FREEDOM | Changbin + Felix

Rings | funfzehn

One week later

Ding, dong...~
Ding, dong...~
Ding, do-...!

Changbin's house front door bell started ringing but was quickly cut off since his father reached it and finally opened, smiling when he saw Jisung and Minho. He knew both of them were good friends with his son, but the fear of them knowing something about what happened and what was about to happen was greater, so he just hid everything under that fake smile of his.

"Hello, boys! How are you and what brings you guys to our house?" He asked, faking sympathy as always.

"Hi, Mr. Seo! I'm good and I'm sure Minho is too..." Jisung knows how to act and so does Minho. Both of them faking their smiles back to their friend's father. "...We came because we were worried about Changbin. He didn't show up to school these days and haven't contacted anyone too... We tried talking to Haeun but she was too busy with her senior chores that the only thing she was able to tell us was that he was sick these days before rushing to the library..." Lies, they knew everything that happened. "...So we came to see him. Is that possible?" His acting and lying were too fucking convincing, the dark haired boy couldn't say no to them.

"Of course! You guys are great friends, you know?" He opened the door fully for them to enter, both bowing to him while entering and getting their shoes off so they could enter.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Seo!" Minho tried making a good contact with Changbin's mother which responded positively, smiling and hugging the boy and Jisung right after.

"I haven't seen you guys in a while, babies!" She smiled, in fact she trusted Jisung a lot since him and Changbin were friends since childhood and she knew how attached they used to be to each other. About Minho, she was okay with him, because she knew he was more of the shy type, so she didn't knew much about him, which leads to these boys relationship that she also didn't know. "You guys grew up a lot! I'm so proud! Your parents must be really proud of you too!"

"Of course, Ms. Seo! All of us nine are doing pretty good at school and we have really high chances of joining University in anything we want if we continue like this!" Jisung said, not realizing what he had said. Nine. She just knew about seven of them (excluding Changbin).

"Hm? You meant eight, didn't you?" She frowned a little, giving one step back to look at both boys and analise them.

"No, Ms. Seo, we're nine if we include Changbin. There's a new friend in our little group. He grew really good friends with Chan these months because he is Australian just like him, you know?..." Minho explained smiling and seeing that the woman was calm now, smiling back at them. "...So we all ended up being friends with him too! It's a shame that Changbin isn't as close to him as we all are, because that guy is awesome!" Both boys laughed shyly, they knew too well what their friend's mother clearly didn't.

"Oh! It is like this? I'm sorry boys, Changbin doesn't tell me anything as you guys can see... He stopped even going to his treatment appointments with his therapist, you know? It's a shame that he doesn't trust his own mother..." She faked being sad, placing her hands on her face, sighing right after, only to receive some pats on her shoulders, coming from Minho and Jisung, each one in a different shoulder.

"I'm sorry he didn't say anything to you, Ms. Seo... It's really a shame." Jisung did a sad face just like hers and Minho copied his actions.

"It's okay, boys... One day he will see that I only want his success and the best of the best for him." She said and gave both of them a kiss on their foreheads, leading them to Changbin's room which was locked and she had to unlock to open for them to visit him.

Jisung gave Minho a 'what the fuck is she doing?' look, receiving a 'did she really lock her own son in his room?' look back and both frowning behind her back while she unlocked the door.

"Binnie, dear? Your friends came to visit you today! Look, Jisung and Minho are here, aren't them the sweetest in this whole world? Awww~ I wish I had good friends like you...!" She said opening the door to see a Changbin almost dead from boredom, appealing really dehydrated, really skinny, with food from lunch that he didn't even touch by his side.

Changbin's hair was longer, now covering his vision. His under eye bags were incredibly apparent, darker than they usually were. 'If Felix saw him like this, he would freak out. Definitely.' Jisung thought, covering his mouth with his right hand and widening his eyes to the view in front of him. Minho was shocked too, but soon he slapped Jisung's arms down and both got to their senses of the situation, regarding that Changbin's mom was still there.

"Thank you, Ms. Seo! You're the sweetest one for saying such things about us like this!" Jisung smiled and hugged her while Minho just politely thanked her and smiled faking happiness.

"I'm gonna let you guys hang out while I make dinner. Do you guys want to stay for dinner with us? I'm sure Binnie won't be able to be with you guys for this year's Christmas and New Year's eve, babies. But we can talk about that while we eat dinner tonight." She smiled after both boys agreeing on having dinner, vanishing off her son's room after leaving her phone on record mode to monitor them after they were gone tonight. What she didn't know was that Minho saw what she did and soon gave Jisung signals about what she did after she had closed the door.

"Changbin! Are you okay?!" The younger boy hugged him tightly, worried about his friend's health, receiving some 'ouch' s and 'ow' s in response, soon freeing him from the hug looking at him with watery eyes.

"Hi, guys... Yes, I'm okay..." Changbin said but his head was denying furiously and of course the boys understood his message.

"We were worried..." Minho said, giving him a look of 'we know it all, your sister told us' while pointing to the wall that was between the dark haired boy's and his sister's room.

"I see... Well, can you guys please give me the homework I have to do and also some annotations so I can keep up for the tests?" Changbin asked and both of them gave him their notebooks, soon the dark haired boy writing all of what was happening and handing them back. "Uh... Are you two... You know..." He pointed to his fourth finger on his left hand, clearly asking if they were engaged or Jisung's plan was a total fail. "...Doing good at school? Well, I ask this because Minho is graduating this year along with Chan and Woojin, so... I'm thinking of whether they are going to the University or not, you know...?"

Of course the boys understood what Changbin had said, both looking at each other at the same time and smiling from ear to ear, looking back at their friend while placing their hands on their pockets and putting the ring on their fingers, soon showing their hands to him and smiling even more, what clearly made the dark haired boy smile from ear to ear too, messing up his own hair and getting up to hug them both.

"I'm glad you guys are doing great at school... I wish that I do too when I get back..." He let some tears roll down his eyes, the couple soon hugging him back and wiping off his tears.

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a/n:
I might do another update today, uwu
A little Minsung moment for my readers <3

This is just to not make you guys hungry, you know? Lee Know. :P

Thoughts?