Sleeping habits

Sleep habits

Namjoon stretches his neck back and forth and glances to the clock on the wall on the left side of his room. 2:03 'Oh shit, not again' he thought to himself. He was working on a new song, but he couldn't find the right words for the last part. It bothered him, since he was satisfied with the rest of the song and he wanted the ending to be special. So he kept going, trying many ways to finish it, and the result was once again an unfinished song. He let out a frustrated sigh. 'This is the third night in row, I forgot the time – again – and the song is still not finished. It will be probably never be finished at this rate'

After another sigh he moved his hands to his face and rubbed his tired eyes. 'I better get some sleep' he thought and moved out of the chair. He went to the shared bathroom between his own bedroom and the bedroom of Hoseok and Yoongi. He picked up his toothbrush and started to brush his teeth.

Being the leader of the group brought great responsibilities that Namjoon took to his heart. Over the years he developed a habit of checking on his members before going to sleep. It started when he and Yoongi were sharing a room in their previous apartment. More than often he missed Yoongi in their bedroom when he went to bed. The older boy was known to be a perfectionist, and when he was working on a new song, he didn't stop before it was finished. After Yoongi almost collapsed once due to multiple sleepless nights, he decided that his hyung would always be in bed before he went to bed himself.

Soon he found out that Yoongi wasn't the only one to be working non-stop. When he woke up in the middle of the night one day he went to the bathroom and noticed light coming from the living room. He was surprised, but in some way not surprised, to see Jimin going over the new dance choreography they learned that day. So since that day he decided he would not only check on Yoongi, but also on Jimin before going to his own bed. And since Jimin shared his room with Taehyung, he killed two birds with one stone. It was a small effort to check the remaining rooms as well, so that was the day his new habit was born.

While brushing his teeth he first went to the door of Hoseok and Yoongi. He gently opened the door and carefully he walked into the room without making any sound. Since Hoseok and Yoongi were both light sleepers, Namjoon had mastered the skill to walk soundlessly. During daytime he was known as 'God of destruction', but at nighttime he could be as silent as a ninja.

The bed closest to the door was that of Hoseok. The boy was laying on his stomach and used one of his arms as a pillow. Namjoon smiled. It was one of the cute sleeping habits of the slightly older boy. He would only use his pillow to fall asleep, but during the nighttime his pillow always lost the battle to the comfortable arms of the dancer. Knowing exactly where the pillow would be, Namjoon walked over to the other side of the bed, where he found the abandoned pillow on the ground. When he knelt down to pick up the pillow, he noticed soft murmuring coming from the boy. Hoseok only talked in his sleep when he was exhausted. So Namjoon made a mental note to let the boy sleep in today. He gently lifted the elder's head and replaced the arm with the pillow. Satisfied that his hyung could now sleep more comfortable he turned around to move to the next bed.

The second oldest was almost not visible due to the blankets being drawn up to his head. But Namjoon knew he was curled up onto his right side. Yoongi's character was often compared to that of a cat, and his sleeping habits were matching that perfectly. Namjoon always found him curled up, not only in his bed, but also when he slept on the couch or in the car. He made himself as small as possible, with his face put into a small pout, looking like a content sleeping kitten. His blanket hiding his face to block out as many light as possible. Even during summer when it was > 40C degrees outside, he would be sleeping with a blanket. Namjoon walked around the bed to the nightstand and saw that once again that the mobile phone was not present. The leader sighed, and carefully pulled the blankets back. He knew that the mobile phone would be in one of his hands, and he hoped that this time the hands were easily found in the mess of tangled limbs and blankets. Thankfully, he quickly found his right hand with the mobile phone. Moving one finger at the time, he managed to get the phone without waking the boy. He then put the mobile phone on the charger on the nightstand and pulled the blanket back over the rapper's head.

