Theme 125

VIXX 300 Theme Challenge
Title: Insomnia
Pairing: HyuKen
Related Chapter: none
Word Count: 805

                     

Ken frowned as he watched the night sky from the couch in the living room. It was late, very late. So late that it probably counted more as early morning then late at night. He knew that he should be sleeping, but he just couldn’t make his brain shut down long enough to get even a few minutes of rest.  It had been this way for about a week and the lack of sleep was starting to affect his ability to perform. The others were starting to get upset and Ken knew it was only a matter of time before one of them yelled at him.

It wasn’t his fault. Not really. He just…….he missed Hyuk. The youngest member was gone and would stay gone for the next two years and he just……couldn’t stand it. He’d been fine for the first month or so, content with Hyuk’s finally words about being back before Ken knew it. But now those words did little to comfort him when he woke up to find the bed empty and cold beside him. Now it didn’t matter how soon Hyuk would be back because every day without him was torture.

The nights without him were worse. During the day, he could at least distract himself with other things. He could get caught up in conversations with Hongbin, waste a few hours helping Ravi with a new song he was working on, or get lost in whatever practice Leo or N had him doing. But at night he had none of that. It was just him alone with his thoughts and the ever present reminder that Hyuk wasn’t with him. And if he went to sleep? Then he was haunted by dreams of his lover floating though his head. He couldn’t take dreaming about holding Hyuk only to wake up alone. It was too much torture.

“Go to sleep,” N sighed, dropping down beside the vocal, “you need it.”

“Can’t sleep,” Ken replied, not looking at the leader.

“Hyuk was like this when you first went away,” N said after a long moment of silence.

“What?” Ken finally turned to look at N, deeply concerned to know that Hyuk had done the same thing he was currently doing.  He knew how unhealthy his lack of sleep was and hated the idea of Hyuk doing anything similar.

“He didn’t eat a lot at first either,” N continued, “without you, he kind of shut down for a while.”

“I didn’t know,” Ken frowned, “why didn’t anyone tell me?”

“Hyuk didn’t want you to know,” N explained, “he already felt ashamed about it enough, he didn’t want it to make you upset or guilty or anything.”

“Did he stop?” Ken wondered, trying to recall Hyuk’s appearance by the time he had returned to the younger’s side.

“After a couple of months,” N nodded, “I finally got through to him. He started eating again, then sleeping though the night after a few more weeks. By the time you came home, it was like nothing had happened.”

“That’s good,” Ken smiled, forever grateful to N for helping Hyuk when he couldn’t.

“You know what he made me promise before he left?” N asked, earning a questioning look from the vocalist, “he made me promise not you let you get as bad as him. Actually, he made me promise not to let you even start, but I though a week or mourning would be good for you. But now you’ve had a week, so it’s time for me to step in.”

“I’m still eating,” Ken defended himself, “I’m not going to stop doing that.”

“I know,” N nodded, “but you need to start sleeping. That’s just as important.”

“I can’t,” Ken sighed, returning his gaze to the night sky, “when I sleep, I dream about Hyuk and then I wake up and he’s not there. It hurts too much, only being able to see him or talk to him in my dreams.”

“Hyuk said the same thing,” N replied, “but after a while, he started looking forewords to sleeping because it was the only way he could hold you while you were gone.”

Ken paused, considering the leader’s words. No matter what, it would still hurt to wake up each morning without Hyuk after dreaming of him all night. But wouldn’t it hurt more not to see Hyuk at all? Dream Hyuk might not be as good a real Hyuk, but it was better than nothing.

“I can’t promise I’ll be able to sleep through the night right away,” Ken said.

“I don’t expect that,” N nodded, getting up and holding out a hand to the other, “but I do expect you to try.”

“Thank you, hyung,” Ken smiled, before heading to his room, “for helping me and Hyuk.”

“What are friends for,” N smiled in return.

A/N: it was actually kind of hard thinking up this. but once this idea struck……I couldn’t stop. Hope you all liked it!!

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LeeJi98 #1
Chapter 243: Aww model-desinger thing ;_; I wish you would write a long version of it ;_;
DeathDarkSoul #2
Chapter 242: Mind if I use this plot for my story? I'll give credit :) I'm just running out of ideas and most of my ideas are too cheesy
; u ; lol and I need new chappies for my 'VIXX Luck One-Shots' xD
EireilKosuke
#3
Chapter 301: Congratulations author-nim on finishing the 300 themes ! /throw confettis/ Too bad I was on a long hiatus and couldn't follow the flow of your updates. Sorry T.T It's sad tho, to think there'll be no more updates on this themes. Thankyou for writing, really! I've always adore your way of writing every since I found your fics. You made me fall in love w readings all over again hihihi~ And just in time too, I'm here and it's finished omg. Good job, author-nim! /clapssss/ Saranghaeyo~~~
MyCuteBunny #4
Chapter 301: hOlY mOLY ITS DONE OMFG YOU DID IT OHMYGOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I TRULY ENJOYED READING YOUR THEMES AND THE LAST THEME MADE MY NIGHT UGH I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SO MUCH EFFORT INTO WRITING MUCHLESS EVEN THINKING OF WRITING A 300 THEMED FIC SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU'VE PLANNED FOR YOUR FUTURE FICS hehe I'm gonna miss looking forward to your updates for this but I'm pretty sure I'll re-red this whole thing again so its okay :"-) Once again thank you so much for your hard work you are an amazing writer that I really look up to <3
jamietheawkward
#5
Chapter 301: Oh my goodness. This is so sad but thank you so much for writing all of these. I can't wait to read the continued fics and such. It's gonna be weird not to see this in my updated list all the time
LittleMissShawol98 #6
Chapter 301: its over. its finally over. good job eonnie. (wait are you older?) its done, and as per normal, i'll stick to your fanfics again. heh your faithful reader is gonna wait for a new series to come out, no matter how long. a pat on the back and a huge cookie for ya. authornim jjang!
HighUp_HUE #7
Chapter 301: *wails a river* ITS DONE?! NO PLES!!! Huhu this has been and will always be my fave fic collection!!!!


Anyways, great job! I love all your works, and I cannot wait for the full versions of the themes you decide on sharing to us!!
KimHyoKim
#8
Chapter 301: Wow its finished already... congrats ^^
missing_vixx #9
Chapter 301: Congratulations!!! You finished this! *applause*
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