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Breakfast was surprisingly normal, Chan had woken up early because of Felix, who had been half asleep trying to get changed, it led to the slight boy tripping, nearly smashing his face into Chan's bed post if he hadn't caught himself.
It was so Felix that he felt a grin break out on his face. With everything that had happened having his best friend still be the clumsy, endearing boy he always had been was a relief.
The kitchen had a round table with four chairs, Seungmin was already sitting in one, delicately eating his foreign looking soup, it was a shiny pink liquid with several brown, jelly-like balls bouncing on top. Changbin was waiting for something in the toaster, his eyes closed, it looked like he was sleepwalking...maybe he was.
Seungmin glanced up, nodding silently before slurping up some soup.
Chan didn't want to ask for help and knew Felix would rather die than bother the rest of the crew so they both started looking in the draws, trying to find something they recognised to eat. They tried to be casual but Chan couldn't tell you how well they were doing at that. Luckily, Changbin looked like he had left the conscious world and Seungmin was too shy to offer help.
Then Lee Know strolled in.
Oh, why did he always have to look so perfect?
He didn't look ruffled from sleep, his hair carefully styled, his outfit looking newly ironed, a three piece suit, he even had a pair of shoes, fancier than anything Chan had ever owned. His earing was different today, he only had one in and it was a long, hanging one with clasps on the top of his ear. He had a thick ring on his left thumb, a pair of sharp glasses and a neutral, fake smile on his lips.
He was starting to hate those fake smiles.
He also hated how underdressed he looked in comparison, while not in sleep wear, a comfy pair of trousers and an oversized hoodie didn't make him look nearly as good as Lee Know in his full get-up.
"Ah, Bang Chan, Felix, are you looking for breakfast, or wait, what do you call it on Mars? Brekkie? I'll show you where it is, dont worry" Lee Know brightly chirps, his eyes cold, Felix gave a weary look to Chan, who ignored him, staring at Lee Know.
Because Lee Know knew. He knew Chan hated help, pity, he knew and yet he was still offering.
He even mentioned the slang Chan had used.
He knew, he knew what he was doing was making his skin crawl, his lungs squeeze, his heart break because, Lee Know was truly hurt by what Chan did and was now trying to hurt him back. Trying to dig into every insecurity and fear Chan had told him. He deserved it but It hurt. It scared him.
Chan blinked.
"I'm not hungry." He finally responded, and, before the man he loved could reply, Hyunjin walked in, already speaking.
"I'm glad you're all here, now I'll be going over our first move!"