in which... kim y/n, a high schooler bullied for her bare face who masters makeup to become a beautiful, popular goddess at her new school, hiding her true self while navigating a love triangle with popular, brooding Lee Felix and rebellious Hwang Hyunjin, learning that true beauty comes from within
warnings... mentions of suicide, some minor fight scene, jealous felix, cheating (not reader or the boys), sana is drunk, mentions of vomit
authors note tysm for supporting e throughout all of this guys, it’ll probably me 1 ep a week tbh as i’m so busy icl, but thank you!!!
That night when Hyunjin spotted Felix, it took him back to that night with Bangchan.
As Hyunjin drove back on his motorbike, he sped past a memorial.
Hyunjin was scrolling on his phone when the news reports flashed up. People coming forward as they spoke about what Bangchan did to them. The bullying, but Hyunjin refused to believe it.
Hyunjin ran out of the apartment building, on his way to find Chan, which is when he saw the news reporters crowding around him. He pushed through the crowd and reached Chan, who wore a face mask and his hoodie.
“Where are you going?” He grabbed onto Chan’s arm.
Chan looked down, his eyes watery, “To Felix,”
Chan grabbed onto Hyunjin, “Felix will believe me. And if he believes me, Mr Lee will hear me out!” Chan cried.
“Then let me come with you,”
Before the two could say anymore, news reporters ran forward begging for answers and statements towards the victim who had spoken out.
Hyunjin fought them off holding them back. By the time he turned away, Chan had gone.
Hyunjin ran into the funeral home, his eyes already holding the pain he daren't express.
He rounded the corner into one of the rooms, which is when he saw it.
A photo of Bangchan, with his name displayed.
“Chan-hyung,” Hyunjin breathed as he cried, collapsing onto his knees.
As Hwang Hyunjin walked into the classroom early that morning, he noticed his helmet sat on his desk.
He walked to his desk which is where he realised it was full of sweets, with a note on top.
Which is what partly led him to sitting next to you in the cafeteria, which is also what led him to this precise moment.
The cafeteria was frozen, as they watched Felix and Hyunjin face each other off.
Felix didn’t respond to Hyunjin’s ‘seriously?’. He just continued to stare the elder boy down.
Hyunjin sighed as he looked away for a moment, as he knew Felix was not going to lose his grip.
Hyunjin pushed Felix’s arms off of him and swung a punch, hitting Felix square in the jaw.
The cafeteria erupted into gasps of shock, as Lee Felix fell to the floor.
But just as quickly, Felix stood straight back up and grabbed back onto Hyunjin’s jacket, lifting his arm up to swing too.
“Punch me,” Hyunjin told Felix, as he held his fist high, “Go ahead, punch me,”
As Felix moved to punch Hyunjin, a teacher burst into the cafeteria, “What are you two doing over there? Break it off!” The teacher yelled.
Felix pushed Hyunjin away, but they continued to stare one another down.
Felix and Hyunjin stood in the teachers office next to one another as they received their telling off. More like, as Hyunjin received the blame.
“Hwang Hyunjin, what are you thinking? After all that hassle, you quit that boy band. Now are you trying to become a gangster?” Hyunjin sighed and looked away.
The teacher continued, “What kind of student has a fight on school property?” The teacher stood up from his seat, “What if we have to hold a hearing? Do you want to get expelled?”
Felix interrupted, “I started it,”
“Oh, Felix. Why would you protect him?” The teacher asked. Even Hyunjin turned to look at Felix, just as confused.
The teacher turned back to Hyunjin, “You even took time off to care for your mother, but what a sight you are now,” Hyunjin physically stiffened at the mention of his sick mother, “How can a mother not get sick when her son acts out like this?”
Hyunjin stepped forward about to lash out at the teacher, when Mr Choi stepped forward to break it up.
The principal walked into the office, “Since, Felix said he’ll forgive him, let’s wrap this up here!” The teacher nodded, “Felix, you have a Math Olympiad the day after tomorrow, you should take care of yourself,” The principal spoke kindly, “You may go now,”
Felix hesitated for a moment, due to Hyunjin not being excused, but ultimately bowed and left the office.
As Felix walked through the halls, Nayeon sat and waited for him. As he strolled past she stood up, “Are you alright? You're hurt,” she commented, looking at his lip which was slightly bloody.
Felix continued walking, so Nayeon fell in step with him, “Why didn't you get beaten up and get your arm broken? Then I’d win the Math Olympiad,” she joked.
Felix only slightly turned his head, “Leave if you're here to ramble,”
“You should have thrown him to the ground while you were at it. That way he won't try anything with you ever again,” Nayeon informed Felix, “You really learned jiu-jitsu for nothing. You haven't changed a bit, you're still a giant pushover,” She continued. “Seriously, what happened between you two? Is it because of Bangchan?”
Felix stopped walking, looked at Nayeon with a glare then turned back to walk away, but she grabbed his wrist.
“Hey,” he looked back at her, “Put this on,” she pushed a small bottle of antiseptic cream into his blazer pocket. And with that he walked off.
As soon as you sat down in class before the lesson started you were crowded by the entire class and a few others from different homerooms.
“Y/N, I heard both Lee Felix and Hwang Hyunjin like you,” one girl stated, everyone nodded in agreement, “Who are you going to pick?”
