˗ˏˋ sickly in love ; gyuricky

# - iii.

  YUJIN'S BIRTHDAY HAD BEEN a success.

  a small party was held at the hans' residence, wherein his team from his dance classes and those from school were invited.

  they ate cake, played games, sang karaoke, and played on his nintendo switch. it was a fun night, though they didn't try any weird snacks like junhyeon suggested, because yujin didn't have anything in mind.

  "i think i'm going to have a food coma..." gyuvin slurred. he was clearly tired.

  the night had calmed down, and only a few of the guests were left, watching a video on the tv.

  gyuvin walked in front of ricky, who sat on the sofa watching the screen. he then sat on the floor, and leaned his back against ricky's legs. automatically, ricky slipped his hands into the boy's hair, combing it with his fingers as his eyes remained glued to the screen.

  gyuvin sighed contentedly, the feeling of the blonde's hands relaxing him. he closed his eyes, focusing them.

  ricky looked down, noticed that the boy had fallen asleep, head against his knees.

  his face looked younger. not that he was old or anything, but something about his sleeping face - without the smile he always had on, looked surprisingly angelic.

  ricky quickly took his eyes off the boy's face when he heard footsteps descending the stairs, and saw yujin coming down, followed by gunwook.

  "it's eleven p.m. now, so i'm heading home," gunwook tells him. he looks down at gyuvin and huffs and amused laugh. "i told him he shouldn't have eaten so much."

"well, i guess he can sleep over tonight," yujin says, scratching his head thoughtfully. "bye gunwook."

"bye bye! bye ricky!" he turns back to yujin and gives him a hug. "happy birthday again, yujin. stop growing so fast. goodnight!"

"was he the last guest?" ricky asked.

"yeah, well and gyuvin, but looks like he's staying tonight."

"it's a good thing tomorrow's the weekend, so we wouldn't have to worry about his school things in the morning."

"yeah. let me just tell my mom he's staying. mind lending him some of your sleeping clothes? he's too tall to fit in any of mine."

"sure, but i don't want to move him in case he wakes up. help me up when you come back?"

"okay!"

  gyuvin must be a heavy sleeper, because they managed to at least change shirt into something more comfortable, while he remained completely knocked out.

  ricky slept on the sofa that night, letting gyuvin take his bed instead.

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  ricky walked into chemistry, leaving gyuvin to go to his own class.

  "'morning, ricky!" hiyyih greeted him. "was that gyuvin?"

"yeah."

"he still drops you off at your classes? but it's been almost a full month since school started."

"not all of them, but most."

"that's... interesting. i guess he likes you enough to keep dropping you off," she smiles cheekily at him. he ignored the underlying tone of her words.

"speaking of gyuvin, who's na saja?" he asks, taking his usual seat next to her.

"ah, asking me now are we? i told you keeping track of his relationships are helpful."