Keep Your Head Up - Chapter 2
Ch. 2
That night Kyuhyun was awoken by a strange noise. The sight which met his eyes was none less than enchanting; Ryeowook was a sleeping mess, his hair was all over his face and he had a thin layer of sweat covering his fragile body. But he was stunningly beautiful at the same time.
It took several seconds before Kyuhyun realized that the sound which had woken him came from Ryeowook, who now started tossing and turning in his sleep.
Kyuhyun had never woken any of his friends up from nightmares before and wasn’t sure how it should be done. Had it been his sister, Ara, he would just have thrown a pillow in her face. Somehow that didn’t seem appropriate in this situation.
He went over to the other’s bed and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. “Ryeowoook-shi? Wake up, Ryeowook-shi.”
The smaller boy abruptly opened his eyes, staring directly into Kyuhyuns. They looked at each other for a moment, Kyuhyun with a puzzled look, Ryeowook with a confused look. Then the latter expression changed and he began sobbing quietly.
“It’s.. erh.. it’s okay. You- you just had a nightmare, that’s all.”
Ryeowook nodded and tried his best to stop crying. “I know, I’m sorry, it just seemed so real. I was in a car and it started turning and-”
“-don’t tell me. Just forget about it. In the morning light it’ll seem like nothing.”
The smaller boy seemed like the understood, but Kyuhyun noticed that he was still shaking.
"Go back to sleep. It's only 4AM." He mumbled sleepily to the now fully awake, but still terrified, black haired boy next to him.
He went back to his own bed, but made no objections when Ryeowook followed him, climbing under the same sheets, forced to lye close to him in the one-man sized bed. Soon they were both soundly asleep.
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Bi-bib. Bi-bib. Bi-bib.
Kyuhyun reached for his phone by the table and turned off the alarm. His bed felt warmer than it should have and he had a feeling in his gut of something missing. A soft humming coming from the shower reminded him of Ryeowook and a smile was immediately brought to his lips.
He had shared a bed with a friend before, sure, but this had been different. This had left him with sweet dreams and a smell on his pajama of vanilla.
A small suitcase was lying on the opposite bed. It seemed that Ryeowook had almost finished packing and Kyuhyun too, started throwing clothes and shoes in his own bag.
Half an hour later they were both finished and dressed, but Kyuhyun wasn’t satisfied; “Is that what you’re wearing at the airport?” he asked, skepticism in his voice, though not unkindly said.
“What’s wrong with it?”
“It makes you Plain Jane.”
Ryeowook laughed at his statement; “Being a model is my job, not my life. Come on, let’s go.”
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They didn’t get much further than the lobby before Kyuhyun stopped them both outside a small shop. “Hang on a second,” he said as he left his bags with Ryeowook and went inside.
He came back out with a petite hat in his hand, which he placed carefully on Ryeowook’s head. “There you go. At least now it looks like you heard of the expression ‘airport fashion’.”
The black haired boy smiled gratefully at him, making his heart beat faster.
“Cheongmal kamsahamnida! -” Ryeowook had opened his mouth, about to say something more when they were suddenly interrupted by a grumpy manager;
“Boys! We need to get going!”
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It was obviously that Ryeowook had lacked sleep as he fell asleep as soon as they sat down in the airplane. In the meantime Kyuhyun small-talked with their manager and somehow the conversation landed on Kim Ryeowook;
“He’s nice. But he’s too nice, if you get what I mean?” the manager said, chewing a piece of gum wildly.
“I mean, look at him. That face could make it to the top. But not if you’re willing to step aside for everyone else. Simply said;” the manager made a gesture with his hands; “this boy is too nice to accomplish anything.”
Kyuhyun didn’t know what to answer. He liked Ryeowook’s niceness. A lot. He liked it a lot. But he disapproved of being without ambitions. He ended up just smiling awkwardly at the manager and lying about being tired as well.
For the remaining 40 minutes of the flight it was impossible to find any rest though and when they got off the plane, Kyuhyun halted to say goodbye to his new co-worker.
“What’s… what’s your ambitions, Ryeowook-shi?”
“You don’t have to call me shi. Just Ryeowook is okay.”
Kyuhyun tried to ignore his heartbeat and the smile on Ryeowook’s lips and just asked him once more; “do you have any ambitions in life?”
“I just want to be happy,” he answered with the cutest, brightest smiled Kyuhyun had ever seen. God, it was annoying, he was trying to have a real conversation here. So why did his heart beat so fast?
“What are yours, Kyuhyunie?”
“I-” did he just call me Kyuhyunie?! “-I want to do a photo shot and ultimately a runway for Vivienne Westwood.”
For just a moment Ryeowook looked seriously thoughtful.
“I see… Well, see you soon! Bye Kyu~”
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a/n: Ryeowook in hats is forever OTP LOL <3
also, plain jane meaning that someone or something has an average appearance. Though I'm sure most people know this, it's just.. making sure. Sorry for making you read stuff you already know, OTL.
HAPPY SUNDAY. erhm.. yeah. Love~