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#45

Felix was wrapped in Changbin's arms in his room.

They were watching a movie, while slowly dozing off, until Changbin became wide awake to the sound of his parents arriving home, yelling.

Not now...

Felix became awake as well as he felt Changbin become nervous. He turned to him and saw him almost panicking. "Bin, are you okay?" He asked trying to calm him down by caressing his face. "Yeah, I'm fine, sorry about my parents."

Felix shook his head. "Don't apologize, do want me to stay over?" Felix could hear the arguments taking place in the kitchen. He tried ignoring the words that were being yelled out, but it just made him worry for Changbin's sake.

"No, you should probably head home, I don't think it's a good idea for you to stay here, maybe another day," Changbin said, slightly disappointing Felix but he understood why. "Are you sure?" Felix asked making Changbin nod his head and kiss him on his forehead. "I'm sure."

They both got up and left Changbin's room on his way to his parents.

The arguing got louder and louder as they got closer, making Changbin feel embarrassed. Felix held his hands and squeezing them, reassuring him, it's ok.

"Um, mom, dad." He called out, gaining their attention. He noticed his parent's eyes, looked to Felix then at their hands. He let go of Felix's hand, immediately, making Felix not react but think to himself.

"I just wanted to introduce to you guys my friend, Felix."

Friend...

"Oh, nice to meet you. We've never met any of Changbin's friends." Ms. Seo said shaking his hand as well as Mr. Seo did. "Are you staying for dinner?" Mr. Seo asked. "We can cook something up for you." Ms. Seo slightly scoffed at the words 'we.'

"Oh, no thank you, I'm heading home now, it's getting late." He said, politely. "Sorry we didn't meet earlier, we just got home from work, please come again, you're always welcome here." Ms. Seo said with a smile that Changbin hadn't seen in a while.

"Do you want us to drive you home?" Mr. Seo asked, worried about the boy, going home in the dark, alone. "Oh, I'm fine, I drove here, and thank you, I'll come again." He said smiling back at the two.

"I'll walk you out," Changbin said walking with Felix to the door.

They both exited the house, as the arguing resumed back. "I think they like you," Changbin said, laughing a bit but stopped once he saw Felix's slightly sad expression.

"Friend?" That was all Felix said making Changbin sigh. "Lix, you know why I said it." To be honest, Felix didn't know, he didn't know whether it was because of how his parents were or because he wasn't out, or because he was ashamed of him. There were too many reasons why.

It's almost as if Changbin read Felix's mind and responded. "I'm not out to them and they wouldn't take it so well, I think. I haven't even told them about the band." Changbin said, making Felix a bit reassured.

Felix hugged Changbin, making him hug back, immediately. Felix pulled back and kissed Changbin, lasting a while. "I love you," Felix said, making Changbin smile. "I love you too."

As Felix got into his car and drove off after their goodbyes, heading home. He realized there were many things he didn't know about Changbin but he was willing to wait for whenever Changbin was ready to talk about it.

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It was 3 in the morning and Minho couldn't sleep. He got up slowly from the bed, trying not to wake Jisung.