When Joonmyun said he had no intention of returning home anytime soon, he had really meant it. Throughout his prolonged stay, Yixing found it very difficult to just be around him. For starters there was the issue of having to wake up on some morning and seeing Joonmyun in the midst of getting dressed, having to bathe and having to clamp his eyes shut when Joonmyun bathed, just being able to be as comfortable as he had been previously was proving a difficult task.

"What's the worst that I could possibly do?" Joonmyun asked one morning having finished getting dressed and turned to see Yixing sat there with his hand over his eye as he usually had done previously 
"You could probably do a lot, however I'm not too keen on thinking about it" Yixing replied and waited a few more minutes before deeming it safe enough to remove his hand.

Interractions between the two of them like so were very much like this throughout Joonmyun's prolonged stay. The small conversations between the two of them is what kept Yixing sane; knowing that by even having the smallest of words between the two of them, it would be enough to comfort Yixing in knowing that Joonmyun wouldn't do anything to him and would just leave him be during his stay... or forever how long he was going to stay.

"Why exactly did you run away from home?" Yixing asked one night, knowing all to well that Joonmyun was still wide awake as he was
"Why do you think I ran away?" Joonmyun questioned back, sitting up so that he was facing Yixing.

"You brought a bag full of the essentials one would need to live comfortably, you brought a blow up matress and you have not left this place to go home for a few days" Yixing explained as Joonmyun smiled and laughed to himself
"You know you're really not as dumb as people made you out to be on posts I've read online" he said whilst Yixing sat there shocked. There were actually people out there who thought he was stupid?

"But yes, I have ran away from home. Why? Well, to me the explanation is quite simple really. To others, it may be difficult to understand" Joonmyun replied
"Enlighten me" Yixing said, not caring if in the end he truly understood what was being said or not.

"In my family, I'm always second best. My parents care for my brother and my brother only, the only time they take any notice of me is when I've done something wrong and it gives them the excuse to punish me accordingly" he began "My parents are not the saints they make themselves out to be and I got fed up" he finished with a shrug.

"What did they do to you?" Yixing asked 
"What they would always do" was all Joonmyun replied and by talking to him, Yixing found that Joonmyun was actually opening to up to him, even if it was the tiniest bit. For the amount of time he spoke to Joonmyun on the topic of his parents, Yixing was able to see him as a boy of his age.

"Enough about that though, I don't need you prying into my private life" and just like that, Joonmyun had returned to the Joonmyun who Yixing had known since his ordeal had first begun.

Yixing used to hate being stationary. Being stationary meant that there wasn't much to do, if there wasn't much to do then Yixing quickly became bored and when boredom finally hit him, he would moan and whine about it until he was on the move again.

Being confined to one space and having his movements restricted, Yixing was able to deal with and handle the boredom a lot more efficiently than how he did previously. Constantly being tied up to one place, he found that he never had much to do and tried to find simple methods he could use to ensure that the boredome never became to much- he knew that he wasn't going to be leaving very quickly.

Being able to think about it, though being an idol was extremely difficult, it gave him something to do and made him feel like he was finally contributing something rather than sitting there and wallowing his life away.

On one nights such as those previously, he would be laying there muttering various songs that his mum would sing to him as a youngster to himself, always finishing on one final lullaby before he would call it a night and go to sleep. He always sang when Joonmyun was not around; though he knew that Joonmyun and everyone other one of his fans knew what he sounded like when he sung, singing like this he preffered to do in private rather in front of others.

Slamming the door open, Joonmyun had made Yixing stop his singing and jump as he came running in with a number of bags in his hands.

"What are you doing?" Yixing asked as Joonmyun threw the bags onto his bed with panic written all over his face
"They're out there" he replied in a whisper, making Yixing frown.

"Who are?" he asked
"I-I need to leave here, otherwise they'll find me and then they'll find you" Joonmyun muttered, jumping up from the bed
"There is enough food and drink in there to last you. I-if you need to wash just use a bottle and pour it on you or something a-and if you need to pee, just use a bottle or whatever" Joonmyun continued to babble on about other things, but Yixing just couldn't understand what he was saying.

"What's going on?" he asked
"They're going to find me a-and take me back to my parents. If I don't leave then they'll come here and find you a-and take you away" to which Yixing's ears pricked up and Joonmyun now had his full attention.

"R-really?" he asked
"I can't have that happen!" Joonmyun almost screamed at him, before he began to shake slightly "Y-you're here to get away from mean people and I'm taking care of you, they can't take that away!" he shouted as Yixing reached out but Joonmyun jumped away from his touch.

"You need to calm down" Yixing said, starting to become concerned over Joonmyun's emotional well-being. However Joonmyun was not listening to him and with one last look around, ran out, slamming the door behind him and locking it tight.

Sitting there in the silence that followed, Yixing looked through the bags Joonmyun had left to see how much Joonmyun had bought. Looking at just how much was in the bags combined, Yixing knew that Joonmyun was preparing in case he wasn't going to return for a long period of time. It was just a matter of how long it would be until he was able to return...

Hello everybody!

I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and enjoyed your day with all your friends and family. I almost had a heart attack this morning when my mum told me it was New Years on Thursday... where has the time gone? o.O

I'm writing this bit to say that is not much left to explore in this fic. I mean I'm covering all the factors that need to be covered so we could be seeing this end in the future. Not too soon, of course, there are still some more chapters to come, this just won't be a long story that is all.

Until the next chapter!