Felix waved goodbye to Hyunjin and Seungmin, whose hands were linked, as they left the school grounds together. Normally, Felix would care the two left him out again. But today, it was a little different. He was expecting someone of his own. Felix pulled out his phone when he heard a ding! from his back pocket.
binnie hyung: black car three spots away from the flagpole. hurry up.
Felix looked up and counted three cars from the flagpole, and smiled as he saw a pair of eyes watching him from inside. He quickly ran over and hopped into the passenger seat.
"Hey hyung," Felix said while entering.
"Hey Felix, you ready to go?" Changbin asked as he started the car.
"Yup!" Felix nodded, "But can we go to my house first? I wanna get out of this disgusting uniform." Felix asked, getting a nod and Changbin's phone to type in his address.
The two quickly stopped by Felix's house, with Felix quickly running in to change into his black hoodie, black pants and facemask; the outfit he had labelled as the "meeting Jisung" outfit.
He hopped back into the car, and noticed Changbin's shocked expression.
"If you want to ask about what I'm wearing: Jisung has told me many times what to wear when we used to meet. I'm used to it, don't worry." Felix answered. Changbin was shocked Felix has a perfectly on-protocol undercover outfit.
Both boys didn't say much as they drove out of to the city. After a few minutes of driving and talking, they stopped at an ice cream parlour.
"Get what you want," Changbin said, letting Felix go through all the flavours, "I'll pay."
Felix ended up getting a simple chocolate scoop and Changbin decided he wanted the same. They found a table at the back of the store and took a seat. They took off their masks to eat and tried to remain unnoticed as they talked.
"Tell me some interesting things about you," Changbin smirked, "I knew basically nothing about you when we met and I still don't."
"Well, I was born in Sydney, Australia but I moved here when I was about 8. Same time Jisung came from Malaysia so we met as new kids with broken Korean and fluent English. My birthday is exactly one day after Jisung's, so you better remember it. I have a noona in university and a younger sister who is on an exchange program in Australia because she missed it so much. The past few months make me feel like an only child when I'm actually far from one. I like dancing and sometimes singing but I'm pretty mediocre in both skills compared to my friends. And I think my charming point is my freckles."
Changbin just sat nonchalantly, absorbing all the information from the boy in front of him.
"I think your freckles are cute," Changbin remarked. Felix's face lit up at this comment.
"Well," Felix spoke up, "I said like ten things about my life, now it's your turn. Tell me things I don't know about you." A hint of curiosity struck Felix as Changbin thought of what to say.
"Well, I'm 19. I've been at JYP since I was 15 as a trainee which meant I barely went to a real secondary school. I just did an online school so I do have my diploma. I lost contact with my family for the years I was training because no one really believed in me, until last week when my parents actually came to the showcase. My parents are proud of me now because I succeeded. I like rapping and in my free time I write lyrics for new raps."
"I'm sorry about your parents. Your trainee days must have been tough." Felix said quietly.
"It's all good. I had Chan-hyung and Jisung. We're our own family now." Changbin flashed a small smile, which also made Felix smile.
"So that's all you've been doing? Making songs and stuff?"
"It's the only thing I'm good at," Changbin said as a matter of fact, shrugging.
"What about when you were in primary or middle school? Didn't you do anything fun with your friends that you loved?" Changbin shifted awkwardly in his seat at the question.
"I'm bad at friendships, remember? I didn't have any friends."
"What about now? Surely, you have friends in the industry now?" Changbin shook his head.
"We're still rookies. Not A-list idols. I don't really know many of the idols under my own company personally."
"So you just don't have friends?"
"Well, I have Chan-hyung, Jisung, and now you and—."
"Who said I was your friend?" Felix cut Changbin off quickly, trying to hide his blush from the older. Somehow, being called a friend by Changbin made him embarrassed.
"If you don't want to be friends, I could just leave," Changbin said nervously, the aura of the conversation suddenly changing. Felix started to panic internally and was at a loss for words.
"No!" Felix shouted a little louder than normal, attracting a few people in the store, "please stay." Changbin smiled and just ate more of his ice cream.
The two stayed in the ice cream shop talking for another hour before getting back into the car to drive around the city.
