Chan had fucked someone good that Saturday, yet, on Monday morning, Felix was still on his mind, meaning that the fun that he had had had been useless. He walked into the school, pissed as fuck, and greeted back harshly some girls that, as every morning, were hitting on him. Gosh, sometimes he wanted to scream "I like dicks!" really bad, but he couldn't, so he just headed to the teacher's room. He had his personal little office in his classroom, but the school had reserved him a desk even into the teacher's room, so, sometimes, he went to it. On his way, he noticed one of Felix's friends, that Hyunjin guy, making out with some random bitch. At that sight, Chan rolled his eyes and simply exclaimed:
«Mr. Hwang, get a room before you get a detention!» and then walked on.
Hyunjin pushed away the girl pretty fast and frowned at the teacher. Who was he to interrupt his morning session? He would have reported the event straight to Felix, no doubts, but the girl assaulted him and he had no choice but reply to her kisses.
In the meantime, Chan had already arrived at the teacher's room and, as soon as he stepped in, he immediately noticed Choi Soojin's presence. He pretended to ignore her, heading to his desk, then, once he had settled himself, he looked up at her, that, meanwhile, had finished talking to another teacher.
«Miss. Choi, can we have a word?» Chan asked, speaking up.
She turned in his direction, astonished by that request, still, she stepped towards him.
«You wanted to ask me something, Mr. Bang?» she inquired, almost whispering.
Chan looked around before talking again and he noticed that not a few of the other teachers were clearly eavesdropping. He sighed.
«Yeah, I was wondering if you could come a little bit early to today's class. I want to discuss with you about... the test»
«I thought I did it right» she frowned.
Chan almost sighed, exasperated by Soojin's behavior «That exactly why» he said instead, forcing a smile «You're dismissed» he added, picking up some papers.
The girl was still clearly unsure, but she just greeted him and headed out of the room. Chan felt the other teachers' looks on him, so he eventually lifted his gaze again.
«What's wrong? Come on, mind your business, sunbaenim» he teased.
«Inviting a female student alone in your office when you're still this young is... inconvenient» an old witch stated.
Chan sighed again, another time too close to shouting "I like dicks!". Seriously, why couldn't society acknowledge the fact that a man could like another man and stop that comedy for good? However, she was right on one point, even if it was in a distorted way: Chan really wanted to be alone with someone in his office for making out, but that person surely wasn't Choi Soojin. He shook his head, going back to his paper. At least one in that room could mind his own businesses pretty well.
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The day had passed quite fast and now there were only a few minutes left before the English class started, but there wasn't even Soojin's shadow on the sight. Chan snorted, really annoyed. How come that girl wasn't showing up? He was a teacher, so the least she could have done was following his request and come early. Yet, he was the only one in the room, constantly making up and down with his leg.
Exactly when he wanted to give up for good and start to write that lesson's topics on the whiteboard, Choi Soojin basically flew into the class, trying to catch her heavy breath.
«Miss. Choi» Chan stated, blinking.
«I'm- I'm sorry Mr. Bang... I... forgot» she panted, for then getting to her seat and dropping her bag on the desk.
«I figured» he lied.
«Well, about the test?» Soojin came forward.
Chan lifted his shoulders, giving a rapid glance outside the room «The test went good enough, but that's not what I wanted to discuss with you»
The girl's gaze lightened up within seconds. At first, she wasn't really willing to give up on her break and come to class beforehand, that's why she had run late, but now things seemed to start getting interesting. Smirking, she approached the man even more, getting basically face to face with him.
«Is it for the rumor that I've spread among all the English course's students? The one that you're gay?»
«I don't care about that rumor, honestly more girls know that there's no point in hitting on me, the better I'll live. No, what I want to know is connected to this topic... but it's not on me»
Soojin's smirk, if possible, became even wider «You want to know if you can hit on someone or not»
Chan sighed, acknowledging the fact that now he couldn't have turned back «Yes, you're right»
«Can I guess the person too or you prefer to ask?»
He didn't reply.
«Well then...» the bell rang, cutting her off.
Footsteps were already audible from the end of the hallway, so she finished off her sentence in a hurry:
«Lee Felix's bisexual. I won't inquire further, it's not my business, and I won't tell anyone... in details» someone entered the class «I'll just say one thing: he's not indifferent either» she whispered and, after a wink, she stepped away, heading to her desk like nothing had happened.
Chan was astonished. Not only Lee Felix was bisexual, meaning he could have liked him back, but, according to Choi Soojin, it was even sure that the blondie was into him as well. If everything was true, that was pure luck, the purest one Chan had ever had in his life. He would have started jumping like a middle schooler boy, but, at that moment, Felix walked in, followed, as always, by his two friends, and the smiled widely at Chan, who, in response, just smirked, trying hard to contain his joy.
