At first he wondered why he was watching something like that, but it was unexpectedly quite fun. Even normally when Seo Sihan watched TV in the living room, Jeong Minha would be drinking water and then casually sit down next to him to watch together.
But now how can two people watch together with a small phone? Hyung needs to sleep comfortably so I’ll hold it with my hand…
“Minha-ya, try lying on the other side.”
“Huh?”
Jeong Minha reached out his hand to hold the phone, then just rolled over to the side. When he lay down facing the empty other side, Seo Sihan reached out from behind and fixed the phone in front of Jeong Minha.
“Can you see like this, hyung?”
“Yeah.”
No matter how he thought about it, it seemed like his body was blocking the view, so Jeong Minha slipped down a bit. When he went down enough to be about one head’s difference, it became an angle where both could see well.
When satisfied Jeong Minha was focusing hard on the documentary again, Seo Sihan quietly spoke from behind.
“Minha… can I hold you?”
“What?”
As soon as he said it, a hand slowly wrapped around his waist. With their bodies almost pressed together, it became no different from a back-hugging position.
On the screen, a squirrel fighting with a bird over an acorn could be seen. It was equally thrilling content, but he absolutely couldn’t focus. He unconsciously held his breath, then exhaled as docilely as possible.
Being close like this, Seo Sihan’s breathing could be heard better. Breathing regularly and slowly… huh?
Jeong Minha slightly turned his body to look up at Seo Sihan. Seo Sihan was sleeping docilely with his eyes closed.
“…!”
He immediately grabbed the phone, stopped the video, and checked the time. It was 1:15 AM. Knowing that normally Seo Sihan would barely fall asleep only past at least 2 AM, Jeong Minha was amazed and quietly turned off Seo Sihan’s phone.
Then, trapped in Seo Sihan’s arms, he carefully tried to figure out the cause.
‘First, it seems most important to prevent him from working. Game footage too… seems good to watch in moderation… Animal documentaries… hmm, honestly this seems to have the best effect?’
Certainly due to the nature of documentaries, if you just quietly watched them, drowsiness would naturally pour out. Even normally when watching together in the living room, Jeong Minha would lie on the sofa and doze off nodding.
‘Huh? But hyung didn’t doze off then…’
Seo Sihan just kept watching diligently in the living room. Come to think of it, if he’s doing these actions like usual now, he should have fallen asleep while watching normally too.
But when he heard Seo Sihan’s story, he said that originally even when he watched he couldn’t sleep, so in the end he would forcibly turn off his phone and try to sleep.
‘Then ultimately…’
Jeong Minha looked at Seo Sihan sleeping docilely. It was dark so he couldn’t see well, but from the stable breathing sounds, he seemed to be deeply asleep.
In the midst of that, he was still holding his body. He stayed still without tossing and turning in case he might wake him up.
“…”
The only method is really just sleeping together…?!
He was both absurd and pleased that the only solution to Seo Sihan’s insomnia was himself. What on earth is the principle behind this?
Jeong Minha had been looking up causes of insomnia during this time. Small noises, light, dryness, temperature, etc… External environmental factors were also major causes, but Seo Sihan’s room was perfect. Since he himself had tried to solve it from the beginning, optimal conditions were established.
Yet seeing how he couldn’t sleep the whole time and just worked, it seemed the psychological cause was probably the biggest, but strangely when he stuck close by his side, he seemed to fall asleep well.
‘Seeing me makes his heart feel at ease? Why? …Do I look like I live too thoughtlessly?!’
Jeong Minha was shocked for a moment, then quietly picked up his phone. With the brightness at minimum and sound on mute, he opened the search window.
* * *
The next night. Jeong Minha went to Seo Sihan’s room again.
“Hyung!”
Even though he knocked at 10 PM, Seo Sihan immediately opened the door.
“Yeah?”
Since there were various reasons when Jeong Minha knocked late at night, Seo Sihan thought for a moment. Sometimes he’d really want to do it, or other times he’d ask if it was okay to watch a horror movie on hyung’s bed.
So while thinking about which one it would be this time, a completely unexpected out-of-the-blue question came.
“Hyung, can you wear clothes someone else wore?”
“…Huh? Why would I…?”
When Seo Sihan made an ambiguous expression, Jeong Minha slipped in an additional condition.
“What about my clothes?”
“Minha’s are good.”
If it wasn’t someone else but something related to Jeong Minha, everything was good—Seo Sihan answered with a smile.
