GLITCH || Stray Kids

CH:37 ☠️

3rd Person's POV:

~~~~~~~~~ PRESENT ~~~~~~~~~

"So, what am I doing here?" Aera crossed her arms over her chest and looked at the punching bag to the left. "First look at me." Jisung said and Aera sighed before turning to face him. He wore a soft smile and had a bouquet of origami flowers in his hands which she thought, no scratch that, highly believed was made by Seungmin, because this guy barely even knows how to make a paper plane.

Jisung read her thoughts and said, "No, I made this myself. I learnt from Seungmin and spent the previous night making this." He blinked while smiling and Aera's eye grew wide. "You already know by now, so I believe there is no need to tell you again, but my friends think a proposal wouldn't be complete without a confession, so Song Aera, I like you. Would you like to give me a chance and become the queen of the Hanners?" He asked.

"Hanners?" She tilted her head with confusion. "Yeah, my fans/minions/boys/followers." He smiled widely and Aera blinked. "Are you what? A cult leader?" Felix's voice interrupted them and Aera turned her head to see all of their friends with Felix staring at the two of them with uncertainty and Iseul staring at them with disgust/confusion/slight irritation.

Jisung took a deep breath and slowly turned his head in their direction. "What the hell are you doing here, Mr. and Ms. Trainers?" Felix scowled, "That should be our question to you and your gang. I was peacefully conversing with my sister, but these guys barged inside this room as if you own this and suddenly, they started to sing a kind of song which reminds of a loud group of seagulls and both of you entered inside here as if you are walking down the aisle and going to get married. Then you pull out a bouquet of flowers that is not even real but made with paper and gave the poor girl a dry and stale kind of confession." He finished his rant and Iseul handed him a bottle of water which he gladly accepted.

Jisung's eyes were twitching. He was ready.......... to double fry this chicken. Although he was still smiling but his smile and face matched that of a psychopath. "D-dry? S-stale?" Jisung asked and Felix put the bottle down and scowled. "Yes. This was a very dry and stale kind of confession. If I was you, I would have done it a different way and with more feelings." He smirked and Jisung took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

All of them, Iseul, Hyunjin, Seungmin, Jeongin, Heeji, Hana, Minjee, Jiyeon and Eunji were ready to lunge in between and stop the both of them to get to each other's throats and start bloodshed.

"Then why don't you, show us how to do it?" Jisung asked with a smile but while getting his teeth. Felix's face fell and he glared. "Why are you looking at me with such an expression? Afraid that she might reject you?" Jisung daringly asked. Felix scoffed but the squirrel continued, "seems like you also have a 'dry' and 'stale' confession for the girl." Jisung smirked and then glared back at Felix.

The tension between both of them was so thick that it could be cut with a knife. The audience was staring at Jisung then back at Felix. "Say, would you accept the challenge?" This was the final straw, and everyone paused when Felix let out a staggered breath. He clenched his jaw and gulped. "Challenge accepted, quokka."

He immediately left his spot and aggressively walked in Jisung's direction. Everyone's eyes widened and they also were on alert. Jisung was ready as well, but he was caught off guard when he saw Felix walking past him and towards the window where a creeper of Noisette rose had grown. He plucked out 7-8 flowers and a flexible branch as well and tied them together as a bouquet.

He walked back and Jisung covered Aera in order to not make him confess to her. He was again caught by surprise when Felix walked past him and towards where the others were standing.

He approached the group furiously and stopped in front of Hyunjin, who's hand flew to cover his mouth. The others around them had their jaws on the floor and Iseul furiously rubbed her eyes and then looked back at the scene again.

"Felix-" " Can you move to the side, Hyung?" He said to Hyunjin emotionlessly, making his hands fall to the side and the others gain their composures only to get shocked again because behind him stood Heeji, who had a confused expression on her face.

Felix looked at her emotionlessly but then suddenly switched his face into a very bright and smiley one. He smiled softly widely that everyone had to double check whether it was Felix or not.

"Hey, Heeji." He waved at her in tiny and she blinked, "H-hi?" She scratched her nape and cluelessly looked at him. Felix smiled and started, "I have been a trainee here since I was a teenager and became a trainer some three years ago. It was all going well, my day, my training and then my classes as well and I never regretted becoming a trainer at a young age, never wished that I should have become a trainee a bit later.

But when you walked in, that was the first time when I thought what if.... I also started training with her. So that we both can spend time together more by becoming friends or maybe something more than that? I thought of it as just a stupid crush and thought it will go away but it's been three years, and it still hasn't gone." He took of her hands in his making her cheeks flush.

"I only realized as time passed that this wasn't a silly stupid crush, but something stronger than that. I have never liked someone or been in a relationship. Iseul has been in one or maybe a couple of them, Minho Hyung was almost in one but not a single girl seemed to be my type or ever got my interest except you. So," he smiled warmly and handed her the flowers.

"Would you give me a chance and would like to be the queen of my heart?" He asked and Heeji blinked. "Huh?" She asked. "Give me an answer or if you want, you can have some time to think as well." Heeji sheepishly smiled and slowly took her hand away from his. "Excuse me." She ran away in full speed leaving the boy and the others behind in the room, which feel into a great silence. They all awkwardly look at each other and then at Felix and then again at each other.

"*Sniff* *sniff* uwaaaaaaaahaaha" Felix wailed while sitting on the floor surrounded by the others. "Look lixie, see my first crush also rejected me, right? Did I cry? No right? It's okay, bro." Iseul tried to make the boy stop crying. "It's for good only, bro. If she was made for you, she would have accepted you." Jisung tried to console him. He but was feeling bad for making him do that silly stupid confession.

"You were so amazing, although you got rejected but you made my heart flutter. Jisung's was so stale and dry." Hyunjin soothed him but the poor boy only pouted and cried more. He held Jisung by his collar, "Then why? Why did she reject me, Hyung?" He hugged Jisung, who for unknown reasons started to cry as well.

But while trying to calm Felix, they all didn't notice who walked in. Jeongin took in her presence and pointed at her. They all stopped except Felix and looked at her as if they have seen a ghost. "Heeji? Why are you here?" Aera asked awkwardly and looked back at Felix, who stopped crying and changed his expression into a normal one immediately.

He turned and saw her looking worriedly at him. "You cried?" She asked and he shook his head and stood up. "N-no, w-why would I?" He sniffed and looked at her with a slight pout. "Well, I came with an answer." She said and Felix blinked. "Huh? Didn't you reject me?" Heeji scratched her head, "when? I only excused myself." She scowled and he ran, no yeeted himself towards her. "So?"

"So what?" She said and looked around. "I thought and thought and came to a conclusion." She looked at him and brought her hands forward. "That I would like to become the queen of your heart." She held out the bouquet he gave to her earlier while spreading her hands asking him for a hug.

Felix threw himself on her and hugged her tightly. The others heaved a sigh of relief. Out of excitement he started to kiss her. Jisung couldn't hold back and pulled Aera into a hug, Hana and Jiyeon hid Jeongin and covered his eyes, Seungmin and Minjee were disgusted by the kiss but made an eye contact and looked away, Iseul's jaw dropped and Hyunjin suddenly came into her veiw.

"What?" She scowled. "You shouldn't watch that." She pouted annoyed and he slowly shook his head and pinched both of her cheeks. "So, cute." he was squeezing her cheeks, and she was scowling at the same time, "Want your hands to eat the dinner tonight or not?" She did not need to say that twice and the tall boy's hands were snatched away from her face in an instant. She nodded and looked back at the scene and tsked. She slowly walked away from there leaving the others behind.

"One more couple now."