Being content that his hyungs were sleeping, he moved on with brushing his own teeth and walked out of the room. The next room he went was the room of the oldest member. Like he did with the previous room, he opened the door carefully because Seokjin was also a light sleeper. Sometimes he asked himself why the hyung line were light sleepers and the maknae line were heavy sleepers, but he never managed to get an answer. When he walked inside he saw his hyung sleeping in almost the exact position as Hoseok. Laying on his stomach with one arm under his pillow. His head comfortably resting in the middle of the pillow. Even is his sleep he lived up to the name 'Worldwide Handsome'. Namjoon noticed that his blanket had slipped, now only covering his legs. He made his way over to the bed and gently pulled the blanket back in place. Jin let out a small huff and his body started to move. Namjoon immediately stopped what he was doing, afraid that he had woken his hyung. But the oldest member only turned around and continued to sleep in the same, now mirrored, position. The younger boy let out a relieved sigh and turned away from the bed. He tiptoed to the door and closed the door.

Namjoon decided he brushed his teeth long enough and returned to the bathroom to spit out the toothpaste and wash his toothbrush. After that he washed his face with cleansing foam and turned the lights off. Then he walked over the 95-liner bedroom. He opened the door with less precaution since the two boys inside didn't wake up so easily. When he walked into the room the first sleeping form he saw was Jimin. The boy was the smallest of them, not only in height but also in build. He had some impressive abs, but in contrast to Seokjin, Jimin had small shoulders. Although he was still considered tall being 174cm, his body still looked like that of a teenager. It also didn't help that the boy would always curl up in his sleep. He didn't curl up as much as Yoongi, but still it made him look small. His bed could easily fit two Jimin's, although it was a single bed. His arms were slightly bend with both his hands laying in front of him. The Nintendo Switch was next to his hands, with the screen still on. Namjoon took the consoler in his hands and tried to find the powerbutton in the dark. He didn't own one himself, so it took a while before he pressed the right button. When it was turned off, he placed it on the nightstand and moved to the next bed.

Taehyung was sleeping on his left side while hugging one of his (or was it Jimin's?) pillow. Out of all members, Tae was probably the one with the weirdest sleeping habits. The boy was often found speaking or walking in his sleep. When they first moved to their new apartment, Seokjin was actually sharing his room with Taehyung. But after the third night being woken multiple times due to the weird sleeping habits of the second youngest, he demanded the rooms to be rearranged. Jimin volunteered to share the room, since he would not wake up from it. One of the other sleeping habits, was that Taehyung always needed something in his hands. Now he was cuddling a pillow, but sometimes the pillow fell of the bed. So more than often Namjoon found the boy in Jimin's bed, hugging the other 95 member, because Taehyung couldn't find his pillow in his sleep and unconsciously found a new pillow, or person to cuddle instead.

When Namjoon let out a yawn he decided to return to his own bedroom he shared with the youngest. Before he opened the door he saw lights coming from underneath the door. He instantly knew that Jungkook, once again, forget to turn of the lights before going to sleep. He walked into their bedroom and saw the maknae sleeping in his famous sleeping position: sleeping cross legged. Namjoon smiled, he will probably never understand how the boy could sleep comfortably in this position. Yes, sitting cross legged was comfortable, but lying down flat on your back cross legged?? The older boy tried to copy the sleeping position once, but he was simply too stiff to do it. Jungkook however was one the most flexible members of the group, only being beaten by Jimin.

Namjoon went to the side table with his own stuff. It was a mess, so he was glad that the younger boy didn't turn off the lights. When he tried to find his earpods, he accidentally shoved one of the books of the table and it landed on the ground with a loud 'thud'. He quickly turned around to see if he had woken the boy. Thankfully, the maknae was a heavy sleeper, being a perfect roommate for the 'God of destruction'. Namjoon eventually found his earpods and got into his own bed. He put the earpods in his ears and opened the playlist called 'Counting Sheeps', containing soft songs that easily put him to sleep. Before he lied down, he switched of the lights and before his head hit the pillow he was fast asleep, his mind at peace knowing that the others were sound asleep as well.