You shook your head, “there's nothing to choose,” you told everyone.
Changbin started a group drum roll, eventually silencing them all. “Will it be saviour Felix or Hyunjin Almighty? Who will you pick?!” Changbin asked.
“It’s not like that,” you reassured everyone, including yourself, “The two towers wouldn't like me. I hear they don't get along, that's why!”
But everyone spoke up in disagreement, so Changbin clapped three times as he shushed the crowd.
“By the way, why did Mr Hwang sit next to Ms Kim? That's what I'd like to know,” Changbin said dramatically.
The crowd immediately burst into discussion, but Jihyo stood up and stopped it. “Hey! If Y/N says no, then that's it!” she defended you, “Go back to your classes or seats!” She shooed everyone away.
As everyone began to leave Jihyo turned to you, “All this trouble because you're too pretty. If this was an average looking girl, there'd be no such rumours. It must be tiring,” she sighed.
“It’s Felix,” Someone from the class called as Felix walked in and immediately moved to his desk.
But only a few moments later, Hyunjin’s friends burst into the room. “Lee Felix!” Han said, “Meet us outside,”
Outside, Han and the others approached Felix.
“Hey, Felix. Who are you to start something with Hyunjin? What will you do if Hyunjin gets suspended because of you?” Han asked, “You grabbed him first so wasn't it self-defence?”
“Are you pretending to be gangsters?” Felix asked, as he looked at the group behind Han.
Felix sighed and turned around, going to leave, but Han grabbed onto him. “Where do you think you're going?” Han threw a pathetic punch, if you could even call it that, which Felix caught.
He attempted to throw one with his other hand, but Hyunjin had stepped in. “That’s enough,” he warned Han.
Felix and Hyunjin made eye contact as they stared each other down.
The same teacher who broke up the fight earlier, came outside. “Hey, you punks!” He yelled loudly.
Everyone let go of one another, turning to look at him. “Are you acting up again?!”
Hyunjin’s friends immediately moved forward to apologise.
“Han Jisung, always meddling,” Hyunjin sighed as he looked at Felix.
They were punished with cleaning the gymnasium after school. But the only person who was actually doing this was Felix.
Hyunjin sat on a step as he watched Felix closely, while Han and the others were throwing a ball about.
“Hey, Felix! I was worried you might die by my punch, so I went easy on you, right?” Han told Felix, who continued mopping the floor.
Han and the others left the gymnasium, leaving Felix and Hyunjin; who had gotten up from his seat and began to leave the gymnasium.
Felix stopped him on his way out, “What do you want from me?” Felix asked.
Hyunjin looked to Felix, “What do I want? Stay out of my sight,”
“You stay away if you don't want to see me,” Felix snapped back, “I have no reason to run from you,”
Hyunjin puffed out a laugh, “You're so shameless,” he shook his head, “I see that that's your true nature,”
Hyunjin began to leave again, but Felix spoke up once more.
“That night, when Chan came to see me,” Hyunjin’s head snapped to Felix.
“What now?” Hyunjin asked bitterly. After Felix stayed silent, Hyunjin moved closer, “Making excuses after all these years? Do you have any idea what his final words to me were? ‘Felix will believe me’”
Hyunjin stared Felix down for one moment, “He didn't know how cold and selfish you really are,” Hyunjin yelled. “He had faith in you, so he ran to you. So don't you ever mention Bangchan’s name again,”
And that was final. Hwang Hyunjin turned and left the gymnasium, leaving Felix to think about that night.
You walked into the comic shop that night, coming across a solemn Felix who sat there. “I was passing by and saw you in here. Here, drink this,” you handed him his favourite drink, a slight smile coming to his face.
You sat down in the singular sofa, “I saw Hyunjin leave school earlier. Did you clean the gym by yourself?” you asked, “And you just let him go? Why did you get into a fistfight like a bunch of kids?” You bit into your snack, “Nevermind,” you shook your head, “I wrestled with my brother a few days ago, I’m one too talk. I fight daily too,”
Felix stayed silent as he continued to look at the floor, you continued trying to boost his mood, “When me and my brother fight, my mom makes us do this one thing to patch things up,” Felix slightly turned his said, “‘I love you’” was all you said.
Felix head quickly snapped to you, “We say that repeatedly, and then clip clip clip,” you explained to him, as you pinched your toes.
“You trim each others toenails?”
You chuckled, “It tickles so it naturally eases the mood,” you explained.
Felix let out a small laugh as he looked away. “Oh! Did you just smile?” you asked. Felix immediately dropped his face. “This is my first time seeing you smile,”
“No! I didn't smile,” He defended himself quickly.
You sighed, changing the topic, “I’m not sure what happened before, but if you feel like talking to someone, let me know,” you informed Felix. He stared at you intently for a minute, almost softly. “Anything for the Saviour Felix,” you said sarcastically.
“Saviour Felix?” He questioned.
You nodded, “They call you the Saviour of Saebom High,”
Felix spoke his next words with a bitter taste, “I’m hardly a saviour,” He then turned to you, his voice turning stern, “Don’t call me that,”
“Why not?” You asked, “You are Saviour Felix to me! For keeping my true face a secret!”
