Kill to Die, Die to Kill

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Dawn, Day 325

Waking up, Dan's eyes felt like they were about to explode. They itched, naturally after all he cried the previous night, but at least he didn't felt dizzy this morning. Moving over a little in his spot, he noticed that his cheek was a tad bit warmer than expected, frowning a little over this. Last thing he remembered before falling deep asleep was that Nakyum was on his side, hugging him tight, but this didn't felt like Nakyum at all, but rather a familiar warmth he had missed. Slowly, he looked up from his position, finding Jaekyung's tired face right above him.

Dan gulped, slowly getting up from his position and he looked at him attentively, taking a deep sigh. The alpha simply blinked slowly, mere seconds away from falling asleep, and Dan shook his head, sitting straight up next to him.

―You didn't slept all night? ―he whispered on the low, noticing nobody else has woken up yet. When the alpha shook his head, Dan tilted his own. ―Why?

―In case you had a nightmare again... ―the alpha muttered. ―You looked pretty altered last night.

Dan clicked his tongue, shaking his head slowly and then looked around before focusing on Jaekyung again.

―You need to rest too... ―Dan whispered again, a little worried. ―Come on, sleep a little. I'll take over.

―You don't have to.

―But I want to. Go to sleep...

Jaekyung simply looked at him and, ceasing to protest, immediately let himself fall onto the omega's shoulder. Dan widened his eyes a little surprised and huffed due to the impact, but Jaekyung was practically dead weight right now.

―Jaekyung, you look uncomfortable, come on... Move a little to the side. ―Dan whispered, trying to get him into a better position.

But there's no way of moving him: He's as stiff as a rock right now, breathing soundly as the exhaustion set in. Sighing and not willing to fight this off, Dan let him rest on his shoulder, looking at his crooked posture as he snored softly. Humming in thought, he looked at the alpha attentively, and slowly lowered his shoulder trying to slide him down, at least so that his head could rest on his leg so he wouldn't wake up with a hurting back.

Jaekyung's head started to slide down his bicep and carefully, to not wake him up, Dan used his free hand to hold one side of his face to lower the impact. Slow and steady, he guided him all the way to his thigh, and removed his hand from his face so he would rest easier, now his body lying on the floor and using his thigh as a pillow. It would take a while for the rest to wake up, and now that he's alone with his thoughts, he took the liberty of playing with the alpha's hair, reflecting on what he had talked with Nakyum the previous night.

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Night 324

Dan's hands were shaky, and Nakyum was sitting still on his spot, listening attentively to the omega right in front of him. Nakyum knew, by mere context clues and what little Dan has spoken about Tae-Kwan before, how awful his ex-boyfriend was, but he never imagined hearing all of this. His past with both awful alphas, the cycle him and Jaekyung spent together, his "infertility" and how he came to be that, it all somehow explained a little why he took the choice of not talking to Jaekyung for a while now, however he didn't agreed entirely.