Author's POV
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Waking up in the unfamiliar room at 2:00 AM caused you to immediately sit up from your laying position. The light is off but the lamp on the nightstand beside the bed is on, sending you a wave of relief. Your head still throbbing a little.
You exhaled deeply, blurred eyes starting to look around until you finally recognize it as Sunghoon's room, also remembering everything from the start and you facepalm yourself, regretting everything you've done last night especially that part when you tried something stupid and that was acting like a bitch at the karaoke bar seducing Sunghoon and even straddled his lap. His freaking lap. God knows how much you wanted the ground to open up now and swallow you alive.
Where is he? God, I don't know how to face him! You grabbed a fist of your hair, mentally freaking out due to embarrassment. You remove the blanket away, crawling to the edge of the bed, standing up unaware of the presence of the guy sleeping on the floor. You accidentally stepped on his leg and this caused Sunghoon to wake up, groaning at the pain and jerked his leg. "Aw!"
"Ahh!" A loud gasp escape from your mouth, startled by him, and you lose your balance. You fell on your butt with a loud thud, causing you to let out a groan. Sunghoon jolted up, grabbing his aching leg you just stepped on before his half closed sleepy eyes goes to you.
"F*ck. Yuna are you alright?" He immediately crawled towards your direction with wide eyes filled with worry. Ignoring the pain in his leg.
"I'm fine. I'm sorry I didn't see you there." You wave a hand, trying to ignore the pain in your butt. Damn, it hurts. "Are you alright? Here, let me see--oh wait, I forgot I can't see without my eyeglass." You blurted out, pinching the bridge of your nose in disappointment and without a second, Sunghoon blessed your ears early in the morning with his laugh. That makes your head snapped to him, confusion written all over your face. "What?"
"Cute." He says and you see him reaching something on the nightstand, handing it over to you. Your eyeglass.
"Thanks." You say, putting it on and that's the time you finally noticed his appearance. His hair is disheveled from sleeping, sleepy and hooded eyes looking at you, his gaze is dancing on every inch of your face as if he's memorizing every curves and lines on it. He looked so freaking messy hot.
Immediately, you divert your gaze away from him before your mind could think of something you don't want yourself to think towards him. It's scary. You thought.
This enigmatic feeling developing inside you honestly scares you because you feel like it's growing day by day and you're afraid that it might get to the point that you couldn't handle it anymore. "Why did you sleep on the floor? You should have wake me up."
"Sleeping on the floor is the right option. I would surely end up cuddling you in my arms if I choose to sleep on the bed." He says and you uncontrollably blushed at his blunt words. Wow. You didn't expect that to come, but you're not an easy one. Of course, you would not let him win with that on you.
"Ew, and who says we would end up cuddling? You could still choose the bed because I'll sleep on the couch." You raised an eyebrow purposely teasing him and you see how his cocky smirk drops at that before a frown appears on his face.
"Sleep on the couch? Not gonna let that happen, love." He stated, shaking his head disapprovingly. Love. Okay, let's just pretend we didn't heard that one. You blinked few times, wanting to divert your eyes away but you can't, suddenly feeling your throat getting dry.
"I'm thirsty." You say to change the topic and hoping that it will ease the tension between you two but your voice came out in a whisper tone while your eyes are still glued to his and you swear that you see how his eyes sparks at that. Damn, you must have sounded like you're trying to seduce him.
"I'll get you some water." He mutters, looking like as if he just finally got out of a daze. He stood up with you mirroring his movement as you also stood up. "Are you hungry? I can make you something to eat." He offers and it flutters your heart but you kindly rejects his offer, shaking your head as you smile at him.
"I'm fine. Don't bother. Water is enough."
"Are you sure?" He asks, walking out of the room with you following behind him.
"Yeah." You replied, looking around as you remember the first day you came to their house. You silently admire the small paintings hanging on the wall. "Are the guys alright?" You asks before you passed by at the door that you remember as the door to Hoseok's bedroom.
It was widely open, giving the full view of what's inside and you stood there with shocked eyes. Sunghoon didn't noticed and kept on walking straight.
