To The World I Close My Eyes To See | chanlix

Chapter Fourteen

Chan was so excited that it took him more than an hour to fall asleep.

He couldn't deny that the idea of meeting Felix again scared him a lot because he knew he was going to finally confess. At the same time, he was aware that no matter what the person he was meeting was his soulmate and the thought still made his heart extremely warm. He still didn't know enough about these dreams to fully understand them, all he knew was that somehow Felix's soul travelled to his during the night, allowing them to meet.

When Chan woke up, it was to a pull on his ankle. That was all he needed to understand that he didn't, in fact, properly wake up, he had just got into his dream. Now, all he could do was wait for Felix to arrive. While he was at it, he wondered why it was always Felix travelling to him and never the other way around. He didn't have much time to think about it before a slight breeze moved the air in the room and out of nowhere, Felix appeared in front of his eyes.

Pretty much as the first time it had happened, Felix was standing in the middle of the room opening his eyes slowly before looking around frantically, trying to make sense of the situation once again.

"I can't believe I'm dreaming of this again," Chan could hear Felix murmur, the younger still not realising Chan was awake and staring at him.

"You're not dreaming," Chan suddenly said, Felix's head quickly turning to look at him. Chan had long thought about confessing to Felix but he now realised he had never actually thought of how to do it.

"What the hell is going on? Why does it feel so real?" Felix kept talking to himself, his questions not necessarily directed to Chan. The older could understand his confusion since he had felt the same the first time and was only calmer now because Jisung had explained everything to him.

"Lix, listen to me," Chan called, making Felix go quiet. There must have been something in his voice because Chan could clearly see Felix relax, even though he still looked sceptical.

"Why do I feel like I'm really talking to you?" Felix asked again, this time his question for Chan only.

"Because you are. Or rather, your soul is talking to mine," Chan explained, trying not to overwhelm the younger with too much information at once.

"This is insane, what are you talking about?" Felix exclaimed, pacing up and down the room while Chan was still comfortably set on his bed. He knew he shouldn't have but he couldn't help finding the situation just that tiny bit funny.

"Lix, you're going to bore a hole into the floor if you keep doing that," Chan called softly, still trying to do his best to make the younger calm down, "come sit here for a second, I promise I'm going to explain everything."

Felix stopped in his track, still looking at Chan as if he was an alien. He must have seen something in his expression once again because with tentative steps he made his way to the bed, sitting at the foot of it, just a bit further than he usually would. Despite everything, Chan couldn't believe seeing Felix there again.

"Do you remember two days ago when you dreamed of this for the first time?" Chan asked, ignoring the fact that he wasn't even supposed to know that in the first place.

"How do you know that?" Felix, in fact, asked, his eyes wide open. He had told that to Changbin but never to Chan.

"I know that because I dreamed of that too. Or at least, I thought it was a dream until the next morning I told what happened to Changbin and he told me you had that same dream," Chan stopped for a moment to let the words settle in, "that's when Jisung explained to me what's going on here. That wasn't a dream, Lix, and neither is this one. This is our souls meeting while our bodies are asleep".