Saviors

18

Days rolled by. They had one or two more concerts and a couple of fan-sign events. It was November 22, Jihoon's birthday. He was not excited to see what his members came up with.

Jihoon rolled over in his bed and grabbed his phone to check the time. It was 6:13 already, how come his alarm didn't go off?! He sprang out of bed, quite noisily at that. Seungcheol raised his head to look at him from his bed.

"What are you doing Jihoon?"

"It's already six! My alarm didn't go off."

"Do you have somewhere to be?"

"Yeah... practice." Jihoon gave him a confused look.

"Nope. Not today."

"Huh?"

"It's your birthday, so we got the day off for you!"

"Why are you giving me special treatment? You didn't get the other members' birthdays off for them." Jihoon asked with a frown.

"If it makes you feel any better, I also got the day off for us to celebrate our debut and rest a little. We don't need to work around the clock you know. Now go back to sleep." Silently, Jihoon obeyed.

Three hours later, Jihoon woke to the sound of his phone dinging. He had gotten a text message.

Jihyo: Happy Birthday Jihoon!🎉🎉🎉♥️

The last time he talked to Jihyo was when she came over after his first dream. He thought about his latest dream, and old negative emotions were roused up. He suddenly felt mad at her. She had missed eight of my birthdays. He frowned down at his phone and didn't answer.

Barely any time had passed though, when he felt guilty and texted her thanks. He turned off his phone and put it back on his bedside table. Jihoon wrapped the blankets around himself and wondered what he should do. He didn't have to answer that though, because a couple of minutes later, he fell back asleep.

"Jihoon! Jihoonie! Wake up!" Someone prodded him awake. "Planning on sleeping the hole day away?" The person jumped on him. Jihoon rubbed his eyes.

"Yah! Soonyoung Hyung! Get off!"

"Get up." Soonyoung countered in a sing-song voice. He grabbed Jihoon's arms and pulled him into a sitting position. "What happened to the Jihoon that got up before the sun?" He teased.

"Lack of motivation, that's what." Soonyoung stared at him blankly. Jihoon sighed. "I don't like getting up early. I'd rather sleep all day, if I could. I force myself to get up in order to get ready so I can work. I don't want you guys waiting for me."

"But why do you get up earlier than the rest of us? You could have a couple more minutes of sleep you know."

"I get up earlier so I can take a shower alone."

"Why?"

"'Cause I want to." Soonyoung pulled Jihoon all the way out of his bed.

"I see. Now come eat some food," Jihoon opened his mouth say something but Soonyoung held up his hand to stop him, "and don't say you're not hungry. You need to eat more." He dragged Jihoon out of their room.

"But I am not hungry." Jihoon mumbled. Soonyoung heard him, but decided to ignore him. Instead, he just shoved Jihoon into an empty stool at the kitchen table. A steaming plate of food was set in front of him by Jun.

"Jajangmyeon for breakfast?" Jihoon asked skeptically.

"Hyung, it's twelve already." Mingyu said.