Kyuhyun found himself standing in darkness; complete, utter darkness.
There was no sky above him, nor could he see the ground beneath him, although he was sure he was standing and not floating.

Confused and a little bit stricken by this situation, he began to walk through the blindness in search of a way out.
As he walked about aimlessly, the feeling of being lost began to intensify the further he trekked.

The silence surrounding him was deafening, engulfing him in the stilness and hush of darkness. He couldn’t hear his own footsteps, let alone his own breathing. Even his increasing heart rate was silent in the void.

“Kyuhyun….”

He stops abruptly and turns around in surprise at the sound of a familiar voice calling out his name, eyes darting about blindly as he seeked the owner of the voice. But all he saw was endless darkness.

He swallows, pausing for a second as he listened for the voice again.
“H-Hello?” he calls out, the small tremor in his tone giving away his fear. "Whos' there?"

“Kyuhyun…..” the voice cries out again, further away and sounding more desperate this time.

Not a second later, he finds himself turning and slowly heading towards the direction of the voice, curiosity getting the best of him. He speeds up to a faster pace that gradually turns into sprint after a minute of silence, determined to find the voice again as he ran blindly through the darkn.

He runs in what seems to be forever in the dark, because his lungs were starting to burn, and his legs were aching from the exertion.
Running with no destination in mind, or knowing what he was heading towards was terrifying. But there was something about that voice that drew him to it, to keep following it.

 Just when he was about to stop and maybe catch his breath, he trips on something, sending him flying down to the dark ground.

He half expected to keep falling like he was in a void, but he doesn’t, and instead crashes roughly to the ground, landing in something wet and warm.

He lets out a small groan of pain, trying to push himself back up again with aching arms, when suddenly the heavy smell of copper penetrates his senses, making him realize what he had fallen in:

Blood.

A lot of blood.

Kyuhyun brings his trembling hands up and he sees them, clear as day, covered completely in the crimson liquid that slowly trickled down his arms, dripping thickly back into the pool of blood beneath him. He sits up quickly in shock with a sharp gasp as he scrambled backwards to get away from the blood, stopping abruptly when he bumped into something behind him. He lets out another small sound of surprise, the adrenaline and fear beginning to take over him the more he realized there was no way out.

Spinning around, his eyes land upon a horrifying sight as his heart skipped a beat.

Laying before him was the the body of Kim Jongwoon, limp and covered in blood, his blue eyes now a dull gray, staring blankly up into the darkness, dead and unseeing.

“J-Jongwoon….” Kyuhyun stammers in disbelief, reaching forward numbly to caress the younger’s face, but his skin was cold to the touch.

A trembling breath escapes him as he stared wide-eyed and frozen, realization beginning to settle in.
"No!” he finds himself shouting, grabbing at the boy’s shoulders and shaking him, desperate for some sort of response. But his body remained limp, cold, and unmoving.

“No! Jongwoon! Please, wake up! Wake up—!”

“JONGWOON!” Kyuhyun cries out loudly, sitting up abruptly as his eyes snapped open to see utter darkness, feeling his heart beat rapidly against his chest as sweat dripepd down from his forehead. 

A soft touch on his shoulder causes him to jump in fear, moving away from the unknown quickly.
“Kyuhyun, hey, you’re alright…..you’re fine now. ” A voice murmurs comfortingly from beside him, and he feels the warm touch brush his shoulder again hesitantly.

“J-Jongwoon,” he repeats, warily and quieter this time, turning to make sure that the younger was actually warm and alive beside him, and he wasn’t still stuck in that nightmare.
He makes out the faint silhouette of the younger beside him as his eyes adjusted to his surroundings, an expression of concern and confusion on the boy's face as he tried to calm the elder.

The warm hand slides up from his shoulder to rest against his cheek in reassurance, and Kyuhyun couldn’t help but to lean into the soft touch as he drew in a few trembling breaths, trying his best to calm down and relish in the relief and comfort from the simple touch.

“I’m here, don’t worry.” the raven whispers, leaning forward to press a gentle kiss to the man’s forehead before wrapping his arms around the elder’s neck, pulling him close.

