jisung
come over tmrw.
i wanna know what
happened between you
and changbin today.

yongyongbokie
okee
i'll come over
at 1

...

Jisung woke up from an aggressive knock on his front door. He lazily sat up on the couch he slept on, looking around the living room as his eyes landed on Seungmin and Jeongin passed out on the floor. Jisung lightly laughed at the sight.

The person at his door knocked eagerly again, bringing the drowsy male back to reality. Jisung looked at the time. 11:30 am. It couldn't have been Felix at his door, it was too early. So who was it? Jisung got up from the couch and slugged over to his door, slowly opening it.

"Felix? What're you doing here? It's 11." Jisung asked confused.

"Wow good morning to you too Jisung." Felix acted hurt.

"Yeah yeah." Jisung walked back to the couch leaving the door open for Felix. He joined Jisung on the couch, careful not to step on his two other friends on the floor.

"I thought you were coming at 1." Jisung grumbled.

Felix rolled his eyes, "Stop acting like you don't want me here."

His friend scoffed "I'm not acting. I'd much rather be sleeping."

Felix ignored his comment. "I have plans later."

Jisung raised his eyebrows, "Plans? With who?"

Felix turned a light shade of pink.

Jisung was fully awake now and gasped, "Don't tell me it's who I think it is. Don't you dare tell me we're already getting replaced by someone you hung out with for a singular day."

Felix slapped Jisung's arm. "No one can replace you or those two trolls sleeping on the floor."

"You didn't deny who it was though. You're seriously going to hang out with someone from Stray Kids voluntarily? Are you out of your mind? Felix, it's not safe to hang with someone like him and you know that." Jisung scolded his friend.

Felix sighed, "Can you just listen to the story?"

Jisung nodded, "Okay fine, but only because I'm dying to know what happened." He suddenly thought of something, "Just wait."

Jisung got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen. He grabbed a cup from the cupboard and filled it with cold water. He walked back to the couch and leaned over Seungmin. He poured the cold water onto his face causing Seungmin to jolt up from the floor, screaming. Jisung and Felix laughed hysterically at the younger's priceless reaction. The ruckus woke Jeongin up from his slumber. He woke up confused as to why there was so much noise. Seungmin whipped his head to the guy who had the cup in his hands and glared.

"Why the hell would you do that?" Seungmin seethed.

"Hey! It was payback from yesterday." Jisung shrugged.

Seungmin rolled his eyes and went to the bathroom to dry his face. He came back and Jeongin was sitting up from his previous laying position. That was when he realized there was another figure on the couch.

"Oh hey Felix. I didn't even realize you were here." Seungmin greeted.

"Do I just not matter to you guys?" Felix looked offended.

"No, your story about what happened yesterday matters more so spill." Jeongin half joked.

"Fine, since you guys wanna know so bad, I'm gonna start from the very beginning."

"Don't miss any detail." Jisung reminded.

"Ok well I woke up at 11 to get ready for the day..."

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BEEP BEEP BEEP

Felix groaned at the loud alarm. It took all his will power not to turn the alarm off and go back to sleep. Today was the day he was going to hang out with Changbin and he already dreaded everything. He slugged his way out of his bed and to his bathroom. The latter took a shower and got ready. He wore a simple outfit, black ripped jeans and a white shirt.

Felix checked the time. 12:30 pm. He headed out the door and started walking to the cafe. Every step he took towards his destination made his anxiety levels go up a little higher. His hands started get clammy, his breathing increased. It was almost as if he ran a mile.

Finally the nervous male arrived at the cafe. The inside was really nice and simple which made Felix smile and forget about Changbin for a second. The boy looked around checking to see if the gang member had arrived yet. Luckily he was no where to be seen. Felix quickly walked to an empty table and contemplated whether or not to order his drink or to wait for Changbin. Ultimately he decided to just wait for the raven haired boy.

'Should I text him telling him I'm here? Would I be annoying him? Probably...' Instead of texting him, Felix scrolled through his phone. 12:55 pm.

