SURVIVE // NCT

day4

you are racing back to the house as quickly as you can, johnny in front and jaehyun behind you as he carries mark.

your lungs cry for air and your legs burn. you feel your heartbeat against your chest, your throat feeling dry. 

you can feel blood rushing to your ears, the ringing pushing out the distant moans behind as you ran.

you ran along with johnny in front as the lead and jaehyun behind.

you feel your legs starting to wobble as you push yourself.

 before you know it, you drop,
exhausted.

jaehyun is quick to jog to your side and squat next to you.

jaehyun: ❝john, slow down!!❞

the younger helps you call out to johnny who looks back quickly and reaches your side. you catch your breath between coughs and pants.

jaehyun lowers mark too and let's him sit next to you.

jaehyun places a hand on your shoulder, brows knitted together.

jaehyun: ❝you alright?❞

❝m'fine,❞ yuta

you manage to wheeze out an answer.

johnny pats your back as you breathe in and out for oxygen to fill your lungs. you see him scan the surroundings and at the back, making sure the hoard was no longer on your tails.

mark: ❝i know a there's a warehouse not too far off here. maybe we could go there for the night.❞

the teenager points out.

you let a small smile fall on your lips. rest, something that has been circling your mind ever since your body started to tire out. it was dark already anyways.

you think and also realise that taeyong may not really be expecting you all to be returning so soon anyways. you all had no flashlight also, so walking in the dark would be risky.

➻

you all settle in for the night, laying out empty boxes to sleep on. johnny had also earlier suggested to use backpacks as pillows which surprisingly worked well for you.

you close your heavy eyelids and let sleep take over.

the night was cold but bearable for the least. you woke up a few times throughout the night since you weren't so used to lying on hard ground. you're not the only one though.

in the middle of the night, you wake up to find jaehyun awake as well. his eyes were wide open but tired.

yuta: ❝can't sleep?❞

you piped up, gaining jaehyun's attention. he chuckles and nods his head.

jaehyun: ❝m'just thinking of stuff.❞

silence falls upon you two. you stare at him but he doesn't look back. his eyes were fixated up to the ceiling of the warehouse.