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*takes place while stray kids are on tour*
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Charlie turned over in bed again, an annoyed huff falling from her lips. She’d been tossing and turning for hours now but was ultimately unable to fall asleep.
Angrily ruffling her hair she sat up in bed and looked around the dark hotel room. The curtains were drawn shut but the tiny gap between the fabric and wall allowed a small part of the night sky to slip through.
Tearing her eyes from the curtain she looked over at the bed beside her own, a figure laid curled up under the heavy bed covers. Sleeping peacefully.
‘Lucky Hyunjin’ Charlie thought bitterly. Eyeing the sleeping boy’s silhouette.
She reached over to the small table beside her bed, grabbing her phone from it as quietly as she could. The bright light of the screen made her squint, just about making out the time displayed across the top.
“Guess i’m not sleeping tonight...” She muttered, placing the device back down before flopping onto her back. The group were meant to be awake at 6 AM- which was in just under 3 hours.
The sheets ruffled loudly as she rolled onto her stomach, dropping her face into the pillow. Her annoyed sigh being muffled by it. After a few moments of laying there she pushed herself up.
As quietly as she could, she swung her legs over the bed and stood up. Stumbling over to the corner of the room a gasp caught in her throat when her foot hit the corner of the table.
“Fuck-” She hissed, pursing a lips into a thin line. “Ouch.”
Eventually finding her bag, she crouched and unzipped it, ruffling through the contents.
Too lost in her own thoughts she didn’t hear the ruffling of bed covers from behind her or the tired yawn that followed.
Hyunjin, who’d been woken by a rather loud string of curses coming from Charlie, shifted over in his bed and sat up. The room was almost pitch black so he had to squint to find the source of the noise.
“Charlie?” He questioned into the dark, his voice rough and laced with sleepiness.
The girl jumped, spinning around best should could from her crouched position, to face him. She stood and walked back towards her bed, dropping down on the edge.
“What are you doing awake?” She asked, leaning over to click on the lamp between the beds. As light flooded the room they both took in how exhausted and disheveled they looked.
Hyunjin’s hair was sticking up in every other direction, eyes half closed and his shirt was ruffled and practically hanging off one shoulder.
“I could ask you the same question”
“Can’t sleep. Nothing new”
As the boy rubbed his eyes to clear the sleep from them he finally got a good look at her. Similarly to him her hair was unruly and stuck out every which way, her hoodie hanging loosely off her frame. The only difference being there were dark bags hanging under her eyes.
She shrugged, toying with the end of her sleeve. “It’s nothing. I just can’t fall asleep”
Hyunjin shifted over and patted the space beside him, Charlie only looked up at him weirdly. “Come here” He smiled sleepily.
Once she joined him on the bed Hyunjin wrapped his arms over her shoulders and pulled her into his chest. Charlie immediately relaxed against him.
“You’re a terrible liar by the way, i can tell when something’s up. So go on, what’s going on in that pretty little head of yours?”
A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she closed her eyes and leaned against him. “I don’t think you wanna hear my ridiculous problems”
“Hey” He tapped her arm. “If i didn’t want to hear them i’d go back to sleep, but am i asleep? no. So tell me”
She cuddled closer to him and sighed again. “Fine. I’m paranoid that Felix hates after what happened, i’ve got a half-finished song that needs to be done by next week but i can’t finish it, there’s a stupid headache that won’t go away and the last time i did fall asleep i had a nightmare again that was way too real” A harsh breath escaped her lips.
In his still half asleep state Hyunjin stared down at her and frowned, he hated seeing his best friend in such as state. “Nightmares? Again?”
Charlie opened her eyes, looked up at him, and nodded.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because it’s only been a week- not even that- i thought it would go away again”
A silence filled the room, only to be interrupted by Hyunjin clearing his throat and sitting up. Charlie shifted over and watched as he stumbled to his feet and held his hand out.
“Come on” He urged. “Get dressed”
“Dressed?” Charlie repeated, standing up herself. “Dressed for what?”
Hyunjin’s head disappeared from sight as he pulled on a hoodie, reappearing with his mass of black hair messily flattened over his eyes. “There’s a cafe down the street and if i read the signs right when we passed it then it’s open 24 hours”
Light suddenly flooded the room as he flicked on the light, hopping on one foot to slide on his shoes.
