The second time Changbin met Felix, a few weeks later, Felix had invited him and Chan out for coffee in the cafe next door, with the simple wish to buy them something to drink.

Understandable, really. If Changbin was a Vampire, would have done the same for the people who offered to let him drink directly from his neck. Changbin had been very quick to say yes as well. Maybe Felix would ask for blood again, and Changbin kind of wanted to feel Felix's lips on his throat again.

It wasn't even just to drink blood. Weeks of texting and short conversations spread over days (and long conversations after midnight, both of them lying in bed and smiling, trying to make the other smile, too) made Changbin realise that he really wanted to date Felix. And if Chan didn't have just as much contact with Felix, Changbin would have made a move.

Chan smiled whenever Changbin mentioned Felix. Chan mentioned Felix often just to make Changbin smile.

Needless to say, Changbin's feelings were all over the place.

Chan opened the door for him, so Changbin was the first to see Felix sitting by a window, three steaming mugs of coffee before him.

He was wearing a leather jacket and a black turtleneck.

Felix was wearing a leather jacket and a black turtleneck.

Changbin barely felt Chan stumble into him. Felix looked like the male lead in a kdrama, except also like a kpop idol because his hair was fluffy and his roots rebleached and there was definitely some kind of colour around Felix's eyes, Changbin just couldn't focus on it because Felix was smiling at him and waving.

Damn. Okay.

"Come on, Channie-hyung," Changbin murmured. He grabbed Chan's wrist and tugged him along towards Felix.

Chan seemed to regain some of his bearings when he sat in front of Felix. Changbin sat beside him.

"I bought coffee already," Felix said, "I figured you wouldn't be late."

"We do live next door," Changbin murmured, accepting the coffee Felix pushed toward him. The smell of hazelnut syrup made him want to melt into the seat and forget about the word for a bit. Felix smiled at him like he knew Changbin liked the hazelnut – and he did, Changbin had told him over text a few days ago.

"Thank you, Lixie," Chan said, taking a sip. And that was the other thing. Chan had started using a nickname for Felix. Changbin didn't know if he should also use the nickname or if he should cry about it.

Felix took a sip. When he lowered his mug, cream stuck to his upper lip. Felix wiped it away with his thumb.

The thing about Vampires that early twenty first century literature got wrong was their immortality. Vampires had superpowers, were hard to kill, and aged very slowly, but they didn't get much older than humans. Because Vampires, while they needed blood to survive, also needed to eat human food and water. They weren't very different from Werewolves in this.

Felix smiled.

Changbin wanted to hold his hand.

"It's good to see you," Chan said, "we should meet up more often."

"Yeah," Changbin agreed. "I missed seeing your smile. Your selfies aren't the same thing."

Felix groaned, embarrassed. "You've seen me one time in real life, Changbin-hyung."

"He's right, though," Chan hummed.

"Well," Felix looked up, "there was actually a thing I wanted to ask. Both of you."

"Okay," Changbin reached over the table to take Felix's hand before he realised what he was doing. Maybe Felix would ask to drink blood again? A man could hope. Felix's hand was slightly cold, but soft and pliant in his.

Chan, being the kind person that he was, took Felix's other hand.

"I..." Felix paused, nervously glancing at their hands, "I know this might be too forward of me, but I'd really love – I mean, I'd like it if you could give this a chance. Give me a chance. And if you want me to never speak of this again, I can also do that."

Changbin furrowed his brows. "What?"

"You're gonna have to be a bit more specific," Chan murmured.

"Uh, okay." Felix blushed, but when he looked at them, his eyes were filled with determination. "I would like to date you both too. I don't want to come between you or split you up, I want to try – for real. In a poly way. Only if you're both okay with it, though."

Changbin tightened his fingers around Felix's hand, and oh shit. He was really holding Felix's hand right now, was he? How did that happen? Also, what was Felix even talking about?

"Huh?" Chan was just as confused as Changbin, it seemed. "What?"

Felix lowered his head. "I thought – well, with the way you were both so – nice to me. And you're both holding my hand. I just thought... maybe you're just waiting for me to ask, right?"

"Ask what," Changbin threaded his fingers through Felix's.

Felix stared at their intertwined hands and then up and Changbin, disbelieving. "Hyung. I know you and Chan-hyung are dating, and I want to date you too. Both of you," he said, looking Chan in the eye.

Changbin turned his head so fast a pang of pain shot down his back. Chan was staring at him, eyes widened and mouth parted in shock. "I – we're –" Changbin tried, but his voice broke. Because god fucking damn it how much he wished.

Chan cleared his throat. "We're not... dating," Chan told Felix.

Felix raised his brows. "Oh? Are you in an open relationship then? Friends with benefits?"

Changbin felt heat creep up his face. He opened his mouth to reply, but no sound would come out. He desperately took a sip of coffee. He couldn't taste a thing.

"No..." Chan sounded faint, but Changbin couldn't look at him. "We're also not. We're just... best friends and roommates. And we spend full moons together, but that's a Werewolf thing and our other friend is also with us..."

Felix didn't look less confused. "Wait, what? How are you not dating?"

"I want to," Changbin's lips moved without his permission. They both looked at him, Felix with a soft smile and Chan with an unreadably look. Changbin averted his eyes. Well, shit. "Hyung, we've been friends forever and I just... didn't know how to say it. I like you, a lot." He looked up to Chan and swallowed. "I would like to date you, hyung. But I respect that you don't feel the same, so –"

"What makes you think I don't feel the same?" Chan asked, and cupped Changbin's cheek with his hand, the hand that wasn't holding Felix's. "I never said anything for the exact same reason, Binnie." Chan smiled at him.

The world could have ended right then and there, and Changbin would not have cared.

Chan? Liked him too?

"Come here," Chan wrapped his arm properly around Changbin's shoulders and dragged him into a one armed hug. Changbin got a nose full of Chan's perfume, which he unfortunately liked so much he owned his own bottle that he hid in his socks drawer. "Binnie. Why do you think I avoid writing love songs with you? I thought I'd be quite unsubtle, no matter how hard I tried."

Changbin laughed, "Hyung. You're something else."

Sudden cold on his palm reminded him that he was in a cafe, with Felix. Felix, who hesitantly let go of his hand.

"Lixie?" Changbin asked, the nickname falling from his lips effortlessly.

"Felix?" Chan loosened his grip on Changbin's shoulders.

Felix cleared his throat. "I'm happy for you. And I'm sorry for just assuming that – yeah. I'm sorry."

Changbin caught Felix's hand and held on. His hand was so small in his. "Lixie."

Chan cleared his throat, looking between Felix and Changbin. "I mean... I've always considered myself poly. Why not?"

"Yeah," Changbin smiled, "I want you both. Lixie, I might have been friends with Chan for some time now but that doesn't mean I don't have a crush on you."

"It's true," Chan nodded seriously. "Whenever you text him he gets the biggest and prettiest smile on his face –"

"Like you're any better!" Changbin wants to hide under the table from Felix's curious eyes and Chan's knowing smirk. "You said the only vitamin D you need is Lixie's smile and the sun can go home!"

Chan turned red to the tips of his ears. "In my defence, I hadn't slept and it was five in the morning. And uh, I was definitely thinking of dick."

Changbin facepalmed.

Felix giggled. He giggled at them, and full on laughed for a whole minute.

Changbin and Chan could only stare at him, because they were mortified and embarrassed and Felix was beautiful.

Felix brought their hands to his lips and kissed them. His lips were so soft. "Let's go on a date."

The back of his hand tingled where Felix's lips had touched.

And Changbin – Changbin thought that if this was what happiness felt like, he'd like a lot more of it, thank you.