A week had passed by without warning, and Felix and Changbin had gotten closer.

It was obvious to Changbin, and everyone else, that Felix really wanted to be his friend. When he wasn't talking to other people, he was with Changbin, and although it flattered the half demon that someone as liked as Felix spent so much time with him, he also felt worried. He knew about the dirty looks he received from many people when he passed them, and he often fell victim to the 'accidental' stunts pulled by the troublemakers in the school.

Felix hadn't noticed this though, and Changbin made sure he didn't. He never showed how affected he got over how badly he was being treated, because he didn't want the Australian to get worried.

Changbin liked it when Felix was content and happy, because that was what suited him the most, and seeing the taller's smile everyday convinced Changbin that things were going to be okay, at least for the time being.

_______

Jaeha and her friends cornered Changbin in the library that Tuesday afternoon.

Changbin had been alternating between going over some history books and catching some sleep when he suddenly felt a group of people blocking his line of sight. The table he was at had three empty chairs, and all of them were filled now.

"Hey, Changbin."

Changbin could recognize that voice from anywhere. He'd heard it numerous times doing his classes, heard it call for Felix lots of times too. He knew it was Jaeha, and suddenly he dreaded ever coming to school today. He looked up, taking in the black haired half angel and the girls who usually followed her around.

"Yes?" Changbin asked. His voice sounded calm, and his gaze was steady. They didn't betray how he really felt at that moment.

Jaeha flashed her beautiful smile, but it had an edge to it, as it usually did when she addressed Changbin. With her innocent looking features and soft looking wings, she resembled the angel she was supposed to represent. But that was where the resemblance stopped. It was a no brainer that she did not like Changbin at all.

"I'm sure you know why we came to talk to you today," She replied, her voice dripping with fake friendliness, "to tell you to stay away from Felix."

Changbin wasn't surprised to hear this, and silently closed the book he was supposed to be revising. "...Why?"

One of her friends scoffed, but Jaeha glared at her and made her shut up.

"Because I said so, Changbin," Jaeha answered, stressing on the half demon's name. It almost sounded as if she was forced to say it, just to be nice. "Felix is a nice guy. Really nice guy. No wonder he's hanging out with you. But he's new, and in a matter of time, he'll leave you and be friends with normal people, like us. I don't mean anything bad, and you know it's true too. So, leave him before it's too late."

Other people in the library were starting to stare at them, wondering what a girl as popular as Jaeha was doing with someone like Changbin.

Jaeha and her friends stood up a few seconds later, and strutted out of the library, only for them to accidentally bump into Felix, the person they'd been talking about earlier.

Jaeha grinned as soon as she saw Felix, and launched into a short conversation with him thereafter, despite the library's rule about talking.

Changbin closed all the books in front of him, and brought them to the librarian to check them out while Jaeha was still talking to Felix.

The conversation didn't last long, and soon Felix walked to where Changbin was standing, shoving the history books into his backpack.

"Changbin," Felix whispered, "what's up?"

"I'm fine," Changbin replied, though it sounded strained.

"It's weird that Jaeha and her friends are in a library, of all places. I almost did a double take when I saw them there. Do you know what they were doing here?"

Changbin shrugged, and zipped up his bag.

"And uh, I was going to meet you earlier, but I was signing up for the dance club."

"Oh, okay."

They walked out of the library in silence.

"Hey, Changbin? What's wrong? You don't look happy."

Changbin lightly chuckled. "How do you know? Half of my face is covered."

"Your eyes look sad. Are you sad?" Felix questioned, mumbling sorry's to a girl that he almost collided with. The girl smiled at him in response.

Changbin wouldn't even make the mistake of accidentally bumping into someone, because only god knew what they would do if he did.

The half demon shook his head. "No. I'm not sad."

Changbin could tell Felix was still unconvinced. Why do you even care? He wanted to ask Felix. When you're just going to leave me soon anyway, like Jaeha said?

Instead, he just kept his mouth shut, like always.

"Do you want to go somewhere with me? Jisung told me about this cool place that sells great fast food."

Changbin looked up at Felix. "Uhm, maybe another time. I can't eat in a public place."

The hope in Felix's eyes dimmed, but he quickly nodded. "Oh...okay."

Changbin felt guilty, even though he thought he had no reason to be. "I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize, Changbin. But," Felix's eyes ran over Changbin's face, "I...I want to see how you look like. I know it may seem really annoying of me, but I can't help but to be curious. You can trust me, you know?"

Changbin's heart raced in apprehension, and his steps quickened over the cement road. But like always, Felix caught up to him in no time.

"Changbin?"

"I trust you," Changbin let out, "but--but I don't want you to hate me."

Felix held on to Changbin's arm, preventing him from walking further. "I've told you many times that I won't hate you or judge you, Changbin. I'm...I'm not shallow, so why can't you understand that?"

"I understand."

"Then why do you keep hiding your face away from me?" Felix asked.

Changbin faced the ground, browsing through his head to search for the appropiate answer. He felt like he was being scrutinized and he didn't like it at all. Felix was expecting him to answer a difficult question, without ever being in his shoes. "Because I have to. I've been judged, made fun of and isolated just because of the hybrid that I am! Everyone stayed away from me, and hated me because of how I look, and I had no other choice but to cover my face up because I couldn't take it anymore. You've seen how our classmates treat me, so you should know why I've chosen to do this. Please, don't ask me again."

Felix was silent as he let Changbin's arm go. "...Alright."

