[A/N: Translations will be given in brackets and italics ; Hyung means Big Brother in Korean]

"Do you like it?" Father asked as we entered an expensive-looking restaurant. 

"Yes, I like it but isn't it to-" 

"Too expensive? Nope! If it's only for today and when I take your mother out for dates." I gagged at his very very sweet words, which gave me cavities, and proceeded to make my way to our table.

I sat down on a random seat and looked at my parents to see them looking at each with that look.

And I know you know what I mean, so I am not gonna say the word.

Before I could tell them off, a small box was placed in front of me and a person sat beside me. I frowned and immediately looked beside me to tell the person off but words got stuck in my throat as I saw who it was.

"H-Hyung?!" I gasped as I saw him here, sitting beside me, in flesh. Tears burst from my eyes and immediately hugged him. 

"Woah kiddo naya." He chuckled as I cried in his arms.

(Woah kiddo it is me)

"Hyung! I thought you will not make it! It's been 6 years since I last saw you! And that was when you were leaving for the military!"

South Korea has this law that when you are of a certain age you have to go into the military for a certain period of time.

And yes, my family is from South Korea but my parents and I moved to the US because of my university and so, my brother and I rarely met.

And also because my father wanted to expand his fishing business.

"Geogi yaedeul a uljima, na yeogi issjanh-a? geuleoni geuman ul-eo!" I immediately stopped crying after his words and wiped away my tears and snot, all the while looking at him giving me a big grin.

(There, there kiddo don't cry, I'm here now right? So stop crying!)

"You still suck at speaking English but at least you understand it," I said sniffling slightly and he chuckled. 

"There there, has the brothers made up now? Can we see what you brought for Jinnie?" Father said, with a wide smile on his face. I wiped my hands on my pants and opened the gift.

There sat four identical-looking silver keys and I looked at them confused as I took them out of the box. "What's this?" I asked inspecting the keys.

And that's when it hit me.

"No...no way Hyung..." I gaped at the keys and then at him but he only flashed me a cheeky smile. 

"What? What is it Jin?" Mother asked with curious eyes. 

"Hyung...he...he got me an apartment!" 

"What?!" My parents shouted at the same time making the people in our neighbouring seats look at us with curious gazes. I quickly apologized to them before turning to my parents who were glaring at my brother who instead of feeling scared, had a small smile on his face.

"I don't agree!"

"Me neither!"

My parents complained, crossing their arms and leaning back in their chairs. My brother put down the glass before speaking, "Dong-uihaneunji yeobuneun jung-yohaji anhseubnida. Jin-eun ije seong-in-i doeeossgi ttaemun-e honja sal-ayahago, seongjanghago munjee jigmyeonhaneun beobdo baewoyahabnida. Geuga hangsang dangsindeul alaee iss-eumyeon geuneun amugeosdo baeuji anh-eul geos-imeulo eomeoni abeojileul gippeugehasibsio." His words seemed to get to my parents.

(It doesn't matter if you agree or not. Jin is an adult now so he has to live on his own, he also needs to grow up and learn to face troubles. If he always stays under you guys, he will learn nothing so please Mother and Father, it's for his own good.)

"How about we eat first? I'm starving!" I said before picking up the menu and scanning it thoroughly. My parents and brother kept on with their staring contest so I had no choice but to order for them too. I called a waiter and ordered anything that looked appealing to me. After writing down the order, he left.

Did I ever tell you that we, Koreans, eat a lot but still seem to stay slim? Well...that fact surprises me too. And also the fact that you cannot be fat if you want to stay in Korea. Don't know where that law came from but it's pretty stupid in my case as we can maintain our body figures, that law does not bother me.

"Jin-ssi, apateuneun gaguga wanbidoeeo issgo jega imi gaguleul gajyeo wassneunde byeongyeong-i pil-yohasimyeon malsseumhaejuseyo. dangsin-ui 'jigjang'e jogeum-ilado gakkawo geol-eul suneun issjiman sigan-i geollibnida. Ttohan naneun yeogie myeochil dong-an man-iss-eul geos-imeulo apateuleul salpyeobogo byeongyeong-i pil-yohanji gyeoljeonghasibsio." My brother said and I nodded my head. 

(Jin, the apartment is fully furnished and I have already brought the furniture but if you need to change anything just tell me. It's even a little bit near to your 'workplace' so you can walk but it will take time. Also, I'll be here for a few days only so take a look at the apartment and decide if you need to change anything.)

"I'll go tomorrow, I have plans tonight." He acknowledged my words before picking up the glass and sipping his wine.

"Jinnie, won't you ask what we brought for you?" I frowned at Mother's words before shaking my head. 

"You guys already gave a lot, why would I ask for more? Instead, just take care of your health for me okay? I don't need anything from you," I said softly, as my words sounds a bit harsh. Mother's eyes filled up with tears, as she sniffed making me panic 

"Mo-" 

"See SeokJin's dad? Our baby boy doesn't need us anymore! He doesn't wan-" 

"Okay okay Mom! Stop crying, okay? What did you get me?" Instantly she stopped crying and wiped her eyes.

I looked at her with a shocked face and my brother and father only shook their heads at her with a small smile. "Here," Mother said, handing me another small box.

What's with everyone and small boxes today?

I opened the box and found another key but this time it was a car key with a star on it.

I gasped loudly, immediately recognizing the symbol. "You...you got me a Mercedes?!" I kept on turning the key round and round to find the model and my family chuckled at me. 

