Acceleration [Book 1]

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Chan had explained to Yugyeom what had happened while the three eldest men were cooking dinner, and Minho added some things that were missing. The apartment was noisy again, the most comfortable sound yet for everyone, it made them feel like they were home, which they were.

"You can use the shower now, Felix," Chan said as he entered the room he and Felix shared, he just saw that Yugyeom was done using the bathroom for a shower.

Felix was facing the mirror in utmost focus, he was putting on the necktie that Jaehyun bought him to match with his suit, sadly, Felix didn't really know how to put on a tie, and one of Jaehyun's personal assistants just helped him with it, he failed again, and again as he attempted to do it over, and again, and groaned, near to giving up.

"Here, let me help," Chan said, approaching Felix with a chuckle without thinking twice, he turned Felix by the shoulders to face him and tugged on the not-so-fixed neck tie so that Felix could step closer. As a matter of factly, dangerously close.

Chan began to fix the tie with ease, telling Felix how to do it step-by-step, "You know how to do it?" Felix questioned and the older male nodded, just about near to finish, not giving Felix any eye contact as he was focused on what he was doing.

Chan wasn't mad at Felix or anything, the reason for not looking at Felix in the eyes that moment was because of the slight confession Jaehyun and Seungmin did for him, he wasn't so sure if the younger male understood that Chan had an arrow struck into his heart for Felix, or in layman's terms, in love with Felix, but if so, he wasn't sure if he'd get rejected or not.

"About earlier," Chan began, proudly looking at the tie that rested neatly on Felix, before his voice shifted from confident to somehow anxious, "what Seungmin said earlier..." Chan trailed off, not knowing what words to actually say next, the atmosphere starting to get awkward, until Felix broke it all.

"I didn't know he had a good sense of humor even in serious situations," Felix laughed a little, scratching the back of his neck, taking Chan aback at the slightest, but it also slightly pierced his heart.

Chan smiled, pretending to fix the tie on Felix, "He wasn't joking," Chan remarked, starting up his confession "he saw right through me. So did Jaehyun."

Felix stopped laughing in realization, a blush slowly presenting itself on his cheeks, and the heat on his face made him wish that Chan wouldn't see it. But the shade of red on Felix's cheeks were very visible even in the dimly lit room, and Chan could see it, the reaction from the younger male somehow made his heart flutter at the sight, hope brewing in his chest.

"What are you looking at?" Chan asked, not removing his eyes from the younger males reddened face, a fond smile gracing over his lips, hoping that their eyes would meet again, liking that he had some sort of effect on Felix.

Shaking his head a no, he replied, "N-Nothing-" he stuttered, covering his eyes as he felt more heat rise up to his cheeks, "I-I think I saw a cockroach."

"Nice save, Felix," Chan teased, the fond smile on his lips growing wider, his eyes turning to crescents as his dimples and pearly whites were on display, "I know you're blushing and what I said was true," he added, "I do like you, so so much."

"This kinda sounds cliché," Felix commented, his voice slightly muffled from how his hands covered his face, "you stalked me, and now you tell me that you like me, for what?"