Kyuhyun could still feel the adrenaline pumping through him as he quickly wrapped his own arms tightly around the smaller's waist, clutching the warm body desperately close to his own.
He presses his face into the crook of the younger's neck, inhaling the boy’s familiar scent and taking in the warmth of his body, comforted by it all as he willed his racing heart and mind to settle. He felt those small fingers gently run through his sweaty curls, gently cradling him close before the raven slowly brought them back down to the bed, still holding the elder tightly.

“Did you have a nightmare?” Yesung questions quietly, talking softly as if he was coaxing a frightened animal, his hands now moving from the other's hair down to the elder’s in comfort.

There were a few seconds of silence as Kyuhyun contemplated admitting to it or not, slightly embarassed by his unconcious outburst and waking the other up in the process.
“....yes,” Kyuhyun answers shortly, refusing to let the younger go even though he was sure the position they were in was probably uncomfortable for the boy. He tries to recall what had happened in the dream, trying to remember what had caused such fear in him, but it was beginning to fade fast. Everything was a blur in his mind, the nightmare leaving nothing behind but the image of blood and a sense of fear. 

“What was it about?” the boy continues, trying to shift into a better position but Kyuhyun’s arms tighten around him anxiously, causing him to stop.

“I—I don’t remember,” the elder murmurs quietly against the boy’s neck, relaxing a little under the boy’s gentle ministrations, finally allowing the other to move. “I can’t recall.”

“How peculiar,” Yesung teases lightly, trying to lighten the mood. “You never have nightmares. What could you have possibly dreamt of that made 'The-Great-Cho-Kyuhyun' so frightened?”

Kyuhyun scowls as he pulls away slightly to glare at the boy in arms.
“Everyone has a weakness. And yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but even me.”

Yesung couldn’t help but to roll his eyes at the compliment Kyuhyun had managed to slip in.
“Alright Mr. Tough Guy, let’s tuck you back into bed. Even you need sleep,” he laughs lightly, before pressing a short kiss to the brunete's lips, deciding not to pry anymore as it seemed like the nightmare had the elder pretty shaken.

The brunette sighs disappointedly when the younger pulled away to move back to his own side of the bed, before pulling the covers back up and around them. However, even though his heart had stopped racing and any evident danger was now gone, he couldn’t help but to still feel anxious, keeping him wide awake.

A few minutes of silence passes as Kyuhyun stared up at the dark ceiling, nothing but anxiety filling his mind as he tried his hardest to recall what had him so afraid. But even though his mind was racing wildly, he still couldn't remember what happened in the nightmare.

He sighs again, giving up on it as he turns over onto his side, facing the younger.
“....I’m sorry,” he whispers to the boy, who had his eyes closed in hopes of falling back asleep soon.

Yesung doesn't respond for a few seconds, hoping that he'd heard Kyuhyun wrong, and that the elder had murmured a 'goodnight' instead.
When he realized that that wasn't it however, and he could still feel the elder staring at him earnestly, he peeks one eye open to peer over at the elder who was staring back at him quietly. He turns over onto his side so that he was facing the brunette again, noticing that Kyuhyun still looked very much on edge.

“For what?” he asks quietly.

“For....” Kyuhyun pauses, “I don’t know,” he murmurs. “For needing you to comfort me, I guess."
He had never expected, nor wanted, Yesung to be the one who would need to comfort him someday, or offer him protection from…..well, some ‘bad dreams’. Kyuhyun was meant to be the strong one in this relationship; the one that Yesung could rely and depend on, not the other way around.

The raven stares at him for a few silent seconds, trying to comprehend what exactly it was Kyuhyun was trying to say, before releasing a snort of disbelief and rolled his eyes again.
“Like I give a ,” he scoffs, pulling the covers up higher as he tried to get comfortable again, finding this conversation ridiculous. 

A small smile makes its way across Kyuhyun’s lips at the younger’s response. An unfiltered and blunt Yesung was always amusing; that's what Kyuhyun loved most about him. 
“Alright, but I care.” he says, reaching over to pull the boy close again, the younger releasing a small sound of complaint for being manhandled so easily. “I’m supposed to be the one protecting you, the one that you could always rely on. How can I protect you, if I can’t even protect myself?”

“Kyuhyun,” the younger starts, doing a weird wiggle as he scooted closer, welcoming the extra body warmth the other was offering up. “A relationship requires two people to make it work, and it takes a lot to maintain a good, healthy relationship. And no, it does not mean dividing up responsibilities, like you being a protective knight while I stay as a damsel in distress. There’s got to be a good balance to everything. So it means once in awhile, it’s alright for you to slip up, just like it’s alright for me to offer you protection and comfort as well.”

