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     Hyunjin stares at the boy with a frown yet Felix has a smile on his face. "What? You're supposed to forget everything that happened while you're sick right?" Felix stays silent for a second but then a light chuckle escapes his lips. 

     "I've stopped being sick a while ago Hyunjin. I mean I've been here pretty much the whole night." Although Hyunjin was quite relieved that Felix didn't forget, he still didn't feel good.

     "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner." Felix shakes his head and smiles. In fact Hyunjin had been so in his feelings that he forgot about Felix being so banged up. He turns toward the other and another frown grows on his face. 

     "What's wrong?" Felix asks, forgetting about the stinging on his face.

     "Your dad use that razor on you?" Hyunjin asks, his voice trembling. The younger silently nods and Hyunjin lets out a sharp breath he didn't know he was holding in. 

     "Don't worry about me you're hurt too." Felix cups the boy's face in his hands while looking at the cut on the bridge of his nose. But Hyunjin turns away and stands up.

     "I'm fine." Although Hyunjin didn't know where anything was, he walked around until he found a bathroom and some things to help Felix. Once he got everything he walked back out and told Felix to sit on the bed. 

     It was quiet while Hyunjin began to clean the dried blood off of Felix's face. And while being so close to Felix, Hyunjin notices the boy's freckles again. He didn't cover them. The raven swore that he could sit there and count each and every one of them and not get bored. They were so beautiful that Hyunjin didn't notice that now he was just spacing out on Felix's face. 

     "Hyunjin?" Hyunjin looks up at Felix with a red color on his cheeks as he quickly looks back down.

     "Sorry." He goes back to cleaning the boy's face and then patching him up. As for the bruises... there was nothing he could do about it. The two stand up and leave the house without saying anything else. It felt odd. Even after telling the younger about his past, he felt like a distance grew between them.

     Once they got back and sat on the couch, everyone crowded around them. The lightest tap on one of Felix's bruises and he would flinch. It was early in the morning, and they already had people coming home hurt. Hyunjin just sits and watches everyone worry about Felix, but one person wasn't looking at the blonde. 

     "Hyunjin." The elder looks over and sees Seungmin beside him. The younger was holding Hyunjin's hand in his own with a sad look on his face. "You're hurt." He cups the boy's face just like Felix did.

     "I'm fine." Seungmin just stares at him and then presses on the cut, making it turn a red color and blood trickle down his nose. "Shit..." Hyunjin wipes the blood, but Seungmin pulls him to stand up.

     "Well, you're bleeding so you're not fine." Seungmin drags the boy to the bathroom and Hyunjin stands against the counter while Seungmin gathers a couple of things. "Learn to take care of yourself before others." The younger says while cleaning the smeared blood off the boy's nose.

     "I'm not all that important." Seungmin takes a good look at the cut before continuing to scrub Hyunjin's face.

     "You're important to us." He looks up at Hyunjin and then sighs, setting the cotton ball down and turning away from the older. 

     "You and... Chris?" Hyunjin asks, trying to change the subject. "What's up with you guys?"

     "I don't know." 

     "Well, do you like him?" Seungmin seems to go still at the question.

     "Why?"

     "You're basically my brother Seungmin, I'm gonna want to know things." Hyunjin chuckles. 

     "He's... I think so." Seungmin turns around and Hyunjin nods.

     "Do you think he likes you?" The raven asks, interested in the two's relationship.

     "He kissed me..." Hyunjin's eyes widen and his jaw drops. He starts laughing and Seungmin rushes over to put his hand on the boy's mouth.

     "How many times?"

     "Just once!" Seungmin says, trying to shut the boy up. Honestly, they sounded like two girls gossiping about boys. "Also, how has no one noticed that you're not using your crutches anymore?" He tries to change the subject as Hyunjin shrugs. "And how are you not using them?"

     "I think when I went into the oddinary it healed my leg..." Hyunjin looks down at where the scar would be beneath his pants. 

     "Anyway, you should be good now." Seungmin smooths the band aid over Hyunjin's nose before he puts everything back in its place. The two walk out and Seungmin goes straight to his room where Chris follows him in. 

     "Are you okay?" Felix asks as Hyunjin sits back down and the elder nods. The raven sits for a while with his knee bouncing up and down until he stands up and quickly walks to his room. 

     Everyone goes quiet and then Jeongin goes to his room. Just leaving Felix, Jisung, Changbin and Minho sitting in silence. "Let's all go to school tomorrow... we need a break." Minho never talks much but when he does it's often about something serious.

     Jisung and Minho walk out the door, and Felix and Changbin go to their respective rooms. Minho takes the keys to the car and the two slide into the driver and passenger seat. "Where are we going?" Jisung asks but Minho stays quiet. 

     They drive for a while in silence and while they stop at a red light, Minho turns to look out the window. There was this one person... this one boy outside that Minho couldn't take his eyes off. 

     It was... Seungmin. But he wasn't wearing what he was wearing a couple minutes ago. And he was staring straight at Minho. Then a large smile appeared on the boy's face, like the corners of his mouth were being stretched to reach the tip of his nose. Suddenly Minho felt someone shaking him and hears loud horns behind him. "Hyung! The lights green!"

     "Ah..." Jisung watches as the other quickly turns and drives forward. 

     "Are you okay?" Minho sighs, not being able to forget the smile on "Seungmin's" face.

     "Seems like recently everyone's asking that question."


     Back at the house, everyone was quiet.

     Felix and Hyunjin were being oddly distant, Jeongin and Changbin were watching tv together, and Seungmin and Chris weren't really doing anything until Chris stood up.

     "I'm gonna go take a shower." The raven says, and Seungmin nods. After grabbing clothes, walking into the bathroom, and turning the shower on. It had been a solid two minutes before Seungmin heard the shower turn off and a loud thud. No one else in the other rooms were bothered by it since they were all chaotic and always made a ruckus. But Seungmin walked up to the door, trying to hear something besides the silence behind the door.

     After standing there for a second, Seungmin began to open his mouth to say something, but Chris spoke first. "Uh, Seungmin... can you come in here? I need help."

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