Strawberry Milk - Jeonglix

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"Do you still have my files saved on your phone?"

Felix stopped skating after Jeongin's question. He jumped off the ramp and rolled over to the bench where Jeongin was sitting, taking the seat beside him.

"Yeah, I think so. Why?"

"Because it had my address on it, didn't it? The house I was living in when I was found?" Jeongin asked, sipping on his carton of strawberry milk as Felix dug his phone out of his pocket. He started scrolling through the random pictures in his gallery until he found Jeongin's file.

"54 Winslow Drive, London. Apartment number 48," Felix answered, passing the phone over so Jeongin could see.

"Do you think we could go there?"

"Go there? But it's like...hours away and you're not allowed anywhere except the park," Felix said but there was a hopeful look in Jeongin's eyes, telling him that wasn't going to stop him, "ok, even if we went, what would you do there?"

Jeongin explained, "if we visit, some of my memories might come back to me."

"Well, I-I guess we could go. I'll have to ask my mum and we'll probably have to stay there overnight...how are you going to get away with that?"

Jeongin thought for a moment. "Seungmin can cover for me? I don't know, I'll figure it out but it doesn't matter. I just want to know something about my past, even if it's just where I lived."

"Ok," Felix nodded, knowing he would regret his decision later on, "I'll ask my mum about it when I get home, yeah?"

A smile broke out across Jeongin's face, "yeah!"

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"You want me to cover for you, for an entire night?" Seungmin asked when Jeongin proposed the idea. After Felix's mum agreed to take him and Felix to London for the night, the only thing left to do was convince Seungmin, who put his book down on his desk and stared at Jeongin. He was sitting on his bottom bunk, playing with Snowy's ears. He was up to something.

"I want to go to London with Felix."

Seungmin tried to remain calm despite the absurd request. He pressed his lips into a thin line and asked, "and why do you want to do that?"

Jeongin knew Seungmin wasn't going to take his idea lightly. "Because...I found out I grew up there."

"How did you find that out?"

"It's not important, I just want to go and visit."

"Not important?" Seungmin frowned, "what do you mean not important? How did you find out? You're not supposed to know things like that."

"Well, why aren't I?" Jeongin retorted, "it's my past. Why can't I know what happened to me?"

"Because Rose and Justin don't want you to-"

"Rose and Justin don't want me to do anything!" Jeongin protested, throwing Snowy down on his bed, "they won't let me go into town or watch TV or anything! Why should I do what they want me to?"

"Because I don't want you knowing either!" Seungmin shouted, voice raising higher than it usually did with Jeongin, "digging into your past is dangerous, Jeongin. You don't know how it's going to effect you so why would you do that?"

"Because I want to know who I am!" Jeongin shouted back, feeling his anger rise, something that rarely happened. It was a strange feeling but it wasn't bad, not at first. He knew there was only so much he could handle until his brain took him out of the situation though.