The sky was cracking up and the whole window was illuminated with the bolts of lightning that were shooting far too close to the dorm for Ryeowook's liking. He grabbed the sheets around him yet more desperately and a small whine escaped his mouth. 

His soft eyes filled with tears as more cracks ripped the sky apart and, after a glance at his alarm clock he decided that he couldn't stay in his room alone any longer. So clutching his giraffe plushie he headed towards his hyung's room. 

 

Just as he was creeping in, another thunderclap sounded and he bolted across the room and into Yesung's bed. The older boy didn't even stir and Ryeowook wished that he could be as peaceful. Listening to the soft snores lulled him to sleep and he hugged his hyung's back as his own eyelids closed. 

 

"Kkoming? Melo? Come here my children."' 

Kyuhyun was woken up from his sleep by his stupid hyung calling for his dogs. As he grumpily stomped along to his hyung's room he found the puppies curled in a corner, shaking because of the lightning. He carried them to Yesung and heard the thunder for himself. It was very loud and he wondered how he had slept through it before. He looked pleadingly at Yesung, who just waved him silently inside his room. Later, a blanketed Sungmin followed.

 

"Ya! Ya! Wake up!" Hangeng woke up and rolled over onto his back. Why was Heechul awake so early? He got up and opened the door when the lightning flashed again, illuminating the features of the diva. Heechul let out a small shriek and ran into Hangeng's room. He dove under the covers and peeked his head out.

"Heechul?" asked Hangeng with a sly smile. "Are you scared of the storm?"

"No! Of course not! I'm Kim Heechul! I just came to check on you.." but his eyes were begging Geng not to say anything, not to .

Hangeng just opened his arms and hugged Heechul tightly. They lay together on the bed, whilst Hangeng hummed a soft lullaby.

 

Donghae huddled under the blanket with Eunhyuk, wrapping his arms even tighter around Eunhyuk's chest.

"Hae, stop it. I can't breathe!"

"Sorry.." came the whispered reply. 

"It's okay" whispered Eunhyuk back. "But I really think that we should move to another room, before you kill me."

"Okay.."

They quickly decided that Siwon's room would be safest, because as Donghae reasoned, "God wouldn't hurt Siwon!". However, when they got to the room they found Zhoumi already there.

"There isn't enough room for us" whispered Hae. 

"Are you calling me fat?" came a sleepy voice, startling the pair. Zhoumi moved closer to Siwon to make room for the scared boys to join them.

"Why are you so cold?"

"Move your feet!"

"I'm squashed" and then a thump as Siwon fell on the floor. 

"Hyung? Are you okay?" called Eunhyuk. 

"Mmph" came the reply as he pulled himself off the floor. "Let's move rooms, mine is too small".  Now who had the biggest room?..

 

"No" said Shindong, as the four arrived at his door. "I said no" he repeated when Donghae brought out his famous puppy eyes routine. "Urgh fine" Shindong muttered a few moments later and pulled open the door to reveal a sleeping Henry and Kibum on his bed.

"If you can find room you can sleep here."

Siwon quickly claimed the sofa and Zhoumi lay next to him, hugging his chest. Eunhae snuggled onto the remaining bed space, trying their best not to wake Henry but failing miserably. They lay together, curled up on the bed. 

Shindong gave them a gentle glance before covering the trio with the blanket and drifting back to sleep himself and listening to Kibum's breathing.

 

As the thunder grew louder the whole dorm woke up again and Ryeowook was near to crying from lack of sleep. He was hugging his giraffe so tightly, but he still didn't feel safe.

Yesung sleepily his hair and sang but the next bolt of lightning had Wook shivering and Sungmin climbing into bed with them.

"Okay, here's the plan" whispered Yesung, as all four of them got up.

 

A few doors down, a wide-eyed Donghae was being softly comforted by Siwon and Eunhyuk but it was obvious that none of them were going to get any sleep. Silently all seven of them collected their blankets and began to move.

 

"Hangeng? Hangeng!" came the frantic whisper and Hangeng felt a tug at his shirt. "Hangeng I think we should check if the others are okay."

"Don't lie Heechul, we both know that you're just scared. Ouch!!" 

"That's what you get for telling lies" Heechul whispered, replacing his pillow."Please can we move?"

Hangeng sat upright, in mock shock. "Did my diva just say 'please'?" he said.

Heechul shut him up with another pillow thump. 

They both got to their feet.

 

"Fine, but absolute silence" groaned Kangin as he opened his door to the couple. 

"Can we jus-"

"ah-ah! silence" said Kangin, waving his finger at them.

They all laid down and tried to sleep, unsuccessfully.

 

When Leeteuk woke up the next morning he stretched lazily on his bed and jumped when his arm felt something soft.

 "Hey, watch it!" came a sleepy groan. Leeteuk opened his eyes to see the small form of a boy sleeping next to him.

"Why are you here, Donghae?" asked the leader, ruffling the boys hair and looking at him with confusion.

"It was the lightning, umma" came a small voice from near Leeteuk's feet. The leader jumped to hear the sound of Yesung humming in agreement. 

He sat up to see the other fourteen members lying curled up all over his room. Even Kangin, 'himsen kangin' , was there.

Just as he was about to question, Kangin answered him with a point towards the sleeping forms of the hanchul couple, entwined together. The leader smiled softly and, hugging Donghae closer, went back to sleep. It was their day off after all.