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felix was woken up by his alarm. his eyes were tired, and his entire body ached.
he was absolutely exhausted.
why was he having such a bad sleep?

getting up, which he found much harder then it should be, he made his way into the bathroom, his eyes partially closed.

he took a quick shower that woke him up a bit, but definitely not enough, before brushing his teeth and after drying his hair, felix walked back into his room, changing in a casual, comfortable outfit.

after quickly brushing his hair, he made his way downstairs, not surprised when he saw hyunjin in the kitchen, already prepared as well.

"good morning."
hyunjin said. he was leaning against the kitchen counter, eating a cereal.

"dude, why are you standing up? why don't you sit down like a normal person? are you trying to be cool or something?"
felix said, rubbing his eyes.

hyunjin just snorted.
"someone didn't sleep nicely. what do you want for breakfast?"

"I brushed my teeth right now, so there is no way I'm eating anything. I will just wait until lunch. besides, I'm not even hungry."
felix shrugged, before walking past hyunjin and taking a glass from the cabinet, filling it up with water.
"this water is going to be so disgusting right now."

hyunjin chuckled, finally finishing his cereal.
"I'm gonna go brush my teeth and then we can leave?"

felix nodded, turning around and leaning against the counter as he watched hyunjin disappear into the downstairs bathroom.

he was honestly kinda surprised. yesterday's talk really seemed to help, because there wasn't that awkward and uncomfortable atmosphere anymore.

few minutes later, hyunjin walked out of the bathroom.
"ready to go?"

"mhm."
felix took the bag with his equipment, as the two of them made their way to the car.

•~•

"felix are you really sure you don't want to get a lunch with me?"
han asked, leaning against one of the huge shelves around felix.

"no. I'm in the middle of taking the paint off of the painting. I have to fully concentrate on it and do everything in one go."
felix said, not even looking at jisung.

"should i bring you something?"
han asked, walking a bit closer towards felix.
"I'm going into this Chinese place, since I'm craving some. should I bring you fried noodles, or fried rice?"

"fried rice sounds kinda nice."
felix said with a small smile.
"thank you."

"of course, I'll be back in around an hour."
jisung waved to felix, before making his way to the back door, leaving the gallery.

•~•

"mr. hwang, he's here."
one of the workers said after making their way into his office.

hyunjin sighed.
"let him in."

the worker nodded, and moments later a bit crazy looking guy made his way inside.

"hwang hyunjin, nice to see you buddy."

hyunjin sighed, leaning against his chair.
"just get to the point. what do you want?"

"so, I have heard that apparently someone destroyed a painting here few months ago. threw a full can with paint at it, cut the canvas, scribbled down something on it with a sharpie..."

"yes, that did happen. I still don't understand why you're here tho mr. gin."

"i wanted to ask if I could buy that painting from you."
mr. gin said.

hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows.
"what do you mean by that?"

"well, we both know that the painting is laying in your storage, totally neglected, out of sight. it's a shame. you know that I own an extravagant gallery with crazy pieces. I think the painting would find a new home there."
mr. gin said.

"why would I sell you a painting I have been fighting for like a dog? just because someone thought it would be funny to damage it, it doesn't mean I'm going to give up on it. I hired the best art repairer I could. he's working on the repairs, and I must say he's doing a good job. give it a few more months and the painting will be on its spot again."
hyunjin said.
"in conclusion, I'm not selling the painting."

"damn, I thought you were smarter than that hyunjin. hiring an art repairer instead of trying to admire the painting in its new life?"
mr. gin said.

"if I remember correctly I specialize in old, actual art. I'm going to whatever I can so the painting won't loose its ancient charm."
hyunjin said.
"if that's all, you can leave."

"won't you just consider it? I will pay you a good money, you know I will."
mr. gin argued.

"yeah, I know. unfortunately I did make some business with you. I sold you beautiful old paintings just so you could threw paint at it and call it 'a touch of modernity'."
hyunjin said.
"you can leave now."

mr. gin rolled his eyes, before making his way out of hyunjin's office, clearly a bit disappointed.

•~•

han walked trough the door, holding a plastic bag with a container inside.
"okay, so, I got you the fried rice, honestly I was tempted to eat it on the way here-"
his throat went dry when he saw felix on the floor, unconscious.

"shit, shit, shit, shit."
jisung dropped the bag and ran to felix.

kneeling next to him, jisung wasn't sure what to do. he was too scared to move him in some way, so he wouldn't hurt him, or do something worse.

with shaky hands, he took out his phone and dialed a number.

"jisung? why are you-"

"hyunjin i have no idea what to do."
he said, frantic.

"hey, what happened?"

"I-I was getting lunch and I just came back. felix fainted I think? he's laying on the floor unconscious and I don't know what to do."

"call an ambulance, make sure he's breathing."
hyunjin said, and jisung could hear him quickly standing up and running.
"I will be there in a few seconds alright? just make sure he's okay. and call the fucking ambulance."
saying that, hyunjin hung up.

with a shaky hands, jisung called an ambulance, and after explaining what happened and where they are, he hung up, just as hyunjin rushed into the storage.

"is he breathing?"
hyunjin asked, kneeling next to jisung.

"y-yeah."
jisung nodded.

hyunjin gently put his hand around felix's body and turned him to lay on his back.
"move the chair here."
he said to jisung.

shaken up, jisung got up and moved the chair where hyunjin pointed at. hyunjin then lifted felix's legs on it so they would be up.

"you called the ambulance right?"
hyunjin asked.

jisung nodded.
but while he was watching hyunjin doing all of this, he was a bit confused.
it looked like hyunjin knew all too well what he was doing, as if he already met with this situation too many times.
it was strange.