You stood up and began to browse the comics, Felix following shortly after.
He picked one up opposite you and flicked through the pages. “Does it bother you that much?” He asked, “Your face without makeup?”
He began walking closer to you, “Don’t all girls look different with makeup on?” As you picked a comic from the top shelf, Felix caught the pile on top from falling over, leaning over you slightly to stop the fall.
“You can't ever say that somewhere else,” you responded, browsing through the comic with total obliviousness to how close Felix was, “I look especially different,”
Felix looked at you, “Beats me. Couldn't tell,”
You looked up at him, meeting his eyes. “Are your eyes working? How can you not tell? I tried so hard to study makeup!” You leaned in closer, growing up close to his face.
Your eyes drifted down his face to his lips, where a gash was across the bottom lip. “You got hurt?” You reached up gently, caressing his bottom lip subconsciously, “That looks painful…” you muttered.
After a brief moment, Young-jae walked in and stood at the door, “You two shouldn't read adult comics, okay?”
Felix jumped back, causing the comic books he was holding back to fly on the shelf and land straight on your head.
Young-jae left the room after seeing the two of you part.
Felix turned towards you, “You should hurry home. Do you know what time it is?” He placed his hands on your shoulders as he began to direct you out.
“Hurry home and study!” Felix practically pushed you out of the comic shop, turning back to himself.
“What was I even saying…?” He muttered to himself. He watched where you had just exited, then sighed.
The next day at school, Hwang Hyunjin pulled up next to you on his motorbike. He removed his helmet and turned to you, “Hey Y/N,” he said, you looked at him, “Are you seeing Felix?”
You shook your head quickly, “No, I’m not,”
“You’re not?” he thought back to that moment in the park.
He leaned closer then nodded his head, “I can see that,”
Hyunjin steoped off his bike and began to walk away. “He can see that? See what?”
Your first lesson was maths. Definitely a weak subject for you. You'd practically been zoned out for the whole lesson.
When the teacher spoke, “Who wants to come up and solve the next one?”
Everyone immediately began yawning and avoiding eye contact with her, but she scammed the room, she sighed, “I’m at fault for asking. How about the maths genius couple, Felix and Nayeon?” she cooed as she pointed at them, “Solve question one and two… and then… Y/N for question three!”
You bit your lip and closed your eyes, knowing you could not solve these questions.
You hesitantly stood up and made your way to the front, coming to stand next to Felix who was already halfway through his equation.
You stared at the board uselessly, trying to look at what the others beside you were doing.
Hyunjin eyed the back of you and Felix, furrowing his eyebrows as he thought about the two of you, but he shook his head with a sigh, “Of course no, no way,”
You leaned into Felix, “Hey, Felix. Hell me out!”
He turned to briefly look at your question but didn’t speak. “Just the formula please?” He looked at your question, “Saviour Felix!” You whispered.
He looked away and wrote the last part of his answer, placing his chalk down and leaving the board with one last glance at you.
The teacher stopped him, “You'll take first place again I’m sure,” Nayeon turned her head slightly to look at the praise he received, “The principal has high hopes for you,”
Felix just moved past her and continued to his seat, Nayeon also finishing a moment later.
The teacher moved over to you, where your side of the board was still empty.
“Y/N? What's the use of peeking at a different question?”
“Right,” you awkwardly laughed.
A loud laugh also sounded from the back of the room, everyone’s head snapped to the culprit.
“Hyunjin must know how to solve this!” Hyunjin yawned and laid his head down on the desk, trying to avoid the teacher, “That’s not going to work, come up!” She instructed.
Everyone laughed as Hyunjin groaned, also reluctant to stand up.
You walked with Nayeon and Jihyo through the courtyard, you sighed, “No college would take me if I gave up on maths, right?”
Jihyo turned to you, “You could make up for it with other subjects,”
But you just shook your head at her idea, “I don't think I’ll be able to go to college,” you said pessimistically.
“Do you want to come to our math academy? All the smart kids, including Nayeon and Felix go there,” Jihyo asked.
You turned to Nayeon who nodded, “My mother asked me to find one anyway!”
Jihyo jumped back in, “Come join us, we have a study group afterwards, and you can join that too!”
“That'd be great,” you smiled.
You guys saw Felix sat on a bench you were about to walk past, so Nayeon called out, “Felix, do you want to join our study group? We have one last spot open,” she informed him.
He kept his eyes on the book he was reading, “No,”
“I need you to join so my mum will agree to it without nagging,” Nayeon complained.
But Felix didn't care, “Just tell her I’m in the group,” Felix stood up from the bench and closed his book.
“You want me to lie?” Nayeon snapped, “Just join us,” Felix however, just walked off from the three of you. “He’s playing hard to get,” Nayeon commented, as you turned to watch Felix leave.
Jihyo turned to the pair of you, “I knew he'd be like this. It's just the three of us and Changbin,”
Nayeon nodded, “Alright, we’ll study together as soon as Y/N starts,” you nodded, when Nayeon pointed at Jihyo, “I’m kicking you out if you skip a session for a date!”
“Okay!” Jihyo whined. She then turned to you excitedly, “Right, I gave the guy your number!”
Felix stopped dead in tracks just to the side of the group, as he heard the current conversation.
