The first thing Changbin registered when he woke up was how cold he felt. He subconsciously curled his arms around himself to try and conserve some heat, unintentionally earning the attention of the person closest to him.

"Changbin! You're awake."

Arms wrapped around Changbin's form, and the half demon became startled until he realized who the person hugging him was.

"...Felix? I'm...I feel cold," Changbin spoke, and Felix immediately drew nearer to him, draping a soft blanket around the shorter's shoulders. Changbin muttered a low thanks as his eyes darted over his surroundings. He realized with relief that he was inside his room, but then confusion took over him. "What...happened?"

"You kind of fell asleep when you were up on the roof with Jisung and Jaeha. Your phone had fallen when you went to search for Jisung, and I knew your password so I was able to call up the others. Minho cleared everyone's memory of that party, including Jisung's, because apparently Jisung was being controlled by the person that was coming through that portal. Your mom thinks that you're just tired, and she's out, but she trusts me enough to be alone with you," Felix explained with a slight smile. "Seungmin healed a lot of your wounds too. Said that you'd experience some weakness though, at least before we head to Faey tomorrow."

Changbin heard everything that Felix told him, but one point seemed to stick out more than the others. "We?"

Felix looked right at Changbin, running his thumb over the shorter's hand in small, circular movements. "I'm coming along with you."

Changbin's head jerked up in surprise, and the blanket fell off him due to his sudden movement. "No--no. You can't."

"I want to," Felix frowned. "Chan explained that it'll only take a full day, and tomorrow's Sunday, so..."

"I...I don't want anything bad to happen to you. Who knows what we'd encounter over there?" Changbin tried to reason, and Felix seemed to be in thought.

The Australian then shook his head. "You're always telling me about how you don't want me to get hurt, and I won't, Changbin. I...I just want to be there when you get healed, and see you okay and perfectly healthy afterwards."

"But...what if I don't get healed?" Changbin asked, his voice a whisper. The silence surrounding them made his voice sound like the loudest one ever, though. "...What if I don't come out alive even after everything?"

Changbin searched for Felix's eyes, but the Australian took that moment to pull him closer to him and placed his chin on Changbin's shoulder. "You will be alive, Changbin. I know you will."

But there was no guarantee that that was going to be the case. There was a high chance that the tribal mountain could be the last thing Changbin saw tomorrow. There was also a chance that Changbin could lose someone important to him, just because of his decision. But if Changbin didn't try anything, then he'd just continue to die slowly, and there was nothing more painful than that.

Changbin hooked his arms around Felix's neck, burying his head on the taller's shoulder. Felix didn't seem to mind Changbin's sudden touchiness, and tightened his hold on Changbin instead, letting out a pained smile.

"I really don't want to leave you, Felix," Changbin muttered, trying to control his erratic breathing. He liked how Felix held him like he didn't want to let him go, and Changbin did not want to let Felix go. He really didn't. He wanted to continue to stay by Felix's side, and to keep on seeing the Australian's face everyday. "I--I don't want to let you, a-and mom, go. I don't want to..."

"And you're not going to," Felix whispered, planting a gentle kiss next to the shell of Changbin's left ear. "I won't let you. I'll...I'll be the first person you see after you wake up. I promise you..."

Changbin's lower lip trembled, and he sucked it between his teeth to keep them from moving. It wasn't Changbin's intention to cry at all, and he didn't want to cry, but he couldn't control those sudden tears that started running down his face. He couldn't stop replaying every single moment that he and Felix had spent together, from the time they first met, until now. He should've appreciated every second he'd spent with Felix more than he'd done, because now he was at a risk of losing everything he ever wanted, and the future was uncertain. God, he didn't want to leave the people he loved behind.

"Don't cry, Changbin," Felix pleaded, but Changbin knew that Felix was trying really hard to hold back his tears as well. He kept on hugging Changbin and uttering soothing and encouraging words into his ear. Felix's words helped tremendously, but that didn't mean that they were going to come true.

"You'll be okay, baby," Felix spoke, loosening his grip on Changbin to watch the half demon square in his eyes, "you'll be fine. Just--just trust me."

Changbin nodded, relaxing into Felix's hand when the Australian stroked the side of Changbin's jaw. "I really do, Felix."

"Good, I'm glad you do," Felix broke out into a mesmerizing smile. "I--oh."

