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Yoongi was peacefully asleep in his own bed after a long day. It was still raining very hard outside ever since it had started yesterday. Even through the window curtains, the light of lightning could be seen. The thunder could still be heard, as well as the clatter of the raindrops against the glass. Luckily it didn't stop Yoongi from falling asleep. It had taken some time for him to drift away to the land of dreams.
Jimin was peacefully sleeping in his arms once again. He had come to him, earlier that night, for comfort because something was bothering him keeping him awake that night. That was until he had come to his hyung. He didn't even last five minutes before he was fast asleep in his arms. Yoongi had fallen asleep while looking at Jimin long after that. Looking at the sight of a sleeping Jimin always made Yoongi happy and smile.
That's just the effect his smaller dongsaeng has on him. Yoongi had had trouble falling asleep. He just couldn't stop thinking about the reason Jimin had come to him. To be honest, he was a bit worried about the younger boy in his arms. What was troubling him so much that it stopped him from sleeping on this type of days? Was it really that bad? Was it something that affects only him, or could it also affect the whole group? Of course it would affect the whole group, Jimin was their medicine. He and Hoseok were always the ones who would cheer everybody up on hard days. Hoseok with his outstanding personality and silly little joke and expressions. Jimin would cheer everybody up just by laughing and smiling that beautiful smile of his. Just seeing his smile or hearing him laugh would make the others smile too. It would cause everybody to feel empowered again. Everybody wanted to smile together with Jimin, no matter what mood they were in. In their worst moods, Jimins smile was the cure. The medicine for everybody to feel better and not be in a foul mood.
But Jimin hadn't been smiling at them this day. Maybe it was because of the weather. Like all grey days, Jimin would be down at those days. Maybe it is the thunder and rain he is afraid of. That could be an explanation for why he is always down on those type of days and the reason he went to Yoongi for comfort. Because he was scared and didn't want to be alone.
No matter how much Yoongi thought about it, he couldn't find a solution. So he tried to let it go and closed his eyes. He just hoped Jimin would tell him one day. Tell him what it is that worries and scares him so much. He hopes Jimin tells him so that Yoongi can help him. Even if that means he must keep him in his arms on these sort of days. Which Yoongi would do without a second of hesitation.
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In the death of the night, the storm had become worse, if that was even possible at that point. The room was almost constantly lit by the light of the lightning. The raindrops were clattering against the window without stopping once. The clattering only became harder, only became louder. As if they were trying to break through the window and attack everything and everyone in the room. The thunder of the lightning had only become louder and closer. Almost as if it was aiming at the dorm they were all sleeping in. As if it wanted to hit the roof of the very room Jimin and Yoongi were sleeping in.
Yoongi was half asleep but had still noticed how everything had become louder. It was like he was half awake and half asleep. You vaguely notice the things that happen around you, but at the same time you don't really process them, as you are still half asleep. Still half aware of everything around you. So when he heard a vague sound Yoongi wasn't sure if it was real or if it was because of his sleeping state. Someone seemed to be sobbing. Quietly, as if the person didn't want to wake Yoongi up.
"Hy..." *sob* "...hyung..."
It was almost the same as the beginning of the night. It was almost the same as all the nights Jimin had woken him up in the night ever since the first time. When Jimin stood at the side of his bed, waking him up while he didn't want to. While he wasn't sure how Yoongi would react to being awoken in the middle of the night by him for the umpteenth time. Yoongi never liked being woken up, especially in the middle of the night, when he can still sleep some more.
Yoongi opened his eyes a little bit, trying to see where the sound was coming from. Trying to figure out if it was real or if it was just his imagination. When his eyes were half open, he saw Jimin in front of him. He wasn't in his arms anymore. Jimin had slipped out of them and turned around, now facing his hyung. His hands were near his face. When Yoongi looked at his face, he saw something that he hated, absolutely hated to see. He opened his eyes fully to see if what he was seeing was correct.
"Jiminnie...?" Jimin looks up at Yoongi when he hears his name being called. Yoongi can now clearly see that his cheeks are wet. That his eyes are glossy and more tears are threatening to fall down.
"What's wrong?" Yoongi asks softly, but he was also very worried. Even more than he was at the beginning of the night, when Jimin came to lie beside him. Jimin closes his eyes, trying to stop the tears from falling down.
"Hyung... Jiminnie can't sleep." His voice is just a whisper; raw from the crying he had done before.
Yoongi's eyes snapped open fully and he was instantly awake. The fact that Jimin is talking like that, in the third person, is never a good sign. He never talks like that! Only when something is seriously wrong with him. Yoongi had only heard him talk like that four times. Those times were the worst ones for Jimin. Yoongi had always done his utmost best to prevent those times from ever happening again! He never wanted to hear Jimin speak like that. To hear him say it again was almost as if he had failed as a hyung to Jimin.
"Jimin... Jimin is scared." Tears fell down his cheeks, his attempt to stop them futile. He just couldn't hold them back anymore now that his hyung was awake and looking at him with such a worried face.
Yoongi acted on impulse and took his hands, holding them closely. "Please don't be scared Jiminnie. Hyung is here. Hyung will always protect you. You don't have to be scared anymore. I'm here, hyung will protect you." Yoongi kept saying the words softly against Jimins skin after he had pulled Jimin against him. It seemed the words had an effect on the smaller boy. The tears had stopped falling from his eyes after a little while. The sobbing was still there, but it wasn't as bad as it was before.
Jimin kept nodding as an answer to what Yoongi was saying and scooped even closer to his hyung, burying his face in Yoongi's neck. Yoongi let one hand go and placed it around Jimins waist, pulling him closer. He slightly rocked Jimin like he was a baby, hugging him close and comforting him while he kept whispering the words against Jimins temple. Jimin was laying against his chest, listening to the heartbeat of his hyung, helping him to calm down and gain control over his breathing.
Yoongi noticed how Jimin slowly became calmer and kept rubbing his back in comfort. Doing exactly the thing Jimin had come to his bed for, comforting him and helping him. "Let's go back to sleep now Jiminnie."
Jimin kept listening to Yoongi's slow heartbeat, slowly calming down with its rhythm. He wasn't alone; he was save in the arms of his hyung. In the arms of his Yoongi. Yoongi had proven that for the second time that night. Very slowly, Jimin was falling asleep in the arms of his hyung, for the second time that night.
Yoongi smiled at the sight of a sleeping Jimin and closed his own eyes. He was happy he was able to comfort Jimin. He was able to make him feel safe, safe enough that he can now sleep peacefully. So Yoongi closed his eyes for the third time that night and fell asleep with Jimin in his arms. Both, once again, peacefully asleep in each others arms.
As lonely as the nights seems, with its dark colours and scary sounds. You are never alone. You don't have to be scared of anything. There is always someone to protect you.