Who cares about Romance anyway?! [ChangLix] (Shortfic/completed)

Two times the fun

Today, for the second time, one month after the first, it was White day and Felix decided he didn't want to think about a possible confession or anything you would find in a good romance book. Of course, all his hopes didn't vanish in a mere second, but he wasn't naïve enough to not know he was being delusional.

He had been training the whole evening for the dance project he would get graded on. He was tired but happy. He always was after those long hours running on the field. There weren't many people around. At such time, nobody was on the campus beside the sports players and the dancers.

When he walked out of his shower, Felix found a dark envelope in his bag.

Surprised, he picked it expectantly and observe the beautiful paper carefully. His heartbeats fastened a bit and he watched a long time the slightly familiar handwriting in white ink. He started to get changed, thinking deeply about the different possibilities when he heard the voices of his team members coming from the showers.

He suddenly snapped out his thoughts as the realisation hit him. Nobody could access the team's changing room without authorisation, except the students majoring in dance and the members of the dance club. Of course, two of his supposed friends were in his dance team as well. He might not completely recognize the handwriting on the envelope, but it was familiar, already too familiar to be true.

Hyunjin entered the room and jumped on his back playfully, asking him where they should eat. Instead of complaining like he usually would, Felix pushed him down and tried to gulp down the lump in his throat.

Shocked and hurt, he didn't try to open the letter and scrambled it in his fist. Angry, he didn't even want to confront them about this matter. If it was so fun for them, it was not fun at all for him.

He didn't bother to dry his hair and put his hoodie on fast before he stormed out of the room, letting his friends behind without a word. Frustrated, he watched one last time his name on the top of the envelope and the sharply written recommendation to 'open when you're alone' before he tore the letter up in pieces, throwing it in the first bin he saw. This time, he wouldn't let it go so easily.

Behind them, he heard some footsteps and noticed his friends waiting for the dancers to have dinner just at the moment Hyunjin and Minho opened the door to ask for an explanation to his unusual behaviour.

"Lix? What are you doing?" Hyunjin asked.

"I thought I could let it go, but really, I can't. Is this fun for you?!" Felix accused, hurt.

"What? What are you talking about?" Seungmin asked, worried by his friend's outburst.

Fora short second, Felix managed to take a breath and control his anger. A whisper from Woojin made his resolution quiver.

"Is it about the letter?"

The others looked at Felix with surprise and worry, expecting some kind of answer. The wince on his face was enough to confirm the supposition.

"Why do you bring that now?" Jisung started.

"You might think it's stupid or whatever, but I believe in this sh*t. You have no right to make fun of me like this." He felt his throat tighten as the anger built stronger.

"Felix..."Jeongjin called him softly and tried to reach him.

"Weare not making fun of it, but admit it's outdated. Nobody is sending love letter nowadays, Felix, "Minho rationalized, hurting Felixmore without meaning it.

Felixclenched his jaw and stayed silent, sending the older a murderous gaze.

"Hey, we're in College..." the other said with a clear lack of diplomacy, saying his last word slower to emphasise them. "Beside you, who would do that?"

Felix didn't answer the question and bit his lips to refrain from cursing out loud and punch them all. Shaking his head, he scoffed and sent them a disappointed gaze.

"You're stupid. All of you," he stated blankly.

"Lix, it's just a joke!" Jisung tried to temper.

"It's not a joke! Not for me!" he replied loudly. "A joke is something funny. This..." he motioned a condescending wave of his hand, "This is something important for me and you're literally laughing and looking down of it like my feelings don't matter."

When none of his friends dared to talk any more and looked down at their feet sheepishly, Felix didn't even feel a bit guilty. It was not like him to be so unkind but he had been too hurt to let it go.

"It was already not funny the first time, but two times, it's really pathetic."

He ended his sentence with a glare and left them behind without a second glance. He was so pissed and disgusted he didn't even hear Seungmin repeat in with an interrogative tone, "Two times?"