Taste of Freedom - [TXT FF]

EPISODE 7

A/N: double update again for the birthday boy!
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The thunderstorm had passed when the circus came back to life after a full night's sleep, even with the loud grueling thunder.

It was Sunday.

To the animals' and the crossovers' relief, there are no shows running on Sundays. It was a day of rest for the keepers, trainers, and the imprisoned.

Taehyun was today the first one to wake up, still entangled into Hueningkai's warm embrace. He felt quite safe like this.

Truth be told, he did not have a nice dream last night.

He dreamt that he fought Hueningkai on the ring, and became so savage to him that as a result, he murdered his best friend.

The red haired male shuddered at that thought. Just thinking about it was enough to make his blood run cold and sweat to drip down his forehead.

He didn't even want to imagine that it could happen in real life, even though he knew it was next to impossible that he'll be able to avoid it.

"You awake?"

Taehyun glanced in front of him to see Beomgyu, eyes wide open.

"Yeah," he replied.

"Just entangled in Hyuka's grasp, right?" Beomgyu smiled.

"Mhm. It's warm though, so it's nice."

Beomgyu pressed his lips into a thin line, nudging his head to his left. Taehyun looked at Yeonjun and Soobin, who were also having each other's arms around each other, Yeonjun's head laying on Soobin's chest.

"They spared no warmth," Beomgyu huffed.

"Had a bad night then? Your eyebags are relatively visible you know."

"Yeah. Couldn't sleep much cuz of the storm."

"Ah."

Taehyun had nothing else to say then; however, Beomgyu did.

"Did you perhaps catch anything on what we said last night?" he asked the younger.

"No? Was I supposed to?" Taehyun responded.

Beomgyu shook his head.

"No. It's a good thing you didn't."

"Why?"

"Because Soobin hyung and Yeonjun hyung agreed that all of us should talk about it together."

"About what?"

At that moment, Hueningkai stirred back into consciousness.

"Morning," he said drowsily.

"Hi," Beomgyu and Taehyun answered at the same moment.

Not even a minute later, Yeonjun and Soobin also woke up from their sleep. But no matter how long they slept, nothing could ease the worries and stress they have from living in these conditions.

"Oh, you're all awake," Soobin commented.

"Longer than you for sure," Beomgyu replied.

"We want to discuss something with you two..." Yeonjun began, looking at Taehyun's and Hueningkai's directions.

The two youngest raised their brows.

Unexpectedly, the doors bursted open.

The smell of fresh meat caught the five crossovers' noses and they immediately whipped their heads over at the door.