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It was past 11PM when Hyungwon and the others arrived at their separate hotel rooms.
Today was a blast.
Miami was beyond breathtaking, and they were more than glad to be there after two whole years of not being able to travel. It was nice to forget their idol image for a while and live as normal people touring around the cities, especially since it was a rare luxury for them to have free time to spend without worrying about schedules and recordings to attend to.
They went around the city buying souvenirs for their families, eating delicious food, and taking pictures for memories, Kihyun and Hyungwon bickering once again about who takes the best pictures in the process.
Today was a blast.
But all they wanted to do now was to rest, it was a long day, after all.
Hyungwon bid good night to the members before shutting the hotel door behind him, feeling the tiredness dawn on him as soon as he took his first step inside. He felt like he could sleep for 24 hours straight if not for their flight tomorrow in the afternoon and he really wished he didn’t have to leave this place but they had to go back to Korea.
He sighed, laying dead flat on the bed. He didn't care if he was still wearing the clothes he wore earlier, feeling too lazy to change because he knew he was going to have to get up sooner or later, much against his will, of course.
'I'm going to shower later anyways, whatever,' he groaned to himself.
He fished his phone out from his pocket, going directly to their fancafe to read some of the fans' messages. It's always been his habit to go to their fancafe to read messages when he's tired— and if he's feeling it, he might even reply to some.
Hyungwon chuckled a bit, aside from the usual good morning and good night posts from monbebes and the letters to the other members, the cafe was filled with letters about him and a certain member. He smiled cheekily after seeing the fans whine about how they miss the two introverts of the group, Hyungwon and Changkyun together— and also individually.
'Where's our Hyungwonnie?'
'Im Changkyun, where are you!!'
'I miss the I-s, are they still alive?'
Hyungwon snorted, taken aback with the question. "Of course, we are!" He answered, as if user chaekkung_1526 could hear what he just said.
But one comment caught his attention the most.
'HyungKyun VLive when?'
"HyungKyun?" Hyungwon grinned. Finding the name cute, it didn’t take him long to put the two pieces together, instantly knowing what’s a HyungKyun . So that’s what the fans call the Hyungwon and Changkyun duo, huh?
He pondered on the idea of them doing a VLive together, remembering that it's been a while ever since they've done a VLive together…two years, if he remembers correctly. Come to think of it, for the past few days, he had already done a VLive with the 93z and with Jooheon didn’t he? And all that's left is Changkyun.
Changkyun who stayed in today.
Hyungwon pouted, remembering that Changkyun didn't go out with them, he said that he was feeling a bit unwell and the boys, although sad that they have to spend their last day in the US incomplete, agreed on letting him rest in his room, knowing how hard Changkyun have worked lately. Hyungwon mentally noted that he's going to check up on him later before he goes to sleep.
But first, a VLive.
Hyungwon set up the camera, sending a quick notice to their manager that he’s going to go on the app before fixing the lighting and place to do his live. Once again, he didn't bother changing his clothes anymore, deciding to show the fans what he wore for the day.
"Hi~" he enthusiastically greeted the camera once it showed the recording sign, smiling as he saw the vieweres instantly go up as thousands of fans started joining in. This was one of his favorite things in the world and what made him want to keep doing these more often, seeing the fans join together even if it's online to watch them made him feel like he had just won in life. He'd be lying if he says that he's not energized after seeing such a warm response, especially since it's most probably early in the morning for some fans around the world.
Hyungwon's live went on for a while, it was just him telling the fans about how his day went, even going as far as to go outside the hotel room’s balcony in the chilly night of December to show them the marvelous city lights in the distance, he went back inside afterwards and continued answering questions that came his way, and reading cute pick-up lines that made him flustered. Monbebes sure were good at making pick-up lines, and just like that, a cat showing his bashful grin suddenly flashed in his mind.
Remembering that they too, have a member that was good at flirting back with the fans. It was his charm to make the hearts of millions of people flutter.
'I wonder what Kyunnie is doing right now,' Hyungwon thought to himself. Missing the younger’s warm demeanor surrounding the space.
It'd been roughly forty-five minutes that he's been on live now before the doorbell to his room rang.
Startled by the sudden doorbell, he quickly checked his phone to see if there had been any messages telling him that they're going to come over to his room, and to his surprise, there were none.
