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Felix slept a lot. He had difficulty waking up in the morning, he started yawning right after dinner and he had the ability to fall asleep anywhere. It had never failed to flabbergast Seungmin. One minute, the blond was fully awake, he'd look away for a single moment, only to find the guy on the verge of falling asleep. Seungmin had a very strict night time routine he had found difficult to fall asleep without. He was also very picky when it came to the surface. Anything that wasn't his bed usually proved itself to be impossible to sleep on. The duo were polar opposites in that sense.
Seungmin watched as Felix's head jerked forward, catching himself barely from falling asleep, for the nth time since they had taken a seat at the library they had visited to study. The taller of the two couldn't help but pout. Felix was always even sleepier than usual during finals week. Having to go outside and study every single day took its toll on everybody. It was, however, a bit inconvenient that Felix's body expressed this toll by being seconds away from falling asleep at any given moment.
Seungmin looked back at his computer as he chewed on his chewlery. Felix had gifted it to him, under the impression that stimming would stop or at least decrease his habit of pulling his hair. Seungmin was pleasantly surprised to see that it worked.
Seungmin couldn't focus. Well, he didn't want to. The brunette was exhausted too. Last night, Felix had joked about dropping out. Seungmin sometimes actually considered it with the workload they both had. Hearing Felix yawn made Seungmin eye the blond again. He watched as the shorter guy rubbed his eyes and made his best attempts at focusing back on the notebook he was taking notes in. It made Seungmin drift away into his own thoughts.
Seungmin thought of the last time he had been this tired. He believed it to be the time he was recovering from a meltdown. He hoped this finals week wouldn't lead to a sensory overload or any form of meltdown for either himself or Felix. Seungmin found himself remembering the last time Felix had been this tired.
They had just finished up with last term's finals and Felix's body had been doing the thing where it was more shaky than usual. The blond had humorously called it 'being on vibrate mode'. The duo were walking home from campus and had taken a detour to the park for some fresh air and stress relief. Felix had asked Seungmin for a hug. Seungmin had learned that hugs were something the blond seeked for, especially when he got shaky. Who was Seungmin to deny a hug requested from Felix? As they were sitting on the bench and hugging, Seungmin had realized how even Felix's breaths had gotten, only to find that the blond had fallen asleep right then and there. Seungmin had kept hugging Felix in defeat because he didn't have it in him to wake the blond up. He had waited for Felix to wake up from his nap on a whole ass bench for roughly 43 minutes-
Seungmin snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a small hand tug on his sleeve. The brunette turned towards the source of the tiny hand as he dropped the chewlery from his mouth. He looked at the blond, an eyebrow raised already. All Felix did was slowly and unevenly blink as he stared holes into Seungmin's face. The blond also failed to suppress yet another yawn.
Seungmin rolled his eyes. He quickly grabbed a post-it note and pen so he could slip a note to Felix, telling him to stay strong for a bit longer. Though before the brunette could start writing, Felix's face had already plopped on top of his notebook. Seungmin grimaced. The blond was going to have led stains from his notes all over his face once he woke up. The current situation also implied that the duo would have to stay here for at least 30 more minutes so Felix could wake up from his nap naturally. Seungmin refused to wake the guy up.
After 20 minutes, Seungmin started packing up. He considered texting Minho or Chan to ask for a ride home. After neatly putting everything he had brought out back into his bag, he started putting Felix's stuff away as well. Dinner time was approaching. Seungmin found himself starting to hope Felix would wake up soon.
After another 15 minutes, Seungmin sighed in defeat as he pulled out his phone.
~
private chat
mongmong: hyung.
minhoe: What?
mongmong: lix-hyung fell asleep while we were studying. it's been about 38 minutes.
minhoe: Sigh!
mongmong: could u like be the best hyung in the whole wide world, do us a favor and pick us up?
minhoe: I'm very tempted to say no just cause you're the one who's asking /hj
minhoe: Though I don't wanna be responsible for either of you guys getting bad grades or not eating well.
mongmong: im gonna ignore the part where you very obviously picked favorites.
minhoe: I was joking minnie-ah.
minhoe: It's the same library you two always go to right?
mongmong: yup.
minhoe: I'll be there in 20.
mongmong: thx hyung! ur the best!!
minhoe: shush shush ik
~
Seungmin closed the app, leaving Minho on seen and looked around, hoping to entertain himself as he waited for their hyung to collect them. He stared at Felix for a bit longer, mesmerized by how comfortable and at peace the blond looked. The brunette knew that their Minho-hyung would wake Felix up if the blond didn't wake up on his own till mama cat came to pick them up. Seungmin knew it had to be done. Felix wouldn't prefer unconsciously being carried from one place to another and it probably wasn't good for Minho's already achy dancer body to carry Felix around anyway. Yet Seungmin could never get himself to wake the blond up. He'd eat dirt before admitting it but he didn't want to disrupt such a peaceful moment.
Sometimes Felix's body kept him from sleeping due to discomfort despite how tired he was. Being shaky and achy along with sensory issues proved itself to cause difficulty when trying to sleep. That's why he crashed so often. Seungmin wasn't about to wake Felix up when that was the reason the blond kept needing naps.
Seungmin started mindlessly scrolling. He didn't really have anything more entertaining to do. Jeongin had sent him too many reels. The brunette caught himself smiling at the number of notifications.
Uh oh.
Had living with Felix turned Seungmin into a softie? Or was this something else?
Seungmin refused to dwell on that thought and watched the reels instead.
Seungmin was sending the last one of his snarky remarks at Jeongin when he heard footsteps rushing towards the table he and Felix had occupied. He shoved his phone in his pocket and looked up to see Minho.
"That was fast," he whispered.
"The traffic was surprisingly not agonizing." Minho explained in a whisper as he sat next to Felix. Who's head was still plopped on his notebook, snoozing comfortably.
Minho ruffled Felix's hair a little bit. The oldest never poked or jabbed when it was Felix who needed to be woken up. Pokes and jabs led to a grumpy Felix. Everybody knew that.
"Yongbok-ah." The oldest called out in a sing-song whisper.
"Hm?"
"It's time to go home."
Both Seungmin and Minho couldn't help but chuckle as Felix finally raised his head off of the notebook. The blond's face had gotten puffy, his lips were all jutted and pouty. Yet what made the other two fail to keep in their chuckles were the led smudges on his cheeks. Felix rubbed his eyes, the sleepy expression shifted into a look of shock immediately when he was met with Minho's face right next to him. The blond tried to blink the sleep and confusion away. It wasn't working.
"Yah… You should've at least closed your notebook. Now you have random smudged letters all over your face." Minho complained.
Seungmin knew that their hyung wasn't actually mad. Felix however, pouted as Minho whiped his face with a wet wipe.
Seungmin kept himself busy by helping Felix pack the rest of his things that hadn't made it to the blond's bag before Minho got there.
Soon enough, they were in Minho's car. Jisung was in the passenger's seat, waiting for them.
"Dinner at our place?" The squirrel-like boy offered as soon as the car doors shut.
"Dunno. Lix-hyung seems pretty sleepy." Seungmin thought out loud as Felix's head plopped onto his shoulder.
"It can be a sleepover!" Jisung said in an attempt to convince Seungmin.
"Mmmmm sleepover!"
All three of them chuckled at the blond.
"Fine. We'll join for a sleepover. As longer Sungie-hyung doesn't get involved in the cooking."
"Yah! Meanie!"