We Meet Again (1/1)

The small young man wakes up early on Saturday morning and the summer heat is already starting even in the early morning making Suho sigh and walk down to the kitchen as he's already feeling hungry and really needs to be fed."Good morning young master." The maids greet making Suho smile and regard them with a nod and with just one master that they need to serve breakfast for, they only laid it out at the kitchen counter. Suho never once complained about it since it's much more comfortable for him to eat in the kitchen when he is alone and while taking his breakfast, he could talk to the maids and ask them how they're doing these days."Some people will be coming over for the renovation of the pool house today, we should make some snack and drinks for them since the weather is so hot... what do you think ajumma, is that okay?" The small young man asks and the elder maid replies with a nod of her own and one of the other maids already has a pen and paper with her to take note of the ingredients that they would need to buy for today's cooking requirements."That’s really nice of you and I think they're going to like it, what should we cook for them?" The elder maid asks."How about kimbap and pajeon? It's been awhile since I had those and let's have lemonade today too... we should beat the heat with those." Suho says with sparkles in his eyes making the maids smile since those are his favorite ones to snack on for summer."Then I shall buy the ingredients and the tteok for the tteokbboki" The elder maid says making Suho smile."You read my mind." The small young man says with a small laugh and he continues having his breakfast. After that, he goes back to his room for a long bath and then gets ready to receive the guests who will be coming to his home soon.When the small young man comes down from his room, the maid announces to him that the contractor team has already arrived and Suho walks out from the main house and goes to the pool house."Eli hyung?" Suho calls out when he recognizes the back of the tall young elder."Morning, Jun." Eli says as he turns to face the small young man and laughs a little when he sees the surprised look on Suho's face."What is this? You never told me about doing the renovation at my own home." The small young man says."It was a last minute decision since the main supervisor suddenly resigned and needed to go back to his hometown for an emergency and I just filled in for today but... he will be the one who'll be taking over the project." Eli says and calls out a name that Suho's familiar with making the small young man sigh and look at Eli with a disbelieving look."Hyung... what are you trying to do? What if my parents find out who he is?" Suho asks while looking at the tall young elder."It should be fine if you don't say anything, right? Please, Jun... just this once, we're short on people right now... we will be hiring people soon but your dad needs this to be done before fall so... it's kind of urgent." Eli says making the small young man pinch his temple."...but still... you need to find someone as soon as possible and replace him... my dad will go berserk if he finds out who Kris is and your company will be in trouble." The small young man says under his breath."I'm on it okay, just bear with me on this... once I get a new man, I will replace Kris's position... promise!" The tall young elder says and Kris is already at Eli's side and Suho lifts his head up to look at the tall young man."Hi... we meet again." Suho says with a smile on his face but Kris knows that the small young man does not like him in here taking over the project in his own home. It's common sense for him since they both know the backgrounds of their own families and being in the same building like this could cause trouble. He too, argued with Eli about the project back at the office."Hello... I'm sorry if my appearance here will cause you trouble... Eli hyung already promised that he will find someone else for this project, but before he finds someone, I need to do what I can for this project." The tall young man says and Suho just smiles and looks at Eli."Doesn't matter since Eli hyung said that he will take care of it as soon as possible. But in the meantime, you are welcome to my family home and please take good care of our pool house... it's really an old house... but you'd know more about buildings so, I'll just let you do what you do best." The small young man says making Kris nod and walk back to his workers who are starting to tear down the old pool house since they will build a new one."He is a good worker you know, very independent... which means I will not be here all the time and he will be juggling two projects at once but most of the time, he will be at your hotel during the weekdays and then on the weekends, he will be here to look after the work progress. If there's anything you don't like about the new pool house, you can always call him and talk to him." Eli says making the small young man sigh."Why do I feel that you're trying to push him to me and secretly asking me to get to know him... you are not planning something aren't you? My life is not as miserable as you think it is." Suho says in a soft voice to the tall young elder making Eli chuckle."I am not... you do know that if I do that, I will be killed by your dad... besides, what you're saying about your miserable life; stop hanging out with your ex-boyfriend... move on and find new love." The tall