To The World I Close My Eyes To See | chanlix

Chapter Six

Chan and Jisung were hanging out at Chan's place when he finally mustered the courage to ask his friend about the question that hadn't wanted to leave his mind for the past few days.

"Jisung?" he called, the younger lying on his back on the couch as he played with his phone. He simply hummed to let the older know he was listening. "Has Hyunjin's mark ever tingled out of nowhere?" he asked, knowing the two shared everything about soulmates.

Jisung's interest was surely captured if him locking his phone was anything to go by. He was now looking straight at Chan.

"He says the skin there is usually just warmer when he's around me but it had started to tingle sometimes, yeah," Jisung informed him, his eyes curious about the sudden question. "People say your mark usually heats up when you're around your soulmate," he finished, realisation drowning on him when Chan touched his collarbone on instinct.

"Has it happened to you too, hyung? When? With who?" Jisung questioned, quickly sitting up on the couch, watching his hyung with happiness written all over his face. When Chan stayed silent, debating on whether to reveal it already or waiting for a confirmation, a teasing smirk made its way on Jisung's lips.

"It's Felix, isn't it?" he asked, his voice both teasing and excited. Chan's eyes went wide open, he knew he wasn't that subtle but he also didn't think even Jisung could figure it out.

"How do you know it?" Chan asked, his voice a bit panicked at the thought of Felix having realised it, too.

"I've literally never seen you get attached to someone so quickly. It took months for me to even be able to come over, while Felix spent half of his days in Korea here with you," Jisung answered, laughing in disbelief, not wanting to believe that Chan really thought it was hard to notice the enormous soft spot he had for the boy.

"How long have you known by now?" Jisung asked again, this time sounding a bit more serious than he was before. Of course, he was more than happy if Felix really turned out to be Chan's soulmate but it was clear how Chan was still freaking out a bit because of it.

"I think my mark has always been warmer every time I was around him but I didn't pay it much attention since it's summer. I thought it was just the weather," Chan mumbled, Jisung giving him a death glare before whispering a "weather" under his breath, shaking his head. "He came over a couple of days ago and he was sitting on the kitchen counter and when I looked at him my mark just started to tingle as if the sun was shining on my skin," Chan explained, his voice sounding a bit lost, almost as if he was losing himself in the memory.

Jisung stayed silent for a few seconds, smiling to himself.

"How did you feel the first time you've seen him at the airport?" Jisung asked, both because of his curiosity and because he was trying to understand something he still didn't voice to Chan.

"What is this? A therapy session?" Chan mocked, not really understanding where the question came from.

"Shut up and answer. I might know something," Jisung shot back a second later, already knowing Chan didn't like to go all sentimental for no reason.

"Well, of course, I was surprised because he looked gorgeous and I didn't quite expect that," he started, ignoring Jisung's snicker. "But then I noticed his freckles and I suddenly thought of my mark. They kind of reminded me of stars," Chan finished, his voice getting slower with each word, almost as if he was slowly starting to assimilate the fact just saying it out loud.

Jisung smirked.

"It's not something that many people pay attention to but did you know that soulmate marks are usually something that represents your other half? Like a symbol that can somehow constantly remind you of them," Jisung explained, his voice turning softer.

Soulmates were so common but also way more underestimated than one would think. Not many people knew much about their own marks, most of the times they usually just focused on finding their matching one. Jisung's mother had made it her mission to tell her son all she knew about them, while Chan was still pretty clueless about it all. He had honestly never thought about what could stand behind his mark.

"For example, when Hyunjin and I were in seventh grade, I gave him a rose for Valentine's day, claiming it was my favourite flower and he had to keep it safe or I would be really sad. Turned out his soulmate mark is a rose," Jisung continued, trying to make Chan see his point.

"What you're saying is that..." Chan began, not knowing how to voice those words. He had had a slight feeling, or at least hope, for Felix to actually be his soulmate but having Jisung point out all the proofs to his hypothesis was still a bit overwhelming.

"What I'm saying is that I believe you were reminded of your mark when you met him because the stars you have tattooed should be a representation of Felix's freckles. Your soulmate's freckles," Jisung announced, his voice gentle but sure.

Chan stayed silent, the words had made him freeze. He was happy, absolutely ecstatic, but at the same time, he was now absolutely clueless about what he was supposed to do with the new information.

"Felix is going back to Australia in three days and he's getting his mark only two days after that. I think you should tell him before he leaves," Jisung suggested gently, just voicing his own opinion.

"I don't think so, Jisung-ah. I mean, we aren't that close yet. I can't just go over to him and blurt out I'm his soulmate. I think I should wait for him to get his tattoo and when I'll be sure this is for real I'm going to tell him," Chan decided, not liking the idea that much but believing there was nothing else he could do.

"You're going to tell him you're his soulmate over the phone?" Jisung asked frowning a bit. It wasn't like he was judging or anything else, it just felt a bit wrong.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't like it either. It's the only thing I can do to let him enjoy these last few days he has here with Changbin," Chan confessed, his voice taking a light sad tint, not really enjoying the fact of lying to Felix and waste the chance he had to spend time with his soulmate face to face.

"Whatever you decide to do, I'm here for you, hyung. And I'm sure Felix is going to feel the same," Jisung reassured, his smile making Chan feel a bit better about this whole deal.

For now, Chan tried to focus on other things as long as they could stop his mind from thinking about those adorable freckles covering Felix's cheeks and how much his heart was going to hurt when Felix had to take that plane back home, away from him.