𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐦; 𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐱

31‣ 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮'𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝

(please read author's note)

There is a storm going on outside and it hasn't seemed to calm down no matter how many hours have passed. It had been raining nearly all night, and as the hours of morning were closer, the rain only seemed to have gotten worse. The same could be said for the state of Hyunjin and everything around him, a stormy raging mess. All the events that have gone down in the past few hours and everything they have made him feel were all too hard to describe 

and as he stands here, in front of his childhood familiarity, his best man, his right hand yelling and screaming words he knows he'll regret later, Hyunjin can't find it in him to be rational. "I don't fucking know! It's your responsibility to keep my enemies off of my back, I thought I was protecting him, I didn't know this would happen! No one has ever been able to harm me, I didn't doubt for a second you'd fail to do your goddamn job" He yells as loud as he can without losing his voice, eyes spliced with burning fury 

Minho and he had been going off at each other for long enough now, fighting and arguing about how this could have gone down. Minho tried hard to keep his professionalism but as soon as everything settled down, or at least seemed to have, he went off. He could not have cared enough about losing his job because what was going on angered him to a degree he had never been angry. The minute Hyunjin entered his study, Minho was going off like a siren 

asking Hyunjin how this could have come to be, how he could have been so reckless, and how tonight could have been the night Felix possibly lost his life. How they don't know just how much they've hurt Felix, how much he has had to bear all because he ill-fatedly got twisted with Hyunjin in bedsheets. Hyunjin had already been furious, and Minho was just stating all the things that were eating him alive so of course, he fought back, but it wasn't nearly as harshly as he normally would, because deep within he knew he was the one to blame

"Of course, this would have happened! You're constantly out with him, everyone and their mother knows you've got eyes for him! Do you know what happens when the lord of this fucking realm falls for someone out in the goddamn open and reveals his biggest weakness? Wars, fucking wars happen Hyunjin. And now all of this is going to ruin his life!" 

Minho was right, this could potentially ruin Felix's life in more ways than he'd like to think about and it's all just crashing upon Hyunjin. He couldn't even keep up the argument, Minho rarely acted like the person he was behaving with Hyunjin and it has Hyunjin going back to the years he would hide in the shadow of this brother-like figure to conceal himself from his mistakes, has Hyunjin wishing he had been more careful.

but he doesn't back down, can't because he has always had the last words no matter how terribly wrong he was or how utterly worried he was. But as he opens his mouth, words ready to tear through Minho, the door swings open. Both the men go silent and into attack mode, ready to fight off any danger but what they find beyond their sights is worse than what they had expected. Stands there Felix with his pale face, sick eyes, and slouched stance, staring back at the men with confusion 

Hyunjin's anger slips away like a moment in time as he whispers "Felix?" in sheer worry, overtaken by sudden surprise that he is rooted in his place for a second. Minho, on the other hand, is equally surprised and partially worried to see Felix present here. His gritted teeth unlatch and his flared nostrils relax alongside the crease in his brows, all that is left on his face and inside of his pretty brown eyes is worry and slight confusion

Hyunjin who was struck a little by Felix's sight, finds his consciousness falling in place just in time as he involuntarily exhales the breath that was tied in his lungs due to confusion and without any other thought, raises his rooted feet in Felix's direction, rushing to him like he knew he just needed to be there, by Felix's side. Hyunjin's quick and hasty steps echo in the room while Minho stands in his place, watching Hyunjin reach the man whose life he nearly destroyed and grab him by his arm