It was the first night that Narim never dared to close her eyes. Neither did Taekhyon. Except these two had very different reasons.
The sofa was laid out and covered with two people lying on opposite sides. They were lying back to back, but there was almost a meter and a half between them. They were both on the very edge so that God forbid they should harass or compromise each other.
- Why aren't you sleeping? - was the first to break Tae-young's silence.
- How did you know I was awake? - Narim responded by sticking out her two hands from under her head, which were already pretty much asleep while she was lying there in the same position.
- You're breathing too quietly for someone who's sleeping," Tae smiled.
- Did you listen to my breath?
- What do I do when I can't sleep? - The guy was indignant, and a smile slid down her lips.
- I'm sorry, it's because of me, so uncomfortable, I imposed on you, in fact.
Narim awkwardly pressed her lips and curled up in a roll, pulling her knees up to her stomach. Taehyun just kept quiet about it. She wanted to continue her wailing but thought it wasn't worth it because if the guy wasn't talking, she was doing it for a reason. It's probably too awkward for him to accept a stranger in his home, who is also a girl. It was worth it to her to cope with her fear and think about it.
- I'm sorry," Narim whispered quietly, clenching her knees even more.
However, there was no answer. Perhaps, her interlocutor is already asleep?
Behind her back, suddenly, at the same second, there was a squeezed wheezing and the girl turned back sharply.
His eyes opened wide and now reflected genuine fear, for Taekhyon was lying on his back and wheezing terribly, staring at the ceiling with horror and despair. The young man's chest shuddered in sharp periodic tremors, and from the lips, thick, dark scarlet clouds came out the blood, mostly immediately dissolving in water, and less - flowing down the excesses in the corners of the mouth, on the cheeks of the young man, chin, settling on the snow-white bed linen, near his head, blurred on the fabric with translucent scarlet spots.
- Taekhyon, what is wrong with you? - jumped up sharply on Narim's couch, literally flying up to Taehon, who was in pain.
She grabbed the guy's face with both hands, she looked into his desperately big eyes and was looking for a clue. The guy continued to shiver in convulsions, and Narim just didn't know what to do.
- Taekhyon, dear, my goodness," the girl whispered in a trembling voice, curving her lips, stroking her cheeks, but why would he be worried when he was shaking all over the place, pale, and pours out hot blood in thick streams?
Té closed his eyes with force and bent over his back. His chest was squeezed by the press, but the bleeding stopped, and the shiver went away. The guy tried to level his breath, but it was hard to get out. It was the most severe attack he remembered and it happened right now, in front of Narim. How inappropriate it was.
- It's okay, don't be afraid," Taekhyon whispered, laying his hands above the girl's hands.
Narim kept her head down, trying not to look at the young man. Completely covered in red hair, she sat over him, squeezing her whole being and shaking.
- What is wrong with you? I didn't even know how to help you... What if you died?
A girl's voice cut through the silence and Taekhyon hurried to wipe his lips. The back of his palm was red. The tiniest scarlet particles slowly lagged behind the skin, dissolving in water, and Tae understood why they were trying not to look at him now. The painting is not a pleasant one.
- I was just worried, my blood pressure was high, so don't worry," the guy muttered on the smile, stretching out his red lips. - It's okay," he lifted his back off the couch, leaning on his elbow.
His hand, which was not dirty in blood, slipped between the thick strands of red hair, and, cautiously picking up someone else's chin line, stayed on that one. Narim lifted up her face and stared at the young man through the fine sieve of hair tangled in front of her eyes.
- Such things can't but be scary," she said, not too much.
Taekhyon smiled even more clearly and began to remove the broken strands from the girl's face. His fingers touched the skin almost weightlessly, and his warm eyes were soothing.
- Just pressure," Tae repeated.
Taehyun's right cheek was covered in bloodstains, and it was a little creepy that after what had happened, Taehyun still had the strength to smile.
The last time the guy walked his palm over someone else's cheek and pulled away with his legs down. He needs to wash his hands and wash his face.
***
The sofa had to be rearranged with other bed linen and only then went back to sleep because sleeping in a puddle of blood is not the best thing that can happen to a person.
- You won't fall asleep? - Taekhyon's voice turned his head toward Narim, who was constantly watching the ceiling. - I did scare you...
- No, it had nothing to do with that," the girl turned her face in response, looking at the dark eyes of the young man. - I have my reasons for not sleeping.
- What are the reasons?
- I'm afraid of water," Narim's lump swallowed nervously.
- Really? Water? - pitifully reduced his eyebrows to the center of Tae.
- What I'm afraid of, I'm afraid of... It's funny, isn't it? I think it's very ironic. Destiny has given me the most terrible torment.
Taekhyon suddenly froze and moved closer to the girl, hugging her with both hands. Hugs were pulled down and pressed against him. Narim suddenly plunged herself into Taekhyon's world. His world consisted of a coarse knitting of soft, beige threads, not a luscious smell of cinnamon, and incredibly warm, large hands in the wide sleeves that he wrapped around her, holding her forehead against his chest.
The girl rounded her eyes and froze. His fingertips touched the soft surface of his jacket, and her breath seemed to have stopped.
- I want to protect you from this," the guy muttered into a redhead with a velvet, pleasant, low voice. - Just once. Will you let me?
Narim let the compressed air out of her chest and voluntarily plunged into T's world with just a hug, and when her hands wrapped around his wide back, she was suddenly not afraid at all.
"to be continued in the next part"