Halfway Around The World (Changlix)

Epiphany

Felix's POV

I ran down the streets of London, bumping into a few people as I went. I slowed down ever so slightly to check my phone again and I quickly shoved it back into my pocket and continued to run. I was late. Very late. And by this point, the other 6 members will be on stage at the fan meet and they will be delaying the start of it because of me. And I'm supposed to be the main guest! Late to my own birthday party, great.

I tried to just focus on the pavement ahead of me and keep running, but I wasn't really paying enough attention to the people around me, and ended up colliding with someone and falling on top of them. I rubbed my head and opened my eyes and realised we were in a very awkward position. I quickly got to my feet and he did the same.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could stay and chat but I have to go!" I quickly said, before continuing to run towards the venue. I heard him shout after me but I didn't make out what he had said. He was probably just mad so I didn't think about it much.

Changbin's POV

"Wait! You forgot your phone!" I yelled after him but he obviously didn't hear me. I sighed and picked up the phone that was on the floor. I could see him slow down in the distance and enter through the back of a building so I decided to follow him so I could return his phone but before I could do so, he got a call. I looked at the phone to see who it was. The name read 'Manager'. I answered the phone cautiously.

"Hello...?"

"Felix where are you!?"

"Um, I'm not Felix. He dropped his phone so I picked it up." After I spoke, I heard a quieter voice at the other end of the phone. It sounded like the voice of the guy who bumped into me earlier. Then the manager spoke again.

"Okay, could you tell me where you are right now?" He asked.

"I'm outside the door that Felix... It was Felix right? Yeah. Anyway, I'm outside the door he went through." Then there was silence at the other end. I pulled the phone away from my ear to see that he had hung up. Now how was I supposed to give that guy his phone back!? I just sighed. I was about to knock on the door when it opened and a guy was looking at me.

"You have Felix's phone right?" He asked me, holding out his hand. I put the phone in his palm and then the door was slammed shut in my face. I stood there for a moment before I put my hands in my pockets and backed away from the door. I started to walk down the street again, joining the masses of people going about their life.

Felix's POV
(The end of the fan meet)

I started to walk off the stage whilst waving to the fans. After I had stepped out of view I realised that I felt faint. I stumbled into Chan who caught me and helped me to stand up.

"You alright mate?" He asked and I just nodded and stood back up again but then the darkness swallowed me and I fell into his arms.

I woke up to the members surrounding me but keeping their distance slightly so that I had some space. I was now in a chair, and Chan was next to me looking worried. I looked at him and then around at the other members. I felt really strange but I didn't know the cause. I sat forward a bit. Something felt weird on my back.

"Chan, can you lift the back of my shirt up please?" He looked at me strangely.

"Um why?"

"Please just do it." He picked up the bottom of my shirt and lifted it up. I heard a sharp intake of breath.

"Felix, did you always have a black mark on your back?" Chan asked.

"No, only a birth mark. It was never black." I sat there thinking for a moment.

"Listen Felix, we should get you checked up just be sure that you're alright." I looked up at Seungmin as he spoke. Our manager then walked over after hanging up the phone.

"I called the hospital to let them know that you're coming for a check up. They'll make sure you're doing alright. We can't have you being unwell whilst on tour." I nodded in response. I didn't know what to say so I just laid back in the chair and closed my eyes. I wasn't sleeping, just resting. I couldn't sleep after what just happened. What if I sleep and don't wake up?

Some time passed. We were just talking and messing around backstage during that time. Then our manager walked over to tell us to get into the minibus because we are going to the hospital now. I'm not going to lie, I didn't want to go. I was worried. Something just didn't feel right, as if a part of me was missing. It was making me extremely nervous.

I was tense for the whole journey. I could only think of the worst possible things like the doctor telling me I had a month to live or something like that. Of course that probably won't happen because why would it? I was perfectly healthy until today. I probably just had a virus...right?

Changbin's POV

Sitting in the hospital waiting room was horrible. The doctor was either about to tell me that I still had more time left or that I was going to die very soon. I had already given up hope, even if I was told that I still had quite a bit of time left on Earth. I haven't found my soulmate in 3 years. Why would it be any different now that I'm 19? It wouldn't. I might as well face it: I'm doomed either way.

The doctor came out with a clipboard clutched in his hand. His face was unreadable. He walked over to me so I stood up and he sighed.

"Look, I'm so sorry but unless you find your soulmate in 1 month, you are as good as dead. You may have longer than a month, but unfortunately I doubt that you will" I nodded. I had already thought about it and accepted that I was going to die but I still felt upset. It still hurt. My legs felt wobbly so I quickly sat back down again. The doctor left me alone with my thoughts that were racing through my head at 100 miles per hour.

Then I heard some footsteps behind me and the same doctor came back out. He ushered two people inside whilst the rest of the boys they were with just sat down on the chairs behind me. The two people that walked in looked vaguely familiar. I sat up straight when I realised it was that Felix guy and the manager person. I wondered what they were doing here.

The manager walked back out and shut the door with a sigh. I watched him as he told the guys behind me to go with him to get some food whilst the doctor does some tests on Felix. I slouched again, and shrunk into my chair. The boys and the manager left the room and there was silence again. I hated that awful silence. It made my thoughts seem like they were shouting at me and those voices echoed throughout my mind.

After quite a bit of time, I groaned and sat back up in my chair properly. I was trying to decide when to leave. That's when Felix walked back out of the room. His face was as white as a sheet and he was taking small steps. He made his way over to the chair behind mine and sat down. I eventually spoke.

"You alright?"
Silence.

"What did he say?"
Silence.
Then I heard a whisper.

"I have one month left..."
I stayed silent for a moment before replying.

"Same."

"How are you coping?" He asked weakly.

"I don't know" And that was my honest answer. I didn't really know how I was coping. This whole situation felt surreal.

Silence followed. He turned around and looked at me. He had tears running down his cheeks. I looked at him and sighed.

"I'm not ready to go yet!" He said, his voice cracking. I pulled him into a hug over the chairs and let him cry into my shoulder.

"It will be alright, I promise."