checkmate ; xdinary heroes

8.

no one had the energy to count how much each of them had stolen because after the festival they all were too tired to even talk to each other. so, the moment they arrived home, they all decided to rest and went to sleep.

the next morning when hyeongjun woke up, jungsu was still asleep. not to wake the elder one up, he quietly got up from bed and walked out of the room to get ready and also not disturb his friend's peaceful sleep.

hyeongjun was sure, he was the only one awake since it was pretty early in the morning. and he was not wrong with that when he peeked inside the living room, then walked in the kitchen and saw no one there. trying to be as quiet as possible ⸺ that was not a hard thing for him to do ⸺ he opened the fridge, looking inside and thinking what to get for breakfast.

after a small thinking for probably less than a minute, he decided to just make some tea for himself and eat something when the others would wake up. because he didn't want to have breakfast alone very early in the morning.

making his way to the living room and sitting comfortably in an armchair, hyeongjun wrapped his fingers around his favorite mug where from he always drank tea and closed his eyes for a short second relaxing and appreciating the silence that was in the room.

not like they were extremely noisy during the day time or something like that, not at all. most of the times they talked normally, didn't yell and scream much or just did their own thing without bothering others. but when there are six people living in the same household, want it or not there always is some sort of noise. at this point, hyeongjun did get used to it but still, when he had a chance to be in silence, he appreciated it a lot and never missed the opportunity to make himself comfortable in silence.

especially lately, since jooyeon was brought here, started to stay here and spend time with them, it got more noisy. jooyeon and jiseok were spending a lot of time together laughing and talking. and hyeongjun could hear the most of it even when those two were in a different room. yes, that's how loud and noisy their laughts and talks would be sometimes.

not like he was bothered by it, he would not lie and admit that jooyeon definitely made their household more bright and lively. but the youngest among them still somehow, sometimes irritated him and it was not good for him, since he was trying to stay calm but jooyeon was making it a hard thing for him to do.

knowing his temper and the 'getting angry all of sudden, out of nowhere' problems, hyeongjun always tried to tell himself to not let his emotions get the best of him and stay quiet like he most of the times did. it wasn't helping yet but hyeongjun would like to believe that one day it would work.

it was a very weird thing for him too honestly and he could still remember how stunned and scared even jooyeon was when he saw him yelling for the very first time. the very quiet, silent person and loud yelling and snapping like that definitely didn't go well with each other. hyeongjun himself was well aware of it too.

❝don't tell me you have been sitting here like this since last night.❞

hyeongjun was brought back to reality by a voice that belonged to no other than his roommate. jungsu, who also was holding a mug in his hand, took a seat on the couch, close to hyeongjun, crossing his legs and facing the younger one, with a questionable look.

laughing, ❝of course not. i woke up just awhile ago and didn't want to bother you.❞ hyeongjun told him, taking a small sip of his tea which was slowly getting cold.

❝how adorable.❞ jungsu cooed at what hyeongjun had said, bringing his hand up to pinch his cheek, which caused for the younger to move away quickly and click his tongue.