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Chan sat in his favorite coffee shop, in his favorite corner booth, and sipped a mug of green tea.
The tea’s heat had already warmed his fingers, but the chill from outside still lingered on the tips of his nose and ears.
Chan loved this particular booth because its location in the back corner of the shop, combined with high seats, provided a cozy, private feeling that still allowed someone to have access to the large windows that overlooked the street.
Gazing out the window, Chan could see the snow that had begun to stick on the pavement, as well as on the pretty holiday wreaths that hung from the lampposts. The decorations, combined with the soft, festive music that played in the shop had him feeling warm and gooey, and very much in the holiday spirit.
The bell above the coffee shop door jingled as someone pushed the door open, which caused Chan’s ears to twitch and drew his eyes up from his tea. Upon seeing who had entered the shop, his tail began to swish unconsciously against the vinyl of the booth seat.
His face flushed slightly, and Chan shoved his tail beneath his leg before he waved to the boy who had just walked in, “Felix!”
Felix, pretty Felix, sweet Felix, turned his head towards Chan’s corner booth when he heard his name. He pulled down the blue scarf that covered his mouth and nose as he smiled widely and delicately stepped over to join Chan at the window seat.
“Hi Channie,” he said, as he smiled and sat on the side of the table opposite to Chan where he shrugged off his coat and scarf.
“Hi Lixie,” Chan replied while he reached out to grab Felix’s hands once he rested them on the table. He gently pulled Felix’s wool gloves off and kissed the cold fingers underneath as Felix giggled.
“Do you want a drink? I would have ordered yours with mine, but I wasn’t sure when you’d get here, and I didn’t want it to get cold. You up for a hot chocolate today?”
Felix looked at Chan from under his lashes, small hands fiddling with the older’s fingers.
“Yes, please. With whipped cream?”
Chan beamed, “Of course! You stay right there, and I’ll go get you one!”
He got up slowly, not wanting to let go of Felix’s hands (they were still so cold!). Chan stepped away from the cozy corner booth, stretching his arm out to keep a hold on Felix for as long as he could, making the other boy laugh softly again.
“I can come with you if you want me to,” Felix offered.
“No, no! Stay there and warm up. I’ll be right back,” Chan finally dropped Felix’s hand and stepped across the shop to wait in line, fully aware that everyone in the room could see how much his tail was wagging.
Somehow, though, he just couldn’t bring himself to be embarrassed anymore.
Chan and Felix had met through Jisung, who had known Chan since childhood and had met Felix through his boyfriend Hyunjin, and Hyunjin had met Felix because the two boys had been turned by the same vampire, albeit nearly 70 years apart.
Hyunjin had taken Felix under his wing and brought the young vampire to live with himself and Jisung in their apartment above the little witch shop that Jisung owned. In exchange for his housing, Felix worked in the quaint shop where he sat behind the counter and cashed out customers.
On the day that he met Felix, Chan had stopped by the shop to say hi to Jisung and Hyunjin. However, when he arrived, Jisung and Hyunjin were gone and replaced by the prettiest and most adorable person Chan had ever seen in his life.
It was love at first sight.
Naturally, as soon as Chan had seen the boy behind the counter and fallen in love with him, he panicked and attempted to turn around and leave the store as quickly as he could. Unfortunately, in doing so, he had knocked over a display of potion books and sent the volumes crashing loudly to the floor.
As Chan fumbled with the bookshelf, attempting to prevent more books from falling and succeeding only in dropping several on his feet, the pretty boy had rushed over to see what had caused the massive crash.
Their eyes met- the pretty boy’s wide ones and Chan’s panic-filled ones- and Chan nearly lost his breath. He would have continued to stare into the boy’s eyes for hours had another book not fallen from his arms, causing him to break eye contact. By the time he looked up again, the boy had reverted his eyes, a pink flush covering his pretty freckled cheeks.
“I- I am so sorry,” Chan apologized.
The boy helped Chan right the bookshelf in his arms, not making eye contact.
“It's alright,” he said quietly.
His voice! If Chan wasn’t in love before, he most definitely was now. He wanted to listen to this boy speak forever!
Chan knelt to help the boy pick up the books on the floor, barely restraining his tail from wagging wildly at his proximity to the boy. They worked in silence- the boy avoiding Chan’s gaze, and Chan himself far too awkward to approach a conversation. He was riding on the fact that the boy worked in the shop, which meant that Jisung knew him. If Chan was too gay to hold a proper conversation now, at least he could count on Jisung as a method to learn more about the boy.
And that was the extent of Chan’s first meeting with Felix. That night he had begged Jisung for information on the pretty boy and learned his name (Felix! So pretty!), that he was a newly-turned vampire, and that Hyunjin had adopted him. The witch had also suggestively implied that Felix was very much single, a fact that Chan himself had nervously attempted to change one evening three months after their first meeting.
To his delight, Felix had said yes to his coffee invitation and had the same answer several weeks later when Chan had asked Felix to be his boyfriend.
And so there they were roughly four months after they first met, with Felix sitting in a booth of the coffee shop they had gone to on their first date as Chan stepped up to the counter to order a hot chocolate (with coconut milk, a dash of cinnamon, and extra whipped cream).