"Radio?" Changbin asked, putting his hand on the knob.
"Hell yeah!" Felix exclaimed. Changbin smiled slightly as he turned up the volume.
Every time a song Felix knew came on the radio, he was singing his lungs out, so much that Changbin had burst out into laughter.
"What?" Felix asked the rapper while they were stopped at a red light, Changbin laughing hysterically in his seat.
"You're such a fanboy, I'm living for it." Changbin replied, Felix ducking his head in embarassement.
Felix ended up ignoring the radio for a while and the two had a normal conversation for a while, bonding more as they talked about their favourite places in Seoul. Felix mentioned wanting to go to many different places, and Changbin kept note of them to maybe use later.
The two kept talking until Felix stopped talking mid-sentence. Stopping at a red light, Changbin took a moment to analyse his surroundings and suddenly realized why Felix wasn't talking. Their song was playing. Reaching for the button on the radio, Felix's hand grabbed onto his arm before he could make contact with the button.
"Don't change it." Felix warned, giving Changbin a pouty face. Changbin couldn't help but melt at the sight.
"I don't like listening to myself," Changbin replied. This comment earned him a light punch to the shoulder.
"Yah!" Felix quietly shouted, "you listen to yourself everyday!"
"I listen to myself talk, not rap." Felix rolled his eyes.
"Fine, but don't change it. You may not like it but I certainly do."
Changbin rolled his eyes slightly but smiled at Felix's silliness.
Changbin just continued driving as he watched Felix jam out to the 3RACHA song play on the radio. As much as he was embarrassed, the sight of Felix enjoying their music was enough for him to not change the channel.
"Changbin-hyung," Felix asked as the song was over, the rapper mumbling a hm in response. "How do you rap so fast? You're like reading a whole Wikipedia article in the span of one song."
Changbin laughed loudly at the last comment.
"So much tedious practice," he said between laughs, "a lot of work but a nice skill to have."
"Hyung, you're gonna cancel all the other rappers out there with that. Best rookie rapper, Seo Changbin, everyone." Felix joked. Changbin chuckled.
"You're dissing Jisung there." Changbin noted. Felix just shrugged in response.
"You're the better rapper and those are just the facts." Felix claimed and Changbin couldn't help but laugh more.
Felix sang along to more songs and Changbin ended up joining him for some of them; Felix left shocked at how such a rasp tone-based rapper can have such a soothing voice. Time passed quickly and the night was coming, the driveway of Felix's house in sight.
"Thanks for today," Felix said as the elder parked the car in the younger's driveway. "Hopefully we can do this again soon!" Changbin smiled as the boy got out of his car.
"Me too, Lixie! I'll see you soon, okay?" Felix blushed at the comment.
"Y-yeah. For sure." Felix tried to keep his composure as he waved to Changbin as the car was backing out of the driveway. Waiting for the car to be out of sight, he opened the door quietly, only to be interrupted by his mom.
"Who was that?" His mom asked. "I know none of your friends drive." The boy was frozen for a few seconds before regaining his composure.
"One of Jisung's friends."
"You're still friends with Jisung? Why doesn't he come over anymore?" His mom asked, confused. Felix never actually told his parents about Jisung being a trainee at JYP and his parents probably assumed they weren't friends anymore.
"Err— it's complicated."
"Okay, whatever you say," Felix's mom replied as she went back to watching TV. Felix took a plate from the cabinet and warmed up whatever food was made for him. He picked up his chopsticks but was interrupted by a ding from his pocket.
MESSAGES
FRIDAY NOV. 29 8:11 P.M.
binnie hyung
hope you had fun today
because you made my day
lixie
of course hyung ☺️
binnie hyung
now this squirrel ass made me stop at a noodle place to get him food
the things i do for him 😤
lixie
jisung is really a big baby
binnie hyung
so im bored
and thats why now im texting you
because why not 😊
lixie
aw sweet
you thought of me
binnie hyung
no one else :)
Felix continued to text Changbin as he ate his food. Changbin made him feel special. Maybe this was just because he was lonely for so long, but was it really?
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guys this was written in mid-august
i literally predicted feel special eye—
thoughts?