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Minseok is usually not a light sleeper -- when he sleeps, he's dead to the world. When he sleeps soundly, though, and of course, that doesn't happen very often. Not when he's alone. His night terrors keep him awake.
So when he hears the front door open, he jolts upright - he lives by himself, why would anyone be coming through the front door? It's almost crazy, how his groggy mind flies through the list of people he had given access to his apartment - Jongdae? No - Jongdae is on a trip in Beijing. Jaerim? Heck, Jaerim was just here the other day, and they made no plans to meet anyway - not for today. Sehun? He was probably off somewhere drinking - or working, or tatooing, or doing all three at the same time. Sohee? Mm, she did come to his apartment a few weeks back, in the dead of the night to crash on his couch. Maybe. He was going to start saving up for a small guest bed if his noona was deciding to make sleeping on his couch a regular thing.
But he can't be sure if it's even someone he knows - so he picks up the metal baseball bat by his bed, cliché, yes, but it does the job ( He would know, he hit Jongdae in the balls once when the elder boy decided it would be a great idea to scare Minseok in the middle of the night by climbing through his window. ). With the bat in hand, his bunny plushie in the other ( moral support! ), he creeps as quietly as possible out of his room; wide eyes darting wildly as they adjusted to the darkness, thankful for the moonlight streaming in-- there's a lump on the couch!
He's fairly sure it's probably Sohee once more, setting the bat down to the side with a small huff, ready to lecture his Noona again - but this time, there's something slightly different.
Minseok sniffs a little -- alcohol.
He doesn't drink much, by any means, because he knows he can't hold his own alcohol. And also, he's been told he's a slutty drunk. So he definitely isn't keen on getting drunk and trying to seduce any living thing. But when he knows the scent when he smells it.
It's suddenly a lot clearer - the lump on his couch is way too tall - long-- whatever, to be his petite Noona. Blinking rapidly, he shuffles a little closer, peeking over the edge of the couch only to be back away in surprise - Sehun?
Once he gets over the initial shock -- because Sehun never comes out of a blue like this, never comes. He tip toes a little closer, eyebrows furrowed in worry as he clutched his Booneh in one arm, the other hand reaching out to smooth over Sehun's forehead - it's not hot, so there's no fever. He frowns.
A part of him wants to wake Sehun up, wants to ask why, why was he here in the middle of the night ( not that Minseok ever minded, because pfft, it was Sehun - but that didn't mean he was any less curious). And another part of him wants to leave Sehun be, he can get his answers tomorrow morning. Perhaps, even when Sehun is more sober ( assuming he's even drunk right now ).
He makes sure to get two pills - painkillers - and along with a glass of water, sets them onto the coffee table. Just in case the elder man woke up with a bad hangover, Minseok would be prepared! He proceeds to tuck a soft cushion under the other's head - wouldn't want Sehun to wake up with a sore neck! Finally, he pulls the soft blanket over the other, a soft smile tugging at the corners of his lips. Sehun always looked so different when he slept - angled eyebrows smoothed out, face relaxed into an almost cherubic expression. It isn't the first time Minseok has watched the other sleep - and it won't be the last, although either way, he can't stop himself from leaning down to press a soft kiss to the Director's forehead.
"Sleep well-- huh - ?" He blinks, cocking his head to the side when he feels Sehun's fingers encircle his wrist - the next thing he knows, he's being tugged down onto the ever so familiar chest, tucked in between the couch and Sehun's lean body.
Maybe he wasn't so drunk to begin with, Minseok muses.
He only relaxes when he feels hot puffs of breath on the back of his neck, before lips are pressing against his skin - he feels, more than hears, the words that slip past Sehun's lips later.
"...G'night, little one."