Jihoon – only one bed + "This is stupid. And kind of fun.”
1.4k~ words – a thousand starlights event
You should know by now that when Kwon Soonyoung asks you to go on a trip on impulse that it could never go well.
First, the guy forgets that you’d have to book a spot in a camping site and you’re just lucky that there’s an empty spot because the person cancelled at the last minute
Second, he brings only snacks and not one ingredient to cook even though he’s prepared a portable stove and all its necessities, which is why you and Jihoon end up walking to the minimarket nearby to buy all the stuff he forgets to bring.
“Why did I agree to this,” Jihoon questions, more to himself than to you.
“Asking myself the same thing now,” you reply, looking through the meat aisle. You can’t be more thankful that the camping spot has a minimarket on its front for people like you who come unprepared. The shop is small, but it offers just about everything you need for camping. “At least the place is pretty.”
Jihoon nods, agreeing that the spot indeed is very pretty and it seems like a pretty comfortable place for camping. “What else do you think Soonyoung forgot to bring?”
“Hmm,” you hum as you walk with him, fingers brushing against each other in the faintest even though none of you seems to pull away nor move closer. It’s hard, really, to describe what you have with Jihoon. You’ve been friends for years and years, and you genuinely thought any kind of romantic feelings for anyone in your close circle have been thrown out of the window ever since you reach the four years mark of being together.
But a few months ago, after one too many comments about you two making a good couple from strangers during Seungcheol’s wedding preparation, something shifted between the two of you and now here you are–in a weird relationship where you’re more than close friends though neither of you know how to bring it up.
“Sleeping bags?” you giggle at your own words, not realizing the way Jihoon stops on his track beside you. “He probably brought his own and called it a day.”
“Jihoon?” you look back when you notice he’s no longer beside you.
“Are we supposed to bring our own sleeping bags?” he asks slowly, realization dawned on him.
“Oh my…” you exclaim, trying your best to hold back your laughter. You don’t need Jihoon to be annoyed at you, at least not more than he already is by the way he’s narrowing his eyes at you.
When you’re back to the tent, the first thing Jihoon does is to interrogate Soonyoung about the sleeping bags debacle. Seokmin has to hold the older guy back from pouncing on his friend while you and Jeonghan simply laugh at Soonyoung blinking in confusion.
“Dude, why would I be preparing your sleeping bag?” Soonyoung frowns, guilt-free over not telling Jihoon to bring his sleeping bag. “And why would I have more than one sleeping bag? Everyone else seems to get the message, man. You’re the only one who doesn’t bring it.”
You’re pretty convinced Jihoon would actually pounce on him if he doesn’t shut up, so you take it in your hands to stop the fight before it gets bigger because you’ve had enough fun already.
“Hey, we’ll figure something out,” you say as you take Jihoon’s arm, his posture visibly relaxing at your touch. “My sleeping bag is big enough–perhaps the two of you can share while I take the smaller one for myself?”
“Um…” Jeonghan says before anyone else. “You do know I can’t sleep with anyone, let alone in the same sleeping bag?”
You take a look at the four of them, one by one–between Jihoon, Soonyoung, and Seokmin, two of them can’t possibly fit in a single sleeping bag with those muscles, and Jeonghan’s inability to sleep with someone else is something that everyone of you is aware. This means you have to be one of the two people sleeping in the same bag.
So you weigh your choices.
1. Soonyoung. You can’t sleep with him–literally can’t; the guy doesn’t stop moving when he sleeps and that would mean you won’t be sleeping beside him. 2. Seokmin. You don’t mind sleeping with him, he’s a pretty great cuddler (speaking from experience because Seokmin cuddles everyone in sight when he’s on a sofa) and he doesn’t move around a lot in his sleep. But he snores and he talks so it’s just as bad. 3. Jihoon.
Well.
He doesn’t have any sleeping habits, possibly the best candidate out of the three. But…it’s Jihoon and, between the way your relationship has shifted and the way you’ve been avoiding the topic–will your heart be able to handle it?
Either way, you suggest you wouldn’t be having the luxury of sleep in one way or another. You just gotta choose the reason why you won’t be sleeping tonight.
“I think you should share with Jihoon,” Jeonghan beats anyone from speaking, making you both turn to him, gaping. He starts to list down everything you’ve just thought out loud, though he concludes that Jihoon would be the best choice of them all–which isn’t wrong, if he doesn’t consider the way your heart would be leaping out of your chest somewhere between the night. “Unless you don’t mind Seokmin snoring in your ears or Soonyoung moving every three seconds.”
The two of them look at the older guy in betrayal, though they can’t say anything to deny him, well aware of their sleeping habits.
“I don’t mind,” Jihoon speaks first, shrugging as his hands slid inside his pockets. He’s refusing to look at you though, and you wonder if you’re simply imagining the tip of his ears reddening before the wind dies down and covers his ears from your prying eyes. “Unless you do?”
