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Felix had managed to arrange with the other members that he was able to have the afternoon off to prepare for his evening with Chan. Well, he wasn’t just preparing for one evening, if Chan enjoyed his surprise tonight then hopefully it’d be a more permanent addition to Chan’s bedroom. The same way Felix had arranged for him to be home early, he’d also arranged for the members to make sure that Chan did not come home until dinnertime. Though it was extremely unlikely that he would in the first place, perhaps after standing up Jisung the day before he might’ve wanted to be extra punctual today.
What Felix had been occupied with all afternoon, was turning a corner of Chan’s bedroom into a cosy blanket fort which Chan could consider his doghouse, his nest as the members had joked when Felix had first brought up the idea. Felix made sure to put it in a corner of his room which wouldn’t show on his live streams so Chan could keep it up permanently. That way, whenever Chan was at the dorm and needed a little mental break he could put on his collar and crawl into his doghouse, which was also why Felix decided to build it in Chan’s room instead of his own. This was going to be Chan’s space, not Felix's, and it’d be up to Chan whether he wanted to invite any of the members in or not.
He’d made sure the little nest has everything Chan could need to relax. The floor was padded with a thin mattress covered in soft blankets, there were pillows all around, cosy fairy lights strung throughout it and a small screen with netflix, spotify and youtube apps installed but no cable to connect his macbook to since there’d be no working inside the nest. He also tucked some snacks and bottles of water into a corner of the nest so Chan didn’t have to leave it all evening if he didn’t want to.
Felix had pretty much finished the nest, and had texted the members they could stop stalling Chan from returning to the dorm, but honestly he didn’t expect for Chan to return to the dorm for several more hours. Chan coming home in time was still quite a bit later than your regular office worker coming home in time. So, Felix sat on Chan’s bed to wait for him and unwrapped the collar he’d gotten for Chan. It was a little different to the ones he’d received from the other members, considering it was a more delicate velvet choker with a shiny gem on the front. It was less of a dog collar, more of a cat one if anything, but Felix knew it was more of a symbolic thing anyway and he wanted to accentuate how pretty Chan was.
And, since he wanted Chan to feel pretty, he’d also gotten him some additional accessories. He’d gotten some fluffy grey ears with a matching tail, which could both be attached to a clip and to a plug, depending on how Chan was feeling.
Since Felix wasn’t expecting Chan back for another few hours he was surprised when the door to Chan’s room swung open and Chan basically stormed in, looking extremely frustrated. “Lixie…” Chan muttered when he saw Felix sitting on his bed, too focused on Felix to even notice the whole new addition to his bedroom. “Today sucked, everything went wrong, I’m so frustrated… I need… Need my collar,” he mumbled, cheeks flushing scarlet at asking for it as he lowered himself to his knees beside the bed. “Please, hyung? Make me forget.”
"Oh sweetheart, of course. Hyung is so proud that you came to ask for your collar yourself, such a good pup. Look, hyung got you a new collar," Felix said, showing Chan the velvet choker. "Do you like it? Would you like hyung to put it on you?"
Chan nodded, leaning towards Felix to let him tie the velvet around his throat. The change in Chan was instant and very visible, tension leaving his body as he draped his torso over Felix's lap and nuzzled his face into Felix's stomach. Felix's heart skipped a beat at the uncharacteristic display of affection, gently playing with Chan’s hair. Chan was naturally touchy and affectionate, same as Felix, but he was rarely this open and carefree about it. He’d heard about it from the other members who’d had time with him as a pup, but seeing it with his own eyes was so much more intense. It warmed his heart that Chan had recognised this was good for him, that he’d asked for it himself and actively wanted to slip himself, not just because the members wanted it for him.
Felix waited for Chan to relax, for all tension to leave his muscles before slowly nudging him to sit back up. “Actually, I got you some more things, pup. Look,” he said, grabbing the ears and the tail with the clip and showing it to Chan. “Would you like to become even more of a pup?”
Chan’s eyes widened at the items, blushing and nodding a little too eagerly. “Why don’t you get comfortable then pup,” Felix said, giving Chan’s t-shirt a little tug since he knew Chan didn’t usually wear anything but his boxers - if even that - inside his bedroom.
Chan slipped his shirt off over his head before Felix even started speaking, and then stood up to kick his pants off as well. In the process of folding his clothes and putting them to the side his eyes fell on the blanket fort Felix had created though, freezing on the spot and looking from Felix to the blanket fort with a confused little noise.
“Do you like it, pup?” Felix said with a warm smile, stepping up to clip the tail to Chan’s boxers and the fluffy ears to his curly hair. “It’s your own doghouse, your nest. I’ve built it for you, but it’s your domain, none of us will go in unless you invite us. You can go explore it, if you want. And if you don’t like it, we can take it down of course.”
