Bruises, Songs, and Sunsets

~:~ Jay POV ~:~

I woke up and sat up straight away.

I looked around the bed with wide eyes realizing that I had fallen asleep on Woozi's bed.

Woozi though, was no where to be seen.

I frowned and continued to look around until I noticed that the bed sheets were all drooping to one side.

I crawled over to the other side of the bed and look over.

Sure enough Woozi was there sleeping on the floor.

I let out a soft laugh and rolled my eyes.

'Why is he always falling out of his bed now? How does he not wake up when he falls? Is he hurt...?'

I frowned in concern over the pink haired boy.

I let my upper body go a bit more over the side of the bed and I softly began to shake his shoulder.

"Oppa...it's already morning... Jihoonie, get up. You're sleeping on the floor. You're going to catch a cold if you sleep there too long... Woozi! Rise and shine!"

And like that Woozi shot up and bumped his forehead on mine.

"Ow... sorry..."

I winced slightly while putting my hand on my forehead and I looked at him in concern.

He was crouched over and holding his forehead with both hands.

"No... it's okay. I'm fine... just a little bit of pain, but I'm okay..."

I pouted and sat myself on the floor in front of him.

"Let me see."

He looked up and I pulled his face closer to mine.

'It's just slightly red... Nothing a bit of ice can't help. I'm glad...'

"Alright, I'll be right back with some ice for the both of us. Start washing up for the day."

I smiled to myself before getting up and exiting the room to get some ice.

~:~ Woozi POV ~:~

She pulled our faces close together.

I could feel my heart begin to jump everywhere inside my chest. My stomach began to erupt with butterflies. My cheeks fired up like flames.

I looked up to her face seeing her inspect the bruise on my forehead.

She was pouting then had a concentrated look on her face. Soon that expression turned into a smile.

"Alright, I'll be right back with some ice for the both of us. Start washing up for the day."

She got up and left the room.

I let out a huge breath I didn't realize I was holding.

I put my hand on my chest and fell on my back trying to regulate my breathing.

'Why does she do this to me?'

I closed my eyes and smiled to myself.

'It feels good to have her smiling at me again. It feels like it's been years since she has talked to me... I'm glad...'

I looked around the room until I heard a knock on the door.

I walked over to it and opened it up only to be greeted by a surprised glare.

"I need to see Jay."

I blinked a few times and slightly frowned.

"She walked out a few seconds ago. She'll be back soon."

I opened the door wider and motioned for him to come in.

"Why is your forehead red?"

I quickly began to move my hair over my forehead and covered up the spot.

"Jay...was um...waking me up and something happened and our foreheads bumped into each other... she went to get some ice..."

He nodded while walking into the room and sat in the small chair.

~:~ Dino POV ~:~

I sat down on the chair and looked at the room.

One bed was perfectly made, while the other had it's covers on the floor.

'Did they sleep in one bed...'

"Hyung, which one is your bed?"

He looked at me confused.

"This one... why?"

He pointed towards the bed with the covers on the floor.

"Did Jay sleep on your bed with you?"

He looked at me more confused than before.

"I...don't think so... I fell asleep before she came in last night.

I gave him a small glare, and the door opened up.

"Jihoonie oppa! I brought the ice!"

I looked over in the direction of Jay and saw her carrying to bags of ice in both hands.

"Dino? What are you doing here?"

I smiled at her and shook my head.

"Nothing. I came to see how you were doing. Let's go play at the beach today?"

Jay's smiled slightly faltered and she looked down to the floor.

"I sort of want to stay in today Dino, you should go play with the boys. I'm still feeling a bit tired from the plane ride so I'm going to sleep a little more..."

I frowned and gave her a sad look.

"Yeah, that's fine. If you still want to play later on just tell me alright? I'll go over to you right away."

I got up from the chair and pulled her into a hug.

"I will. I promise. Thanks Chan."

She smiled at me.

"Oh my gosh! I almost forgot! Jihoon! Here, you're ice pack!"

She pulled away from my arms and walked over to Jihoon hyung. She placed one ice pack down. With her free hand she moved Jihoon's fringe away from his forehead and with the other she placed the ice pack on his forehead.

Their faces where close together. Jihoon's face began to turn obviously red. Jay only concentrated on putting the ice on Jihoon's face.

Even though nothing was going on between them, I felt incredibly jelous.

