From Forced to Something Real

-Chapter 16-

「3rd Person POV」

Felix and Hyunjin left the mansion and walked outside. The silence that filled the walk for the first few minutes were awkward. The two both wanted to break the awkward silence between them, but couldn't bring themselves to. At last, Hyunjin spoke up, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Why are you always either talking with Jisung or just being around Jisung?" Hyunjin questioned.

Felix was surprised that the first thing Hyunjin had said was about him and Jisung. "Well, I guess we just bonded really well." Felix answered.

"Are you more comfortable with him than me?" Hyunjin asked quietly.

"What? I mean, I guess? I don't know. It's just, me and Jisung talk together more, and spend more time together." Felix replied.

Hyunjin avoided making eye contact with Felix. Looking to the other side, Hyunjin didn't know why but he felt hurt knowing that Felix was more comfortable with Jisung than him. Hyunjin knew that it was probably his fault that Felix didn't trust him as much because he had been cold to him ever since the arranged marriage plan started.

Hyunjin had never wanted the arranged marriage plan to proceed. He had never even wanted it in the first place, but now... Now he sometimes thought that maybe, just maybe the marriage wouldn't be as bad. After all, Hyunjin realized that the younger had quite an effect on him. Sometimes, while looking at the younger, Hyunjin would feel his heart rate going up. He didn't know what this feeling was, and he didn't want to accept this feeling.

The two walked in silence again. After a while of walking to nowhere in particular, they stopped for a rest. They came upon an empty park and spotted benches. The two walked over to the benches and sat down. The two sat in silence before Felix spoke up.

"How about we get to know each other more?" Felix suggested.

Hyunjin looked at Felix, and sighed. "Sure. We can do that." Hyunjin said.

"So, let's talk about our families." Felix said.

Hyunjin nodded and started, "Well, you already know that my parents are both mafias, and me Jisung and Yeji are also mafias. We're all apart of the Hwang Mafias."

"When did you start training to become a mafia?" Felix asked.

"When I was five years old." Hyunjin answered.

"Five? That's young. I started at 5 and a half years old." Felix said, impressed.

Hyunjin nodded. "I was trained by my father. He taught me every skill that I needed to know. Every essential skills for mafias and even strategies and he trained me to use weapons when I was only seven years old." Hyunjin said, thinking back to the rough past of training.

"Does the Hwang Mafias have any upcoming plans? Like destroying another group? Or like, um, you know. Stuff like those." Felix asked, he hadn't forgot about the orders that his father gave him. Although he didn't want to do it, he had no choice.

"I don't know, usually, I'm not informed of those until my father tells me. Unless it's an emergency, or something really important." Hyunjin answered carefully. He didn't want to spoil any plans that his father had for the Lees. "What about your life?" Hyunjin asked back.

"Oh, my life?" Felix said. Thinking about his sad past, his past was basically wasted. "Well you already know that I started training at 5 and a half years old. My father was also the one who taught me everything. I started learning to use weapons at the age of 8." Felix said.

"My mother was the one who taught me normal things. She told me that becoming a mafia isn't easy and that I shouldn't just spend my whole childhood learning things that isn't of my age. She taught me things that normal kids do, and she bought me many toys to play with. She was basically one of the only reasons why I haven't given up on life yet." Felix explained.