Charlie walked over to her bag and grabbed the zip up hoodie on top of it, slipping her arms through the sleeves and zipping it up. She grabbed her phone, and headphones from the nightstand before putting her own shoes on.
“No, you just have little legs, shorty”
Charlie scowled at him as he joined his side, taking a hold of his arm to ensure he couldn’t walk ahead. “That’s rude”
A satisfied smirk pulled on Hyunjin’s lips as he looked away, the smirk hidden under his mask.
The streets were almost empty, cars driving down the road occasionally. Every now and then a gust of wind would blow past and make the two shiver.
“Ah! Finally!” Hyunjin exclaimed when the shop came into view.
Two rushed out of the cold and into the welcoming shop. There were warm orange lights on the ceiling, brick walls with posters and flyers lined up along them, couches booths and tables covered the expanse of the shop.
“What do you want?” Asked Hyunjin as they slid into a booth. “It’s on me”
Charlie snapped her head over at him. She opened her mouth to protest but he stopped her. “But-”
“No arguments, let me get you a something.”
“Fine.” Charlie grumbled. “Just get me a hot chocolate”
She shook her head. “Not hungry”
Hyunjin stared down at her weirdly and hesitantly nodded before walking over to the counter.
As he walked away Charlie folded her arms on the table, a yawn escaping her lips as she leaned down and pressed her forehead into her arms. The warmth of the shop accompanied with the hum of the music made her eyes begin to droop.
She must’ve had her head down for a few minutes because suddenly something warm hit her hand. Her head shot up and the first thing she saw was a steaming cup before her.
“Thank you” Charlie whispered, straightening up in her chair.
The calm and relaxing atmosphere surrounded the two, comfortable silence filling the air between them.
Charlie raised the to her lips, taking a sip of the hot drink. The warm feeling encased her body, a soft sigh falling from her lips as she pulled the cup away.
“Nice?” Hyunjin asked, only his eyes visible over the rim of his cup.
She nodded and brought the cup back up, the sweet smell of the chocolate filling her senses.
As the hour ticked by and the drink in her cup began to disappear, Charlie found it harder to keep her eyes open. The warmth of the mug, the shop itself and her rather large jumper kept her warm and the lack of sleep finally dawning upon her.
Propping one arm up on the table, she rested her cheek against her hand and continued to sip, her eyes half closed. A sudden amused chuckle made her jump, eyes snapping open.
Hyunjin was was no longer watching his phone, instead he was watching her, a smile stretched across his lips. When Charlie shot him a questioning look he only pursed his lips and shook his head.
Suddenly a yawn erupted from Charlie’s mouth, her hand going up to cover her mouth. Dropping she hand she blinked rapidly and shook her head as if she was shaking off the urge to fall asleep.
“Tired?” Hyunjin asked, leaning closer to the table between them. 4
“Really? You look like you’re about to fall asleep”
“No, I’m not i just-” She was cut off once more by another yawn.
Instead of sitting back up she slumped back against the seat and let her eyes falls shut. The longer she sat like that the closer she was to actually falling asleep.
With a small eye roll, Hyunjin reached over and tapped her arm, biting back a laugh when she jumped and shot upright.
“Come on” He nodded towards the door. “Let’s get back, it’s almost 5″
“Whyyyy?” Charlie whined childishly, slumping forward onto the table. “It’s nice here”
Pushing onto his feet, Hyunjin tucked his phone away and walked around, placing his hand on the top of her head. “Because you can’t fall asleep on a table in the middle of a shop?”
She went to protest, but stopped. “I- point taken.”
“Exactly” He laughed. Holding out a hand, Hyunjin waited for Charlie to take it, pulling the girl to her feet once she did.
As the pair exited the cafe, the sky had changed from and inky black to a pale pink, the clouds covering the expanse of the sky. Charlie looked up at the sky in awe- staring up like it was the first time she’d seen the sky this early.
In a matter of moments the two had fallen into a brisk walk back towards the hotel. Hyunjin had his arm firmly wrapped over the stumbling girl’s shoulder, keeping her from falling flat on her face.
