Different Timezones /Hyunlix/

32 - Work and food

- I was thinking...

- Yes?

- Now that I extended my stay for one more week, why don't you invite friends here one evening?

- Noo... I see them all the time.

- Yes, true, but I'm already taking a lot of your time. You could get in trouble for not getting online to meet fans for days, or for not working on new songs. Chan is nice and all, but maybe he won't be happy with this extra week.
I can make a dinner for you. And you guys can work here, combine work and food...

- We could do that... it's not a horrible idea.

- It will be great, you'll see. - says Felix and already plans what to cook.

That same evening, a group of three men, dressed head to toe in black, appears at the doorway.

- Hyunjin! Felix!

- Food!!!! - yells Changbin smelling something delicious from the area where Hyunjin apparently has a kitchen. It looked just like a closet space before, but now there is actual food, delicious looking food, and there are plates, and pots, and a whole shelf of herbs and spices. In a middle of it all is Felix, the chef.

- Changbin, I really hope you'll like my cooking.

- I will, don't you worry about that.
I just don't know what others are going to eat because everything in this kitchen is mine.

- Except Felix, he's mine! - adds Hyunjin from the living room.

- I don't know, Hyunjin. Seeing how good he cooks, and how good he looks... I think we should fight for Felix.
Come here, let's see who's stronger.

- No... Chan will fight instead of me!

- Will not! Go fight for your man! - adds Chan.

Felix loves the commotion, the smile is not leaving his face. He enjoys watching as everyone fills up their plates and eats well. He gets a big family feeling, and it warms up his heart. He even forgets to fill up his own plate, and just observes everything.
Since their mouths are full, and all you can hear are sounds of satisfied eating, Felix speaks up:

- Guys, I'm trying to learn Korean. I know it's awkward for you to speak English when I'm around, so please use some Korean too. So far I learned the most from Ms Jin cause she doesn't speak any English.

Right away, all of them start speaking Korean, all at the same time. Felix laughs helplessly. He feels so accepted by this hectic group, especially when they tease him.

- Fine, fine. Some English would be good too.

- Felix, tell us, how did this ugly face convince you to come here? - asks Jisung with his cheeks full.

- Well, we met at the hotel where you guys were staying. He... he was hungry.

- Sure he was. Hyunjin, was that after the five course meal Chan took us to?

- Maybe...

- Ok, Felix, keep going, then what happened?

- We started talking... -

- And then he came here! - Hyunjin cuts the story short.

Changbin puts a hand on Hyunjin's mouth and they all look at Felix, waiting to hear the rest.

- Well, we talked a lot and... we liked each other right away... But you all had to leave the next morning.

- Yes.... and....?

- He got hungry again.

- So all this indecent behavior was happening while I was sleeping?

Hyunjin, who's now released from Changbin's hug, adds:

- Jisung, you didn't give me any love, so I had to find love somewhere else.

Chan didn't laugh at that joke.

After a successful dinner and more Hyunjin torture, they finally sat down to do some work. Fun is fun, but when they work - they work.

It was a very productive meetup with all of them staying up till dawn, just the way Chan likes it. With the help of Jisung's guitar, they finished two songs and a started something that could become a new song.

Jisung fell asleep first, and Hyunjin followed. The one who never sleeps, Chan, just gave in and snuggled next to them. All that construction work really exhausted him, and he finally found some quiet and peace.

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