YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL ── hyunlix

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"I'm not taking no for an answer. Eric is going to stay with you while I'm not here, and you're going to have to deal with it," Hyunjin said sternly, "if there's anyone I trust more than Seungmin, it's Sohn Youngjae. Since you refuse to even go near Seungmin."

Felix let out an irritated huff of disapproval. "I don't mean to be rude, but you know damn good and well why I don't trust your men."

"No, I know why you don't trust some of them. What I don't know is why you have so many things against three of them. So much against them that you go out of your way to avoid them as a whole."

"Do you not understand the term 'dirty agent', special agent Hwang? Or should I go to Urban Dictionary and search it up for you?" Felix bit back, "I have kept their names out of my mouth so you wouldn't go out of your way to try and figure out who the fuck they are and risk the entire operation you have going, go under."

Hyunjin froze, turning his head to glance over at the fuming Felix- his eyebrows furrowed. But he didn't respond. Instead, he tilted his head to the side, and rolled his tongue over his teeth, silently urging Felix to continue with what he was saying.

A beat of silence fell over them before Felix's jaw clenched and he breathed out. "You've done your searching, and I've done mine. There are men that you work with that know exactly who I am. Eric might not be one of them, but I will not let myself risk something like that."

He could sense Felix's discomfort while he adjusted himself to face him entirely, folding his arms over his chest. What felt like endless measures of rest towered over them. Felix was shrinking into the silence, almost fearfully, and stepped back almost like Hyunjin had moved towards him.

Still, he didn't speak, which he knew was causing Felix to squirm.

When Felix didn't cave into the pressure that was Hyunjin's gaze and the uncomfortable silence, Hyunjin took a single step forward, arching an eyebrow slightly. "Felix," he mumbled, "withholding information will only prolong the entire process."

"Sp-special agent Hwang, I'm aware. But it isn't illegal. I know it's not." He countered weakly.

Hyunjin hummed lightly, clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth as he stepped closer to him again, this time causing Felix's back to bump the wall as he tried to step further away from him.

Now you're in for more than just the information, he told himself, get your ass back on track.

"Lee Felix," Hyunjin let out a hum, taking another step forward before he leaned down slightly to meet Felix's eyes. Felix looked startled- though, Hyunjin couldn't say he blamed him. The close proximity would have been enough to send Hyunjin's heart into a frenzy at any other time. "Care to tell me their names?"

Immediately, Felix shook his head. He then turned his head away from Hyunjin, avoiding his gaze entirely.

An amused noise left Hyunjin's throat. Without much of a second thought, Hyunjin lifted one of his hands and gently placed his index finger on one side of Felix's jaw, his thumb pressed to the other side. He then turned Felix's head to face him slightly,

"Felix." Hyunjin felt the light shake Felix's body did- a shiver, he assumed. His lips turned up in a small smile, head tilted to the side slightly. "I'm going to ask you again." He let his chin go after a moment. "What are their names?"

"You can ask all that you want, Samuel," Felix spoke through gritted teeth, his voice shaking slightly, "but I can't tell you for my own safety."

He bit his tongue, forcing a comment down before he straightened his back and released a low sigh. "I want to be able to help you. I can't help you unless you tell me their names, Felix. And the sooner I have their names, the sooner that they get put where they belong."