𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 //𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝑭𝑭//

~𝟲𝟰~

I woke up with warmth coursing through my body. I shifted as I fluttered my eyes open, barely awake. The sun was peeking through my window, casting shadows on my wall from behind the branches of the trees outside. I moved my gaze away from my wall, yawning. And for the first time I realised there was something moving underneath my palm. I found Lee Know cuddled up next to me, still holding me against his body like he had the night before.

I smiled at his peaceful state, resting my chin on his chest and looking up at him. My eyes widened as a sudden flood of panic overtook me. What if one of the boys walks in and sees us like this, I thought. They'll think I'm some kind of manhunter or something.

I slowly started pulling away from Lee Know, trying to keep my movement minimal so as to keep him asleep. Just when I was almost sitting upright, his hand that was on my lower back slid around my waist, pulling me back down onto his chest. His grip tightened around my body as I heard a soft whine sound out from his throat.

"Don't go yet. You're so warm, and I'm still tired,'' he said, voice coarse and deep. It sent butterflies to my stomach. So that's what his morning voice sounds like.

"Lee Know, we have to get up. What if one of the others see us?"

"Let them see us. I'm still sleepy."

Lee Know still hadn't opened his eyes. He gently snuggled closer to me, pressing his lips to my forehead.

"Lee Know, what will the others say when they see us like this?"

His body went ridged underneath mine. I lifted my gaze to see his eyes widening.

"Crap you're right."

He let go of me, and I pulled away from him, getting up off the bed. He stood up as well, carting a hand through his hair. I looked over at him and smiled involuntarily. He looked so cute in his sweatpants and T-shirt, hair still a little messy and eyes glittering from the early morning sun. I quickly snapped out of it when I heard voices coming from downstairs. I counted them in my mind, coming to at least six out of the eight boys, excluding the one standing in my room.

"The coast should be clear. Most of the boys are downstairs. I counted six voices."

Lee Know nodded at my words. We both headed to the door, him letting me walk out in front of him. As soon as we were in the hall, I regretted walking out with him immediately, the black-haired boy in front of us making my stomach drop as he saw us. Jeongin smiled at us, but his smile quickly turned into a look of suspicion when he realised we had both just come out of my room.

"Jeongin, I promise it's not what it looks like. I had a nightmare and Lee Know helped me through it. He just stayed in my room for the night. Nothing happened."

My voice shook as I tried explaining, and I saw Jeongin's quizzical look deepen. I begged for Lee Know to step in and help the issue, but he never did. He just stayed silent next to me.

"You know what, it's too early for this," Jeongin said, rolling his eyes and walking past Lee Know and I, but not before giving Lee Know a look out of the corner of his eye.

I breathed out a sigh of relief when he was gone.

"I think I might have just messed up," I said, staring into the distance.

"It's okay. I probably wouldn't have done a much better job, had I spoken," Lee Know said, gently placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Okay, I'm going to get me some coffee to save me from burying myself outside right now."

I started walking towards the stairs. Just before I went down them, I pressed my hands to my cheeks. They were warm from blushing. I waited for them to cool down a bit before stepping around the turn and going down the stairs. As I greeted all the boys and went into the kitchen, I noticed Jeongin was avoiding my gaze, fiddling uncomfortably with his fingers.