black holes.

mars

when yugyeom's alarm clock goes off his mind is in a foggy blank space. he is unaware of the party from friday night, of the argument and kissing, of jinyoung and jackson staying over, of promises to a movie and the eyes of doctor huang.

he wakes up in a blissful state of mind, going through his routine of putting on some Sleeping at Last music on this early morning.

he's so tired, seeping into his bones. perhaps a shower will help him, and a nice breakfast of cooked rice with fried kimchi on the side.

yugyeom grabs some underpants and makes his way to his room when his leg almost trips over a lump on the floor. he shrieks, yelping as he falls on his ass and feels the pain shoot up his spine.

"fuck you, jackson wang." yugyeom mutters, he can hear jackson's tired snicker as the boy removes himself from the air mattress they put together last night where him and jinyoung slept.

some memories of last night start slipping in, but his mind blocks out some of the anxiety-ridden ones, which he is eternally grateful for.

downstairs, yugyeom can hear the sound of sizzling food and soft murmurs. huh, jaebum and jinyoung are making food.

yugyeom moves closer to the edge of the stairs to catch his older brother drinking a cup of tea, dark circles formed under his eyes can be seen even from where yugyeom stands.

but there is a crooked grin on his lips as he talks with jinyoung and pets nora's fur. it's a sweet and familiar sight, it makes yugyeom want to rush downstairs and hug his brother, but he goes against it and rushes into the bathroom - needing that wash and cool refreshment.

he showers and brushes his teeth quickly, mostly because jackson keeps banging on the bathroom door for him to hurry up.

jaebum has a private bathroom in the main suite room, but it is strictly off limits and yugyeom cares too much about his life to risk it for the larger space, jackson is on the same boat having learned from Last Time.

jackson makes some off comment about him, but yugyeom ignores him as he runs into his room for clothes. he looks into the mirror and scrunches his face when he remembers the hickies, still red and marked temporarily into his skin.

jinyoung gave him some makeup as a gag gift for his seventeenth birthday, hopefully that'll help him hide the marks. nevertheless, yugyeom searches for a shirt that will help him further.

he ends up grabbing the lightweight black and white striped long sleeve with the turtle and a The Beatles oversized shirt over it.

yugyeom's zipping his pants up as and almost falls down the stairs as he hurries to bid jaebum a good morning and hug him, thank him for saturday.

but he comes downstairs to find jinyoung cleaning up the dishes and nora slinking outside. jaebum is long gone. his heart sinks, his shoulders falling inwards and appetite lost. jinyoung finds him like that, sad around the eyes and frowned eyebrows.

"he said he had a lab," jinyoung says apologetically.

yugyeom sends him a sad smile, "yeah, i get it."

jinyoung opens his mouth as if to say more, but yugyeom interrupts him - not wanting to hear about his pitiful sorry's.

"what's for breakfast?" he says as excitedly as he can, it helps that at that moment jackson comes bumbling down the stairs, grin plastered on his face as he smacks a kiss on yugyeom's cheek.

they eat together, in a hurry when they realize it's past 7:30 and they have an hour before school starts.

unfortunately for yugyeom, he has to walk to school since he has no idea where or who took his skateboard. jackson makes a comment about it, but jinyoung is getting mad that they took forever to pack their bags.