Y/N sits up in bed, and for the first time in a while, she's not worried about Key or Onew being in the room. She's not worried about Taeyeon or Minho or Taemin. She still out of habit glances at the space on both sides of her bed, and she looks down to make sure there nobody sitting on her bed.
She's relieved to see she's in a room that belongs to the house, but she can't tell who's laying in the bed adjacent to hers. They are familiar, but she doesn't know exactly. It's not Chanyeol because Chanyeol snores like an oaf and this person is quiet.
She doesn't want to go over there because everyone here seems to have stellar hearing and senses like some sort of genetically altered race so she stays in her spot, and decides to just stare out the window near her bed.
Unlike in Chanyeol's room, the window is cracked open and is blocked by sheen curtains, so the daylight streams through, illuminating the room softly. She likes that much better than the pitch-darkness of Chanyeol's room even in the day, so she makes a note to get Baekhyun, or someone Chanyeol will listen to, to suggest brightening up his room.
"Good morning Y/N."
The figure in the bed sits up, and rubs at his eyes.
As soon as he gets up, Y/N knows who it is.
"Good morning, D.O."
D.O treads out of bed quietly, turning on the lamp by the bookcase close to his bed. The light in the room makes Y/N need to squint, and D.O notices and almost trips over himself trying to turn off the light again. She tries to tell him that it isn't necessary but he doesn't listen.
This seems to be a pattern in the boys of this house.
Nevertheless, she thanks him anyways and lays back down, wanting to go back to sleep but her mind has betrayed her, and she can't force her eyes to be closed. Something in her brain is keeping Y/N alert and she doesn't like it.
"D.O, w-what time is it?"
He rolls over from where he flopped down into bed, and checks the time.
"It's about twelve thirty."
She sits up so fast she's sure she must have whiplash, and rubs at her neck slightly.
"Are you okay?"
She doesn't know how he managed to hear that but she doesn't answer, and goes to her backpack to find suitable clothing articles and from his bed, D.O growls at the maid outfit.
"Go through my dresser, some of those clothes should work."
She thanks him and goes to the dresser and finds clothes rather easily because she doesn't want to be picky.
Lucky for her, he has a wide range of skinny jeans so she picks one of those pairs, and she takes a sweater and thanks him before going to change. She almost forgets where the bathroom is, but then she sees the lineup and she guesses this is when all of them usually wake up. She groans at the line, since she needs to brush her teeth too and shower, and that's when she's noticed.
"Morning Y/N!" She's too tired for Chen right now.
"Yeah, okay."
She doesn't even bother apologizing after she senses how rude that came out, and she just retreats to the living room, and hopes to lay down on the couch whilst she waits.
Chanyeol is on the couch already, along with Baekhyun, and as soon as he sees her, he attempts to walk away.
She won't have it.
"Park Chanyeol sit down right now!"
He stops dead, and so does Baekhyun from laughing, and they both just look at her, shocked. She's shocked too, but she tries to pretend she meant for it to come out like that.
"I'll go. Just, sit."
Chanyeol shakes his head, smiling a bit, but masking it up with a grimace shortly after.
"Well, you're in a mood."
"Baekhyun, please don't."
Before Baekhyun can retort, Y/N leaves the room, hoping to see that the shower line has dwindled.
It's gotten longer.
She groans, and decides to wait in line. She sits on the floor, right behind Yixing.
"Infuriating, right?"
She smiles sort of, more like a twist upwards of her lips because she's so cheezed she wishes the world would die so she can take a shower and change her clothes.
And just as if the lord has taken mercy, Suho speaks up from the front of the line.
"Y/N, you can go ahead of me."
"Don't l-lie to me."
"I'm not."
She runs up to him dropping her clothes and the towel she borrowed from Tao on the floor, wrapping her arms around his waist. She's so tired that tears line her eyes, and she kisses him on the cheek in a rush of gratitude.
"If I knew I was gonna get all that I'd have given her my spot."
"Shut up Luhan."
Y/N ignores them all and as soon as Kris is out of the bathroom she's in, and she showers and changes as fast as she can, because she wants to make Suho breakfast or something because she would've gone insane in that line.
She brushes her hair quickly, and when she goes to thank Suho again, he brushes her off quickly, and walks briskly into the bathroom.
She's so tired and emotional that it offends her, so she goes to seek refuge in the couch.
It's occupied again when she gets there, by Tao and Sehun, sitting just close enough for her to squeeze in but far enough apart the couch is taken up.
"I just want a place to lay down that isn't D.O's room."
"You can lay on my lap, if you want.." Tao trails off at the end, like he himself is unsure if this is a decent offer or not.
"I mean, I can.."
Sehun twitches on the other side of the couch, arm spasming.
"Just lay on his lap if you're going to already! It's pitiful!"
Y/N looks at him puzzled, but does it, and closes her eyes quickly, since this is comfortable.
Before long, Tao's hands find her hair, and he braids pieces and runs his slender fingers through it, and she relaxes into the couch, and even though she's in jeans, she's comfortable.
"Disgusting lovebirds," Sehun mutters on the other side of the couch, and not long after that he leaves, growing fed up with something.
Y/N falls asleep quickly, rolling over, and getting comfortable.
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Torn // exo x reader
FanfictionY/N Y/L/N just wants to be left alone. She's not good at social interactions, and if she's being honest the thought of people scare her. She can barely talk without stuttering and her past is so dark she doesn't think even the brightest of flashligh...
