by Diego Xavier
- So take advantage of me today - laugh Charles - And the rest of the days I'm here, and rest assured that I always come back, we can be friends from today and come visit me in Boston if you can, keep the ties as close as possible.
- You can leave, official friends now, no more suspense and hide and seek.
- Charles his father is waiting for you to go to his residence – said William with an optimistic tone to him.
- I have to go now, it was good to see you friend, pass well Sir William - says C. directing the two and taking your few belongings.
- Hey Charles, the end of the sentence is something I've come to feel for you now – laugh Chris with a little shame – Just decipher from this tip.
C. finds his father in front of the stairs waiting for him and just heads towards the car. The next day, Bert and Ash had arranged to meet him at his home, kill the longing for several months without seeing each other, all with their necklaces in which they contained their initials, for being his friends, C. decides to try to vent what he was feeling to them, a feeling that never obtained and was unknown to himself, moments lived in Boston that made him stand in doubt about what his heart was wanting. After so much riddle, for he did not directly say anything of his life to them, for he was shy in this regard, Ash speaks out.
- I do not know why all this game of riddles feelings upon us, of course you are in love with someone friend, do not need SE fool not, nor try to deceive us.
"No, I don't think that's it," Charles whispered.
- Uh stallion, finally my friend showing his potential and finding a love in his life – said Bert.
- Barely arrived and already razes hearts Charles - laughed Ash - But what about the other riddles? You're not going to tell him? We got all day, buddy.
- What makes me confused is that... Well, there are many puzzles and I'm shy for it and I will not tell, pass well my loves - laugh Charles - are just new situations people, who have no experience, so I find the answer.
- Oh no, you can tell us the news - Riu Bert hugging his friend on the side of the couch - Who's making this little heart of ice beat faster in Boston on? If there's anyone who can do that.
- No one - laughed him - I just made friends for now, great friends by the way.
- Replacing us - Ash - And I'm not even going to ask how you have this audacity.
- I will never replace you my loves, we were born together in the belly of the Egyptian wolf forgot?
- How will I forget you preventing me from breastfeeding and so I became less attractive - Bert - But in more romantic compensation and full of girlfriends.
They continued there all night and dawn, doing things together and killing the longing, friends slept there all in the movie room on the huge couch, the night out great and had fun all that was missing months ago. The trip to the pet shop still needed to be made, so Charles decides in the middle of his car route, swerve out of the way and head to the residence he was days ago, rings the bell and asks if Christopher was home, the butler confirms and quickly the gate opens, Chris came with a smile on his face and with the strides in his direction.
- The last person I expected to see here in front of me today - laughed Chris - What can I be useful Charles?
- Um, how would you like to be a luxury escort? – ria Charles - Let's go shopping with me, I couldn't go that day to blame you, nothing fairer than to accompany me today.
Do you enjoy my company that much? I'm flattered, but my services are a little expensive, are you sure? — Chris bowed elegantly as if before the queen.
- It's you or me alone - laughed C - Here's me here to brighten your day today, now enter that we have many purchases to do.
They got in the car and went to the original GPS route, were chatting and laughing along the way, apparently could become great friends in the near future. They arrived at the kitten shop, Chris even tried to control C.'s consumerism, but there was no way, he needs to buy almost all the products for his five new cats.
- Are you sure this adult cat outfit is really necessary for PUPPY cats? " asked laughing Chris.
- Everything here is necessary friend, now help me and shut up.
They had fun shopping and set off for the nearest ice cream parlor leaving the bags in Amelie's car, sat at the table and enjoyed their delicious creamy ice creams, Charles feasted on his Pudding Sundae and Banana Chris.
- Pudding ice cream, this is new to me – said Chris to C. – If the sweet already there is too much sugar, imagine the ice cream, watch out for the diabetes in, I will not take care of anyone with problems in the pancreas.
- Rest assured, if I have diabetes you're going to run around buying candy for me hidden.
- Only if when I need someone to cheer up, you come, then yes.
It's a deal.
