To The World I Close My Eyes To See | chanlix

Chapter Twenty-Five

When Felix landed, he took a second to look around.

Nothing was new since he had been there several times before, but everything felt different this time. The luggage he had with himself didn't contain clothes for a couple of days anymore and the sight of the people waiting for him didn't spark that sadness caused by the knowledge of having to leave.

Because Felix didn't have to leave this time.

He had two long, long years in front of him. Two years to spend with his best friends, two years spent studying what he loved but most importantly, two years spent with his soulmate.

The months before his arrival was packed with last-minute-details organisation, going through infinite papers and, at the same time, making sure that his mother was still okay with the idea and was comfortable with him leaving. Felix and Chan hadn't had too much time to talk during those months and the dreams they shared were rarer than once every four weeks but neither of them could complain. Because even though, they didn't meet in their dreams as they used to, they had something to look forward to now.

"Felix!" A voice called his name when he had finally emerged from the crowd of people landing with his same flight.

It didn't take him more than two seconds to understand where the voice came from and realise who had called his name. A mop of curly blonde hair moved in the crowd until Felix could clearly see him standing there, staring at him as if he was making sure that he was real, there in flesh and bones.

Felix felt a rush of adrenaline as he carried his huge luggage as quickly as possible, running straight into Chan's arms. It must have been a pretty funny scene but Felix couldn't care less. Chan's arms wrapped tightly around his body, lifting him up from the ground, as both of them couldn't help laughing with joy at the realisation that this was finally happening.

"I missed you so much," Felix whispered in the crook of Chan's neck as neither of them had let go of the other, still tightly holding each other in the middle of passersby giving them strange looks.

"I missed you, too. God, I can't believe this is real," Chan mumbled, just for Felix to hear. Months of not seeing each other and the rollercoaster of emotions they had felt before were all combining in the need to be close, to never let go.

Apparently, someone behind them didn't agree as they cleared their throat loudly. "Look at you, the last time you were here I was the first one you hugged and now you don't even realise we're here," Changbin said, clearly joking but still doing his best to fake an offended expression. The effect was completely ruined by the sparkle in his eyes.

They could hear Chan saying something along the lines of soulmates privileges before Felix let out a sound that vaguely reminded them of a velociraptor and pulled away from Chan to throw himself in his best friend's arms. Felix had missed him incredibly much too, just as he had missed all the friends he had made during the weeks he had spent there last time.

"It's good to have you here again, Lix," Changbin said, hugging the boy tightly.

Felix laughed heartily in his neck, "it's really good to be here."

Knowing that where Chan and Changbin went, so did Jisung, he turned to his right to find an expectant looking Jisung who was smiling from ear to ear.

"Sungie!"

"Lix!"

They said at the same time before their bodies met in a hug so tight that their friends wondered if they were still breathing.

Felix felt over the moon, even more so when Chan walked to his side to intertwine their fingers together as it was the most natural thing ever. Maybe it was.

"What's the plan for today?" Felix asked excitedly, jumping on the balls of his feet as if he hadn't just landed after a thirteen-hours long flight.

Chan, Changbin and Jisung laughed at his energy. "The plan is for you to unpack your things and possibly take a nap before you collapse," Changbin replied sassily, not knowing how Felix could be up for anything besides sleeping at the moment.

"You're so not fun," Felix pouted but blushed when his words were punctuated with a big yawn. "By the way, you never told me where I'm staying," he pointed out as all four of them walked to find the exit from the airport.

Chan's fingers were still tightly interlocked with Felix's and the younger felt the need to drop a kiss on his boyfriend's hand, without any special reason, just for the pleasure of feeling the older close. Chan blushed but a pleased smile made its way on his lips as he leaned down to drop a kiss of his own on Felix's temple.

They were both giggling at each other like fools, forgetting about what Felix had said just minutes before. "Gross," both Changbin and Jisung said at the same time. They were awful actors because both of them had a fond smile on their lips at the sight of their friends being finally happy together.

They knew how hard it was for Chan to open up about soulmates when he had waited for so long for his and Changbin knew about Felix's struggles with his father. They couldn't wait to start this new chapter of their lives with all four of them happily in love at the same time.

"As much as I love you and you love me, I don't think you want to stay at Minho and mine's apartment," Changbin started where he left off, winking suggestively at the younger, "and the same goes for Hyunjin and Jisung's."

In the months after Felix had last visited, some things had changed. Minho and Changbin had finally moved in together after the older was hinting at it for way longer than that. With Hyunjin and Jisung, it was easier, the change coming naturally as soon as Jisung had got his mark.

"But Chan-hyung has plenty of space," Changbin finished, his words teasing but serious at the same time.

As much as Felix was never going to admit it, he had felt slightly hurt at the fact that Chan had never offered him to stay at his place. Of course, he had soon realised that Chan had all the rights to not feel ready or feel overwhelmed by the possibility so Felix had always kept quiet about it.

"That is if you're okay with it, of course," Chan quickly added, letting the implication reach Felix before saying anything more.

Being with Chan in Korea for two years sounded like the best opportunity he could have asked for but living with Chan during that time almost made him feel dizzy.

"Are you sure?" Felix couldn't help but ask, forgetting for a second that their friends were still around them.

Chan's smile couldn't grow any bigger as he placed another kiss on Felix's forehead, "never been more sure in my life."

Felix's smile matched Chan's as he broke in the brightest beam Chan had ever seen and, all of a sudden, he was reminded of why he called Felix his sunshine. The freckles on Felix's face stood out more in the sunshine of the parking lot and, as Chan's mark heated up, he was thrown back to almost a year ago when in the exact same situation, he had just met Felix.

Only that, this time, Felix's mark started to grow hotter together with his, his smile only becoming bigger at the feeling they had missed in the past months they hadn't seen each other.