51. What Causes Thunderstorms?
Lightning flashed outside the window. A crack of thunder soon followed after it.
“Kyuhyun?” a voice from one of the beds called. “Are you awake?”
“Are you kidding?” the other answered. “Of course I am.” Another loud crack of thunder caused the room to shudder. Both boys jumped in their beds.
“Kyuhyun?”
“Get over here, Ryeowook.”
“Took you long enough.” Ryeowook flung his sheets off, scampering to the other side of the room. He slid under the covers that housed the other member of Super Junior. They hugged each other tightly.
“Ryeowook, I can’t breathe.”
“Don’t look at me, I’m not letting go. It’s too scary.”
“Ok, ok. But just loosen up a bit. Unless you want to be hugging a corpse for the rest of the night.”
Ryeowook yelped at the mention of the word corpse and grabbed Kyuhyun tighter. The younger man sighed and held his hyung tighter as well. In all honesty, he was just as scared but figured that if he acted scared, that would just make things worse for Ryeowook. So he retained his calm stature.
Ryeowook turned his head up to Kyuhyun’s. “What do you think is causing the storm?”
Kyuhyun thought for a moment. “Rainbows and puppies.”
“What?!”
“Yeah, so there’s nothing to be scared of.”
“I think you’re wrong.”
“Oh? So what do you think then?”
“Global warming.”
Kyuhyun was silent. Then he said, “You’ve officially gone crazy.”
“No it’s true! Remember when we watched 'The Day After Tomorrow'?”
“Oh god.”
“What are you? Siwon? God can’t help us now.”
“Ryeowook, this is not global warming or the end of the world.”
“I wasn’t implying the end of the world, just impending doom and the beginning of a new ice age.”
“This is not the beginning of a new ice age!”
“Oh yeah?! Then what is it?”
“Aliens.” Came a voice from the closet.
“AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” the two boys yelled screaming and kicking. The blankets were being tossed around as the two boys tried to untangle themselves. The screams increased as the door started to open, a hand peering around the side of the closet entrance.
Donghae’s head popped out of the opening. “Hey guys. Can I join you? Kibum’s sleeping over at the studio tonight, so I’m all alone in my room.
The two boys in the bed just sat there staring at him. Kyuhyun finally spoke up, “You- what- I can’t believe you did that! You almost gave us heart attacks!”
“But-“
“Nuh-uh,” said Kyuhyun sternly. “No buts. Go to Eeteuk’s room or something. Hiding in people’s closets is creepy."
“Fine.” Donghae trudged out of their closet pulling his blanket behind him.
Kyuhyun sighed pulling a shaking Ryeowook back down with him. Kyuhyun looked at his hyung, concerned that he wouldn’t say anything or stop shaking. “Are you alright?” Ryeowook shook his head. “What’s up then?”
Ryeowook was silent for a moment until he said, “Do you think Donghae was right about the aliens?”