Elements of Reality

XIV

And they had proven that numerous times already. 

Through the open window, the wind, mild that it was caught Aurora's hair and dress, blowing them behind as her eyes drifted towards the sky. The wind was cold, a sign that winter was slowly approaching as the trees outside began to loose their leaves. Aurora couldn't help but run her hands up her forearms as she began to slightly tremble. It was late, and everyone had gone through enough for one night. 

"Lets just rest up." she spoke, gaining everyone's attention as she stood before the group, "I think we have a lot of decisions to make, fights to prepare for... but as for tonight I think we're all just plain tired." she breathed, turning towards the group. 

For starters, herself and Seokjin had just returned home from an extremely dangerous battle. She wanted nothing more then to dive into the thick covers of her bed, resting her tired head against a mound of pillows and to drift off to sleep. 

Hoseok was obviously feeling the same way, a hand rested against his head as he fought with his hangover symptoms. His eyes would squint every so often, the corner of his lip twitching and face shrivelling every time he felt the dull throb of his headache escalate. "I agree." Hoseok groaned, "There's three lounges to sleep on, and then someone can double up with me in the bed." He rose an arm as he waved everyone off, "Goodnight."

Finally peeling himself away from the wall, Jimin ruffled his hair, "I just wanna sleep on all of this... maybe I'll feel better about it in the morning." he muttered, yawning with lidded eyes as he shuffled over to one of the couches, kicking his shoes off before laying down. 

Eyes darting over to the clock ticking against the living room wall, Aurora found her nose crinkling up when she read that the time was already 5:00am in the morning. "Yeah, I'm gonna hit the hay." she spoke, rolling her eyes at the time, "I forgot that whilst Jin and I were out fighting monsters, all of you guys were out partying." she sighed, taking her position on another one of the lounges. 

And so the rest followed suit, Seokjin taking the last lounge whilst Yoongi sucked up his courage, 

and slipped into bed alongside Hoseok.

~*~

Being the first to wake, Jimin found himself shuffling over towards the window, opening it up as the cool morning breeze channeled itself inside, blinds ruffling in the wind. He peered out over the window cill, eyes taking in the bright colours squeezing through the clouds. It was chilly he thought, pulling his arms around himself. The scent of rain hung in the air as he watched the sky slowly begin to darken and the colours of the night fade away as morning fully arrived. Pinks, yellows and reds disappeared first, blue soon following. But all of that would be overtaken by the greyness climbing over the mountain skyscrapers, an unmistakable roll of thunder growling threateningly in the distance. 

The blonde stood at the window as the clouds rolled in. He had only managed to get a mere two hours sleep... but would tossing and turning be considered sleep any way? Jimin didn't think so, so instead he just decided to watch the sunrise... or the storm rolling in he guessed. 

It didn't take long for the husky colour of the sky to fade, rain slowly beginning to splatter against the pavement on the streets below. So bringing his arms to the window, he slid it shut, proceeding to watch from behind the protection of the glass. 

His eyes however peeled away from the window at the sound of a yawn, soft footfalls becoming louder and louder until he noticed a presence looming beside him. So peeling his eyes away from the window, he turned to face the shorter person beside him. 

Realising Jimin's eyes were on her, Aurora's lips rose into a small smile, "Morning." she uttered, voice still a little groggy from sleep as she tiredly rubbed at her eyes. Her hair was a tangled mess, eyes still lidded as she made eye contact with the blonde.