"Calm down son, it's at h-I mean at our place." I looked at him excitedly, completely ignoring the fact that they are sad that their home is not my home anymore.

"I can't wait!"

"Oh my god!" I squealed loudly as I saw the car, no...my car in the garage. I inspected the car carefully to remember its model while my family stood a few feet away from me. 

"It's a-" 

"AMG E 53 SEDAN!!!" I cut them off as I recognized it.

"Oh my God thank you so much, you guys! I love you!" I cried as I hugged my parents tightly and then my brother. "But how did you know that I wanted this car?" I asked pulling away from them. 

"I saw you flipping through the magazine and looking at this car with so much want, that I figured I'll just buy you one, do you like it?" 

"Like it? I LOVE IT!" I shouted happily at them and they chuckled.

"You're still a baby boy, how are you going to take care of yourself?" Mother ruffled my neatly done hair and I gave her an angry pout and she chuckled. 

"I have already prepared everything so go flex that car!" Father said and we all burst out laughing.

Just then my phone dinged with a text. I took it out of my back pocket and saw that it was a text from Miguel.

Miguel: When is your ass coming to the arcade? It's already 4 pm man!

My eyes widened as I looked at the time to see that indeed it was 4 pm, 4:15 pm to be exact.

I was supposed to be there by 3:30 pm! Shoot Miguel will kill me!

I quickly unlocked the door and got into my new car. "I'm late! I'll see you guys later! Bye!" I said hurriedly before driving out of the garage and to the arcade.

"Sorry sorry." I muttered as soon as I reached Miguel and Kengi who were standing near the Pac-Man console, glaring at me intensely.

If looks could kill....I would be dead right now.

"You are lucky that we love you," Kengi said with an intense stare making me smile. 

"Okay then let's go play that," I said pointing at the big court, smirking slightly. 

"Game on," Miguel said, both of them smirking.

"HAH HAH HAH IN YOUR FACES" I laughed as I beat both of them in the game of Halo. 

"Ughh fine! You win, I just went easy on you!" Miguel said, throwing the console away. I raised an eyebrow at his statement.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, my friend."

"Now to decide between you two." I handed my console to Kengi and Miguel took the other one. "Start!" I said and they started playing.

It was really stressful but in the end, Kengi won.

"I won because I'm a diver and so I have control of my movements and as it is hard to move in water, its easy to move on land and so I was able to control my character well unlike you engineers who do nothing but sit at one place and build things!" Kengi said with a grin and Miguel glared at him.

"Sucks to be you, Miguel," I said, making him chase me towards the parking lot, I was laughing so damn hard.

"The bus stop is around the corner, let's take the bus as we did not-" 

"I brought my car, let's go!" I cut them off and happily skipped towards my new car.

"Ha ha nice joke Jin. Do you know what car that is? Its a-" 

"Mercedes Benze AMG E 53 Sedan. Who wouldn't know their car brand?" I asked smirking at their shocked faces. 

"Its y-" 

"Yeah its mine, my parents graduation gift for me and my brother gifted me a one-room apartment." I flexed with all my might.

Their jaws dropped even more.

"Unbelievable!" Miguel commented. 

"I know, now let's go or else we'll be late" With that we got into my car and drove to the restaurant we have booked for the night, both of them still in shock from the new information.

9 pm ~

Congratulations, handsome! Sorry that I could not come for your graduation and do not have a graduation gift but please accept my love as one.

Antonio's text read and I cringed really hard.

I kept him seen.

I rubbed my wet head with the towel before deciding to text him for the first time.

Thank you for the congratulation but no thank you for your love.

And sent.

We are going to be colleagues in a few months, if I get accepted in Oceania, so might as well start acknowledging him and his texts.

My phone pinged with a message. I opened his text.

Antonio: First time you replied to me. I'm so happy, can't wait to see you here. They already accepted you.

Wait what? Omg did he-

Antonio: It was not me if you were wondering. You have great talent and they saw that so you and your Kengi friend got accepted. See you on Monday handsome 💖

I sighed before replying to him.

See you senior.

After replying to him I texted the guys in our group chat.

Worldwide Handsome✨: I got accepted in Oceania😭❤️

The Jap guy👀: Wait what? How did you know? Did you get an email or something?

aMIGo😏: Congrats man!

Worldwide Handsome✨: Thanks Mig and no I did not get any email. Antonio texted me congrats and I for the first time texted him back. He told me I got accepted. You too Kengi💖

The Jap guy👀: Yesssss🎉

Worldwide Handsome✨: And before @aMIGo😏 kills me, I want to say that as I might be his colleague in the future thus I texted him back to let him know that I'll acknowledge his presence from now on.

Worldwide Handsome✨: Also he's my senior so....

aMIGo😏: Its fine....you don't need to explain yourself Jinnie. You can be with anyone you want, even my father I'll support you always💖

Worldwide Handsome✨: Mig and Kengi, both of you are my best and only friends so of course your opinions matter as well as your support.

Worldwide Handsome✨: I wasn't even planning to date him! I'm straight remember? So don't think about that😖

Worldwide Handsome✨: Anyways goodnight you guys😴

The Jap guy👀: I love you too Jinnie. Goodnight💖😴

aMIGo😏: Me too, love ya and goodnight! 💘😴

I switched off my phone and lay on my bed after switching off the lights. I close my eyes and fell asleep in an instant, the whole day's activities getting to me and also one single thought.

I got accepted to Oceania!

A/N:
That stupid writing contest contract is taking too long. 15 to 30 days, that's a fucked up service if you ask me😤

- K.I.

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