Soon enough, he got enough money saved up for the surgery, and he was excited to tell Jisung. So there he went, with a spring in his step as he made his way to the usual flowery garden. When he asked Jeongin where he could find the older, he pointed in the general direction of the area Han would be. Surely enough, he found Jisung planting some petunias in a flower bed. Whenever he asked how he constantly had work to do, he answered "there is always something to fix or improve." With bright energy coursing through Felix's veins, his smile truly seemed to light up the world just like the beaming sun above. The older looked up, feeling the boy's presence.
"Guess what?" Felix asked with enthusiasm, bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"What happened? You don't look as tired as I usually see you," Jisung smiled gently.
"I got enough money for my heterochromia surgery!"
"You did what?!" was the reply.
"Aren't you happy for me?" Felix whimpered, tears threatening to spill.
"Why don't you understand that there are people out there, like me, that appreciate who you are? Why don't you see how beautiful it is? Why don't you just stop listening to those voices? Tell me." Anger and disappointment mixing into one.
"Don't you understand? It's not that easy! I thought you actually understood how I felt. I guess I was wrong, after all." With that said, the dam holding back his tears tore down and a torrent gushed out of his eyes. He messily wiped them away as he ran back home, ignoring the yells from his mom. He locked the door behind him, weeping into his knees.
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EXCEPTance//Jilix (OT8)
Short StoryFelix moves to Yurolin and people aren't exactly accepting of his heterochromia... Jisung finds him crying in his grandma's botanical garden and shows him self-acceptance. Will Felix love himself after all? - a short story with short chapters - for...
