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"Hyung are you busy right now?" Taeyong asks.
"Not really, why?" Taeil replies, from where he's sitting next to Jaehyun.
"I need a break."
"From what, sweetie?" Taeil asks and holds his arms out for Taeyong.
"From being the leader," Taeyong whines and nuzzles into Taeil's embrace.
"Just make Johnny and Yuta do it for a little bit."
"Ok, will you text them and..."
"And who, sweetie? Mark?"
Taeyong nods against the older's chest without looking up.
"I'll do it," Jaehyun replies, opening the messaging app.
"We can just stay in here, and no one will bug us," Taeil coos, running his fingers through the younger boy's hair.
"Thank you, hyung."
"You're welcome. I love you."
"I love you, too."
"And me?" Jaehyun interjects.
"I love you," Taeil and Taeyong say together.
"I love you, too," Jaehyun laughs softly as Taeil leans over to place a kiss on his cheek. "And Johnny and Yuta said 'ok' and Mark is coming up here now."
"Not that I don't love you, but can you make Mark come here faster," Taeyong whines and rolls over to lay on Jaehyun's lap.
"I'm here!" Mark exclaims, out of breath. "Just, um, give me a second. Why are stairs so hard to go up, but I can do our choreography just fine, y'know?"
"I don't know, but can you come lay with me?" Taeyong asks and makes grabby hands towards Mark.
"Definitely." Mark squeezes between Taeil and Taeyong and tightly wraps his arms around Taeyong. "Are you ok? Jae hyung just said 'come quick! emergency!' so I just ran here."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"It got the point across, didn't it?" Jaehyun laughs softly with the other three.
"No, but really, tell me what's wrong," Mark kisses Taeyong's head.
"I just need a break. A vacation would be even better."
"From us?"
"No, never. I just need a break from being leader and dealing with the company and everything."
"Ok. We can just stay in here, then. I love you."
"I love you, too."
Teayong closes his eyes and relaxes in Mark's hold.
Mark finds that Taeyong is quick to fall asleep and he gets to hold the older until he wakes up.
Jaehyun smiles as he watches the soft look that Mark gives Taeyong. The two soulmates, in particular, are the two that he feels the most connected to, and maybe Johnny, too.
Taeil knows that he'll only ever be soulmates with nine of these boys, but he considers them all to be his soulmates by association. No matter what happens, he'll always try to care for them.
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"Hey Yuta, are you seeing this?"
"What? That we're the leaders?"
The two 95 line boys look down at their phones together to compare the messages they got from Jaehyun.
"Yeah, that."
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Oh, I just hope Tae is okay."
"Me, too, but Mark has him, so he'll probably be fine." Yuta shrugs. "Don't worry too much."
"Yeah, true."
Johnny takes Yuta by the hand and pulls him in to kiss his cheek. Yuta pulls away with a soft blush and a dreamy smile.
"So," Johnny drags out the 'o'. "What do we do?"
"Probably just make sure everyone else is ok, and answer any of his calls. He's done so much this week that there's, like, nothing else to do."
"We can do that."
The two try their hardest and successfully do a little work before going to check on their leader and same age soulmate.
Yuta reaches out and links pinkies with Johnny as they walk to Taeyong and Jaehyun's shared room.
They peek in and see Taeyong fast asleep in Mark's arm with Jaehyun and Taeil on either side.
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Taeyong wakes up in the arms of his soulmate. He looks up to see Mark's sleeping face and smiles softly at how peaceful the younger looks.
Taeyong presses a soft kiss to Mark's cheek before putting his head back down on the pillow.
There's no way he'd give any of these moments up, these are the ones that he locks in his memories to remember forever.
"Oh, hyung, you're up?" Jaehyun whispers."
"Yeah." Taeyong looks past Mark and can see Jaehyun on his own bed, with his computer. "Why are you over there?"
"My computer charger is over here and I didn't want to move it," Jaehyun shrugs.
"Makes sense. Can I come, too?"
"Of course."
Taeyong slips out of Mark's arms and moves to Jaehyun's bed. He wraps himself around the younger and nuzzles his face against the younger's shoulder.
"Are you feeling better now?" Jaehyun coos and pats Taeyong on the head.
"Yes, thank you. I really needed a nap."
"I know, sweetheart." Jaehyun presses a kiss to Taeyong's head. "Wanna watch Netflix with me?"
"Sure."
The two choose a movie to watch and are soon joined by Doyoung.
"Are you alright, hyung?" Doyoung asks.
"Yeah, I think so."
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