✿ twenty-one ✿

"What was your first impression of me?"

Felix places his elbows on the counter and rests his face against the palms of his hands. He furrows his eyebrows and begins to ponder.

"Hmm, good question," he says.

Chan blinks from the other side at him expectantly, waiting for the freckled boy's response.

"I thought you were a hopeless flirt."

"You're not wrong," says a voice.

Jisung pops up from behind Chan out of nowhere and laughs when he sees Chan purse his lips in annoyance.

Chan turns back to Felix.

"And now?"

Chan catches Felix's eyes shifting to glance at Jisung. He seems to be trying to hide a smile as he answers.

"I still think you're a hopeless flirt."

Chan rolls his eyes and turns his back to the younger, whose sinister giggling just intensifies.

There's a ping coming from Jisung's phone and once he reads the notification, he's rushing out the door with a bright smile on his face, not even bothering to say bye to his friends.

"What was that?" Chan asks.

Another giggle is heard behind him.

"I think it was Minho hyung."

Chan raises an eyebrow but doesn't turn around.

"Minho...?"

"Yeah! He came into the cafe the other day and Jisung wouldn't stop staring at him. Hehe, Jisung told me he liked him~~"

Chan sighs.

"God, he's stopped telling me about these things."

"Loser."

Felix doesn't hear Chan say anything in return to his childish remark, so he walks around the counter to stand in front of the therapist.

"Tehe, is someone mad?"

"I don't know, do you want someone to be mad?" Chan presses.

Felix gives his signature crinkly eye smile and apologizes.

"I'm sorry~~~"

Chan tries not to give in to those puppy eyes by looking up and away from Felix.

"Hi sorry, I'm Dad," the older responds.

Felix briefly ducks his head down into Chan's chest to laugh at his poor dad joke.

"Hi Dad," Felix pauses to laugh again. "I'm Burrito!"

Chan pretends to look ecstatic. "Hi Burrito! You look like an angel," Felix blushes at this, "are you single?"

Damn.

The hell is he supposed to say?

He doesn't have a boyfriend.

But-

But-

Is he really single?

Chan knows exactly what he asked. Which is why he smirks and tilts his head to the side, trying to look as innocent as possible.

"Well?" Chan asks.

Felix visibly gulps and looks down, but Chan's finger under his chin pulls his face back up.

"No. There's nothing interesting on the ground."

"I... I um..."

Felix prays as hard as he can for Jisung to come and save him.

"ᶦ-iᵐ ˢᶦ... siⁿᵍˡᵉ."

The slightest flicker of disappointment crosses over Chan's face.

And Felix notices it.

"ᵇᵘᵗ ᶦ... ˢ-sᵒʳᵗ ᵒᶠ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ˢᵒᵐᵉ-someᵒⁿᵉ."

Chan's eyebrow arches.

"Oh?"

"Y-Yeah."

"Tell me about him."

"So uh... I..."

Felix dips his head down again, but Chan brings it up just as fast, eliciting a whine from Felix.

"He... he's super annoying. And he calls me a dumbass, which makes me wanna punch him."

Chan brings his hand up to flick Felix's forehead, but the younger miraculously dodges.

"But, he's also nice. Like, too nice. He's so nice it's kinda concerning."

When Chan doesn't say something, Felix continues.

"He makes everyone around him really happy, and he gives me a bunch of kisses- ON THE CHEEKS OF COURSE," Felix bursts, and Chan tries not to laugh. "And the forehead... they feel nice... and warm.... and he cuddles me and that's also nice and snugly... and his smile. It's really pretty, and when he laughs he has this eye-smile, as well as these stupid dimples that I love so much..." Felix starts rambling at this point. Might as well.

"So um... y-yeah."

Felix shuts his eyes tight and curses at himself for blabbering like that. The weight of everything he just did settles in. He just basically told the man in front of him that he's simping over him.

He can hear Chan chuckle.

"Why haven't you told him that you liked him?" Chan asks softly.

"I JUST DID YOU DUMB TWAT, STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH ME-"

..... is what Felix wanted to scream.

He didn't of course.

Instead, he just mumbles.

"... too scared."

Felix peeks at Chan to see him opening his mouth to say something, so he quickly interrupts.

"U-uh, so do you... like anyone?"

Chan blinks.

"Yes."

Felix releases a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. It comes out a bit shaky than expected.

"Could you... t-tell me about him?"

"Cute. Extremely cute. Brown hair. The "sweetest little thing," as a friend of mine put it. Really cute. Also shy and blushes way too much. Did I mention how cute he is, because believe me when I tell you he is so adorable."

Felix resists laughing with relief as Chan starts a ramble of his own.

"He's also really nice. Has a lot of attitude, and I want to yeet him to the other side of the world sometimes."

Felix can't help but giggle.

"His face. Beautiful. He's ethereal. He has these freckles peppering his entire face. Basically a fucking fairy. He's perfection."

Felix's face flushes rather quickly as he struggles to keep himself from running out of the place.

"Then... why haven't you told him you like him?" Felix whispers, finally making eye contact with the man in front of him.

And then Chan's lips are on his.

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about fricking time Christopher 🙄🤚