Freefall
Miracle 100 Fic Challenge
Completed: 2/100
Theme: 001 Freefall
Pairing: EeTeuk/KangIn
Word Count: 976
Rating: PG 13
Author’s Note: This was just a quick short work toward the 100 Fic Challenge, but I hope everyone will enjoy it anyway. Thanks for reading ^,^
He never remembered them the next day, and no one else seemed to pay any attention to it, but every night KangIn suffered from terrible nightmares.
The only one who suffered with him was EeTeuk. Every night the screaming would wake him from his slumber. Drowsily he would get out of bed, clear his eyes, and walk to the next room where KangIn slept.
He watched KangIn thrashing violently between the screams, as if he fought for his life against some unseen demon.
Sometimes he would speak, but nothing ever made any sense. They were always just a mix of unintelligible words and phrases, or strings of words that you could understand, but never went together.
Every night EeTeuk sat in the chair at the head of KangIn’s bed. He had made himself the sentinel of the younger boy’s dreams.
Eventually EeTeuk tried to speak to KangIn as he slept. “KangIn, can you hear me?” He whispered gently into the darkness of the room.
“Please, Help me” KangIn cried out, the first time his sleep speaking had made any sense.
“It’s alright now KangIn. I am here to guard your dreams. No matter what happens, you will be safe because I will protect you.”
“You will protect me?” KangIn whispered, the tension in his body visibly fading.
“Yes, KangIn, I will protect you, but I can only do so while you sleep.”
“Thank you” KangIn muttered as he fell into an uneventful sleep.
The next morning, as KangIn began to stir, EeTeuk left the room. He didn’t want KangIn to know that he watched him sleep every night. He didn’t want to seem creepy. Aside from that he had to spend the days protecting his self from the world. Between work, and managing the problems of everyone around him, EeTeuk felt emotionally drained on a daily basis, and if KangIn knew he was the one with him while he slept, he would lose faith in his dream guardian.
Months passed by in this manner. Each night as KangIn screamed EeTeuk spoke to him and guided him through his dreams. He still didn’t know what was happening within them, but the talking always helped the younger boy to calm down.
Each day EeTeuk stumbled from KangIn’s room to his own in the early hours. He dressed, made sure breakfast was prepared for the house, ate, and went to work. He sang until his voice was nearly gone, then he went to dance practice. He danced until it was time to go to the interviews, and he spoke until it was time to speak to more people on the radio show.
Returning home meant it was time for dinner and the three hours of sleep he could claim before KangIn began to scream. He had it down to a routine, and oddly enough, it gave some strange sense of order to his life.
Halfway through the fifth month though, KangIn screamed, and EeTeuk did not wake up. He wasn’t seen through the entire day, and finally KangIn was sent to EeTeuk’s room to check on him. EeTeuk was pale, drenched with sweat, and was only breathing very faintly. An ambulance was called to take EeTeuk to the hospital.
During the time EeTeuk was away, KangIn’s nightmares became worse than ever before. Others in the house were finally being disturbed by the daily screaming. When KangIn was informed that he was keeping people awake, he realized this must be the reason for EeTeuk’s illness. He thought surely he must be waking EeTeuk each night by screaming and finally his body couldn’t take the lack of sleep any longer and broke down.
KangIn rushed to the hospital once he’d had his revelation and found the doctor’s covering the face of EeTeuk with the bed sheet. KangIn rushed to EeTeuk’s side and pulled the sheet off, looking down at the lifeless form of the older boy.
The doctors told him it had happened a moment ago, and they were unable to bring him back. KangIn screamed in agony and beat angrily on EeTeuk’s chest as tears streamed down his face. He took EeTeuk from the hospital bed and brought him into his lap, hugging the lifeless form, racked with sobbing.
“I’m so sorry, it’s all my fault for waking you. I didn’t know, and now my nightmares have come true.” KangIn buried his face into EeTeuk’s shoulder and felt on his cheek a faint heartbeat. He felt EeTeuk take a breath, and he looked at the older boy with great surprise as his eyes began to open.
“I’m sorry I failed you KangIn. I was supposed to guard your dreams, but I was too weak.” EeTeuk smiled at the other boy, wiping his tears away softly.
“You’re an idiot EeTeuk. I remembered finally, that all of my nightmares were about you being taken away, for you are the person most dear to me.” KangIn lifted EeTeuk back into his hospital bed and left.
A week after his miraculous return from death, EeTeuk was cleared to return home from the hospital. He slept during the day, and woke up that night again to KangIn’s screams.
He moved to KangIn’s room and took the younger boy’s hand as he sat down in the chair next to his bed. “KangIn, I’m home, and I’m fine. Let’s always protect each other. Let’s guard each other’s dreams from now on so there will be no more nightmares.”
“EeTeuk? Do you want me to take a leap of faith in you?” KangIn asked in his sleeping voice.
“Yes KangIn, have faith in me. Take the leap, and rest easy from now on.”
In his nightmare, KangIn leapt off a cliff after EeTeuk’s form, and in his bed his sleeping position altered. He took up what was known as the Freefall. He had taken the leap of faith.