"Jay, I'm pretty sure hyung can grab the ice bag on his own..."

She looked at me and smiled.

"You're right! Jihoon, are you sure you're fine? Tell me when you need any help alright?"

She grabbed Jihoon's hand and placed it on the ice bag.

"Now, keep it there and don't move it."

She grabbed her own and placed it on her forhead.

"Do you need help with your ice bag?"

She turned to look at me and smiled.

"No, I'm fine Dino, thank you."

I nodded towards her and said my goodbyes and left the room.

~:~ Jay POV ~:~

I layed down on my bed and let the ice pack rest on my forehead.

Both Jihoon and I were quiet. Both of us laying on our beds. No, it wasn't awkward. Though no words were exchanged between us.

I sighed and let the comfort of the bed envelop me. Slowly I closed my eyes and lightly began to sleep.

'A small nap. After this I'll go play with the boys.'

Minutes felt like seconds. When I woke up from my nap my ice bag was on the nightstand next to my bed and it was no longer ice.

Jihoon was sitting on his bed and looking at his laptop while frowning.

"You okay?"

He looked up at me in shock.

"You're awake. There's some ramen on the table if you're hungry. I also got some soda, it's in the fridge."

I nodded and looked in the direction of the table and sure enough the ramen was there.

I stood up right away and sat down and began to eat.

"Are you working on new music right now?"

I glanced over at Jihoon and quickly looked back at my meal.

"Yeah..."

I stopped eating and looked directly at him.

He looked frustrated and annoyed.

"Is it the melody?"

This time he looked right at me.

"How did you know?"

I pursed my lips.

"Most melodies are hard to come up with."

I got up and walked over to him.

I pointed at the screen and looked at him.

"Change this to there and try it out?"

He did as I said and began editing the parts.

He unplugged his headphones from the laptop and pressed play.

The song was good. It had an upbeat tempo but the beginning of the melody was soft and soothing. A perfect song for Seventeen.

His face changed when it got to the parts that I told him to edit. His eyebrows raised and he began to lightly bob his head to the song.

"This is it... I..... I finally finished a song! Wow! It's been forever since I actually finished a song that I was satisfied with!"

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?"

He looked at me and sighed.

"I'm not sure if you are okay to talk about... it... yet, but I'm going to say something. You don't have to say anything back. Just listen... The day after I kissed you... I didn't know what to do after. I was confused and very shocked. I thought I had done something wrong. So I decided, very stupidly, to avoid you until I came to terms with what I had done. Soon after you didn't come back to my room and you were always with Dino and you began to avoid me. I thought that meant you were done with me so I let you be. Which was stupid of me. Because of that whenever I tried writing it never sounded right. It felt off. Others would tell me it was great, but to me... it was missing something... it was missing... you."

Jihoon pulled his head up and looked at me.

"I'm sorry for hurting you the way I did. I never meant for it to be like that. I was being stupid and selfish. I'm really sorry..."

I looked at him and poked his cheek.

"I'm sorry too. For not giving you a chance to explain yourself, for moving rooms without telling you, for not waiting for you, and for assuming things."

We both smiled at each other and sighed.

"Go finish your food. You can go out if you want. I'll be in here the whole day so don't worry about me."

I nodded and sat back down at the table quickly finishing my food and throwing away the trash.

I walked into the bathroom, changed, and walked out.

"I'm going now! See you soon Jihoon oppa!"

I closed the door and walked out towards the beach.

The second I stepped out of the room there was a permanent smile plastered on to my face as I recalled Jihoon's words in my head.

'What a great day...'

While I was reaching the beach, I looked around for the boys and saw them puahing each other into the waves as they came and went.

The sun was about to set and that's when I realized how late it actually was.

I walked over and sat down on the sand next to Dino.

"You're the youngest and here you are watching sunsets instead of playing in the water like the older ones."

Chan turned to face me and rolled his eyes while softly laughing.

"Technically, you're the youngest, and I like sunsets. They remind me of something beautiful that I want to hold on to..."

I nodded and sighed.

I looked over the horizon and watched the sunset as well.

'The pink... it looks like... Woozi's hair... It matches his hair...'

I felt warm inside. Then I realized even a small thing such as the colors the sunset was making reminded me of him.

'I have fallen in love with Lee Jihoon.'

I smiled to myself and laughed.

'This is a great feeling...'