Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

36

I had stayed awake all night trying not to fall asleep while looking at Wooyoung, but sometime in the early hours of the morning, I did fall asleep. However, this sleep did not last as I was startled by a cry of joy that could have woken the dead, but looking at the still sleeping Wooyoung, I had to reconsider. I looked at him carefully, no movement, just nothing. But Lee had also said that it might take a few days. After all, she had noticed that everyone's pulse was slightly elevated, which was a good sign. Then I got up to quickly see what had happened. I stopped in front of Sans and Yeosang's room door because I heard them sniffling and knocked before entering. Yeosang was standing by Sunny's bed, beaming at the little girl, while San was still sitting sleepily on the bed with one hand pressed to his heart and crying.

"Yeosang..." I began, but San jumped up, hugged his friend from behind and put his head on his shoulder. Fortunately, Yeosang had his hands on the crib, as he was probably still a bit wobbly on his feet and San almost knocked him over.

"You know... I've always wanted this, a child with you... I just didn't say anything because I thought we couldn't have it, because of our careers and the laws in Korea... this is really the best surprise that could have happened." Yeosang said softly and San hugged him happily.

"It was so bad without you, babe... and I was so afraid of what you would say to Sunny. It makes me so happy that we're a family now..." he mumbled into Yeosang's hair, which he had his face pressed into.

"Are you kidding me? I'm so happy right now... I love you so much." he said, turning in San's embrace to look at him. When they kissed, I decided to leave the room and give them their privacy.

In the kitchen, Jongho, Yunho and Mingi were already sitting at the table eating breakfast, Lee seemed to be back at the hospital and working, Seonghwa was still asleep when I got up.

"Yeosang is awake, but give them their time first... They're huffing and puffing..." I said with a grin.

"Any news from Wooyoung?" Mingi asked and I shook my head sadly.

"No, unfortunately nothing at all. What about Hongjoong?" I wanted to know and got the same reaction.

"Nothing yet either." Yunho said and we fell silent.

"They'll wake up soon, we just have to be patient," said Seonghwa, who had just come in and gave us an encouraging smile.

After breakfast, I went back to Wooyoung to watch him wake up, but no matter how long I stared at him, nothing happened.

"You could really start waking up now... Only you and Hongjoong are still in a coma, everyone else has woken up... It would be so nice if we were all complete again." I tried to persuade him, sighing. After a while, Seonghwa came in, lay down with us and took me in his arms. His calming manner helped me to calm down a little, as I had been shaking one leg impatiently and nervously the whole time. As I was so tired from the lack of sleep last night, I fell asleep quite quickly and missed Wooyoung's hand twitching next to me.