«Alright everyone, have your seat and stay quiet, I'd like to start my class» he began, pulling himself together.
After all, the students liked him, so they did as they were told, settling themselves down and looking at their teacher, waiting for him to start another lesson.
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Luckily, it was Friday once again, because Felix was already tired of school. How much was it until the next break? In anyways, it was surely too long for him to handle. Plus, his training with his dance crew were having him dead after every session, mainly because they had a very important opportunity coming and so they were practicing like crazy. Felix was glad that he had got some more center positions, but it was still very tiring, both mentally and physically.
Because of that, after the last regular bell rang, Jisung basically had to lift him up by force and drag him all the way from their class to the hall, where, as always, Seungmin and Hyunjin were waiting for Felix to get together to the café and then to the English class.
«Man, could you at least walk straight?» Jisung whined.
«I'm sorry Ji, it's because I'm so tired» Felix yawned, trying to wake himself up a little bit.
«You can do it bro» his best mate patted him on the back «But I'm leaving you with those two, no way I'll handle another class just for you»
«You bitch» the other laughed and Jisung followed straight after.
They were still in their world when they approached the other two 00 liners. Hyunjin seemed tired as well, so exhausted that he didn't even bother to ask why they were laughing ad he usually did. On the other hand, Seungmin was simply on his phone, but he immediately put it in his pocket when he saw the September Twins coming.
«Another man shattered by life» he commented, smiling softly «Come on Lix, an Iced Americano will pull yourself together»
«Did someone just say "Iced Americano"?» the black-haired boy lifted his gaze, rubbing his eyes.
«Please don't give him coffee, you know how he becomes when he's high on caffeine» Jisung warned instead.
«A little bit won't be bad» Seungmin stated «And yes Hyunjin, we're getting that, so wake up and let's get to the cafeteria»
Jisung shook his head and greeted the other three, heading out. He truly hoped Seungmin wouldn't give Felix too much coffee, because his friend had this habit of getting too much excited even with the tiniest bit of caffeine running in his veins.
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Sadly, half an hour later when the bell rang again, everyone could notice that Felix was a little bit too energetic even for his standards. While Hyunjin was simply sipping his own coffee like a five-year-old child, Seungmin was mentally slapping himself at the blond sight. He should have listened to Jisung, but he didn't known Felix could get so high even with two little sips of that drink. Before Mr. Bang started the lesson, asking Hyunjin to finish his Americano quickly, Seungmin had to prevent a few times Felix's image from being ruined, because the boy was constantly trying to drink a little bit of his other friend's coffee.
On the other hand, Chan didn't know whether to giggle or not at that sight. Felix was always the cute and bright type, but now he was gushing energy from all pores and that was almost funny to watch. Because of that, he had been overall in a good mood for all the class, at least until he could no longer tolerate a guy that was constantly chatting about nasty things with his friend, who was actually trying to follow the lesson.
«Detention, Mr. Kim, let's see how much you'll like to talk again and disturb your classmates» he announced.
Seungmin, who, at that exact moment, was scolding Felix because he wouldn't stop bothering him, lifted his gaze, alarmed.
«I'm sorry Mr. Bang, I did not intend to disturb the class, I was actually telling Felix to stay quiet»
Chan sighed «Not you, Seungmin, the other Kim. Gosh, Korean names are really something else» he whined out loud «But anyways, yeah, detention Mr. Kim, you'll stay another hour after this. Mr. Lee, you'll stay too since you were annoying your friend»
«I wasn't annoying him» Felix protested, pouting.
«Stay quiet» the man ordered «Now, let's get back to what we were saying...»
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The rest of the class passed quickly and what was the last bell for the majority of the students finally rang. Felix snorted, pouting again. That was clearly bad luck, he just wanted to get home and eat something for then having to go to his training and now that meal was cancelled. Hyunjin and Seungmin greeted him with sad faces, the last one constantly apologizing for his sentence. Felix just waved back, starting to yawn again. Another hour... he didn't know if he could have endured it. In the meantime, the other guy tried to escape his punishment, but Mr. Bang's eyes were sharp, so he noticed it straight away.
«Mr. Kim, where do you think you are going?» he inquired, sighing «Come back and have a seat immediately, or you won't be able to get home until midnight, am I being clear? For what concerns you, Mr. Lee, help your classmate with his English, since he has clearly copied the test last week»
Felix groaned and snorted, but that was an order he couldn't ignore since he didn't want to stay more time after that hour.
«Come here Donghyuk, let's see what can I do» he called his classmate.
The other, mumbling some bad words for Mr. Bang, came and sat next to the blond, who had already taken out his book. He glanced up at the teacher, but he was already focused on something else, implying that Felix would have had to help himself out.
«Tell me something you don't understand, the faster we are the sooner we can do something else, alright?»
