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"What!?" Was my initiate reaction at the words coming from Jihoon's cherry lips
"You'll stay over for tonight!" He repeated
I was kind of shocked to be honest. It's not as if I haven't slept over Jihoon's house... it's just that we used to have sleepovers... when we were 6. Now we are both teenagers and we have learned some things about how the human body functions.... Apart from that, the downpour signifies that Guanlin will be also staying with us.
"And how do you actually think this is going to work?" I bickered and crossed my arms
"Hmph, easy" he brushed off my bitterness with a cocky grin "Since you're a girl and such, you will sleep in my bedroom, Guanlin and I will get the couch"
"Do you think that it is easy to sleep with a school uniform on?" I continued contradicting whatever he said.
"You dumbass you'll borrow some stuff from me" he sighed "did you leave your brain at your house or something?"
After a couple of minutes, Jihoon entered the living room holding a faded rosewood hoodie and a pair of old grey sweatpants. He threw the pieces of clothing on me, followed by a "wear these"
I rushed to his bedroom and made my self comfortable to the clothes offered by my best friend.
As I was removing my shirt I heard some footsteps cracking their way into the room. I turned around to see what was going on and let out a scream as Jihoon entered the room.
I instinctively covered my half naked self with my arms and he hid his face into his fingers.
"You idiot doors exist for a reason you know!" I said in shock
"Yah I'm sorry I swear I didn't see anything! I just wanted to ask you what do you want for dinner!" He muttered between his fingers.
"Got any instant ramen?"
"Yes"
"Great"
And with this robotically constructed dialogue, Jihoon - finally - left his -actually mine now- bedroom and let me dress up in peace.
➳
We had just finished our meal and after we exchanged "good nights" the part which scared me the most was coming.
Sleeping in Jihoon's bed
It's just the thought of sleeping in your childhood's friend bed... it's kinda absurd... isn't it?
I tried to calm my irrational thoughts and jumped under the warm linen covers.
➳
Boom!
An unusually loud sound made me open my eyes and tremble in fear.
'It's a thunder nothing more that!' I thought, took a deep breath and readjusted the sheets.
Then another one followed and a scary third one teared my ears apart.
I was afraid. I always was afraid of thunders and thunderstorms. Generally of any natural disaster that could torn my family and turn my life into a miserably dark chapter.
I sat in the bed, twisting and turning over and over, trying to calm my beating heart and sooth those intrusive thoughts.
Then a soft voice brought me back to reality.
"Yoobin! Are you okay?" Jihoon came closer to the bed
Jihoon knew well my darkest fears and secrets. He knew that I still collect teddy bears, that I own more than one pair of bunny slippers and most importantly my illogical fear of natural disasters.
He sat in the bed, wrapping his arms around my figure and burying my head in his chest.
"I promise it's just a downpour! It will pass!" He whispered and stroked my hair as I stained his shirt with my tears.
(A/N: the IOI reference, I miss my girlies 😪)
"I will stay with you okay" he said as he lied next to me and made himself comfortable under the sheets.
Then he back hugged me as if he wanted to cherish me more than anything in this world.
