Beautiful as Snow, Cold as Ice

Chapter 20

Jaebum looked at the beautiful face of a certain prince.

He was sleeping soundly, both of them had stayed behind to study. The older had noticed he was tired and told him to take a small nap.

With the promise of waking him up in time, Jinyoung closed his eyes while smiling and fell asleep on his shoulder not long afterwards.

Jaebum smiled softly as he gave Jinyoung's head an experiencing pat, the younger just shifted before continuing to sleep.

Smiling softly, he chuckled quietly at the relaxed face of the other.

"Who would have thought you would look this soft?" He decided to take the risk and gently touched Jinyoung's dark brown locks.

So soft. He thought as he carded through Jinyoung's hair, the other leaning unconsciously into the touch.

He wondered what happened to the younger. Why did he pretend to be so cold? Jackson did mention something about a ex boyfriend.

If anything bad had happened to Jinyoung, he would make them pay. Whoever hurt his Nyoungie. Jaebum couldn't help but want to protect him.

After all, the other was everything he wanted in person. He adored Jinyoung, everything about the other. The soft smiles, laugh, even the caring personality. He wondered if Jinyoung remember him.

"Bummie!"

Jaebum turned around, smiling as he saw the other boy coming running towards him.

As he stopped in front of him, Jinyoung huffed after air. The other grimaced as the brunette hit him slightly.

"Yah! You said you'd wait for me!" He couldn't help but laugh as the younger frowned.

"I'm sorry Nyoungie. Eomma and Appa told me to go and look for Kyunnie." Jinyoung shook his head, looking around.

"Speaking of Kyunnie, where would he be?"

"I think he went to the playground. Let's go together!" He grabbed Jinyoung's hand, dragging the boy with him as they ran by the streets.

Jinyoung loud giggles filled his ears as he smiled.

"Why don't you remember me, Jirongie?" He hesitated but as Jinyoung smiled softly in his sleep, he couldn't help it. Jaebum leaned down, kissing him softly on the forehead.

"Minjun..."

He froze. That ex boyfriend of his, was his name Minjun? Jaebum sighed, continuing to card his fingers through Jinyoung's soft hair.

Please don't keep it to yourself if you are hurt..

The black haired male was determined to find out the truth. He looked at Jinyoung's now frowning face, the other looked scared all of sudden.

"Jinyoung?" A low whimper made him stiffen as he shifted, humming slowly. Jinyoung shifted, throwing his head to the side, looking stressed.

Jaebum bit his lip at the expression, thinking that the other had a nightmare. He pulled the younger into his lap, wrapping his arms around the waist of the other.

"Shhhh, don't worry." He hummed softly, trying to calm the other down.

"It's just a dream, baby. I'm here. Don't worry." Jinyoung let out a few choked sobs, almost jerking out of his touch.

Jaebum began to panic as he hugged the other tighter, trying to calm him down. "Baby, calm down, it's ok, don't be scared."

The sounds of whimpers and heavy breathing filled the empty classroom as Jinyoung slowly settled down, sliding back into his calm state.

He left Jaebum frozen in his spot, still humming as the younger relaxed into his chest.

What the hell?

What just happened?

He looked worriedly at the calming expression Jinyoung had. The younger just had a full on panic attack in his sleep. What the hell happened to him?

He was sure that it was something about that Minjun. Should he tell anyone else?

No, maybe Jinyoung would be against that. However, asking the younger wouldn't help him. He didn't want to destroy their friendship that fast.

He would find out what happened to Jinyoung.

The younger smiled against his chest, the two of them oblivious to the action.

Jaebum smiled softly, sighing as he kissed Jinyoung's temple. The younger wouldn't mind if he fell asleep too right? It wasn't for long anyways.

As his eyelids got heavier, he smiled against Jinyoung's head, arm securing around the younger.

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Later on, two boys woke up by the breeze as cherry flowers came through the window.

"Jaebum hyung! Wake up!" He groaned, hugging the other body closer to him.

"Hyung!" He cracked an eye open to see the flustered face of Park Jinyoung.

Then he noticed the position they was in.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" He let go of Jinyoung as they scrambled away from each other, both faces red as tomatoes. "I thought you would wake me up?"

He blinked as he bit his lip, clearly flustered. "Yeah, I fell asleep, sorry Nyoungie."

"It's alright, I guess both of us needed a nap." Jinyoung sighed.

"Maybe we should do this another time? It's already pretty late." Jaebum nodded.

"Then, at my house tomorrow?" He nodded, the two of them awkwardly stood up as they tried not to blush.

He smiled softly as he handed Jinyoung his bag. "Rest well, alright? Don't stay up all night."

Jinyoung nodded and gave a small smile before they went out of the classroom.

When they parted, he looked at Jinyoung's back as he smiled.

One day, he would wake up and see Jinyoung's sleeping face beside him.