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chapter twenty —✧♡︎✧—

Felix was still staring at his phone, a dumb little smile creeping onto his face, completely unaware of the two pairs of eyes locked onto him. His fingers hovered over the screen, rereading Hyunjin's texts for the hundredth time, heart doing that stupid fluttery thing he definitely didn't ask for.

This was bad. Like, really bad.

"OH. MY. GOD." Jisung suddenly yelled, startling Felix so bad he almost threw his phone across the room.

Seungmin gasped dramatically, hand over his chest like he just witnessed something criminal. "No fucking way. You're blushing!"

Felix immediately scowled and hugged his phone to his chest like they were about to snatch it. "NO, I'M NOT."

Jisung and Seungmin exchanged glances before sprinting over to him like two feral animals. Jisung tackled Felix onto the couch, while Seungmin yanked at his arm.

"WHO WERE YOU TEXTING?" Seungmin demanded.

"NOBODY," Felix screeched, struggling under their weight. "Mind your damn business you monkeys!"

Jisung snatched a pillow and smacked Felix in the face. "Yeah, right. You were just giggling like a whole ass K-drama lead seeing their crush. Spill."

Felix groaned, attempting to roll away, but Seungmin grabbed his hoodie and yanked him back. "STOP BEING SO SUSPICIOUS."

"I'M NOT—"

Jisung gasped dramatically, eyes widening in realization. "Oh my god... Is it HYUNJIN?"

Felix froze.

His soul left his body.

Jisung and Seungmin both stared, waiting for him to deny it. To say anything.

But Felix just sat there, looking like a deer caught in headlights, which only made them scream.

"NO WAY" Jisung howled, rolling off the couch from the sheer force of his excitement.

Seungmin gasped so loudly he almost choked on air. "Lee Felix, you're actually down bad!"

Felix smacked them both with the nearest pillow. "SHUT UP. STOP, ARE YOU HUMANS OR MONKEYS?"

Jisung was cackling at an unhealthy volume. "DID YOU SEE HIS FACE? DID YOU SEE HOW HE JUST FROZE?"

Seungmin wiped an imaginary tear. "So this is why you've been acting weird lately, huh?"

"I—NO—" Felix tried, but his brain wasn't working, words weren't forming, and these two menaces weren't letting up.

"Oh my god, this is actually the best day of my life," Jisung wheezed, clutching his stomach. "Felix is literally turning into a giggly high school girl over Hyunjin."

Felix groaned into his hands. "PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE."

Seungmin smirked, leaning in. "You gonna text him again, lover boy?"

Felix glared, gripping his phone tighter. "NOT IF YOU'RE WATCHING ME LIKE FREAKS."

Jisung wiggled his eyebrows. "You scared we're gonna catch you texting a bunch of heart emojis?"

Felix sat up, face burning as he hugged a pillow to his chest like it could physically protect him from their judgment. "You guys are so dramatic. It was nothing."

Jisung and Seungmin exchanged a look before bursting out laughing again.

"NOTHING?" Jisung repeated, mocking his voice. "Felix, babe, be serious."

Felix rolled his eyes aggressively. "I am serious. Hyunjin is just funny, that's it. We text stupid shit all the time."

Seungmin raised an eyebrow. "Uh-huh. And that explains why you were kicking your feet just now?"

"I WAS NOT KICKING MY FEET."

"You LITERALLY were," Jisung deadpanned. "I've never seen you act like that over a funny text before."

Felix huffed, gripping the pillow tighter. "Well, maybe you just don't make me laugh enough."

Jisung dramatically clutched his chest like he'd been stabbed. "Damn. Betrayal."

"Whatever," Felix muttered. "Hyunjin has a girlfriend he loves, okay? I definitely wouldn't do anything with someone taken. And he's straight. End of discussion, show some respect for that Haeri, even though she's a bitch."

Jisung chuckled, "Okay, okay, relax, lover boy. We're just teasing because it's hilarious."

Seungmin nodded, stretching out on the couch like he owned the place. "Yeah,  It's just hilarious watching you malfunction over a text."

Felix groaned, flipping them both off before burying his face into the couch cushions. "You guys are the WORST."

Jisung cackled. "We know."

Seungmin snorted. "Alright, enough about that. Let's talk about something actually interesting."

Felix lifted his head, already relieved the attention was off of him. "Like what?"

Jisung wiggled his eyebrows. "Like the new guy. You heard about him?"

Felix frowned, shaking his head. "Who?"

Seungmin scoffed. "Bang Chan. He just transferred, and apparently, half the school is already in love with him."

Felix sat up a little. "Seriously?"

Jisung nodded. "Deadass. The dude's got the whole mysterious bad boy thing going on, which means everyone and their mother is assuming he's a fuckboy."

Felix raised an eyebrow. "What does that even mean? He just got here."

Seungmin rolled his eyes. "Bro, you know how this school is. A guy breathes a little too confidently and suddenly he's 'definitely a player.'"

Jisung smirked. "To be fair, the dude is kinda jacked."

Felix snorted. "That's what makes someone a player?"

"I don't make the rules." Jisung shrugged. "All I know is, within like, a day, three girls from my math class have already decided they want him to ruin their lives."

Seungmin rolled his eyes again. "Pathetic."

Felix hummed, thinking. "I kinda wanna meet him now."

Jisung smirked. "What, you tryna get your life ruined too?"

Felix smacked him. "Oh, shut up."

Jisung cackled, rubbing his arm where Felix smacked him. "Damn, okay! No need to get violent."

Seungmin stretched his arms behind his head. "Honestly, I kinda wanna meet him too, just to see if he's actually a walking red flag or if people are just being dramatic."

Felix nodded. "Right? Like, dude probably just walked in with a leather jacket or something, and now everyone thinks he breaks hearts for fun."

Jisung smirked. "Or maybe he actually does. Maybe he's secretly got, like, five girls on rotation already."

Felix snorted. "Okay, calm down, Gossip Girl."

Seungmin checked his phone, scrolling mindlessly. "I saw some people post about him on their stories. Apparently, he transferred from Australia or something."

Felix perked up. "Wait, he's Australian?"

Jisung wiggled his eyebrows. "What, you got a thing for Aussie boys?"

Felix immediately scowled. "I am an Aussie boy, dumbass."

Seungmin smirked. "So you do have a thing for them."

Felix groaned. "I hate both of you."

Jisung laughed. "Nah, but for real, if he's actually from Australia, he and Felix might end up being besties. You can bond over Tim Tams and kangaroos or whatever."

Felix rolled his eyes, but he was a little curious now. "What does he even look like?"

Seungmin scrolled for a second before turning his phone to Felix and Jisung. "Here. Someone took this in the hallway earlier."

Felix leaned in, looking at the picture.

A muscular guy, blonde curly hair slightly messy in an effortlessly cool way, strong jawline, lethal face card, dressed all in black.

Jisung whistled. "Damn. No wonder people are losing their minds."

Felix tilted his head. "He doesn't look like a fuckboy, though."

Seungmin smirked. "They never do."

Felix huffed. "You guys are so dramatic. I bet he's normal."

Jisung leaned back, grinning. "I bet he's not."