“Oh, no!” the words out before you even realize. “I don’t mind at all. I agree with Jeonghan.”
A few hours later, when it’s 1 in the morning and the three of them are still drinking in front of the tent like they have an extra liver, you’re no longer sure if you still agree with Jeonghan. After all, it’s just you and Jihoon inside the tent and your heart is already beating like there’s no tomorrow. How are you going to sleep in the sleeping bag with him, really?
Jihoon sighs when he sees the four sleeping bags in front of him. Eyeing the largest one, yours, in such focus that you can’t help but prod what got him frowning so much.
“This is stupid,” he opens your sleeping bag, sliding his lower body inside as he accepts that it’s also his fault for not thinking of bringing one himself. “And kind of fun, I guess. It’s been some time since I've slept anywhere that’s not my place.”
You chuckle at his way of saying he’s having more fun that he’d like to admit. “Come on, I know you’re having a good time.”
He snickers when you nudge him softly with your knees, settling beside him in the sleeping bag. “Why’d you have a big sleeping bag, anyway?”
“My cousin likes to go camping by himself, but he’s like… twice my size,” you explain, telling him you don’t have any reason to own a sleeping bag. “He couldn’t find a smaller one so…”
“Silver lining, huh?” he quietly exclaims, fully lying down and signalling you to do the same.
You can only hum, the sound of your–or is it his?–heartbeat resonating in your ears. It’s a little awkward to find a comfortable position, but you and him keep on shifting, backs facing each other until eventually you admit that you can only sleep on your left.
“...And I can only sleep on my right,” he sighs. “We’re on the wrong side; but I can’t be bothered to get out of this bag and switch.”
There’s an obvious way to resolve this, but you and Jihoon stay silent for a few seconds until you dare yourself to turn around and prompt Jihoon to follow.
“Would this be okay?” you softly ask, refusing to look at him because you know he’s staring.
“No,” he says bluntly, but before you can ask what he means by that, Jihoon throws an arm over your waist and pulls you closer, lips brushing against your forehead. “But this should be okay.”
And as you listen to the way his heartbeat violently thumps against his chest, you know you won’t be the only one not sleeping tonight.
jeonghan being an absolute slacker at school and chucking his shit out the window to jump out and skip class is so sexy honestly if he wasn’t an idol he’d somehow still be a millionaire high school dropout or something idk what he’d do but he’d still be rich and famous …. good for him
you with your bachelors in statistics or some shit working a dead end job that barely pays you enough meeting jeonghan whose like hey i don’t know shit about business but i have three houses and a limo. you’re both annoyed and turned on. jeonghan with you in his lap an hour later calling his stressed accountant jihoon about possibly buying a fourth house for a new “friend”
you’re like so what’s your job title and jeonghan leans back and is like isn’t being sexy enough to keep me occupied ? and you’re like no but seriously and he’s just like yeah seriously it’s hard to be the most eligible person in any room at any given time, no education can teach you how to do this and he just gestures to his face
jihoon calling you and you’re like oh no has jeonghan blown all the money he’s ever made? is this the riches to rags moment? was he committing tax fraud - you can tell me. and jihoon is like actually no i just wanted to tell you that jeonghan is planning to get you an island so can you tell me which hemisphere you prefer? you’re like what
jeonghan comes home one day with a bloody lip and scratches on his cheek and you’re like oh my god let me clean you up but also I KNEW IT you’re in something illegal and dangerous aren’t you that’s how you got rich right right almost stabbing his eye out with the qtip you’re holding because you’re so enthusiastic about finally finding out and he’s like grabbing your wrist to stop you and going ahhh no i actually just tried to bring a stray cat home but it was dark and i accidentally actually picked up a raccoon so. yeah
jeonghan has two rich friends who are apparently in the business with him and it’s junhao and you’re like introducing yourself and hao is like are you - not to be rude - but wearing a tshirt from the gap? and you’re like y- yes and hao looks over at jeonghan like hey you cheap bastard give them your card how can you treat someone so pretty like this? and you’re like um treat me like what? and hao looks at junhui like the gap….and junhui clicks his tongue like the gap…really jeonghan? and you’re like i bought this for myself like two years ago - hao gasps like TWO YEARS and junhui is like quickly we must go at least a prada or something small and you’re like what’s happening and jeonghan sighs like here we go and just pulls you into his side as he follows junhao while you’re still like ???
anyway rich boy jeonghan pulling you into his hands while you wear his tom ford button down with the diamond cufflinks still on and give him kisses while rolling around on sheets and blankets made of the finest material or whatever rich people do . little cuddle in wool sheets imported from wherever the best wool is . rouge hermes lipstick stains all over his neck
i love when it’s anyone in monsta x’s birthday and they all write posts like “happy birthday man, you’re my brother and my dad and also the love of my life. here’s a beautiful candid picture of you i took secretly. thanks for being so handsome and strong ❤️❤️”
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