strangers

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"hwang hyunjin?"

"lee felix."
hyunjin said, sounding a little surprised.

for a while, they just stared at each other.
three years.
three years since the harsh break up.

"are...are you the art repairer?"
hyunjin asked.

felix just nodded.
he was lost of words.
he will be repairing a painting for hyunjin?
and...does that mean he will be living with him in the meantime?

hyunjin made his way to felix, taking his suitcases.

"what are you doing?"
felix asked.

"putting your suitcases in my car?"
hyunjin answered, opening the trunk and he was just about to put the suitcases inside of it, but felix stopped him.

"you know what? I changed my mind. I will call a taxi and I will just stay at a hotel. yeah, what an amazing idea."
felix said, taking the suitcases from hyunjin.

"do you know how much it will cost? hotel for at LEAST six months? and your company won't pay for it when I offered my place."
hyunjin said.

"what do you mean at least six months?"
Felix asked.

"the painting is really ruined. normal person would already throw it away at this state, but it's a personal favorite of mine, and it's also one of the prettiest paintings I own."
hyunjin said.

"I'm sure I can repair it in a week."
Felix said, sounding sure about his words.

"well how about you say this after you see the painting, hm?"
hyunjin said, taking the suitcases back from Felix and putting them inside the trunk.
"just stay at my place for tonight. tomorrow you will see the painting, and if you still think you can fix it in a week, I'm not going to stop you from leaving."
he said, before walking towards the drivers door.

felix just stood there, kind of unsure about what to do.

"you're going?"
hyunjin asked.

"oh, yeah."
felix said, sitting down in the passenger seat, and the two boys started driving away.

•~•

to say the car ride was really awkward was an understatement.

"just so you know, I had no idea that the best repairer would be you. if I knew that, I would have asked different company."
hyunjin said, not taking his eyes off the road.

"whatever."
felix said.

the awkwardness continued, and it was really starting to get to felix, so he decided to take his earphones and listen to some music to try and forget in what situation he just got into.

•~•

the two boys arrived to hyunjins house about ten minutes later.

they got out of the car, and felix looked at the house.
it wasn't anything that big, but it definitely wasn't small either.
it also looked super cozy.
and that was only the outside.

hyunjin walked to the trunk and opened it, taking out Felix's suitcases and started to drag them behind him, walking towards the front door. felix followed behind him, following hyunjin like a lost puppy.

hyunjin unlocked the door and walked inside, putting Felix's suitcases in the hallway, before moving aside and signaling felix to come inside.

felix awkwardly bowed before walking inside, his jaw dropping. he expected hyunjin's house to be cozy and really comfortable, but he didn't expect anything like this.