Heeseung lightly knocked on the bedroom wall.
"Time to wake up," he whispered.
Taehyun yawned, sitting up from his nest of blankets on the floor. "Morning, hyung."
Beomgyu desperately clung to his waist. "No, wait..."
Heeseung laughed. "You got this?"
"Yep." Taehyun pried himself out of Beomgyu's grasp, crawling over to the bed to wake Kai and Daniel.
Jay trudged past Heeseung in the hallway, guiding a half-asleep Jungwon by his shoulders.
"It's too early," Jay sighed.
"Drink some coffee," Heeseung suggested, grinning. "And maybe make some for me too?"
Jay rolled his eyes, patting Heeseung's back before departing with Jungwon for the kitchen. Heeseung made his way to the last bedroom, collapsing on the bed between Sunoo and Ni-ki.
"Time to-"
Ni-ki boldly covered Heeseung's face with a pillow. "Ah, much better."
"You're going to regret that," Heeseung warned before launching into a tickle attack.
"Agh! Hyung, I'm sorry!" Ni-ki gasped for air, giggling and flailing around wildly.
Sunoo propped himself up with an elbow, curiously watching the two boys try to shove each other out of bed. Heeseung let Ni-ki win, falling to the floor with a dramatic reenactment of Scar's betrayal scene from 'The Lion King.'
"Now we get five more minutes," Ni-ki declared, using Sunoo's arm like a teddy bear.
"Fine," Heeseung laughed, detangling himself from their bed covers. He turned around, letting out a small gasp of surprise upon seeing Sunghoon's pale face staring blankly from across the room.
"Shh," Sunghoon said almost robotically. He continued to sit motionless against the wall, his mind in a faraway place.
"Do I get five more minutes too?" Jake mumbled from his spot on the floor.
"Yeah," Heeseung smiled, turning to leave.
He entered the kitchen, spotting Yeonjun and Soobin cuddled up together on the couch in the living room.
"Coffee." Jay handed him a steamy mug.
"Thanks," Heeseung nodded, setting it on the counter before drifting over to the sleeping couple.
"What a wonderful morning it is," he sighed, stretching his arms as he sat down on the couch. "Hm. I wonder why my seat's so lumpy."
"You did not just dad joke us," Yeonjun groaned, gently pushing Heeseung to the floor.
Despite the disturbance, Soobin remained fast asleep with Yeonjun tucked against his chest.
Heeseung smirked, sitting up on the ground. "So you guys finally got together?"
Yeonjun yawned, holding Soobin's arm draped over his waist. "Yep."
"Took you long enough," Heeseung scoffed. "I can't believe Taehyun and Beomgyu made it official before you two."
"Oh, go away," Yeonjun laughed, freeing a leg to kick at Heeseung.
Heeseung returned to his coffee, letting them sleep in a little. Daniel, Kai, and Beomgyu staggered into the kitchen, escorted by Taehyun.
"Why do we have to wake up now? I thought the photoshoot wasn't until ten," Daniel grumbled.
"It's already seven; we can't have puffy faces." Heeseung ruffled the boy's hair affectionately. "Today's going to be a long day; we have practice and more filming, but you can catch up on sleep tonight. No school tomorrow."