Changbin had interrupted Felix's sentence by leaning in to press his lips against Felix's own pair, silencing the taller boy soon after. Changbin held on to Felix's shoulders as he deepened the kiss, slowly pushing his tongue into the taller's mouth.

Felix responded relatively quickly, and soon enough their lips were moving in sync. He pulled on the material of Changbin's shirt and flipped them over until he was on top of Changbin.

Changbin let out a short huff of air after he'd moved away to retrieve some oxygen, and Felix placed a thumb under Changbin's eyes to wipe away the tears that had formed under them.

"I don't want to make you cry Changbin," Felix said, his tone sounding sincere, "I only want to be a cause of your happiness."

"I know... but I can't help it. Just thinking about tomorrow fills me with anxiety, and the fact that you're coming along makes me feel even more nervous."

"Let's not...think about tomorrow for now. Let's just enjoy today for the time being, as spend as much time together as possible. We don't have anything planned today, afterall," Felix replied. He placed a loose strand of hair behind Changbin's right ear, and kisseed his forehead. "Okay?"

Changbin softly chuckled as he let Felix pull him up to his feet. "Okay." Sure, he was uncertain about what tomorrow was going to bring, and worried about whether he was going to survive or not, but he decided to push everything to the back of his mind for now, and focus on having fun with Felix today.

For Felix's sake.

_______

"I forgot how much I love pizza," Felix commented as he shoved a slice into his mouth and let out an overexaggerated moan that made Changbin's ears burn in embarrassment.

He smacked his boyfriend's arm, catching his attention. "We're at a public place, Felix. Control yourself."

Felix just laughed, almost choking on his meal, and Changbin wondered how he even got stuck with someone like Felix. Then Felix smiled at him and Changbin remembered why. "Okay okay, I'll stop. I just like pizza a lot. Wanna try some?"

Changbin warily looked around the fast food place they were inside of, and stared back at Felix. "Uh...I'm not really sure."

Felix leaned in until his face was next to Changbin's ear. "Come on, Binnie. We're at a corner anyway. You can pull down your mask and I'll quickly feed some to you. Please?"

Despite Changbin's unwillingness to listen to Felix's suggestion, he somehow found himself doing as Felix had asked, his cheeks swirling with bright pink on them when Felix drew a pizza slice towards Changbin's face and made him take a bite out of it.

The barbecued flavoured pizza tasted amazing, and even more so since Felix was the one who fed it to Changbin.

"Delicious, right?" Felix asked while grinning, and Changbin quickly nodded. "And--Oh! You should try this one too!"

He fed another kind of pizza to Changbin, and the shorter male didn't put up much resistance towards it. How could he, when he loved Felix so much?

The rest of their time at that fast food place was spent trying pizza that Felix usually fed to Changbin, and the half demon didn't mind it as much as he thought he would. He liked it whenever Felix fed him, and his satisfied expression when Changbin gave a nod of approval when he liked the pizza he tasted. The activity was simple, but it didn't fail to make Changbin forget about where he was going tomorrow, at least for a while.

_______

After leaving the fast food place, Felix proceeded to pull out his phone and wrap an arm around Changbin. "Let's take a selfie!"

Felix looked so excited by his idea, and his excitement didn't dwindle in the slightest when Changbin looked away and shook his head.

"...I don't want to."

"Please," Felix begged, jutting his bottom lip out as he clung even more to Changbin's body. "We've never taken a picture together before, well--okay, we have, but it was one with food in front of us. This one's just going to be of us. Alone." He locked eyes with Changbin. "We can take the picture at a more private place if you want. There're a lot of people here anyway."

Changbin was glad that Felix didn't seem to be weirded out by his hesitance to take a picture of himself, but he felt extremely nervous due to the fact that he and Felix were going take selfies together. "I--sure..."

Changbin felt weird seeing his bare face on a camera as he took a seat next to Felix on the vibrantly green grass, resting his head on Felix's comfortable shoulder.

The scenery around them created this sort of magical feel, with the deep green trees and their thick brown trunks, to the fallen golden coloured leaves that flew wherever the wind took them, to the sun that peeked through the clouds occasionally, as if it was unsure when to come in. Everything looked nice; really nice, but the Australian seated beside Changbin outshone everything else.

