SHE hurried to Jeongin's room after she had calmed down, her face still wet with tears of disbelief.

Opening the door quietly, she scanned the room looking for her target.

Jeongin.

To her surprise, she found him sleeping peacefully on the bed, surrounded by two of her friends, Jisung and Hyunjin, whom were also in deep sleep.

The remaining three of her friends were sleeping on two armchairs and the big, black couch on the other side of the room.

For a moment, she couldn't believe her own eyes.

Instead of trying to stop her tears from flowing, they disobeyed her and began streaming harder down her face while her eyes widened in shock.

She slowly entered the room and reached for the many, colored blankets, which were set in a nearby corner, and held them up between her arms.

After that, she put the biggest blanket on the bed, covering her three friends with it after kissing their foreheads softly.

"I missed you all so much..."

Then, she covered Minho and Changbin, who were sleeping on the two armchairs, and kissed their foreheads as well.

Heading over to the couch, where Chan was sleeping, she settled the last blanket after making sure that he was comfortable in his position. She could almost imagine a faint smile forming on his face after she kissed his forehead.

With that, she quietly made her way out of the room, heading as fast as possible towards her own, a wave of enthusiasm and anticipation filling her.

The sight of her boyfriend met her as soon as she entered the room once again, and she walked towards his side of the bed with a kind, tearful smile on her face.

Slowly but gently, she put one arm around the back of his thighs, and the other around his waist in an attempt to carry him bridal style.

He let out a faint groan at the action, making her whisper words of reassurance as she repeatedly kissed his forehead.

"Baby..." he began in a deep, raspy sleeping voice, "I'm so tired, I'm sorry..."

She shushed him in a soft tone.

"Shh. Sunshine, don't apologize. I'm right here, okay?"

She settled him down on the bed after adjusting the blanket, then made sure to cover his frail body before making her way to the other side of the bed.

Taking off her shoes, she lied down on the bed, brought the blanket up to her chin as well and hugged her lover's body as close to her as possible, planting soft, generous kisses all over his freckled face.

"I've missed you, sunshine. So damn much."

She closed her eyes while inhaling the scent of his cologne, planting one last peck over his plump lips before falling into a deep, peaceful slumber.

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She didn't know how long it has been since they had fallen asleep.

But when she woke up, her face turned pink as soon as she noticed her lover's body all tangled up to her own.

She hugged his waist closer to her and softly kissed his forehead.

"Sunshine, I missed you so much."

Just when she said the words, he allowed his eyes to weakly open. His vision focused at her face, and he let out a tearful smile, taking in the sight of waking up next to her.

"Baby, I missed you so much..." he whispered in a shaky tone, trying to stop his tears from flowing.

"Shh, don't cry. Please," she whispered back, her eyes teary as well, "I missed you too. So much, so, so much."

He squeezed her body tighter, letting out a soft, strangled sob in the process.

"I-I'm so sorry... I'm so damn sorry."

She kissed his forehead again before sitting up, making him do the same.

"It's okay, sunshine," she soothed while cupping his cheeks between her palms, "don't apologize. Please. I already forgave you, remember?"

He nodded through his tears.

"Yeah, you were kind enough to forgive me after I yelled at you and hurt your feelings like that... But then, she kissed me and I know I hurt you again-"

She almost jumped up at the sentence, jealousy burning her insides already.

"Woah, woah, woah! Who kissed you, sunshine?"

He gulped, fear of being abandoned overflowing inside him.

"You don't know..?"

She shook her head.

"I... I really don't know where to start. So much things happened since you and Jeongin left."

She nodded, sighing heavily.

He didn't have to say that again.

Because a lot of things did happen since they left.

"Yeah... About that. Felix, Jeongin kissed me."

Felix nodded, a little hurt.

"Yeah... I know that. He told me."

She reached out to grab his hand, a sympathetic look on her face.

"Are you mad?"

He thought for a moment.

"Not at you, okay? At him."

She shrugged.

"Please, don't be mad at him. He was pretty much loyal to you from the start. It was only a moment of weakness."

He sighed, squeezing her hand for a minute before eventually nodding.

"Okay."

Mal smiled, a wave of pride rushing through her. Looking at him, sitting across from her like that, she was so proud of him. He was already going through a lot anyway.

"Now. I'm here to listen, so please, leave no details."

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