❥・ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 ❝𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬❞ ▸ After Wooyoung and San realize their feelings for each other in Insomnia, their lives have changed drastically. From moving into an apartment together to getting new jobs, life seems to be changing for...
There is a lot of mentions about relapsing and alcoholism throughout the chapter. Please avoid reading any further if these topics are sensitive to you.
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Wooyoung is anxious. Not a familiar type of anxiety that he's used to. It's not one that drowns him when he's alone and stuck in a pit of hell, but one that stems from not knowing what the fuck to do. He's sitting on the couch, eyes darting from one friend to the next, watching everyone spiral down the rabbit hole. Mingi started downing the bottle of soju that was introduced into the apartment, joking with Yunho and Yeosang with a large, almost empty glass glued to the palm of his hand. This was Mingi's third glass, and now his voice is louder than before, dancing around the living space with a goofy smile plastered to his face.
Wooyoung could feel a knot in his stomach, uncomfortable in his seat next to Jongho, eyes trailing from Mingi's glass to the bottle resting on the coffee table, jaw tight and head dizzy. He hadn't been around an open bottle of liquor in a long time, but now he can see it and he can smell it.
San was off in the kitchen helping Seonghwa with something that Wooyoung barely paid any attention to, eyes stuck on the idea of grabbing the opened bottle by the neck and downing its contents. But he stays still, feeling Jongho laugh and rustle beside him, mindlessly trying to laugh in tandem.
Mingi was going on and on about his ex-girlfriend, joking and laughing about some stupid date they had gone on, but Wooyoung couldn't be asked to listen to the details. It had been an hour since everyone had arrived, Jongho and Yeosang joining the fun on time (unlike some people), watching Mingi spiral into a tipsy mumbling idiot. Hongjoong was a glass or two in as well, sitting on the couch next to Yeosang, eyes focused onto Mingi's expression with a beaming smile.
Wooyoung felt like the only person in this apartment that had any gut-related feeling that this was a bad idea, but that could be his sobriety speaking. His eyes trek across the space towards San, waiting and hoping that he'd see how uncomfortable he truly was, but San's gaze was stuck elsewhere.
Wooyoung's mind shifts back to focus on Mingi, slightly smiling at how tipsy his friend was. Mingi was a funny drunk, always laughing at obnoxious things that, in all honesty, weren't that funny, but he was also giggly and smiling all the time.
Jongho and Yunho did egg Mingi on, eliciting laughter from the male as they convinced him to drink even further, allowing him to tell all of his secrets and all of his stories. Wooyoung would listen half-heartedly, trying his best to ignore the open bottle of soju just three feet away from him.
But, before Wooyoung can get too lost in his own longing desires and troubling thoughts, Mingi points at Yunho, eyes narrow and stance slightly wobbly.
"YAH! YUNHO'AH!" Mingi watches Yunho turn his gaze, eyes widening as the seconds tick past. "I'll start. Yah!"
