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three a.m. - ateez jongho

[03:11]

he could not believe his mind was still awake at this time of night as he tossed and turned around, facing each of his bed sides to get comfortable enough for slumber to take place.

however, none of the tactics were of any use to the poor boy because his mind was clouded of thoughts of only you.

it was difficult to even get a wink of sleep when your relationship kept hovering in his mind, making itself a priority even at this time.

jongho sighs before grabbing his phone off the empty pillow beside him, quickly dialing your number, praying that you'd pick up the phone so he could express his thoughts.

it took a while but you did pick up his call after three tries from the boy.

"jongho, it's three a.m. what exactly do you want right now?"

you mumble into the phone, barely awake as he shrugged his shoulders.

"i just needed to hear your voice again,"

he whispers in the darkness of his bedroom, letting his phone ring out on speaker mode as he lays back into his sheets.

"i couldn't sleep."

you're yawning before you reply to your crush, head empty as words leave your lips.

"why can't you sleep?"

to be quite frank, jongho didn't know the exact reason why he was still awake.

he knew you were all he could think of but what was bothering him so bad that he needed to call you at three a.m.?

as the boy grows silent, you're consumed by the warmth of your sheets and find yourself slowly slipping off into dreamland before he asks a simple question that lightly shakes you awake again.

"do you really like me? like really like me—like do you have feelings for me?

jongho bites his lip before opening his eyes, gazing up at his bedroom ceiling, so light and empty; exactly like how the boy felt at that moment.

"of course i like you, jongho. why would i confess if i didn't?"

you say, sleepily and your crush sighs.

"thank god, i was worrying so much about the fact that you could have just been joking around with me. i really wished it wasn't a prank so now i can be glad you actually do have feelings."

he smiles softly before turning to his side, bringing a pillow into his arms to hold it tight, imagining it was you by his side.

"even if i like you, do you like me? are you willing to stay? or will you fade away from my life?"

you murmur and jongho is left quite speechless at your questions because there was no foreseen future of the two of you.

all jongho knew was that he likes you the way you like him and it was enough to keep him by your side until there could be no more of an 'us' for the both of you.

"if i didn't have feelings for you, you wouldn't be on my mind all up until now."

he replies and your sleepy stated doesn't allow you to contrast it from a dream or from reality.

"until now?"

you whisper and your tone alone let the boy know you were drifting away again but still he answers in a soothing voice.

"until now, because now i'm thinking of us."

you smile one last time before slumber consumes all of your existence right then and there.

but jongho does not dare to hang up or end the call and avoid your wild snores and heavy breathing like the beast you are,

because he likes you.