whilst the other members of wanna-one were assumably sleeping in their dorm, minhyun was making himself ramen, a process that he repeated quite often due to an annoying habit of his where he cannot fall asleep no matter what medicine he used or what sleep hack he performed. he never slept until his body was forced to shut down to refill his energy. it was a horrendous way of living, but minhyun was so adjusted so much to being tired that he managed to be an idol at the same time as having insomnia.
turning off the stove fire as the ramen finished, minhyun just grabbed the pot used to make the ramen, not wanting to pour it into a bowl and make more dishes to wash for poor guanlin, who had been assigned dish duty for the first month of wanna-one being together.
while holding the handle of the pot, minhyun leaned over with his free hand and pulled open the drawer of silverware, grabbing himself a fork then shutting the drawer with his hip, waddling towards the kitchen table so he didn't spill the warm liquid from the ramen onto himself, not needing burn marks for fans to question about.
minhyun twirled the noodles around the fork then put it in his mouth, slurping loudly, knowing that he could blow a firework up in the kitchen and the boys wouldn't wake up because of daniel's sleep chatter. groaning in enjoyment due to the taste of the ramen.
by now, minhyun mapped out the kitchen and dining room so well he'd probably be able to locate his way around it if he was sleeping. he flopped himself onto a kitchen table and practically buried his face into pot of ramen, gorging himself, able to do so without the judgemental looks from fans and the words that belittled him from staff.
"so this is what you do," a voice suddenly stated with an amused tone. minhyun was so startled that he sat up straight, ramen hanging from his mouth. the nu'est boy hurled the fork in his hand in the direction of the voice, putting up fists.
jaehwan leaped up from the other side of the kitchen table, dodging the fork sent his way with scary precision. "yah!" the younger boy yelled to the taller male, who started to regret his reflexes, "hyung, why?! are you trying to get rid of me?"
"holy," minhyun cursed under his breath and placed a hand over his heart, glaring at jaehwan, "you surprised me."
jaehwan crossed his arms and sat back down, meeting minhyun's strong gaze. "so this is what you do every night?"
minhyun sighed and also sat down. "pretty much, yeah," he told the shorter boy truthfully, rubbing above his eyebrow, "you noticed?"
jaehwan shrugged and laid his arms on the table, resting his head on his limb. "of course i did, hyung, i care about you. and i'm still not used to daniel's chatter."
minhyun stood up and went to go grab a new fork, then returned to the table, staring into jaehwan's lazy gaze. "well hwannie, we have a schedule tomorrow. you should sleep."
jaehwan snorted and rolled his eyes, stretching the loose skin on his arm. "hyung, no. i want you to sleep, too. actually, i can't fall asleep without cuddling something and daehwi stole all my extra pillows."
minhyun shook his head slightly and went back to eating his ramen, eating quickly as he didn't want jaehwan to say anything about him eating so much. when he finished, he leaned back in his chair. "you need to cuddle? what are you, a koala?"
jaehwan nodded, standing up from where he sat, grabbing minhyun's hand, pulling the taller boy up. "if you want to put it that way, okay. but you'll be my pillow for tonight."
minhyun seemed confused as jaehwan tugged him along to the dorm that he shared with daniel, minhyun, guanlin, daehwi, and sungwoon. when he pushed open the door to the dark room, daniel was mumbling about melonas and daehwi was surrounded by multiple pillows, confirming jaehwan's story.
"why me though?" minhyun inquired softly as jaehwan pushed the older onto his bed, "guanlin likes to snuggle when he sleeps, he'd probably be better."
jaehwan pinched his temple, seemingly annoyed by minhyun's question. the guitar boy shut the door to their dorm and climbed onto the bed with minhyun, laying down and pulling the taller boy to his chest.
"because i love you, dummy," jaehwan told minhyun as if it wasn't that big of a deal, "now be quiet, i want to try and sleep. you need to as well."
minhyun laid on the bed quietly for a few minutes, jaehwan's arms wrapped around his chest. it would've been silent, but daniel cheerily muttered words under his breath, something along the lines of wanting to be a dinosaur.
"i love you too." minhyun whispered when he assumed jaehwan was sleeping, putting his arms around the younger's waist, pulling him closer and resting his head on jaehwan's pillow, staring at the younger's peaceful face.
jaehwan crackled a smile and buried his face into minhyun's chest. "that means that woojin owes me 200 dollars. he thought you weren't gay and we bet on it."
minhyun grinned and then the two fell silent, jaehwan falling asleep a few minutes after, his warmth spreading to the elder, warming his cold self.
that night, minhyun fell asleep for the first time in years without his body having to shut down.
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