In My Nightmares

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Chan woke up the next morning around eleven fifteen. He sighed in content as he didn't have to work and hadn't woken up to the annoying beeping of his alarm. He laid in bed for a minute, basking in the feeling of waking up from a good night's sleep nightmare free and no alarm. He hadn't had that in a very long time. He reached over to his phone, seeing he had a text from Felix who was just making sure Chan knew that they were meeting at a restaurant at five to eat before the movie.

He sent a quick text back, saying he knew and thanking the younger for the clarification before he got out of bed, heading out to the living room to play something on the TV as he prepared himself some breakfast which consisted of some chocolate chip pancakes and a little side of eggs. Chan didn't take too long to eat it before he washed the few dishes leftover from the day before and he headed off to take a shower and get dressed for the day. Normally he wouldn't worry about changing into anything if he had nothing to do and would have put off his shower until later in the day, but since he did have plans, he decided to get his shower out of the way.

Chan didn't plan on spending a whole half hour later in the day, making sure he looked okay. Normally he wouldn't care in any way, he was just going to the movies with his friends, so why did it matter so much? He knew why and part of him didn't want to admit it, but he knew that his mind was so set on looking alright because Seungmin was going to be there, and he was also planning on sitting by the younger. He couldn't remember putting so much into his appearance since the last time he had a job interview for Seo's which had been a couple years ago.

Seungmin was in a similar position. He had begun getting around at two and it was now almost four and he was still checking his appearance here and there. He changed outfits twice before settling on the outfit Chan hadn't chose for when they first met since it was getting colder. he put on his denim jacket before slipping on his long brown coat. He was trying to decide whether he should button it up or not when he checked the time again, seeing he had to leave he decided to not button it up and grabbed his keys before walking out the door.

Seungmin pulled out of his driveway and began driving towards his destination, singing along to various artists as he drove like StayC, BIBI, Purple Kiss, and AB6IX. He found himself suddenly getting nervous when he realized he was only five minutes away. When he pulled into the parking lot he took a couple deep breaths, trying to calm down his racing heart as he parked and turned off the car. Grabbing his phone and stepping out of his car, letting the chill air hit him, he smiled as he saw Felix and Changbin standing outside, waiting.

"Hey guys," Seungmin waved as he walked over.

"Hey," Felix smiled.

"Are you two the only ones here?" Seungmin asked.

They both nodded as Changbin spoke, "yeah."

"Should we go get a table instead of waiting in the cold?" Seungmin questioned.

"Sure," Felix replied.

"Hi, welcome, how many?" the greeter asked and she prepared the menus when Changbin told her they were going to be a group of eight. They were seated towards the back of the restaurant, Seungmin chose to sit by the window with Changbin across from him and Felix beside his boyfriend.

Seungmin continuously glanced outside, feeling more nervous somehow when he saw Hyunjin and Jeongin arrive next. The duo sat beside Seungmin as the waitress took the opportunity to ask what drinks they wanted as they once again began waiting for the other three to show up. It didn't surprise anyone when Minho and Jisung were the last ones to arrive because Jisung couldn't find his keys. Jisung could be either the most organized out of them all, or the least organized, there was no in between. Nonetheless, when they arrived about five minutes after Chan had, they took the last two seats available.