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mark and sungchan eventually told him what really happened. and although ten loves his two nephews with all his heart, he couldn't agree with their plan.
"babies, as much as i love you both from the bottom of my heart, i can't agree with your plan."
"hyung, why??" mark and sungchan whined with a pout. ten found it cute but settled himself comfortably on the bed.
"because," he started. "your uncle doyoung haven't done anything bad. he's not up to something, he just wants to love your papa. he's not like those people who's after the money of a powerful man, he's in love your papa."
mark and sungchan pouted looking down. "babies, when you grow older, you're gonna understand it too. so for now, why don't we just let your papa be and go to sleep, hmm?"
"ok, hyung." mark didn't let go of his pout and got tucked in the bed by his uncle tennie. until their goodnights with ten, they both still had their pouts.
"goodnight, honey." ten kissed their temples and slowly walked out the room.
as he closed the door, he had his hand on his chest breathing satisfyingly. mark is here. he thought. i can't believe mark is finally back.
on the other side of the world, it's another morning of minhyung pretending and spending time with his dad. he was supposed to be packing up but his bodyguard already did it all for him. by now, minhyung realizes he's not just a bodyguard for him.
he was so excited to go out with his dad and even though johnny was going to be left behind for personal matters, minhyung was still excited. he wished his bodyguard could come with because it was to be lonely with him on his own in the house.
"dad, can't johnny hyung come? he's all alone in here." minhyung asked his dad as they ate their breakfast.
"sweetheart, you know johnny has personal matters to take care of. but don't worry, he's gonna follow us once things are done." his dad smiled with dimples coming out. huh, why didn't i get dimples as deep as dad's?
a few moments later, they were done with breakfast and johnny came out to speak to his boss. they were talking so quietly but minhyung didn't bother eavesdropping and just started getting ready to go.
"markie, let's go. the car's here."
minhyung got his last bag and ran out excitedly going to his dad. his dad found it cute and ruffled his hair. "hmm, you're really excited huh?"
"uhh johnny, don't forget to follow. you know this little man's gonna be a big grumpus if he doesn't see you there." jaehyun reminded of their bodyguard before settling their bags in the car. "yes, sir jung. i'll promise to follow."
on the car ride, minhyung fidgets with his fingers. he misses home and wanted to check up on them at least once a day. and now, he has to ask his dad for his personal phone like mark instructed.
"dad," minhyung started. his dad looked at him, again with the dimpled smile. "when can i get a hold of my phone?"
jaehyun stared confused and tilted his head. "oh yeah, i forgot about your phone already. well, it's back in the house. do you want me to buy you a new one when we get to miami?"
this shocked minhyung and immediately shook his head no. "oh, no dad. i'll just get it when we get back." he smiled.
"you sure, sweetheart? we can buy you a new one. besides your phone is getting kinda old, don't you want a new one? i'll get rid of the old one for you."
aw man, does he really replace things this easily? he thought. "that won't be necessary, dad. it... has a lot of sentimental value." yeah, that's a good one.
his dad smirked. "okay, if you say so. don't come complaining to me when you get crabby for not holding a phone."
"it's not about having a phone right now, dad. this trip is about us spending time together." minhyung said. and all of a sudden, his dad furrowed his eyebrows and looked at him confused again. "what happened to you? you weren't this sappy. did 3 weeks of camp change you this much?" jaehyun asked playfully.
wow, mark really needs to work on his emotional relationship with dad. or maybe i need to tone down the sappiness? eh.
johnny stared at the ceiling from the living room. he kept wondering if what he saw was true. is it? is it really?
he kept thinking how impossible it was. something like this could only happen in movies, like everyone would think. how exactly did he have a clue?
packing mark's bag is already a usual thing for him to do whenever they go out for vacation. he always goes out with the two guys whenever jaehyun plans a trip with mark. of course, they couldn't leave their trusted bodyguard behind.
this time, however, he needed to stay back for a day because several important deliveries are coming for jaehyun's endorsements and an important camp report is set to come that jaehyun didn't let mark know. having tons of endorsements for his boss is a natural thing because who wouldn't want his face all over the big boards? but these deliveries are more important than the previous ones he had that he needs it claimed right away.
as johnny packed the remaining of mark's clothes, he opened his drawer to fish out his bag of travel toiletries. the minute he opened his drawer, he saw something else. he thought it was nothing and since he's the little boy's trusted bodyguard and also "butler" of some kind, he took it thinking it's one of mark's necessities.
the funny thing is, he didn't remember mark having this kind of wallet ever before. he definitely knows mark's stuff but he has never seen mark have this in his life. maybe it's a souvenir from camp? why would it be inside his drawer? he thought. he opened it and looked.
is that?... johnny thought initially. why would that be in there?
he picked it up and scanned the little piece of paper. he couldn't believe what he's seeing. it's his old boss.
when he saw the photo, it was folded in half. the front was a photo of a man in the clear pocket. he took it out and on the other half of the photo was a photo of mark and another young boy.
no.
this can't be right. he thought. does mark know?
it's a definite possibility but it made him think. mark wasn't supposed to know him. he said inside his head, already worrying. but the other boy in the photo was someone he definitely doesn't know. he's never met him in his life before, so that's the puzzle.
he saw a piece of paper fell. it looked like it was torn from a notebook but it had a number. now absolutely, he recognized the number--mark's phone number.
suddenly, it seemed like an electric current sparked inside his head. he figured it out.
is he not mark?
his thoughts were suddenly cut off by a ringing of the door bell. his boss' deliveries were here.
he stood up from the couch and walked to the door to see their personal mailman. "good morning johnny, i have mail coming from california. mr. jung's deliveries will be coming later this afternoon, so it's only this for now."
johnny took the envelope with a tag on the front. "is this little markie's progress report from camp?"
"seems like it. i haven't seen that little boy for a while now, say hi to him for me." the man said with a smile.
"alright, will do. thanks mr. stan."
when the door closed, he picked up his phone from the counter and dialed his boss' number. they're probably still in the airport, might as well inform him now. he thought as he dialed.
he waited until the line stopped ringing, and then his boss picked up.
"yes john?"
"sir jung, mark's camp progress report came just now. should i open it?" he asked.
"oh yeah. open it, i'll check on it when we get back home. we'll get going, our plane's boarding."
"yes, sir jung."
the call was dropped and johnny didn't waste any more time before opening the large envelope. it was a big folder with a legal-sized paper that stated all the things mark did in camp. all the progress he had made, good deeds, bad deeds.
on the note at the bottom, it was stated in the disciplinary actions description box that he's been in the isolation cabin with another boy named lee minhyung.
his mind buffered very very slowly. was he getting it right? is this mark's? indeed, it is, as written on the name above.
had he finally met his twin?
(A/N: oh its happening oh oh)
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