[VIXX NEO] My Journey To Happiness

Chapter Two

My sleep was ruined by just a ray of light and I squinted my eyes. I saw moving shadows through the small space, from the slightly opened door.

I sat up, rubbing my eyes and I felt a weird touch on my neck. Probably a bug. I moved my fingers through my neck and when I turned back, I saw the window was open.

I tried to find Ken, who always sleep next to me. The bed was empty. Despite of the darkness, I made an assumption that Ken must be at the lounge.

He had a nightmare too? I thought.

I stared at my mobile and I closed my eyes quickly, before I could see the time.

The light was too intense for my sleepy eyes, I once again tried to peek at my mobile and it read 3:00am.

My body felt weak and heavy, due to the raw sleep but I managed to get out of the room, shutting the door behind me.

I saw Ken searching for something inside the refrigerator. "What are you doing?" I poked his back, gently. He quickly turned back and touched his left chest dramatically and yelled "Planning to kill me? Or What?"

I covered his mouth with my palm, "Everybody is sleeping" I informed. He pushed my hand away "Okay, okay," he agreed.

"Who left the window open?" I asked.

"Me"

"Why?"

"I was a bit suffocating."

"What?"

"Hmm"

"Dehydration?"

"May be" he frowned.

"Acidity?"

"Ah, acidity! Acidity! I feel like my stomach is burning, inside, slightly. You're genius."

"Not genius, just a human."

"Huh?"

"I had gone through this, too." I reminded him. "What you were searching for?"

"Milk"

"Milk isn't good with acids, wait"

I never better solution. I brought the medicine that Ken had already been prescribed, once. It was similar to ENO, but not so strong. I mixed the powder to the water in prescribed proportion.

"Here," I handed the glass to Ken. He took a sip of it and then gulped the whole liquid, all at once. I shook my head in disbelief.

"Isn't it the same medicine that doc gave me once? It worked very well that day, I should've tried it again. I forgot about the last sachet, being saved by Leo." He smiled at me.

I breathed out, feeling little frustrated with Ken's irresponsibility.

"Let's go for a walk", I gripped his right wrist with little force. He panicked, "Now?" He glanced at the clock, "Its 3:30 in the morning, your obsession with-" I rolled my eyes.

My fingers were still wrapped around his wrist "You'll feel good after a walk, since you have this triggered acidity troubles, you'll be okay." I said lowly, as if I was giving up.

Ken squeezed me into an unexpected hug "Oh, Leo, you're really sweet these days. Swallowed a honey pot or something?" He exclaimed.

I pushed him back without a word and I thought of informing N, instead of stupid notes. Ken pulled my hand "Where are you going? Door is that side." He said pointing towards the main door.

I took my hand away, sighing. "Going to inform N that we're going out for a while and we'll be  back soon, to get some more sleep. 'Note' is a big no-no". I explained. He smiled sheepishly.

"Note?" he asked, frowning. I shook my head, "Nothing" and stared at the blank space in the corner.

I walked into the room and I felt Ken following me, despite of my words. I told him, not to do any pranks. He playfully kept his hand on N's stomach, a wrong way of waking him up.

N responds quickly even in sleep and I didn't want to wake up Hongbin unnecessarily. I covered N's mouth and he giggled into my palm. I leaned forward to reach his ears, "Ken and I will be going for a walk, cause he isn't feeling well and don't worry we'll be back soon." I whispered.

He wanted to say something but I didn't gave a space for him to ask questions. He got frustrated and pulled the blanket over his face," Whatever!" He said and sounded irritated.

I cared about nothing and dragged Ken out of the room, who was looking at N. Finally we made our way outside the dorm.

Ken looked silent. His stomach. I guessed. It was hard to see Ken being all quite and down.

I broke the silence, "You should've asked me for help?" I gave a serious look.

"I wanted to ask N, but I know he had no sleep for two days. Because of his schedules, so I thought of helping myself." He shrugged.

And me? Why it wasn't me? I had no schedules for past 4 days. I thought to myself. My mood was dead after listening to his reply. He looked at me "I don't want to bother you?" He forced a smile. He didn't even expect a s help from me! I concluded and felt pang in my chest.

I tried to ignore the twinge of jealous filling inside of me. I shouldn't think about Ken being biased, he might have his own reasons. I tried to help myself.

"And you thought milk would help?" I mocked him, despite of all the efforts I made not to show how irritated I was. He grinned coyly and looked away. I kept my eyes on the road, I messed it up again.