“I want to be strong though, strong enough to protect the one I love, because I failed to do so for my own family.” Kyuhyun says, guilt and shame evident in his tone as well as expression. “I don’t ever want to see you in danger again, or unhappy, or in pain.”

“Look, Kyu,” the raven sighs, realizing that sleep probably won’t be allowed anytime soon, glancing up to meet the other's forlorn gaze. “You’re not a god. I mean, you’re an angel, or part angel, or technically an angel’s vessel, so you could use the powers of an angel, but you’re a tainted vessel so nevermind you can’t, but Sol said he is able to use your body for short periods of time so maybe you can use angel powers after all—”

A light flick to the forehead from Kyuhyun shut Yesung’s rambling up.

“—Ow,” Yesung grumbles, reaching up to rub at the slightly sore area. “Anyways, what I’m trying to say is, you’re not perfect, Kyuhyun. Nobody is. You can be the best in the Celestial Clan—”

“—I am the best.” Kyuhyun inserts quickly.

“Shh! Don’t interrupt me!” Yesung snaps with a huff. “Even though you are the best in the clan,” he corrects begrudgingly, “it doesn’t mean mistakes still can’t be made. You can try your hardest at some things, but still not succeed. Some things just….don’t always go the way you want it to, or expect it to; that's fate. So I’m not in this relationship with you just because I want you to protect me. I want to be with you, because I want to be there for you as well.”

Kyuhyun just stares at the younger for a moment, staring into the younger’s determined blue eyes. “Hmm, I guess,” he mumbles.

“Hmm, I guess?!” Yesung repeats the other’s words in astonishment, obviously offended at the nonchalant answer. “I go into this long winded explanation and all I get is a ‘Hmm, I guess’?!” he shouts in disbelief. “You are a waste of my breath and effort, Cho Kyuhyun!” he huffs, before turning around sharply in bed so that his back was facing the elder.

Kyuhyun laughs lightly at the younger’s reaction.
“Hey, I didn’t mean it like that. I was just trying to—”

“—good night!” the younger interrupts sharply, yanking the covers up and over his head aggressively, grumbling and cursing grumpily under his breath.

The elder was still laughing however as he leans forward, sliding an arm around the boy’s waist in which Yesung tries to remove half-heartedly. He maneuvers his way under the warm covers as well and presses up against the boy’s back, successfully spooning him as he presses a gentle kiss to the nape of the raven’s neck, murmuring a soft 'I love you' in hopes of being forgiven.

When Kyuhyun didn’t receive a response however, he pulls the covers back down and sits up onto one elbow, nudging the other lightly as he slid the hand he had around the boy’s waist up to lace them through the younger’s much smaller ones.
“You love me too, right?”

The raven releases a small sound that sounded like an irritated scoff, despite adjusting his hand so that he was actually holding the elder's much larger one properly.
“Hmm, I guess.” Yesung mocks.

“I deserved that,” Kyuhyun chuckles, leaning back down to give the boy’s shoulder a bite, just light enough to hopefully gain the boy’s attention again.

But no, he only received a quick jab to the stomach from Yesung’s elbow.
“No biting,” the younger grumbled pointedly, back still facing the other.

Finally gaining some attention, although not the attention wanted, Kyuhyun leans in and bites him once more anyways, this time keeping a tighter grip on the younger’s hands to prevent an elbow to the stomach again (that surprsingly hurt a lot more than expected), doing this only because he wanted the raven to turn back around.

“I really will take you to get checked for rabies if you keep this up!” Yesung snaps, turning onto his back with a glare.

“I don’t have rabies, don’t be ridiculous,” Kyuhyun grins, shifting forward so that he was hovering over the younger, elbows on either side of the boys head before leaning down to press a proper kiss to his lover’s lips.

Yesung reaches up with one hand to hold the elder there, giving his lower lip a small nip in punishment. “Well you see, we haven’t gotten you checked yet, so we don’t really know now, do we?” he smirks.

Kyuhyun simply laughs again as he leaned back down to cover the boy’s lips with his own, knowing that the other finally dropped the grudge he was holding as he kissed the boy lazily but deeply. And Yesung allows it since it seemed to help the elder’s anxiousness from the nightmare he had earlier on, their lips moving slowly and seducitvely together.

