The More The Merrier

Chapter 2

It was nearing the end of the day and Kihyun could feel his exhaustion catching up with him. His eyelids felt heavy and his whole body ached from head to toe. There was only an hour left, and then he could go home. Home to his new apartment that he and Hyunwoo had moved into a month prior. It still seemed a bit empty, despite all their boxes being unpacked. He just felt like something was missing...

Once again, Seulgi interrupted his thoughts, but this time Kihyun didn't mind. "Kihyun you're free to go home, all of the older kids have gone and there's only a handful of toddlers left, Joy and I can handle it."

"O-oh okay. Thank you. Kihyun gathered his things and put them in his bag. He grabbed out his car keys and then made his way to the exit. "Have a good weekend Seulgi, say bye to the others for me!"

"Will do! Later Ki!" Seulgi waved him off as he exited the building, got in his car and drove away.

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Kihyun let out a relieved sigh when he arrived home. He unlocked the front door and placed his keys on the key hook. "Hyunwoo I'm back!"

"Kihyunaa I missed you so much!" Hyunwoo rounded the corner and immediately wrapped his arms around the younger, stroking the back of his head. "How was work?"

Kihyun felt like he would melt at the touch of his boyfriend. His touch was warm and soft, despite Hyunwoo looking like he could squeeze someone as small as Kihyun to death.

"It was okay. Same as usual."

"Ki you sound so wrecked are you alright?" Hyunwoo gently separated from Kihyun and carefully studied his face. His dark under eyes were more prominent than earlier that morning and he looked so exhausted. But Kihyun was stubborn, Hyunwoo knew he'd never let anyone know how true exhausted he was. Kihyun always put others before himself and cared for others when they were unwell, but he'd be damned if he let any weakness show.

" 'M fine babe, really, I-" But before he could continue he passed out in Hyunwoo's arms.

"Kihyun? KIHYUN?" Hyunwoo tried waking the younger up but it was no use. He gently picked Kihyun up and carried him to their room, placing him on their bed and pulling up the covers over him.

Hyunwoo didn't know what to do, should he call a doctor? Should he had just rushed Kihyun to the hospital? He decided to just monitor Kihyun until he woke up. Hyunwoo spent the next few hours sitting on the bed next to Kihyun, stroking his hair or lightly tracing Kihyun's soft features. He had somewhat calmed down as he noticed Kihyun's breathing slow down to a normal pace, the steady rise and fall of his chest reassuring him.

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Kihyun woke up feeling better rested than he had in quite some time. He sat up and stretched. He grabbed his phone off of the bedside table to look at the time. The bright screen displaying '9:15pm'. Suddenly memories from earlier that night flooded back to him. He remembered feeling absolutely shattered at work. He remembered getting home at around six. Then he remembered walking inside and being greeted by his boyfriend, everything after that was a blur. What even happened? Why was he in bed so early? Kihyun looked around the room, Hyunwoo was nowhere to be seen. Kihyun decided to get up and look for him. He felt dizzy when he stood up but quickly shook it off and exited the bedroom. He heard the soft mumbling of voices and figured Hyunwoo must be in the lounge room watching tv. Sure enough there he was. Hyunwoo had fallen asleep and spread himself on the couch. Kihyun chuckled at the sight. He couldn't leave Hyunwoo sleeping there though, he worried that Hyunwoo would get sore muscles. He quietly walked over to his sleeping boyfriend and gently shook his shoulder.