Toss Turn. Toss Turn. With a grunt of annoyance, you flung your right arm across the dresser beside the bed and pressed the home button of your phone. A bright light illuminated your room, almost blinding you momentarily as you winced. It’s 3 am in the morning and I still can’t get to sleep. Shuffling around urgently, you tried to find a comfortable position and closed your eyes once again.
A little while later, your eyes shot wide open. 3.15 Am. You sighed in resignation. It’s no use. You couldn’t help but feel ironically uncomfortable sleeping on a deluxe queen sized bed. You pulled the fluffy comforter up to your neck, trying to cuddle up a sense of coziness that mimicked your sleeping quarters back at home. For the longest time, you had been sleeping on a semi-soft mattress placed atop a traditional floor mat. It was unbelievable that you would miss feeling the warm floor beneath your mattress, and the way the worn out springs in your mattress would bend beneath your weight.
Sitting up abruptly, you decided to go for a walk around the house. The best way to get to sleep was to avoid trying. Slowly, you pried open the wooden door as the dark and isolated hallway greeted you. It’s kind of dark and creepy. You admitted before gathering all the courage you could. Using your phone’s screen as a torchlight, you gingerly made your way down the spiral stairway. It would do you no good to turn the lights in the hallway on as you didn’t want anyone else in the house to wake up. It’s only my first night here. I don’t want to be a nuisance… You reasoned stubbornly before feeling your way into the kitchen. With deep breaths to calm yourself down, you settled for a small light in the kitchen that would go unnoticed in the vastness of the house. You opened the fridge carefully, looking for something that would satisfy the slight growling of your stomach, and ideally launch you into a food-coma. At this point, you were desperate for sleep. You focused meticulously on scanning the wide range of food products in the fridge, oblivious to the fact that someone else had entered the kitchen.
“Can’t sleep?” A voice called out from the dark abyss of the other side of the kitchen.  Scared to your wits, you jumped at the sudden sound and spun around. “You scared the crap out of me!” You exclaimed frustrated, when in fact you were rather embarrassed by your timid actions. He chuckled good- naturedly and rubbed the back of his neck. Dressed in a loose fitting white shirt and grey track pants, he pulled off the disheveled look with pure perfection as his messy hair fell gently over his brown eyes. I guess someone has trouble sleeping too.  “I think I’m still trying to get used to this new home”, you exclaimed with a glint in your eyes, remembering the earlier conversation you had with him in the hallway. “I think I know something that may help”, Minhyuk smiled in understanding as he started opening drawers and fridges. Even in the late hours of the night, his dazzling smile seemed to electrocute you, as adrenaline kept your heart pumping excitedly. “Here you go, try this”, he said as he placed a tray of food before you. Warm milk and cookies. You laughed quietly at the simplicity of his effective remedy. Watching your reaction, he broke out into another one of his smiles that tugged directly at your heartstrings. As he took a bite of a chocolate chip cookie, you took the opportunity to ask him why he was still awake. “I kind of have insomnia too. It comes from training too hard. I think all those long hours of practice and short periods of rest have changed my sleep cycle a little too much”, he replied with a sheepish smile.  “Training?” You asked curiously at this piece of new information. “I’m actually a trainee with Cube entertainment. I’ve been training for 4 years and finally my group, BTOB will debut in about half a year”, minhyuk explained patiently as he sipped from his cup of warm milk. He’s going to be an idol. Your heart swelled in pride at the thought of it. “No wonder you’re so talented. Did you compose that song yourself?” You asked in reference to the song that led to your first meet. He nodded humbly, a tinge of pink apparent on his cheeks. “That’s really great Minhyuk-shi.” You said shyly as you looked down at your plate of cookies.
“Please, just call me Minhyuk”, he interrupted abruptly. No way, I can’t possibly drop the formalities. You looked up in confusion. Was it really okay? Before you could reject his suggestion of talking informally, he looked at you with an expression so full of sincerity that you adhered to his request. Clearly uncomfortable with the use of informal speaking, you tried to change the topic. “So have you been living here for a long time? It’s a beautiful house really. Honestly I just need some time to get used to this… this kind of luxury. I still feel like I don’t really know who I am”. You stammered, unsure if he could understand exactly how you felt. He was after all brought up here; surely he didn’t have to go through the many ordeals that you had endured. “Hey, I know how you feel Mi Young,” he replied with a tone so gentle that it made you shiver. Suddenly, his gentle tone was replaced with something different; something telling of pain. “I don’t think you know this. But I’m… I’m not really related to the Lee family by blood. I was actually adopted since Mother had complications in her womb, and couldn’t give birth. Only, I didn’t actually find out until the age of 18. At that point of time, I struggled a lot with who I was. Home suddenly didn’t feel so much like home. I felt like a stranger. It was only after a while that I realized that knowing the truth didn’t change who I was and the fact that I still have a Father and Mother who loves me more that I could ever imagine”, he explained, keeping his gaze away from you. Staring at him, you noticed that the pure memory of it still haunted him at times. Thank you. You were overwhelmed by the turn of events and the honesty that he displayed in revealing such a private incident to you. Reaching out, you lightly placed your palm over his arm that was resting on the table. Even at such a brief action, you felt your skin tingle with fluttery feelings of comfort and admiration. When he turned to look at you with curiosity, you smiled affectionately. “Thank you. Oppa.” You whispered, watching his eyes glisten in response. No matter what, you’re always part of the family. You thought reassuringly as you held his gaze.

It seemed that you both had finally opened up to each other. After polishing up the rest of the cookies in comfortable banter, you were about to bid goodnight to minhyuk when he surprised you.
“I think I know something else that may help you get to sleep”, he smiled knowingly. Passing you his Ipod, you received it with a look of absolute confusion. Laughing, he patted your head lightly.
“Go listen to the track in the first playlist”, he explained with a smirk that sent your heart racing again.

Later that night when you had finally returned to your room, a warm feeling spread throughout your entire body as you replayed the exchanges you had with him. After washing up, you crawled under the blankets again and plugged your earphones into your ears. Pressing play, you waited in anticipation. It’s the song. The song from when we met earlier. He must have recorded it. Touched, you smiled tenderly as you listened attentively to the familiar melody and lyrics. Deep down in your heart, you felt a slight sense of relief at the news that you and min hyuk were unrelated. Placing a palm over your beating heart, you nuzzled closer into the warmth of the sheets. Why am I feeling this way?  Soon enough, the comforting melody lulled you into the sweet depths of sleep as you dreamt of thoughts; happy and warm. 

Hi guys! I'm back again cause I promised to update real fast (: Thanks for all your support~ all my new subscribers I hope you enjoyed the story so far! I apologize for my very long chapters because I'm a really long-winded and desciptive writer haha! Anyways Just want to thank all those readers that left me comments, i was reading them this morning and I couldn't help but smile! You guys are too sweet :) and as we're on the topic of sweet, I really like this chapter because it starts to show how Minhyuk/You are embarking on a new friendship! Heehee~ I always imagined him to be like this-sweet, smiley, caring and understanding! I'm hoping to include the btob members in the next chapter so continue to support this story! I finally downloaded an app that allows me to play gifs, so I've been playing the same gif of minhyuk's squirrel face the whole day HAHAHA. For those of you who havent seen it, you've got to check it out on tumblr! It's from the first ep of amazon I think! Have a great day guys!