He pulls away after a minute though, bringing a hand up quickly to press it against Kyuhyun’s mouth when the elder tried to sneak a few more pecks.
“Alright, time for bed.” he says sternly, glancing back at the clock on the nightstand to see that it was already 3 in the morning.

“Why? Need your beauty sleep?” Kyuhyun teases, moving away completely to plop back down onto the bed again, before sliding his arm back across the boy’s stomach, gently resting his hand against the curve of his waist as he shifted to lay on his side.

“Of course,” Yesung smiles, staying on his back as he finally closed his eyes, reaching down to gently the arm that was around him. “How else do I maintain this beauty?”

“You’re right as always, my princess.” Kyuhyun chuckles, not really serious, but he enjoyed the way the other's nose scrunched in disgust. 

“Ugh, so corny and cringy. I think I just puked in my mouth.” Yesung grumbled, eyes still closed. “Goodnight, rare-Kyu that I hope I’ll never meet again.”

“Goodnight, my love.” the brunette murmurs quietly, finally settling down as he rested his head on the same pillows as the younger’s.

Kyuhyun watches the raven quietly for a few minutes, finding that the urge to sleep was still not coming anytime soon, now stuck wide awake. He couldn’t even remember what happened in the dream, but his mind was telling him something was wrong, leaving his heart feeling unsettled. 

There wasn’t much in this world that Kyuhyun feared; but there was one thing he knew for sure—he would do anything in his power to protect those he loved, making it quite obvious that the dream must’ve been about Yesung.

He reaches up and gently brushes the dark bangs away from the boy’s closed eyes, admiring his delicate features with a small smile on his own face. Yesung’s beauty is ethereal— from his glacier-blue eyes to the curve of his soft pink lips; everything about him to Kyuhyun was exquisite.

Kyuhyun had never imagined that they would ever be where they are now, sharing the same bed, whispering teasing but comforting words to one another, and sharing soft I love you’s.
Kyuhyun just never thought he was that type, or could ever be that type— someone who is all soft and mushy, falling head over heels in love. 

Admittedly, when they first met several years back, they didn’t get along well. They were like night and day, completely different.
Yesung was feisty and quite stubborn towards a cold and stoic Kyuhyun, their contrasting personalities causing them to heads quite often, leading to many disagreements, more often than not.

When they learned to compromise after some time however, things got easier. Yesung was still stubborn as hell, but he no longer lashed out at Kyuhyun and eventually dropped his defensive attitude.
Yesung's way of coping was to remind himself that Kyuhyun would always be a and there was no way of fixing it, only to meet in the middle and compromise. 

For Kyuhyun, he learned to accept the younger’s odd behavior. He used to get quite irritated when Yesung complained about certain energy-consuming workouts, and simply forced the boy to do it anyways. Only when Yesung actually collapsed on the running tracks one day (in which the boy claimed quite stubbornly that he tripped, not collapsed), did Kyuhyun realize that Yesung knew his limits and the elder was demanding too much out of him every time, considering the boy was out of practice for a good two years.

After dropping his feisty self, Kyuhyun noticed the boy became cheery instead. Sometimes, his cheerines became almost unnerving.

It would always start with Kyuhyun hauling the smaller out of bed early in the morning, watching on as the bleary-eyed boy chugged down a mug of black coffee, before turning back to Kyuhyun with a wide, cheery grin to show that he was ready for the day again.

Kyuhyun didn’t think much about it at first, but the more he began to observe Yesung, the more he came to realize that that amount of cheeriness was unhealthy, and the boy wasn’t actually happy at all.

Yesung was two years behind his class, meaning he had to study and train almost three times harder than any other student in order to catch up to his class and finish schooling on time.

Kyuhyun always assumed Yesung didn’t have any friends, or chose not to socialize, especially when he’d join Kyuhyun under a shady tree to read during his free time. The younger would eventually nod off and fall asleep after a few minutes however, falling against Kyuhyun’s shoulder.

Kyuhyun would give him ten minutes at most, before waking the boy up and telling him sternly to continue reading the textbook in hand. Yesung would sit up obediently with a guilty giggle, before picking up the fallen textbook with that cheery smile stretched painfully across his lips again. It happened more often than not, Yesung falling asleep in broad daylight under Kyuhyun’s care.

