ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ (ᴀᴛᴇᴇᴢ ᴍᴀꜰɪᴀ ᴀᴜ)

四

"Chanyeol's...Dead?" Wooyoung's face showed a mixture of relief and sadness. The boys in the room carefully gauged his reaction. They knew that they were walking on a fine line. 

"Wooyoung... you want to rest for the night? We can pick up this conversation later," Taeyong, the redhead with a slit on his eyebrow asked, his face full of sympathy, looking at Yeosang, the redhead looked at him to support the decision.

The silver haired male nodded slowly, showing his support at the choice. They both turned and looked at Wooyoung, giving him the final decision. The ravenette bit his lip, trying to figure out the best answer without angering anyone.

"Okay," They gave him approving looks, Taeyong's face settling back into its naturally panicked state. Gazing at the clock, Yeosang drew attention to the fact it was 6 am in the morning. 

"Let's all get some rest. We can continue this conversation in the afternoon," Taeyong dismissed all of the boys. The two of them excused themselves, leaving Wooyoung alone with a few of the boys. One in particular dashed off to the kitchen, before speeding back to the ravenette, 

"Here!" The boy whose face looked like an otter had come racing back, holding a bar of ice cream. Wooyoung's eyes lit up in an instant, looking up at the taller boy,

"For me?" The boy nodded place the sweet in Wooyoung's hands. Wooyoung examined it, noticing it was his favorite brand. The boys face broke out in a grin, he whipped his face back up to face the stranger.

"Thank you!" They sat down on the sofas, each of them eating their ice cream bars enjoying the silence. The sunlight had started to filter into the room, signaling the day was about to start. 

"I'm Shotaro by the way," the boy let him know, radiating energy like the sunrise that was happening as they spoke. The boy had a similar accent to Yuta, Wooyoung was curious enough to ask,

"Where are you from? You have a light accent," The otter faced boy grinned again, 

"Japan! I'm new here in Korea," Wooyoung look at him impressed at his Korean. 

"You have cute ears..." Shotaro said as he pointed at his own head. "I don't have ears, but I'm an otter," he told the boy as they finished up eating. 

Wooyoung choked, "An otter?" 

The younger nodded. Wooyoung looked confused at the boys sudden confession but soon accepted it,

"Cool!" 

~

"M'kay, you'll be staying here," Shotaro led Wooyoung to a cute room, the walls were a light blue, furnished with black furniture, a Queen sized bed with white sheets and blankets. There were huge windows, with white curtains draped around. 

"Thank you," Wooyoung said, looking at peace for the first time in hours. 

"If you need me, I'll be three doors down to the right," Shotaro told him as he led the ravenette to the closet. 

"All the stuff you'll need is here, there's PJ's from me, they might be a bit big," The otter admitted. Wooyoung grabbed the set of clothes and shut the door.

The boy walked out, Shotaro's clothes were four sizes too big and were drowning Wooyoung. Shotaro led the boy to the bed, tucking him in. 

"Good night," Wooyoung felt a sense of security as the younger boy tucked him in, the boy had already started drifting to sleep. 

~

*Shotaro POV*

The poor boy had already drifted to sleep before I turned the lights off. Usually I would be more childish but something about Wooyoung had made me rethink. He reminded me of a fragile older brother, and I felt like I had to be more mature and protect him. 

"Good night," I whispered to the sleeping figure, a small smile ghosting over my lips. I shut the door, and came face to face with Yeosang. I bowed in greeting, getting a nod of approval in response. 

"How is he..?" Yeosang asked, I opened my mouth to respond stumbling over a few foreign words,

"He's doing better, he's still in shock so we'll see how he is feeling after he wakes up," A look of relief rippled through the silver hair's face. 

"Keep doing what you are, I trust you," Boss's friend leaves after uttering those words, his thin white clad figure disappeared down the hallways. I watched him 'till he was out of sight before making my way into my room. 

6:30am 

"Why, my precious sleep." I mumbled and get ready for bed, not even turning the lights on. I took a quick shower, letting the warm water cascade down me and slipped into a pair of PJs. Letting out a sigh of relief, I dive under the covers, and joined Wooyoung and the others in dreamland. 

*Shotaro POV END*

"Chanyeol's dead, you killed him," Wooyoung woke up sweating, his heart rate through the roof. He took big gulps of air trying to calm down. The boys eyes held panic, clawing around for something to hold. 

The only sounds were gasping, and the rustle of fabric. As Wooyoung calmed down, the process taking more than fifteen minutes, he realized it wasn't real. A dark room had sunlight peeking out, the house was still quiet, everyone still sleeping in. 

If you need me, I'm three doors down to the right

If to remember those words, the ravenette bolted out of bed, sprinting down the bright cold, hallway and skidding to a stop in front of a black door. Tentative, the boy reached out and turned the doorknob, opening the door in silence. Walking in, Wooyoung saw not a boy, but a cute brown otter sprawled on the bed. 

He approached at a slow rate, and reached out to poke the otter. The otter cracked open one glassy eye, taking in the figure of Wooyoung. The otter yawned, and before Wooyoung's eyes the otter flashed, becoming his new friend Shotaro. 

"Wooyoung!" The boy greeted, blinking away sleep. The ravenette had an awkward expression on his face, not knowing why he was here. Shotaro noticed right off the bat, asking,

"What's wrong?" The boy locked gave with the other, before mumbling,

"Nightmare..." the younger boy cooed, and lifted one side of the covers up. Wooyoung looked nervous, he had a boyfriend until a few hours ago. 

"I'll sleep on top of the covers, don't worry," The otter said, still inviting the fox. After a sigh, Wooyoung dragged his feet to the bed and slipped under the covers. Another flash of light was seen, the boy turning back into a otter. Wooyoung grinned as he watched the otter curl up into of the covers.

"Good night, Sho," The fox mumbled before drifting into deep sleep.