Dream or Reality

Selective Silence or Forced Silence?

All of ATEEZ were in the dining room together, standing around the table and talking, asking what they wanted to eat.

"Can we get some Chinese? I'm craving Chinese food," Mingi asked.

"I'm sick of Chinese food, can't we have some rice and kimchi," San said with a frown.

"But that's so boring, we need to spice up our lives a bit more," Wooyoung whined.

"Indian definitely spices it up," Yunho pointed out.

"I don't want that either," San groaned.

"What abo-."

"We could just have some pizza," Wooyoung said, cutting off Yeosang. Yeosang frowned nervously and glanced around the room as they continued arguing. He opened his mouth to try and ask for what he wants but he was instantly spoken over as no one paid him any attention. He just nibbled his lip nervously before sighing in defeat and backing up. He looked unsure of himself, curling in on himself slightly and looking smaller. Everyone continued talking, not noticing Yeosang backing up so he just looked down sadly and left the room. Once again, no one noticed his absence.

~The Dream Shifted~

Yeosang walked into his room, finding Wooyoung and San curled up together on Wooyoung's bed, phone in Wooyoung's hand as they watched whatever was on it. He seemed nervous but he mustered up his courage to speak up.

"Hey, what're you doing," he asked. Wooyoung frowned and glared at Yeosang.

"Go away. You're being annoying and we're trying to watch a movie," Wooyoung said. Yeosang's mouth snapped shut and his face shifted to one of hurt and upset. Wooyoung didn't even pay attention to him, just went back to giggling with San on his phone. Yeosang looked crestfallen and awkwardly shuffled from the room, leaving them alone.

~The Dream Shifted~

The boys were spread out over the couches and floor in the loungeroom, picking out a movie for them to watch for their movie night.

"Can we please wat-."

"I wanna watch Harry Potter, we all love Harry Potter," Wooyoung whined, cutting Yeosang up as he tried to give his opinion. Yeosang went quiet again, chewing on his lip as people continued to talk. Wooyoung was beside him on the couch so he turned to him and softly pat his shoulder to get his attention. Wooyoung turned to him with a frown and shrugged him off, shoving his hand away.

"Stop being annoying," he groaned before turning the other way and huddling closer with San. Yeosang just sunk into the couch, curling up to the other side where the arm of the couch was, tears slowly falling down his face as he remained quiet.

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Hongjoong woke up and instantly realised something was off. His head was resting on something hard and his back was slightly stiff. He lifted his head slowly and his eyes widened when he realised where he was. He was still at the studio. He must've fallen asleep and never actually left and gone back to the dorm. The boys are going to wake up and he won't be there, Seonghwa will wake up and be worried. Hongjoong started to panic slightly and he grabbed his phone, trying to turn it on but it was flat. He swore and jumped up, logging off his computer, grabbing his bag and running out down the halls. He needs to get home so he can tell the others he was fine. As he was running, he saw Eden walking inside.

"Eden Hyung," he yelled out. The older man stopped and turned to him, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"Joong? What's wrong," he asked.