insecure || Changlix

eleven

It was currently a school day in the second week of Highschool. Felix was still thankful that no one bothered him but also surprised.

He was almost sure that at least after the 'Changbin-incident' the latter would start to bully him or make him look bad, but this didn't happen. He just mainly ignored him, like he did before anyways.

Felix figures that Changbin didn't pay attention to many people other than himself anyways. He often walked through the hallways with his hood pulled down and looked at the floor. He was mainly alone but was also seen with some of his friends in the cafeteria.

Felix figured out that his circle of friends consisted of Hyunjin, Chan and this guy Jisung was into, Minho. They didn't even seem that hostile when he sometimes secretly watched them from his spot in the corner, but Changbin just looked intimidating. It was that something about his gaze. But besides from that he just looked average, like an emo student.

Felix even doubted that the rumors of him constantly getting in fights and bullying other people wasn't true. At least he doubted it, till that specific morning.

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"Do you want to grab some ice cream? I'm craving for something sweet right now."

The three boys were walking their way to the school exit after an overall boring day of school.

"I'm in. It's so hot anyways, I need something to cool me down." Felix who was walking a bit behind his friends stated.

He tried to hide a bit behind them, which exactly didn't really work. Felix was also kind of surprised that he started to do things like grabbing ice cream. Normally he would have a whole panic attack if he had to get in line and especially if he had to order something. Like he just couldn't handle it, how dumb it might sound. But maybe that change came with the fact that no one was bullying him anymore.

"Okay, I'm also in. But just when you pay." Seungmin agreed and earned a death glare from Jisung. "You aren't poor, pay for your stuff yourself." That made the other scoff.

They continued their way towards the exit when they heard some suspicious noise from near the schools gate. But coming more exactly from a smaller sideway that some students would use when they were too late to school.

Jisung was curious and dragged his two friends near the sidewalk, so that they weren't standing in the sidewalk but could peek in it.

Felix eyes widened when he saw that specific boy again. "Jeongin.", Felix mumbled for the other two to understand what he was talking about.

The boy was getting pushed to a wall and punched hard into his jaw. They could hear him letting out whimpers and tiny screams while a mixture of blood, sweat and tears was streaming down his face.

Felix recognized the guy punching him as the 'leader' from the 4 people from last week when he witnessed the scene. Felix didn't shake that much as last time since his friends where beside him but he was getting really anxious again. He couldn't let that happen to anyone. That was horrible and he just wanted to comfort the boy and tell him that he was loved and that he was special and that other people's behavior towards you doesn't define where you are.

"You both stay here, I'm calling some teachers.", Jisung whisper shouted as he sprinted away towards the building. Seungmin immediately grabbed onto Felix sleeves and kept him a bit behind himself, in a term to protect him. Felix really appreciated that.

"Didn't I tell you to stay away from us?" the guy yelled in an disgusting tone and continued to color the younger boys jaw and face in bruises.
"Too bad you never listen to us."