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Felix
Their day had been tough. Dance practice and vocal lessons back to back with little to no time to catch their breath. It came to no surprise to anyone that Hyunjin was feeling extra cuddly after such a long day and no one batted an eye when he draped himself across Felix’ back as soon as they got home. For once, all of them were left off at the same time, and even Bangchan must have felt the exhaustion rippling through his whole team, seeing as he hadn’t decided to stay longer at the company, but had accompanied all of his kids back home. Once they were inside the safety of their dorm, they let loose and it seemed like they let themselves relax for the first time in a while.
It was Changbin who suggested movie night as a way to spend some quality time with the whole group. Soon, most of them were showered and cuddled up in the living room with one of their favorite animations running as more of a background noise than anything else. Some still found it in themselves to strike up a conversation (Changbin and Chan), some were just leaning back and enjoying the movie (Minho with Jisung in his arms and Seungmin and Jeongin curled up next to him) but two particular blondes were feeling way more clingy than usual. Felix was sitting on the couch next to Jeongin with Hyunjin sitting on the floor between his legs. The taller had curled his arms around Felix’ legs and settled them over his shoulder as if in an awkward hug and was leaning his head onto his knee. He was trying his hardest to stay awake and focus on the movie in front of him, but as soon as the Aussies talented small hands had found their way into his blonde locks that task got a hundred times more difficult.
Felix was trailing his fingers through his hair absentmindedly, winding some strands around his fingers and curling them into little balls before he let them fall back down Hyunjin’s head. Slowly, he went all over the older’s head, massaging here and there and coaxing Hyunjin to lean his head back more so he could reach the front of his fringe and gather all of his hair up into a makeshift ponytail. Looking down, he saw that Hyunjin had closed his eyes in content and was enjoying the soothing touches all over his scalp. Softly and slowly as to not hurt him, Felix began to braid the luscious locks into one beautiful, long braid. The hair, still slightly wet from the earlier shower, was staying in place and giving the taller an almost ethereal look, surrounding his face in soft waves. Delicately, Felix started to extend his touches to Huynjin’s ears and neck, giving him one of his signature massages. After a few minutes, the older had become putty in his hands, his head lolling back and giving Lix the opportunity to soothe his fingers over his facial features. To his credit, Huynjin only startled once as Lix began to draw soft shapes on his cheeks. His eyes opened in shock, but he quickly composed himself when he saw the freckled face he loved so much look back down on him. His lips curled into a grin and he closed his eyes again, letting his best friend continue the caresses on his skin. Felix chuckled softly and let his fingertips trail over Hyunjin’s cheeks, nose, eyebrows, forehead and back down to his chin to begin their journey again.
The two were so engrossed into their own little world that they didn’t even notice the other’s leaving to go to sleep, one after another. At some point, maybe thirty minutes into the movie, maybe three hours, none of them could tell, Felix shoulder was jostled. “Hey,” Chan was standing next to him, the TV switched off and everyone else disappeared, “It’s late. I think you two should go to bed and continue this tomorrow, hm?” The leader squeezed Lix’ shoulder and reached his fingers up to trail it through the others blonde strands. “Do you want me to carry him to bed or…?” with a tilt of his head he pointed down towards Huynjin, who seemed to have floated off to dreamland. Felix smiled, showing his teeth. “No, it’s okay, hyung. He has to go brush his teeth still and I know that he’ll hate himself tomorrow if he doesn’t do it now. I’ll take care of him.”, smiling, Chan leaned down to press a kiss into his fellow Aussie’s hair and nodded. “Alright, I trust you to bring him to bed safely. Sleep tight, you two. I’ll see you tomorrow.”, with a final squeeze of the shoulder, the oldest left to his own room.
With a heavy sigh, Felix pulled his fingers out of Hyunjin’s hair and stood up to kneel in front of him on the floor. Slowly, he tapped the other on his cheek in an effort to wake him, “Hyunjinnie… it’s time to go to bed. Wake up, you can’t sleep here.”
A small groan escaped Hyunjin’s throat as he slowly blinked his eyes open. It took a few seconds for him to focus on Felix in front of him, but as he did, he heaved himself up with a small, irritated sound leaving his lips. “What… what time is it? Where did everyone go?”, lost, his eyes trailed around the room and landed on Felix with a questioning gaze. Felix couldn’t resist and cooed a little, “Jinnie, it’s late. Everyone has gone to bed. Don’t you think we should go too?”, as the other began whining at the prospect of having to stand up and get ready for bed, Felix took the older’s hands into his and pulled him up into standing, “C’mon, I’ll cuddle you when were in bed, hm? How does that sound?”
A big, luminous smile spread over Hyunjin’s lips at the idea of getting to hold Felix for such a long time and he practically jumped at the offer. “Really? We can cuddle the whole night?”
Suppressing a full-bodied laugh as to not wake the other’s, Felix nodded and shot him another big smile. “We can cuddle all night once Jinnie has brushed his teeth and washed his face.” That seemed to do the trick. The older squealed and almost flew into the bathroom and through his bedtime routine in order to get into bed sooner. Once the two of them were safely tucked away in Hyunjin’s bed under the thick, comfy covers, Felix slung one arm around hyunjin’s middle and began to run his other hand through the soft blond locks once again. Hyunjin hummed in happiness, “I love it when you do that, Lixie.” Lowly, Felix chuckled and nodded. “I know you do, baby. Now go to sleep. I’ll see you tomorrow, Little Star.”, softly, he pressed one last kiss to Huynjin’s temple and watched the older drift off to sleep.
And if he whispered, “We love you, Little Star,” into the comfort of the dark room, then that was only for him to know.