It wasn’t until Yesung missed an evening training session, did he finally find out why the boy kept dozing off.

It was early evening when Yesung had fallen asleep once more against Kyuhyun’s shoulder while studying. He was asleep for a good 20 minutes, peacefully asleep against Kyuhyun who was trying to read, but suddenly jolts awake and started to scramble about, stuffing books and papers into his backpack while muttering in a panic about being late for a class. Kyuhyun simply watched in amusement as the younger ran off, half stumbling since his legs probably fell asleep after sitting for so long on the grass ground.

Yesung had exactly one hour after his last class of the day to grab dinner and change before his evening training with Kyuhyun. However, after waiting for the blonde boy for about an hour in the training room, Kyuhyun eventually grew impatient and went to seek the younger to give him a stern earful about time management.

When Kyuhyun didn’t find Yesung in his room, he gradually became concerned for the younger’s whereabouts. Only after seeing Kyuhyun wander the halls of the Academy several times with an expression of vex on his face, did a professor inform him that he saw Yesung head towards the library awhile ago.

Confused as to why the boy would go to the library instead of his room before training, the elder quickly makes his way over there to find out, writing out a whole speech in his head that he was ready to give to the younger when he finds him.

The library was open 24 hours for student access, but was mostly empty at that late of an hour. Most of the lights were turned off already when Kyuhyun arrived, save for some small lamps on study tables that gave just enough light to read comfortably under.

Kyuhyun caught sight of the the boy almost immediately in a secluded corner of the library, recognizing the familiar head of blonde hair. As he made his way closer to him, he realized that Yesung was actually asleep, draped forward over the table with his face pressed into an open textbook before him.

He took a minute to stare judgingly at the sleeping boy, watching as a little bit of drool dribbled onto the pages of the textbook. The elder makes a mental note to burn the book rather than let him return it as he glanced at the piles of other books surrounding the boy on the table.

It was then that it all registered; Yesung has been using what little free time he had to study, including his lunch and dinner breaks. The only meal he’s been eating consistently was breakfast, because Kyuhyun was with him every morning after training to make sure the boy was getting his start-of-the-day sustenance. And to no one’s surprise, Yesung had probably been sacrificing sleep to study for his classes, hence why he falls asleep so much during the daytime.

Showing some pity and remorse, he decided to let the boy sleep, rather than trying to wake him for training. Kyuhyun pushes aside the textbooks and gently picks the resting boy up bridal style, surprised that the other didn’t even stir save for a soft snore that escaped his lips. He carries him all the way back to the dormitories, earning him a few odd glances along the way from passerby’s, but he simply ignored them as the boy nestled against his chest cozily, still snoring softly.

It wasn’t until Yesung was gently lowered down onto the bed did he suddenly sit up with a gasp and wide eyes, nearly head-butting Kyuhyun in the process and startling the elder greatly at the sudden action.

“Oh my god I’m late!” was the first thing he said as he tried to scramble out of bed, but was stopped by a pair of strong hands.

Kyuhyun holds the other down firmly and proceeds to  by saying he was a good two hours late for training already, so it was pointless to go anymore, in which the boy turned to stare at him surprise, as if he had only just noticed the elder was also in the room.

“Have you been skipping meals to study?” Kyuhyun questioned quietly, brows furrowing together as he crossed his arms over his chest, watching as Yesung finally settled back down with guilt written all over his face.

Yesung glances up at him with doe like eyes, and blinks once.

Twice.

“....no.” he manages out quietly, cowering back when the elder narrowed his eyes at him, knowing when the boy lied

“That’s an unhealthy habit,” Kyuhyun reprimanded with a frown, “especially for a dhampir that’s training to become a Celestial member. You need to be eating consistently and healthily in order to have energy to train. No wonder you’ve been exhausted.”

“I have been eating!” Yesung retorts back defensively, before adding quietly under his breath, “—ish.”

“One meal a day does not count! If you die under my care, I have to handle the paperwork, princess.” the elder responds, not actually serious about the last part.

Yesung smiles though, that same cheery smile Kyuhyun had learned was actually a mask to hide behind.

“That’s alright,” the blonde shrugged, smile still stretched across his lips. “That means no more taking care of annoying, royal dhampirs, yes? And I get my much needed nap!”

