Next day, their destination was Universal Studio of Japan.

They started their journey early in the morning. L was so excited to see the place, the big globe in the front felt so surreal. It had been like his Dream Come True.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter had been his #1 in the wish list.

Sungyeol got sorted in Gryffindor while L got into Raven Claw. As soon as L got his wand, he spelled “Expectro Patronum”, smiling while showing his dimples.

Sungyeol had that feeling attack once again but pushed it back by focusing in his wand. The boy can’t believe that such handsome person is his boyfriend, still. He also casted some spells moving ahead to see the magic show happening. 

The first thing they decided to do was to check out the most popular ride there, Harry Potter and the forbidden journey. It was one of the best rides ever with thrilling experience. Then they went for the tour of Hogwarts Castle and Flight of the Hippogriff.

Everything there was exciting for them. The clips of Dumbledore, paintings as in the movie, everything was exhilarating. The trees, greenhouse and other things made waiting in line fun as well.

They went to grab some lunch at “Three Broomsticks”. Moving ahead they came across Hog’s Head where they could get famous Butter Beer.

After the amazing tour, they wanted to get some souvenir for themselves, so they went to a couple of merchandise stores, like Honeydukes, Ollivander, Zonko and others. L was not sure if he could ever be able to give them to his hyung but still bought gifts for Sunggyu and his family.

Finishing the shopping, they sat back for a while, relaxing, watching people and just treasuring this moment of magical world experience.

Before heading back, taking proof shot was important. So, they went to take photos with the street performers. They were satisfied with their souvenir photos. 

After the whole day of travelling, finally when they got back home, both were content. L had his wish come true while Sungyeol felt this happy after a long time.

While embracing each other in arms and cooing together in bed, L suddenly said, “Yeollie, arigato. I and hyung used to have this weird and funny casting contest. We had been a huge fan of Harry Potter since our earlier days and we used to cast spells for anything and everything possible. Visiting Hogwarts in Japan was our dream. I achieved mine, hope he would be able to visit here as well. Whatever he is doing right now, I….” L chocked on his voice since he was holding back his tears.

Sungyeol pulled more close to himself and rubbed circles on his back. He didn’t utter a single word but L felt comfort. “I wish he is doing well. I wish him happiness. I wish he could do all the things that he was not able to do due to me clinging to him…”

This time Sungyeol tried to comfort him verbally, “Shh…Myungie. I know it pains you so much. But I am sure he had his reasons. And today is a happy day right. Let’s end it in a happy note.”

Sungyeol felt his heart clench each time L was sobbing. “I miss hyung so much Yeollie.”

“I am sure he misses you equally.” Sungyeol didn’t speak much so that he won’t start to crack himself before the vulnerable boy.

Sungyeol kissed the top of L’s head and rubbed circles in his back non-stop which made him fall asleep in the tall boy’s chest.

Recalling the whole day happenings, Sungyeol didn’t know what to make of it. They were happy throughout the day but he could not say the same for just now. Even though he is feeling nostalgic at the moment, he is happy that L is sharing his feelings with him, he was glad that L is not taking all the burdens to himself, he is glad that L is trusting him.

Sunggyu’s Side (7 years back) :

Sunggyu cried day and night after Myungsoo went to Japan. He cursed himself every time. His parents thought that he had been feeling all down because he is missing his brother. Obviously he was missing his dearest brother but there was more to it. He knew that he had hurt Myungsoo badly and he knew that he was the reason for all the tears in his little brother’s eyes. He took himself all the blame for forcing his baby to leave the house.

Sunggyu was aware that Myungsoo is crying his heart out every day and even after he went to Japan, he was sure Myungsoo would feel very heart broken and what pained him the most was that Myungsoo had no one to lean upon in his despair.

Seeing his misery, their parents got a part time job for Sunggyu at a store, so that he would be occupied and would not miss Myungsoo all the time. There he just had to take care of the counter. Sunggyu readily accepted the offer since the loneliness was killing him. The house seemed so vacant and the room seemed too big for him without his precious brother.

He had isolated himself, even his friends were wondering what was wrong with him but he kept his silence. Woohyun stopped bothering him after he knew Myungsoo had left the country.

As soon as he finished the university, he straight went to the store. He loved his job, people there were good, since they didn’t know his former self, they thought Sunggyu was a quite boy. Little did they know that he used to be bubbly happy sunshine.

