Just Before The Dawn [DaeJae]

Twenty Five

When he woke up, Youngjae felt himself wrapped in a wonderful, comfortable warmth. He opened his eyes.

The sunlight was shining through the window, Yongguk and Junhong lied on the single bed, tightly embraced in each others arms.

Youngjae himself was lying on his back, his head rested on Daehyun's stretched out arm, while the older's other arm was wrapped around Youngjae's waist, holding him closely to Daehyun's chest.

The three of them were still sound asleep and Youngjae didn't feel like getting up, he felt way too comfy right now, so he just closed his eyes again.

Today they would go back to Seoul. He couldn't wait to finally come back home, to lie in his own bed, alone in his own room, not having to take endless walks through the city with his classmates, looking at old buildings, while Kimono and his friends had fun throwing dirt and stones at him...

Youngjae noticed noises from the other bed, then someone giggled. He carefully looked over to Junhong and Yongguk. The younger sat on Yongguk's belly, tickling him, which made Yongguk try to defend himself. He caught Junhong's arms and pulled him down into a hug, then kissing him.

Youngjae sighed quietly and turned onto his side, now facing Daehyun. He really didn't feel like watching them getting intimate with each other.

"Come on, before we wake them up" Junhong whispered and Youngjae heard them go to the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Daehyun woke up.

"Good morning" he mumbled when he saw Youngjae being awake.

"Morning."

"What time is it?"

"About eight I think."

"Oh" the older yawned. "We only have half an hour left for breakfast then... Do you feel hungry?"

"Not really."

"Alright. I'm usually not the person to skip meals, but right now I'm just too lazy, plus we still have lots of snacks left." He smiled at Youngjae and ran his hand through the boy's black hair. "Did you sleep well?"

"Mhmm... What about you?"

"Me too." Daehyun yawned again. "We have to be out of the room in two hours, so we can't be lazy for too long..." he sat up and looked around the room. "Where is Junnie?"

Youngjae got up and searched his back for fresh socks and boxers. "They went to the bathroom a bit ago... I... don't wanna know what's going on in there."

Daehyun laughed. "Oh my god, those boys..." He went to the bathroom door, knocking. "Hey Yongguk, remember he's still a minor!" he shouted, still laughing.

"Shut up Dae!" Junhong shouted back.

Daehyun grinned before turning around. "Talking about it, when is your birthday, Youngjae?"

"Twenty fourth January."

"Cool, so not that long until you're eighteen. Are you looking forward to it?"

The younger shrugged. "I don't think it will make that much of a difference."

Daehyun chuckled. "Well, it's true, you don't feel different or anything, you're just allowed more things."

"Exactly. I don't really care about that, so it won't change anything."

Daehyun nodded, collecting his things from around the room. "Will you sit with us again in the bus?"

"If you'd like me to, I will."

"Cool." The blonde looked at his phone. "Okay let's get those two out of there before a teacher comes checking on us because we haven't been at breakfast." He knocked on the bathroom door again.
"Guys, you better hurry with whatever you're doing, we have to leave the room in a bit!"

"Yeah, yeah" Junhong answered, not sounding too interested.

Daehyun shook his head. "Oh boy. What have I done with bringing him to this party? He was so innocent before..." he laughed.

About fifteen minutes later, the two finally left the bathroom, both grinning happily.

Yongguk was shirtless and Youngjae noticed a big tattoo on his chest and a few more on his arms and back.

"Nice tattoos" said Daehyun, when he noticed them as well.

"Thank you." Yongguk smiled at him before taking his shirt from the ground, pulling it on.

Junhong grinned. "They're hot, right? I want some, too."

"Slow, baby. You gotta wait with that until you're eighteen." Yongguk said, ruffling his hair.

The younger pouted. "You didn't care about my age a few minutes ago either."

"No more details please" Daehyun laughed, before it knocked on the door and he went to open it.

"Good morning, boys" Ms Park said, "Just wanted to check if everything is alright and remind you to be at the bus at quarter to ten."

"Yes, we will be there on time. What do you think when we will arrive in Seoul?"

"If everything goes well, it will take us around seven hours, depending on how many stops we make. I think we'll be there at half past six at the latest."