“No, you’ll be dead, an eternal slumber, not a nap.” Kyuhyun scowls, hating the fact that the younger was trying to mask the pain and fatigue, and in front of Kyuhyun of all people. “Get some rest, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“What about practice tonight?!” Yesung says, standing up abruptly. “I need practice! I’m finally starting to catch up in all my classes, I can’t miss training!”

“You need rest more than you need practice.” was all Kyuhyun had to say before trying to push the younger back into a laying position, who of course, resisted as much as he could, causing a small tussle to occur.

“If you don’t start sleeping and eating properly, I promise you, I will beat your .” Kyuhyun threatened lowly, finally pinning both of the boy’s hands up above his head, holding him down as he leaned in closer to show that he was serious. 

Yesung just giggles at the threat given, their faces only a few inches apart.
“Ooh, that’s very Mr. Cho. You can do whatever you want to my , any time you want—”

“—goodnight.” the elder interrupts shortly, quickly releasing the younger as he tried to take a step back, glad that the room was dark because he could feel a burning blush begin to rise on his cheeks. But the boy suddenly shifts and hooks a leg around Kyuhyun's waist, pulling him back down closer this time, catching Kyuhyun by surprise at how fast and smooth the other's movements were.

“Leaving so soon? I thought you had some plans with my tonight? Some naughty-naughty dirty things.....” the blonde says in a disgustingly high and sweet tone, batting his eyes innocently up at the brunette as he bit his lower lip seductively, not missing the way Kyuhyun's eyes fell to watch the movement of his lips.

It was then that Kyuhyun decided the boy was fine now, judging by the way the boy was talking so ersely, and decided to take his leave by pulling away roughly as he bid the younger another quick 'good night' before leaving promptly, his burning red ears filled with nothing but the beautiful sound of the blonde’s laughter as he left the room.

Ever since, Kyuhyun now knows Yesung has two masks he hides behind; a mask of cheerful smiles, and a mask of expressionless stoicism.

Kyuhyun was stoic most of the time, but he never used it as a facade.
Yesung, however, always did.

Around Kyuhyun, he notices that Yesung uses the mask of smiles—always happy, as if he was perfectly fine. He didn’t want to cause worry in the only man he could trust, so he hid behind that smiling mask.

But after Kyuhyun’s departure, and Siwon took his place, the mask of stoicism took over. Yesung no longer cared if anyone worried about him, or what people thought of him. All he knew was that he needed to endure the pain to gain power.

The Yesung now however, Kyuhyun knew was the real boy, no longer hiding behind masks.
It is odd to say he felt more real. Every emotion, expression, and action was real. And Kyuhyun loves it, he loves all of it. He could finally see what could truly make Yesung happy, and what pains him most.

“Is this going to be a new thing of yours?” A voice breaks the lulling silence, drawing Kyuhyun out of his thoughts.

The elder shifts as he slid an arm beneath the raven’s head to pull him closer, glancing over to see that Yesung still had his eyes closed.
He had assumed the boy was asleep the whole time Kyuhyun had been thinking, since it had been a whole hour since Yesung last bid him good night.

“What thing?” Kyuhyun questions curiously, wondering if the boy was just sleep-talking.

Yesung turns over onto his side with his eyes still closed, pressing closer to the elder’s bare chest. “That thing where you stare at me for hours on end while I try to sleep. It’s kind of creepy.”
He knew the other had been watching him for awhile now since it wasn't the first time this has happened, but after a whole hour of it, Yesung decided to question it. 

“It’s not a new thing.” Kyuhyun admits.

Yesung finally peeks one eye open lazily, glancing up at the elder.
“Hello Cho Kyuhyun, it’s nice to meet you. What do you like to do during your free time?” the boy says, talking in a different register to imitate a stranger’s voice. “Oh, I like to stare at my beauteous, one and only true love at night like a creep!” he finishes in an aggressively low voice, now imitating Kyuhyun.

The elder stares at him with a frown.
“I don’t sound like that.” he said defensively.

“I can’t believe that’s the part you disagree with. Does that mean you do agree that you do that then?” Yesung laughs, reaching up with one hand to gently cradle the side of the other’s face.

Kyuhyun leans down and presses a kiss to the raven’s forehead with a smile.
“I never denied it.”

“So creepy,” the boy mutters with a scrunch of his nose. “What are you doing still awake? Other than staring at me?”

“Doing some thinking.”

