BALANCE || Hyunlix

Chapter 13 - Sensitive spot

Warning: Sexual content, swearing

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In the morning, Felix was not woken up by an alarm clock, but by the light that filtered into the room. Neither Seungmin nor I.N were in the room anymore. Startled, he looked at the time on his phone and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized he had only woken up a few minutes later. The boys had to leave already, or their classes started earlier.

So, the silver-haired boy slowly got dressed and set off with a toothbrush and his other hygiene items to the shared bathroom down the hall. He put his cosmetic bag on the sink and started brushing his teeth. He could hear that he wasn't alone as the water was running in one of the showers, so he just quietly went about his morning ritual. If he had the bathroom to himself, he would normally play loud songs and sing to himself, because that could always recharge his energy in the morning.

He bent down to rinse his mouth and washed his freckled face in the process. He reached for a towel and quickly dried himself off. The water in the shower was already turned off and Felix heard footsteps stop at the sink next to him. When he put down his towel and wanted to politely greet his classmate, his chest tightened.

"What are you doing here?" Felix asked the tall brunette who appeared in front of him wearing only jeans and an unbuttoned shirt.

"Good morning to you too." Hyunjin remarked with sarcastic tone while drying his long hair with a towel. Felix quickly looked at his reflection in the mirror as he felt his gaze drift down to Hyunjin's bare torso earlier.

"Our bathroom is out of order; this one is the second closest." The brunette explained.

"Yeah, I see..." The silver haired boy nodded as he grabbed the cream and began aggressively applying it to his face. He applied it with slaps on his face. Maybe he wanted to ground himself when Hyunjin surprised him like that in the morning. This was exactly what he wanted to avoid yesterday. Hyunjin's laughter filled the entire bathroom. It was the same laugh Felix had heard on Saturday, a sincere, guttural laugh.

"What are you doing? Hyunjin asked him when he finally stopped laughing.

"Your face will get better blood flow this way!" Felix defended his technique, raising his voice a little, panic written on his face. He wanted to flee again. He quickly put his things in his cosmetic bag and was about to leave when Hyunjin called him.

"Hey! You forgot this." He waved a bottle of sunscreen at Felix. So, Felix hurriedly ran to Hyunjin to take the bottle, but the brunette had other plans. Hyunjin squeezed the product onto his fingers and when Felix was closer to him, he began to gently spread the cream on his face.

"What are you doing?" Felix's heart wanted to jump out of his chest. He was taken aback by the sudden contact and proximity.

"I'll show you how to treat your skin." Hyunjin whispered, concentrating on spreading the sunscreen well. He probably didn't read too much into it, but Felix melted under his every touch.

"Done." Hyunjin informed him but still held his face, "You really have a lot of freckles." he commented and ran a hand over the spot that was covered with freckles. Felix didn't know what to say to that, he just concentrated on breathing and not showing that he was thrown off by his actions.

"Um, I didn't like them at all when I was little." He thought of some way to answer that.

"You should like them; I think they're the most interesting thing on your face." Hyunjin kept commenting and finally let his fingers slide freely from Felix's face. The silver haired boy looked like he was going to pass out in no time. He couldn't bring himself to move, they were still facing each other, Felix was smelling Hyunjin's sweetly scented shower gel and knowing that if he got any closer, he would be right up against his toned bare chest and stomach.