Usually, the members or his manager would text first to say they're coming over, but no one did such a thing. Making Hyungwon worry about the entity ringing his door at almost midnight. He excused himself from the live, leaving the camera on and making sure that nothing else would be caught on camera before he headed to the door to check whoever was behind it.
Hopefully not some weirdo, he prays.
Peeking through the peephole, he let out a sigh of relief as he saw Changkyun patiently waiting on the other side. He didn’t see his face, but the sharp nose was enough hint to let him know who it was.
'He must have seen me live and decided to join,' he thought with a warm feeling enveloping his heart.
He expected a wide grin to greet him, but what he didn't expect to see when he opened his door, was a disheveled, puffy-eyed Changkyun who looked like he didn't even get any sleep.
"Kyunnie, what's wrong?" Hyungwon worriedly asked, the smile on his face faltering. He quickly brought the latter inside before anyone sees them. He shut the door behind them and immediately enclosed the younger in his arms.
"N-Nightmares," Changkyun sniffed, relaxing into Hyungwon's touch. He felt weak with all the crying but it was a good thing that Hyungwon's arms were so strong that it kept him on his feet, making him feel safe around the older.
Hyungwon frowned, the younger had told him about how he's been getting nightmares recently, and though he knew about it, he didn't think it was this bad to drive Changkyun out of his room. It must've been a bad one if that's the case.
"Oh, Kyunnie," he cooed sweetly, trying to comfort the younger. "Do you want to sleep here tonight?" He asked, instantly smiling when the younger nodded.
Picking Changkyun off his feet, Hyungwon let Changkyun wrap his legs around his waist while his hands rested on both sides of Changkyun’s hips to keep him steady. The younger instinctively wrapped his arms around Hyungwon's neck, nuzzling his face closer to find refuge in the small space between.
Hyungwon turned to bring him to his bed so that the younger could get some rest when he suddenly saw the tiny set-up he had arranged on the small coffee table. Bringing him back to the reality of what he had been doing prior.
'Ah, shit…completely forgot about that,' he begrudgingly thought.
They weren't loud when they were talking, were they? Not that it's a big deal if the fans knew, but he just finds it cute that his lovely dongsaeng came to him in the middle of the night because he was having nightmares and though he knows the fan would think the same, he wanted to gatekeep that cute information just like how they gatekeep their pictures together when they go out to eat together.
"Uhh…Kyunnie, I forgot to say I'm doing a VLive right now, are you okay with joining or do you want to sleep already?" Hyungwon cautiously asked, not wanting to just suddenly sit him down in front of the camera when he’s not ready.
"I can join, but can you let me hug you still, please?" Changkyun whispered, not wanting to let go of the warmth enveloping him. Hyungwon nodded in response and smiled at the thought of their maknae being clingy towards him.
'Well, this wasn't the HyungKyun VLive I was expecting to do,' Hyungwon thought and walked towards the sofa, letting Changkyun sit first away from the camera's view and sitting right beside him afterwards. He fixed the younger’s hoodie properly over his head to cover his swollen eyes before letting his head rest on his shoulders.
"Everyone! Our maknae Changkyun is here!" Hyungwon grinned as enthusiastically as he can, showing Changkyun who had his arms wrapped around the older's waist.
The comment section went wild.
'Aww they're so cute!!'
'OMG Hi, Changkyunnie!'
'OMG A HYUNGKYUN VLIVE FINALLY!!'
'I'm so jelly! hyungkyun making monbebes feel single saga goes on!'
Hyungwon snickered, reading the comments that the fans left.
"Hi, everyone! This is I.M!" Changkyun greeted. Their maknae was back to being the lead rapper of the group in front of the camera, but for Hyungwon, he's Changkyun, his Kyunnie, the maknae they all loved and adored.
"Kyunnie's gonna join me today because he said he misses me so much!" Hyungwon remarked jokingly, squirming when he felt Changkyun pinch his waist. He chuckled heartily, satisfied with the reaction he received from their maknae.
"Liar, you're the one that missed me more, hyung!" Changkyun gasped in response, taken aback with Hyungwon's bold statement in front of their fans. Monbebes laughed at how cutely they were bickering, Changkyun claiming that he didn't miss Hyungwon one bit, in contrast with how tight his grip was on Hyungwon's waist, which of course, was pointed out by the older. But he had no plans of letting go, ever, so he just accepted it.
