ONEIRIC. enhypen

park sunghoon • hold

You jolted wide awake, the bed sheets that was underneath you rustled from the motion as you brought your knees to your chest, burying your face on your arms as you heaved in deep breaths.

It's okay, it was just a nightmare...

Just a nightmare...

You were having a hard time comforting yourself that it was just a bad dream otherwise. With the harsh pulsing of your chest and the ringing in your ears, it didn't help your situation any better.

Nightmares doesn't usually happen to you, you see. It was more of a rare case that would leave you awake, frightened, uneasy and bathed in sweat. It leaves a lingering feeling of paranoia that heightens your senses overwhelmingly until you're in the verge of panicking. You don't know why but, it just simply happens to you.

And tonight wasn't anything better.

Although your mind screamed plain black, an irritating loud noise to accompany that and devoid of any clues as to what your last dream was all about, there was just fear. Fear that you didn't know where it was rooted from but it was there, nonetheless. It left you trembling and scared shitless on the own confines of your room, your supposedly sanctuary.

Arms wrapping around your back brought you back to where you were. Long, slender and warm arms and a palm caressing the flat of your back before gently tugging you closer to their chest.

Ah...

You raised your head a little, seeing the plain white tee that Sunghoon usually wears to sleep.

When did he even come home?

Sunghoon was obviously tired. His eyes were blinking the sleep away and the little nodding of his head gave away that he needed rest from his busy day.

And now you felt bad waking him up because of your nightmare.

Placing his chin over your head, Sunghoon mutter, his voice deep and lined with exhaustion. “Another nightmare?”

Although it was implied to be asked, the ravenette's tone resembled one of with finality. He was certain that you went through another bad dreamㅡin which you didㅡhowever since Sunghoon knew how rare it was to happen, he was worried that it might affect you so much as it did so during the few nights when you go through them.

With a sigh, he craddled you close to his chest as he laid down, tugging you along with him back on the bed with his arms still wrapped around you, your head placed directly above where his heart resides.

“Let's go back to sleep, yeah?” Sunghoon brush the stray hairs that framed your face, dropping a kiss on your forehead. “I'm here with you. Those dreams aren't real, I'm here... I'm here.”

His words repeated themselves in your head like a mantra, all the while his palms did up and down motions on your back, lulling you back to sleep. His other arm that was around your shoulders began fiddling with your hair, Sunghoon pecking the side of your hair every once in a while in hopes of calming you downㅡa few minutes and it did.

You didn't know what time it was when you finally fell asleep. All you remember was the calming movements of Sunghoon's palm and fingers, tracing outlines on your skin and the pads of his fingers running through your hair and his voice that worked its magic as it played itself in your mind like a broken cassette.

All you know was that you woke up the next day, all refreshed from the bad dream that you had while cuddling over Sunghoon's side, the ravenette sleeping still beside your figure while holding you close to him.

And something tells you that he didn't let you go when he himself too, fell asleep beside you.