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~ in which you find comfort in your girlfriend after a nightmare.~ 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: romantic 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: jihyo x fem!reader 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: fluff, hurt/comfort 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: none 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 1296 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝? ✔
─────── ~ ʚĭɞ ~ ───────
Jihyo finds herself awoken to the sounds of you adjusting yourself right next to her. A tired groan leaves her mouth as she adjusts herself in bed to face up towards the dark ceiling, still in a sleepy state of mind with the feeling of her eyelids forcefully shutting once again. After a minute or two, her eyes slowly drift back close to fall back to sleep.
You, on other hand, could feel the warm tears on your eyelids, the scenes of the nightmare you had just woken up from replaying in your head. Your limbs were trembling, shaking, and your breathing unsteady with anxiety. The night you just had felt real, too real, and it was something you didn't ever want to relive.
You had to get up for some air as you couldn't get yourself to fall back to sleep. Knowing that your girlfriend was still asleep, you slowly emerge from the comfort of the sheets, rolling off the bed and almost completely landing the weight of your body on the floor. Luckily, you manage to place your feet on the floor without any noise as you stand up and head towards the door of the bedroom, silently slipping outside.
Closing the door with a cringe, the cool air that circulated around calms you down almost immediately. As you walk to the bathroom and turn the light on, your eyes instinctively close to the harshness of the light. You place both hands at the end of the sink, staring at yourself in the mirror and feeling the fast pace of your heart in your chest. Having nightmares had been happening quite a lot recently, and you haven't opened up to Jihyo about it since you didn't want her to worry.
Sighing, you lean down to splash some water on your face, its cooling effect relaxing and easing you rnerves. It gives a refreshing feeling, and you place a hand over your chest before inhaling a deep breath to calm your pounding heart. And as you exhale, a small, hopeful smile unknowingly crosses your face before fading off.
"Y/N?"
The voice makes you stop, and you look in the mirror to see a tired Jihyo right behind you. Your eyes gaze over her features as Jihyo rubs her eyes with her hands, her head leaning against the doorway of the bathroom.
"I-I'm sorry, did I wake you?" You ask, a slight tremble to your voice.
Jihyo faintly smiles, despite looking incredibly worn and her eyes look ing as if she can fall back to sleep at any moment. "I... didn't feel you right next to me, so I got worried," She looks at you once more with a more observant gaze, a frown replacing the smile she just had. Stepping up closer, she places of her hands at your cheek and looks closer in your eyes. "Hey, are you okay? Your eyes are red, were you crying?"
You turn back around to face the mirror, her hand leaving your face.
Jihyo just observes you quietly before stepping closer. She wraps both of her arms around your waist and leans in to gently place a kiss to the nape of your neck reassuringly, before allowing her head to rest perched on your shoulders. The kiss gave you a sensitive feeling to run up you rspine, a tingly pull in your stomach that seemingly relaxes you even more. You loved it when you she held you like this.
"You know I don't like seeing you like this, baby," she mutters, taking a good look at you in the mirror while slowly rocking you. "Whatever it is, you can tell me, okay?"
You release an exhausted sigh, closing your eyes for a moment as she continues to hold you.
"I had... I had a really bad nightmare. It felt so real, and I couldn't go back to sleep," You admit quietly, voice barely above a hoarse whisper. "I've been having them a lot of recently. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner... I didn't want you to worry about me."
You feel Jihyo release her arms from you, and you turn around to meet her worried eyes. She gives a comforting smile, placing a hand on your cheek once more. Her fingers caress the skin of your cheekbone lightly like a feather.
"I'm sorry that's been happening to you, honey," she says soothingly. "Those nightmares aren't real, I promise you. I won't let anything bad happen to you ever, you know that, right?"
You smile shyly, seeing the glint of a sparkle in her eyes from the bathroom light. One of your own hands reach over to push some messy strands out away from your girlfriend's face, and you take a moment to admire her beautiful features.
"I-I know, thank you. I appreciate it." You say, a blush creeping onto your cheeks.
Jihyo chuckles at your shyness, gently pinching you reddened cheeks lightly which makes you nearly jump away from her grasp. However she just pulls you back close towards her, the space between the two of you closing as her lips meets yours into a soft kiss.
All those feelings that the nightmare had given you had been washed away the moment she kissed you. Relief courses through you, and you couldn't but smile lovingly into the kiss. It was mainly brief, lasting less than a minute. And as you two pull, Jihyo then brings you into a warm hug, and you melt into her embrace. The mere tightness of the hug made it seem like Jihyo wouldn't be letting you go anytime soon.
My gosh, you loved this girl so much.
Jihyo then places a peck to your cheek, one of her hands reaching down and lacing with yours.
"Now that you feel better, do you think you can try to fall back to sleep now?" She looks at you for a moment to detect some hesitation. "Don't worry, I'll be here. I'm not going to let anything hurt you, ever. I'll stay awake with you if I have to."
You bite the bottom of you lip nervously before giving a small nod. "Okay, let's... let's try to go back to sleep."
Jihyo gives a light squeeze of you rhand as the two of you return back into the bedroom. She lets go of your hand to slip into her side of the bed, as you also do the same. The two of you take a minute to settle within the sheets, the warmth of her body radiating onto your back. You lay there in silence for a moment, before Jihyo scoots closer until her body was pressed up against yours.
"Here, let me cuddle you," An arm then wraps around your waist, pulling you a bit closer. Her legs tangle with yours under the sheets, and her warm breath emits onto your neck. Your body begins to relax in her arms; her presence never fails to make you feel better in an instant. "Is this okay?"
"More than okay." You mutter with half of your face buried in the pillow.
Jihyo giggles. "If any of those nightmares happen again, I'll make sure to come in there and fight them off myself."
You could only laugh. "And how will you do that?"
"If you think about me," Jihyo teases. "then maybe I'll appear in your dream."
"I'll keep that in mind then."
"Good," Jihyo kisses the back of your neck once more. "Goodnight, Y/N. I love you."
Your heart races to the words, as you find yourself smiling before allowing your eyes to flutter to a close.