He's now Changkyun who misses his Hyungwon hyung every second of the day .
Oh, he can already feel that he's going to read all about it when he checks their socials later. He’s going to get even with Hyungwon some other time and he’s going to make sure of it.
"Monbebes actually really really wanted to see us do a VLive, did you know that?" Hyungwon mused, nudging Changkyun's shoulders. He heard the younger chuckle and hug his waist tighter.
"Yes, I've heard~" Changkyun cooed, nuzzling his face on Hyungwon's shoulders like the cat that he is.
They went on VLive for thirty more minutes, until Hyungwon heard Changkyun yawn beside him and decided that maybe they should end it here. It's almost 1AM already, after all. Plus, Changkyun probably needs to rest already before their flight since he probably didn’t even get any rest, and he too, needs to get some shut eye after a long day.
"We have to go, guys! Annyeong~" Hyungwon greeted the fans good bye before pressing the 'end live' button. Making sure that it was really off this time, he laughed at the memory of his past VLive before when he literally couldn’t turn off the live, making it extend longer than he intended to.
His attention was now on Changkyun, who instantly got on his lap and brought his arms up to hug his neck.
"I thought you were never going to end it," their maknae whispered, breath fanning warmly against Hyungwon's neck. Hyungwon pursed his lips but still wrapped his arms tightly around Changkyun's waist.
"Well, you're sleepy already," he casually replied, stroking Changkyun’s lower back.
Hyungwon hummed when he felt Changkyun play with the strands of his hair, finding the fingers soothing his scalp very much comforting that it made him feel more sleepy.
"I don't want to sleep, though," he heard him reply before he settled on just hugging the older again. "I don't want to get nightmares again."
"You won't, I'll sleep next to you, okay?"
Changkyun nodded reluctantly, still afraid of getting nightmares but he still agreed, and Hyungwon took that as his cue to carry him to the bed so that they could finally sleep. He laid him there gently, making sure to tuck him under the blanket.
“Kyunnie, you’re okay with waiting here for a while, right? Hyung needs to shower,” he mused, he didn’t want to leave Changkyun alone in his room but he didn’t want to sleep covered in sweat and street smell either.
When he stood up to head to the shower, he was stopped by Changkyun who pulled the hem of his shirt.
'Cute,' he thought.
"Oh! Take me with you!" He suddenly sprung up, looking at Hyungwon with puppy eyes— even though he said he was a cat. And Hyungwon's face visibly reddened in an instant, was Changkyun seriously asking if he could join him in the bathroom? He was surprised at how clingy their maknae could get, he was always clingy but it didn’t occur to him that he was willing to go with him everywhere.
"No, what the fuck are you saying," Hyungwon said, completely flustered. He almost didn't want to shower anymore, he glared at Changkyun who was suppressing a smile on his face and stormed to the bathroom to take a shower. After he tucked the younger to bed again, of course. Warning him that he'll be sleeping on the couch if he tries to do any funny business.
It didn't take him long to finish showering. knowing that Changkyun was just outside waiting for him, he showered faster than what he had originally planned— which was a long warm bubble bath for himself, and while things didn't go as planned, the prospect of cuddling with Changkyun to sleep wasn't that bad either.
He got out of the bathroom and a fond smile instantly formed on his face after seeing the younger sleeping peacefully on his bed, he must've fallen asleep while waiting for him. He walked towards him and slipped inside the warm blanket, sighing in relief when the warm feeling hit the cold skin.
The whole room was quiet except for Changkyun’s light snores and the air conditioner reverbrating in the room, but Hyungwon couldn’t even hear the machine’s loud noises, he was just focused on looking fondly at their maknae.
'So handsome,' he marveled at the sight of Changkyun's serene features. Taking the opportunity to stare at him while he's asleep.
Hyungwon reached his hand to remove some stray hair that had fallen on the younger's face and tucked it behind his ears, he let his hand rest on his cheek, caressing the soft skin there. Reaching forward to press a chaste kiss on the younger’s forehead, he wrapped his arms tightly around Changkyun just like he promised he will.
“Sleep well, Kyunnie…I love you,” he whispered quietly before drifting off to sleep himself.