After he placed the order, Chan slid back into the booth, this time on the same side as Felix, who immediately curled into Chan’s side.
“You’re so warm,” he murmured, nuzzling his face into Chan’s neck and smelling him deeply, “Smell so good.”
Chan laughed softly, bringing his hand up to Felix’s fluffy blonde hair, “You hungry sweetheart? You know that you can’t just have sweets. You’ll have to have blood at some point this week.”
“Not that hungry,” Felix replied, “Just think you smell the best out of anyone.”
It took everything in Chan to not keel over right there, clutching his heart and whining because Felix was too cute! Instead, he just pulled Felix closer, smiling dumbly and wagging his tail.
They remained intertwined until a coffee shop employee approached the table to deliver Felix’s hot chocolate and a fresh mug of green tea for Chan. Felix made a happy noise and reached out to wrap both of his hands around the warmth of his cup.
Felix sipped his hot chocolate and sighed contentedly. It wasn’t often that he had sweet things like this, as much as he enjoyed them. Vampires could comfortably stomach only a small amount of “human food”, and having much more than maybe two cups of hot chocolate would leave Felix with an upset stomach, which made Felix sad because he loved chocolate, which in turn made Chan sad because he loved Felix and wanted him to always be happy. So really, no one was a winner except- except!- for on those special days when Chan and Felix would meet up at their favorite coffee shop, and Felix would drink his hot chocolate and Chan would drink his green tea. The two of them would split a brownie, and Chan would stare adoringly as Felix happily ate.
And that is what they did. Once Felix had stomached all the sugar that his body could handle, he sighed contentedly and leaned into Chan’s side once again.
“You ready to head out soon, love?” Chan asked as he ran his fingers through Felix’s hair.
Felix hummed. “Give me five minutes. You’re warm.”
Chan smiled- he smiled that dopey smile that only Felix could bring onto his face, the smile that meant he was stupidly in love with this precious little vampire on his shoulder- and wrapped his arm around the other boy, content with waiting as long as Felix wanted.
Chan slipped into his coat before he helped to bundle Felix back up into his own.
“Channie,” Felix whined as Chan wound his scarf up to his nose, “It's not that cold out!”
Chan scoffed as he attempted to shimmy Felix’s fingers into his gloves, “Lixie, you know how easily you get cold- I’m not taking any chances.”
Contrary to what some urban legends might lead a person to believe, vampires were not impervious to the cold. If anything, their lower body temperatures made them much more susceptible to it. Like lizards. Felix was like a cute little lizard who would attach himself to any heat source to warm his cold body. Often this meant he attached himself to Chan, whose body temperature ran relatively high as was typical of werewolves.
Chan pulled his beanie firmly over his head, squashing his ears in the process. Slightly uncomfortable, yes, but worth it to prevent any snowflakes from melting into the soft fur. Felix liked scratching Chan’s ears when they cuddled, and seeing as Chan planned on getting a lot of cuddles that evening, he needed them to be in prime condition for scratches.
Once they had armed themselves sufficiently against the cold, Chan and Felix waved goodbye and thanked the coffee shop employees before they made their way outside. “I have a bookstore that I want to stop by,” Felix said, tugging on Chan’s hand in his.
Chan happily followed in the direction Felix was pulling him, “Is it near Jisung’s shop? I need to stop by and pick up my pills for the full moon next week.”
Felix hummed, “It’s pretty close by. I saw it the other day when I took a detour on my way home. I wanted to check it out, but I thought it would be nicer to go in with you. It looks cozy.”
Chan whined and pulled Felix’s gloved hand that he was holding up to rub his face against it, unable to contain his fondness. Felix giggled and continued, “I looked in the window and they have Christmas decorations up already. I saw some mistletoe but I won’t tell you where.”
The vampire smiled cheekily at Chan and the poor werewolf was finding it very difficult to not wrap him up in the biggest, warmest hug anyone had ever seen and cover his freckled face in a thousand kisses.
“Lixie, I have never wanted anything more than to go to that bookstore with you. Let’s go right now.”
Felix laughed and wrapped his free arm around Chan’s, laying his head on Chan’s shoulder, “We can definitely go, but let’s head to the shop first to get your pills. We’ll pass by it first.”
The two of them made their way down the street and stopped occasionally to peer into shop windows that had begun to put up displays for the holidays. Whenever Felix saw one that he liked, he tugged on Chan’s hand and pulled him over to the storefront. Chan was all too happy to follow Felix whichever way he was pulled and did so with a sappy grin on his face.
What should have been a short ten-minute walk ended up being closer to twenty-five, but neither boy was bothered. The sun had set and the streets were awash in the golden light from the lampposts, as well as the strings of lights that crisscrossed around the trees that lined the road and the two were more than happy to bask in the festive atmosphere.
Chan pulled Felix a little closer to himself with the arm that was placed snug around the vampire’s shoulders. “I think next weekend the city is lighting the tree downtown. Do you want to go?”
Felix sighed contentedly, “That might be nice,” He grinned, “It’s a date Channie.”
Content with waiting until the next week to get their fill of the city’s holiday spirit, the two hurried down the block to Jisung’s shop.