Kiss of a Vampire | Binchanlix

Two

The second time Changbin met Felix, a few weeks later, Felix had invited him and Chan out for coffee in the cafe next door, with the simple wish to buy them something to drink.

Understandable, really. If Changbin was a Vampire, would have done the same for the people who offered to let him drink directly from his neck. Changbin had been very quick to say yes as well. Maybe Felix would ask for blood again, and Changbin kind of wanted to feel Felix's lips on his throat again.

It wasn't even just to drink blood. Weeks of texting and short conversations spread over days (and long conversations after midnight, both of them lying in bed and smiling, trying to make the other smile, too) made Changbin realise that he really wanted to date Felix. And if Chan didn't have just as much contact with Felix, Changbin would have made a move.

Chan smiled whenever Changbin mentioned Felix. Chan mentioned Felix often just to make Changbin smile.

Needless to say, Changbin's feelings were all over the place.

Chan opened the door for him, so Changbin was the first to see Felix sitting by a window, three steaming mugs of coffee before him.

He was wearing a leather jacket and a black turtleneck.

Felix was wearing a leather jacket and a black turtleneck.

Changbin barely felt Chan stumble into him. Felix looked like the male lead in a kdrama, except also like a kpop idol because his hair was fluffy and his roots rebleached and there was definitely some kind of colour around Felix's eyes, Changbin just couldn't focus on it because Felix was smiling at him and waving.

Damn. Okay.

"Come on, Channie-hyung," Changbin murmured. He grabbed Chan's wrist and tugged him along towards Felix.

Chan seemed to regain some of his bearings when he sat in front of Felix. Changbin sat beside him.

"I bought coffee already," Felix said, "I figured you wouldn't be late."

"We do live next door," Changbin murmured, accepting the coffee Felix pushed toward him. The smell of hazelnut syrup made him want to melt into the seat and forget about the word for a bit. Felix smiled at him like he knew Changbin liked the hazelnut – and he did, Changbin had told him over text a few days ago.

"Thank you, Lixie," Chan said, taking a sip. And that was the other thing. Chan had started using a nickname for Felix. Changbin didn't know if he should also use the nickname or if he should cry about it.

Felix took a sip. When he lowered his mug, cream stuck to his upper lip. Felix wiped it away with his thumb.

The thing about Vampires that early twenty first century literature got wrong was their immortality. Vampires had superpowers, were hard to kill, and aged very slowly, but they didn't get much older than humans. Because Vampires, while they needed blood to survive, also needed to eat human food and water. They weren't very different from Werewolves in this.

Felix smiled.

Changbin wanted to hold his hand.

"It's good to see you," Chan said, "we should meet up more often."

"Yeah," Changbin agreed. "I missed seeing your smile. Your selfies aren't the same thing."

Felix groaned, embarrassed. "You've seen me one time in real life, Changbin-hyung."

"He's right, though," Chan hummed.

"Well," Felix looked up, "there was actually a thing I wanted to ask. Both of you."