Part 2: THE COOKING/DOMESTIC BEHAVIOR
Oooohhhh but this section~

THIS I have a lot to say about.
OK, so the cooking primarily took place during Episodes 2-4 with the vast majority being in Episode 4, but there was plenty of other domestic behavior that I just cannot get over. Apologies in advance if this part ends up long AF
Episode 2:
So the first thing we see is Hyunjin helping Felix turn on the grill. Just lowkey domestic things. What's interesting is the way he asks Felix if he's a genius and Felix affirms it and says the "good man" thing he keeps saying to Hyunjin lately.

I mean it really just feels like domestic couple behavior because why the "good man" thing for doing such a simple thing?

It feels like this is the debut of Hyunjin's potential praise kink because it's the first time he asks Felix to compliment him.
Then, completely contrast to my previous post, the second Hyunjin is not sitting directly next to Felix, he can't shut up about how well Felix prepared the food and hyping him up and everything.

Just going on and on about it. Wouldn't this have been better placed in the fourth episode if we're entertaining the fanservice argument?

When they're sitting together? It would have made much more sense. But here, it's just Hyunjin doing what he always does, which is tell Felix how good he's done at something and saying how delicious he thinks the food is. He is just always especially vocal about saying Felix's cooking is delicious. He really wants Felix to be confident about his cooking and it's just such a small sweet thing he does many times in these episodes
THIS IS THE WORST

First of all, Hyunjin WAS NOT SITTING THERE. He is there JUST for this domestic ass behavior. And he got "good man'd" for just holding a plate out for Felix.

When are we going to address the very real possibility that Hayunjin has a praise kink because I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS "GOOD MAN" THING???? Felix basically uses it in the place of "thank you" and he ONLY does this so far with Hyunjin.

Hyunjin is not even doing anything crazy, he held out a PLATE for Felix and is basically getting headpats for it

And I probably wouldn't even think that much of it if he just said "thanks". It's because "good man" is one noun away from "good boy" that is the issue
However, I kinda already wrote an unhinged essay on that, so we will leave the good manning alone for the time being and just say that this was only the beginning of the Hyunlix Domestic Life Simulator.
Episode 3:
The Domesticness is OFF THE CHARTS in this one.

Hyunlix start by making the shopping list for Hyunjin together. Which, can I just say how perfect it was that they had Hyunjin doing the grocery shopping and Felix doing the cooking? The fact that their tasks intertwined is so
And also, Felix mentions for Hyunjin to call him if he forgets the list. Which apparently did actually happen as shown in the 4th episode when they show this as one of the photos during the trip
So when Hyunjin gets back from shopping, Felix again starts giving Hyunjin all these praises and "good mans" for remembering everything to buy. Which, in hindsight....didn't happen????????

I mean, he clearly ended up calling based on this photo.

Are you telling me Felix STILL gave Hyunjin a ton of verbal headpats and praises for remembering the list despite the fact that Hyunjin didn't remember the list????

Because now I'm fxxking certain Hyunjin has a praise kink because AIN'T NO WAY HE'S GETTING PRAISED EVEN THOUGH FELIX REMINDED HIM WHAT TO BUY.
And it's also funny how we never see this phone call, but maybe it's so we would believe that he remembered everything and they would drop this photo as a surprise. Like remember that thing they said in that other episode? Well here it is!

Or maybe Hayunjin was on the phone with The Lord or something. Who knows?

I frankly choose to believe the phone call was so domestic and nuclear, they edited it out for my sanity.
Then Hyunjin gets Good Man'd again when he passes Felix some coconut water because of course he does.

I mean, genuine reminder that Felix says "thank you" to pretty much everyone else when they do something for him in this episode. But for whatever reason, Hyunjin gets "good man".

FASCINATING
Lastly, despite the fact that Hyunjin's task isn't to cook, he keeps hanging around the kitchen taste testing the food. Felix tastes his own food and doesn't like it, so Hyunjin goes over to taste it himself and the gives Felix advice about how to season it afterward. It's just the way that Hyunjin is always so encouraging, like he said it was missing a few things and would be fine when Felix fixed those.

It's like his mindset with helping Felix has always been "It's got this issue, but once you fix that, it'll be good." Like he said "The only thing is that it's not seasoned" which IDK about anyone else but lacking seasoning is not really a "ONLY" type issue

But Hyunjin always words things like that with Felix like it's something easily fixable which is SO FXXKING SWEET IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF
And I just wanted to reiterate how intertwined their tasks were because Hyunjin's task was specifically to go to the store alone. Meanwhile, he ended up calling Felix on the phone to remind him what to get. And Felix and Han were tasked with cooking, yet Hyunjin ends up helping Felix cook both here and in the next episode
LORD HELP ME FOR THE NEXT EPISODE
Episode 4:
Probably the WORST SCENE IN THIS ENTIRE SHOW. This is the type of domestic shit you see in fanfictions and it happened in REAL LIFE.

