lilacs || Minsung

Second Chance 11 | out in the open

The next morning, Minho wakes up to the sound of the door falling shut, gets up immediately, just to notice that it is far too early for either of the brothers to already be up on Christmas morning and that Felix must have purposely chosen this time in particular to slip out of the house and get away from his brother.

His suspicions are getting confirmed when he finds his Christmas gift on the coffee table downstairs, a note attached to it that Felix wished him merry Christmas with. But for the rest of the day, his brother ignores all of Minho's calls and texts and the older is worrying and worrying, not sure what to do, until he receives a text in the afternoon.

지성이💕
He just came over to play with Tae. Don't be worried and leave this to me. I'll tell him everything.
Love you x

So while Minho sighs in deep relief and finally decides to eat something because he has not been doing so properly all day, Jisung just puts his phone aside and watches Felix and Tae, sitting in the living room with Felix hugging the little boy on his lap while Taeyang draws and tells him all sorts of things about his artwork.

Minho had called last night to tell him what happened and Jisung promised to try his best to help fix things. Needless to say that the young father worked himself up over this the entire time, feeling so guilty for being the one at fault for what is currently happening between the two brothers. Had he been ready to tell Felix sooner, things might have turned out less like this, with Felix all sad and lonely on Christmas Day. Felix, who spent his morning walking around for hours, then dropped by Changbin's for a few hours until his family came and Felix decided to leave them alone. His plan was not to end up at Jisung's initially, but when he texted him, asking if Felix wanted to come see him and Taeyang for a little moment at least, Felix decided to do exactly that.

He did not suspect a single thing, did not even ask himself why Jisung even knows he was available. No, Felix simply figured Jisung must have felt lonely all this time, knows from Chan that his wife had slept with him, then left some sort of nasty note and divorce papers the next day. Today, two years ago. So Felix decided not to leave his friend alone, while also making use of his emotional support human existing in this household as well. It is truly a win-win situation.

Does not help either that Felix is honestly not too mad at his brother anymore because of the general situation of him leaving and lying to Felix, but he is mainly mad at himself for drinking with Changbin, then overreact afterwards when he felt hurt because of Minho. He felt far too ashamed this morning to see his brother, even though Changbin told him over and over again to just go and apologize, then listen to Minho's explanation of why he lied to him to begin with. Because yes, they both know he would in fact not ever lie to him without any proper reason.

But neither Minho, nor Jisung know about all that. They both think Felix is still mad about the whole think with Minho and nothing else.

Jisung has two cups of hot chocolate in his hands, as well as a children's cup of warmed milk tucked under his arm, hands one of the cups to Felix, gives Taeyang his and then sits down right beside the two with his own in both his hands. Felix smiles warmly at him, then rests his head on Jisung's shoulder after taking the first sip and putting his cup down afterwards. Jisung lets his hand run through Felix's hair and puts his own cup down as well, thinking he should be prepared for absolutely anything at this point. Because Felix might be okay now, but could possibly get really angry at him in only a few seconds if things go wrong.

"Sorry for being so down. I'm ruining Christmas for you guys, I know.", Felix apologizes, lets Taeyang get off his lap when the little boy is done drawing and decides to go play with his dinosaurs instead. Jisung is not mad about it, appreciates Taeyang's timing and sighs deeply before he decides to speak up, make up a little plan in his head.