"They're all good." Sunghoon says, stopping on his track when didn't hear your footsteps anymore. He turn around only to see you standing in front of Hoseok's room."What's the matter?" He asks walking back to you, following where your eyes are looking at.
"Am I seeing this right?" You asks, voice in a whisper tone as you're afraid you might wake them up. Ryu and Hoseok, in one bed, cuddling.
"Oh. Well, that's normal. These guys are inseparable, especially Ryu hyung to Hoseok. It may sound crazy but Hoseok is the only person who can pull out Ryu hyung's inner sweet and bubbly personality." Sunghoon explained as if it's a normal thing to say while the two of you observes how Hoseok turn to the other side, getting out of Ryu's arms but the older one whines in his sleep, face frowning as his hands unconsciously stretched out seems like searching for something until it lands on Hoseok's waist and without any second, Ryu pulled Hoseok back to him and buried his face at the back of Hoseok's neck.
A sweet view that made you wonder about their sexual identity, especially Ryu. But you don't want to get that thought in your mind seriously. Okay, maybe it's just bromance.
"Yeah and I can see it." You pointed out, still looking at them and you felt Sunghoon gently nudges your arm. You looked at him.
"Let's go." He tilts his head to the side as a sign for you to follow him and you obeyed. After taking the stairs down and head straight to the kitchen. Sunghoon turned the lights on while you reach for a glass, pouring a water on it before bringing it up to your lips as you drink.
The feeling of the water soothing down your dry throat made you close your eyes and let out a long soft 'hmmm' in satisfaction after. Oblivious at the way you just made it look like a commercial for mineral water in Sunghoon's eyes who's standing in front of you.
"You're not having a pervert mind attack right now, aren't you?" He didn't realize that he's been staring at you that long until your voice pulled him out of his thoughts, you're now looking at him, face scrunched in disgust as you just caught him staring at you and Sunghoon felt a heat rushing up to his face.
"what--" his word got interrupted by his sudden cough after having his saliva get in the wrong tube from gulping and seeing this reaction from him made you gasp almost dramatically as you placed a hand on your mouth.
"Oh my god. You just did!" You whisper exclaimed, not wanting to disturb their neighbors and Sunghoon's eyes widened at that and shakes his head in denial.
"I'm not. Why would I?" He retorted. Yes, he just stared at you, but in a pervative way? No way. Okay, maybe his mind was just about to get there--
"And you think I'll believe that? Liar." You snort before chuckling at his failed attempt of denying the fact that you just caught him ogling at you. It's funny to see him trying to deny while his cheeks are red.
"I didn't and I'm not."
"Yes you did and you are." You pressed, giving him a mischievous smirk that you know it will annoy him more and the next thing he say flips the table as it's your turn to widen your eyes an blush.
"Okay, fine. I did. What can I do? I can't help not to stare at you whenever you're around me." He finally admits and you open your mouth to speak but close it again as you lost the word you were about to say to him.
Did this guy just kind of confessed--nevermind.
It hits different, causing your heart to flutter when you heard that word from him and when you saw the corner of his lips slowly tugs up as it forms into a knowing smirk you know he just caught you off guard and blushing. You know it only boosts his ego and you're not going to give that to him.
"You know what, let's just go back to bed." You simply dismissed the topic as you yawned, turning around to head back to his room with him trailing behind you.
"Oh so now you're dropping the topic?" He teases you as the two of you are now taking the stairs.
"Stop it, Hoon." You roll your eyes away, you could feel him smirking behind you.
"Why? I thought you want to know the truth." He kept on teasing you until you came back into his room. The truth. Which one? About your face or what you really are for him? God why are you even thinking of that one? Sunghoon's hand on your wrist pulled you out of those thoughts as he take you to the stand mirror and there you see your reflection standing in front with him behind you. "Tell me, what do you see?" He asks before you could question him for bringing you there. You looked at the mirror mindlessly.
"A pervert and an ugly nerd--aw! What's wrong with you?" You didn't even get the chance to finish your sentence when he pinched you on your cheek. You glared at him through the mirror as you rub your cheek with your hand while he sends you a disapproving look.
"I'm serious."
