Mirror | Changlix

12. damage

tw/ violence (?)

"It's complicated. We used to be friends." Admitted Felix.

"And?" This sparked Hyunjin's interest.

"There's no "and". I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh, okay." Hyunjin went back to his annoyed attitude.

The bell rang and they all went to their own classes.

Felix liked wednesdays because he had three lessons together with Changbin.

But now he was just so sad he didn't even bother to look at him across the classroom.

'Why, why of all the people Jisung? What does he see in him.' Felix had his head propped up and drew geometric shapes all over his notebook.

"Oh come on, stop. You can't even draw a proper circle." Hyunjin sighed.

Felix snapped out of his daydreaming.

"Huh? Oh, it's just you. I thought someone real was talking to me." Said Felix disappointedly and continued scribbling.

Hyunjin got offended. "First of all, I'm pretty much real. And second of all, your whining tires me."

"Yeah, yeah..." Felix drew another triangle.

Hyunjin had enough.

He got hold of the pencil and threw it across the room.

Only then did Felix fully wake up.

"HYUNJIN, NO."

To Felix's misfortune or Hyunjin's accurate aim, the pencil landed on Changbin's table.

Changbin picked up the pencil and turned around to see who threw it.

"Hyunjin why you-"

Felix was red from anger but also embarassement.

"Heh, now don't be suspicious. Act normal and he won't know you threw it."

"But it was you who threw it!"

"Does it really matter though?"

"..."

"..."

"Ugh, but now I don't have anything to write."

"Of course, that's why I threw it away."

"???"

"Or perhaps you thought I threw that pencil at Changbin so he would notice you? Please." Hyunjin snorted.

"You evil ghos-" Started Felix.

"Lee Felix."

"Huh?"

The whole class was staring at him including the teacher.

"Lee Felix, please sit down." Said the teacher tiredly.

Felix slowly sat down and kept avoiding eye contact with the others.

'When did I get up?? And what's with everyone looking at me?'

"If you're wondering why is everyone looking at you, I can friendly remind you that you just stood up in the middle of the lesson and started talking to yourself." Snickered Hyunjin.

"Also, this isn't my doing so you can't blame me for it." He added.

"Yeah, but you're distracting me, so it's still your fault."

"Whatever."

After the lesson Felix left the classroom. He was lost in his thoughts. He walked a few steps but then he tripped and fell.

More accurately, someone tripped him.

A few students walking past laughed, but nobody really payed attention to him.

Felix got up with difficulty and turned around just to see a grinning Jisung standing a few feet behind him.

Of course it was him, it was always him.

"Felix, you better watch your steps." He said with a pitying look.

Felix's hands curled in fists. 'Why? WHY?'

He took a deep breath and was about to turn around and leave, but something stopped him.

Jisung was leaning against the locker and beside him was Changbin. They were chatting happily.

Suddenly Felix had a sudden urge to pull them apart. He was hundread percent sure that Jisung was just messing with Changbin to make him jealous.

Hyunjin's eyes glistened with an evil light and the corners of his mouth lifted up. "Punch him. Hurt him. MAKE HIM SUFFER."

Felix was really mad, he didn't even know if it were his or Hyunjin's actions.

He stepped closer and violently slapped Jisung in the face.

Jisung's grin disappeared as he slowly touched his face.

The whole hallway suddenly quietened.

But Felix wasn't finished. He grabbed Jisung by the collar and slammed him against the locker.

Everyone stopped and watched in horror as the freckled guy slammed a slightly shorter boy against the wall again.

Changbin recovered from the shock as one of the first.

"Hey, HEY! He just tripped you, why are you so mad. HEY, STOP. YOU'RE GONNA HURT HIM."

Changbin's yelling also alerted the other students. They all came closer and tried to pull them apart.

But Felix grip only tightened as he slammed Jisung once again.

Jisung vomited a mouthful of blood but that didn't stop him.

Felix's mind was clouded, he only barely heard the others. He didn't even remember what made him so mad in the first place.

The only thing he felt was overwhelming rage towards the person in front of him. The people around him screamed. The faces overlapped and blurred.

In the end, was the anger he felt even his? Wasn't it driven by someone else?

Suddenly everything stopped.

A pair of strong arms pulled him away.

a/n
some angst is brewing :>