Words That Are Hard To Say

Day 1 : Meow?!

Song Muse Of The Day: Astro - Puss In Boots

The night went on under the watchful eyes of the winter moon. Beep! Beep! Beep! The sound of the passcode being entered.

The door swung open, revealing Sungyeol who stumbled in with a completely drunk Myungsoo on his back. Incomprehensible muttering of a drunk escapes his lips while clinging onto his friend like a koala.

A tipsy Dongwoo trudged in behind them, crashing onto the sofa since his dorm was a few floors up and he was too drunk and tired to walk any further. He left sober Sungyeol to tuck Myungsoo in as usual.

Silence

The night passes on as if the group's discord had never happened and morning came with alarm ringing from a lone room.

A hand stretched out from under the warm winter blanket and accurately landed on the buzzer, bringing back the blissful silence. An action engrained from the many early mornings schedules. The temptation to roll back for a five minutes snooze was strong but for a seven years disciplined body, bed haired Sungyeol woke up almost immediately. His eyes heavy with sleep as the clock showed 5AM. They have a schedule at 9.45AM but they have to be at the salon for hairstyling and makeup by 7AM. While slapping himself awake, he headed towards the kitchen.

Breakfast?

From the fridge he took out a variety of ingredients; Doenjang (Korean miso) paste, unsalted beef broth, soy bean sprouts, chilli peppers and a variety of mushrooms. They were fresh and a complete contrast to the fridge Sunggyu's dorm had to present a few years back for Please Take Care Of My Refrigerator. In all honesty, their fridge back then wasn't much of a difference from the other dorm. The reason it was more up to date and fresh was because of...

"I need to wake Myungsoo up.."

Sungyeol was preparing Seongjutang (hangover soup) for his drunk friend, Myungsoo. It was a soup that the members confidently knew how to make although it was never made known to the public. If they hadn't the time or just too lazy to cook up a bowl, there was always the hangover medicine. A wonderful invention. Seeing that it was going to be another long day, he figured a soup would be suitable. As he waited for the soup to boil, he walked towards Myungsoo's room. Generally, it wasn't hard to wake him up but being drunk the night before, it will take a little more effort. You know.. hangovers and ridiculously early mornings aren't the best combinations.

"Myungsoo ya."

He flicked the switch on but the bed was surprisingly empty. It had signs of being slept in but the owner was nowhere to be seen. Confused. "Had he woken up?" Sungyeol searched the toilet but it was cool and dry without a single drop of water. He doesn't have to check Woohyun's room just to be sure that Myungsoo had not wandered off to an unwanted territory.

Besides, Woohyun would have been up with a foul mood if Myungsoo had trespassed. Sungyeol checked his own room just to be sure and even went to the extent of searching the shoe rack but all their shoes are still as they were the night before. "Where did he go?"

He tried waking Dongwoo up but this hyung with a track record for being difficult to wake up even on a normal day did not budge as expected. The only response he got out of him was a moan and something about Pikachu. He decided to just let him sleep on, concluding that he'll probably end up tired from waking him up. Sungyeol decided to check up on sick Sungjong instead. It was the only room left.

He turned the doorknob to Sungjong's room slowly and carefully. The light from the corridor stream in and to his surprise, he found Myungsoo curled up in bed with Sungjong who is still feeling the medicinal effect.