“He’ll contact you soon,” Jihyo added, “Look, he's super dreamy, right?” She showed a picture of him on her phone.
Nayeon spoke up, “It’s his personality that matters. Decide things after meeting him,”
“I don't think I’m ready yet,” you exclaimed, “I’m being dogged by rumours as is. Should I just meet him?”
Jihyo cheered, “That’s a great idea!”
Felix’s head snapped to the three of you, watching as Jihyo encouraged this. He then walked away with a sigh.
You got on the bus that night, sitting on the back row which was currently empty.
However, a moment later, Felix was walking up to you and taking a spot on the back row too. “Why are you..?”
“Going to Prince Comics,” he finished for you.
“You read a lot of comics,” you commented, as he looked forward, “How do you still manage to be at the top of the class?”
You reached into your bag and pulled out a small chocolate bar, “A good luck for your exam tomorrow,” you told Felix.
He looked at you, “I don't like sweets,” but a moment later, he snatched it out of your hands and placed it in his pocket.
You smiled as he returned to looking away. Your phone pinged with a notification.
“The blind date guy texted me!” you said out loud. Felix’s head snapped in your direction.
Hi it's Mingi here. When would you like to meet?
Felix huffed, “You should be studying, not going on blind dates,”
You hushed him, “I’m learning the ways of life,” You informed, “If this goes well, my boyfriend might go to a prestigious college and would tutor me. I'll get both a boyfriend and good grades,”
Mingi Shall we meet tomorrow? When’s good for you?
“Tomorrow,” you spoke aloud, “Do people usually go on dates in the evening?” you asked Felix.
Without even missing a second he responded, “During daytime. When it's very bright out,” he lied.
Felix observed you, “You're liking this too much,”
“No, I’m not,” You answered, “This is all because you and Hyunjin fought in front of me. It's because of those rumours,” you complained to Felix.
“If you don't like it you don't have to go, do you?” He asked.
You sighed, “It’s not that. I’m just nervous,” you placed your phone down for a moment, “Actually, it’s my first time meeting a guy alone,”
“Aren't you meeting me alone right now?” Felix turned to you.
The bus harshly braked almost sending you flying forward into the seat in front, but Felix put his arm out in front of you protectively, stopping you from headbutting the seat in front of you.
You both stared at eavhother for one moment, until your phone pinged snapping both of you out of the glance.
Mingi How about this movie?
“I’ve been really wanting to see this movie!” You said quietly to yourself.
Suddenly, a man came out of nowhere and squeezed himself into the middle seat of the back row, forcing you and Felix apart.
He sighed as he tried to spy around the man’s back, as he tried to steal a glance at your phone.
A moment later, Felix pressed the STOP button, grabbed his bag and began to exit the bus.
“You said you were going to Prince Comics?” But Felix continued to walk off the bus. “Good luck tomorrow!” you called, but Felix just ignored you, stepping off and leaving.
You sighed, you were confused. Felix had been acting strange lately.
You arrived home and removed your face of makeup after the long day at school. You walked into your mother's beauty salon, where she was serving a loyal customers of hers.
“There’s the Y/N I know! I had no idea when you had your makeup on!” the lady stated.
You laughed it off awkwardly, then turned to your mother, “I’ve washed my face, can you give me a facial now?” you asked.
“I’ve already said no! I'm busy!” she responded.
“They don't take long though!” you complained.
The bell above the door rang and your mother looked over and gasped in surprise.
You turned to also see who had shown up, and gasped. But not positively. Hwang Hyunjin had just walked in with his mother.
And you had no makeup on.
You snatched the face mask bowl out of your mother's hands as she was distracted and ran behind the half wall just beside you and rapidly began applying the charcoal mask.
“This is my son,” Hyunjin’s mother introduced him.
Hyunjin bowed and smiled, “Hello,” he said warmly.
Your mother smiled and clapped her hands, “My goodness gracious. What made you turn out this handsome?”
Hyunjin laughed politely, “Here’s my second daughter,” your mother gestured behind herself, expecting you to be there, but you had disappeared.
She peered around the wall, grabbed onto your arm and pulled you out. “What are you doing Kim Y/N?!” your mother scolded as she looked at the mask you had applied.
“Kim Y/N?” Hyunjin asked.
You came out of the half wall and smiled awkwardly, meeting eyes with Hyunjin.
Yours and Hyunjins mothers’ sat down next to each other on one of the sofa’s in the parlour.
You, however, had Hyunjin taking photos of you as you sat in a chair, with your facemask still on.
You sighed, stood up and spoke, “I’m going home,”
“You need to wash your face! You'll be scaring the whole town at this hour!” Your mother instructed. Hyunjin laughed at his phone and showed you one of the pictures of yourself.
You moved past him and into the bathroom of the parlour. I have to reapply my makeup at this hour, stupid Hwang Hyunjin.
A while later you left the bathroom, with a full face of makeup. You looked like the version Hyunjin knew.
As you walked out he followed in step behind you, as you approached your mother's.
“Y/N, you're so pretty! You must be popular,” Hyunjin’s mother said, “You two must be close since you're in the same class,”
You turned to look at Hyunjin, with an awkward smile, “No, not really,” you sighed.