After some time he heard the bell on the door ring, indicating that someone either left or entered the cafe. This made Felix's anxiety levels shoot like a rocket. He didn't look up, he didn't want to. He had a feeling that it was Changbin who walked inside and Felix didn't want to make eye contact with him.

Felix acted like he was looking at something interesting on his phone when in reality his phone was off and he was shitting bricks. In the corner of his eye he could see a figure walking towards him which only made him sweat more.

"Felix?" The mentioned boy heard someone say.

Felix looked up from his phone and saw Changbin standing in front of him. Felix's surprised expression wasn't fake, even though he knew it was Changbin who called his name, he didn't think the raven haired male would look this good. He was wearing all black. How surprising. The latter was wearing a beanie and a chain necklace.

'Wait what? Changbin is a literal animal why do I care if he looks good or not.' Felix thought to himself.

Felix tried to sound confident but failed as he murmured "Oh hey Changbin" while looking anywhere but at the person in front of him.

Changbin sat down in front of Felix, "How long were you waiting?"

"Uh not that long, like ten minutes?" Felix lied. It was definitely longer than ten minutes.

"Ten minutes? Oh god you should've texted me, I would've came sooner."

Felix's eyes widened in surprise, "I uh, I didn't want to annoy you or rush you. Plus I was fine waiting."

Changbin looked at the table and noticed that Felix hadn't ordered anything, "Are you not getting anything?"

"I wanted to wait for you first."

"You only waited for me so you could get me to pay for your order, right?" Changbin raised an eyebrow.

Felix's eyes widened at the accusation. "What—no! That idea didn't even cross my mind! I swear. I was just waiting because I didn't know if you would get mad at me for not waiting for you." He slowly started mumbling near the end and played with his fingers, not wanting to make eye contact with the person in front of him.

Changbin let out a little laugh, "I'm just kidding Felix. Lighten up, no need to be so scared of me."

"But you're in a gang." Felix mumbled under his breath again, but Changbin still heard what was said.

Changbin raised his eyebrows, "Yeah I am, but don't believe every rumor you hear."

Felix kept his head down. 'How can I not?'

"Let's order stuff." Changbin grabs Felix's wrist which was rested on the table and pulled him towards the cashier.

"Hey what would you like today?" The cashier didn't take her eyes off of Changbin for one second which made Felix silently roll his eyes.

'She's probably new around here.'

"Can I get an iced americano?" Changbin ordered.

"Yes of course." The cashier replied.

"Can I get a strawberry cheesecake and an iced salted caramel mocha."

"Sure." The cashier showed no interest in Felix.

"That'll be 15,000 won."

Felix reached into his front pocket to pull out his wallet, but Changbin handed his card to the cashier faster than Felix could even fully pull out his wallet from his pocket.

Felix protested but Changbin didn't care. "I'll pay since you had to wait for me."

Felix really didn't feel like arguing with him for obvious reasons so he just said, "Okay thanks."

They sat back down at the table with the cheesecake in silence.

"How about this, why don't you tell me all the rumors you hear about me and my friends and I'll tell you which ones are true or not." Changbin suggested randomly.

Felix raised his eyebrows, "We're supposed to be working on our Korean project though."

"I mean you're getting to know me better so technically we are."

Felix couldn't believe the words that was coming out of Changbin's mouth and into his ears. "Why are you acting like this?" Felix couldn't help but wonder out loud.

Changbin's face turned to confusion, "Like what?"

"You're actually being nice." Felix explained while looking at his fork which was stabbing into the cheesecake.

Changbin frowned, "You haven't looked at with me at all. Are you seriously that scared of me?"

Felix didn't say anything.

'I usually never care if someone's afraid of me cause they should be. But why do I care if Felix is scared of me? Why do I want to prove him wrong?' Changbin thought to himself.

"Order 10!" The cashier called out.

