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*yawns*
Sakuya looked at his best friend beside him who just yawned for the 11th time today. Yes, he's been counting how many times Ryo had yawned from the dorms, in the van, and throughout the entire 5 hours they had been here at the stadium for the ISAC.
He's been observing him the whole time, and his best friend seemed tired. All of them were. They barely had enough time to rest and sleep for long, and Sakuya clearly understood his best friend's lack of energy and being sleep deprived.
It was then Ryo slowly crawled in between Sakuya's legs and rested his back on his best friend's body. Sakuya welcomed him with open arms and encircled his arms on Ryo's waist, pulling the other closer to him. Ryo felt himself melting in Sakuya's arms as he rested his head on his best friend's shoulder.
Sakuya can't help but smile as he looks down, seeing the long lashes of Ryo, the boy in his arms seemed relaxed and Sakuya knew he's out now. This is a rare moment for Sakuya. Ryo was always clingy but this clingy and soft Ryo is his favorite. This Ryo had Sakuya discover that he's also suffering with cute aggression just like his whole group. He finds this Ryo really adorable and he just wants to baby him, cherish him, and hug him the whole day.
Sakuya gently kisses the crown of Ryo's head, not caring about the cameras around them. He grabbed his best friend's smaller hands and intertwined with his. He loves how their hands perfectly fit, it made him want to protect the other.
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Ryo woke up to someone caressing his hair gently, he found himself latching onto Sakuya, his cheek pressed against the other's chest. Sakuya noticed the movement from the boy in his arms so he looked down with a grin, pinching Ryo's cheeks whose expression looks so cute as he just woke up from napping.
"Did you sleep well princess?"
The sudden nickname made Ryo blush, he really wanted to retort but he's too relaxed to even argue and just nodded his head. This gesture sparks the cute aggression inside Sakuya and he can't help it but lean his face close to Ryo's face, covering them both with his jacket and kissing Ryo's cheek, surprising the older boy. Sakuya leaned back with a satisfied look as Ryo's face was all red, his expression still shocked from what just happened.
Sakuya grinned at him, "Your fault, too cute," he said and when Ryo finally regained his composure, he pulled himself up and looked at Sakuya with a glare. Though his glare isn't really scary as Sakuya only laughed at him more and Ryo can't help it but pout and look around the stadium.
Suddenly a hand grabs his chin, making him look at his best friend once again. Ryo frowned and slapped away Sakuya's hand to which the other laughed about again. Ryo's eyebrow raised, "what's with you? You've been teasing me ever since I woke up," Ryo confronted his best friend.
Sakuya smirks at him leaning close to Ryo which made the other lean back in surprise, "You aren't being cute on purpose right? It's driving me crazy, Ryo."
Ryo could feel himself shivering at the low voice coming from Sakuya, his face also reddened a lot as he bit his lower lip in the habit of being confused. He slaps Sakuya's arms while the other hisses in pain and said, "I'm never sleeping on you again," and rolled his eyes.
Sakuya smirks again, pulling Ryo towards him who lets out a surprise yelp. Ryo ended up being in his best friend's arms again as he tried resisting the strong hands and arms that's keeping him still. Ryo froze when Sakuya suddenly whispered in his ears, "But you're not the one who gets to decide whether you sleep with me or not, you didn't forget about the bet right?"
The older boy's face started to redden a lot upon remembering the bet the both of them had just yesterday. It was Sakuya's idea that whoever wins will get to control the other's life for a week. And of course, Ryo lose and Sakuya won.
"Fine, it's not like you want to sleep with me. You said you hated it because I flinched in my sleep," Ryo said, tone sulking as he turned his back on Sakuya.
Sakuya was clearly surprised for a few seconds, because how did Ryo know about that? He had only said to fans before.
'Yeah, of course, we all search up our names. That's why he knew.'
Sakuya thought as he stared at the back of his best friend who looks pretty small and cute right now. He grinned to himself and reached out to Ryo, grabbing the other's by the waist, pulling him once again in his arms. Ryo protested for a while before giving up, letting Sakuya embrace him once again.
Sakuya buried his face on Ryo's shoulder, inhaling the other's scent. Ryo smells good, he always smells good. Sakuya couldn't help it but smiled when Ryo started playing with his fingers. He raised his head and looked down to their hands. Ryo started massaging his hand and when he was about to let go Sakuya suddenly held both of his hands with his larger ones, and started massaging Ryo's hands too.
This made Ryo relaxed more in his embrace as he watched the happenings around them. Ryo could feel himself drifting off again but he's just preventing himself from doing so. Sakuya noticed this and raked his hand on Ryo's hair, his other hand covering Ryo's vision as he whispered, "You should sleep again princess, I will wake you up when the exciting part is near."
"Thank you, Saku-chan," Ryo whispered back before drifting off to sleep once again. Sakuya chuckles and uncovers the other's eyes. He fixed Ryo's head, burying the other's face on his neck to cover his sleeping face and carried him to his lap for better comfort.
The hyungs were just watching the maknaes the whole time and couldn't help but admire their youngest. Too bad they don't have their phones with them.
Sion looked at their fans, motioning and mouthing if they had captured the entire sakuryo moments, in which the fans replied to him with shouts of yes and thumbs ups. Riku mouthed them a good job and a thumbs up.
After that, two members of NCT WISH went viral for their adorableness. Seen in the photos the one of them was sleeping while the other one was spooning the sleeping baby. The boy who spooned his sleeping best friend soon followed and slept also.