Your mother patted Hyunjin’s mother, “Well, they can get to know each other better now!” She suggested, “You two are what they call model children. Now that we've met, why don't you come over tomorrow? I'll make a nice dinner for you,” She asked Hyunjin.
He bowed once more, a smug smile on his face. “I have study group tomorrow,” you informed your mother.
Hyunjin pointed at you, “I heard she's going on a blind date,”
You turned to look at Hyunjin. What was wrong with him?
“You’re too young to go on a blind date. That’s why you nagged me to give you a facial!” Your mother looked at you, shaking her head.
Hyunjin’s mother stuck up for you, “What’s wrong with that? They're a good age to try out dating! It would be nice for Hyunjin to get a girlfriend, but all he does is ride his motorcycle,” Hyunjin attempted to shush his mother, but was unsuccessful. “He hasn’t lately though,” she said happily.
It was your turn for revenge.
You pointed at Hyunjin, “He rides it every day!” you snatched, “He totally-”
But Hyunjin had slapped his hand over your mouth before you could speak anymore. But you managed to fight him off.
“He drives too fast! I almost got hit once!” You said dramatically.
His mother turned to him, “Is that true? You promised you wouldn't!”
“I mean, I already own it. And I’m saving on bus fares,” He sulked.
“You’re not to be trusted, Hyunjin,” his mother said, she then turned to you, “Y/N, please do me a favour. Make sure he doesn't ride his motorcycle! Let me know if you ever see him riding it, okay?” You smiled and nodded.
“Mom, why would you ask such a thing?” he complained.
“Trying to break your promise again?”
Hyunjin sighed and nudged you as his way of fighting against you.
Eventually, you left the shop alone. “I can't even come home without makeup on anymore…” you muttered, walking away.
“Hey!” Hyunjin said, stepping outside. “You’ll pay for it if you say a word to my mom,” he said seriously.
“Abour your motorcycle?” Hyunjin nodded, “Well, I made a promise to her so! And-”
“And how you were getting beaten up by-”
“What?” He cut you off again, unbothered.
“If that's not it… How you almost got into trouble for hitting Felix!?” You could tell you struck a nerve, so you immediately took it back. “No.. I won't, I’m good at keeping secrets,” you told him.
Hyunjin sighed and walked away from you, his phone in hand. As he moved further away he began to laugh at the photos of you. “This is so funny to look at,” he spoke aloud.
The next day you arrived at the coffee shop Mingi had suggested. You were nervous, extremely nervous. But you looked good, you wouldn't deny that.
You'd even tried a new makeup look that you thought looked really cute.
He saw you walk in and raised his hand, calling your name gently.
You smiled as you saw him, he was cute. Jihyo did a good job, you thought.
“Hello,” you greeted him shyly.
“Hi, please sit down,” he gestured to the seat opposite him, “You look prettier in person. I almost didn't recognise you,”
You laughed off his compliment, “I doubt that,”
“I’m serious,” he promised, “what would you like? This place has nice bubble tea,” Mingi asked you.
You nodded, “Yes, I like it!”
Not long after, you arrived at the cinema. You both approached the concession stand, “One popcorn, and two cokes please,” Mingi moved to pull his credit card out.
“Let me pay! You paid for the tickets,” you told him.
But he moved your hand away, “It’s our first date, so I’ll get it. That way, I can ask you out again,”
You smiled at his words as he began to walk away and collect the popcorn which was already ready.
Lee Felix may have followed you two here…
Not in a creepy way! But he wanted to see what happened. So he sat a few rows back from the central split to allow people to walk through, with a flat cap on his head.
You two walked into the screening, and Felix immediately looked down and covered his face.
You walked straight past him and down into the front few rows, where he watched.
Felix could not tell you a single thing he saw during that movie. But he could tell you every interaction between you and Mingi that had happened.
After the film finished, he let you two leave first, then trailed slowly behind you. He'd kept his cover this whole time, so he wasn't going to blow it now.
You stepped outside and walked into the square, “I’d like to walk you home, but I have a meeting back on campus,” Mingi told you as he stopped walking.
Felix walked out of the building just to see you two talking. “It’s alright,” you reassured him, “You should get going,”
“Thanks,” Mingi smiled, “You’ll go out with me again, right?” he asked boldly.
“What?” You responded shocked, it finally registered in your brain what he had said, so you laughed, “Yes! Sure,”
“I’ll text you later,” Mingi brought a hand up to your cheek, caressing it softly, “Get home safe,”
Felix was physically taken aback at Mingi’s sudden gesture.
Now, Felix wasn't a jealous person. He didn’t get jealous, but the way he felt right now? There was only one word to describe it.
You turned around and left, walking away from Mingi and further away from Felix. Thank God.
Felix sighed, as he looked at his feet, “This is so lame, what am I even doing?”
All of a sudden another woman appeared in front of Mingi.
“Were you waiting long, babe?” The woman asked.
“I wanted to see you faster, so I got here early,” Mingi responded.
Felix breathed out in shock. What the actual hell?
On your way home, you texted Jihyo all about it. And she had plenty of questions. You even received a text from Mingi asking if you were okay and that he missed you.
As you walked through the door, you moved to sit at the table in the dining room, your mom turning to speak to you from the sofa.
“Are you coming from your blind date?”
