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"felix, lesson four: you need to dress a certain way
you know, fashionable. grab your money,
we get going."





jaegeun grabbed tired felix' arm
and they walked into a department store, filled
with flashing banners and pretty posters,
and open shops and loud, trendy music.




as jaegeun excitedly picked the clothing
that caught his eyes and suited them on felix,
even if felix didn't like it, he still
laughed at the boy and told him about
how "there's only one standard of beauty".




felix knew it wasn't the truth.
it was all lies. but, he told himself to
keep lying to himself.




"felix, do you like this? smile
for me! take a picture so i can
post it on insta!"





upon that mouth corner was a smile,
a cheeky grin, but his eyes were twitching
and he was sleepy. all the lighting upon his head
was pushing the migraine to be more intense.




"of course... i like this, jaegeun."



he was wearing the prestige and pretty clothing.
he was getting buffier with force.



but nothing could fix the ugly hole in his heart.



so after the smile, he could feel
his nose stiffening and his hot tears fall.
he told himself to swallow them away,
because
a man doesn't shed a tear.

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