young elder says making Suho look at Eli with annoyance."Find a new supervisor soon and it will save us all from my dad." The small young man says."I will... I promise." Eli says."The maids will prepare drinks and snacks every day for them so don't worry about food and drinks over the summer heat and I will keep my eyes on this project and let my dad out of it so... you better do what you have promised me." The small young man says making Eli laugh again."Yes, yes, young master... I will." The tall young elder says and Suho walks out from the site and comes back to his home. It is hot day out there and the small young man could see that Kris is already blazing with redness because of the sun and the other workers too as they have been working hard even in the weekend.By lunch time, Eli walks with Kris into the mansion as Suho was doing some work on the living room when one of the maids call out for him."Done for today?" Suho asks while looking at both of them who are tanned by the sun."Yeah... during Saturdays, we will be working half day until noon and they will be coming back on Monday, Kris will be coming in once or twice every weekdays to see how it's being done." Eli says making the small young man nod."Oh, okay... then is there anything that I should know or should I just leave everything there where it's placed?" The small young man asks and Eli looks at Kris and shoves the tall young man up front."Well... the thing is, I need to come tomorrow for new measurements since there were a few mistakes on the plan and I could only do it by tomorrow since I need to go back to the office and take the plan back to my home and review it before doing anything. The reason that I need to do it tomorrow is because I will be at the hotel site on Monday and the boys need to do proper work by Monday already... so all I have is tomorrow to do everything." The tall young man says."That means you will be coming over tomorrow too?" Suho asks while looking at Eli."Sorry... I have things with Seohyun and she will get mad at me if I blow this off. It'll just take a few hours and it will be done fast." The tall young elder says making Suho look at Eli with his eyes wide open and Kris tries very hard to hide his smile since the small young man looks so adorable like that."Fine... what time are you coming over?" Suho asks with an annoyed look on his face."Around 10 in the morning, I just need access to come in at the back so no need for you to look after me around the clock, when I'm done, I'll just go." The tall young man says making Suho sigh and nod."Okay, if you say so... I'll let the maids know that you will be coming over tomorrow." Suho says and escorts them to the front door where their teammates are waiting for them. Before they go, Eli has a one on one moment with the small young man and they're talking far behind Kris."Give him a chance will you? It is not wrong to get to know him, who knows he might be the one that could break the curse or can make you happy... there is something behind that curse that my grandparents have always told me about." Eli says."Don't talk nonsense hyung... there is no cure for this curse... if it goes away, I'd probably feel like I lost something precious that belongs to me... I do hate it but it's already a part of me." The small young man says making Eli smile."It's okay if it won't work that way, but I am seriously asking you to get to know him and stop this family feud once and for all... both families have been enemies since a thousand years ago and there's one small secret that I should tell you about Kris... his father was royal born married to a witch... you should look that up and who knows... what you want to find in your life may just be right in front of you." Eli says making the small young man's mouth agape."What do you mean by that?" Suho asks."I will tell you just that... so, give him a chance to get to know you and for you to get to know him, okay?" Eli says making the small young man pout.Eli hops into the car and smiles while looking at Suho, the small young man has an unsatisfied look on his face but the tall young elder knows that Suho would find the source of the information that he mentioned just now since he knows that the small young man would diligently want to know about everything and the small young man is able to learn and absorb information really well.   That night, the small young man could not get over what Eli told him. It makes him wonder about the royal marriage between a witch and a member of the royal family because he hasn't ever heard about it before and that is impossible since the two families do not really get along with each other and Suho has a feeling that Eli is just bluffing him off."That is not possible, right?" Suho asks himself and then he walks to the library and bites on his lip as his heart is beating rapidly, wanting to know the truth.The small young man enters the library and goes straight to the historical books section. He searches for the book possibly related to what Eli said, but then he's thinking that it would probably not be recorded in the books or any documents since it's just recent, about 20 years ago. So who could possibly know about things like this and to whom could he ask about it at this time?Then he remembers his cousin Xiumin who got married recently with his long time lover who is a historian who specializes about the royal lineage and is working at the University of Seoul teaching Korean History e