«Bet» Donghyuk agreed, taking out his book as well «I can't get when to use the different verb tenses at all» he affirmed.
«Oh» Felix would have facepalmed himself «It's alright, I can help you figure it out quickly, just follow me. First of all we have the "Present Simple", it's used when you have to talk about present things, like... I dance, or I study or... things like that» he started explaining.
While Felix was doing that, Chan was secretly keeping an ear on him, giggling silently when the blond's tone was getting exasperated. He really started to focus on his work when the boy went silent after assigning his classmate some exercises to do, but a voice calling him distracted him quite soon.
«Mr. Bang!» Donghyuk exclaimed silently «I think Felix's asleep, should I wake him up?»
Chan looked up at the two boys, immediately getting himself soft at Felix's sight. The blondie was clearly sleeping, a relaxed look on his face, snorting quietly like he was having a good dream. He seemed like a fairy, not at all related to this planet, so pretty that Chan couldn't help but smile. He glanced up at the clock, checking the hour, and then back at the two.
«No, don't worry Mr. Kim, I'll do it. You just go home, since the hour has almost passed, but make sure to do the extra homework Felix assigned to you, alright? I'll check on Monday» he nodded.
The student got up from his seat as fast as the light, gathered up his things and ran out of the class, greeting and thanking him. Once he was gone, Chan got up as well, just to take another chair and sit in front of Felix, who, despite the chaos that his classmate had made, was still asleep. The man couldn't stop smiling at that sight, slowly leaning on Felix's desk until he had his head resting on his arms, his face just some inches from the other's.
He could never tell how much he had stayed in that position, from his perspective it was both a few minutes and a whole life, but in reality it was less than half an hour. Felix's looks were just so ethereal, with his cute little nose and lips, his long eyelashes and his blond dyed hair, which suited him very well. However, his dark circles were clearly visible and some fatigue wrinkles as well. Chan felt bad for the boy, he knew how it was like to pass out in class due to the weariness and he started wondering what could have made Felix tired like that. Doing that, he figured didn't know the boy as well as he believed. He didn't know that much about his personal life, besides his school friends, the fact that he was Australian, that his Korean name was Yongbok, although he didn't like it, that he was almost a professional dancer and, of course, his stubborn, gentle and caring character.
Focusing again on Felix's looks, he noticed that he had some make-up on, that was slightly coming off from his skin, which was truly flawless, so Chan didn't get why the boy would have had to wear foundation over it. He mentally appointed to ask him on the first occasion and let his gaze run all over the other's small face, ending on his lips, which were half-opened. They were so cute, as the whole Felix, yet Chan wanted to kiss them until they would have bleed, however he knew that it wasn't the right moment.
While he was daydreaming about that, Felix snorted softly and Chan couldn't help but chuckle silently. The whole atmosphere was so chill and soft that he would have stayed like that forever, but he knew he couldn't, so, at one point, he sighed and started caressing and patting Felix's hair, calling his name softly.
«Felix wake up, you should go home, it's getting really late»
The blond mumbled something that Chan didn't understand and then opened his eyes slowly, yawning. It took him some seconds to focusing Chan's figure and some more to realize the situation. Still, contrary to the man's expectations, he didn't back off, keeping his position on the desk, facing Chan.
«What hour is it?» he whispered, his deep voice even deepened by his sleepy condition.
«Mmmh, something like six-thirty, I don't really know» Chan replied in the same tone, still checking out every single feature of the other.
When Felix was sleepy, his mind was quite slow, so it took almost a minute to process his teacher's words, but eventually, his brain figured out the meaning of the other's sentence and, once it did, the blond stood up from his seat so suddenly that Chan got startled.
«What's wrong Felix?» he asked, getting up as well.
«Gosh my fucking training!» the other yelled, starting to collect his things in a hurry «I'm so fucking late, I should be already there. Damn it, I'm screwed, my trainer's gonna be hella mad!» and he went on blabbering and swearing as fast as some Idol rapper.
Luckily, Chan was calmer, so he placed his hands on Felix's shoulders and made him stop.
«Calm down, Felix, it's gonna be ok. When does your training start?»
«Fucking now» the blond whined, distressed.
«Alright, don't worry, I'll get you there by car then, it's fine to you?»
Felix's thoughts came to a screeching halt «No, I'll- I'll catch a bus, no worries»
«I have to make up for this since I should have woken you up earlier»
Felix pondered the offer. Chan's eyes seemed concerned enough and, by then, he trusted the teacher to not be some kind of creep or serial killer, however, if someone happened to see them it would have been quite inconvenient. In the end, the clock tickling fast and his attraction towards the man in front of him completely swayed the rational part of his mind.
«Alright then, but let's move fast»
«Sure, let me take my bag in a second»
A few minutes later they were already exiting the school, heading, in a hurry, to the teachers' parking lots. Felix was constantly checking out the time on his phone, so he almost tripped over Mr. Bang when the latter stopped in front of a car.
