sorry to those who are reading this book because I have decided to discontinue it... Though if I find the motivation, perhaps I might continue this book in the future but please don't count on it because it would be FAR into the future 😭

I'm so sorry... I tried but I don't really remember the plot I had going on for this plus, I posted this a bit too prematurely... I really should have waited to publish this book but I thought I could finish this book without getting burnt out 😭

I'm really sorry from the bottom of my heart