nightmares. | Hyewon

nightmares

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2am.

Hyejoo opened the door of her balcony. The air outside was cool, which made her shudder. She was simply dressed in leggings and a long sweater, both black. She adored feeling the icy air against her soft skin. The woman sat on the couch she had installed a few days earlier and looked at the sky. The moon was high up in the sky, accompanied by stars.
She loved it. Being alone in her apartment, accompanied by the sweet company of the moon and stars. It soothed her when she was feeling bad, and makes her fall asleep rapidly when she was a little kid.
Hyejoo turned on her speaker and put the music at a low volume, so as not to wake the neighbors who would then come yell to her door. To be honest, she didn't like her them. They were too superficial, they loved to look good. She was sure that her neighbors in question were insulting her behind her back. It was even obvious written black on white.
She turned on her phone and looked at her wallpaper, smiling. The image that occupied her wallpaper was a selfie of Chaewon who held a bouquet of purple roses in his hands.
Hyejoo unlocked her phone and went to the Spotify app. She went down in her playlists and pressed the one she was putting out whenever she went out on her balcony. The title of the playlist was: "Night lover."
The first notes of the song began to come out of the musical enclosure.

"널 보여줘 더 솔직히
널 보여줘 더 확실히
널 보여줘 그 어딘가
언제나 반쯤 가리어진
달의 뒤쪽 뒤쪽 뒤쪽 뒤쪽"

The title of the song was MOON - EVERGLOW. Hyejoo loved the singers a lot, she was a real fan. She sang softly, throwing her voice over the notes and rhythm of the music.

Hyejoo then lay down on the couch and gently closed her eyes, letting herself sink into sleep.

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3am.

She was going to sleep when she heard a slight vibration next to her. She insulted with all her heart the person who had woken her up. She hated being woken in the middle of the night, especially at three in the morning. She blinked many times and waited a few moments to get used to the blue light emanating from the phone. She looked at the person who called her and saw that she was her favorite blonde. Hyejoo immediately removed all the insults she had said in her head, and answered the phone immediately. When Chaewon calls late at night, there is always a problem, a very big problem.

"Chae? What's wrong ? "

Chaewon didn't answer Hyejoo's question. She didn't speak at all. The only sound that the black-haired one could come in was a slight snort, which showed that Chae was crying. This noise tore at Hyejoo's heart. She hated to see and hear her best friend crying. It was her weak point, the only thing that hurt her, after losing on League of Legends. But that's something else.

"Oh .. did they come back? "

Hyejoo didn't even wait for an answer from her best friend, but she heard a slight sound that Chaewon was saying yes.

"I'm coming, don't worry I'm here in two minutes top time. "

She rose quickly from the couch, turned off her speaker and returned inside her house. She checked that the door was closed, and went to her room to pick up her phone charger and a jacket, just in case.
She went out of her house, locked her door and headed for her best friend's house.
The cause of all this turmoil was that since a young age, Chaewon has been making horrible nightmares sometimes at night. Hyejoo learned that thing, the first time she slept at Chae's house, when the two girls were ten years old.

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FLASHBACK
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It was late, and the moon had risen in the sky again. Hyejoo couldn't sleep, and felt like counting lint in Chaewon's room. And every time she counted them all, they started again. Again and again. She hoped it would help her find the sleep cycle, but even so, she still didn't find it.
The room was silent, Chaewon probably was sleeping. The two girls slept next to each other, but in two separate beds. Chaewon was sleeping in his bed, and Hyejoo was sleeping on a mattress, on the floor.
Suddenly, Hyejoo heard a slight snort, the first one of her life, very small and sweet. Then the silence came back in the room. She told herself that it was perhaps her imagination that was playing tricks on her because she was tired and feeling sleepy. A few seconds later, another sniff stopped the silence of the room.

"Chaewon .. are you okay? "

Hyejoo removed the quilt she had on her body, and stood on her mattress. Chaewon let out another sniff. Hyejoo stood on her bed, and lay down in front of her best friend, to see her face.

Chae was crying. Tears ran down her beautiful face, like a river on sloping ground. Hyejoo was shocked and didn't know what to do. So she took the blond haired girl in her arms. She squeezed her tightly, putting Chaewon's little head in her neck.

"Did you have a bad dream? "

Hyejoo asked this question in a tender and soothing manner in Chaewon's ear. The blonde nodded slowly and cried silently in the dark-haired girl's arms.

"Don't think of bad nightmares, you know? You just have to do something easy : you close your eyes very hard and you stop thinking about them, and after that action, it will go quickly better. Okay? "

She sniffled and Chae's soft voice came out of her mouth.

"Okay .."

Hyejoo squeezed her tightly and closed her eyes.

" Are you ready ?
- Yes..
- 1. 2. 3. 4. and .. 5. "

Chaewon made no more noises. She just fell asleep in Hyejoo's arms. She was happy because she helped her best friend.

"Good night .. Chaewon"

She whispered those words tenderly, and fell asleep with Chaewon in her arms.

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END OF FLASHBACK
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The youngest of the two arrived at Chaewon's house. Her house was always the same, in 7 years she still have the same decoration and place. She knocked at the door, a soft way, a word that isn't in Hyejoo's vocabulary anymore.
The door opened, showing a sad Chaewon. Hyejoo automatically took her hand and squeezed it tenderly. She put her phone and jacket on the dresser, closed the door behind her and gave Chaewon a huge hug. She began to cry in her arms again.

"Shhht .. do not cry Chae .. don't cry .."

Hyejoo tried by all means to appease her. She walked hand-in-hand to Chae's room, and made her lie down on the bed, and sat next to her. Chaewon instantly snuggled into Hyejoo's arms and calmed slightly. She put her hands around her best friend, hugging her and giving her some body heat.

"Thanks for being here for me Hyejoo .."

Chaewon's voice was shaky and almost inaudible. Hyejoo laid a light kiss on her forehead and whispered softly in her ear.

"Best friends are there for that. Now close your eyes and calm your breathing. You inhale for five seconds, then you breathe out for another five seconds, understand? "

Chaewon nodded softly, still in Hyejoo's arms.

"1..2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5."

1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4.. 5."

She felt the warmth of her best friend's breathing against her body. More Hyejoo counted, more she felt Chaewon calm down in her arms. After a few minutes, she counted for a long time, she felt that Chaewon had fallen asleep in her arms, one again, 7 years after the first time. Hyejoo smiled softly, and closed her eyes as well. She felt Chaewon gently tighten her arms as she slept, which Hyejoo found adorable.

The dark haired girl fell asleep, her best friend in her arms.