Mistake [Changlix]

Final

Three days after waking up, December 24th, Changbin had been discharged. The bullet had hit him in the left side of his abdomen, thankfully not getting to any organs or important blood vessels. However, the bullet had fragmented itself inside of Changbin's body. This was the reason why he had to get surgery for hours when they arrived at the hospital. The fragments were too small and they were several, so the surgeons had to be very careful with the operation to make sure that nothing had gone wrong.

In a normal situation, with the type of wound that Changbin got, he would've been free to leave the hospital when he woke up and got checked, confirming that he was healing correctly. But this wasn't his case. Since the surgery has taken so long and so much care to be done, the doctor wanted to make sure that everything was completely in place and working properly before discharging Changbin. So he had to stay for three more days in there.

Now, he was arriving with Woojin and Felix at the apartment of the younger one.

"Can you really walk?" Felix asked him after opening the door for him.

"Yes, I can," Changbin answered softly, knowing that his boyfriend was simply worried about his wellbeing.

Felix bit his lip and looked at him with preoccupation expressed on his features, but deciding to trust Changbin. He opened the door wide and helped Changbin get out of the car. He didn't want Changbin to make any kind of effort that could slow down his recuperation. He passed one of his arms for under Changbin's shoulder, far away from the place where bullet had hit and they both walked towards the door of the apartment. Felix thanked the fact that their apartment was in the first floor.

"Honey!" Felix's mom came out before they got to the door and held it open for both of them.

Changbin'd had the pleasure of meeting her the day he woke up. She had been worried for him all the time just as all his friends were and even brought him a delicious noddle soup that Changbin ate delightfully.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Lee," he greeted and smiled. She didn't hold herself back and held Changbin's face, kissing his cheek and ruffling his hair.

"Hi, my boy," she smiled at him, "I'm glad you're home now. Are you hungry?"

Changbin nodded and she left for the kitchen, from where something smelled really good and Changbin's stomach grunted, asking for food.

After they had met and all the formalities where left behind, Changbin and Felix's mom had a few minutes to talk alone. She made sure of letting Changbin know how grateful she was that Felix had found him, because not everybody would take a bullet for somebody else, but Changbin hadn't doubt a second on doing so. Her son was probably alive now because of him, and she would be forever thankful towards him.

After conversing with her that day, Changbin had felt really warm inside. He never doubted that saving Felix had been the right choice. But Mrs. Lee made him feel even surer about it.

"What are you cooking, mom?" Felix asked her, helping Changbin to sit on one of the couches.

"Dinner," she answered and Feliz snorted.

"Mom!" Mrs. Lee laughed.

"It's Christmas Eve, Felix! I'm preparing a nice dinner, it's not that hard to guess," she said, looking back at him and rolling her eyes.

"It's Christmas Eve?" Felix asked confused and looked at Changbin, who gave him the same confused look back.

"I had completely forgotten about that," Changbin said.

Felix shrugged and went to sit next to Changbin, letting the older one rest his head on his shoulder and stroking his hair. Changbin took in a deep breath, letting Felix's aroma besot him and making him feel peaceful inside.