CHAINED // hyunlix

chapter 26

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Felix pulled his sleeves down to cover the cuts and blood that had spread on his wrist.

Hyunjin quickly got off the bed.
both of them were panicking.

"What do I do?!" Hyunjin asked Felix.

"just act casual, I don't know!"
Felix was desperately trying to come up with a story that would explain the scene.

The door was wide open and had bullet holes on it, and the lock was broken.
Hyunjin's gun was lying on the floor and the bathroom door was open. Felix's blade was on the bathroom floor.

The steps came closer quickly,
and soon Chan's gun peeked at the door.

"Don't shoot, it's just us!"

Chan lowered his hands.

"What the fuck?! I though someone broke in and shot you, Felix!"
Chan was perplexed.

"were fine." Felix assured him.

"Care to explain??"

"Well, uh... I fell. And Hyunjin heard it, thin walls you know... So he came to help, but my door was locked so he just kind of... broke in."
Felix tried to sound as convincing as possible, but his heart was still beating fast from what happened just one minute ago.

"Chan, shouldn't you have come here quicker? the gunshot happened a while ago already."
Hyunjin asked to keep Chan busy and not let him have time to doubt Felix's story.

"sir, do you think I was the only one who heard the shots? I had to turn away half of the other guests AND the owner, and convince them it was a false alarm."

"Oh, right. Thank you."

"But Felix, are you sure you're okay if you fell?" Chan asked.

"completely. Don't worry about me, but maybe about the door."

"We'll probably have to pay for that." Hyunjin said.

"Won't this room get too cold to sleep in?" Chan asked. "Felix, you'll probably have to move rooms."

"We'll, my room has two beds-"

"I'll bunk with you Chan!" Felix cut Hyunjin off, and a confused look spread on Hyunjin's face.

"uh, okay, that's fine." Chan said.

Felix quickly gathered his stuff and marched out of the room.

Chan was left to stare at Hyunjin, who just shrugged his shoulders.

They both left the room that was slowly getting colder and walked into their own ones.

later, they were all laying in their own beds, trying to sleep.

Felix was staring at the ceiling in the dark. He couldn't get what happened out of his thoughts. He didn't exactly recognize how he felt.

but I'm not like that.

right? I'm not. girls are cute.

He tried to think of a time in his life when he felt attracted to a woman.

he found nothing.

besides, he is just kidding. I mean, he has girls over in his room, you saw it yourself, so don't even think about it.
for so many reasons,
don't even think about it.

you know what, that thing... you're going to act like it didn't even happen.

Yet the fresh memory of Hyunjin touch kept coming back to him.

what is wrong with me?

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They left the motel early in the morning, paid for the damage and got on the road. they only had a few more hours to go.

Felix was sitting in the backseat alone, his thoughts on Minho. he was tapping his foot anxiously.

after an excruciatingly long wait, they finally arrived back at the Hwang building.

Felix immediately got up and rushed inside, not caring about the looks he received as he ran through the lobby.

"let me see him please. let me hold his hand." he wasn't sure who he was talking to, or where he was going.
where would they keep a dead body?

Hyunjin caught up to him.

"hey. calm down, lix."

"where is he?"

"in the infirmary." a deep voice answered behind them.

"Father." Hyunjin let go of Felix and  bowed.

Felix couldn't care less about formalities. he wasn't thinking about his job. only Minho.

"Why is he there??" he asked Mr. Hwang.

"for the iv drip."

"...what?"

"Look... in our last phone call, I should've worded what I said better. I'm sorry for that.
I notice you thought he died, which
luckily is not the case.
not so luckily, Minho is in a coma."

Felix fell to his knees for the second time in the time span of two days.
Hyunjin rushed to him.

"He's in room 22.
I, uhh... I'll leave you to it."
Mr. Hwang walked away.

Felix felt intense relief, but also anger.

all the pain I went through... was for nothing? How could he be so unclear about it?

But Minho being in a coma wasn't a good thing either, even though it was  better than being dead.

later when they went to see him, Jisung was already there. He was sitting beside Minho's bed, holding his hand. he'd fallen asleep and rested his head on Minho's arm. he looked like he had cried.

Felix didn't want to wake him up. Just seeing Minho and the monitor next to him that showed his heartbeat was enough.

"When is he going to wake up?" Felix asked a nurse.

"we don't know. could be tomorrow, could be never. I'm sorry." the nurse said, sounding truly sorry.

Felix was walking away from the infirmary later in the evening, when he saw Hyunjin walk to him from the elevators.

"Hey." Hyunjin said carefully.

"Hey."

"...are you okay?"

"no."

"... dumb question."

"Yeah, well..."

"I spoke with my dad. He said Seungmin and Changbin visited Minho earlier today. they were quite close to him too." Hyunjin said.

"oh."

"And uh... they figured out partly why Jeongin was working for us. it didn't make sense, because he was from another rich family. But apparently he wasn't exactly on good terms with his parents so he ran away.
he wanted to piss them off, so he decided to work for us Hwangs and help us against them. but his family still loved him, despite his behavior."

"oh."

"...Felix. none of this is your fault."
Hyunjin stepped closer, and cupped Felix's Cheek lightly.
"none of this, okay?"

Felix flinched away.
Hyunjin felt a little sting in his heart as Felix moved away from his touch.

"good night sir."

Important question!! please leave your thoughts in the comments!!

Do you guys want actual smut in this book?
or do I keep it pg?

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