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The sound of rustling and frantic mumbling pulled Minhee from his sweet dream of a bathtub full of tabby kittens.
His eyebrows furrowed and a groan slipped past his lips as if telling whoever and whatever to simply fuck off. A smile rose to his face as sleep quickly found him again soon after.
The room was silent, save for the small "Minhee?" that was whispered out into the still air, followed by the creaking of the bed.
Little taps danced across his cheeks every few seconds and he subconsciously wrinkled his nose. He felt like he was going to sneeze any second from the tickling feeling.
Starting to feel frustrated, he finally opened his eyes, trying to catch the culprit red-handed. Staring back at him like a deer in headlights was his s/o, completely frozen without saying a word.
"..what are you doing?"
They gave him an awkward smile, moving from their spot in his lap and onto the bed next to him. "You know how I said I was gonna stay up and finish my paper? Well, I got bored of that and decided to come to bed,,, but I couldn't fall asleep and I had a good idea!"
Minhee rubbed at his eyes. "Okay.. and what was it?"
"When people can't sleep, they count sheep. Sheep are really... been there and done that so…. I started counting your freckles. Then I realized your freckles kinda remind me of stars. So I went to Daiso and brought these star stickers to put on your cheeks." they held up the sheet of stickers with a sheepish smile.
"You brought who for my what?" he sat up, giving them a sleep-fueled confusion-ridden expression.
"I, um… I brought little star stickers to put on your cheeks"
Minhee couldn't help but laugh as he thought over everything he was just told. "You could've just woken me up to make this whole thing easier on yourself, babe."
They pouted, "but you looked so peaceful in your sleep.."
"Well I'm up now, aren't I?"
The two of them sat across each other on the floor, Minhee quietly watching as his s/o was hard at work.
"Are you done yet?"
"Hmmm.. nope, not yet. Gotta make this perfect.."
As the feeling of boredom started to settle into his stillness, his hand reached for the Daiso bag, dumping the contents out onto the floor. Grabbing the lone glitter jar, he looked down at it, the cogs in his brain churning before he looked up to his s/o's face and back down again. A mischievous smirk painted his face as he laughed to himself.
"What are you-" They were cut off by Minhee's gentle poke under their eye, a grainy feeling under his fingertip.
"Oh… it barely stuck." he sulked as he pulled his hand back, looking at his work.
"What the hell did you just put on my face?"
He held up the jar with an innocent smile, "I thought we could match~"
Their eyes grew as they realized what was going on, "you put glitter on my face?! I'm still gonna be scrubbing this stuff off by the time I'm sixty-four!"
"You'll be a fashion icon in your 60's—you should thank me really. Besides, you look cute."
They rolled their eyes with a sigh, the smile on their face betraying their act. "If you want the glitter to actually stick.. you can go grab my eyelash glue or something…."