Felix wakes up to the sound of clinking dishes. He turned in the sheets and his hands groped for the blond's body, although he knew he had to be in the kitchen.

Since Felix started to spend the morning after sex with him more often - without running away immediately after waking up - Hyunjin had made it his goal to want to cook better.

Where the sudden interest came from the silver-haired could not explain. But he couldn't deny that he enjoyed the time he spent together with him in the kitchen - because it was fun, even if they were still damn bad cooks.

But when the taller one couldn't wake him up with soft kisses - which was usually the case - he stood all alone in the kitchen, as he apparently did today.

After rolling around in bed for a few more minutes, Felix finally stumbled naked into the bathroom - on the opposite side of the hall from the bedroom. The pain from yesterday's actions kept surprisingly low - yet his thighs were quite aching and the familiar soreness of the lower half of his body made its appearance.

He felt Hyunjin's eyes follow him, from his tousled hair to his marks and gave him a wry grin before closing the bathroom door behind him.

The lukewarm water ran pleasantly along his body, the familiar smell of Hyunjin's shampoo and shower gel rising to his nose. But something was wobbling in his subconscious, tugging unpleasantly at his thoughts as if it wanted to force its way back into his memory.And suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, the implication of Hyunjin's growling statement from the night before hit him:

You're mine, baby.

Frozen, he stood under the rain shower while repeating the sentence in Hyunjin's voice in his head like a broken record - at least until shampoo water began to run into his mouth, and, snorting, he spat out the foam.

Holy shit!

Had Hyunjin really meant that? Or had he only said nonsense in the heat of the moment? Certainly! - ... r-right?

His heartbeat throbbed out loudly before it sank again in almost the same moment - almost painfully slowly vibrating in his chest.

They had never talked about it - what did Hyunjin see him as?

On the other hand, what did he want from Hyunjin? What did he see him as? Felix wasn't even sure he knew anymore - if he had ever known since they had started having sex.

He slightly brushed over the lighter and darker parts of his skin - which he could see in the mirror, through the slightly fogged shower doors.

Most of the hickeys were light and would fade in a few days. One or two, however, were much darker and contrasted sharply with his light collarbone.

He wondered what that actually meant, getting those from Hyunjin. To have marks and traces of him on his skin.

His thoughts began to spin again and he quickly finished the shower before he would get lost in them - later, later on he would just ask Hyunjin what he had meant by that. Maybe it really was time they talked this through, especially after last night. It truly felt like he was all tangled up in his thoughts and feels.

He was about to take one of the two towels hanging ready when he paused again. His hand lingered before he slowly reached for the soft cloth. It was actually a sign of how often he had been here - since all this had started. How it felt strangely normal to take another, smaller towel from a separate pile and dry his hair with it.

His gaze continued to wander over the surfaces of the spacious bathroom. Even some of his skin care products and other stuff had found their way into Hyunjin's apartment. Although he could hardly remember how or when - nor why a pair of his earrings, which he had been searching for in his campus room yesterday, were lying on the edge of the bathtub.

There was even a second toothbrush for him, which was squeezed into the toothbrush cup next to Hyunjin his and a half-empty toothpaste tube. Felix stared at it for far too long before finally using it, deciding to push the useless thoughts aside.

Distracting himself, he began humming a song from last night's club, trying to bring his weightlessness from the dance floor into the bathroom.

Which worked out quite well, as he came back out of the bathroom in a good mood afterwards - having a dancing swing in his step. The large towel wrapped around his waist, the smaller one hanging around his neck, he turned in his little performance in front of the bedroom door. But suddenly he felt himself being watched and turned his gaze toward the kitchen - half expecting to see Hyunjin there.

Abruptly his humming stopped - the sounds literally got stuck in his throat, just as his movement froze completely.

Sitting at the kitchen island were Jisung and Changbin, who were staring at him in extreme irritation. Eyes widening in shock, Felix immediately turned back around.

"Fuck, you guys startled me!"