Island Roommates // Yutae Fan Fic

Chapter Seventeen

Yuta:

I woke up tired the next morning. The boys had stayed over way past visiting hours yesterday and left only when a few of the members said they'd pool their credit cards and book some hotel rooms. I lifted my head off Taeyong's chest and yawned silently. I had tried to move to my bed last night but Taeyong had dragged me back over and promptly fell asleep with his head on my arm so I couldn't move. I looked down at his face and I was pretty sure mine was frozen in a particularly stupid expression right now. He looked adorable. His lips were rounded from his cheek pressing against the pillow and his hair was a mess. I was reaching up to try and make it look like it atleast all came from one direction when the door opened.

Jaehyun paused in surprise when he saw I was awake. Or I guess that I wasn't in my own bed... I swallowed the small spike of panic that I felt and held my finger up to my lips to tell him not to wake Taeyong. He nodded and backed out of the room as I untangled myself from the pile of limbs holding me down. Taeyong mumbled in his sleep but didn't wake up thankfully. I hurried out the room to join Jaehyun in the hallway.

"He has nightmares..." I opted to explain myself first. "He hasn't really gotten much sleep in weeks. He sleeps better with someone there."

Jaehyun just nodded and smiled stiffly at me. Then he sighed and handed me the giant bag in his hand.

"Can you give this to him? I saw his mom downstairs and she told me she'd be up later today. She has call her work to sort out more time off."

I took it from him and sort of gave him something between a nod and a bow, feeling awkward.

"She said your mom put some clothes in there for you too. The doctor might discharge you today if there are no problems." He rocked back on his feet and peeked through the door I'd left half closed. "He... He's OK, right? He wouldn't say anything about what happened yesterday."

"He's fine now. When we landed, his shoulder got messed up and he hurt it again falling but, honestly I don't think I would be alive if it wasn't for him. He's amazing." I followed Jaehyun's eyes into the room and watched as he turned over in his sleep. After a few moments though he started murmuring and my heart squeezed when he let out a sob.

"Fuck." I dashed back into the room and dropped the bag on the floor by the bed, moving closer to Taeyong and whispering softly to him. By the time he was awake and calmed down, Jaehyun had disappeared from the doorway.

"What time is it?" He asked.

"I haven't checked.* I told him. " but your mom left us some clothes. We can go home today, I think." He paused while rubbing his eyes.

"Home?" He said in a small voice. I got up to pull the bag up onto the bed. Peering inside, I took out a pair of jeans and a shirt and handed them to Taeyong.

"Mmmhmm. I'm sure you'll be h-happy to see R-Ruby. And to sleep in your own bed for a w-while." I stuttered my way through that sentence. "You should go shower. There's one down the hall." I handed him the rest of his stuff and pushed him out the room gently. I needed a minute alone. I hadn't realised until that moment that home for both of us was different countries. At least for now. It hurt. I wasn't going to cry. He would only be a phone call away, right? And we'd go back to the dorms soon... I pulled out the set of clothes my mom had left for me and almost lost it.

"Fucking skinny jeans?!" I had sworn I would never wear them again out on the island and I had been dead serious. The door opened behind me and I went off on a rant.

"Taeyong! Would you believe my mom gave me fucking skinny jeans! Who the hell wears skinny jeans when they're in hospital anyway? These things are evil and - "  I stopped when I twisted to see why he wasn't interrupting me and saw it wasn't Taeyong.