You Saved Me

Twenty Nine

"Happy birthday, baby." Innie told Chan and I smiled, leaning back on Changbin as Chan took his gift and opened it.

"Hell yeah!" He laughed as he saw the hair care stuff he needed after he utterly destroyed his hair by bleaching it at home. He's lucky he didn't fry it after he told me he got distracted while bleaching.

"Yes!" He laughed and kissed his boyfriend, but I smiled and stood from Changbin's lap.

"Sunshine?" He called, but I smiled and grabbed his shoulder, leaning down to kiss his cheek.

"Just going to grab a blanket, it's a bit cold." I said and he nodded, holding my hand for a second before letting me go.

Changbin's POV
I watched him go into Chan's and Jeongin's house then sighed as I grabbed my beer from the table beside me, sipping at it.

"Hey, you two okay?" I looked at Chan then saw the worried faces of our six friends.

"We're..." I trailed, trying to think, but it was hard. To try and come back from a cheating scare, only to realize your partner had been sexually assaulted for months and never felt safe enough to tell you? No one told us how hard that was.

"Trying." I finally said and forced a smile.

"Changbin, you..." Lino stopped then I eyed him.

"I don't need to hear it, Lino! I know I should have told-"

"You don't need to force yourself." Lino said and I frowned as I looked at him.

"Yeah, sure, you should have told us, but this is also traumatizing! That woman was literally assaulting you! Trauma hurts people in different ways! Hell, Felix can't even touch belts now despite how bad his tiny waist ass needs one!" He said and I nodded. Not that I blamed Felix. Leather in general made him panic. It's why my car had to be redone so it was fabric instead of leather.

"We can sit here and say you should have said something, you two should have talked, things could have gone differently all we want, but we can't! That's the past, and we can't change it even if we want to! All we can tell you to do is learn from it, don't repeat it, and love that man! Please!" Lino begged and I nodded, looking at Felix as he came onto the back porch again, holding a blanket as Berry trailed after him.

"I found a thing." Felix said and we laughed as Berry went to Chan and jumped into his lap.

"Berry!" He cooed at his dog, holding her, but I was focused on Felix. He came to me then sat in my lap, pulling the blanket in around himself. I set my beer down then helped him, wrapping my arms around him.

"You aren't drinking?" Felix mumbled, but I shook my head and kissed his head.

"I'm driving us home, baby, I don't want to be buzzed when I do." I said and he nodded, tucking his head under my chin.

"Hey, Felix, how are you?" Han asked and I frowned. Were MinSung really giving us therapy?

"I'm... tired." Felix smiled and Han nodded, glancing at me.

"Can I offer something?" He asked and Felix frowned.

"Han, leave it!" Chan tried to order, Berry now out in the grass doing her own thing.

"It has to be said, Chan, and let Han. Felix and Changbin are less likely to kill him." Hyunjin said from Seungmin's lap, the younger's hand on the blonde's thigh.

"What has to be said?" Felix asked and sat up, glaring at Han.

"You don't have to answer this, either of you, but how intimate have you been since it all went down?" Han asked and I scoffed, ready to argue, but Felix glared harder.