CHAINED // hyunlix

chapter 10

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Felix woke up from his deep sleep to a subtle knock on his door.

he rose up a little and then pressed his head back on his soft pillow.

"Minho, go away" he said with his deep raspy sleepy voice.

the door opened in spite of Felix telling him to go away.

Felix still had his tired eyes closed as he got up on his elbows. he was only wearing pants, and his shirt was lying on the floor beside him. he completely forgot about his sore arms that were wrapped in bandages.

"mmhh.." he complained. "go away I'm sleeping.. "

"well I'm so sorry to interrupt your dreams, my little helper." Hyunjin closed the door behind him.
"...was I there?" he smiled.

Felix opened his eyes at light speed.

"sir!"

the sunlight shone on Felix's bare chest and abs, almost making him look like a sculpture of a Greek god.

or at least that's what Hyunjin thought before Felix quickly pulled the blanket over his chest.

Hyunjin walked closer and sat on the end of the bed, next to Felix's legs under the blanket. he looked around.

"i like your room." he said smiling.

he slowly leaned back and traced the white sheets with his hands. he looked up at the ceiling.
Felix didn't know what to say. He pulled his legs up to his chest and sat up, making sure the blanket covered whatever a shirt would.

Hyunjin turned his head to look at Felix, who was quietly panicking.

Felix's hands gripped the blanket tightly, and his arms were visible. Hyunjin noticed them, and his smile dropped instantly.

Felix looked at Hyunjin's sudden expression change and noticed where he was looking.
he felt the burn on his arms but wasn't sure whether it was because of the cuts or Hyunjin's cold gaze.

Felix pulled his arms back under the blanket in now quite visible panic. he tried to act like nothing happened.

"lix... what's that on your arms?"
Hyunjin felt worry spread in his chest like a forest fire.

"I uhh.. I hurt my arms.. on a mission." Felix quickly made up an explanation.
"before I became your guard, sir." he tried to sound as convincing as possible.

"just ask Jisung! he knows.. he knows because he was there"

Hyunjin was unaware of the fact that even though Felix just made that story up on the spot, he was a good liar.
he'd lied about his self harm habits before.

"okay, okay" Hyunjin sighed in relief.

Hyunjin looked at Felix's face again.

"So... the reason I interrupted your sleep, I'm deeply sorry about that by the way, I'm sure you were having a great dream.." he added, smirking, making a little pause in his speech.

Felix just hoped his face was a normal colour.
Hyunjin's eyes that were focused on Felix, reminded him how messy he probably looked. he tried to stroke his messed up, fluffy hair to calm it down a little bit.

"I wanted to invite you to have breakfast with me. before you ran off to eat alone downstairs," Hyunjin continued.
"what do you say?" he stared at Felix intensely.

Felix struggled to answer for a second, and Hyunjin moved slightly closer to him on the bed, urging him to answer with his expression.

"Of course, that would be nice, sir."

"mhmm... great." Hyunjin licked his lips.

"How did you even get in?" Felix had to say something.

"Oh, your buddy Minho was friendly enough to let me in."

then Hyunjin added, almost laughing;

"that's a stupid question. I'm Hwang Hyunjin. This is my building."

"right, you're right. sir." Felix said, slightly embarrassed.

"you know,
under certain circumstances I wouldn't mind you calling me sir, but that's not the point..." he muttered quickly and quietly.

Felix just thought Hyunjin was back to normal, saying things like that.

"...but didn't I tell you to just call me Hyunjin?"

"you did."

"so why are you disobeying me, huh?" Hyunjin said with a deep, questioning voice.

they were staring at each other intensely, and Hyunjin had sneakily moved quite close to Felix.

"I'm sorry, sir." Felix replied with a teasy tone in his voice.
He didn't smile though, just to keep Hyunjin guessing whether the playfulness in his sentence was really there.

"you should be." Hyunjin tilted his head.
"just thank your luck I'm not as strict with my guards as my father."

"mhmm. I guess I'm lucky to be under your command."
Felix was relieved after not getting caught, so he was in a relaxed mood. for once.

"...oh yeah. now get dressed, so we can go eat."

"yessir."

Hyunjin smiled at Felix's playfulness as he left the room.

Felix quickly got dressed, combed through his hair, put on his jewelry and looked at himself in the mirror.

ugh.

he opened the door and saw Hyunjin sit on the kitchen table, talking to Minho, who looked amazed about having a conversation with Hyunjin.

Hyunjin got up as soon as he saw Felix, and rushed to the door.
to again, open it for Felix. such a weird habit, but Felix didn't mind.
he was about to smile at the gesture, but then it brought the last time hyunjin had opened the door for him to Felix's mind.
that time when Hyunjin had showed Felix around his apartment, and that woman...
the little smile trying to grow on Felix's face died instantly.

they both stepped through the door and Hyunjin closed it after them.

at first Felix assumed they were going downstairs to eat, but when they took the elevator, hyunjin pressed the button,

50th floor.

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