Felix Lee has never been in love and outside of trivial high school relationships, he's remained single for a long time. Until one day is friend and group member Hyunjin convinces him to download a dating app.
I stared at the app on my phone as it downloaded. I was making myself cringe at the thought of signing up for a dating app, but I was lonely. It'd been years since my last realtionship and that was in high school.
"Did you download it, yet?!" Hyunjin exclaimed from the doorway to my room. I groaned and threw myself back on my bed and covered my face.
"Why can't I just meet a normal person the normal way?" I asked him as he came in and sat next to me on my bed.
"Because you're not a normal person, Yongbokkie" he said grinning at me.
"This is a bad idea. I hate the whole idea of dating apps." I said still covering my face.
"Just sign up and get it over with."
"You act like you've done this before." I said peeking out my behind my hands and looking at him turning bright red. "You've done this before?!" I exclaimed sitting straight up on my bed.
"Look, it didn't work out. She got weird when we met in person. But that doesn't mean it won't work for you?"
"You don't sound so sure, Hyunjin"
"Just open the app and sign up." He said cocking his head to the side in annoyance. I let out a breath and opened the app.
"Seriously? How am I supposed to come up with a username that does't sound stupid?"
"LixLikesBrownies" Hyunjin suggested instantly.
"No. Definitely not" I shook my head.
"Brownies4everyone" he suggested again.
"What? What's with the brownies references? There's more to me then brownies" I mentioned and I ran my hand through my hair and stared at the blinking cursor on my screen. "What about -" Hyunjin started. "Maybe I should just figure this out myself." I said pointing towards the door and not so subtly hinting that he should leave.
"AussieInKorea? No, too obvious." I muttered to myself as I thought. I didn't want anyone to know straight away who I was. I wanted to get to know someone before they found out I was The Felix of Stray Kids. "AussieSeoul, sounds good." I said quietly to himself and I typed it in.
"Interests?" He paused "I can't believe I'm doing this. Ok, music. Definitely should put that. Um...Baking? Or does that sound weird...Nah, not a good one to start with. Dancing and eating? No..." I shook my head, "Music, Dancing, and....." I paused trying to think of one more thing I could add that didn't make me sound weird. "Traveling? I mean, I do that. Yeah, that sounds good...maybe one more thing? Um..no, keep it simple for now." I filled out the rest of my info and submitted the profile while uploading a picture of my that hid my face.
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—— A few days later and there still hadn't been any activity on the app. Just as I was considering deleting it all together, my phone buzzed while I was watching an anime with Minho at the dorm. I looked down at my phone and realized someone had finally messaged me. "Was starting to think that was hopeless." I said under my breath while Minho stared at the TV.
"What was?" He said looking over at me.
"Nothing. Hyunjin talked me into joining this stupid dating app. Still not sure I even like the idea."
"Aww, our litte Lixie is all grown up." he said sarcastically as Sooni crawled into his lap. "What do you think Sooni? Should Felix start dating? Our little boy is growing up so fast."
"Oh come on. It's not like I haven't dated before." I rolled my eyes and stood up. "I'll leave you two alone." I laughed before heading back to my own room and opening the notification.
GuitarGirl I'm not good at using these apps. But I saw your profile and you sounded interesting so I'm giving this a shot. So Hi.
He smiled at the message. She sounded a little normal at least. He tapped on her name before replying.
"She plays guitar? I mean that's kinda cool" I said quietly under my breath while reading further. "She's an American living in Seoul, she sings too. Hmmm" He took the chance and decided to write her back.
AussieSeoul I'm no good at this either to be honest. My friend talked me into it. I like your username. You're into music?
GuitarGirl Yeah, I dabble. What about you? I saw you liked music too.
AussieSeoul I dabble. You play guitar? I've always wanted to learn.
Felix caught himself smiling down at the screen everytime a message popped up.
GuitarGirl My dad taught me when I was little before he passed away. I just kind of kept playing. Wow. Sorry, that got dark quick.
AussieSeoul No! It's ok. He inspired you to play. That's not a bad thing. I'm sorry about your dad.
GuitarGirl No. It's ok. It was a long time ago. So, you're from Australia? That's a really long way from Korea.
AussieSeoul Originally, that's where I'm from. I live in Kroea now for work.
GuitarGirl I'm originally from Los Angeles, but I moved to Korea about six months ago. My mom always talks about how much she loved it here. Still working on being more fluent in the language. My parents spoke a bit of Korean at home, but not enough to survive here. lol
AussieSeoul Oh I get it! My parents spoke Korean at home too, but mostly between themselves. I knew very very little when I moved here seven years ago.
GuitarGirl I should go, my lunch at work is over. But I had fun talking to you. We should talk some more later.
AussieSeoul Absolutely! But wait! I don't know your name. lol
GuitarGirl Oh god, I didn't even tell you that, did I? It's Lina, well Evangelina but my mom only calls me that when she's mad at me. What's yours?
Felix paused, do I tell her my real name or make one up? Crap. I don't know what to do. I mean, I'm not the only one on the planet named Felix, right?
AussieSeoul I'm Felix. Have a good rest of your day, Lina.
I closed the app and smiled to myself. I didn't think I'd have such a positive interaction on a dating app. Hyunjin kocked on my open door and I looked up from his phone.
"Why do you look like that?" He asked looking Felix up and down.
"Like what?" I asked trying to pretend I didn't already kinda like this girl. Hyunjin glanced down at my phone and a look of realization crossed his face. He yanked the phone from my hands "You messaged someone!?"
"She messaged me" I said trying to snatch my phone back from him. "I was just being polite."