Stopping at a crossing, Charlie winded her arm around the taller boy’s torso and leaned against him. She whispered, partly too tired to speak up. “Hyunie...”
He looked down at her and smiled. “Why are you thanking me?”
“Because you stayed up” She stated. “You could’ve gone back to sleep but you stayed up with me”
“I’d be a bad best friend if i let you stay up by yourself. plus, i wouldn’t have been able to go back to sleep anyway” He replied nonchalantly, shrugging a little.
They eventually made it back to the hotel and by then Hyunjin was hobbling down the carpeted hallway. Charlie was basically asleep, leaning her whole weight on him.
He reached for the key card in his pocket, managing to get the door open and get inside the room with much struggle.
“Okay sleepy...let’s get you to bed” He whispered, shifting around until he could pick Charlie up. Once the girl was securely tucked into the sheets and sleeping soundly he collapsed onto his own bed.
Swiftly standing up, he pulled off his jacket and kicked off his shoes as he reached for the light switch and flicked it off.
The room was submerged into darkness and Hyunjin happily fell back onto the bed, falling asleep the second his head hit the pillow.
A few hours later the boys had gathered in the hotel restaurant, sat around a round table sleepily munching on breakfast foods. Chan and Hyunjin weren’t eating...instead the younger was trying to convince the leader.
“Just let her sleep for a few more hours!” He’d pleaded, hands flapping about dramatically. “She was up all night”
Chan sighed in annoyance. “She shouldn’t of stayed up then, she knew we all had to get up early”
“It wasn’t exactly her choice though”
With an exasperated groan, Hyunjin pushed his chair back and stood up, silently asking Chan to follow him as he strode over to the other side of the room. The rest of the boys watched curiously as the two left the table, exchanging confused glances.
The older of the two didn’t have time to question Hyunjin before he erupted into an explanation.
“Charlie hasn’t been sleeping right recently. She’s probably gonna kill me for telling you all this but she paranoid and thinks that Felix hates her and her nightmares are coming back. Haven’t you noticed how exhausted she looks? Just let her sleep for a couple more hours ‘cause i’m certain this is the first proper sleep she’d had in while”
“Yeah. Oh.” Hyunjin shook his head.
“Fine, but i’ll take someone breakfast up to her just in case”
“I have a feeling we should let someone else do that” Hyunjin trailed off, looking back towards the boys.
Chan followed his gaze with furrowed eyebrows. “Who?”
Grumbling to himself as he went, clutching a plate in one hand and a key card in the other, Felix trudged out of the lift and turned down the hall.
He passed his own hotel room and stopped at the room two doors. Fumbling with the slim, plastic key card for a moment before unlocking the door and slowly pushing it open.
‘Please be asleep, please be asleep’ He mentally pleaded as he quietly pushed the door open, cautiously stepping into the room.
Rounding the small corner, Felix let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. Much to his luck Charlie was still knocked out, curled up under the heavy cover.
He traipsed across the room, narrowly avoiding tripping over the shirt left on the floor, stopped by her bed and placed the plate down with a soft ‘clink’ as it hit the wooden bed side drawer.
Swiftly turning on his heels Felix did a beeline for the door. The boy had passed by the small table when a rather loud shuffling noise came from behind him.
“Felix?” A groggy voice called from behind him.
“Hey...” He replied and turned to face the girl.
She had sat up in bed, clothes and hair messed up, eyes half closed.
Bringing a hand up to rub the sleep from her eyes, she asked. “What are you doing here?”
“Oh. Chan asked me to bring you some breakfast.” He pointed towards the plate as he walked over and sat down on the other bed. “Hyunjin guessed you wouldn’t be awake for a while”
“Thank you...you didn’t have to”
“No problem” He muttered out, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly.
An incredibly awkward silence filled the room. Charlie was still waking up while Felix sat there staring at the suddenly interesting carpet pattern.
After a few minutes of antagonizing silence, he cleared his throat and looked up, surprised to find Charlie already looking at him.
“Uhm...” He hesitated, eyes darting across the room. “When you’ve y’know fully woken up...can we talk? Like...actually talk?”
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