“Blind date?!” Your dad questioned, he was always pretty late to news like this.
You responded, “Mom, Jihyo said you can postpone studying but not falling in love.
“If you study hard and go to college, I would hook you up with a nice guy like Hyunjin,” was what your mother had to say.
You scrunched your face in disgust, “He’s a total delinquent!”
“A delinquent?” your dad got involved, “Do not meet a guy like that,” he warned.
“What are your talking about? He's such a good boy,” your mom countered, “When his mom was on the mend after her kidney transplant, he took care of her for months,” She began, “He worked part time jobs to cover his own tuition. He even helped with the hospital bills!”
You were quite shocked at the news, that Hyunjin actually had a heart, “Really?”
Your mother sighed, “He’d be perfect if he didn't ride that motorcycle. Mrs Hwang is awfully worried about him,” She then turned back to you, “Her husband actually passed away in a traffic accident,”
You gasped and turned to look back to your mother, you clearly weren't suppose to know that. “Don’t mention this to Hyunjin!”
“If he's such a good boy, why won't he listen to his mom?”
Later on, you stood in the bathroom, cleansing the makeup off of your face.
“What’s up with you? You're happy,” Sana commented as she walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
“Well, I went on a blind date…” you smiled.
“Look at you all grown up and going on dates!” She cooed.
“Hey, Sana. When should I reply to if I’m playing hard to get?” You asked her.
She spat her toothpaste out. “I don't like games. Don't keep him waiting. Text him back,” she told you firmly, as if she was speaking from her own experience.
Your phone pinged not even a moment later.
Mingi Forget what I said about missing you. I have a girlfriend and I’m a bastard for trying to cheat on her with you. I sincerely apologise.
Sana looked over your shoulder, “You got dumped, but who does it like this?”
You gasped, “I got dumped?”
The next morning you walked into school and saw Hyunjin swinging his leg off his motorbike.
You grinned and snapped a photo. But he saw you and began marching over to you. “What do you think you're doing?” He asked.
“Your mom did ask me to report to her,” You shrugged as you examined the evidence.
He grabbed onto your wrist, “This is ridiculous. Are you my mom’s Mafia?”
You laughed, “More like her spy!”
“Same difference!” Hyunjin yelled, “They’re both bad guys, aren't they?”
Hyunjin huffed out a laugh and reached into his blazer pocket. He flipped his phone around and there you were with your charcoal mask on, some acne showing behind the gaps of the mask.
“You’re not the only person with leverage,” your mouth dropped at his phone, “Delete it when I ask nicely,” was the final thing Hyunjin said before he began to walk away.
“Hwang Hyunjin!” You chased after him and he began to also sprint, “Delete it!”
You ran after the boy, who was laughing. You also ran straight past Felix, who glared at the pair of you two together.
Inside the building, you moved throughout the corridors and rounded a corner, straight into Felix who poked your forehead, “Trying to face-stamp my jacket again?”
He dropped his finger, “Don’t get off track. Watch where you're going,” he said, with a somewhat jokey tone in there.
You sat at your desk before class and Jihyo and Changbin walked over. “Our girl in love!” Jihyo announced.
“It’s not like that…” you responded honestly.
“But you said you'd see him again?!”
Felix turned his head to listen to the conversation, “Well I got a text after… it turns out he’s a weird guy,” you sighed.
Jihyo gasped, “What? Why? Show me what he said!”
You pulled up the message chat and turned the phone around to Jihyo.
Jihyo read the messages out loud, Felix and now Hyunjin and his friend group listening in.
“You got dumped?” Hyunjin laughed, “Already? That was quicker than a 5G connection!”
You hushed him and turned back to Jihyo.
Mingi stood in the restroom nearby, on the phone to one of his friends. “The higherschooler was cute and all, but her body was whatever. She was so naive too, so she’ll be good for a short fling,”
All of a sudden, he was pushed back against the wall and a hand was slammed into the wall next to his head.
“Take that back,” Felix said lowly.
“I’m sorry! I take whatever I said back!” Mingi cried as Felix held him against the wall.
Felix ripped the phone out of Mingi’s hand and ended the calm he was on. “Who do you think you are?”
Felix snapped and bent his shoulder back. His jiu-jitsu was finally coming in handy, he thought.
Felix then spun him around so that one arm was locked behind his back. “My arm hurts! My arms get habitually dislocated!” Mingi yelped.
“Bastard,” Felix muttered.
During lunch, you moved into one of the common rooms with Jihyo and Changbin. On your left you noticed Hyunjin who was showing his friends something on his phone; something they found hilarious.
You gasped - you needed a plan fast. Your eyes caught sight of the motorbike keys in his pocket, so you took your chance as he looked at the phone, and swiped them straight from his pocket.
You made eye contact with him as he saw your hand in his pocket. Hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows and then looked down.
By the time he noticed what you had taken, you'd run for it. Hyunjin stood up and pushed a group of students out of the way as he chased after you.
You'd ran all the way out of the building and into the courtyard by the time he managed to catch onto you.
Hyunjin grabbed onto your arm, “Hand it over,”
You acted stupidly in response, “What do you mean?”
He nodded his head to your hand, which still held the keys. Before you even had time to respond, someone had grabbed your other arm.
