don't forget, regardless of how large or small your pain feels, it still is valid. also happy bday hendery!!
summary: you have a rough day, but at least you have your loving and caring boyfriend to help you get through it.
genre: angst, fluff
pairing: office worker!hendery X gender neutral!reader
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Your bedroom, which was often adorned with dim lights turned on, differed this time with all of your lights turned off. The bright light emitting from your laptop was the sole object besides you that showed any form of life.
The sounds of your whimpers and sniffling filled the once cozy atmosphere, your laptop pushed away to the side as you kneeled horizontally on your bed. You found yourself lucky that you brought tissues into your room before any waterworks had sprung.
Whoever said life can be a bitch at times was right, especially in this moment where you teared up simply thinking about the unfortunate events that had occurred today.
You got told off for not understanding content during your lesson, the large amount of final workloads for your classes, and that wasn't even the worst of it all. One of your closest friends decided that they didn't want to remain friends, joining a new friend group and acting as if you were some sort of stranger.
Considering you two grew up together, they knew your deepest secrets and vice versa. You were aware that maybe you shouldn't feel too strongly about this and simply move on, but it still hurt as you lost a friend who was so close to you and were essentially replaced.
Too swallowed up in your sadness, you weren't able to hear the sound of the door opening and your boyfriend Hendery's voice saying "I'm home!" with a lilt in his tone.
However, he was greeted with all the lights turned off. Strange, you must not be home. Normally you'd text him if you were going out and couldn't make it home, but he hoped you were safe—
A sniffle was heard from the shared bedroom. Hearing your sounds of sadness, Hendery rushed over to the source of the sound, dropping his work bag gently on the counter.
You must've been crying for a while, he observes, seeing that no lights in the house were turned on whatsoever.
"Hi, love." Hendery mutters gently, feeling his heart hurt at the sight of you being vulnerable and upset, "Something bad happen today?"
He received only a nod. Evidently, you weren't in a state to talk about your emotions or what happened, sobs and sniffles continuing to escape you.
"Aw, no, babe... do you want me to cuddle you?" Upon receiving a nod, Hendery assisted you in getting under the sheets, wrapping his arms around your shoulders and pulling you in close, "I'll tell you a story about what happened to me, but if you don't want it, pinch my arm twice."
No response. Just sniffling, and a nod of approval.
He breathed in, "So I managed to convince Xiaojun and Mark to photocopy their asses— no, not bare, they had all clothes on, don't get the wrong idea," You snorted at his coworkers' actions, a bit of mucus coming out. You were able to wipe it with a tissue Hendery graciously handed you.
"Right," Hendery glanced at you once more to make sure you were fine, before looking towards the ceiling and continuing his story, "So then Jeno walks out of Kun's office, pauses, scrunches his face up, and then starts sliding backwards to his office. Xiaojun didn't want to print any of his ass photos, but Mark wanted to print out 15 copies to plaster around his and Donghyuck's apartment just to get back the latter for a prank."
Both the sound of his heartbeat and the warmth from your lover's body helped to ensure you headed to the land of dreams, "Like the helpful friend I am, I type in 15 on the machine, but the big boss came in, which distracted me and I ended up with 150 prints of Mark Lee's ass. The look on each of our faces... definitely something I'm gonna talk about during the next Christmas office party—"
Hendery looked in your direction and realised you had fallen asleep, making your lover smile tenderly and halt his story.
"Night, (Y/N). Sweet dreams to the sweetest person I've ever met."
