Red - Jung Wooyoung x Reader x Choi San (ATEEZ)

Chapter 49

"I'm sorry you had to see all of that. It must have been annoying to wake up to me having nightmares." San wiped his tears.

"Don't say that San. It wasn't annoying at all. You can come to me at any time if you need something. I'm certain Wooyoung would talk about it with you whenever, if you needed him. Even at the early hours of the morning. Also, you didn't wake me up as I came past to get a drink of water but then I heard you so I came in to try and help you calm down." I said.

"I dreamt about my mum and dad hurting me." San suddenly blurted while looking ashamed.

"Why would they want to hu..." I paused in realisation. They actually hurt him. Not just in his dreams. San pulled me back into his embrace; wanting more comfort.

"They hurt you?" I asked in concern.

"Please don't tell Wooyoung. Or any of the others. I don't want them to know that I am week."

"San, you are not weak at all. You are one of the strongest people I know. You have gone through so much but you never let it show. Even now that you have let it show; you are still strong because you are finally coming to someone to talk about it. Don't worry though. I will not tell them about this. But, if you do ever feel comfortable enough to tell any of them; I will be right by your side."

I stayed by San's side for a while after that. We didn't talk much but I wanted him to know that I am there for him and that I won't poke at him with hundreds of questions. One thing San had told me was how he only got the nightmares when he was alone. He didn't go into detail on what happened in the nightmares but I am just glad that he opened up to me a bit more.

"Thank you for being here for me y/n. You should go and get some rest now. You look exhausted." San was right. I struggled to keep my eyes open but I didn't want to leave him when he could end up having more nightmares.

An idea then came up in my head.

"Have you ever slept in the same bed as Wooyoung?" I asked. Yes, it was a weird question but I don't want San to be on his own. I know that some guys do share beds with friends but others don't.

"Yeah, we always sleep in each other's beds when we stay at each other's houses. The same goes for all of the guys." San answered.

I stood up and held my hand out to his. He gave me a questioning look, clearly confused. "Do you want to stay with us? Or if you feel uncomfortable with me being in the room, I can sleep in here and you can stay with Wooyoung."

"I mean that would be great but I don't want you to be uncomfortable." San trailed off.

"San. You don't need to worry about me. I am comfortable with it. I don't mind at all and I know Wooyoung won't mind either. I wouldn't have asked you if I wasn't comfortable with it. Wooyoung can be in the middle and you can sleep one side while I sleep the other side."

"Ok, as long as you are alright with it." He beamed. We then left the spare room and went into Wooyoung's room. Wooyoung was still fast asleep when we came in. I'm sure he would sleep through anything. As San lay down, Wooyoung cuddled into him. I then lay the other side and fell into a peaceful sleep.

I awoke the next morning to someone shaking me a bit. I opened my eyes and it was Wooyoung. "Did you hear San come in last night?" He whispered. I nodded, still half asleep.

My eyes fluttered shut and Wooyoung began to shake me again. "We need to leave for our classes in 30 minutes beautiful."

"Can we skip?" I groaned and opened my eyes again, keeping them open this time.

"Absolutely not." Wooyoung said making me pout. He then added "don't give me that look. You know I find it hard not to cave in."

I then came to realisation when I looked at my phone. "Wooyoung?"

"Yeah?"

"It's Sunday today." I pointed my phone to show the date.

"Oops." Wooyoung hesitated. "Sorry." Now he was the one pouting.

"Good morning!" We heard a sleepy San say.

"Good morning San." I beamed at him.

"How come you came to sleep in here?" Wooyoung asked curiously.

San looked embarrassed as he said "I had a nightmare."

"I thought you didn't have them anymore." Wooyoung said. I didn't know that Wooyoung knew about the nightmares.

"They only stop when I sleep next to people or if I have drank lots of alcohol. It seems to take my mind off it..." San trailed off.

"What was the nightmare about?" Wooyoung asked, making San flinch at his question. San looked over to me and then back to Wooyoung.

San hesitated before he began to speak up. "Please don't laugh at me when I tell you. I don't want you to think of me as pathetic."

"I would never think of you as pathetic." Wooyoung commented.

"I had a nightmare about my parents h-hurting me." San looked away in embarrassment. I got out of the bed and went over to his side. I pulled San into a big hug.

"It's alright San. He won't judge you." I then sat next to San; wrapping my arms around him as he began to open up to Wooyoung.

"Th-they hurt me at home." San let out a heavy breath that he must have been holding in. He then carried on. "They get angry at me when I do something wrong: Minor or not. It used to be if I got a grade lower than a B in any subjects but now it will literally be for anything. It has even now escalated to if they have a bad day at work. I just... I don't know what I did wrong for them to hurt me." San let a few tears show. Wooyoung brought him into his embrace so the two of us were comforting him.

By now, San was in tears. "I'm sorry for annoying you with my problems Woo."

Wooyoung looked shocked and began to speak up. "Sannie, you never annoy me with your problems. You can come to me about anything and I will never judge you. I thought that you knew you could come to me about anything. Please tell me whenever you are hurting or are in pain because I will always be there for you. What kind of best friend would I be if I just let you go through this on your own?"

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