Mistake [Changlix]

Twenty

Changbin tried to hold to himself by placing his hand on the kitchen's plateau. But he ended up dumping a bowl that was there and almost falling himself to the floor. The torrent of images going through his mind taking out his breathe and strength.

»Sad to announce that a twenty years old guy, who was waiting for his plane at the airport, was victim of an assault today. The cameras captured the moment when the man entered the bathrooms and pointed his gun at the young male—

"NO!" Changbin screamed, wanting to stop the news report that was going on inside of his mind, but knowing that it wouldn't happen. He held his head with both hands and grunted, finally dropping his own body to the floor. More images running in front of his eyes.

Changbin meeting Felix's family in the worst escenario possible. Changbin not attending to Felix's funeral because he couldn't believe that Felix was gone. Changbin blaming himself for not accompanying Felix to the airport.

More and more pictures of the future that he refused to believe.

"No..." he muttered, heavy and thick tears rolling down his face and falling into his shirt.

Changbin started to shake, realizing that for more than a month, he had completely lost his ability to see the future. And not only wasn't he able to see it, but he had completely forgotten about it at all. Changbin lived a normal life for a month. Changbin was happy during that time. And Changbin didn't care about anything else because he'd have Felix by his side. He would wake up and the first thought to come to him would be the smile that his boyfriend would give him every time they saw each other. Throughout the days, the essence of Felix would never abandon him, not even when they weren't together.

Felix's influence in his life was such, that he couldn't imagine a life without the boy who had brought him happiness. Who had brought light to his life. Who had become the proud owner of Changbin's entire existence. And he wouldn't even be ashamed of saying that without Felix, being alive, tortured by the knowledge of the future, wasn't worth it.

And Changbin wasn't going to give up on Felix just because fate decided that Felix would die that day. Not as long as Changbin could stop it.

Changbin got up, still shaking and wiping the tears off his face. He took his coat from his room and took out some money from his savings. He ran outside, the cold of the afternoon slapping his face and making him shiver even more. He didn't care and continued running, getting to the principal street and calling a taxi that was near by.

"To the airport and please be fast, this is an emergency," Changbin rushed, his eyes still red and his voice broken but firm. The taxi driver looked at him through the rearview mirror and seemed to noticed Changbin's poor state. He didn't comment about it and started to drive, pressing down the accelerator. Changbin was glad the driver seemed to understand it was a real emergency for him.

Changbin's heart was on a race against the panic and horrendous fear of losing Felix. He couldn't lose him. Not now and not ever. Changbin tried to calm down a little bit, breathing slowly and taking in deep breathes. Not that it worked to calm himself down, but at least helped him to think clearer.

Changbin wasn't sure of what time it was when the incident occurred. All he knew, was that Felix had gone to the bathroom after eating something at a Starbucks in the airport. He didn't have much information and that was a problem. He sighed, he needed to check in the Starbucks first.

When the taxi finally arrived at the airport through the Departure area, Changbin handed two bills to the driver and ran outside, not sure if the payment had been enough or too much. He dodged as many people as he could and when he saw the Starbucks logo at the other side of the airport, he kept running towards it. He started to look between the costumers, not finding Felix between them and cursing at himself. He turned around, looking for the nearest bathroom and finding a signal that led to one.

"Please, be the correct one," Changbin said to himself as he ran towards the bathroom.

Changbin knew that he should've gotten help from some guard in the airport. But, how in hell could he explain that he knew of an assault that had yet to occur? And, what if he got there too late just because he was lookin for help? Changbin couldn't allow that to happen. So he kept running and stopped when he was in front of the door of the bathroom.

"What is this?"

Changbin heard Felix's voice say.

Changbin stopped breathing.

Changbin couldn't think properly and simply acted.

Changbin kicked the door, and entered.

Felix was against the handbasin and the man that would be responsible for his death was in front of him, taking out his gun in the exact moment Changbin stepped inside. Changbin didn't stop to analyze the situation and ran towards the man, who had looked at him a second ago. The man tried to pull out his gun but Changbin had already tackled him, throwing him to the floor. They started to tussle, Changbin trying to take the gun from the man's hands, but he was stronger. Before Changbin could do anything else, the man had turned them around and he was over Changbin now.

Changbin didn't give up. He continued to tussle with the man, finally managing to hit the man's face with his fist. The man staggered a little, which gave Changbin a moment to kick him off and the gun flew through the bathroom.

"Lix!" Changbin yelled at Felix, who seemed petrified with the image before him. The gun had landed closer to Felix than to him, but the man was already running towards him.

Felix gasped and the realization of the situation was visible in his expression. He threw himself to take the gun, but it was too late. The man kicked the gun out of Felix's hand and took it as soon as it went to the floor.

"Bye bye," he said with his husky voice and pointed at Felix.

Suddenly, everything happened in slow motion. Changbin screamed and jumped in front of Felix in the exact moment the bullet came out of the gun. And two seconds later, a second gunshot was heard, but not Felix or Changbin could tell where it come from or who did it hit.

Felix's mind had gone blank, and the only thing he could hear and see, was his own accelerated heartbeat and red stains. The red stains where everywhere. On his hands, on his clothes, on Changbin. And he didn't know what they were or where they came from. He couldn't think.

He saw as two men with grey and blue uniforms entered the bathroom but he didn't really see them. He saw how one of them went over to the man that had attacked him and Changbin. And saw the other one come up to him. But even if he was seeing them do this, Felix couldn't react, he wasn't processing any kind of information. It was as if his brain had stopped working on that moment. And the only thing he could say was:

"Red," and then he fainted.