“Really? That’s a relief.”
Jeong Minha nodded his head, then suddenly took off his pajamas with a flourish. No wonder he’d been keeping his arms crossed the whole time—it seemed he’d come without buttoning them at all.
Watching Jeong Minha reveal his upper body with a calm expression, Seo Sihan froze with his brain loading for a moment. He had no idea what situation this was, but unconsciously his gaze kept going down toward the firm body. He barely came to his senses and asked.
“Why…?”
“I washed and changed into these earlier, but… here. I’ll lend them to you.”
Jeong Minha proudly handed over his pajamas with a proud expression. Seo Sihan, who received them carefully with both hands in bewilderment, continued speaking in confusion.
“Th-thank you…? But why suddenly… can I ask the reason…?”
Is he imitating some drama again? He was feeling cool and accepting at the confident expression. It was when the constantly peaceful Jeong Minha suddenly turned his head sharply and coughed lightly.
“That’s…”
Soon, with his ears reddened, he mumbled in a small voice.
“If you sleep wearing your lover’s clothes… it helps with insomnia.”
“…!”
When Seo Sihan opened his eyes wide in surprise and looked at him, Jeong Minha avoided his gaze and even fanned himself with his hand.
Taking off his clothes like it was nothing, but being embarrassed by the word lover was funny and cute. On top of that, continuing to try various things for his sake since yesterday was really grateful and wonderful. Therefore, he asked with a genuinely happy smile.
“That… isn’t that the same as just sleeping while hugging Minha?”
Like yesterday… Seo Sihan recalled last night again. He didn’t know exactly when he fell asleep, but he remembered watching the video while holding Jeong Minha. Of course, when he woke up in the morning, Jeong Minha had already jogged and washed up. Anyway, thanks to that, Seo Sihan who slept soundly greeted the morning with a refreshed feeling.
“…Then I can’t sleep!”
Jeong Minha, who likewise recalled last night, hurriedly ran to the sofa, grabbed a blanket, and wrapped it around his bare upper body.
While Seo Sihan slept comfortably, Jeong Minha barely fell asleep after fighting with his pounding heart for a long time. The more they stuck together, the more Seo Sihan felt stable, but conversely Jeong Minha’s heart felt like it would explode—that was the problem.
While Jeong Minha was being embarrassed like that, Seo Sihan thought for a moment, then said with a gentle eye-smile.
“Should I put you to sleep?”
“What?”
This was a problem that would be solved if Jeong Minha fell asleep first and then Seo Sihan fell asleep together beside him afterward.
Therefore, Seo Sihan meant it in the sense of really comfortably giving a massage or patting him to sleep, but Jeong Minha understood it differently. There had been more than once or twice when he passed out as if fainting because of Seo Sihan.
In the end, Jeong Minha threw the blanket at Seo Sihan’s face, then ran to his own room.
“F-first, today I have to test with clothes so I can’t!”
Crying out urgently, as soon as he entered the room, he slammed the door shut with a thud.
Then right after, he quietly opened the door and just poked his head out.
“…If it’s really hard, you can come in when I’m sleeping and sleep together!”
With those final words, he closed the door again. Before slow Seo Sihan could even react, Jeong Minha swiftly ended the situation.
Seo Sihan, who had been standing there holding only the pajamas in a daze, finally let out a small laugh. Ah, what should I do? Anyway, my lover is too cool and cute—that’s the problem.
After returning to his room and turning on his phone, there was a message.
(Photo) 10:16 PM
What Jeong Minha sent was a photo that seemed to be a screenshot of an article. It was actually research results saying that a lover’s clothes and such help with insomnia. Surprised by the more accurate statistical data than expected, he replied.
Thank you haha Sleep well Minha too 10:21 PM
You too hyung 10:21 PM
After finishing his reply, Seo Sihan sat on the bed and quickly finished his remaining work. And habitually trying to look at the next day’s work in advance, he recalled Jeong Minha’s words and put down his laptop. He just docilely lay down, pulled up the blanket, and turned off the lights.
Then, finally to have healing time, while watching videos on his phone, he checked the time. It was already 12:30 AM.
“…”
He wasn’t sleepy yet, but if he kept watching like this, the time would get late and there would be no point in testing.
In the end, he picked up Jeong Minha’s pajamas that he’d received earlier and folded on the desk, and lay down again. But no matter how he looked at it, the size didn’t seem to fit for him to wear. So instead, he roughly covered a spare pillow with it and placed it close by.
