Midnight Star

30 . Deal to Die for

Minho loved his privacy and his alone time which usually happens at night, when everyone is asleep and busy with their own nightly rituals. He loved to be in his room alone to read or work on spells or even just lay in his bed starring at the ceiling with an empty mind. He love that and he wouldn't change it. Having his own room and a brave little brother who also loved his alone time helped Minho to keep his room and bed to himself.. but.. a tall slender boy had another opinion on that.

Sharing his bed with Hyunjin, to Minho wasn't expected or even wanted, he doesn't know when or how it started.

Sometimes they would sit or lay in his bed for hours talking about everything new to Hyunjin in this realm, and Minho being a responsible person took it upon himself to teach and tell Hyunjin about everything in his world now that he's stuck here with them.. so they talk and read until they fall asleep, and Minho doesn't have the heart to wake Hyunjin and send him to his room, so they sleep, it's just one night.

But it isn't...

Hyunjin always finds his way into Minho's room and bed where he talk and ask questions till he fall asleep. It can wait till morning, Minho would argue but he didn't, he knew Hyunjin was just using these little chats as an excuse to be here with him, and Minho can't and won't send him away. But sometimes on rare occasions when Hyunjin do fall asleep in his room and leave Minho to his own needed alone time, Minho would be grateful for it but it doesn't last that long, cause at the middle of the night, Minho would wake up to a tall slender boy clutching on his pillow standing at the foot of his bed silently. Minho wonders what if he didn't wake up and see him, would Hyunjin stay standing like that till morning, he wanted to try it and ignore Hyunjin and pretend to keep on sleeping, and true Hyunjin didn't move or say anything, he just kept standing looking through the window. The way he was standing silently wasn't creepy or weird it was like he just standing not waiting for anything, was he scared or lonely Minho wondered a lot but never asked, he would silently move to make space for Hyunjin to lay beside him and Hyunjin would do silently with a smile.

His lonely needed nights was invaded by Hyunjin. His warmth, his voice, his midnight snacks, his scent, his long limbs which always finds a way to wrap around Minho at night. But Minho didn't complain, he didn't like the long limbs trapping him of course and he would always try to wrap Hyunjin with his blanket like a burrito to make sure his limbs won't snake out at night and it works.

But sometimes on much rarer occasions Hyunjin do sleep in his room without any nightly visits to Minho's room. It happens sometimes and when it does happen.. Minho realized that he doesn't want his lonely nights anymore, he doesn't want to lay in his bed and stare at the ceiling with an empty mind, he doesn't want to read alone in his room. The long limbs trapping him was much missed at those nights, the soft breathing beside him was missed that the silence was terrifying now.

How or when he doesn't know..But now Hyunjin would walk into Minho's room and sleep with no words or excuses needed, Minho would stay up in his bed reading till Hyunjin come and lay beside him and both fall asleep. Sometimes Minho would go into Hyunjin's room to sleep if Hyunjin was too busy painting or fixing something, so Minho would go to him instead.

No words were needed, no excuses, no explanation. They knew what they wanted and both knew how to get it.

Hyunjin was never afraid of the dark or sleeping alone in his room, when he was little Hyunjin wasn't the kind to ask for his parents to sleep with him or spend the night in his room till he falls asleep. Not that he was brave or fearless, he just.. knew how to handle his fears on his own. Even in this strange dark world that he ended up in with strange people and strange creatures and much stranger sounds at night, Hyunjin knew he shouldn't be afraid, cause he knows how to handle his fears and most importantly he knows he got Minho to protect him. And he trusted Minho with his life blindly.