I'm glad then. Tomorrow I go to Glasgow to force with my father, he wants to distance me from what makes me good at the moment, stay with me tonight? asked Chris.
Stay?
- yes, being together, like friends who sleep at each other's house, it's okay that we seem a little old for that, but I don't think I've ever slept in anyone's house... - laughed Chris - Thought it was what?
- I didn't even say anything...- laughed - Come sleep over then, let's have a slumber party with two people, perfect.
- Oh, I've never been to a slumber party.
- You need to spend more time with me in, come on.
- Thanks Charles, I really need it - Chris licking C.'s face with ice cream.
They finish their iced sweets and leave for the Adkins mansion, the two got along very well and were making each other happy with the visa. Amelie was in the kitchen, where they pass by and bump into her.
- Mom, remember the Christopher I was looking for so much, here he is.
- Christopher, William's son, by the gods, if I'd known it was you, I'd have told Charles a long time ago.
- It's me, Charles' new friend since his birthday, finally we found - Chris looking at C. and seeing him with an apple in his hand pointing over his face and laughing.
- He's going to sleep here today, tomorrow he travels, so let's take the time to catch up, do something, etc.
- All right, son, I'm about to retire, so enjoy the night and no noise and rob the cellar, good night, boys.
They go up to C.'s gigantic, sophisticated room, making Chris admire and say it was his face, all exquisite as he was sleeping there. He opens the window and they both sit on the balcony of his room, enjoy the rare starry night of London, Chris said to be a sign of how good friends they could both be, leaving up to different heaven for them, begin to have deep conversations about their lives and Charles knows more about his family and how his relationship with his father was not the best , and how William would love to have a son like Charles and trade him without even thinking. The tuning of fact on the two was something to be proud of, they completed themselves in various ways and the hours were passing coming together sleep, Chris supports his head on C. and says thank you for making him forget a little of everything that pursued him, C. tells them to go to sleep and both lie down in the immense bed, it was cold even more with the routine air conditioning on , lie on their stomachs and spend another time talking, Charles telling the funny stories he was living. They slept in the same bed being new friends, it was already a breakthrough, until they woke up hours later, Henry knowing of William's son spending the night there and prolonging the friendship between the families, out in the room check and turns the two covered together with six cats around him, the picture was really beautiful, two cute boys with their kittens around , would make a beautiful painting and made him remember when he slept with his five friends in a single bed, tired of the activities they did on the day. The noise of the door causes Charles to wake up slightly and notices Chris with a peace feature for the first time, goes back to sleep again, awakens hours later and when opening his eyes he was no longer there, had left a message on C's cell phone.
"I had to go early for the trip
with my father (hate), and I didn't want to wake you up because I was sleeping like an angel, thank you for making me happy tonight, Mr. Adkins, I hope we keep in touch from now on since we have each other's number one. Good year to you at Harvard and be happy in Boston, when you come to London call me to go out and have fun again, a big hug, Christopher"
Charles ends his vacation by hanging out with friends and spending his time with family, chatting with Baeyong, Jin and Charlotte every day. The holidays at the Adkins mansion were always luxurious and gigantic, with many family members and other guests, on New Year's Eve, hugging Henry and Amelie as they watched the mansion's fireworks burn together, after fifteen minutes of admiration for the fireworks, her great aunt, would be the elder of the family, takes him by the hand as she passed through the room and says she felt his heart incomplete , who lacked something that was making him unhappy, she says that finally he would find someone to fill his young little heart, Charles just did not know who it could be, but was glad of the confidence of his great aunt.
***
Baeyong, New Year
The holidays at Baeyong's house had already become something of a single action during those nights in his life, always in his room, far from everything and everyone, only with his little sister by his side enjoying the fireworks for example. The situation of this family was strange after years, communication and unity ceased to exist, Baeyong thanked him for staying away from that house for several months of the year, wanting until not coming on holidays, only his sister made him have the strength to return there, she was his source of renewal and reflection. They were once again in his room watching the rockets explode in the seoul sky when he decides to tell her something.
