> 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄. • 𝗁𝖾 𝗑𝗂𝗇𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀

𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

— 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏.𝐎.𝐕.

a nightmare. great. i haven't had a nightmare in forever, so now that i just woke up having one doesn't feel the best... and it's to the point where i immediately called the first person i could think of... which strangely enough out of all people, is xinlong.

i mean, it's already morning, but my alarm hasn't even gone off yet... so who knows if xinlong's even awake right now. but, i guess it's worth a shot.

relief almost comes over my body as the ringing stops and a familiar and soothing voice picks up.
"(y/n), what's wrong? is everything okay?" he then asks, probably already hearing the sounds of my soft crying.
"y-yeah."
"it doesn't sound okay. what's wrong? what happened?"
"nothing, i just- i had a nightmare, and you were the first person i thought of to call." i admit right away.

"oh... a nightmare?"
"mhm."
"it seems like it must have been pretty scary to get you to cry... hm?"
"i guess..."
"what was it about?"

after a few minutes of explaining everything i remember, then sniffling while trying to pull myself together, he speaks once again.

"aw... i'm sorry..."
"it's fine... i'm sorry if i woke you up just because of this, i-"
"no, no. don't worry about it. i actually already woke up and was about to hop in the shower, so you got me at the right time or else i wouldn't have woken up."
"o-oh... well i guess that's good then."
"mhm."

after a few seconds of silence, xinlong then speaks again.
"well, how are you feeling? tired? just scared?"
"just... tired."
"do you wanna go back to sleep then? we don't have to be there until nine today." he points out.
"i'm not sure."
"you should, so then you can be all rested up."

"i... okay." i then give in letting out a light yawn.
"oh- also, thanks for talking to shuyang yesterday... we had no clue what was wrong."
"it's no problem."
"alright, well... sleep well."
"i'll try." i respond. but, before i hang up, i say one more thing.

"hey, xinlong?"
"yeah?"
"thank you."
"mhm. that's what friends are for, right?"
"y-yeah..."
"well, see you in a few hours."
"yeah, see you."

xinlong then hangs up the phone and i just let out a sigh, sinking back into my bed and placing my phone on my nightstand.

friends... we're friends... why do i love that so much?

—✖️—

crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. i slept in.

i didn't mean to, but i did. i did, and now hopefully i won't be late. at first i didn't even realize it, i just thought i fell asleep and woke up before my alarm, which was nice... that's until i realized what time it was and that it was really because i never set the alarm in the first place.

so, i get out of bed and get ready super quickly, throwing on something on along with the first jacket i could find, then spraying perfume and doing the things i need, deciding to skip the makeup completely so i could just get out of here, and doing so.