Since the store was getting lots of customers, they decided to hire a new employee. After few rounds of interview a timid looking guy was selected for the position who would join his duty from coming Monday.

For the first week, the new boy just greeted him as a senior. He knew nothing about the boy except his name, which he found cute, Hoya. As soon as he heard the name, he thought “HO-YA, YA-HO, HO-YA, HOYA, HOYA, cute~”

As soon as the thought of cuteness came into his mind, he shook it off. He had convinced his heart that he would not fall for any cute things or person, at least not for a while. He had learnt his lessons from his experience with Woohyun.

Hoya was a person who seemed strict and cold but on being familiar with him, you come to know that he is just a silent type but makes funny comments unexpectedly. He had his own charm. People who get to know him knows that he is a real softie from inside.

Both Sunggyu and Hoya were of evening shift. Usually they were the ones who would shut down the store and go. They had home in opposite direction so they would just part their ways as soon as they came out of the store.

After closing the shop, one evening Hoya asked, “Sunggyu hyung do you know this place?” He handed out a piece of paper to Sunggyu where some location was written.

Looking carefully, it was the café near his home.

“Yes, it’s nearby.” Sunggyu said. “Since I am going the same way, let’s go together.”

Hoya was super happy. “Thank you hyung. I felt like I was going to be lost tonight. Thank you so much.” Hoya said so excitedly.

“It’s not a big deal.” Sunggyu said as he was trying to suppress his laughter.

How can a grown up person be so cute! He is jumping like he had own a lottery. 

“Actually, I am from Busan so, I am not very familiar with the roads in Seoul.” Hoya said scratching his no-itching head.

“That happens. You will get used to it after few tours.” Sunggyu said.

“By the way, why are you going there at this time?”

“Ah…it’s my friend’s birthday today and he works in that café. I just wanted to give him a surprise visit so, thought of going there. He is my best friend from Busan. We started our journey to Seoul together.”

Sunggyu had always thought Hoya was a person with few words but tonight proved it wrong.

Hoya kept on talking the whole way. Sunggyu came to know that he is a great lover of dance, he used to have a small group in Busan and they used to perform street dances which earned them wonderful compliments, his favorite color was Purple and lot more.

When Sunggyu reached his home, he pointed, “This is my house.”

Hoya opened his mouth to bid goodbye but was cut off when Sunggyu said, “We are near to the café now.” And continued to walk.

“H…hyung, if it’s near, I can go on from here myself. I have already troubled you enough.” Hoya didn’t like to be a nuisance to the elder.

“Nah…it’s alright. What if you get lost on the way!” Sunggyu continued walking ahead leaving Hoya no other option than to follow him.

 Since Sunggyu dropped him till the café door, Hoya invited him to join them. Sunggyu didn’t want to be the uninvited guest so, he was about to move away but a small frame came out of door exclaiming, “Howon-ah!”

Both Sunggyu and Hoya turned their heads that way to see a short boy with pretty smile coming out the door with trash bags in his hand.

“What a surprise!”, the boy said excitedly.

“Yeah, just wanted to visit you.” Hoya said casually.

Sunggyu felt rude to leave without saying a word, so he spoke, “Go in and catch up with one another. I’ll take my leave.”

“Ah…hyung”, Hoya’s friend spoke. “Since you are already here, why not join us. By the way, I am Oh Kwang Suk, Hoya’s friend from Busan.”

Sunggyu could not say NO to the new person so, he just obliged. They had some coffee, late night snack and lots of talk. Hoya and Kwang Suk were talking about their childhood and their stories back in the days. They shared about Sunggyu as well. He said that he lives with his parents and has a brother. When Kwang Suk asked is his brother a university student as well, Sunggyu replied he is in Japan right now. Whenever he hears about his brother, he feels nostalgic. So he quickly changed the topic and talked about their passion for dance.

When Sunggyu came to his room, he has smile on his face. He felt lighter after so long. He had not felt lighter like this in a while.

But before sleep, he remembered Myungsoo and wished him to get good company in the place he is.

A/N : Till the time Myungsoo was suffering, Gyu had to go through the similar struggle. So, now his side of story would be focused more along with side Myungyeol.

Hope you enjoy reading it. Btw, Oh Kwang Suk is FeelDog. The frienship between these two Busan boys is so adorable.

Thank you so much for supporting the story and really sorry for making you wait for so long.  I am seriously caught up in many things recently and am feeling super tired of everything.

Anyways, wish you all Good Luck in whatever things you are doing :))