- dongsaeng, your Oppa met someone special besides you.
- An unnie for me? Your girlfriend? asked excitedly.
- No, not your hasty - caressed your hair - A friend who makes me well as you, he helps me and supports me. Thanks to him, I won a contest in college, Harvard Boy.
Are you the Harvard kid? I can't wait to get to school and tell all my friends that my brother is a celebrity at his college.
- Calm young lady - laugh B. - It is not for that, anyway, if you go visit me as always promises and never will, I show you it.
- You talk and your eyes shine, do you like him Oppa?
- I like unnie, you're my best friend, just like you're my best friend. What good did you ask for for the coming new year?
"Let all of us in this house finally get it right," said the little one hugging her brother.
B.'s eyes filled with water seeing the little sister not bear the current situation of the family and suffer because of it
- Rest assured, one day we'll all go back to the way we were before, and I'm going to the BTS show again with you.
REALLY? You can't break what Oppa just said.
- I'm not going to do a little something, now let's go to sleep, go to your room, go, go, it's late.
- Good night Oppa, saranghae (I love you).
Good night, saranghae.
Bae's mother comes to hug him and wish him a good new year, he does the same, but with his darkest way of being, he missed maternal love, but did not show it. His days there in his family mansion were sad and boring, he didn't have the strength to go out on the street, he was just at home, nothing took him out of boredom, just the cell phone conversations with Charles for hours, he couldn't wait to get back to Boston and get out of Korea as soon as possible, definitely that country didn't do it well and spend two weeks there already suffering too much.
***
Jin and Charlotte
Brutally polluting and lowering boston's atmosphere, Jin was on his bike revised by himself heading toward charlotte's women's dormitory. He decided to go to make a surprise to his friend, but did not know what was the number of the room in which she was, arriving at the entrance of the building decided to ask a colleague of the room who lived there also where his friend lived, mission completed successfully, he already knew the number and then leaves for the third floor to surprise her with his presence without at least warning. Knocks on the old wooden door with a peephole in the middle of her, Charlotte had the towel attached to her hair to dry it and when she sees Jin despairs at him seeing him in that state, a little "ugly" for her, decides to open the door anyway.
- Jin - she said a little dull - what brings you here? You could have told me you were coming, so you wouldn't have to find me like this.
- Oh that, you're still beautiful as always – Jin making you smile – I remembered you wouldn't go anywhere at these holiday parties and feel guilty if I didn't invite you to at least spend with my family and me, we're not extravagant and eccentric, but at least there's happiness between us, and if you're going to be alone , it would be better if you stayed with your friend, right?
- I don't know if it's a good idea, you taking a stranger to the holidays at your house, your mom won't find it a little uncomfortable?
- Come on, she's going to love it, you're sure you said, what do you say? Come spend Christmas and New Year with your friend.
- I have nothing to do right here, I will then go have fun with my cute friend Jin – she squeezing J's cheeks.
Jin waits to put some clothes and belongings in a backpack, there was a time when he turned her underwear drawer, causing Charlotte to send him looking the other way. Her suitcase was packed and J. was waiting for her downstairs, arranging her bike for the long four-hour journey from Boston to New York.
- Can you take four hours of traveling on top of this beautiful one here with me? We can take the bus or rent a car if you prefer.
- No, it's okay with me, I've always loved riding a motorcycle with you, it's going to be a pleasure to go to New York with her.
- We can, and will, make stops halfway to get you to know a little more of the U.S. you don't know.
I'd love to, buddy.
Jin helps her get on his bike and she hugs him at the waist to go safely to his house, he doesn't care much because it was for her safety and they go to the road, it was 2:30 p.m. when they were crossing downtown Boston, enjoying the wind in their hair and exchanging a few laughs from time to time , because the noise was loud there, the helmets muffled a little, but nothing that could have a normal conversation in good tone. He was happy that he would be doing a good deed, not letting his friend be alone at the end of the year, his heart had already rejoiced, after a few hours on the road, they stop at a station by the road to fuel and Charlotte takes the opportunity to go get ready in the bathroom, Jin out to buy two coffees and meet minutes later on a bench.