"I'll get it." Felix quickly got up from his chair and walked over to the cashier. He wanted to get out of that conversation. He thanked the cashier and brought the drinks to the table and they sat in silence again.

Noticing the younger wasn't going to say anything Changbin spoke, "I'm not always mean Felix. You don't have to be scared of me."

"It's hard not to be when you're-" Felix abruptly cut himself off. He suddenly became very interested in the cheesecake he was eating.

"In a gang? True, but we aren't as bad as everyone thinks."

"Stray Kids?" Felix repeated, making sure they were talking about the same gang.

Changbin sighed, "Yeah we have a reputation but we aren't dangerous to a normal human being. We have good reasons for doing what we do. We don't just hurt random innocent people."

"I see you guys with bruised knuckles and cuts and scrapes multiple times a month."

"Because there's a lot of people that are dicks." Changbin shrugged as if it was nothing. "Let me ask you a question Felix."

Felix let out a quiet "Ok." Nervous of what was going to be asked

"You've looked at me maybe twice and you mumble every time you say something. Why? And don't give me a crappy excuse, tell me the truth."

Felix was taken a back, He looked at Changbin with a surprised expression, he didn't think he was going to get called out like that. Felix looked back down, he didn't want to tell Changbin the truth. He didn't want to expose himself but he didn't really have a choice. Felix felt like Changbin would see right through him if he lied and he was terrified to think about what would happen if Changbin realized Felix lied.

"You're intimidating. I feel like I'm gonna say the wrong thing to you and you're just gonna get angry and punch me or something." He admitted

It was Changbin's turn to be shocked. He didn't know why he was shocked though, he didn't have a reason to be. He knew he had this impression on everyone at school. He knew everyone was afraid of him. He knew he was intimidating. Changbin knew all these but he never cared. He never did anything to change their mind about him. But seeing it first hand from Felix just took a toll on him and he didn't know what to say or why it was affecting him.

"Like I said before, there's no reason to be scared of me. Yes I may have a reputation, but I promise I'm not going to hurt you Felix. Trust me, you're not going to say anything that'll make me angry. You don't have to talk quietly or look down." Changbin reassured.

"Tell that to the people you punched at school over the smallest inconveniences" Felix mumbled under his breath.

"That's Minho. He has his own reasons for that. Me and the rest of the gang just get irritated easily and we don't like to deal with people's bullshit. We don't actually punch someone unless they get on our nerves." Changbin explained. "We may seem intimidating but we aren't rude unless we have to be. Except Minho obviously."

"You sounded rude in our text messages."

Changbin was not expecting that. "I was not. I even let you choose where we were going."

"Oh wow, thanks." Felix huffed. "It seemed pretty demanding though"

"That's just they way I am. If you're in a gang you have to sound demanding."

"What if you're lying to me?" Felix questioned, finally looking at Changbin.

"Why would I waste my time lying to you? I could care less if anyone believed those rumors."

"Then why do you care if I believed them?"

Changbin thought for a moment, "I, don't know."

This confused Felix but it also eased him a bit. He felt his fear of Changbin die down a little and felt a little more comfortable around him. Now that he's heard Changbin's side of all these rumors and stories he realized Stray Kids weren't as bad as he thought. Of course Felix still kept in mind that they were a gang, but he came to the conclusion that Changbin wasn't a threat to him. At least not yet.

"How come you're doing this project with me?" Felix wondered out loud.

"Uh, cause I have to?" Changbin answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"That's never stopped you before. You never do your school work. I was expecting to lie and do this whole thing by myself." Felix told truthfully.

"Well I didn't want you to write the wrong information about me so that's why I'm here."

Felix was about to say something but was cut off by his phone buzzing. He looked down and saw that Seungmin had sent two messages. An image and a message saying "having fun on your date?". Taking a sip from his drink, Felix quickly unlocked his phone and clicked on the message, confused.

It was a picture taken from behind Changbin of Felix looking at him. Felix choked on his drink and immediately looked around the cafe.

