Mirror | Changlix

16. meat

"Hyunjin."

"..."

"Hyunjiiiin."

"...what?"

"Thanks."

Hyunjin raised his eyebrows. "I didn't expect your gratitude."

"Can you do it also on the exam?"

"Hm..."

"Come oon. You live here and you don't even pay rent so the least you could do is to help me pass some tests."

"..."

"Also you make my life more difficult."

"..."

"And you're evil."

"???"

"And-"

"OKAY, STOP. I'll pass that damn test."

"Yay."

"You're annoying you know that right?" Hyunjin pinched the bridge of his nose.

"It's not like you can do something about that though." Felix laughed.

The bell rang and the lesson ended. People rushed out of the classroom to the school cafeteria to catch good places to sit.

For the first time in the last two weeks, Felix didn't feel like trash.

Even though it was Hyunjin's accomplishment, Felix was kinda proud.

He entered the cafeteria and took food. He looked around for Seungmin.

"..."

Suddenly he noticed him waving at him. He was sitting at the table with other people.

"..."

"Are you kidding me."

"..."

Seungmin was sitting together with Minho, Jisung and Changbin. They were talking about something but when Felix came closer they stopped.

"Goddamn Seung what's wrong with you?? Sitting with these people." Felix cried internally.

"Stop whining, here, sit next to your love." Said Hyunjin and Felix almost spilled his whole tray again.

Seungmin gave Felix an apologetic smile and he moved his chair and made space for him.

Felix sat down at their table. It was still quiet but after a while Minho said something to Jisung and they started talking again.

"Felix, you know I would sit somewhere else but this was the only table left." Said Seungmin quietly.

"Yeah, I get it. You don't have to apologize."

Seungmin smiled at him and continued eating. Felix noticed how he left out all the pieces of meat.

"Seung, you don't eat meat?"

"Nope, I'm vegetarian."

"Since when??" Felix swore he saw Seung eating chicken yesterday.

Seungmin leaned in closer. "You see that cute guy in the back?"

"Mhm, and what about him?"

"He's also vegetarian." He whispered.

"???"

"We have geography classes together and I talked to him today."

"Ohh." Felix felt his temper rising up. This anger didn't come from himself.

"..."

"Hyunjin what are you doing, don't tell me you're mad?"

"No, I'm not."

"You're angry."

"No."

"Or rather..." Felix grinned. "Are you jealous??"

"I AM NOT."

"AHAHAAHAHAH HYUNJIN IS JEALOUS, HYUNJIN IS JEALOUS."

"STOP."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAH."

Hyunjin furiously swope off Felix's tray off the table.

The sound of plates and glass shattering silenced and drew attention of the whole cafeteria.

Felix held his breath.

Seungmin blinked and he quickly ate all the meat he left on the plate. The rest of his table also gave him a rather concerning look.

"..."

Suddenly people bursted out clapping and laughing, some even saying "congratulation" or "good job".

It was always like this when someone broke something. Felix always cheered with others and thought about how clumsy one must be to break his whole tray.

But now, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. 'Seung thinks I'm mad because he didn't want to eat meat, the rest of the table think I'm going crazy again.'

Luckily, this "tradition" of cheering when breaking glass made it less embarassing than the last time he had an accident.

After a while the students calmed again and minded their own business. Felix sighed and squatted down next to the table to pick up the mess till the cleaning lady comes.

Someone got down too and started helping him. Felix looked up and saw it was Changbin.

Changbin noticed his look and gave him a wry smile. "Well, at least it didn't end up on me this time."

Felix's face flushed from embarassement. "OH MY GOD HE STILL REMEMBERS IT, NOOOO."

Hyunjin rolled his eyes. "Of course he does, you idiot. It was like two weeks ago."

Meanwhile the cleaning lady came, huffing and swearing about how kids these days are so lazy and ungrateful.

After she left, Felix turned to Changbin with a smile. "I'm sorry for always messing things up. Thanks for helping me though."

"Yeah, no problem."