“Oh, some thinking? And here I thought you were all brawn and no brain!” Yesung says in fake astonishment which earned him a light smack to the in punishment, the boy giggling evilly to himself.

“Is your dream from earlier keeping you up?” he asks, finally deciding he should stop teasing the elder.

Kyuhyun shrugs once as he to his back, using his arm that was beneath the other’s head to pull him closer to his side.
“Possibly,” he mutters.

“What will help tire you out?” Yesung questions as he sat up a little to Kyuhyun’s displeasure, but the younger just rolls over so that he was on top of the elder, laying stomach down on him with his chin resting lightly on the strong chest beneath him.

“Go to the gym for a long, rigorous work out.” the elder replies as he wrapped his arms around the younger, content with their new position.

“At this ungodly hour?” Yesung frowns.

“It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve done that,” the brunette says with a roll of his eyes.

Yesung’s frown stayed in place however, not exactly wanting the other to leave the bed.
An idea pops into mind however, and he immediately brightens up, sitting up abruptly with a mischievous smile stretched across his face.

“What if....I have another way to help you tire out quickly, as well as relax,” he says with a tilt of his head as he gently traced a finger down the man’s bare chest.

“Yeah? And what may it be?” Kyuhyun smirks, knowing what the younger was implying already.

“Well, you don’t have to do much. I’ll do all the work, you just…..relax and enjoy,” Yesung says sweetly, an excited giggle bubbling past his lips as he leaned forward, pressing their mouths together.

Kyuhyun accepts the kiss eagerly, maybe a little too eagerly since their teeth collided. But the younger doesn’t pull away, still laughing as he tilted his head slightly for better access, feeling one of Kyuhyun’s hands slide up and into his nightshirt already, caressing the smooth skin beneath. The kiss was easily dominated by Kyuhyun when Yesung parted his lips, Kyuhyun quickly accepting the invitation as he slid his tongue into the raven’s awaiting mouth.

“Aren’t you tired?” Kyuhyun murmurs after a minute of devouring one another’s lips, long fingers slowly sneaking into Yesung’s undergarment, desperate to reach more soft skin.

“I was,” the raven grins, moving his kisses down the elder’s jaw now as his hands travelled south, fingers tracing teasingly along the hem of the man’s sweatpants. “But I prefer doing something more…..fun,”

Yesung presses his lips back over the other’s to prevent more talking as he finally let his fingers slip beneath the waistband, stifling a short gasp and moan from Kyuhyun with his lips.

Yesung pulls back slightly after a moment, earning him a look of displeasure from the man beneath, but the boy just smirks as he slid lower and moved to settle between the elder’s legs.

“Are you enjoying it yet?” the raven questions quietly as he reaches up to pull the man’s sweatpants down a little past his hips, leaning forward to press open-mouthed kisses to the man’s lower abdomen.

Kyuhyun laughs lightly but his reply soon trails off into a trembling breath when Yesung finally tugs his sweatpants and boxers further down.

“You ready?” Yesung asks with a of his lips, enjoying the sight of a hot and needy Kyuhyun beneath him, before pressing soft pecks to his lower abdomen once more, slowly moving his attention further down, his lips parting to—

“—w-wait!” Kyuhyun suddenly cries out, sitting up a little to Yesung’s surprise. “Wh-what are you doing?!”

Yesung glances up a little, blinking once in confusion.
“Umm, giving you a ?” he said in puzzlement, since it was quite obvious what his intentions were based on their current position.
“....you do know what a is, right?” he asks, tilting his head a little in question. “It’s when I your—” Yesung starts to explain shamelessly, but he didn’t get to finish.

“I-I know what a b- is!” Kyuhyun quickly interrupts, suddenly flushing an endearing red.

“Then why are you....?” Yesung starts but suddenly cuts off in realization.
“....Oh.” he says with a knowing smirk. “You’ve never had a before.”

Kyuhyun says nothing as he laid there, slightly propped up by some pillows, looking anywhere but the younger as the burning blush refused to leave.

“Don’t worry, I won’t bite.” Yesung grins, reaching up to grab Kyuhyun’s chin lightly as he gazed into his dark, lust-filled eyes. “You’ll enjoy it, I promise.” he smirks as he descended once more.

“Stop squirming,” Kyuhyun grumbles sleepily against the nape of the boy’s neck, spooning the smaller from behind with an arm wrapped tightly around his waist.

