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It was really late when Wooseok suddenly woke up, finding himself alone in the room. He rubbed his eyes and rapidly took his cell phone to check the hour: 3 am. A sigh came out of his lips and he lied back again, closing his eyes and wishing so bad to fall asleep again
Certainly, it wasn’t the case. After two minutes of pushing himself mentally to go back to sleep, he ended giving up. He couldn’t make it mainly because of his curiousness as he is alone in the room, at 3 am. He highly doubts that his mate has become a night owl all of a sudden considering he falls asleep early. Yuto is not in the room and that kind of freaks Wooseok out. Maybe he just woke up and went to the bathroom. Thinking that, Wooseok tries to sleep again.
Yet, he fails again.
So he jumps out of bed, trying not to be too noisy so he won’t wake up the rest habitants of Dorm B. He goes to the living room, but Yuto is not there. The next place is the kitchen as he may be preparing himself a cup of tea, who drinks tea at 3 am? Wooseok thinks, hoping he can find the answer to his question standing in the kitchen while pouring the tea bag in a cup with boiling water, but he isn’t there either.
Wooseok’s running out of ideas right now. There is not much places to go at 3 am and to be honest, the dorm isn’t that big enough to hide somewhere and not being found. Probably he went to Dorm A, but what would he do there and so late? He walks to the living room again, sitting in the sofa for a few seconds. He looks at the balcony, seeing the door slightly open. A cool breeze enters through it provoking a shiver on Wooseok. He soon concludes that Yuto may be there. But, again, why is he awake this hour?
He walks out the balcony, finding his mate there, sitting in the floor, wearing his earphones and looking to the sky with attention. Yuto seemed so immersed on it that Wooseok smiled thinking in how cute and cheesy his mate is sometimes, because obviously he’s listening to the saddest song of his playlist while looking the stars creating scenarios in his mind. Yuto hasn’t noticed Wooseok yet, but the younger walks towards him and sits down next to him and because of the sudden touch of their arms, he startled and took off one of his earphones, immediately looking at Wooseok.
“Did I wake you up?” he asks worried.
Wooseok couldn’t help to smile again. Even in moments like this, Yuto would rather worry about him than himself
“No, I... I just woke up suddenly,” Wooseok replies trying to sound calm. “What are you doing here at 3 am by the way?” he asks this time, taking Yuto’s hand.
“I couldn’t sleep and well, kind of wanted to see the stars.”
Wooseok wrinkled his nose. Yeah, he was right. Obviously it’d be something cheesy coming from Yuto. He puts his head on Yuto’s shoulder this time and interlaced their fingers. Yuto was surprisingly warm even though outside was pretty chilly.
“Can I stay with you?” the younger asks.
“If you want to...” Yuto mumbles, looking to the sky again and feeling how Wooseok literally clung to his arm in a position that was sort of a cuddle. His heart flustered a bit. “Wooseokie aren’t you cold?”
“Not really, you are warm,” Wooseok says, cuddling a bit more, almost lying onto Yuto’s body. “You’re like a cat.”
Yuto laughed and tilted his head until it touched Wooseok’s. “What’s that even supposed to mean, huh?” he questioned still chuckling.
Wooseok smiled.
“You behave like a cat sometimes.” Wooseok answered. “You are cute at the same time you look like you would kill any of us when we less expect it,” he explained, making the older to laugh again. “Sometimes you want to cuddle and be cared and other times you reject any kind of physical affection. You’re pretty much like a cat, Toto.”
This time, Yuto smiled. Not only because of the silly answer but also for the nickname. It sounds cute when is Wooseok who says it.
“I love to spend time with you,” Yuto says after a few seconds of silence. “Even if it’s looking the stars at 3 am, if it’s with you it feels like the best thing to do.”
Wooseok flustered. He felt his cheeks warm. Whenever Yuto decides to be that honest, he doesn’t know how to react. Yes, he’s really sweet to him most times, but right now it is different than most times. They are all alone in the middle of midnight, cuddling and looking the stars.
“I love you.” Yuto spoke again, with his voice sounding a bit raspy. “I’m sorry if I’m making you uncomfortable.”
“You’re not.”
After that, the ambient went dead silent, only the noise of cars’ motors could be heard. Wooseok wants to say I love you too, but the words don’t come out. And he really wants to, because not responding to “I love you” is a cruel way to reject someone else. And this is not the case.
He takes a deep breath. “Were you counting stars or something before I came here?” asks in a whisper.
“Kind of.”
“How many stars do you think there are?” Wooseok asks with a childish-like enthusiasm.
Yuto looks at him, noticing his rosy cheeks and nose.
“I don’t know. Maybe millions,” he replies. “I don’t think I’d be capable of counting them all.”
Wooseok laughs softly and finally hugs his mate, feeling all his warmth. The Japanese puts one of his arms around Wooseok’s back and they stay like that.
All went silent again. Wooseok feels safe with Yuto, emotionally and physically speaking, and he’d be the worst of liars if he says he doesn’t love Yuto, because damn hell, he does. Is just that he doesn’t know how to properly saying and Yuto being the sweetest person towards him is overwhelming because he feels like he’ll never be good enough for someone like Yuto. The man deserves all the love in the world and Wooseok thinks he hasn’t done enough to give Yuto the love he truly deserves.
And thanks to that cruel overthinking, the words finally came out:
“I love you too.” he recognises, feeling a sensation of relieve. “I’m just... I’m really clumsy with my feelings sometimes.”
Yuto smiles.
“I know. But that’s why I love you.” the Japanese says, turning to him and pressing a kiss on his temple. “I kinda like that because it’s intriguing. I want to know everything about you, but you rarely talk about your feelings. So I really appreciate you love me back.” Yuto whispers this time, making the younger nervous.
“Hey, you also don’t talk about your feelings! Maybe we are meant to be after all.” Wooseok says, pouting.
“Oh? Do you really think so?”
“Yeah. You are my other half.” he answers sounding confident.
He just hears Yuto’s contagious laugh. And even if he wants to laugh too, he feels rather offended by the other laughing at him and his honesty.
But Yuto kissed his temple once again, with some more affection than the first time and still giggling.
“You’re so cheesy.” Yuto whispers in reply.
Wooseok, still offended, snorts. “Says the one who is looking the starts while listening to sad music.” He jokes and both laugh.
“Ah, shut up and kiss me already.” Yuto mumbled, and Wooseok gave him a surprised gaze. “What? I don’t have to do all the job, you know.”
The younger rolled his eyes and slowly moving, approached to the other’s face feeling his heart racing and his own face getting all blushed again. “God, it is taking you forever.” The other complains and finally kisses him. Wooseok got amazed again, but sooner he just let it happen, with one of his hands he caresses Yuto’s curly hair. A shiver ran all over his body when Yuto kissed him.
They finally split out, pressing their foreheads together this time.
“The stars shine for you this night, Wooseokie.” Yuto says, smiling at him with affection. “I’m going to start being thankful to the stars from now on.”
Wooseok lets out a giggle. “Why though?” asks gently.
“Because thanks to them we are finally having a moment like this. They were the perfect excuse to drag you out of bed.”
The younger laughs again and shortly kisses his mate’s lips again. He puts his head on Yuto’s shoulder again and looks the starts. It really feels like the best thing to do just because Yuto is with him. They are cuddling while looking the stars at 3 am. Not matter the cold weather nor the time, it just feels like the right thing to do.
The right thing to do with his other half.