Chapter Nine

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"Han, would you please stop yelling in my ear and just eat your lunch already?" Minho said, pretending to be annoyed with the squirrel.

Han scoffed, "Well, fine. I guess I'll talk to Hyunjin inst-"

"No." Hyunjin quickly shut down Han's petty antics, ignoring everyone's snickers.

Chan rested an arm on Hyunjin's shoulder, "One of these day's you're going to want to talk to us Hyunjin." He jokingly said, only to be met with a disgusted look from Hyunjin as he pushed off Chan's arm.

"Yeah, hard pass." Hyunjin coldly explained, glancing up at the lunchroom doors for a certain freckled boy.

Almost like it was planned, Felix cheerfully walked through the doors, running over to their table as he said, "Hey guys!"

Everyone watched in slight shock and confusion as Felix took a seat right next to Hyunjin, instead of his usual spot across the table.

"Uhm, hey Lix..." Seungmin carefully said, eyeing Hyunjin up and down, half way expecting him to bite Felix.

When neither Felix or Hyunjin said anything about Felix's new seat, the group tried to get back to their usual conversations, only feeling slightly disturbed.

Jeongin was the first to pipe up as he said, "Oh Felix! How's your art project coming?"

Hyunjin's eyes lit up at the statement, quickly turning to Felix as he asked, "Wait, are you also taking art?"

Felix smiled over at Hyunjin, nodding softly as he spoke, then turning back to Jeongin. "Yeah, it's coming along well. It's my first time trying pottery, so it's taking me a bit longer this time."

Jeongin nodded slowly, him and the other five guy's at the group silently analyzing the small interaction between Felix and Hyunjin.

The group was quite silent that day, as none of the boy's really understood the sudden friendship between Felix and Hyunjin.

It wasn't until Felix subconsciously leaned into Hyunjin's side, the taller boy quietly accepting the action, that the boys had finally had enough.

Minho sighed, setting his drink down as he spoke. "Okay, what the hell is going on with you two? Just last week you guys were practically strangers, and now this?" He said loudly, gesturing to the small physical contact between them.

The friend group all nodded, agreeing with Minho as they turned to the boys in confusion.

Just now noticing his actions, Felix sat up slowly as he explained, "I don't know, we've just been growing closer since he helped me."

Changbin leaned in closer as he questioned, "What do you mean, he helped you?"

Felix turned bright red as he realized that he accidentally revealed his little secret. "Well you see..." He started softly, glancing at Hyunjin for support. "Last week I tried to tell Wooyoung how I felt about him."

The table gasped, all of them abandoning their lunch to focus on the drama. Chan was the first to say something as he quickly asked, "How did it go?"

Felix grimaced slightly, "Well, before I could tell him, his boyfriend decided to join us."

All at once, the six boys loudly gasped, immediately bursting out with questions and comments.

"HE HAS A BOYFRIEND?!"

"Do I need to beat this kid up?"

"Was it awkward?"

"You should have told us."

"What did he say?"

"Does he know you like him?"

"Why didn't you tell us?"

Overwhelmed by all the talking, Felix unsuccessfully tried to calm his friends down, trying to answer all of their questions at once, "Uhm- no plea- I gue- uhm..."

Seeing how anxious Felix was, Hyunjin loudly slammed his hand down on the table. "Would you all stop freaking him out please? Ever think this is why he didn't tell you?" Hyunjin said sternly, defending Felix.

The boys quickly stopped bombarding his with questions as they all muttered an apology. Seungmin smiled softly, "Sorry Lix, how are you feeling now?"

Felix glanced over at Hyunjin with a grateful look in his eyes before focusing back on the rest of his friends. "I'm better now. Hyunjin, has been helping me."

Minho whistled out sarcastically, "Damn, cold boy Hyunjin actually has some feelings."

Hyunjin rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, get over it Minho. Don't be jealous because I like him more than you."

Minho raised his eyebrows, playfully yelling out, "Don't test me Hwang!"

Chan waved off the boy's small argument, deciding to change the topic off of Felix, based on how uncomfortable the small boy looked. "Anyways! Onto better topics! I was hoping everyone might want to hang at mine this upcoming weekend?"

Small nods spread throughout the group as everyone made plans to hang out at Chan's house, Felix and Hyunjin being glad the attention was no longer on them.

Suddenly the bell rang, signally that lunch was over. Chan glanced up at everyone packing up their bags as he spoke. "Ah, I'll text you all with details later! See you guys tomorrow!"

And with that, everyone spread out to their own classrooms, everyone looking forward to the weekend even though it was only Monday.

***

Felix stopped before his next class, knowing that Wooyoung would be inside already. Placing a bright smile on his face, Felix took a deep breath and walked inside, acting as normal as possible.

"Hey Felix!" Wooyoung loudly said from across the classroom, meeting Felix at his desk like normal.

Felix set his stuff down softly, "Hey Wooyoung, how's your day been so far?" He asked calmly, trying to make conversation.

Wooyoung waved off the question as he replied, "It was fine. Anyways! I've been meaning to ask you something."

Felix raised an eyebrow, confused at what he might want to ask him. "Go for it." He said, feeling curious.

"Are you and that boy from the Café dating?" Wooyoung blatantly asked, looking at Felix expectantly.

Felix practically choked on air, hearing the words come out of Wooyoung's mouth. "WHAT?! No, no, no! Me and Hyunjin are just friends!"

Wooyoung frowned, "Damn it, I was hoping you had finally found someone you were interested in."

Felix scoffed at the irony, "Yeah, can you even imagine that? Not me." He explained calmly, suddenly feeling slightly awkward.

"Well, you better tell me when someone does catch your interest. I want to be the first to know!"

"Yeah... Definitely."

Author Note: OKAY IM ABOUT TO SAY A LOT BUT I SWEAR ITS ALL IMPORTANT!! For starters, please don't forget to vote and comment, I really appreciate it.

OKAY, I know this chapter was kind of boring, but if I'm being honest, I have no idea where this is going. So, if there's anything specific you want to see PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know. I have been considering just deleting this story and working on a different draft I have planned, but idk.

ALSO, would you guys be open to reading a fic where the ship isn't confirmed? I have a really good idea for a fic but idk if I should make it HyunLix, ChanLix, or make it a story that's HyunLix vs ChanLix. So basically there wont be a specific ship in the tags or anything, in order to find out what ship it is you would have to actually read it all the way through.

If not, that's totally fine, I just want to know where people are at. :)

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