Changbin became very confused at what the other was doing and asked "What are you doing?"

Felix heard laughing coming from the door and his eyes met with his three friends. He sent a hard glare at them which only made them laugh even more.

Changbin, still confused, asked "Who are you glaring at?" He turned around and saw three people half way out the door. Felix sighed, texting Seungmin back.

"Uh, who were they?" Changbin asked for the third time.

"They're just my dumbass friends." Felix replied.

"You glare at all your friends like that?"

"Only if they text me something that's worth a glare."

"What'd they text you?"

Felix widened his eyes. He didn't want Changbin to see the message. That's embarrassing. "It's nothing special." He tried to sound stern with his answer but failed miserably.

Changbin rolled his eyes. He quickly reached over and took Felix's phone from him which was thankfully still unlocked. He looked at the image and the message and laughed.

"I swear I didn't tell them or anyone where I was going or that this was a date." Felix immediately defended himself.

"I mean, I guess this is kinda a date." Changbin shrugged, handing Felix his phone back.

Felix's mouth fell open. 'Did I just hear that correctly?'

Changbin laughed at his reaction, "I'm just messing with you Felix. Come on, let's go." The raven haired male stood up.

"What, where are we going?" Felix quickly stood up and followed him outside.

"Well we have to spend the day together and I don't want to stay at the cafe for the whole day, so let's go somewhere." Changbin explained.

"Somewhere where?"

"That's a surprise." Changbin winked at Felix and the younger immediately felt his cheeks heat up.

When they arrived to Changbin's car, Felix became very cautious. He knew Changbin told him he wouldn't hurt him, but you could never be too sure. The paranoid male was very hesitant to get in the car. Changbin opened the driver door and was about to get in when he noticed the other male's hesitation.

"We're just going to the beach. I'm not going to do anything to you Felix. I would never." Then he sat down in the drivers seat and closed the door. Felix took a deep breath then opened the passenger side door and climbed in.

The car ride started off silent. No one was talking. Changbin was too focused on driving and Felix didn't want to disrupt him but the silence didn't last long. Felix couldn't stand it, "Why are we going to the beach?"

"Because I like the beach. It's calming. We're just gonna walk around." Changbin didn't take his eyes off the road.

Silence again.

"Can we listen to music? This silence is killing me." Felix asked.

Changbin chuckled, "Sure. Turn on your bluetooth and connect to my car."

Felix did what he was instructed to do. He put his playlist on shuffle and a random song came on. Felix started to sing along to it quietly. Changbin heard him singing and smiled.

"You're actually a good singer." Changbin complimented.

Felix immediately shut up and blushed. "Thanks."

Changbin laughed at Felix's flustered self.

They finally arrived at the beach. Changbin and Felix got out of the car and walked to the sand. There wasn't a lot people there, maybe like nine families.

They were walking on the sand when Felix thought of an idea, "Let's play 20 questions."

Changbin looked at Felix and raised an eyebrow. "How original. Okay, you first."

"Ummm, what do you do in your free time?"

Changbin thought for a moment, "I never really do anything other than gang stuff. If I'm not busy with the gang then I'm hanging out with Chan, Woojin, Hyunjin, Minho and Yedam."

"Your turn." Felix said.

"What're your hobbies?"

"I like soccer and drawing, but I never really have time to do any of them since I'm so busy with school work."

Changbin looked at the other in surprise. "You don't seem like the type of person who would be interested in any of those things."

Felix scoffed, "I'll have you know that I'm great at drawing and playing soccer."

Changbin smiled, "Maybe one day you can draw me."

Before Felix could process what was said to him, Changbin said "Your turn."

Felix thought for a second, "How'd you get into the whole gang thing?"

Changbin's eyes darkened at the topic. Felix noticed and panicked. "You don't have to answer that question if you're not comfortable with it. I can just ask some-"

"I was fighting on the streets when I met Chan. He brought me to his house and I met his dad. His dad asked me to be apart of his gang and I agreed." Changbin cut him off.

