Even after two years... | GYUBRIK SHIMKONGZ Au

1. Back in SK

„Oh I will miss you so much Ricky. Please come visit us any time. Okay? Promise!" Kimberly says. „Of course, I will visit you! I will miss you too." Ricky hugs his friends he made back then when he moved to the US. And now he's leaving again. But that's okay. No matter how much fun he had during his two years in the US, he never stopped missing South Korea. He even missed it more than his actual hometown in China. „Okay I gotta go now! I don't wanna miss my flight." Ricky waves to his friends for a last goodbye and then closes the door of the taxi. „Can we start?" The driver asks. Ricky nods with a light smile feeling somehow anxious. What if he doesn't want to see me? Ricky, keep yourself together. You made this decision. Don't be so nervous. BUT I AM SO NERVOUS.

15 hours and 29 minutes does it take to fly from the US to South Korea. A long time for Ricky to have many thoughts about how he greets his friends and how he will act once he sees the guy he broke up with, for the first time ever after two years. Hey Gyuvin how are you? no. Heyyy my old friend.. NO. Hey.. it's been a while... I AM SO SORRY I STILL LOVE YOU... hell nah!!!! Ricky shakes his thoughts out of his head and tries to sleep for the rest of the flight which doesn't really work well.. but at least they can watch movies on small tv's on the plane so he decides to watch a movie called „Marry My Dead Body" It's a taiwanese BL. Pretty funny but also emotional.
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Finally. Ricky arrived in South Korea. The first thing he does is take a deep breath. „Ah I missed you Korea. Glad to be back." He smiles and walks towards some taxis. Luckily one car's still available so he takes that. The driver greets Ricky with a nice friendly smile. Once they take off Ricky opens his phone to let his friends know that he's on his way.

Hanbin Hyung 🐹
„We're all patiently waiting here for you, Ricky~ ! Hopefully there's not so much traffic!"

Ricky
„It seems pretty clear on the streets! I'll be there soon! Can't wait to meet y'all again."

Annoying Kid 🐰
„I can finally tease you in person again, Hyung:p"

The car gets slower until it finally stops. „Alright, sir. We have arrived!" Ricky pays the taxi driver and leaves. Café Kim & Kim. He reads on a big screen above the house. He can already see his friends waiting inside. Ricky takes a deep breath again and slowly opens the door. The door rings which makes some people turn their heads towards the entrance. All of his friends have a big smile on their faces. „Rickyyy!" Hanbin shouts in a not too loud voice. „Heyy! Long time no see." He says hugging everyone. They all sat down at a big table. „So, how have you been? I know we all kept in contact but I still wanna hear it from you in person now that you're finally back!" Zhanghao says excitedly. „Wasn't becoming an actor in the US your biggest dream? Why are you back now?" Ricky hates those questions for some unknown reason. But he plays it off by simply answering. „Yeah.. it was my biggest dream indeed. But I didn't feel complete over there you know? Something was missing.. I just missed South Korea so much... AND you guys too of course!!" He winks and laughs which makes the others laugh as well. It feels like no time has passed since the last two years. Everything was the same as if he was never gone. Except for the fact that Gyuvin isn't sitting with them. „How's Gyuvin doing?" The table suddenly goes silent. Ricky's friends look into each other's eyes as if they have something they're not sure about if they should tell it Ricky or not. „What is it? Did I say something wrong?" Zhanghao sighs. „He's in a relationship with some guy called Sam now. Apparently they met during a dance competition here in Seoul." Hearing this makes Ricky's heart ache. But what did he expect? It's been two years and Ricky wanted Gyuvin to move on without him. So why does it hurt now? „Oh, t-that's good for him. I hope he's happy." The others look at him with a concerning face. „No really guys. That's all I wanted him to be. Happy. So i'm fine with that." Ricky lies. Trying to keep a poker face his heart slowly shatters.

After a few hours of talking about Ricky's time in the US and his friends telling him funny stories he has missed during that time they decided to all head towards home. „You have an apartment already, right?" Ricky nods. „Yeah, I found one a few months ago and already shipped all my stuff to it. Taerae and Matthew Hyung helped me." Hanbin gives Ricky a side hug. „Good to know. But if you still need some help with your furniture and stuff, just let us know! We're always here to help you out!" „Thank you, Hyung. I appreciate all of your help so much. And thank you for the nice talk." They all hug for a goodbye and head home then.

At Ricky's apartment he starts going through his stuff and searches for a blanket and a pillow. Once he found them he brings them to his bed. He only wants to close his eyes for a few seconds but ends up falling asleep...