The Monster Under The Bed

23. No Matter What

Kris hungrily eats as much as his stomach can hold before collapsing on the bed to once again into a deep sleep. But that didn't scare Autumn. She knew that this time, his sleep would be one of healing.

"Where are you going to sleep Nim-nim?" Chen asks.

"I'll sleep next to Kris," she answers. Chen raises an eyebrow.

"Really? You're okay with sleeping with him?"

"We're just going to be sleeping Chen," Autumn answers, "It's not like this is the first time we've slept together."

"It's not?!" Chen exclaims, shocked. She shakes her head.

"No, when we ran for the first time I slept next to Kris, Luhan, and Zitao all the time before we managed to get an apartment," she explains, "Sometimes I still sleep next to Zitao when he has a nightmare."

"Why haven't you slept with any of us then?" Chen asks. As much as he tried to hide it, she could hear a hint of hurt in his voice.

"The opportunity never presented itself," she answers, then jokes, "And you tend to be a bit of a pervert."

"I do not!" he laughs.

"We've cuddled on the couch before, and you kept rubbing my thigh. It didn't take a genius to figure out what was going through your mind," she shrugs with a small smile on her face.

He throws his hands up.

"It was a scary movie and you kept snuggling under my arm to block the sound and I couldn't reach your back!" he protests.

"If you say so," she shrugs, then lays down beside Kris. She can hear Chen laying down as well.

"Why do you call Kris, Yifan?" Chen asks.

"Because he asked me to," she yawns.

Chen is silent after that, and the soothing dark of slumber overtakes her.

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Sehun chokes and struggles against Xiumin. Although Sehun was taller, Xiumin was stronger. His face was turning purple as he struggled to breath. Kyungsoo was pushing the others off, refraining them from helping the youngest. Sehun's struggles become weaker and weaker, before stopping. After a few moments of his body going limp, Xiumin drops him. Kyungsoo allows Luhan and Chanyeol to rush forward, holding back only Yixing. Xiumin comes over to help restrain the fuming healer.

"What the hell?!" Yixing shouts, hitting Kyungsoo and kicking at Xiumin, "Why the hell would you try to kill Sehun?!"

"He's a traitor," Xiumin growls.

"He led them into the house, the little bastard," Kyungsoo hisses, "He was the one who dropped the match that sent the house up in flames."

"He couldn't have done that!"  Yixing shouts, "He's been with us for almost a day and a half!"

Chanyeol runs over and rips Xiumin away, holding him tightly while Luhan hits Kyungsoo's head with a rock. Luhan then goes to help Chanyeol as Kyungsoo stumbles around. Luhan hadn't hit him hard enough to knock him out, but enough to daze him for a bit, hopefully long enough that Yixing could heal Sehun. If he was even still alive.

Yixing rushes over to Sehun's body and checks for a pulse. After a few seconds of panic, he finally feels it: a faint heartbeat. He places his hand on Sehun's swollen, bruised throat and begins to use his power. But he is yanked off. Not by Kyungsoo or Xiumin. But by Leeteuk.