The Ghost at the end of the Hallway ~ Hyunlix

chapter 10

During the last couple months a lot had happened.

Felix and Hyunjin had grown closer together. Felix had recovered from his light injury. They actually loved spending time together. Felix would do stuff like baking or taking care of the garden and blossom tree, and Hyunjin would just watch.

One day Felix was sitting on the counter. He had a glass of red wine in his hand, he didn’t remember where Hyunjin was. Sometimes the man just disappeared for a few hours, and Felix had honestly gotten used to it.

Deep in thought, Felix swirled his drink around a few times before taking a sip.
“Hey.” Hyunjin spoke out of nowhere. Felix jumped up in shock.

“Jezus!” He grasped for his chest, putting his glass of wine down so he wouldn’t spill it. He looked at Hyunjin. “God, I’ll never get used to that.”
Hyunjin laughed, and Felix quickly joined in.

“Mind if I join you?” Hyunjin asked. Felix nodded his head and pulled out the bar chair beside him, even though he knew that Hyunjin wasn’t even able to sit on it.

Hyunjin smiled again and ‘sat’ on the chair.
“So what were you up to today?” Felix asked as he refilled his glass of wine. Hyunjin eyed the younger’s actions.
“Painting.” He said. Felix smiled.
“Oh yeah, I completely forgot to search there.” He chuckled.
“You searched for me?” Hyunjin chuckled. Felix nodded. He could slowly feel the alcohol starting to set in.

“I wanted to tell you something.” He frowned. “But I don’t remember what…” He pressed his lips together, trying to remember. Hyunjin lifted his eyebrows in question.

“It probably wasn’t important if I forgot.” Felix concluded. He shrugged his shoulders before he downed his glass and refilled it again. Hyunjin frowned.

“Should you drink this much?” He asked. Felix shrugged his shoulders.
“I’m allowed to get drunk every now and then.” He said. Hyunjin chuckled.
“I guess you are.” He said. A silence fell. Felix was starting to feel slightly lightheaded.

Felix snipped his fingers. “The library.” He spoke up, he had a slight slur to his words. “What’s a book you recommend?” He asked. Hyunjin looked up in surprise.
“I don’t know honestly, I’m not really the reader type.” He said. Felix nodded and chuckled without a reason. Hyunjin couldn’t help but admit that a tipsy Felix was quite cute. Maybe even cuter than normal.

“You’re really cute, you know that?” Hyunjin tried. He put his elbow on the counter, where it hovered a few centimeters above the surface. He then leaned his chin in the dorsal of his hand.

Hyunjin noticed the upcoming blush on Felix’s face, but he wasn’t really sure if it was because of the alcohol or because of what hyunjin said.

“You think?” He asked. He looked at Hyunjin before he downed his fourth glass of wine. Hyunjin poked the side of his cheek with his tongue. Felix was about to fill up his glass again when Hyunjin grabbed his wrist to stop him from doing so.

“What?” Felix asked, maybe a little too aggressive.
“You should probably stop drinking.” Hyunjin said.
“But I’m not drunk yet?” He whined. He might’ve not been drunk, but he was definitely tipsy as fuck. Hyunjin pressed his lips together and shook his head.

“You should still stop.” He said. Felix put on a cute pout and leaned closer to Hyunjin. 
“One more glass?” He asked. Hyunjin felt his face redden up at how close Felix was. He gulped. Felix moved a little closer to Hyunjin, still waiting for an answer.
“F-fine.” Hyunjin stuttered. He let go of Felix’s wrist with a bright red face. “One more glass.”

Felix smiled like a little kid and grabbed his glass to fill it up to the literal brim. Hyunjin’s jaw practically dropped.
“Oh my god, Felix, that’s like three glasses!” He exclaimed. Felix rolled his eyes. He quickly took a sip to stop the glass from overflowing.
“Nope, see?” He held the glass up. “One glass.”

“You’re not supposed to fill it up to the rim!” Hyunjin exclaimed helplessly. Felix rolled his eyes and took three much too big gulps from the whine. Hyunjin just watched.

After Felix had finally finished his glass, he was pretty much drunk out of his mind. He kept shifting closer to the actually pretty amused Hyunjin as he continued blabbering about the ups and downs about having a cat.

When Felix almost dropped off his bar chair though, they quickly adapted over to the couch in the living room. Felix had been more than able to walk, the only problem was that he constantly and unconsciously moved closer to Hyunjin, pretty much shoving him into the wall.

They sat down, and Felix was now blabbering about the ups and down of having a dog.
“I mean, he would be able to play in the garden a lot, and I have lots of time to take care of him if I decide to take one.” He continued rambling. Hyunjin unconsciously listened to him with a broad smile at the other’s cuteness.

At some point Felix decided he was done talking about pets. He shuffled closer to Hyunjin, with a big blush on his cheeks from the earlier consumed alcohol. Hyunjin too had a soft blush on his face now, but because of other reasons.

Their thighs touched.
“You know.” Felix whispered, as if what he was about to say was a secret. Expect he didn’t say anything.
“Yes?” Hyunjin chuckled. Felix blinked a couple times. He then lifted his hand to Hyunjin’s face.
“Boop.” He said as he booped Hyunjin’s nose. He suddenly burst out laughing. He doubled over, practically ending up in Hyunjin’s lap.

Hyunjin couldn’t help but laugh along with the younger. His laugh was just really infectious.
Felix suddenly stopped laughing. He was laying with his back on Hyunjin’s lap, and Hyunjin too stopped laughing.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, confused at Felix’s sudden change in demeanour. Felix lifted his hand close to Hyunjin’s face again. For a quick moment he was sure Felix would simply boop his nose again.

His face heated up like fire though as Felix sensually let his finger slide vertically over Hyunjin’s lips, making them part. Felix suddenly sat up. Hyunjin was frozen into place.

“So handsome.” He chuckled.