"And I'm stating a fact--"
"No you're not." He interrupts you and swear you're on the verge to elbow his stomach for cutting off your words. "Now, look at the mirror again." He says and wanting to end this idea of him that you don't know what for, you obeyed and lazily looked again at the mirror. You want to get this thing over. God, you're feeling too sleepy at this moment and his bed is screaming at you to come back.
"There. Now what?" You murmur and you felt his warm behind as he took a step closer to you. To close that you could feel his warm breathe fanning your neck that sends shiver down to your spine and you almost suck a breathe at the close proximity. You gulped at the feeling of it because it set the hot tension you felt at the karaoke bar alive again. Oh no.
"Tell me what you see." He whispered in your ear and you swear the hot tension you're feeling is getting worse but you keep to yourself calm as much as you can.
Us.
"Our reflection?" You hesitantly replied, looking at him through the mirror and damn the sight of him staring at you intensely is killing you. Please, let my answer be correct so I could get away from this.
"Yes. But let's focus on you."
Shit. Why me?!
"Me? For what? Okay, I don't know what you're trying to do, Hoon. But i'm telling you i'm done. Now let me go back to sleep." You sassily dismissed, thinking that you could finally escape from a torturing hot tension, but no, luck won't get on your side as Sunghoon tugs you back when you pulled yourself away from him and it only get the tension worst when your back collides to his chest while his arms wrapped on your waist as he holds you still. A loud gasp slipped from you as you quickly came to realize the position you're in with him. Holy guacamole shit! Sunghoon's back-hugging you!
"Hoon, what are you doing?!"
"Shhs. Relax, okay? I'm not gonna do anything stupid at you. Pabo." He calmly says, not minding how the way you're freaking out like a chicken and just as when you're about to calm yourself down, "Unless if you want me to." He added and your eyes widens again. The nerve of this guy. You thought before you elbowed him on his stomach without any hesitation.
"Ouch." He just lowly groans at your action, arms still on you and when he took a glance on your face through the mirror you're glaring at him like an angry little kitten. Cute.
He chuckles at the sight of it, causing you to glare more at him. You thought that he's making fun of your face. "You really looked cute when you're angry." He comments.
"What?" You asks and he turns you around in his arms so you could face him. Your hands lay spread on his chest, ready to push him away but what he say next stops you.
"I want you to see the thing you never notice in you, that's why I told you to look at the mirror." He says as he looked down on you and you just stare back at him with a frown on you're face. What would be that thing you didn't notice? "Whether you believe it or not, I'll tell you. You're beautiful, Yuna." He told you and took you ten seconds before you reacted as you let out a lazy laugh and shoot him with an 'Are-you-kidding-me' look while Sunghoon only sighed. Of course you wouldn't believe in that statement especially if it comes from a guy like him who always fool around you.
"Pfft. Nice joke there, Hoon." You comment before patting his chest with a nod. Damn those chest. Okay, that's enough. You stop patting his chest when you started to feel awkward with your action.
"Whatever you think, Yuna." He muttered, rolling his eyes away which you didn't catch as your eyes are slowly closing. You really badly want to jump on his bed and sleep but you can't because you're here trapped in his arms.
"Can we sleep now? I think it's nearly 3 AM in morning now." You murmured, eyes already closed, and you didn't hear any response from him but felt his breathe close to your face as leans his head on yours instead. "Hoon." Your voice came out stern despite of how lethargic you are right now.
"But I want to stay like this." He mumbles before you felt his nose nudging yours, causing you to forcedly open your eyes. Not going to lie, your heart just did a 360° degree flip catching him licking the bottom of his lips.
You're not stupid, it's pretty obvious that you two has this thing called pull of attraction towards each other and you know he also felt the sexual tension lingering around the room. But you're in the denial stage and somewhere at the back of your brain tells you that 'maybe those affection he shows to you doesn't have any meaning behind but just his way of showing affection to a friend like you. Even though you know that friends doesn't act like this way.
"Try something stupid and I'll kick your balls." You threatened him with your face still calm. But deep inside of you, you're panicking. You're afraid that the next thing he might do is to kiss you. Instead of backing away, Sunghoon only smirked at you.
"I like to see you try." He challenged you. Oh, boy. You'll probably do it but you're not in the mood right now to kick someone's ass--balls rather.