Chan instantly let out a distressed noise at the mention of breaking it down, dropping back to his knees and crawling over to the comfortable nest. He took some time just sitting in front of the entrance to take it all in before crawling in and letting out a pleased little huff at the comfortable padding below his knees. He flopped down on his belly and rolled around the nest, pleased to find literally the entire floor was padded and basically one big dog bed for him.
Felix sat cross-legged in front of the entrance, a fond smile on his face as he watched Chan get lost exploring, momentarily seeming to have forgotten Felix’s presence entirely as he rolled around and rubbed his face on one of the stuffed toys Hyunjin and Jisung had donated to the nest. Chan then suddenly seemed to remember the tail, getting back on all fours and wiggling his butt, looking down between his legs and giggling as the tails swung back and forth.
It was when looking between his legs that he suddenly seemed to notice Felix again, instantly perking up and turning around to face Felix. He crawled over to Felix, tackled him to the ground and climbed on top of him, grinning wide before licking a fat stripe up Felix’s cheek. “Does that mean you like it, pup?” Felix asked in between giggles at getting licked, playfully pretending to try to push Chan off him but not putting any strength into it since he honestly enjoyed getting smothered with affection.
Eventually, Chan got off Felix and returned to his next, letting out a happy bark, wiggling his ass to wag his tail. “What is it pup, do you want me to join you?” Felix asked, and instantly Chan nodded and let out another excited little bark, scooting back to make space for Felix.
“It’s so comfy, such a pretty nest for a pretty pup,” Felix said, letting himself be manhandled by Chan and nudged to lay flat on his back so Chan could drape himself on top of Felix like the oversized pup he was. “Do you wanna sleep here tonight, pup?” Felix asked, to which Chan enthusiastically licked Felix’s face again. “I’ll take that as a yes,” Felix said with a giggle, petting Chan’s head and playing with the ears clipped into his hair.
“Pretty… suits you so well, pretty pup,” Felix praised, playing with the ears some more. “Should we take them off though? And the tail? They might be uncomfortable to sleep in,” Felix said, only to be surprised when Chan shook his hand off his head and even bit down on it, not enough to hurt but definitely enough to send the message. No. Felix would not be removing the ears of tail. “Okay, okay, sorry pup, I won’t take them off,” Felix apologised, wrapping his arms around Chan comfortingly. “Pretty pup with his pretty ears and pretty tail,” he said, letting the soft tail glide through his fingers while Chan obviously basked in the praise.
Chan relaxed back into Felix’s arms, snuggled on top of him while Felix hugged him and gently ran his fingers up and down Chan’s back. “There we go, good boy, everything’s going to be alright. I love you so much my sweet Channie,” Felix said softly, heart swelling when Chan looked down at him with unadulterated adoration, a carefree smile gracing his features before he suddenly lunged forward to kiss Felix.
Chan in pupspace kissed like he did everything else in pupspace, unguarded, energetic and overly enthusiastic, with too much tongue involved and more saliva swapped than necessary, but to Felix the kiss was nothing short of perfection. The kiss displayed Chan’s carefree state of mind, the way his emotions were unfiltered and love and affection was just oozing from every pore of Chan’s body.
Chan loved intensely and they were all aware of just how much he loved them all, but Chan usually showed it silently. He showed it by being a good leader, by taking care of them, by protecting them, by taking their worries away for them, but it was rare for Chan to be this vocal and unfiltered about his love. Though, he didn’t talk beyond pleased hums and whines, but his body language spoke louder than any words ever could.
What was even more rare though, was for Chan to take affection for himself like this, to selfishly indulge in kisses and cuddles when he technically had work to do, for him to prioritise his mental health and personal relationships over work and business relationships. Felix was absolutely delighted with this development, hadn't expected to see such a vast difference so soon, but to him it showed how much Chan himself wanted this as well, that Chan recognised how beneficial it was for them.
"Pretty pup just wanted love and attention but didn't know how to ask for it himself huh?" Felix mumbled in between kisses. "I'm very happy you found a way to communicate what you want Channie… I'm very happy we found a way," he added, because while his whole experiment was Chan focused there was no denying that he'd noticed a change, a shift in dynamic and communication, with all eight of them.
In the process of organising this week for Chan they’d actually learned to communicate more openly amongst themselves as well, to communicate their own wants and needs, and had forced each other to actually take the evenings off as well. They couldn’t really teach Chan to relax when they weren’t setting the right example themselves, so they’d all been leaving the office at a reasonable hour and had taken the time to relax. They were trying to help Chan, but without even meaning to Chan was helping them just as much in the process.
Felix was so comfortable cocooned beneath Chan’s body that he didn’t even notice himself drifting off, and soon found himself vast asleep with Chan tucked into his arms.