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rays of warm sunlight broke through the window gently and landed on two peaceful bodies in bed. yes, two peaceful bodies. sleeping in bed. together.
i mean, anyone could be thinking it wasn't a big deal, y'know, since lots of people sleep together to feel the slightest bit of comfort at night. anyone could be thinking it's one random couple, or one mentioned couple in our case: like jun and minghao, or seungcheol and jeonghan, etc. but it was neither. and it wasn't even a couple.
the two bodies cuddling in bed were actually the ones that 'truly' hated each other, never agreed about something, were as different as day and night, couldn't stand looking at each other in the eye, yet were also the main couple of this story. actually, the hate was one-sided, but so was his love: one-sided.
so yeah, to answer your questions, it was actually mingyu and wonwoo cuddling in bed, and to say that wonwoo was freaking out was an understatement.
once the light disturbed wonwoo's beauty sleep, the boy fluttered his eyes open like princess aurora did when her prince kissed her on the lips. he really hadn't expected to feel strong arms wrapped around his whole body, and he certainly hadn't expected to be hit by a strong manly smell once he took a deep breath like he always did when he woke up in the mornings, but he truly loved it.
although he absolutely loved it, he was also quite freaking out about the whole situation. firstly, because it was the first time he was being cuddled by someone who reached his high standards about the cuddle buddy of his dreams, and secondly, he was afraid he had asked the guy to cuddle him.
wait, who even is cuddling me?
wonwoo slightly moved his head to look up at the guy's face, all while holding his breath in fear of waking the other up, and when he did recognise who was hidden behind the strong grip, he couldn't help but feel relief washing all over his body.
it was someone he knew all too well, yet still felt as if he still were a stranger to him somehow. it was no other than mingyu. he had dreamed of drowning in his safe and warm embrace for such a long time, and now that he finally had the almost unreachable chance, his body was all frozen and he couldn't move a muscle.
maybe it was the slight movement of mingyu's arm that made wonwoo panic and instantly bury his head in the giant's neck, or maybe it was just his usual panicked behavior that made him do the dumbest things ever whenever he was in panic, but it didn't matter.
he finally felt like he was out of the so called trap- the trap of being stuck in his own body, lacking the ability of moving a muscle or reacting and it was one satisfying and content feeling.
once he buried his head deep in mingyu's neck and cuddled closer to his body, wonwoo shut his eyes and inhaled deeply, loving the scent coming from the giant. he felt like he was in heaven: drowned in warmth and secure he had asked for years. he wished the time would stop and it'd be only the two of them. as cheesy as it seemed, wonwoo just wanted everyone and everything to disappear and cuddle with mingyu for the rest of his life.
though luck never seemed to be on his side.
as soon as he had started to get comfortable, he felt mingyu moving and unwrapping his arms around wonwoo's smaller body, which caused the pale boy to let out a little whimper at the loss of warmth.
the giant turned his head towards the sleeping body beside his and was confused for a few seconds, but soon smiled when he remembered that he had taken wonwoo to sleep beside him yesterday at night. after mingyu had confessed to wonwoo that his love for cuddles was still the same like years ago, they started talking about different topics.
whatever they spoke didn't seem to relate to each other or even make sense at least, but in all honesty mingyu didn't care one bit. because of the random topics they talked about, he got to know wonwoo better. they didn't talk about personal stuff as mingyu knew wonwoo wouldn't open up that easily to him, but by hearing the quiet boy speak his mind and say his opinions about the -maybe- most unimportant topics ever, he quite understood how the other's brain worked.
he found out that wonwoo was indeed cold-hearted and a really, really introverted person, but if you found a way to approach his heart, then you had his heart for your whole life. mingyu also found out that he was one funny guy when he wanted to be one, and that his love for cats didn't seem to have an ending.
yeah, he had learned a lot of things about wonwoo, which resulted to him being whipped.
"wonu, i heard that lil whimper of yours." mingyu giggled and saw how a deep shade of pink bloomed in his cheeks and then spread in his whole face, reaching the tips of his ears, yet the boy continued to pretend he wad sleeping unbothered.
at that the tan-skinned male rolled his eyes and leaned down close to the 'sleeping' boy's face. he started patting the other's head and whispered gently. "wonwoo, i know you're awake. cmon, open your eyes."
at that, wonwoo pursed his lips worried, yet continued to open his eyes slowly, being met with mingyu's eyes staring back at him. for a few minutes, the boys didn't do anything other than staring at each other like they hadn't seen each other for years.
"hey." mingyu breathed out with a gentle smile as he continued to stare down at wonwoo. the latter cleared his throat before averting his eyes somewhere and choking out one "hey" back, barely above a whisper.
before the awkward silence would go on, the door burst open, revealing a very energetic minghao standing on the doorway. it was a mystery how he was that energetic, considering the night before he couldn't even stand on his feet due to the amount of alcohol he had had.
"hey hoes, breakfast is- oh my god, no, stay where you are! we don't need your presence, continue doing- whatever y'all were doing. just- use protection!" minghao waved happily before shutting the door closed and running down the stairs with an excited squeal.
both mingyu and wonwoo were left speechless with their cheeks flushed red at minghao's last sentence. they hated how straightforward the boy could be sometimes, obviously not giving a shit about what others thought about anything he said.
"uh- yeah, this is awkward." mingyu chuckled in embarrassment before laying next to wonwoo and staying in silence. there was a thick awkward silence that fell over them, and unlike mingyu who couldn't stand it, wonwoo was quite satisfied as he could finally think about this whole cuddling thing.
wonwoo strongly wanted to ask mingyu whether it'd be a problem for him to cuddle once again, but he was scared that mingyu wouldn't accept cuddling someone like him. though, when he turned his head towards the tan-skinned male and saw him smiling, he couldn't resist the urge to ask him one question that maybe, would change his life.
gathering the confidence he had left, wonwoo sat up and turned towards mingyu. "would you please be my cuddle buddy?" wonwoo shut his eyes and inhaled sharply as his fists clenched on his lap. he was slightly trembling with excitement and fear and due to his closed eyes, he had no idea what mingyu's expression was.
when he heard no answer, he tried explaining further with his no longer confident voice. "i-it's like, cuddling each other, y'know. like- y-you said you liked cuddling and i-i i do too, so i thought it'd be a great idea to, y'know, cuddle since we both like it and i don't think anyone else would like cuddling with me and y-you're also good at cuddling and- i'm sorry i'm rambling b-but please say yes!" wonwoo's voice squeaked at the end and mingyu fought the urge to tackle the boy and shower him with kisses and hugs because of how cute he looked.
mingyu just chuckled and grabbed wonwoo's arm, forcing him to lay down in bed with him. he turned him around and wrapped his arms around the pale boy tightly. finally burying his head in wonwoo's neck, he exhaled gently and whispered "of course i want to be your cuddle buddy, wonu. now sleep, i'm sleepy."
wonwoo gulped as he felt chills down his spine while his heart started beating like crazy. he wasn't used to seeing this side of mingyu and he had to admit that it was very, very hot. nonetheless, he didn't give much importance to whatever he was feeling as he also started getting sleepy due to mingyu's radiating warmth, so he soon melted in mingyu's embrace and closed his eyes gently with a smile.
who thought that out of all people mingyu would end up being his cuddle buddy?
. . .
the real shit is finally happening