"Okay..." Changbin smiled, "take the picture now."

But Felix wasn't taking it. He still had his phone positioned in front of them, and the smile on his face looked sort of smug.

"Felix," Changbin slithered his arms down Felix's shoulders. "Why aren't you taking the picture?"

"Wow," Felix commented, turning to watch Changbin, "you look beautiful."

Changbin should've known Felix was going to pull this kind of thing, so he pushed Felix to the side and let out an exasperated sigh. "Really Felix?"

Felix laughed while rubbing his arm. "I'm sorry okay? But I mean it. You look really beautiful."

For the thousandth time that day, Changbin started to blush. "...Stop it."

Felix moved closer, and, after kissing Changbin's cheek, shook his head. "I can't, especially not when my boyfriend looks so good, and so hot too."

"Oh my god, just--just take the picture already," Changbin stammered, a pink flush taking over his face. It was definitely not due to the cold.

Felix giggled, before finally nodding. "M'kay."

In record time, he snapped a selfie of both him and Changbin, and started taking a couple more until the older boy realized what was happening and tried to grab the phone from Felix's hand, which resulted in the Australian running away.

_______

Felix and Changbin spent so much time in that park that the evening rolled around without them noticing until later.

They soon stood up from their positions and started walking towards the exit, along with a couple others.

"You took too many pictures," Changbin lightly scolded Felix, finding enough courage within him to hug the taller's arm, "...and most of them were of me."

Felix was pleasently surprised by Changbin's actions, a soft smile making its way to his face. "...Yeah. I can't believe it's night time already..."

Felix's words yanked Changbin back to the reality he wasn't ready to face just yet, and the half demon focused on the crunching sound his shoes made when they met with the gravel on the roads. "I guess."

"I didn't mean to remind you of tomorrow," Felix apologized, realizing his mistake, "I'm sorry."

Changbin patted Felix's bicep in reassurance. "It's okay. I mean, we are going to Faey tomorrow."

The pale crescent moon stared down at the two males as they continued their strolling. The stars next to the moon shone brightly, and while they were pretty to look at, Changbin was too distracted by Felix.

His eyes traced over Felix's deep brown eyes, down to the slope of his freckled nose, and landed on the taller's plush rose coloured lips when Felix bit on the bottom half.

Felix's eyes darted over to Changbin, and his eyebrows rose in questioning. "What?"

"I love you." Changbin just said it like that, without any warning beforehand, and his normally sluggish pulse picked up its speed. He was sure he loved Felix, even if they hadn't been together for that long. His feelings were enough for him to throw all caution and second thoughts out the window. He only hoped Felix felt the same.

Felix's eyes momentarily expanded in size, the deep brown in them reflecting off the light coming from the moon. Then, his lips tugged up at the ends to form a genuine grin, and pushed Changbin closer to him to hug him. "I love you too, Changbin."

"Thank you," Changbin smiled, feeling happy and sad at the same time.

"Hey, why are you thanking me? You don't have to thank me for loving you," Felix stated, looking back at the shorter male.

Changbin shook his head. "It's...it's not just that. I-I just want to thank you for, everything, you know? For sticking with me for this long, and for being my friend when no one else wanted to. You're amazing, and kind, and so nice, and... I don't know what I'd do without you."

Felix was teary eyed as he nodded. He held both of Changbin's hand. "Yeah, of course I'd stick with you. I'll always stick with you. And I'd do over it again if I had to."

Changbin pulled down his mask just to show Felix that he was grinning. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. And...what you said was really romantic."

"It wasn't."

"It was," Felix pressed.

"I'm not romantic."

"Okay, say something that isn't romantic, then," Felix challenged, staring at Changbin with an expectant smile on his face.

"Uhm, why count all your freckles when I can just kiss them all anyway? They're too pretty," Changbin commented, laughing as he did so. "See? That wasn't romantic at all."

Felix beamed. "...You can do it when we get back home."

Changbin raised his eyebrows. "Do what?"

"Kiss all my freckles. They're in dire need of your love and affection, Changbin."

"I--No way," Changbin sighed, walking away. Felix immediately followed after him.

"But...it isn't a bad idea. I'd really love it if you did so. Really."

"No."

"I know you'll do it."

"I won't."

Changbin ended up kissing all of Felix's freckles on their way home.