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Felix was on his way home from staying back to practice a bit more. It was near dinner time as their practice technically ended around 3-4 pm. It was now 6. He had just gotten into the car to return to the dorm. They hit traffic almost immediately, getting onto the road. It was getting worst every time they inched forward. The manager told him it would be a while before they arrived at the dorm and suggested he could nap. A nap sounded nice, but he wasn’t with his pack. The patch on the scent gland he was wearing was getting itchy, but he didn’t want to overwhelm the driver with his scent. It also didn’t help that his phone died about an hour ago, and he didn’t have a charger. Sighing, he rested his head on the window. This was going to be a long car ride, he thought, closing his eyes. People honked their horns to get the traffic moving, but it didn't help.
His manager was on the phone, and he could only guess it was the man's husband. Felix might try to get some sleep, even for a few minutes. He fell asleep not long after closing his eyes. An hour he has had passed since Felix fell asleep. The car had moved further toward the dorm and was around a block away. Then a pickup truck further down ran into the car in front of it. Before either of the drivers could do anything, the car exploded. The explosion woke Felix, who looked frightened, the scent of distress was the main thing anyone could smell in the area. It overwhelmed Felix with just the smell and the noise simultaneously. If you were to ask any of the members, they would tell you Felix has sensitive hearing and sometimes smell if he is overwhelmed.
"Hyung, what was that?" Felix asked, trying to keep calm. "There was a car accident up ahead. The car exploded right after. Are you okay, Yongbok? I know you were sleeping back there." The manager, Giwoon, said, looking in the mirror at Felix. "Oh, okay, Hyung. I am just trying to calm down from getting scared to death." Felix said, wishing he could listen to music but to no avail could not. "Okay, let me know if you need anything," Giwoon said, watching the boy in the mirror. "Alright, I will, hyung," Felix said, both in comfortable silence. The cops started to direct traffic away from the accident when firefighters put out the fire completely. Felix curled into his seat as he watched the cops out the window. He could walk home, but it was way too cold too. He was almost home, almost back to his pack. He wanted to cuddle them in the den after his long day.
The traffic would slow down and stop or move at a good pace. They were getting closer to the dorm, about one block from their location. Felix looked at the clock. It read almost 9 pm. It was getting late. He just wanted to be home by now. Today was becoming one of Felix’s worst days. The practice was good. Even after he did extra training, it was still a good day. Even when his phone died, it was still a good day, but it started to go downhill when he stayed an hour more than he wanted. Being exhausted from the day, Felix wanted to go home and chill. The group had the day off tomorrow, so he planned to sleep late as possible the next day. It seems like that wish will come true with how late he will return.
About 30 minutes later, Felix looked out the window. He arrived at the dorm after three hours of sitting in a car. He got out of the car, thanking Giwoon and ensuring he had everything before heading for the dorm. He dragged himself to the sixth floor, putting in the code for the door. Walking into the dorm, it was silent. The lights were off as well. That meant the rest of the group wasn’t home. Sighing, Felix went to his room to put his phone on charge, then walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He wondered where his pack mates were, like did they even love him anymore. They wouldn’t have upped and left him, right? Felix’s thoughts stayed in the worst-case scenarios, about 143. He returned to his room to grab clothes for a shower to calm some ideas down.
The shower didn’t help his thoughts, but he smelt better after. He had taken off the scent blocker patch, and now it was swollen and red, and it hurt to touch his scent glands. His scent was like dandelions and sunflowers mixed, but now they smelt like they were dying. Sighing, he went to his room and lay down, tears falling from frustration. He just wanted his thoughts to stop being so loud. If anyone were to walk into the dorm, they would smell a very distressed omega. Felix had curled into a ball as tears continued streaming down his face. He wanted to hear the voices of his mates. He wanted them. No, he needed them.
The calming smell of Chan’s freshly cut pine scent, Minho’s hand was running through his hair. The way the two maknees would crack little jokes occasionally, with Jisung butting in at times. He missed Hyunjin giggling at Seungmin, Jeongin, and Jisung as they joked around. Then there left Changbin. He would just watch all of them with fondness in his eyes, along with Chan as well. He was only talking if he was brought into the conversation. Felix was missing the chaos that he called his pack, more importantly, his mates. Sure, it had been six to seven hours since he had seen them, but that didn’t mean he missed them any less. He sobbed into his pillow. Everything that was built up came crashing down all at once. The stress, frustrations of messing up, and every sound that seemed louder than before. It was all too much for him to handle, everything was blurry, and his head hurt from crying.
