Sleeping Habits [MinChan] (Completed)

Prologue

It was no secret to the members – and the fans – that Chan had a messed up sleeping schedule. What the members didn't know, though, was that he was quite a light sleeper and a simple call of his name could make him jump out of bed. It wasn't a bad habit per se, nothing to be ashamed of, but it was bothering enough to hide from the prankster he was living with.

It hadn't been too hard to hide for the time he shared a room with Woojin. The oldest member had developed a special skill with through his trainee period. He could sleep with lights on and a whole party going on next door without batting an eye open. Nothing could wake him up once he was sleeping.

Things changed when they started their very first tour.

As usual, he roomed with Changbin. The rapper was used to his late-night work and random questions at four in the morning. When right in after their first concert his temporary roommate ended up finding out his habit, he didn't think too much. He wasn't sure Changbin really understood what it meant and he had a whole list of blackmail material he never used, so he thought it wouldn't be a problem.

It was a simple sleeping habit, nothing to be ashamed of and a lot of the younger members had way worse habits. He really had no reason to worry, he thought.

In the silent room, an impish whisper raised up softly.

"And this wakes Chan up?"

Chan jumped on his bed. His heart raced and he opened his eyes. Lights off, he waited to accustom to the darkness and looked around. He saw two trembling shadows in the corner along with muffled giggles ringing in the silence.

"Jisung?" He called, recognizing, without doubt, the distinctive modulation of Jisung's laugh. "What are you doing?" He asked again when he didn't receive any answer.

Despite the darkness, he could almost see the twinkle in his eyes and the smirk of the man who was now standing in front of him.

"Don't mind us, we're just passing by~" Jisung chanted as he came closer.

Chan could hear his joking tone in the short sentence.

"In my room?"

"We were just checking something."

"In the middle of the night?" Jisung chuckled, Chan breathed heavily, still groggy.

"I was talking with Changbinnie about the new song."

"And this is why you woke me up?"

"We were just talking when you woke up," Jisung glanced toward Changbin, encouraging him to confirm.

Chan sighed and dropped back into the mattress. He closed his eyes, hands on his face.

"Sounded like you did it on purpose."

Jisung smiled impishly, "Sorry hyung, experience."

Playfully, the older put his forefinger in front of his mouth and shook his chin toward Minho who was peacefully sleeping in the second bed of the room.

"In my sleep?" Chan said in a lower tone.

He didn't even seem pissed or surprised. It wasn't really an unexpected situation at all. Jisung was kind of professional with weird and unthinkable experienced.

"As I said, Bin and I were talking about the lyrics I wrote yesterday because he said it wasn't realistic and too cheesy – of course they're not, he's just completely unable to understand poetry..."

"Shorten version please, I'm too tired for that," he cut with a whine, knowing the gabble could last long with Jisung.

The youngest of three squeaked in fake shock and pouted, "You're all so mean with me."

"Jisung, It's 8 AM, I came back four hours and I wanna sleep, and that's what people usually do in the morning when they can."

"As if You – out of all people – ever sleep since you moved in this room."

"Well as you can see, I switched off my computer a few hours ago, so that's exactly what I'm trying to do."

"You know that's not what I mean," Jisung teased, an eyebrow raised with amusement.

Chan looked up with a sigh, he didn't want to argue. It was way too late for a talk with Jisung and even more for a debate or teasing session. The younger seemed to notice as decided to give up and cooperate.

"In short, Changbin told me you wake up immediately when you hear your name," Jisung explained, way too amused by a simple talk so early in the morning.

"What?" Chan squealed. He didn't like where this was going.

"He noticed during the tour and gladly shared the information."

"Could be a coincidence."

"It could be. Which is why I wanted to check by myself, but I didn't have too," Jisung concluded, ignoring Changbin who was literally self-palming through the partially open door. "I guess he was right – for once. That's really funny because you don't bulge when I'm singing beside you, but can wake up with a whisper of your name. It also means I can piss you off if I want to with only one word! I feel so nice knowing it..." Jisung said excitedly.

"Okay, so you're happy? Now let me go back to sleep. I sleep badly enough lately."

"Oh..." the squirrel-boy bit his cheek to restrain from squeezing his satisfaction. "See, you were the one who didn't want share room with me. In the end, Minho is worst, isn't he?" Jisung began to talk again, not planning to leave soon.

Chan shooed him out and buried his head in the pillow. Not offended one bit, Jisung giggled again and left the room, happy that he had been able to verify by himself Changbin's theory.

It was right, Chan thought when the latter already left. When they changed the rooms and he ended up with Minho, Chan truly thought he could handle it. He thought he would spend time with the dancer and get some rest with the help of his constant nagging – Minho's way to care about people. Obviously, he failed.

Insomnia, really, was a b*tch.

With their schedule, he was too tired to waste his few hours of sleep. He was falling asleep as late as usual and still woke up every night in the middle of his sleep, wrapped in the darkness and silence of the room.

Each day, he tried to find out what could have woken him, without success. Without thinking, his eyes lingered a bit longer than usual on this sleeping boy on the other bed, enjoying the sound of the quiet breath and the softness of his face. It took too long for him to notice his mid-night behaviour rekindled every day more the love he kept mute deep down his heart since what felt like forever...

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Here is my Stray Kids fanfic attempt with ChanxMinho! 

This is aimed to be a fun story, so don't take toooo seriously ^^