Hyunjin groaned and tilted his head back. His neck was shiny with sweat and his hair was damp.

   “Sorry, boys, I’ve been trying to have the damn AC repaired for weeks, but you know how it is,”

   “It is fine, mom,” Chan said.

   “Yeah, it is fine, Mrs Bang,” Hyunjin assured, pressing an ice pack to his neck.

   “I bought ice pops if you guys would like any. Chan, there is mail for you on the counter, I will be back,”

  Chan hummed in acknowledgment and leaned back in his seat.

   “Rock, paper, scissors to see who gets up and gets the ice pops?” Hyunjin asked.

  The older held his hand out, groaning when he lost. Paper beating rock made no sense in Chan’s opinion. Hyunjin stayed seated as Chan got up.

  “I long for the day when it is actually cold and not just at night. I mean we are in December and it feels like what a normal summer would feel like,” Hyunjin said.

  Chan hummed from the kitchen, his popsicle in his mouth as he looked through his mail.

    His eyes widening at one particular piece. Taking his popsicle out of his mouth he grabbed his phone.

   “Holy shit,” he said.

  “What’s wrong?” Hyunjin questioned.

   “Come on, pick up,” Chan muttered.

  Hyunjin groaned and peeled himself off of the stupid pleather recliner.

   “Hey, You’ve reach Yuqi Song, if this is Soyeon call me on my home phone, if not you know what to do,”

  Chan hung up and called again.

   Hyunjin grabbed his popsicle and unwrapped it.

     “Holy shit. Come on Yuqi, pick up,” Chan huffed.

  “What is going on? Why are you in such a rush to call her?” Hyunjin questioned.

  Chan handed Hyunjin the piece of mail.

It was pretty, then Hyunjin read it.

   We are happy to invite you to the engagement party of Felix Lee and Micah Johnson

   Hyunjin didn’t even read the rest of it before he tossed it on the counter.

He didn’t even think there was a word to describe how he was feeling. Tossing the popsicle stick in the garbage he left, leaving Chan confused.

   As he walked outside, he pulled out his phone.

  Was he about to do this?

He clicked the unblock button and sighed, yes, he was.

   He pressed the call button and waited.

  One ring… two… “What?”

    “How are you?” Hyunjin asked.

  “I’m fine, but you called me for a reason so let’s get to that,” Felix said.

  Hyunjin bit his lip, “Did you and Yuqi argue?”

   “Did she tell you?”

   “She isn’t answering Chan’s calls and her voicemail is set to tell Soyeon to call her home phone. I can only assume,” Hyunjin said.

  Felix hummed.

   “Look, I know it isn’t my business nor place, but Yuqi cares about you and wants the best for you. All your friends do, especially Jamie, especially after she found out about you and Micah,”

   “It isn’t your place, your right,”

   Hyunjin sighed, “Do you think that any of this situation is normal, Felix? Removing the factors of you and me, you and Yuqi, you and Jamie, and the fact that you’ve known Micah for at most two years, does this seem normal?

   Does it seem normal that a mere two weeks after his divorce he was pursuing you and then after he got you it took barely a month to propose? Felix, can you honestly tell me that it isn’t a little weird that he is going so fast? And to top it off, you probably told him about you and Yuqi aren’t talking and now things are being rushed,”

    “It is fine,” Felix said softly.

    “Felix,” Hyunjin said softly.

   “What do you want me to say Hyunjin? I have people telling me a bunch of things and it is so frustrating, because I don't know what they want me to do or feel. What is it that you want me to say?” Felix's voice cracked as he spoke. 

   “What is it you feel? Outside of what you may think others want you to feel, what is it that you feel?”

    Hyunjin could hear movement and what sounded like someone else talking.

     “Hey, Hyunjin, Felix had to go, he'll call you back later,” Micah said.

   “What is he going to do?” Hyunjin asked.

    “Study, you know how he is about school,”
  
    Hyunjin bit his inner cheek and nodded, “I'll call him later then,”

    Micah hung up.

   Hyunjin sighed and looked at Felix's contact.

   This was just lovely.