Felix didn’t know how long he lay there crying, minutes, seconds, hours, who knows. He didn’t hear his pack mates coming back through his pounding heart. Chan was the first to notice the smell. He looked at Hyunjin and Jeongin, the other two omega’s, to ensure they were okay. He saw they were okay and hurried to take off his shoes before rushing to find Felix. The others ran as well when they noticed the smell as well. They got to Felix’s door, and all of them could hear the crying and whimpering of the man on the other side. Felix barely listened to the knocking on his bedroom door. He only whimpered in response. The noise was loud to him, even if it was a soft knock on the door.
The members looked at each other, all of their hearts breaking at the sound of whimpering. Minho tried to open the door, but Felix had locked the door. He tried again, but to no avail; it wouldn’t open. Felix curled more into a ball at the sound of someone trying to open the door. He put his hands on his ears to try to block the noise, making him rub against his irritated scent gland. He whimpered in pain at the touch, his scent spiking as he buried his face more into his pillow. The members tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge. “What are supposed to do? We can’t get the door open!” Jeongin said, wanting to get to his hyung and comfort him.
Seungmin grabbed Jeongin into a hug as Chan went to the kitchen, looking through the junk drawer they had. He knew they had keys to the rooms somewhere, and he hated when one of his pack mates was hurting. He finally found the keys; rushing back to the door, Chan found the key that would unlock the door. He put the key into the lock and unlocked it. Minho opened the door carefully, not wanting to make a sound. Just the sight of Felix hurt more than the male whimpering.
Chan rushed to the boy; being careful, he pulled a shaking Felix into his arms, ensuring he didn’t make any noise. Felix struggled against Chan initially, everything being too much for him to handle. It was overwhelming for the omega, every sound, smell, touch, or bright light that was now on. His hands were still on his ears, blocking some of the noises from his mates. He tried to get away from Chan when there was a loud bang. The bang came from Jisung dropping his phone on the floor. It was hard for Chan to calm Felix down without scuffing him.
He didn’t want to do that, as it would worsen. “Hyunjin, can you go to the den and get a blanket with all of our scents?” Chan whispered, doing it away from Felix’s ears. Hyunjin nodded, then went to get a blanket from the den. He came back and placed the object around his fellow omega. Felix seemed to calm down, putting his face into the mantle.
Felix cuddled into Chan’s chest, feeling safe with his pack around him. None of them were talking, sitting in comfortable silence. Hyunjin was the first to speak, “How about we take you to the Den, Lix?” “Yes, please,” Felix said.
Chan took the boy in his arms and brought him to the den, the rest behind him. He put Felix in the middle of the nest before laying down on his left side. Minho layed on his right side, Jisung and Seungmin right behind Minho. Changbin, Jeongin, and Hyunjin layed behind Chan. They wouldn’t push Felix into telling them what happened, but they would be there to listen if he did say anything. But for now, they were going to cuddle the omega. Felix hummed contently as his pack mates were squishing him, but he didn’t mind it. He finally got what he wanted since the end of practice. He had questions about why they were not home when he got home, all that could wait until morning.
*The morning*
All the members were up before noon, a record for a day off. Felix was getting ready for the day, doing his skincare routine. He put a lotion on his irritated scent gland, to hopefully help with the swelling. Felix was drained from the night before, and he was nervous about the talk. He was scared about what they would think. Anxiety was all he could feel in his bones and all over.
“Felix! Can you come to the living room? We need to talk.” Chan yelled from the living room. Felix could hear the others gather in the living room. “Yeah,” Felix said loud enough for them to hear. He swallowed the lump in his throat, putting the finishing touches to his morning routine. Then heading to the living room, he noticed them sitting on the couch leaving the loveseat open for him to sit. He took the seat and faced the others, biting his lip anxiously. “Okay, now that all of us are here. Lix can you tell us what happened yesterday?” Chan asked, his scent was reassuring and comforting.
Felix looks at them for a minute before answering the question. “I was having a tough day. It took me three or more hours to get here from JYP. My phone died and everything was overwhelming. All I wanted to do was cuddle with all of you in the den. But when I got here yall weren’t there. So my brain thought that you had left me all alone.” He finished, wiping a couple of tears away that fell. He couldn’t look at them, feeling too shame to do so.
“Oh love. We could never leave you. We’re sorry that you came back to no one here.” Hyunjin said, going over to Felix and kneeling in front of the omega. Seungmin came over putting a comforting hand on Felix. “We had gone to dinner when you didn’t text back. Which we now know you didn’t get. Changbin hyung texted you asking when you would get done with practice. When you didn’t answer Felix, we thought you were still practicing.” Jeongin said, giving a loving look to the older.
Oh, that was the only thing Felix could say. He should have looked at his phone when it was charged. “We would never leave you lix. We love you so much Felix, never forget that.” Jisung said, coming over and wrapping Felix in a hug, keeping him close as possible, afraid he would slip away. Felix was brought into a group hug, tears were shed by the youngest two, and praises were said by the eldest ones.
They spent the rest of the day cuddling on the couch. Watching movie after movie, showering Felix in love and affection.