Later that day, a still 'heartbroken' Gwan-il found a very unexpected visitor in the main dinning table of the Gu Manor, having a late brunch with them.
He had flown to country AusRia with Hanwool and DaeChan to visit Christopher's family home along with a few other friends of theirs at the same time the hyungs left for the beach house. Due to being jetlagged and the change of time zones, he slept till noon.
[A/N: it was night time in the Empire but it was already mid-morning when they arrived in Country AusRa]
With this trip, he plans to totally- 'forget the 'former' love of his life'. To which HanWool had only given him the skeptical side eyes before turning away (he was feeling very tempted to snarl at the idiot of a bestfriend but that will be bad for his gentle 'ladylike' image), and decided to pretend not to hear anything.
'See no nonsense- speak no nonsense' he internally chants.
Later that day, DaeChan and a cute little male gama from Christopher's clan called Ii-ko (echo) had woken him up to get ready for lunch then, they would be going on a tour around the manor.
The Gu family manor held over 200acres of land filled with different kinds of fruits that are sold to majority of the supermarkets and elite restaurants scattered around country AusRia and beyound.
After freshening up and changing into some light clothes, he finally made his way to the brunch garden with the help of the nanny robot.
"Oh Gwan-il ah!! You are awake~" Mrs. Gu (Chris' Ven mother) calls in a soft motherly tone with a gentle doting smile.
"Come have a seat. You came right on time. Lunch is being served" she waves him over. "Did you sleep well sweetheart?" She helped settle him down in a cushioned chair.
It took a while for him to get his head over the fact that the man that broke his heart (unintentionally.... but still😫😤), was sitting at the round dinning table, directly opposite him.
"!!??!!!" His brain froze for 5 seconds-
'He is dating someone else'
The very 'prominent quiet' voice in the corner of his head reminds him, making hin snap his attention back to his plate without showing any trace of emotion on his face.
'Huff!!'
Sen Ji-Hu "...."
'Really mad at me'
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Lunch was super tensed for the little Ven who kept getting distracted by a certain pheromone he adores.
Pheromones that reminded him of dancing in the forest whiles light rain falls. The calming elated feeling of having the protection of the earth and forest.
The love and protection of the 'Rainforest'.
He furiously shakes his small fluffy head as if to get rid of the comforting feeling with an annoyed huff, shoving a syrup filled pancake in his small mouth.
Before lunch ended, he drags a complaining HanWool out of the brunch dinning and straight into the back garden.
"Why didn't you tell me HE was here?!" He whisper yells at his bestfriend with a glare.
"Yah!! I didn't know HE was going to be here until I entered for brunch. I sent you a text but you didn't respond back you twart!!" HanWool hisses back rolling his eyes.
Gwan was close to a mental break down and rattling HanWool's poor bones whilst deciding if he should just escape back to his room and pretend not to see the Sen's existence when said Sen suddenly appeared in the garden and asked to speak to him alone.
HanWool gave the Sen a very unimpressed side glance over before abandoning his bestfriend to face the senior himself.
Sen Ji-Hu understood the look. He internally sighed.
Gwan-il found the mowed grass very interesting and didn't want to look up at the senior. He is still determined to 'forget his old love-'
"Don't trust the media. I'm waiting for a certain Little Fruit to do as he promised two star-years ago. Also I will be going off radar for the next two star-years to complete the second half of my training. Can Little Fruit wait for a clueless bear to return?... I want to care for you little sweetness. I will be back for MY~ Little Fruit after it is over"
Ji-Hu gives a small smile at the stilled stunned junior. He gently pats the fluffy white hair that looks and feels as soft as feathers, then turned to leave. He really had the urge to kiss those cute enchanting pink lips. And those mesmerising gem purples eyes made him want to drown in them.
Escape before succumbing to his 'urges' was the best option.
"JIJI HYUNGIE!! SARANGHAE!!!" Gwan-il suddenly shouts with red face filled with joy and pink flying hearts floating and popping around him.
Ji-Hu paused for a second, then nods before continuing to walk on.
Gwan yelled it twice more before the Sen dissappeared from sight. He squeals and laughs in happiness, doing a mini dance and jumping around.
"He is still single!!! AAHRRGGFDSFGHGTGFK!!!!! AARRHH~~~~!!!!!"
