in dreams

chapter nine - second chance

it was nice to think felix missed him the most.

but it raised more questions.

hyunjin questioned why he didn't just text him. he wondered why felix couldn't just get his number from a mutual friend and let him know he was okay and that he was thinking of him.

and then he wondered why he didn't just do that himself.

"chan hyung" - hyunjin

"can you give me felix's number ?" - hyunjin

"i don't know why i didn't think of this earlier haha" - hyunjin

"yeah for sure" - bang chan

"contact : yongbokkie" - bang chan

"oh shit i didn't realize you could see how i have him saved in my phone" - bang chan

hyunjin smiled to himself seeing how soft the boy was for felix, only to start laughing upon seeing the contact photo. it was a picture of felix very obviously sitting on the toilet with a face mask slathered on his face and his hair skewing out from a headband.

"please change it and act like you didn't see that.." - bang chan

"but anyway" - bang chan

"he hasn't been talking to me since he left" - bang chan

"i've texted him so many times to no response" - bang chan

"i see, thank you anyway" - hyunjin

hyunjin could barely type out a text to felix with his hands jittering like crazy. what was an appropriate thing to say after three months of getting ghosted?

'is this felix ?'

'hey this is hyunjin'

'wya lol'

'i miss you with every ounce of my being'

"hey felix this is hyunjin" - hyunjin

"i got your number from chan" - hyunjin

"i heard you're back home in austrailia" - hyunjin

hyunjin sighed and stared at the three pathetic bubbles of text on his screen. good enough? he threw his phone onto his bed, walking away casually like a kid pretending not to care so a game would load faster. he did in fact care though as he practically dove onto his bed when his phone vibrated.

misfortune befell him in the form of three characters.

jang. chae. jun.

hyunjin cursed under his breath, growing in rage until he felt it hot on his face and full in his chest.

"i fucking blocked him how.. what the hell?"

"i wanna come over baby can we talk?" - jang chaejun

hyunjin didn't even remember putting his contact back into his phone. just how close did he get to him that night?

hyunjin cleared out the message, holding his breath until the memo popped up on his screen that confirmed chaejun's number was safely blocked.

knock. knock. knock.

hyunjin jumped a little. he wasn't expecting anyone. and he didn't know his few close friends to knock so aggressively. those damned three bangs just screamed at him.

knock. knock. knock.

he stood up slowly, realizing that as someone who lives alone, there's no one else to cower behind to open the door for him. but again, the knocking persisted.