Minho awoke sharply on a Saturday morning a few days after he had been released to Felix shaking him. "Hyung! Wake up! There's someone I want you to meet and he'll be here in like 15 minutes."
"Ah! Give me a warning Felix! It takes me at least half an hour to wake up," Minho complained as he pushed back his sheets.
"Stop being dramatic and hurry up."
That was the reason why Minho found himself, or a zombie version of himself, sat on the sofa in the lounge at the grand time of 9AM. Felix was bouncing his knee in either nervousness or excitement (Minho was too tired to decipher which) as he stared out of the window looking for whoever he wanted Minho to meet.
When a car finally pulled up, Felix's eyes lit up and he ran to open the front door, "Channie hyung!" he spoke excitedly and Minho couldn't help but feel his heart warm at seeing Felix so happy. He stood up as 'Channie hyung' stepped into the room and they greeted each other with a warm smile.
"Hi, I'm Chan! Felix has told me about you but I don't know if he's told you about me," Chan joked and the blank look on Minho's face probably told the story well enough.
"No I didn't," Felix spoke and Chan rolled his eyes teasingly.
"Well I'm Chan and I work for an underground charity called unite, we run a secret database which tries to help ex lovers who were forced apart reunite," Chan explained and immediately Minho was much more interested in the boy, "I'm not going to force you into doing this but would you like to be added to the database because I'm pretty sure that's why Felix invited me here today."
Minho pondered for a moment over what he had to lose but the thoughts were quickly overrun with the truth. He had already lost everything, why shouldn't he try to reclaim a little part of what would've once probably made him so happy? "I'll do it," he spoke determinedly.
Chan smiled, "great! So i'm going to need your details and what you can remember."
They set about making Minho's profile with the limited information they boy knew about his own life, "Lee Minho, probably admitted around a month ago, released from the National Memory Rehabilitation Centre 5 days ago," Chan read back to Minho who nodded along to the few facts he knew about himself.
"Okay so what you can remember is probably the most important part, we hope that you will remember things that will match up with your lover because it often happens that people's memories will be similar," Chan explained and Minho felt hope surge through him when the older boy spoke these words.
"Wait so people have found each other before?" He asked.
"Of course, our success rate is still low at around 11.5% but if you think that there are almost 3 quarters of a million people on the database, a lot of couples have found each other again, I know I definitely have," Chan smiled proudly.
"You found your lover again and still stayed here?" Minho asked as if even the idea of such a thing was absurd.
"We both worked for unite, so it was only natural that we both wanted to stay here and see if we could help people be as happy as us, I don't recommend it though, if you find him you should leave as soon as possible, Woojin and I decided that we will leave when I turn 30 and live the rest of our lives openly," Chan explained, "anyway what can you remember?"
"I remember the word squirrel but I don't know if that counts as a memory or just something that came into my head," Minho explained and Chan typed quickly on his computer before lifting up his head.
"Random words that come into your head are sometimes the most important things, they show things that are important enough to break through the barriers," the eldest spoke and Minho smiled again. Every word that came from Chan's mouth seemed to give him a rush of hope and a feeling that he felt as if he had never experienced before, the excitement of perhaps being able to reunite with someone he lost who was so important to him felt so exhilarating and he just wanted to do everything in his power to find his lover again.
"There was a song I knew," He told Chan and the older's head lifted slightly at the statement.
"That's rare, do you know what it was called?" Chan asked and Minho simply shook his head as he tried to rack his brain for the title. It wasn't there.
"It was easily by Bruno Major," Felix supplied the answer and Chan noted it down with a soft smile.
"And I remember that cheesecake is important and the letter J," Minho rambled on as Chan's face became gradually more surprised with each item that he listed off.
"How long have you been awake?" Chan asked.
"I was awake for two weeks before they let me out so maybe almost three weeks?" Minho replied helpfully and Chan shared a look with Felix.
"Minho you can remember so many things in such a short space of time, this is so so rare," the oldest spoke, "I've put your details in and there's currently 348 possible matches but don't be disheartened honestly, at the rate you're remembering things, that could be down to about 75 in within the next week."
"Seriously?" Minho asked in near disbelief.
"Yeah, you and Felix make quite the pair, in fact Felix your matches have gone down to 10 today," Chan smiled and Felix's eyes lit up slightly.
"Really?" He asked with excitement laced into his voice and Minho felt so happy for the younger boy.
"Minho the only flaw in this system is that your lover may not have signed up, the current rate is 73.6% so it stands a chance that they have or if not they will very soon," Chan smiled kindly.
"Thank you both of you, this means a lot and now that I know the truth and that there is someone out there who I loved and who loved me I feel a lot happier, thank you," Minho spoke.
"Any time," Felix grinned.
"Yes, any time you remember anything write it down in the notebook that Felix bought you and I visit Felix every week so I'll check back with you and update your profile then," Chan checked his watch as he stood up from the sofa, "anyway it was nice meeting you Minho and good seeing you Felix but I have to go, see you next week!" Chan waved goodbye and Minho watched as he walked out of the door but left the promise of a love that Minho could regain.
As Felix walked back into the room, he smiled and sat down on the chair across from Minho, "Chan hyung is also from Australia," he explained, "it appears that the government here doesn't care where you are from, if you are dating someone of the same gender who is from this country then you are in danger," he spoke sadly, "I think the worst part for me was that the memory wipe messed with my Korean skills a bit so I woke up a little less than fluent and I was so confused."
"If it's not a bad thing to ask," Minho began, "how long have you been out and how much can you remember?"
"I've been out around a month now, so not that long at all really and as for what I can remember, I met Chan hyung because I felt like something was up and saw a sign about a support group for people who had had their memory wiped, turns out it was a unite session so I walked straight into a place where everything suddenly made sense, Chan hyung gave me the notebook and on the first night I sat in my room and filled a quarter of it." Felix explained and Minho looked on with wide eyes.
"I'm lucky to have you as my younger fake brother Felix."
"I'm lucky to have you as my older fake brother hyung."
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