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Chapter 9

Maddie looked up at the towering building in front of them and noted to herself that her young cousin definitely lived in a nice place. Izzy pressed the according buzzer to connect with the intercom in his apartment clearly having done this many times before, she was greeted with a crackling noice before she heard the same voice of her cousin just about 3 octaves deeper than the last time she'd heard it in real life.

"Hello?" It questioned in Korean to which Izzy replied in English.

"Hey Johnny, it's Iz, I brought Mads over" Izzy explained.

"Oh Hey please come up do you need help with her bags?" Johnny's crackling voice replied in his American-English

"Oh yeah that'd be great thank you!" Izzy quickly agreed, with out Jungkook it was clear neither of the exhausted girls had a hope in lugging the huge suitcase up to Johnny's apartment.

"I'll be right down" Johnny replied before the line went quiet once again. Izzy and Maddie shared a look and soon after they were greeted by Johnnys smiling face, he'd changed and grown up a lot since Maddie had last seen him.

"Hey!" They both said at the same time, Johnny pulled Maddie into a warm hug before greeting Izzy, they'd seen each other a lot more recently than Maddie and Johnny had, it must have been at least 5 years since they'd last met.

Johnny was, as her mother had promised, very fashionable, his taste was not too dissimilar to her own. He'd grown up to be very handsome and not to mention tall, Maddie was always convinced she got her height from her European side not from their shared grandfather but by the looks of Johnny she may have to rethink things.

"You look good!" Johnny stated after completing a similar examination of Maddie.

"I was just going to say the same thing about you!" Maddie laughed "I'm definitely not the same 13 year old you knew"

"Definitely not you've grown into a fine young woman" Johnny complimented, taking the suitcase out of Maddie's hand.

Izzy snorted at his comment, "you do know why she was sent out here right? She's far from 'fine'. Therefore Jonathan I except you to take care of my precious little bean or you will face the consequences."

"Way to lighten the mood Iz" Maddie replied, rolling her eyes before sending Izzy a well deserved death glare.

"Sure thing shortcake" Johnny replied with a teasing smile picking on Izzy's height. Izzy was a proud 5 foot 5 inches which was way above average for Korea but Johnnys insane height could make anyone feel small.

"Just because I'm small doesnt mean I can't kick your ass" Izzy muttered raising an eyebrow.

"Also shouldn't you be respecting your oppa?" Johnny teased, lording over the four years he had on her.

"Sorry oppa" Izzy said in a sickly sweet voice, "but it's hard to take you seriously when you look like a character from a dr Seuss book."

Maddie who had been previously watching the exchange between her family now burst out laughing as she and her sister high fived.

"Wow so mature" Johnny pouted. "I'm on the third floor and the elevators currently out of order so I hope you don't mind the stairs."

"It'll be fine" Maddie replied politely trying not to let her frustration show as her exhausted legs wobbled under her.

"Why isn't she just staying with you Iz though?" Johnny asked over Maddie, as the three of them started to work together to haul the massive suitcase up the three flight of stairs in front of them.

"Yeah sure Maddie can come stay in my crappy apartment which has barely enough room for me and my roommate let alone another human. Especially one with this much clothes" Izzy replied sassily. They kept fighting with the suitcase but thanks to Johnny's strength they were up the stairs relatively quickly. Throughout the procedure Izzy's phone kept pinging with her annoying duck text tone causing the three of them to laugh.