An Unlikely Pairing

The relaunch and older siblings.

"If it isn't my favourite cousin!" Joong said, greeting Gemini with a huge grin on his face.

"I am your only cousin P'Joong." Gemini replied, feeling tired already.

"Hence you are my favourite. Anyway, how are you doing, baby bro?" Joong said.

"Not as great as you, apparently. Marriage seems to be treating you well." Gemini replied.

"What can I say? I am a hopeless romantic. Marriage is good, and I have never been so in love. Have you seen how great my baby looks today? Prettiest man here today." Joong said, beaming with pride. He was still madly in love with his now husband as if they hadn't been together for almost a decade now.

"I beg to differ. P'Dunk might be pretty, but I wouldn't say he was the prettiest one here tonight." Gemini replied, and Joong's eyes lit up. Gemini had an inkling feeling that he might have messed up somehow.

"Aaaah, yes! Aunt Ning told me that you were in love. Where is the unlucky guy who has turned that heart of stone of yours?" Joong said with a grin and eyes that lit up with mischief.

Gemini should've known. Joong and his mother were close, really close. One would say that Joong was like Gemini's mother first child. Joong's father, who happens to be Ning's older brother, had passed away when Joong was only a year old. It was a horrible car accident. After that, Joong's mother was grieving and going through a hard time, so Gemini's mother basically took guardianship of Joong until he was around 5 years old.

Joong and his mother had moved to Turkey, but Gemini's mother had made an effort to ensure that he visits as much as possible or she visits as much as possible. She tried not to miss any birthdays or big holiday celebrations. Joong's mother remarried, and Joong's stepfather is an amazing guy and sort of blended in with the family. Joong was 7 when Gemini was born and decided right there, and then Gemini was his younger brother since he only had sisters at the time.

So Gemini is not surprised that his mother had told Joong all about his love life. The two could spend hours on the phone. Gemini suspects that his mother was the reason Joong was so spoiled.

"Where's that pretty husband of yours?" Gemini asked, hoping to divert the topic from his recently blooming love life.

"He's out there somewhere being fabulous." Joong replied, but he narrowed his eyes at Gemini, "Don't think you can distract me with my beautiful husband. I want the details, baby bro. This is the first time you've been in love. Your heart of ice has melted, and I want to meet the person responsible."

"Fine! Since you are going to work with him anyway, I might as well introduce you two. He will be performing soon, so you'll see him on stage." Gemini said, and Joong's grin got wider if not more mischevious. Gemini knew he was in for a teasing.

"He's an idol? One of your artists, too? Oh my, how scandalous." Joong had teased.

"Oh please, phi. Talking about scandalous, you almost got all your inheritance taken away from you because you eloped." Gemini replied.

"As if Auntie Ning would have allowed that." Joong had said like a man who had no care in the world. Which was probably true.

Joong was always carefree and didn't let things affect him that much. Yes, he was spoiled, but Gemini knows that Joong was also hard-working and extremely intelligent. He had founded a successful modelling at the age of 23. That's how he met Dunk, and by 27, he was bored and sold it to the highest bidder.

"That's why you are so spoiled." Gemini replied, and Joong just rolled his eyes at him.

"Don't talk like you and I aren't cut from the same cloth. You are just as spoiled as I am." Joong retorted.