Bitter Love

Caffè Crema

Minseok was lying on his bed, awake. He glared to the right, eyeing Baekhyun. He was sleeping deeply, his lips' tips pulled up, the right thumb touching his mouth lightly and curled up under the blankets in shrimp position. The little blond huffed shortly.

"He's still a child after all", he thought.

No matter how often he tried to close his eyes, he didn't fall into slumber. His hands and forehead were always sweaty, his stomach twisting.

Minseok couldn't believe what he heard just some hours ago, it was haunting him and he didn't know why. His cheeks were flushing red from the heat he felt flowing through his body. The little blond wanted to open a window, but was worried Baekhyun would get too cold. He is always the first one to cry out when it gets chilly.

The small's body moved to the left, facing the door of the hotel room. He stared several minutes at it, discussing with his head whether he should go outside or not. Taking a walk and inhaling air deeply to relax. But he didn't. His body was too tensed to make such a movement, too heavy to lift, too drained to move.

Minseok's hands were covering his face now. He pressed them against his forehead with the tips of his fingers and cheeks with the palms. Only his mouth and nose were free. He thought about things to comfort him, to slow down his racing heart, to stop his stomach from twisting and erupting in cramps. The little blond wanted to cry, but he couldn't. His voice was blocked. It really was draining.

Minseok rolled back on his back, eyes staring up into the void. He closed them. His breath slowed down. "You can do this, Minseok." he spoke to himself.

Despite waking up several times, he eventually could sleep for some hours through the night without any disturbance.

"Wake up!" Baekhyun whistled while jumping onto the little blond.

Minseok only huffed and looked up with an annoyed gaze. "What the actual fuck?" he blurted.

The violet haired pulled up the blankets, laying down himself next to the same-sized.

"I'm sorry", he said, "but I'm overly excited."

Minseok huffed and curled up the tips of his lips. "I know, I know", he patted his friend's head, rubbing his already messy hair.

"Let's take a shower", Baekhyun suggested.

"I surely won't come with you", the little blond deadpanned.

The beagle pouted. "Why?"

"The question should answer itself." He snipped his finger against the other's forehead and stood up. After he grabbed some clothes he disappeared into the shower.

"Meany", Baekhyun still pouted.

"Shouldn't we get up?" Sehun mumbled while laying on Luhan's chest.

"Only 5 more minutes", the other snuggled onto the young boy's head.

"It's past 9, you know Minseok is already awake for sure", the black haired explained with closed eyes.

"He can't even come in, so let's just wait", the brown haired shrugged him off.

"If you insist."

Sehun smiled and rubbed his face into his love's chest more. Both tightened their grip around each other. Luhan shortly gave a kiss on the other's head. His hair smelt like strawberries. He imagined a field full of them. They were red like roses, the leafs they were surrounded in glowing in a grassy green. It glew when the sun shone on it.