Felix could tell from Changbin's tone of voice and the look in his eyes that he wasn't telling the whole truth, but Felix didn't push Changbin to tell him more.

"Do you have any siblings?" Changbin asked.

"I have a little sister who's annoying but I still love her to death." Felix smiled. "Cats or dogs?"

"Dogs. Definitely dogs." Changbin answered immediately.

Felix stopped walking and looked at Changbin. "Are you kidding? Cats are where it's at."

The gang member shook his head, "Uh oh, this might be where our friendship ends Felix. Dogs are better." Changbin laughed.

Felix was shocked at what Changbin just said. 'Friends? He just said friends right?'

"But it makes sense that you like cats." Changbin continued.

Felix raised an eyebrow, "Why's that?"

"Because you look like one."

Felix jaw dropped. Changbin laughed at his reaction, "What? You do! You can't tell me you don't."

"Whatever." Felix said with a slight smile.

"Who were the people at the cafe?"

"Jisung, Seungmin, and Jeongin. They're a pain in my ass but I love them."

"Jisung? Minho's talked about him once." Changbin said.

Felix was surprised, "He did?"

"Yeah. I forgot what he said but he's mentioned his name before." Changbin half lied. He remembered what Minho said about Jisung.

"Uh oh." Felix hoped it was something good but he knew that was very unlikely since it's Minho and from Jisung's stories, Minho doesn't seem very fond of him.

"Seungmin? Isn't that the person I sit next to?" Changbin thought out loud.

"Yep that's him." Felix answered.

"He doesn't seem like he talks a lot."

Felix laughed out loud, "Oh he does."

"I feel like I've heard of the name Jeongin too." Changbin tried to recall.

"I mean everyone at school does." Felix stated.

"Oh!" Changbin remembered. "Yedam has talked about him before." Changbin laughed as he remembered what Yedam had said about Jeongin.

Felix eyes opened wide, "He's talked about Jeongin?" 'Wait till Jeongin hears about this. He's gonna flip.'

"Yep." Changbin replied.

"Interesting. Do you have any fears?" Felix asked.

Changbin gave him a weird look and Felix quickly explained, "I'm just curious if you have any fears, being in a gang in all I feel like you wouldn't but now I'm wondering."

Changbin chuckled, "Fears... Um, other than the usual fears of losing someone you love and stuff, I have a fear of heights."

Felix smiled, "That's cute." Realizing what he had said, Felix quickly changed the topic, "Your turn."

Changbin raised his eyebrows at Felix, amused at the others reaction, "Ever lived anywhere but Seoul?"

Felix nodded, "Yeah I actually grew up in Australia and moved here when I was about ten."

"Oh Australia? You should take me there one day." Changbin said casually and Felix turned red.

"Yeah ok." He blushed.

The two continued to ask each other questions and they got to know each other better. It started to get late and they decided to call it a day and head home. Changbin drove to Felix's house.

"Thank you Changbin. Today was fun." Felix said when Changbin arrived at his house.

"I had fun too." Changbin said. "We should hang out again."

Felix couldn't believe what he heard, 'He wants to hang out with me again? Why?' "Yeah we should."

"What about tomorrow?" Changbin suggested.

The purple haired male was taken aback. He didn't expect Changbin to want to hang out so soon. Felix thought he would give it at least a week.

Then latter remembered the text conversation he had with Changbin, "I thought you were busy any other day expect for today?" Felix raised an eyebrow.

Changbin shrugged, "I could make some time for you."

Felix internally screamed. "Oh, okay. Uh what time?"

Changbin thought for a moment. He was calculating what time he wouldn't be busy. "Hmm how about the same time we met up today? I'll pick you up."

"Okay sure." Felix opened the door of the car and got out. "Bye Changbin." He said before he shut the door and walked inside his house.

Felix ran upstairs to his room and flopped on his bed. 'What just happened?'

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