Chaewon and Seungmin were thankfully right. Felix did not infact see Hyunjin the rest of the two months he was in Milan.
"Are you sure you can handle everything while I do this?" Felix asked.
"Felix, I have been with you through this whole venture, I know the ropes," Chaewon stated.
"Okay, but what about your business?"
"Yunjin can handle it, even with the expansion,"
"Oh god, the expansion. I shouldn't leave now, you are about to expand,"
"Felix, I will personally shove you on the plane if you don't leave. Everything will be fine, go and figure out what you need to do,"
"Ah, when was the last time we were in Ferndale?"
"Nine years ago, maybe," Chaewon said.
Felix took a deep breath, "I will see you..."
"You will see me in 6 months. I told Ms. Lucy you can't leave before then unless there is an absolute emergency. At which point you will be contacted by Yunjin, Seungmin, or myself,"
"You talked to Ms. Lucy? Chae..." Felix whined.
Chaewon smiled, "I love you, and I'll see you in six months,"
Felix nodded and took a breath, it was only six months.
Six months of no work. Six months of figuring out what he wanted again. Six months of just him.
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"I will not go!"
"Yes, you will and you will not argue with me on this,"
"Dad, this isn't fair, what about Yeji?"
"I am going too, I'm just not throwing a fit about it," Yeji said.
"I am not throwing a fit," Hyunjin said.
"Could've fooled me,"
Hyunjin huffed.
"Hyunjin, this will not be discussed. You will go there and it will be for the full six months," their dad said.
Hyunjin crossed his arms.
"Speaking of which, during those six months you will have no phone, no tablet, no computer, and no black card,"
"What?" The twins said.
"What do you mean no phone, tablet, or computer? I have things I need to write," Yeji stated.
"What do you mean no black card?" Hyunjin questioned.
The man pulled out two cards, "Two hundred dollar spending limit every month. As for you, my darling girl, use a journal,"
Yeji took the card and hummed.
"What can I use that for?" Hyunjin huffed.
"Basic needs and wants," Yeji said.
Mr. Hwang nodded and went over to a desk, "While you guys are there I want you guys to write about how you feel," he said holding out two journals.
"You want to know what I feel? I feel like I am being screwed over," Hyunjin said.
Yeji took the journal, "Oh, pretty,"
"Hyunjin think of this as a learning opportunity," Yeji said.
"Learning opportunity for what? Learning about hoedowns and cows?" Hyunjin questioned.
"No, you can learn how not to be such a brat," Yeji stated.
"You guys leave in ten hours, make sure to pack for seasons," their father said.
Hyunjin groaned and walked off. Could this get any worse?
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"Oh, Felix! You have gotten so big!" The woman said.
Felix laughed a little and hugged the woman, "Hi, Ms. Lucy,"
"Ah, I remember when you were little and now you are so grown and you own boutiques! I remember you prancing around here at 7 years old trying to make clothes out any scrap fabric you could," she said.
"Ah, I really was a handful back then,"
"Youa and your sister both. She was always trying to bake something and now look at her, she has her own company. It is too bad she couldn't come with you,"
"Chae, is handling the boutiques while I am taking this time away," Felix said.
Ms. Lucy nodded, "Well, we have a full house for these six months,"
"Huh?"
"Well, my nephew Chan, you remember him?"
"Yeah, I do," Felix said.
"Well he is here for a while and we are going to have two other guests from New York, their dad wants them to learn a little some things," she explained.
Felix nodded, "Well, I am sure it'll be fun and honestly it will be nice to see Chan again I have seen him in years,"
"Well, just like he's grown a lot too,"
"Aunt Lucy, have you seen-" Chan cut himself off seeing Felix, "Fe-Felix, hey,"
Felix smiled, the little fangs Chan used to tease Felix about shown on full display, "Hey, Channie,"
"Uhm, I, uh, I didn't know you were coming in today," the older said coming down the last few steps.
"Ah, Chan, I told you Felix would be coming in. Now why don't you help take his bags up to his room,"
"Ms. Lucy, I can do it,"
"No! I mean I can help," Chan said.
"Chan, you don't have to," Felix said.
Chan shook his head, "Nonsense, I can help,"
"Okay, well, can you take those two bags? I got this one,"
Chan nodded and picked them up.
"Also, your bracelet is in the office,"
"Thanks, aunt Lucy,"
The two entered the room. Chan set the bags down on the floor.
"Wow, it is the same from when I was fourteen," Felix said.
"Yeah, aunt Lucy, kept it as it was, she wanted you and Chaewon to feel welcomed anytime you guys visited,"
Felix nodded and looked at Chan.
Ms. Lucy was right, Chan had grown up quite a bit since Felix had last saw him.
They were practically the same height give or take a centimeter, but Chan was buffer- a lot buffer.
"So, what are you planning on doing while you are here?" Chan asked.
"I actually don't know. I came back here to find myself again, because with all the big changes I just kind of lost myself," Felix said.
"Ah, so you came back to where your love for it all started,"
Felix nodded, "Maybe I can find it again,"
Chan hummed, "Maybe you can find more too," he said
Felix pressed his lips together.
Oh no...
