Claim your fate

chapter 20

At week thirty, Felix began nesting. At first, it was unnoticeable by Hyunjin. He didn't notice that some of his shirts went missing, or that Felix's side of the bed grew with the pillows that he slept on. He didn't notice it until one night when he was fast asleep, and Felix woke him up.

"Hyunjin," Felix whispered. His small fingers were under the hem of Hyunjin's worn v-neck, scrunching the fabric up so that Hyunjin could take it off. It was harder than he thought it would be, because Hyunjin slept like the dead. "Hyunjin."

Hyunjin shifted in his sleep and the shirt tangled in Felix's fingers, but Hyunjin kept on sleeping. It was frustrating to say the least. Felix adjusted his fingers under Hyunjin's shirt again and sighed. He nudged his alpha with his elbow and waited. Finally, after a few more nudges, Hyunjin opened his eyes.

"What?" He asked groggily. "What are you doing?" He looked down at his shirt, which was rucked up against his nipples. He gave Felix a confused look.

"Take off your shirt, please." Felix requested politely. He watched as Hyunjin gave him another confused look before finally sitting up and tugging his shirt off. When Felix had the worn fabric in his hands, he brought it to his nose and inhaled deeply. The scent of his alpha was so satisfying and it made him and his baby feel safe and secure.

"Did you want to do sexy time or something?" Hyunjin asked, leaning back on his elbows. He watched as Felix buried half of his face in the shirt he'd just stripped. Then, Felix shook his head.

"No thanks." Felix answered, turning his back towards Hyunjin and laying down again. He kept Hyunjin's shirt gripped between his hands because the smell was strong and fresh. The other shirts he had under his pillow didn't quite smell like Hyunjin anymore. He closed his eyes and let Hyunjin's scent lull him to sleep.

Behind him, Hyunjin sat with a perplexed expression on his face. That was weird. He'd never had Felix wake him up in the middle of the night just to take his shirt off. Usually, they would do some sort of sexual act (Felix's favorite thing right now was to be eaten out until he was crying). But, Felix was an amusing and questionable person when he was pregnant, so Hyunjin just went with the flow.

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The next afternoon is when Hyunjin really discovered that Felix had been nesting hardcore. He decided to pick up their bedroom to surprise Felix (even though most of it was Felix's things), and he wanted Felix to relax in a clean environment. So, he got down on his hands and knees to pick up some stray panties that had made their way under the bed. What he pulled out wasn't panties.

It was Hyunjin's favorite workout shirt. He thought he had lost it when Felix claimed to have misplaced it in the wash. How it got under their bed, he had no idea, because he always changed from a workout in the bathroom and made sure to put his clothes in the hamper. But, this very well could have been a mistake on his part. He could have stripped in their bedroom. He shrugged and tossed the shirt up onto the bed.

He dug around under Felix's side of the bed again, this time pulling out a few (clean) pairs of his briefs. They were his favorite ones and he'd been missing them. Again, Felix claimed to have misplaced them. He frowned and dug under the bed some more, pulling out more of his things. Two shirts, a pair of his sweatpants, and eight more pairs of briefs, all which he tossed up onto the bed.

He frowned and stood up, planting his hands on his hips. He surveyed the bed and something green under Felix's pillow caught his eye. He tossed the pillow aside and gaped at what he saw. Laying folded gently under Felix's pillows were multiple shirts, all worn. The thing that caught his eye was his favorite bandanna, and he wore it pretty much every day, until he "lost" it.

What was Felix doing with all of his clothes? Surely there had to be a good explanation. Maybe it had to do with his pregnancy. He pulled out his phone and dialed Minho's number. If anyone would know, it would be Minho.