You turned to look and met eyes with Felix, who then turned his gaze to Hyunjin.
“Why are you jumping in?” Hyunjin asked.
“What are you doing?” Felix asked back.
The two boys stared each other down, not even acknowledging your presence anymore. You were not having any more rumours about the three of you.
“You’re starting a fight again, right?” flicking your eyes between them, “Please don’t okay!? Here, there's your keys, I’ll give this back,” you placed Hyunjin’s bike keys in the breast pocket of his blazer.
You placed your hands on Hyunjin’s shoulder, “Lets part ways! You go this way,” you then turned to Felix, “You go that way!” pushing him in the opposite direction, “And I’ll go this way!”
You ran off before you could even grasp their reactions.
That night you reluctantly attend the study group with everyone. Jihyo seemingly happy for something like studying.
She opened the door to the study hall and everyone paused in the step, as they noticed Lee Felix who was sitting at the table waiting.
He glanced at the group and made eye contact with you. “you said you wouldn't join us,” Nayeon said.
“No, I said I didn’t want to,” he responded.
The group looked at each other and moved into their seats, you sat next to Felix.
Not even ten minutes into the session and you were stuck. Well actually, you were stuck since you opened your homework, tapping your pen on your forehead irritable with yourself.
“How can you not know this basic concept?” Felix asked looking at you.
“I never learnt the basics…” you trailed off.
Felix sighed and reached into his bag. He pulled out a notebook and began to write down on it, explaining the whole concept to you.
But you didn't take in a single word, far too distracted by Felix to listen to what he was saying, especially when he was being nice to you.
Just before you guys left, you and Nayeon had gone to the bathroom: Nayeon so she could wash her face, and you so that you could powder your face.
“By the way,” Nayeon spoke up, “When did you get so close with Felix? He's not the type to tutor anyone,”
“This is being close?” you asked curiously.
Nayeon turned her head to you, “By his standards,”
“I’m not really sure…” you lied, “Maybe he's helping me out because i'm so hopeless at maths,” you shrugged.
Nayeon scoffed a laugh, “What a show-off,”
You all left the study hall, Changbin cheering and then announcing, “to celebrate our first official study group-”
“Who wants to go to Coin Karaoke?” Jihyo finished for him.
You and Nayeon laughed, but nodded in response. Jihyo, being ever so excited, grabbed onto your arm and her boyfriend's, and pulled you both along.
“You’re not coming are you Felix?” Nayeon guessed.
He stopped and looked at her, “I can go for a little bit,”
Felix sat on the sofa in the karaoke room as he watched the four of you perform some girl-group song, which Changbin loved.
But that didn't matter to Felix. He couldn't take his eyes off of you as you sung. Every time he glanced over the group, his eyes landed on you.
You excused yourself for the bathroom, and on your way back to the karaoke room you heard a familiar song, sung by someone who was extremely talented.
You tried to peek in to get a glimpse if you knew them, but were unable to see them. You sighed and walked away from their room and walked past the window in the corner of the corridor.
You looked out into the street below, which is where you noticed a familiar motorbike and helmet.
You had to check this out.
You ran down the stairs and out the door, taking a closer look at the bike and helmet. “It is Hyunjin!”
You pulled out your phone to snap a photo, but halfway there a voice interrupted you. “What are you doing?”
He examined his bike carefully, “Did you do something?”
“No! I didn't even touch it!”
Before Hyunjin could even respond you spotted Felix stood in the shop downstairs, peering out the glass windows.
You gasped, and just in time you were able to duck down and drag Hyunjin with you around the side of the building.
“Let’s talk here!” you smiled, trying to seem normal.
“In secret?” Hyunjin questioned.
A voice yelled out from behind you, “Hey! Hwang Hyunjin!”
Hyunjin rolled his eyes and stepped past you. You turned to look who had called him and recognised the group of guys.
It was the same boys from the night you first met Hyunjin, when you first stole his helmet.
“Why are you coming from there?” Hyunjin asked.
“What do you mean? Why?” the leader of the grip then nodded at you with a smirk, “Who’s this? Why did you bring a girl to the back alley?”
Hyunjin glanced at you, and pushed you behind him protectively with his arm.
You looked at Hyunjin and then in front of you. That's when you made the rational decision to begin running again.
You latched onto Hyunjin’s arm and pulled him along, sprinting as fast as you could around the corner.
Lee Felix stepped outside the Karaoke place and watched as a girl that looked oddly like you, who was in school uniform, held onto Hyunjin while a group of guys chased you.
Felix set off running too.
Hyunjin had taken the lead somewhere, he now holding onto your hand as he led you through the back alleys.
Hyunjin quickly created a distraction to pose as though you had ran in a different direction, then hid himself and you behind a few crates.
The group of men came into the distraction and stood there. “That way!” they pointed, running in the opposite direction.
The group of boys ran into a dead end, Felix shortly following them. They turned around at the sound of footsteps, “Who’s this?” One of them asked rhetorically.
“This guy is from Saebom,” the leader said, noticing the familiar uniform. “Who are you? Why did you follow us?”
Felix turned to leave after he noticed you were not there, but the guys ran up to him and grabbed his shoulders.
“Where do you think you're going?”
