“What is it?” Chaeyoung asks distractedly, trying to keep Jeongyeon awake and catch the shadows gathered at Jeongyeon’s jaw, too. “Do you want to take a break?”

“No, I’m still okay,” Jeongyeon replies, shifting ever so slightly, looking warm and comfortable in the bundle of covers and sheets Chaeyoung had sat her in. “Just thinking about you.”

A streak across her page.

Chaeyoung curses quietly to herself, rummaging around for her eraser and making quick work of the errant pencil line she just made across the paper.

“Are you okay?” Jeongyeon asks, voice lilting with worry, sounding as if she might rise from her warm cocoon.

“I’m fine,” Chaeyoung reassures quickly, happy that she hadn’t done too much damage in her own surprise. “Just… I thought I saw a spider.”

“I guess even the baby beast is scared of something,” Jeongyeon is quick to settle back into place at her words, looking pretty in a simple white button up a size too small for her.

“Shut up,” Chaeyoung shoots back with a grin, happy Jeongyeon hadn’t asked any further questions. They're quiet again, if only for a minute, before Chaeyoung speaks again. “Why were you thinking about me?”

“Nothing serious,” Jeongyeon hums out, and Chaeyoung feels her shoulders lighten, just a little. “Just thinking about how you should stay over tonight.”

“Stay over?” Chaeyoung echoes with a blush and surprised laughter. “My apartment is only a few blocks away. I don't want to be a bother.”

Jeongyeon lets out a small noise in disagreement, looking warm and sleepy in the fading sunlight. “You’ve never been a bother. What's so different this time to any other time?”

“Nothing, I guess,” Chaeyoung murmurs, and Jeongyeon only gives her a triumphant look, knowing she’s won.

Later that night, Jeongyeon falls asleep against the crook of her neck, warm breath washing over her collarbone.

Chaeyoung doesn't sleep a wink.