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Joy

-03:00, February 22nd, 2019-

The day before was overwhelmed with happiness and beauty. It almost made Yuta forget the nightmares in his head.

Keep in mind that it almost. As Yuta laid down on his bed, his fluffy blankets started to swallow his exhausted body. Moments before, Yuta had taken out comfy pajamas and one of Taeyong's sweaters. He loved the smell of it, so naturally, he took it and snuggled into the blankets. 

Speaking about Taeyong, it didn't take long for him to come back. He smiled at Yuta, who already had his eyes closed. Taeyong sat down on the edge of the bed and stared fondly at the sleepy figure, slowly taking off his coat. He got up and found some clothes to sleep in, noticing that his favorite sweater was gone.

He shook his head and got dressed. Taeyong looked back at Yuta and crawled into the covers, laying next to him. Taeyong brought his hand up and brushed Yuta's bangs out of his beautiful face. Yuta leaned into the touch, eventually hugging the older, head placed on Taeyong's chest.

They stood there for a while, not moving a muscle, intertwined and sleeping close to each other. It was finally calm between the two.

-05:00-

Despite having a beautiful night, Yuta still had nightmares. He jolted awake and quickly pulled away from Taeyong's grasp. Luckily for Yuta, Taeyong was a heavy sleeper and didn't notice him sneaking off to the bathroom.

"It's okay; it's going to be okay, Yuta. Just breathe, no one is going to hurt you, no one here will ever hurt you. You're going to be okay." Yuta whispered to himself. He curled up into a ball and sat in the corner of the bathroom, listening to every snore the members made. He shook his head and splashed his face with cold water. He bit back the tears and slapped his cheeks violently.

"You can do this. Just go back to bed, and you'll be okay-" Yuta meant to finish his self-motivating speech, but was cut off by a text from a certain ex.

It read: Watch out, Yuta. I'm coming to get you, and when I do, you better be ready for a fucking beating. His breath hitched, mouth going dry and palms getting sweaty. Yuta shut off his phone and shuffled back to Taeyong. He hid his face in his pillow and sobbed quietly. 

Half an hour later, Taeyong woke up feeling cold; it took him a second to come into terms that Yuta stole the rest of the blankets.

"Yuta, babe, it's time to get up. We have a schedule today." While he loved staying with him, he also needed his job. It usually took Yuta a while to get up, so Taeyong didn't find it suspicious when Yuta was still in bed 5 minutes later.

Taeyong yawned tiredly and greeted the half-asleep members in the kitchen.

"What do we have to do today? I know Jaehyun, and I have NCT Night Night but what's going on during the day?" Johnny asked as he sipped his tea. Despite having little sleep, Seo Youngho didn't like drinking coffee as soon as he woke up.

"Well I think the recording of the new album for the foreign members is today, and then the China line has to go rehearse plus NCT DREAM needs to go rehearse." He poured the same tea Johnny had into a cup, taking a sip before leaning back against the counter, next to Johnny.

"Has Yuta not gotten up yet? He's usually the first to get here." Taeyong shrugged and started to think about it. Why hadn't he gotten up yet? Was he not feeling well? Did he have too much to drink? Did he even drink? Questions started to spill into Taeyong's mind, just like his tea dropped onto his redshirt. 

"Hey, can you go wake up the rest of the members? Make sure they get ready, okay? I'll handle Yuta." Johnny nodded and set his empty cup into the sink. He trailed back to drag the lazy bums out of bed and into the car.