rewind.

11

"Swing swing swing" The blonde looks up to the ceiling. "Glass chandelier." He purses his lips as he stops a smile.
The color of rose and chrome covers the walls. The chairs of fur complement the elegant feng shui.
His eyes slowly drop to the tile. Everything is so beautiful.

The body steps more into a room. The door closes by itself. However the room snatches his attention. There on a nightstand was a music box. He picks it up and opens the lid to hear the sweet song.

Without him noticing the door opens before s slam overtook his ears.

Like dust had swept him up, Jaehyun stood by a chair. "Swing swing swing" He says. "Glass chandelier..."

The blonde eyes once again looks from the top heading to the tiles but something stops him. There, walking through the many people dressed in their nice attire. He has never seen anything mode out of place than this man. He was strutting in his birthday suit. The skin of the man's more wrinkled than a balled up paper.

Jaehyun couldn't take his eyes off of that man. Wanting to know why he is naked, Jaehyun starts walking towards him. "Hey ma..."

The old man opens a room door.
Jaehyun's head flops to the side. Maybe he is going to get clothes from that room.

"Ah!"

Jaehyun's eyes widened. There was a horrible shriek, it sounded like a little kid. That man was in the room with a screaming child.

Bumps form all over Jaehyun's body. He didn't feel himself moving. Within a second he was trying to break the door down.

"Help me!"

Jaehyun's hands shake as throws his body full force at the wooden door. "Please don't do this." He says into the keyhole before going back to ramming the door in hopes of knocking it down.

"This will be over soon."

Tears slip from his eyes, "Please..." his voice is taken. All left to do is listen to the bone chilling hollers of help from a child.

"Move." Jaehyun's body flew to the ground. He tries to get up but someone grabs his wrist to keep him down.

Cold and wet, that's the feeling of the fingers wrapped around him.
"Pro...protect you. I want to protect you."

Jaehyun's head frantically snaps to the tiles. The hand that was gripping his arm had blood plastered on it. That hand was Jackson's. That voice was Jackson's. This feeling of anxiety in his chest is caused by Jackson.

"Love yourself."

"What!" Jaehyun baffled as the voice pulled away. He couldn't get released no matter how much he pulled. "Let go of me?!"

"Wait the truth.." Jackson out of breath clings to his arm. "They're hiding the truth....."

"Ah!" That kid screams again. All Jaehyun could do is crotch down and try to block out everything.

"Love yourself. Fin..."

"Ah!"

Clenching his eyes closed, the blonde loses his breath. His body starts to tremble.

"Find yourself!"

Jaehyun fling himself forward. His hair all messed up. His breathing was out of control. Beads of sweat slid down his forehead.

The blonde grabs his chest. He feels sick to his stomach. That dream was far too intense. He tried to regulate his breathing but it was nearly impossible.

"You are awake."

Jaehyun's eyes drift to the door. Give a soft nod, that's all he could give. He tries to stand but his knees are so weak.

Johnny catches him before he could hit the ground. "I got you."
Johnny's arms slid under his knees. "You had another nightmare, didn't you?"

Jaehyun just nods his head. He slowly looks to clock on the nightstand. "Eleven thirty?" Jaehyun bites the inside of his mouth.

Johnny has been home for some time, he really appreciates it. But he has been sleeping for too much lately. Is he starting to dread sleep because he doesn't want to sleep his life away?

"What's wrong with sleeping so much? Hey now you can be a real life sleeping beauty." Johnny jokes. He places the shorter down. "I will be back soon." Johnny pecks Jaehyun's forehead.

Then Jaehyun was all alone. Even when Johnny is here he isn't really here. Jaehyun doesn't know how much longer he must settle for being alone.

Completely broken from the nightmares and uprising guilt, the blonde grabs his medication bottle. He drops a few into his hand.

Jaehyun slides the bottle on the counter. He was about to close the cabinet but something caught his eyes. "Melatonin." He snatches up the bottle. He brings the bottle
Closer to his face. "Ninety percent..." The bottle drops from his hands. "Melatonin." His hands twitch.

His medicine is making him sleep his life away. His medication is stopping him from knowing if he is actually seeing Jackson or not. The medication stops him from making precious memories.
No,Johnny is stopping him from making precious memories.

"Maybe there is a mistake..."

"Jaehyun what's a mistake" Johnny questions as he steps closer to the younger.
He glides more into the younger's personal space. "Tell me.."

Jaehyun drops down and collects the bottle. He points at the back of the container. "This is ninety percent melatonin. This is why I'm constantly going to sleep." Jaehyun pushes the bottle into Johnny's face. "Did you know what this was? Did you know that it would put me to sleep?"

Johnny grips the bottle. "Yes, but it was because I wanted you to stop worrying about that dead man."

Jaehyun steps away from Johnny. "SO YOU PUT ME TO SLEEP!" Jaehyun keeps backing up. He doesn't know why but a feeling arose in the pit of his stomach. He couldn't identify it yet.

"There is no need for all of this yelling." Johnny walks towards the blonde. "Stop whining. I just wanted to help you." Johnny frowns. "We all have been traumatized by this situation so I need you to stop bringing him up."

Jaehyun's heart shatters. Johnny would rather knock him out than talk to him. What had the world come down to?