“I have to get up, Kyu,” the younger whispers, followed by another wiggle of the body, trying to get out of the elder’s tight hold.

The elder exhales deeply as he finally opens one bleary eye, trying to read the time on the clock by the bed.

“It’s only 8 in the morning.” he mutters, burying his face back into the crook of the raven’s neck as his arms tightened around the slim waist, inhaling the beautifully alluring scent of his lover. “We barely got any sleep.”

“You can keep sleeping then,” Yesung says, turning around in the other’s hold with much difficulty, elbowing the elder’s chin by accident in the process. “I need to meet with Siwon for a short while.”

Kyuhyun’s face contorts into a scowl at the mention of the other’s name, closing his eyes again as he still refused to let go despite the painful blow to his face from the boy’s squirming.
"This early?" he frowns, “I’ll go with you then,” he grumbles begrudgingly. 

Yesung resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he settled back down comfortably, deciding a few more minutes wouldn’t hurt.
“I’ll be gone for an hour at most,” he said, adjusting his position once more when Kyuhyun to his stomach with one arm still secured around the smaller.

“An hour is a long time,” the elder grumbled, slightly muffled by the pillow beneath his head.

Yesung finally gave in to the eyeroll, finding the other’s clinginess absurd.
“Don’t be ridiculous, an hour is not that long.” he mutters, pressing a light kiss to the elder’s bare shoulder.

“A lot can happen in one hour,” Kyuhyun said, lifting his head up slightly as he finally opened his eyes. “I can assassinate about five demons within that time,”

“You go do that then, while I go to my meeting,” Yesung laughs, pushing the other off of him as he sat up.

Kyuhyun drops back onto the bed again, grumbling grumpily under his breath.
And if Yesung didn’t know any better, he would think the other was whining.

“You’ll survive, stop complaining,” the younger said with another roll of his eyes, clambering over the other to get out of bed to get dressed.

Kyuhyun turns onto his back and stared up at the ceiling with a dissatisfied frown stretched across his face, ignoring the other’s lecturing about how childish he was for such a high-ranking member.

“You want to fit in some training today?” he interrupts the younger's lecturing, sitting up onto his elbows.

“We leave for the mission in a few days. Shouldn’t we be taking it easy?” Yesung asks, quirking an eyebrow up questioningly.

“With your level of skill, you’ll die within the first hour of the mission without training,” Kyuhyun snorts, face scrunching in surprise when the younger chucked a shirt at him.

“Don’t be an ,” Yesung says with a pointed glare, tugging on his shoe. “Fine, I’ll meet you in the training room in an hour, unless you need more sleep.”

“No, an hour is fine.” Kyuhyun sighs, falling back onto the bed.

Noticing the look on the other's face, Yesung approaches the bed and sits on the edge, concern evident on his face.
“Afraid of having another nightmare?” he asks, reaching up to gently run his fingers through the other’s hair.

Kyuhyun merely hums once in response, grabbing the small wandering hand and pulling him down for a quick kiss. Yesung presses a short peck to his lips, but his expression was still grim and concerned as he stared at the elder for a moment.

“I’ll be fine,” the other said with a smile, trying to lighten the mood to reassure the boy, “Now hurry up and go. The quicker you leave, the quicker you’ll return.”

“I’m going to take my long time now, just because you said that,” the raven smiled, pressing one more lingering kiss to his lips before standing up again. “I’ll see you later,”

Kyuhyun murmurs a quiet, almost unwilling ‘bye’ before watching the other leave, letting the silence engulf the lonely room once the other was out the door.

A/N: Hey y'all! I know it's been a really long time since I have updated, but life got really complicated and busy for me unfortunately. A lot has been happening and I started to lose hope and motivation to do anything to be honest, but I'll try my hardest to at least keep this story going for you all. This chapter has been sitting in my folder since December I believe, I just never had the time to edit it....sorry! I really do feel horrible for not updating for so long, but please don't leave me! I promise I'll try harder!

Also, I've been having trouble with using the new AFF. I usually type my stories on google docs first before pasting it onto AFF, but for some reason the pasted chapter is always in a bolded font and I can't fix it 😭So if anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know 😊

Anyways, please send some love and leave comments for me! It will definitely help motivate and encourage me to keep fighting for this story and hopefully finish it! 💕 Thank you my Luckies 🍀