𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉? 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉! || 𝘖.𝘥𝘦

Connected

Including today, there's three days left.
I'm not used to do physical activities, that's why I'm still so tired from yesterday's swimming.
When I open my eyes I see Seungmin still sleeping peacefully. I smile as I caress his cheek. I decide to get up first, so I get dressed and open the door, the members are already sitting at the table to have breakfast.
"Morning!" Junhan says as he notices me.
"Where's your lover?" Jiseok asks, giggling.
I get embarrassed by that word. "He's still sleeping deeply."
"Should I go and throw him something?" Jooyeon suggests.
"Let's leave the princess to her beauty sleep." I joke.

"Here you go." Jungsu hands me my usual breakfast.
"Thank youu."
"Did you and Seungmin fall asleep late?" He asks, eating a snack.
"No, we fell asleep almost as soon as we went to bed."
"Seungmin usually wakes up first." He murmurs. "But when you sleep with him he always oversleeps."
"It's my superpower~"
"We should do a big sleepover with all the members, so maybe we will all sleep better." He proposes.
"Yess! That would be so fun! It's sad that the houses are so little here... let's do it when we're back to Seoul."

I glimpse at my bungalow, wondering what is Seungmin doing.
"Do you want me to go check on him?" He proposes.
"Maybe he's just very very tired..."
I start to worry a bit. It's been twenty minutes and Seungmin still didn't show up.

After we all finish eating me and Jungsu go back to my bungalow.
I glimpse at the bedroom. "He's still in bed."
"What do you want to do? We were planning on visiting souvenir shops today."
"I'll try to wake him up once more."
Jungsu chuckles as I stomp my feet, trying to make some noise as I walk towards the bed.
"Sumiii it's time to wake up!" I gently shake him and wait.
Nothing happens.
"OH SEUNGMIN!" I jump as I hear Jungsu screaming his name.
I'm paranoid so I try to feel his heartbeat. "Okay, he's alive."
"Moon- you're too dramatic, of course he's not dead!"
"But maybe he has fever? Or something else?" I worry.
I decide to shake him a lot but still I don't get any reaction.
"Do you want to stay here until he wakes up?" He asks.
I look at Jungsu, wondering what should I do.

"Why is he sleeping so deeply? Is there some kind of glitch in the dream?"

"Moon?" He places his hand on my shoulder.
"I think he's not going to wake up soon."
As we're about to head to the living room, Seungmin wakes up abruptly.
His eyes are wide open. He brings his hand to his heart, breathing heavily.

"Seungmin!" Me and Jungsu get closer to him.
He stays silent, catching his breath. He finally looks at me, his eyes slightly glossy.
"Did something happen?" I ask, worried.
He takes one last deep breath. "I'm fine. I just had... a nightmare."
"A nightmare? What did you dream?"
He stays silent, he stops every time he's about to say something. "Let's just forget about it... it was horrible."
Me and Jungsu look at each other, still troubled.

Finally Seungmin gets ready and we walk back to the others, who waited for us all this time.
"Oh, look who finally got up." Jiseok says, pointing at his imaginary watch.
Seungmin smiles briefly, looking tired despite his long sleep.
I cling onto his arm. "Sumi are you sure that you're okay?"
"I thought... that I wouldn't wake up again." He lets out.
"But you did, right? That's the only important thing now." I try to reassure him.
"Also... I thought you disappeared."

"Is he truly the real world's Seungmin? Did he come back to reality?"

I try to stay vague. "Don't worry, one day I dreamed about a world where I was a stranger to you."
He quickly turns his head. "For real? Why didn't you tell me that before?"
"Because when I woke up you were there with me, so who cares?"
"Maybe you're right." He looks like he has more to say, but he stays silent instead.