“You a friend of Hwang Hyunjin’s?” one of them asked, “or his sidekick,”
“Get out my way,” Felix said to the two who now stood in front.
“I’ll let you go if you bring Hyunjin here,” the leader said.
Felix turned to face him, “Why would I?”
“If a friend called him, he'd come, wouldn't he?”
Felix shook his head, “He wouldn't take my call,”
“Take his phone,” the leader stated.
One of the men moved forward and began to search Felix’s pockets. But a second later, he grabbed onto the man’s wrist.
“You dare stop me?” he said.
The man lifted his fist, but Felix was quicker, and managed to catch it mid-air. “Let go,” the man warned.
Felix held his gaze and the man’s arm. The man swung for Felix, but Felix just stepped to the side, missing the punch nonchalantly.
As the man fell over from the force of his swing, Felix began to walk away. But one of the others grabbed into his backpack, which got pulled off.
Felix took this as an opportunity to swing it at the boy opposite him, knocking him down.
Felix swung him bag at another boy, hitting him square in the face. He then ducked just in time for one of the boys to punch the other boy.
However, Felix hadn’t noticed the rest of the crew getting back up, ultimately grabbing ahold of him.
The leader strolled over, “you think you can mess with my guys?” the leader swung for Felix, and actually got a hit in this time.
Police sirens sounded throughout the alley ways, the group of boys immediately running away at the sound, leaving a bloody lip Felix on his own.
You walked out of the Karaoke building, just in time to see Hyunjin get on his bike.
You tapped him, “What?” he asked, putting his gloves on.
“Can you lend me some money?”
“Why would I?” he answered back sassily.
“My friends went looking for me and went home with my bag! It has my phone and wallet!” you whined.
Hyunjin looked at you, “Serves you right,”
He turned back and placed his bike helmet on his head. “I did save you so consider this payback! Just led me my bus fare! That's it!”
Hyunjin turned to look at you once more, “you can walk home,”
You sighed, “you're heartless,” you said deadpan.
You turned from him as he turned his bike in and began to walk home slumped over.
Hyunjin sat up on his bike and thought about your words. He sighed, turned the bike off and called for you.
You turned to look at Hyunjin, who was tapping the spare helmet attached to the back of his bike.
“Get on, before I change my mind,”
“Really?” you ran over to him and picked up the helmet, “Thank you!”
You got on the back of the bike and carefully placed your arms around Hyunjin’s midriff. He flinched at the sudden contact, but shook his head and sped off on the motorbike.
Felix sat outside the comic shop, sitting down as he held a tissue to his lip.
But what he didn't expect was a motorbike to pull up opposite him and for you and Hwang Hyunjin to get off it together.
“Thank you,” you said, passing Hyunjin the helmet back.
He stood up and walked over to you. At your name being called you turned and gasped in shock.
You zoned out, “I went through all that to keep you apart. Were you a couple in your past life?” you muttered to yourself.
“Felix!” Hyunjin greeted sarcastically.
“Why are you bringing her home?” Felix asked, getting straight to the point.
“Look who's talking. Why were you waiting for her?”
You cleared you throat awkwardly. “So guys… why don't we all head home? It's late, so you head that way, you head that way!”
Suddenly, someone crashed into your back sending you tumbling. The two boys grabbed onto the person, which is when you turned around. “Sana?”
She was drunk. Rather drunk.
“Why do we have two beautiful guys here?” Sana asked pointing between Felix and Hyunjin.
She laughed and clapped her hands, “Did I die? Am I in heaven?”
“Sana!” you yelled, shaking her, but she was completely hammered.
“You come with me! I can make you guys super big and famous!” She said, referring to her job in the entertainment industry, under one of the idol businesses. She dragged Felix and Hyunjin in the direction of your house.
“Seriously! Sana, when you wake up, I’m going to kill you!” you muttered, following the three.
Eventually you arrived at home, Sana still clinging onto the two boys who were fighting for their lives.
“This one here!” you directed Sana to the gate of your house.
But she immediately fell onto Felix, gagging on his jacket, which soon turned into her literally puking on the Lee Felix’s jacket.
You gasped and placed your hands over your mouth in pure horror, Hyunjin turned away in disgust.
Felix stood there frozen in place as Sana stumbled through the gate.
You ran over to Felix and took his jacket off. “I’m so sorry! I will get it cleaned for you! I’m really sorry! Goodnight!” you ran into the property and shut the gate behind you.
Felix and Hyunjin awkwardly walked back in silence. But just as Felix began to walk away as they reached the motorbike, Hyunjin called out.
Felix stopped walking and turned, coming face to face with Hyunjin who was moving closer.
“Do you like Kim Y/N?” Hyunjin asked with a smirk.
“Don’t you like her?” Hyunjin repeated.
Felix sighed, “What about you then? Why do you keep hanging around her? Do you like Kim Y/N?”
Hyunjin huffed out a laugh at the question. He walked forward towards Felix and leaned in, “Should I give it a try?” He grinned.
That night as Felix lay in bed, he thought about all the recent encounters he'd had with you. He even looked over at the items he collected from you or had some relevance to you which sat on his desk. The hair tie, the sticker and the chocolate you gave him.
He thought about the times when he saw you stood with Hyunjin and he just wanted to rip Hyunjin apart for even being that close to you.
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