Maniac// HyunLix X Reader

Chapter Ten: Cheap Thrills

(For you hyunjinsunknownwife I know you've been waiting 😁😁😁 also thank you for your support. Ilysm❤)

Hyunjin's car halted in a dingy side street. Hidden from view. We needed to be as inconspicuous as possible if we were going to get in and out without being caught.

I had never done anything quite this daring, and I wasn't sure if I was terrified or excited. The one thing I was sure of, is that both of them looked damn fine in their tight black pants, and baggy hoodies. I could barely tear my eyes away from their toned thighs as they slid along the wall, crouching slightly and keeping their heads lowered to avoid detection by the cameras.

"Y/n, through here!" Felix held the mangled chain link fence aside so I could carefully creep through, trying to avoid the sharp jagged edges as they poked out at jarring angles. I ducked down and carefully moved my body past the fence, and held it back so Hyunjin and Lix could both follow.

"Keep your eyes low, there won't be any cameras from the tenth floor up and we'll be in the clear then. Also be careful to avoid the motion lights. They can trigger the alarms." Hyunjin warned as we slowly made our way across the rough, uneven ground.

"Careful!" Lix's arm flew protectively in front of me as I almost stepped into a large hole dug into the ground. My heart lept into my throat and I swallowed hard. My shallow rapid breathing was loud and heavy in the overwhelmingly heavy silence of the moment.

The eerie shapes of random tools, dug into the soft soil, and piles of random heavy beams stacked high on top of each other, littered over the ground, made the relatively safe site seem like something out of a horror movie.

"Thanks Lix." I whispered into the darkness. I could barely make them out against the black background. The only thing I could see was a few stray strands of bright blonde hair poking out of their hoodies. A warm hand slid into mine, and provided some comfort that I wouldn't get lost in the maze of machines, tools and building materials. It was a lifeline guiding me in the dark.

"This way." Hyunjin whispered as I was pulled sideways in through an open doorway. Our footsteps were echoing around the plastic wrap covered building and made the whole eerie feeling worse for me. My heart was racing like a horse desperate to win a derby and I hated the feeling of my clammy palm pressed against the soft hand that held it.

"You ok y/nie?" Hyunjin's voice drifted into my ears through the darkness, startling me slightly.

"Y-Yeah. I'm good." I lied, trying to keep my shaking voice steady. He chuckled slightly and the hand holding mine squeezed slightly. Was this Jin and not Lix? I wasn't sure and right now I didn't care.

"Let's get to the top of the building. It won't be long before someone finds out we're here and calls the cops." Felix instructed as a dim light flickered on in front of me. I could finally see something. It was Lix's outline, guiding us through plastic wrapped doorways, across dusty unfinished flooring and towards the half finished stairs.

"We'll probably have to climb some of the beams  at the very top. They won't have built the stairs right at the top." Lix said it so casually, like it was the most normal thing in the world. The thought that these two probably did stuff like this regularly terrified me. What if they got into an accident? What if they got caught? What if they got injured?

I pushed the dark intrusive thoughts from my mind as we began ascending the barely built steps. The crudely built hand rail offered little support, and nausea set in as I felt the stairs swaying, and straining, with every step the three of us took. My knees were weak and I wasn't sure what hold these two idiots had on me to make me agree to do this weird stuff with them all the time.

"OK. The steps stop here. We'll climb the rest of the way." Felix stated as he turned the torch off and began heaving his body up onto the beam next to him. Hyunjin's hand tightened around mine in an effort to reassure me, but it did little to ease my nerves.

"Here, y/n, take Felix's hand and put your foot in mine and we'll help you up." Hyunjin said quietly.

"P-Promise you won't drop me?" I asked shakily. I felt like I could barely stand on the solid floor, let alone a set of wobbly hands that could give at any second. He released my hand and his warm arms slid protectively around my body.

"Why would we ever drop anything as precious as you y/nie?" He whispered into my ear. "We've got you. You're safe. Trust us." I took a deep breath and nodded. I lifted my hand, and felt Felix's fingers wrap around my hand, and his other hand firmly gripped my wrist. I lifted my heavy leg and Hyunjin's hand pressed to the sole of my beat up converse shoe.

"셋,둘,하나! (Ses, dul, hana! Three, two, one!)" I felt both their bodies strain slightly, and suddenly I was lifted high into the air, and pulled into a narrow beam. Felix steadied my shaking body.

"You good?" He asked, his arm still wrapped tightly around my waist as I panted loudly into his ear and clung to his neck.

"Y-Yeah." I released him, and held onto his belt, to keep him from falling, as he helped Hyunjin climb up to join us.

"Awesome! Let's keep going!" Hyunjin shared a high five with us both, and we were off. Clambering up the narrow beams, helping each other as we went along.

Ten minutes later, we were there. All of us were slightly sweaty and breathing heavily as we stared out over the beautiful twinkling skyline. All the lights looked like beautiful stars in a far off cosmos, twinkling against the black night around us.

"Oh my god..." I breathed out as I admired the view. Lix and Jin were grinning like fools as they stood, hand in hand, admiring the same view I was.

"Thank you both. I wouldn't be here right now without you, a-and right now, in this moment, there's nowhere else I'd rather be." I said gently as my hand found Lix's free one. He quickly pushed my hand away and wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pulling me into his side. His pressed his face into my hair, and I could feel his lips, spread into a broad smile against my head. I closed my eyes and allowed my arm to drift around him.

"Thank you for agreeing to come. You're the only person who has ever joined in with any of our adventures. Everyone thinks we're crazy." Jin explained thoughtfully. I could hear the hurt in his voice and I frowned slightly.

"I mean, you're adventures are kinda wild, and maybe even crazy, but you guys aren't. You're the best friends I've ever had and-" I slapped my hand to my face and pulled away from Felix. Had I really just admitted that?

"Ah! There's no backing out now! Did you hear that Jinnie? We're the best friends she's ever had!" Lix stated proudly as he puffed his chest out.

"I did! Aww, baby y/nie, are you embarrassed, come here! Give Jinnie a hug!" He stepped around Lix carefully and pulled me into his chest. He ruffled my hair and pinched my cheeks as he cooed over me.

"야! 하지마!(Yah! Hajima! Hey! Don't/Stop it!)" I yelled as I tried to slap his hands away from me. He laughed as he grabbed me and pulled me closer to him.

"I can't help it, you're so 괴여운! (Gwiyeoun, cute)" He squeezed me and I couldn't help laughing as he complimented me once more. I caught Lix staring out of the corner of my eye, and a flash of jealousy came and went very quickly, on his beautiful face. I bit my lip and smiled slightly as I stared down at my feet.

Neither of them were making this easy for me. I was falling hard, and fast, right into them. The worst part was, I wasn't sure if either of them wanted to catch me.

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Here we go!

Sorry for the long wait. I've been so freaking busy.

I have way more stuff than I ever realised so packing is taking an aaaaaage.

I hope you're all well, thank you so much for reading and ILYSM 💜💜💜💜