"How long before we calm him down?" Christopher, who is standing beside Hanwool and DaeChan asks scratching his hair, watching the happyly dancing younger male in the distance.
"He will naturally calm down after exhausting his energy" HanWool shrugs sipping on his wine.
"It is very rare to see him this excited though" Chan chuckles fondly.
"You should see him when hatching a plan against the hyungs" HanWool scoffs in distaste.
Sen Seo Ji-Hu left the Gu Manor with a smile at the corner of his lips and lighter steps.
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The next day, Jee Gwan-il was on the flight back to the Empire. HanWool decided to stay longer but DaeChan, who is undergoing business training and acting as a sub-secretary had to follow the suddenly overly energised hyung.
"First is to set up three businesses before I turn 20" Gwan-il had a cute serious expression on his usually expressionless face.
"What and what are we looking at?" DaeChan sighs. No need to protest or argue. This is his fate for the rest of his life.
"An antique coffee shop. An underground aunction house and AI company" Gwan lists off.
"Number one is no problem. Number two is passing the difficult barrier called the Jang family and the third one I think we can just toss Hannie hyungie to the Second Imperial Prince" DaeChan easily breaks down.
"*Soos hyung will be really difficult indeed. Let's think of how to deal with him" Gwan nods in agreement.
[a/n: Soos hyung is Jang Jisoo. 5th member of MoneyGhouls]
*~~~~*
Hanwool: *sneeze* sniffs-
"Why do I suddenly feel chills?" He rubs the 'gooseskin' on his arms.
*~~~~*
For the next star-years, Jason Gwan-il was able to build several antique shops across the Empire. He also survived nearly getting whooped by HanWool after convincing him to help speak with the Second Imperial Prince(RoyalVipers).
Perks of growing up with the Imperial family. Kang HanWool was not born in the Capital, but in the Eastern State province. The Kang family are courtiers holding high ranks in the Imperial family. His family has been the ones in charge of the Imperial Estates, farmlands and forestry for decades now. The Imperial Princes spends most of their vacations in the Imperial Estates because of how huge and secured the places are.
HanWool was born in a family of matriachs. 90% of them being females on both of his mothers sides. He is the last of five children with older four sisters. Two Sens and two gamas. He is the only male Ven in their family. His two parents are a female Sen and Ven pair. HanWool has been mistaken for a girl several times because of his very soft girlish cute looks. Which he honestly prefers to be identified as. To top it off, he really is his Sen mother's little twin, especially with how sassy his mouth and character is.
HanWool has always been like a younger sibling to the Imperial Sen brothers. But that didn't stop his little heart from developing a crush on the second Imperial Prince.
But said Imperial prince announced he will be getting betrothed soon. Ultimately breaking HanWool's heart before he could confess. Thus Hannie tried as much as possible to avoid close contacts with the Second Imperial Prince.
But with a lot of efforts and 'convincing' (basically threatening to post a very adorable picture of a chubby baby HanWool on the EmpireWeb), Gwan finally gets HanWool to speak with the second Imperial Prince on his behalf to set up an AI Tech company.
A star-year later everything needed for the AI tech company was done and on an auspicious day, Young Lord Jee Gwan-il Jason inaugurates the opening of 'Jolts AI'.
At least HanWool got a happy discovery from 'reconciling' with the handsome and smart Second Imperial Prince through that 'persuasion'.
For the underground aunction house, it was shot down instantly. But he got free access to Jang Jisoo hyung's(5th in MoneyGhouls) aunction houses. He will still have to go through Soos hyung, but it is better than nothing.
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12:12am on the morning of Jee Gwan-il Jason's 20th birthday, he was given his first kiss, standing in his pyjamas on the rooftop of his apartment building.
Although he (Gwan) was a bit sloppy, it was the best birthday gift ever.
"Happy birthday Little Fruit" Sen Ji-Hu wishes with a bright warm smile on his usually stoic cold face.
Gwan-il felt so elated about finally being able to start a relationship with the man he had been in love with since he was 10 star-years old.
"This is the best birthday in my entire life" the adorable fairy like squeals melted the senior's stone heart making him give a heart felt laugh.
'Truely an adorable cutie'