FREEDOM | Changbin + Felix

Arrival | drei

Changbin was now 17 years old, almost getting out of school. He just needed one more year after this one and he was done with that thing people call education and that he thought it was actually all bullshit.

He got to school earlier than usual, almost no one was there, only some few people like janitors or some early teachers. That's how he got himself thinking about why did he be so early there and the only reasonable explanation was that dream of his.

Yes, that terrible dream that he had when he was 15 was still there, chasing him as if it didn't want to leave him and of course, he was still going to see his therapist regularly. His days were always troubled now, he got so many conflicts inside his head, even HyunJin was a little off about him. The dark haired boy seemed to be so troubled that even his looks were different than usual, they looked messier, he didn't wash his hair for almost two weeks, his face had a lot of pimples, his skin was getting dry, his eye bags were almost reaching the middle of his cheeks and were really dark, he also had gotten skinnier at the point he thought he could die from simply falling and breaking himself into pieces.

He entered the library and studied english for a few moments till he couldn't hold himself awake anymore, shuttering his eyes in a matter of seconds and literally banging his head on the book after sleeping. And, for his 'surprise', he was dreaming that same dream again.

He opened up his eyes, being able to see colors properly now. Perhaps his dream changed? Was he getting better? Did he had now a new reason to continue living? Maybe.

He could see the color of the water now... It was a beautiful and peaceful really light baby blue and it somehow shined. He followed the curse of the shiniest spot, ending up facing the ceiling of the cave again. Now it had some cracks and some holes where daylight could finally enter and make him a visit. He couldn't deny that - despite of him still being all chained up and still caged that way - he had a beautiful vision.

Now he was able to hear some children playing together. Their laughs, footsteps, crying and little child giggles were now travelling by the cave as an echo, coming really far from where he was and those sounds were actually calming his nerves. His rapid heart beat slowed down a bit, his hands gave up on being fisted all the time, his neck muscles were now kinda relaxed, he was feeling better inside there. Could those voices be a little... Recognizable? Nah, it's all his dreams. It must be all some part of his mind playing tricks on him.

He eventually woke up. He could feel someone patting his head... Was this... HyunJin? He opened up his eyes just a bit to peek on who they were and for his no surprise, he was right. His boyfriend was right beside him, patting his head with one hand and holding his backpack on the other.

"Changgie..." He stated, making Changbin fully open his eyes and roll them over a bit. He absolutely hated when HyunJin called him like that. It. Was. Disgusting.

"What do you need, HyunJin?"

"I was just checking up on you since you neither answered my calls nor my texts."

"Okay... I was sleeping as you could see and you already know that I usually come here every free time I got to spare, so I don't think I really need to tell you where I am."

"I was just worried, love."

"Worried over what? I already told you I'm fucking okay, HyunJin. You don't need to follow me like a dog does to his owner."

"But--"

"No 'buts'. Can't you just see you're being like a pet? I hate when you do this so much. Oh my fucking God, HyunJin. I'm. The. Fuck. Okay. THE END."

"Okay, okay... I'm really sorry, umm? I didn't mean to want you mad, I just was really worried. How am I supposed to believe in you if you keep getting skinnier, won't tell me how was your day, you keep getting messier and your looks are like you're a fucking zombie? Goddamn it. I'm just trying to be your boyfriend properly but you keep fucking ditching me and lying to me. I'm sick of all this."

Changbin didn't reply. They were arguing while whispering because they were in a library. It seemed funny but their blood pressure were going up like that.

The smaller boy sat up from his chair, collecting his things and getting out of there as soon as he could, leaving HyunJin behind without a reply as he walked up to the classroom.

HyunJin was really mad at him. He swore this was their last argue and that he would break up with the other boy as soon as he could, but he didn't want to do it now because he somehow still liked him and also because he didn't want to leave him as depressed as he was now.

They were in class. The sound of the clock ticking was the only thing that could be heard as long as you didn't pay attention to the people whispering and gossiping as they usually did.
Changbin was paying attention to the clock until he got his attention stolen by the teacher's footsteps, but... Why did they seem more than one person?

Of course, for Changbin's luck, there was someone new in that class. The 'unnamed' person was entering class right behind their teacher, following him with their face down and their hands in their pants' pockets, also wearing a black hoodie covering his whole head.

"Please introduce yourself in korean, not many students in here speak english." said the teacher, making the person quietly nod, they were shy, really shy.

When the mysterious person got their had up, they revealed to actually be a boy. A cute one. Very cute. Changbin couldn't take his gaze away from him. It was impossible.

"Hi. My name is Lee Felix and I'm from Australia. I don't speak much korean, so I hope you're kind to me." The classroom was already silent before him speaking up, but now they really knew what silence was, because as soon as the boy spoke up to the whole classroom everyone was startled, some of them clearly making a 'not expecting that' face. Changbin was also startled. The silence was loud. No one spoke anything and the boy got shy again, hiding himself under his hoodie.

"His voice doesn't match his looks..." someone finally broke up the silence, but left the whole classroom speachless again. Some of them nodding and some of them actually saying yes out loud after sometime.

The boy sat next to HyunJin and Changbin just couldn't take his eyes off him. He thought his freckles were amazingly cute and the blush on his face was leeting him even cuter and... HyunJin noticed him staring at the new boy, being immediately jealous.

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a/n:
Yes they didn't recognize each other. It's been 10 years and they had lost contact.
I'm sorry for this short chapter.

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