Chapter thirty-six

As they start walking towards their first activity Felix tries to get Gyu apart but the boy is in a heated discussion with Sangwon. 

He knew it was a bit far-fetched but he couldn't think of any other way to tell Gyu without letting the rest know that something was up.

"Jisung?" Felix calls upon his beta through their link. In a matter of seconds, Jisung opens the door to his mind and lets Felix enter.

"Hey, Lix, sup?"

"We're gonna go horse riding."

"Now?"

"No, later in the afternoon."

"Okay...nice?"

"Can you tell Taehyun to tell it to Gyu?"

"Why?"

"Just do it."

"Sure." 

Jisung closes the door again and looks for Taehyun. He was talking with Yeonjun as Jake and Heeseung were against Hyunjin and Minho for a game of Capture the Flag. 

"Hey guys, sorry, Jun, can I steal Tae for a second?"

"Sure," Yeonjun answers.

"Anything I can do for you, Ji?" Taehyun asks as the two stand a bit away from the rest of their team.

"Lix asked if you could tell Gyu that they're gonna go horse riding."

"What?!"

"I know right? Why doesn't he just tell him? Why's he making such a big deal out of it?" 

Jisung looks at Taehyun who's just looking back at him without saying anything. He waves his hands before his face to get Taehyun's attention but Taehyun just puts his hand up in a gesture to silence Jisung. Then he smiles. 

"Ehm, Tae?"

"Sorry, I was talking to my adorable boyfriend."

"Ew," Jisung cringes.

"You're just jealous," Taehyun smirks, "It must be really boring to not have a mate."

Jisung tries his best to keep his laugh under control, "Yeah, sooOOO boring," he answers, not even trying to keep the irony in his voice sustained. Taehyun makes a questioning look at the boy.

Jisung shrugs it off by asking, "Is Gyu afraid of horses?"

"What?"

"Is that why y'all want him to know?"

"Ji, you know horses get crazy when they're near werewolves, right?"

"Ehm...what?"

"You know, you wouldn't keep your head cool either if someone who'd might want to kill you tried to ride you," and after seeing Jisung's face he adds, "Not in that way. Well probably also in that way, but that wasn't what I meant. Anyways, the point. It never ends well, they run away or worse when a wolf tries to get near them."

"Guys," they hear Chris yell, "They're done playing, our turn. Come on."

The two join their team and from the look on Hyunjin's face, they can easily tell they won. 

While walking over, Jisung and Minho make eye contact, smilingly he tells him, "Well done, baby." Jisung sees Minho's straight face heat up even though he doesn't change the look on his face. 

Minho somehow can't control the whole telepathy thing yet. He sends thoughts to Jisung when he doesn't want to and he can't send thoughts that he does want to send. 

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Beomgyu puts an end to the conversation he is having with Sangwon and walks up to Felix. 

"We're gonna go horse riding?"

"They are," Felix answers, "We gotta figure out a way to get out of it."

"But how?"

"If I knew, I wouldn't say we had to figure it out, would I?"

"I could say I feel nauseous? Sangwon told me we were gonna go rock climbing as the third activity, I could fake being dizzy."

"Lame but good enough. Could work."

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After their second activity, the boys were walking toward the climbing area when Felix's head started to turn. He felt tears spring from his eyes and he was shaking from head to toe. As they realized Felix stopped walking the group turned to him.

Felix couldn't set foot in their direction and was just standing there. Shaking, not moving a muscle he looked into the empty space crying. Beomgyu run up to him, "Lix? Are you okay?"

Felix whimpered after hearing his friend's worried voice. He tried to say something but his mouth wasn't working. He was a crying mess. 

Not because his mate was this close, but because his mate had been this close and was getting farther and farther away, his body went into a state of grief.  He collapsed to the floor, shaking with tears.

"Guys!" Beomgyu yelled, "I'm gonna take him back to our cottage." A stream of accords answers him and he positions himself beneath Felix's armpit and starts walking towards their cottage. When they get there Felix slumps down on the sofa.

"The Oscar for best actor goes to, drum roll, LEE FELIX. whaaaaa. The crowd goes wild," Beomgyu jokes as he sits down next to Felix, "Damn, Lixie. First of all, I thought I was gonna play sick. Second of all, I'm happy you did it 'cause damn you've got some skills."

Felix just looks at Beomgyu and back down. "What? Wait, you were acting, right?"

"No."

"What do you mean no? Are you sick? Or afraid of heights maybe?"

"Byu. Please just leave me be. I have to go somewhere. Be right back."

"Wait, what? You're ain't going anywhere. If that was real, you have to rest some. I won't let you leave."

"Come with me then," Felix says while getting up. Why does it feel like I just lost a family member?

After a minute or two three, a group of eight is seen. 

"Lix, why are we here?"

"He's the only one who can comfort me."