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Flinging his tennis racket to some far corner on his bedroom floor, Felix collapsed his small, tired frame onto the mattress, an exasperated sigh rushing up from his lungs.

His lips fluctuated between the formations of subtle smiles, frowns, and pouts as he scrolled through his unread messages; some from Jisung with more information about the birthday party that they planned to share; some from his good friend, Hyunjin, with the latest gossip; what he assumed to be the comparisons between two outfits from Sana; a seemingly caring, formal text from the male he had become virtually acquainted with not many days before; and per usual, nothing from Changbin.

His eyes narrowed slightly while another, heavier breath flooded out of his nostrils as he stayed focussed on the empty yet desired chat in his DMs, only snapping out of the short, pitiful trance when another message popped up in the one that was clearly competing to top his list of favorites.

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Christopher Bang
chrisbang1234 • Instagram
September 13, 2:03 PM

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Hey! How was tennis today?

2:30 PM

>
I see that you're active, is it that
you're not in the mood to talk? If
so, I completely understand. I'd just
appreciate if you could let me know
so that I will find something else to
occupy my time with.

>
You know, since the only thing I even
do on my phone is talk with you.

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hey, im sorry lol. just got home

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tennis wasn't bad. same as usual.
won a few games, lost a few

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how has your day been so far?

>
Oh I'm glad that you are willing
to talk :)

>
And my day has been good. Normal.
Eat, study, work out... talk with you.

>
Do you mind sharing more about
tennis? Like do you play with friends?
Or random opponents?

>
I'd really like to try it one day.

<
oh nice.

<
well, most times i play with my
friends or my boyfriend...

<
but uhm, he was busy today so he
couldn't come, just like last week...
and the week before

<
and as for my friends? one of them
is always busy dressing up for her
boyfriend these days, and the other,
idk he's working on his gossip paper
or something

<
so today i had to play with random
people lol. but it's still fun...

>
Oh, well I mean at least you still had
a good time. I wish that your friends
would prioritize you more though, but
that's the real world sometimes I guess.

<
wdym?

>
Wdym?

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"what do you mean"

>
Oh! What i mean is that you're a nice
person! And you certainly care about
others a lot, I can tell from the way you accepted me so quickly.

>
So I just think that they should
prioritize spending time with you
more :)

>
But I guess that everyone has to do
what they have to do.

<
oh. hm. well i guess, yeah everyone
has to do what they gotta do

>
Yeah... so what do you want to talk
about today? Do you want to get to
know me more?

>
I have a few more minutes before my
time is up, and I mean, we've never
spoken in the afternoon before. And
you maybe have so many questions
to ask me.

>
Haha! You know, since I've been
doing most of the questioning.

<
okay uhmm... well... you mind saying
where you're from?

>
I'm from Seoul :)

>
I was born here, then moved to
Australia at a really young age... There,
I was adopted by my current parents :)

>
And some years later, we moved back
to Seoul. What about you, if you don't
mind sharing?

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wait... hold on. so much to process

<
holddd uppp

<
you're like, half aussie or something?
woah... i was actually born in australia

<
my parents moved us here for work
(my dad's job demands)

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but yeahhhh that's so cool. i live in
seoul too by the way

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and you're adopted? aww i wish it
were by nicer people :/

>
Oh my gosh! I'm so happy :D. I feel
even more comfortable now. And since
we're both in Seoul, I hope that we can
meet one day! Maybe sometime when
I turn eighteen!

>
And yeah, I was adopted. My birth
parents didn't want me anymore, or
at least that's what I was told. So this
is the only life I've really known.

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meet?... no offense but, i dont really
wanna meet people that i just met
online lol

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and im so sorry to hear <3

>
Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come
off so strong. I'm sorry. I got overly
excited. I'm really sorry!! I didn't mean
to make you uncomfortable. Please don't
stop speaking to me :(. I mean well, I
promise. We don't need to see each other
to be friends.

<
please you don't need to apologize so
much

<
i sounded kinda rude, im sorry for
that. it's just, since we've had a rather
... explicit and open? conversation

<
i just think that things will be awkward
if we ever meet

>
I understand, Yongbok! And I'll never
bring it up again.

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no, don't talk like that. if i had to be
honest, i dont mind meeting u if we
actually keep talking for a longer
period of time

<
like i remember you saying that u
wanna try tennis?

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maybe one day we could do a 1v1
hehe

>
I'm going to assume that "1v1" means
that we play together so I'm in :D. Thank
you for being so kind to me.

<
yeah ur correct. and np(no
problem)

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you seem like a cool guy so
far.

>
Thank you!

>
Looks like my parents are making
their way to my bedroom now, so I have
to go :(

>
I hope that we can talk again tonight.
Have a good afternoon.

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ty chris
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