- I was remembering the last time I went to visit another Charlotte, how beautiful and magnificent she is to see - Jin watching her discreetly and seeing her reaction - I wanted to see her again, too bad you're far away from here, then you'd know her namesake.
- Invites the other Charlotte then to get on her bike - she laughs - Since she is more beautiful and magnificent than me.
- Oh, I'd even invite her if she wasn't a giant, i'd smash the back of my bike.
Jin? The fatphobia.
But why is that? he laughed - I'm talking about Charlotte, the city - stared at her and laughed at her serious face looking at him for the joke.
- Very funny - she said slapping his back lightly - I thought I had already replaced myself with another Charlotte.
- Never, you are my only and forever Charlotte, invisible woman of the fantastic four - laugh them before they proceeded again to the road.
Arrived in New York around 6 p.m., Jin swerved off the streets of heavy traffic and where the city's big attractions were also, arriving at the door of her home, she was a little afraid of the reaction of his family members for having a strange holiday party.
- Don't be apprehensive, they're going to love you. Now follow me this way, we're not going through the front door, I'm going to go through the back doors and surprise me.
He opens the door with a thin face of his younger sister who unw
ittingly lets out a shout "JII..." but he quickly covered her mouth, asks for silence and already hugs her kissing her on the cheek. Jin's mother asks from afar why she was screaming, she says it was nothing and Jin proceeds in his surprise, without any sound, he takes off his shoes and goes towards the room where his mother was, giving his little sister who was in his lap, to charlotte's lap who had already become friends with the sweet and friendly little girl who was , sighted the target, subtly he slaps his mother's eyes and pretends to make a thicker and more abnormal voice to his, trying to scare her.
- Your daughter was screaming, because this is a robbery, pass everything of value you have to me - Jin the robber.
- I can only give you one thing, mr. burglar... my heart to my dear son.
- Oh mom, like you know it's me, you iron wife – he outraged after all the staging.
- Your touching made my heart be happy, mother always knows my son, now comes and gives me a tight hug of those very tasty bear, I was dying of longing for you my love - she said hugging her son.
- Enough mom - he's a little dull by charlotte's presence who laughed lightly at seeing the beautiful scene of mother and son - we have a visit this time, this is my friend Charlotte, she's going to spend the parties with us, all right for you?
- Charlotte dear, nice to meet you, never in the history of this city has my son brought a girl home, do you believe? It's a moment of celebration today – she mocking her son – Is your girlfriend my good?
- No, mom, if you control women - he's all laughing.
- I'm his friend, nice to meet you too, I hope you don't mind my presence here, I had nowhere to go and your kind son invited me to his residence – with his cute way of being.
- The more kind people, the better my dear, stay as long as you want, our house is like your home.
They help her with christmas dinner and continue to smile, laugh and enjoy each other's company, all happy and cheerful, had arrived on Christmas Eve and enjoyed everyone there the holiday between family, for a moment she missed her own family and her little sister who were on the other side of the ocean, but Jin always made her smile and leave that feeling aside , until she got a gift where Jin's mother made her middle daughter run and find something nice to buy Charlotte. Every day that they stayed there, Jin took her for a walk and to know NY, not in a whole month you can get to know the whole city, but he tried to take it in the main sights of the city, from Christmas to the new year, respectively, Empire States, Central Park, Times Square, Statue of Liberty and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was the 31st and Jin's mother tells them to go to Times Square, see the arrival of the new year from the big screens, he loves the idea and later they move towards the venue, there were small shows by world-famous artists such as BTS and Post Malone to which Jin was a fan, saw for the first time the artists performing the music that made them win the Harvard boy and girl contest , BTS, Charlotte was elated and it wasn't even because of the drink that Jin and she were sharing. It was approaching midnight and the preparation for the arrival of the new year was coming, the countdown had begun, everyone looked at each other, they were a little drunk, but all right once a year, the custom there was when midnight, they kissed their partners.