Changbin could tell that Felix wasn't happy, which wasn't his intention at all. He didn't like seeing the human without a smile on his face, and internally cursed at himself for answering Felix the way he did. "I'm sorry."

"I'm the one that's supposed to be sorry. I just...wanted to see your face, you know? Wanted you to be more comfortable with me. I'm sorry if you felt like I was forcing you to show your face."

Changbin wordlessly nodded, and started walking again. He dug his hands into the pockets of his jeans, and Felix spent the time talking about random topics to pass the time until they got to Changbin's house.

"Do you want to enter my house?" Felix asked a few moments later. "My parents are at work, and it gets a bit lonely here at times."

"Sure," Changbin answered, a bit hesitant because of what Jaeha told him earlier.

Felix quickly unlocked the door and invited Changbin inside. "Do you like it? The house looks bare because we aren't done packing, but that means more space," he laughed, looking at Changbin.

"I like it," Changbin replied. Felix threw his bag on the sofa, and walked behind Changbin to take his own off too. "Oh--uh, thanks."

"You're welcome," Felix answered, his pitch lower than how it usually was, and half a second later, his hands were off Changbin's shoulders. "Oh! We can watch a movie or something, or work on that chemistry project. Or, we can do anything you want, because I'm all out of suggestions."

Changbin's shoulders burned. "W-We can do whatever you want. I don't mind."

"Great. Movie it is then. I'm gonna microwave the popcorn. You can join me if you want to."

Changbin nodded, following Felix into the kitchen. Like the rest of the house, the kitchen was noticeably bare, but it looked clean and well taken care off.

The half demon helped Felix microwave the popcorn Felix wanted to eat, because he had no intention of eating any of it while Felix was present. All of this was done in silence, except for the occassional accidental touches and bumps, all of which came from Felix.

Changbin dismissed this as Felix just being touchy, as usual, and soon enough they settled on the couch and went on Netflix to watch whatever interesting movie was on.

It wasn't long until Changbin's mind drifted off to how Jaeha and her friends confronted him in the library. Her words had struck a cord within him, because he knew she was right, and the truth hurt. How long was Felix going to stay and endure Changbin's secrecy before he got tired and left? How long was Felix going to be his friend before he'd start to ignore his existence?

As Jaeha had said, it was only a matter of time, and he had to let go of Felix before he got too attached. Attachment meant that Changbin was going to get hurt when Felix would eventually forget about him, and that was something he didn't want to deal with right now.

"You aren't paying attention to the movie," Felix pointed out, casting a glance Changbin's way. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"You don't want to watch the movie again?"

"I want to watch it," Changbin sighed, meeting Felix's eyes. The taller's foundation had started to wear off, revealing the numerous freckles underneath. Changbin wondered if Felix even realized it.

"Okay," Felix grinned, focusing his attention back on the movie.

The movie was really interesting, and it kept Changbin's mind off his thoughts for quite some time. However, he found himself not being able to concentrate a few minutes later, and it wasn't because of his thoughts.

The distance between him and Felix had decreased over time, until Felix's shoulder was on top of Changbin's own, and his hair was tickling the side of Changbin's jawline. Changbin stiffened up, not knowing what to do. Why was Felix so close to him?

The movie soon ended, and Felix hadn't moved from his spot. He turned to watch Changbin, and the half demon's mind went crazy with how close their faces were. It didn't help that Felix was smiling at him now, which didn't explain this strange situation any better.

"How did you like the movie?" Felix breathed out, and Changbin blinked.

"I...It was nice."

"I thought so too."

Why wasn't Felix moving away? There was a possibilty that Felix liked him in that way, but that possibility sounded so far-fetched and impossible and Changbin forgot about it the second it came. He looked at his lap, escaping Felix's intense gaze. "So..."

"So...oh, I know!" Felix finally moved away. "You have your phone, right?"

Changbin shook his head, his heartbeat steadier than it was before. "No, it's at home. I forgot to bring it this morning."

"Okay. Uh, give me your number."

"Really?" Changbin sounded surprised, and he felt that way too.

"Yeah. Just realized that we've never exchanged numbers all this time." Felix searched his bag and brought out his phone.

"Okay," Changbin nodded, giving Felix his number.

_______

After dinner, Changbin hadn't talked to Felix through the window as usual. He stayed up later than he usually did, and when his phone vibrated across his bed he grabbed it and entered his password.

Felix: hey
Felix: hey
Felix: hey
Felix: hey changbin
Felix: u awake?

Changbin: hey. what's up?

Felix: nothing
Felix: dinner lasted longer than usual
Felix: that was why i couldnt see you
Felix: what are you doing rn?

Changbin: texting you :)

Felix: me too
Felix: are you fine?

Changbin: i am
Changbin: you?

Felix: amazing
Felix: thanks to you

Changbin: are you serious

Felix: i am
Felix: talking with you at night makes me have good dreams

Changbin: you're hilarious
Changbin: ily

Felix: i love you?

Changbin: i loathe you

Changbin: i'm sorry

Felix: ilyt
Felix: i loathe you too :)

Changbin: i'm going to sleep now felix

Felix: dream of me
Felix: so if you get nightmares i can like,, fight them because i know taekwondo

Changbin: ...
Changbin: sure

Felix: goodnight changbin

Changbin: goodnight

As Changbin shut off his phone, he listened to Felix's weird advice and actually thought about Felix.

He didn't have any dreams that night, but his heart and mind was filled with something else, something that made his heart actually skip a beat. That had never happened before, and Changbin hoped that it wasn't due to any health problem.