Protect me | Lee Felix

Chapter 2

"It's been so long since we went out! I need a night off again!" Jeongin whined while the group was walking to their meeting room with their managers and staff.

"It's been two weeks since we went to the club, relax maknae!" Chan scolded but his voice was still as soft as always.

"God, please don't bring up that night again" Felix murmured and hid his face in his hands. "Oh right", Jisung remembered and slung one arm around his twin's shoulder, "loverboy here is a complete idiot!" He said it jokingly - more or less - but everyone kinda knew that Felix hadn't acted his smartest back then.

You see, the feelings he felt that night were kind of overwhelming so the only thing Felix deemed right, was to leave before Lyn had woken up again. He left a simple note behind but with no way of reaching him. That was what truly happened but he told the members that he didn't want to pursue anything further because of his idol image. He couldn't actually care less about said idol image but the members bought his excuse.

He felt like the biggest douche after that but he couldn't change it anymore so he decided not to dwell on it any longer. He knew he had again ruined his chances of something more with a girl, he just didn't know why he felt so much worse about it this time than before.

"Stop spacing out, will ya?" Minho shoved him gently, snapping Felix out of his thoughts. He muttered a quick apology and focused on his manager that had been talking about something Felix wasn't aware of.

"Felix" He was suddenly addressed and he felt as if he would get scolded now for spacing out and missing the topic, "Are you with us? I just said that because of recent events we decided to hire all of you personal bodyguards. Of course they won't follow your every move, just when it's a public event or you want them to. I also said that you will each meet them in the practice room now."

Felix nodded and was just glad that their manager seemed to have a soft spot for him and didn't mind it too much that he wasn't properly listening. The idea of having a personal bodyguard actually seemed quite nice, especially if you still had your freedom in your time off.

The other members seemed to have similar thoughts also because it probably wouldn't be too different from the general bodyguards they had until now. Some of the old ones had actually renewed their contracts and would now start as personal bodyguards for one of the members.

Felix actually hoped he would get one he already knew because although he was quite extroverted he preferred to have people around he already knew and trusted.

Following his members, Felix entered the room where some staff members and apparently the eight new bodyguards awaited us. He took a look around the unfamiliar faces until he spotted a young woman at the back. She was facing one of her collegues so Felix was only able to see her profile. But he for sure could recognize that sideprofile everywhere.

Felix gasped slightly and quickly awerted his eyes, catching Jisung's questioning gaze in the progress. Not being able to stop him, Jisung had already asked why Felix looked as if he had seen a ghost. Luckily for Felix, he was saved by their manager who got everyone's attention by speaking up.

"Okay, so we wanted to make this work-relationship as comfortable for you as possible so we will give you some time to get to know your new personal bodyguards." With that the manager and the staff left the room and a tough looking guy approached Jisung to tell him that he would be his new bodyguard.

Jisung waved at his twin before the two went of to one of the lounges in the room to talk a bit more. The bodyguards in total were a crew of six men and two woman - all in their 20s or early 30s.

Felix turned around when he felt a tap on his shoulders but immediately felt the urge to run away again.

"Hi. I guess I'm your new bodyguard from now on" Lyn said and smiled at him but that smile was no where near as warm as it had been the night they met, "Everyone else is talking so I guess we should do that too." She suggested and pointed to one of the empty couches in the room.

Felix gulped, still not ready to say anything, and simply followed her.
"As you probably heard, we will be with you at all times outside your private accommodations or the company. The exception is if you directly ask us not to come along but that is only possible in strictly private events. To be able to ensure your safety we will also live in your building complex. Do you have any questions?"

Felix stared at Lyn with a shocked expression at her cold and strict tone as is was nothing like he remembered her. Now the question suddenly was if she even remembered Felix at all. At the tought of what the answer to that might be, Felix felt a pain in his chest but chose to ignore it for now.

"When will you officially begin?" He asked in a timid voice, too afraid to ask the girl in front of him if she remembered their night together.

"Tomorrow. Today we will move in and do a check-up in your dorm. It's routine but little advice from other experiences, you may want to clean your flat a bit." For the first time today Lyn smiled at him with a smile that wasn't of total professional nature and Felix felt warm again, never wanting to miss that kind of smile again.

"Lyn?" The girl looked up but stopped Felix from saying what he wanted to, "I don't expect you to call me Ms. Kim but my name is Julyn so please stick to that?"

Felix nodded, now he definitely didn't want to ask her anything about their prior meeting. Lyn seemed to notice Felix' changed mood and hunched shoulders because she sighed in defeat, "Look, Felix, I am your bodyguard now, okay? So that's all I will be from now on."

On one hand Felix knew she was right but on the other he hoped that she wasn't. He didn't know if he could stay professional around her, especially if she had to stay close to him and protect him from now on. But something in what Lyn had said gave Felix hope: She seemed to remember him.

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~the lenght of the chapters will vary just so you know (but I try to keep them from being too short)

~until next chapter
~~June