To The World I Close My Eyes To See | chanlix

Chapter Twenty-Four

With unsure steps, Felix made his way to the kitchen when he couldn't hear more words shared between his mother and Chan. Like the good son he was, he had not tried to spy on them in any way, staying instead in his room to let them talk it out themselves. He knew that with him in the room they were probably not going to fully say what they thought and he was also aware that if he had been there, he himself would have stepped in if he disagreed on something.

He didn't know what he had expected when he came face to face with his mother again but it surely wasn't her looking into nothing with a fond smile on her lips. He figured that it must be a good sign but he was still confused, even more so when she didn't even seem to notice his presence.

"Mum? Is everything...okay?" he asked gently, not wanting to scare her out of her daze.

She slowly turned towards him, that smile never leaving her lips. As Felix stayed silent watching her, she got up until she was in front of him.

"He's a good guy," she started and Felix could feel his chest rising with pride at both Chan and his mother. They had apparently talked it out in the best way possible and Felix could see how his mother was clearly more relaxed now that she had a face to associate with Chan's name.

"He has always been," Felix agreed, letting the meaning of those words settle, his mother clearly understanding what he was alluding at.

The woman turned serious but that warmth in her eyes never left. "Do you love him?" she asked straightforwardly.

Felix didn't take a second to think about it as his hand reached the pendant of the necklace he had at his neck.

You're my sunshine

"I do," Felix confirmed, nodding surely at the words on his lips.

His mother stared at him, at the way his usually shy appearance was replaced by confidence, at the way his words sounded like the most honest truth he had ever said, at the way he was playing with his necklace as his life depended on it. But above all, at the hope written all over his face, hope for his mother to finally understand.

She sighed. "I'm willing to let you attend those two years of university in Korea as you had planned," she finally said, "if after those two years, you still want to stay there, we can discuss it later. For now, do your best to assure me I chose the right thing."

Felix felt the world spinning on his axis at that simple sentence. Months of planning, of arguing with Chan, of feeling like his mother would never understand him came to an end with such a simple phrase. He didn't know if he wanted to laugh, to cry or to pass out altogether.

"Lix, you need to breathe," his mother reminded him chuckling.

Apparently he had opted for passing out because, he only then realised, he had held his breath ever since his mother had finished talking, making his whole face go bright red. He couldn't believe his own ears but the comforting smile on his mother's face made him understand that it was real, that he was really going to do it.

"Are you sure? Are you really okay with it?" Felix asked question after question just to make sure that his mother wasn't pulling a sick prank on him.

"Are you trying to make me change my mind?" Ms Lee joked. She only had the time to let that out before Felix threw his whole body at her, hugging her so tightly that her face went red just as her son's.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," he continued to repeat until he had said it so many times that the words sounded weird to his ears.

"That's enough or we're both going to pass out," she said, hugging her son to her chest nevertheless, "now go tell your boyfriend the news so that you can tell me all about that pretty necklace of yours once you're done." His mother had this blinding smile on her lips, almost as if she was as happy as Felix himself was.

If Felix thought about it, she probably was.

The boy didn't waste a second before running to the kitchen to take his laptop and going straight to his bedroom again, flopping down on the bed and calling Chan all in one swift motion.

He felt his heart beating as he had just run a marathon, so overjoyed that he didn't know if he was going to explode at any second now. Chan quickly picked up the call, probably both confused as to why Felix was calling him so suddenly and still calming his nerves after the call with Felix's mother.

When Chan's pixelated face took over his screen, with a question on his lips already, Felix screamed at the top of his lungs.

"SHE SAID YES!"