«Is this yours?» he asked dumbly while admiring the matte black Audi RSQ3 Sportback that was parked in front of him.
«Yeah, I had to save a lot for being able to get this baby, but it's worth it» the other smirked, playing with the car keys with his fingers «Come on, hop in, you're late, remember?»
Felix, that for some seconds had actually forgotten his training, had some trouble opening the large car door, but eventually he made it and jumped in. Some seconds later, Chan appeared on the driver's seat, right next to him, instantly turning on the vehicle.
«Where are we heading?» he asked, switching on the maps.
Felix gave him the address quickly, knowing that his crew's dance room wasn't located on that side of Seoul. Less than a minute and they were already on the road, the car's engine roaring powerfully.
«Shouldn't we like... get you home for picking up some... umh, change of clothes?» Chan went on.
«No, I'm always on time because of school, so I'm used to leave there some change, the only thing I need would be-» Felix's stomach growled, cutting him off «Yeah, eating» he giggled out of embarrassment.
«You don't have anything to eat? Should we stop somewhere?»
The blond shook his head «I don't have enough time to do so. I'll eat something after practice, it's fine»
«You should worry about your health more. Luckily, I have a friend who works in a Starbucks that is basically on the road, I'll call him straight away, what do you want?»
Felix frowned «You don't have to»
Chan ignored him, picking up his phone and quickly searching for a number on his contacts list, eyes still on the road. Once he started the call, his friend answered almost straight away:
«Hi Jiwoon, it's Chan... yeah I'm good, but I don't have time to talk... I'd like to make an order» he glanced at Felix.
«Alright, anything but coffee» the boy mumbled.
«Let's say a chocolate milkshake with extra cream and a muffin... no dumb hoe, obviously it's not for me... cut the nonsense and get it done quickly, I'll be there in five... yeah, yeah, fine, I owe you one, now move your ass fast»
And, with that being said, he threw his phone to the backseats, fully focusing on the road once again and stepping harder on the accelerator, trying to avoid the most busy streets. It was actually the first time that Felix had heard him swearing... and that was hot as hell. Yet, he didn't have the time to drool over that because an incoming call from Hyunjin startled him.
«Hyunjinnie!» he exclaimed picking up.
«Hyunjinnie my ass!» the other yelled from the other side of the line «Where the freaking fuck are you Felix? Suha-noona is mad as hell, so why aren't you already here?! I thought your detention would have ended at six, right in time for you to come»
«I'm sorry... I kinda fell asleep during it and-»
«I kinda don't give a fuck right now... just, where are you?»
At that exact moment, Chan stopped his car in front of a Starbucks, jumping out of it and coming back with his order as fast as the light.
«I'm almost there... give me five more minutes or so» Felix stated, taking his snacks from Chan's hands.
«You know that this is going to get you stay more after us... or all of us staying more right?»
«Yeah, I know, I'm sorry, I'll made up for it... a dinner when we'll get accepted, alright?»
«I don't care about it right now, just move your ass and get here fast... and safe... gosh don't get my harsh words too serious alright, you know I'm just really anxious right now»
«I know Hyunjin, I'll be there in no time, promise» he swore and then closed the call, sighing hard.
Chan noticed Felix's change of mood and would have gladly landed a hand on his thigh for reassuring him, but he was still driving, so he tried to calm him down with his words:
«Don't worry, we're almost there... now eat something, would you?»
Felix sighed once again «Thank you so so so so much, you shouldn't be doing this. I'll pay you back on Monday»
The man giggled «Go on like this and you'll find yourself poor as hell. No, seriously, no worries about it, I'm still making up for my mistake»
The blond just nodded, feeling defeated, and started sipping the milkshake. It was really good, sweet like honey, and he suddenly felt full of good energies to spend on his dancing.
He had just finished his muffin when Chan stopped the car in front of the building where his dance training was held. He gathered his things quickly and then turned at the man, who was already looking at him.
«I don't know how to thank you properly, but... umh, yeah... thanks» and he smiled so brightly that the whole world seemed to be lightened up a little bit.
«It's all good. Now go, you don't want to be anymore late» Chan smiled as well, patting the other's chin quickly.
Felix blushed hard at that contact, but luckily he was able to mask it and he hopped out of the car, waving at Chan. The man smiled once again and he didn't start the engine until he saw the other going in.
As he was climbing the stairs two by two, Felix couldn't stop thinking about the whole time he had with Chan, because yes, now he was calling him "Chan" in his mind, from the moment he had woke up until the pat that the man had given him, constantly blushing up as things were coming to his mind.
What was that? Why was he getting flustered like that? He couldn't reply to those questions, but he knew one thing for sure: that wasn't the way he should have felt towards a teacher.