Whispers | Stray Kids

Coming Out

It started off just like any other day for them; Felix was lounging across the couch like some sort of cat (Which Chan just assumed he was to an extent) while Chan was watering his plants. He had been in the kitchen cooing at them and praising how big and strong they'd gotten when he'd heard the door knock.

He'd ignored as he'd heard Felix call that he'd get it and the sounds of his feet walking through the apartment. Chan looked up as the door was opened and brief snatches of conversation reached him through the open kitchen door.

Probably hyunjin then, maybe they're organising that meet up finally, He thought, placing his water bottle on the counter top and letting his bare feet glide him out of the kitchen.

"Channie hyung? You're awake?" Chan's green eyes glanced towards the door, to where a certain demon leant in the door frame, apparently mid conversation with Felix. Felix appeared to be relaxed, standing with a lean and his blonde hair in disarray from waking up.

A ruby glint shone in his otherwise brown eyes but quickly faded to brown upon spotting Chan.

"Yes? I normally am awake at this time of the morning, Minho. It's not like I'm naturally nocturnal or anything?" He replied slowly, catching Felix's eye in a pointed gaze and letting out a soft laugh as the boy looked away. How typical of him.

"Could've fooled me then." Minho murmured before shrugging loosely, "Anyway, I was stopping by to see if Felix had saved my coriander plant yet." Felix laughed quietly, his blonde bangs falling into his eyes as he glanced at Chan.

"I think Chan managed to, yeah." Chan wracked his brain for a moment, trying to remember the plant in question before he clapped his hands together in understanding.

"Oh, that plant. Yea, You were just watering him a bit too much Minho. Tone it down a little before you drown him. He says you try to do that a lot." Minho frowned, pushing himself out of the door frame in a smooth motion.

"I didn't know talking to plants was in your skillset." Chan tilted his head in confusion, exchanging a glance with Felix. The ruby in the boy's eyes returned for a moment before fading again as he shrugged himself.

Minho didn't know he could talk to plant? He was sure he had talked to a few around the demon before. Including that rose bush the younger had near his house.

It didn't make sense.

"Oh, ah, well, I do. Sorry for, uh, not telling you." Chan's green eyes darted around for a moment before coming to meet Minho's amber ones with a frown. He was genuinely confused by this.

"Must be an odd skill to have as a vampire." Chan blinked in surprise. Beside him, he heard Felix choke, On what though? Chan had to guess it was probably air or some saliva. Wouldn't have been the first time Felix had done that after all.

But had he heard that right? Had Minho really just called him a vampire? If he was a vampire, then what was Felix. The confusion must've shown on his face because a moment later Minho was speaking to him again after all.

"You, are a vampire right?" The demon had sounded so confident in his original guess of Chan's race that it was almost funny.

But it wasn't. Not quite.

"Hold up if he's a vampire, what the heck am I?" Felix's coughing fit had ended, and now he sounded just as confused as Chan felt.

Chan wasn't a vampire. Minho blinked, staring between the two of them in genuine confusion.

"You're... a tree, aren't you?" Felix outright laughed at that, a grin flashed across his mouth at that. He shook his head, letting out a quiet sigh.