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Miscommunications are the absolute worst, take the time when Fernando said he didn’t have time for Carlos and Carlos thought he was never going to see Fernando again. This case is similar, Charles and Jenson live in an apartment a few houses from Daniel and Max, but Jenson has got a new house in France and no one told Max and Charles that Charles was moving. Max found out himself by seeing a moving truck outside of Charles’s building. “Hi!” Charles runs over to him. “Hi Charlie! Wwhat’s going on here??” Max asks, looking at the truck. Charles looks too. “Charlie dunno, but all the like, big items in my house in here.” (He can’t say furniture), Max makes a thinking face. “Ohhhh they’re going for a trip.” Max says. “Me too, Charlie going for a trip too.” Charles grins. “Where?” Max asks.
“Charlie dunno that eithor. But daddy was talkin’ about France, probably there.” Charles answers. “Oh...” Max frowns and looks down, then back up after a while. “He said if we’re goin’ to France, Charlie won’t be able to see Maxie anymore.” Max’s mind hops to the conclusion that they’re never seeing each other again. “That’s okay.” Max responds. “Hey, Charles, we have to leave soon.” Jenson says, opening the doors to the car. “Okay!” Charles smiles and then turns to Max again. Max gets his bracelet off and puts it on Charles’ wrist. “I’m gonna miss you.” Max hugs Charles. “Charlie gonna miss you too.” Charles says, Jenson feels a little weirded out.
The Monégasque little goes to the car and sits down in the passanger seat. He watches the truck drive off before the car starts moving after it. “Bye Maxie!!!” He yells, waving frantically. “Bye Charlie!!” Max yells back, waving too. Once the car is out of sight, Max starts his run back to his Daniel’s house. He runs past the friendly cat, then comes back to greet it. “Hi kitty.” He holds a hand out and the cat sniffs him and enjoys the petting it gets before Max runs off again. He runs past the park and then goes into the house. “You’re back already, Maxie.” Daniel says.
“Yeah, Charlie had to go somewhere with his chairs and everything.” Max explains, Daniel makes a surprised noise. “I dunno if Charlie and his stuff coming back.” Max sits down and Daniel pulls the little onto his lap. “You know why, Maxie.” Daniel starts. “Nope.” Max says. “Yes you do know, remember when we took your stuff and left Amsterdam?” Max nods. “We haven’t been back there for a very very very long time, and that’s called moving.” Daniel explains. “So Charlie moved?” Daniel nods. “Huh.” Max frowns, he has no plans to go back to Amsterdam, so Charles must not have any plans to come back to Melbourne.
“I’m gonna miss Charlie, me and Charlie won’t see each other again.” Max says sadly, putting his head to Daniel’s shoulder. “No, you two are definitely going to see each other again.” Daniel says, shaking his head as he says it. “Just because he moved doesn’t mean you’re never seeing each other again.” Max nods and gets up after a while, going to his room. He’s really going to miss Charles until they see each other in Japan.