Completed: 2/100
Theme: 001 Freefall
Pairing: EeTeuk/KangIn
Word Count: 976
Rating: PG 13
Author’s Note: This was just a quick short work toward the 100 Fic Challenge, but I hope everyone will enjoy it anyway. Thanks for reading ^,^
He never remembered them the next day, and no one else seemed to pay any attention to it, but every night KangIn suffered from terrible nightmares.
The only one who suffered with him was EeTeuk. Every night the screaming would wake him from his slumber. Drowsily he would get out of bed, clear his eyes, and walk to the next room where KangIn slept.
He watched KangIn thrashing violently between the screams, as if he fought for his life against some unseen demon.
Sometimes he would speak, but nothing ever made any sense. They were always just a mix of unintelligible words and phrases, or strings of words that you could understand, but never went together.
Every night EeTeuk sat in the chair at the head of KangIn’s bed. He had made himself the sentinel of the younger boy’s dreams.
Eventually EeTeuk tried to speak to KangIn as he slept. “KangIn, can you hear me?” He whispered gently into the darkness of the room.
“Please, Help me” KangIn cried out, the first time his sleep speaking had made any sense.
“It’s alright now KangIn. I am here to guard your dreams. No matter what happens, you will be safe because I will protect you.”
“You will protect me?” KangIn whispered, the tension in his body visibly fading.
“Yes, KangIn, I will protect you, but I can only do so while you sleep.”
“Thank you” KangIn muttered as he fell into an uneventful sleep.
The next morning, as KangIn began to stir, EeTeuk left the room. He didn’t want KangIn to know that he watched him sleep every night. He didn’t want to seem creepy. Aside from that he had to spend the days protecting his self from the world. Between work, and managing the problems of everyone around him, EeTeuk felt emotionally drained on a daily basis, and if KangIn knew he was the one with him while he slept, he would lose faith in his dream guardian.
Months passed by in this manner. Each night as KangIn screamed EeTeuk spoke to him and guided him through his dreams. He still didn’t know what was happening within them, but the talking always helped the younger boy to calm down.
Each day EeTeuk stumbled from KangIn’s room to his own in the early hours. He dressed, made sure breakfast was prepared for the house, ate, and went to work. He sang until his voice was nearly gone, then he went to dance practice. He danced until it was time to go to the interviews, and he spoke until it was time to speak to more people on the radio show.
Returning home meant it was time for dinner and the three hours of sleep he could claim before KangIn began to scream. He had it down to a routine, and oddly enough, it gave some strange sense of order to his life.
Halfway through the fifth month though, KangIn screamed, and EeTeuk did not wake up. He wasn’t seen through the entire day, and finally KangIn was sent to EeTeuk’s room to check on him. EeTeuk was pale, drenched with sweat, and was only breathing very faintly. An ambulance was called to take EeTeuk to the hospital.
During the time EeTeuk was away, KangIn’s nightmares became worse than ever before. Others in the house were finally being disturbed by the daily screaming. When KangIn was informed that he was keeping people awake, he realized this must be the reason for EeTeuk’s illness. He thought surely he must be waking EeTeuk each night by screaming and finally his body couldn’t take the lack of sleep any longer and broke down.
KangIn rushed to the hospital once he’d had his revelation and found the doctor’s covering the face of EeTeuk with the bed sheet. KangIn rushed to EeTeuk’s side and pulled the sheet off, looking down at the lifeless form of the older boy.
The doctors told him it had happened a moment ago, and they were unable to bring him back. KangIn screamed in agony and beat angrily on EeTeuk’s chest as tears streamed down his face. He took EeTeuk from the hospital bed and brought him into his lap, hugging the lifeless form, racked with sobbing.
“I’m so sorry, it’s all my fault for waking you. I didn’t know, and now my nightmares have come true.” KangIn buried his face into EeTeuk’s shoulder and felt on his cheek a faint heartbeat. He felt EeTeuk take a breath, and he looked at the older boy with great surprise as his eyes began to open.
“I’m sorry I failed you KangIn. I was supposed to guard your dreams, but I was too weak.” EeTeuk smiled at the other boy, wiping his tears away softly.
“You’re an idiot EeTeuk. I remembered finally, that all of my nightmares were about you being taken away, for you are the person most dear to me.” KangIn lifted EeTeuk back into his hospital bed and left.
A week after his miraculous return from death, EeTeuk was cleared to return home from the hospital. He slept during the day, and woke up that night again to KangIn’s screams.
He moved to KangIn’s room and took the younger boy’s hand as he sat down in the chair next to his bed. “KangIn, I’m home, and I’m fine. Let’s always protect each other. Let’s guard each other’s dreams from now on so there will be no more nightmares.”
“EeTeuk? Do you want me to take a leap of faith in you?” KangIn asked in his sleeping voice.
“Yes KangIn, have faith in me. Take the leap, and rest easy from now on.”
In his nightmare, KangIn leapt off a cliff after EeTeuk’s form, and in his bed his sleeping position altered. He took up what was known as the Freefall. He had taken the leap of faith.