one, two, counter, punch, knockout! | boxer!felix au (part iii)
i didn’t say it the first time, but thank u so much to @cinna-a for beta-ing this entire fic in one go ;;;; i love u bro | [masterlist]
you remember roasting chan about his boxer name when u were younger ADSJBFKASNDF
“chris? ur gonna use ur english name as your boxer name ?? that’s so uncool!”
“no, it’s so cool! what’s wrong with my english name ????”
you could practically hear chan’s heart drop to his stomach
were his boxing days really this traumatizing (･д･｀o)
when you caught a glimpse of this guy’s face, it felt like his name was just on the tip of your tongue
maybe you had seen him before when you were younger, but u guess he was pretty irrelevant to u because u can’t recall his identity for the life of u ASDGFVBKHDNF
the taunting smile slips off his face at the sound of chan’s words, a darker expression taking its place
u don’t even need to turn around to know that all the boys are ready 2 get ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT ON BEHALF OF CHAN ASDFUYGHYIASDFJ
u swear if u listen close enough, u can hear jeongin scolding hyunjin under his breath and jisung rustling around to get out of seungmin’s death grip
“glad to see you’ve moved on. i guess i can’t really blame you. how many years has it been since we’ve last seen each other? since you decided i wasn’t good enough to be your friend anymore?”
you don’t get intimidated easily
maybe it’s because you know you’re smart enough to get out of trouble or maybe it’s because you have a group of boxer-friends you can always count on
but even as they stand behind you now
as your brother stands beside you now
you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, a chill running through your body
there’s no way chan means that younghyun
the younghyun who would always buy you snacks whenever he came over?
the younghyun you’d team up with to beat your brother in mario kart?
the younghyun who’d always make sure chan was okay for your sake?
“chan, i… i thought you said he moved abroad-”
the way younghyun tsks should make you laugh
it’s just such an anime villain-esque thing to do
but your brain can’t even process the humour in his actions at the moment
“abroad? that’s what you told y/n?”
“i-i didn’t know what else to tell them-”
“you should’ve told y/n the truth. do your friends know? about how you dropped me as soon as our agendas didn’t fit the way you wanted?”
“hey, you know that’s not the case-!”
“all i know is that you’re not the good guy you pretend to be-”
minho’s unexpected intrusion into the conversation makes you snap your head to the side to look behind you, and you have to take a moment to process how absolutely livid everyone looked
minho clenched his jaw immediately after the shout left his mouth, gritting his teeth to try to calm himself down
“chan would never do something like that.”
(jisung, yanking his arm out of seungmin’s hand) “don’t talk about what you don’t know.”
since when did minho and jisung become such a scary tag team (●´・Д・｀)
younghyun snorted, opening his mouth to retaliate, but before he could, a tall, lanky, red-headed boy ran to his side
the boy tugs on younghyun’s arm harshly, whispering something in his ear in an equally aggressive manner
the way younghyun’s face softens reminds you of a little kid ASDFGSDF
when the boy finishes what u assume to be chewing younghyun out, younghyun casts a piercing glare at chan (CHAN ONLY !!! U SUDDENLY FEEL THE NEED TO DECK YOUNGHYUN)
then, the two of them turn to leave, as if younghyun hadn’t just totally tried to verbally attack chan right then and there
and despite younghyun’s hostility, chan still calls after him anyway
he glances over his shoulder, but this time, you notice his gaze wandering over to someone else
when you follow his eyes, you clench your fists into balls, a protective urge thrumming through your veins
“i’ll see you in finals, felix lee. you still have a few days to forfeit, you know.”
all your fond memories of younghyun shatter at his threat, and you grab hold of felix’s arm when he surges forward in a fit of anger
younghyun let out a condescending bark of a laugh that almost made you let felix go
no one dares make a sound until long after younghyun and his friend leave
you can’t tell if it’s because no one knows what to say or if everyone’s too unnerved to form coherent words
it’s not until the 10 of you arrive back at the hotel, gathered in woojin and chan’s shared room, when changbin asks what everyone’s been thinking this entire time
“so are you going to explain what the hell just happened?”
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