"I hate you." You whispered enough for him to hear as you glare.
"How sweet of you." He smile after his sarcastic reply, nudging his nose on yours one last time before he let you go. "Okay then, sleep well." He casually says, heading back to his bed (on the floor) while you're still there on your spot, staring at his figure fixing his bed before lying down and close his eyes.
"Are you fine there?" You asks as you finally get back to his bed. Even though you can tell that he's fine sleeping on the floor as he looked comfortable, the guilty feeling you have there in you wouldn't let you be in peace.
"I'm a guy, Yuna. Sleeping on the floor is nothing to me. Don't worry." He murmured with his eyes closed.
"I feel like I'm the mean guy here." You murmured back as you crawled to the edge side of the bed and looked down on him who's laying straight on his back which reminds you of the laying position of a vampire. How come he could sleep in that position? You thought as you mentally compared his sleeping position to yours which is similar to a starfish.
"Don't be." He tries to assure you. But you're not convinced and the next thing you say is what Sunghoon didn't expect you to say at this moment on knowing you have this trust issue when it comes to him sleeping with you in a same bed because everytime you two does it would always end with you two waking up in each other's arms.
"We...we can share bed." You mumbled enough for him to hear and he pries his eyes open at that. Looking at your way with an in disbelief face as he sat up.
"Who are you and what did you do to my friend Yuna?"
"Pabo. I'm serious." You say through gritted teeth and without any second he nodded at you after contemplating for a moment.
"Sure then." He replied, standing up as he get on his own bed.
"Just stay on your side and keep your hands with you." You warned, scooting to other side to give him a space and he smirked at you.
"Can't promise. Whatever happens, not my fault. You've already been told, love." He says, laying down and you roll your eyes away from him. You're so done with this guy.
"Do it and you'll never going to see the light again." You turn your back on him and you hear him lowly laughs at you from behind, the feeling of the bed dipping tells you that he's now laying beside you.
Hugging the blanket closer, you shift a little on your spot to make yourself more comfortable. The room fell silent and the only sound you could hear are yours and Sunghoon's steady breaths. Finally, you can sleep now. You thought, closing your eyes to sleep. But after a few minutes, just as when you thought you could finally drift off to your dreamland...
"Can't sleep." One voice, two words and you're being pulled away from that. Great. Just great. You internally sighed.
"Not my problem." You mumbled.
"You're so mean." He comments and with that, you shift to the other side, facing him. Finding out that he's facing you too.
"What do you want me to do then? Sing you a song to make you sleep?" You snapped, growing annoyed because he wouldn't let you sleep.
"No. Hold my hand." He simply says and your face softens, taken aback by his words. He wants to hold your hand? But how does it help to make him fall asleep? It's not a good idea. You would just probably end up in his arms before the sun rises. So, it's a no.
"In your dreams." You say, shaking your head disapprovingly and he gasp at that before frowning at you.
"I hate you." He pouts at you and you ignore the cuteness he's sending you. What the hell? Stop doing that!
"The feeling's mutual." You replied, maintaining your neutral face and closed your eyes. Nothing comes out from him after that. You could feel his gaze dancing all over your face but you decided to ignore it and focus more on your sleep. But still you can't and it's frustrating. He may not be disturbing your sleep with his words but he's doing it with his gaze. Oh, lord.
Come on, it's just hand! It won't harm you!
You opened your eyes only to caught him staring at you. The red tint on his cheeks didn't go unnoticed by you before he blinked few times and looked away. Surely feeling embarrassed. Cute.
"I'm sorry." He says and you didn't answer him. Growing curious and worried, he looked back at you only to see your still-calm-face. He was about to say something but you beat him to it.
"It's alright." You softly mumbled, surprising him when you reached out your hand to his and holds it. Feeling the warm of it that seem lulls you to sleep faster. Now you know why he wants you to hold his hand. His eyes shifted from your intertwined hands to your face with a questioning gaze. "There. Now, sleep." You added and Sunghoon doesn't even hide a smile, showing you those deep dimples. You wanted to ask him why is he smiling but decided to drop it. Unknowingly, you smile back at him before the lid of your eyes slowly closed and drifted off to your deep slumber.