warning: mentioned past abuse and mentioned death

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The male looked up as files were set on his desk.

   "What are these?"

  "A case that Will wants you and Maria to work on," Natalie said.

   Felix nodded.

   "How is he?"

   The brunet took a breath. That wasn't that easy to answer.

   "Uhm, he is going to physical therapy so he can walk again, he is getting to know his daughter as far as I know he is okay," Felix told her.

"Are you guys still not talking?" She questioned.

"What I kept from him was a pretty big thing, so I'd be surprised if he ever wanted to talk to me again,"

  "You have to keep in mind that is wasn't your fault either, Felix,"

   Felix smiled and shrugged, "I'll start looking over the case now so I can meet up with Maria and discuss it later,"

  Natalie nodded, "Try to call him, I'm sure he'd want to hear from you,"

   "Maybe,"

    The woman left the office, leaving Felix alone once again.

  He honestly wasn't sure if Hyunjin would want to talk to him. After all that happened he was sure the older would never want to talk to him again.

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    "Hyunjin, call him,"

   "What if he doesn't want to talk to me? It has been nearly two months,"

  Belle sighed, "Natty talked to him the other day. He seemed pretty distracted,"

   "He does have a pretty attention demanding job," Hyunjin said.

  "It was his day off. He and Natty had plans to go cake tasting," Belle said, adjusting one of the balance bars.

   "Right, how is planning the wedding going?"

   Belle shrugged, "Better than before. Haneul and I have been working with the florist and Julie is working with the choreographer for the dance. Pretty much all Natty has had to worry about is the cake, drinks, and food. That is off topic though. You and Felix need to talk, and you need to be the one to initiate it," The woman said.

   Hyunjin sighed and pulled himself up.

   "What if I call and he doesn't answer?" Hyunjin questioned.

   "Then leave a message and wait, but you two need to talk,"

   She was right. They needed to talk.

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  Felix bit his lip as he stood in front of the door. Maybe, he wasn't so sure about this. Natalie suggested talking to Hyunjin but he was sure she meant over the phone... not in person.

  Lifting his hand he knocked lightly. He heard noises then the door opened. It was Hyunjin, he was standing there. He was holding a cane in his right hand and the door with his left. He looked surprised.

    "Fe-Felix, hi,"

 "Hi," Felix said softly.

  Hyunjin blinked a few times then stepped aside a little shakily, "Uhm, come in,"

  Felix stepped in and looked around a little, "You're new place looks nice. Yeji sent me some pictures, but, uh, it looks better in person,"

 The two sat down across from each other.

   "Thanks, Chan and Jeongin helped me decorate,"  Hyunjin said.

    "They did a good job,"

   Hyunjin nodded, he couldn't stop looking at Felix. It had been two months since he had last seen or even talked to him, he wasn't sure what to do.

   "I'm sorry I never told you sooner, I should have told you when I realised who you were,"  Felix apologised. 

  The older bit his inner cheek and took a breath, "When did you realise?" 

 Felix looked at his hands and shifted a little, "The night after that company dinner. The one where we started the arrangement. I figured it out when I saw with you Yeji,"

  That was a long time to not say anything. Did it upset Hyunjin a little? Yes, but he understood. It was something difficult to even mention.

  "You mentioned a while ago that when you were six you were moved out of a foster home... is that why?"

  Felix honestly wished it was that reason. It probably would have saved him from a lot of scars. "No, I got moved after. Uhm, all the foster kids were young, I was the oldest at six. It was the only reason she got to keep us. She said she was protecting me from Dohee

  I don't remember it clearly, but I remember her comforting me. She told me it was okay, she was there and would protect me. Then she turned to the foster mom and... it just happened really fast,"

   Hyunjin reached out and held Felix's hand, "I hope you know it wasn't your fault. Even if Dohee survived she probably would've said she'd do it all over again, she was protective," he said.

  The younger squeezed his hand softly.

   "How are you? I mean Yeji has told me that you are doing physical therapy but I didn't know you were walking," Felix changed the subject.

  "Thankfully, it has been easy so far, but I am still not 100%. Belle is confident in how far I have gotten in just a bit, but I still have to use the cane,"

  "Still it is good you are walking,"

  Hyunjin nodded.

   The two sat in silence for a minute. There was a lot on their minds. They felt better talking but there was just something that kept nagging in the back of their minds.

   Felix took a deep breath, "Hyunjin,"

  "Yeah?"

   "I love you,"

   Hyunjin smiled a little and held Felix's hand a little tighter.

   "I love you, lix,"