IDK WHERE TO START.
First of all, Hyunjin is STILL in the kitchen (even the subtitle noted how he won't leave), he just keeps coming back despite the fact that he has no real obligation to be in there.
IDK if anyone else noticed, but when Han is finished cooking, Hyunjin can be seen laying on the bench outside the kitchen before he goes in to help Felix.
Thank you, Mr. Subtitle, for pointing Hyunjinnie out
He just keeps finding himself near where the food is being prepared when he doesn't have to be there. It's just notable to me how we keep seeing him either watching the kitchen (while he played guitar) or just being nearby. It just FEELS to me (as a crazy person) that he wants Felix to try to cook on his own but he's trying to stick around in case Felix needs help.
Because several members go through the kitchen and either hang out for a minute or taste the food, but none of them are as engaged as Hyunjin is and he's only doing this with Felix. He doesn't even go back in there until Han is already done. So it's not like he just felt like helping in general, IMO. He tastes Han's, says it's good, and then doesn't really seem to hover around Han much more than that. And we also see Bang Chan and Seungmin pass through or sit nearby, but neither of them do much more than that.
So when Hyunjin finally goes back in, he immediately encourages Felix about the scrambled eggs saying "I like scramble" JUST to cheer Felix up because Felix is upset his original idea didn't work out.
Again, always with the supportiveness when it comes to Felix's cooking.

He's basically saying whatever the fxxk Felix makes out of these eggs, he'll eat it. Like it doesn't even matter what it originally was, it'll end up as something Hyunjin will like so don't be upset about it. IT KILLS ME BRUH. It's such a small thing but it's like he HAS to let Felix know that whatever he cooks will be alright.
So then Hyunjin explains what went wrong and this is the WORST THING EVER because he just starts helping Felix cook like ACTUALLY.
Hyunjin takes the frying pan for Felix to make it easier to transfer it to a new one and holds the plate for him to put the finished dish on and just continuously tells Felix he's doing a great job and cheering him on in tiny.
Like Hyunjin has GENUINELY taken this task on as his own with Felix now and it's just the most heartwarming thing given how we know Hyunjin has always been encouraging when it comes to Felix's cooking something for the first time.
He seriously kept telling Felix over and over how well he was doing, I CANNOT STRESS HOW FXXKING ADORABLE THIS IS. Holding the plate, holding the skillet, it's all SO domestic

And he was there the entire last ten minutes Felix had to cook

We only saw like 20 seconds of it bro IMAGINE THE DOMESTICITY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THERE.
And it's really the way they prepared this together for me because Hyunjin legit acts like this was also his task. He's the first one to say "done" when they finish like this was both of their finished product even though he didn't even have to help in the first place.
SO IT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN FELIX'S MEAL WAS CHOSEN AS THE WINNING DISH BECAUSE HYUNLIX MADE IT TOGETHER
Also PLS the way he just stands so close to Felix and talks so softly while encouraging him, it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo precious bros
This WHOLE sequence singlehandedly convinced me they defos act like this all the time. Hyunjin just so naturally started helping Felix and I don't mean just the advice, I mean when he started helping him hold stuff and make the plates (just like in Episode 2). It's like they already have some kinda routine down. I CANNOT be convinced otherwise that this isn't standard behavior for them.
It just gives SUCH married vibes that IDEK how this all made it into the episode. Granted, you could argue that Han didn't really need much help, but you don't see Hyunjin hovering around Han nearly as much as he did Felix. And when he does, he doesn't start talking in this very soft, tiny voice like he does when he's talking to Felix.
There's just SO MUCH to say about all of this but by now, I feel like I'd be repeating myself.
Conclusion: Hyunlix ONE MILLION PERCENT gotta be cooking together like this often. This is just too natural to have been the first time Hyunjin has ever hovered around Felix while he's cooking or given him advice, or helped him prepare the table to eat, etc. They stand so close to each other whenever they're doing literally anything. Even when Hyunjin was helping turn on the grill.
And I know it's probably obvious that when you live with the same people for over five years, of course this is not the first time they do any of these things. But this feels like it's extremely common for them. I mean let's not forget Hyunjin going shopping and Felix seemed like he knew from the jump Hyunjin wouldn't remember everything. And despite that, when Hyunjin got back, Felix still praised the fxxk out of him even though he had to call.

This "good man" thing Felix is throwing around to Hyunjin constantly in these episodes feels like it's some force of habit. And it's still strange we haven't seen him say this to someone else other than Hyunjin yet. Lastly, the very fact that Hyunjin basically cooked with Felix as if it was his own task says to me they must do this often. I don't even know if Hyunjin was really aware how much he started helping. Not that there were rules that others couldn't help. But you would expect it to be Han because he was also tasked with cooking. Even if they were competing against each other, I mean, it was not that serious.

They had tossed each other encouraging words the whole time, I'm sure he would have been more than willing to help out. But even if not, OK, Bang Chan passed through, Seungmin sat nearby for a while, but only Hyunjin just takes this role on for himself to help Felix finish until the end. Like you will NEVER convince me Hyunlix no es real for a MULTITUDE of reasons but this damn sure is one of them.