EXO DORM

@Tao *sits there the whole night*
*glances at you as you begin to stir*
*stands silently*
*moves to the kitchenette*
*grabs a mug and makes me some black coffee*
*runs my hands over my face*
*rubs my head before pouring the beverage*
*sips at it as I return, sitting on the edge of my bed after pushing open the window*
*glances at you again*
Yeah, I'm here

@Kris *falls asleep, my breathing uneven and still nervous as you move me, the simple act of moving me to your stomach enough to almost wake me*
*stirs but settles again on your stomach, breathing slowly evening out again, fingers curling into the sheets you selflessly draped over me*
Hmnmgd Sure he would
*mumbles in my sleep, yawning and rolling over, so you can clearly see I'm fast asleep*
*settles again, no more words from me until morning*

*wakes and looks at you, tiredly, having slept but not rested, still feeling as if I got none at all*
Kris?
Yifan?
Are -
Ah, that's good
*smiles as I see you're still here*

@Tao *sighs softly and just lays there*
*watches out the window still as you sleep*
*tugs the blanket over you and off of me*
*rests your head onto my stomach, more comfortable for you*
*leans my head back against my hand*
*bends one knee and settles back down*
Would you even remember my face if you saw it?
*mumbles quietly and fingers the ring on one of my hands*

@Kris Still alive, that's doing well as far as I'm concerned.
*mumbles, shutting my eyes*
*feels you freeze up, but not push me away- that being more than enough*
Ara, ata..
*yawns, exhausted with worry and slowly but surely falling into a quiet slumber*

@Tao *rolls my eyes as you say I'm doing well*
You're as dumb as I thought
*sighs softly as you continue*
*looks over as you crawl into my bed*
*jaw tenses as you hold onto me*
Shut up already
Get some sleep before I make you sleep forever
Annoying panda
*mutters under my breath*
*turns my head to look back out the window*

@Kris *pauses, wondering if I should speak up*
No.
*rolls over*
Well, I mean yes to the motor mouth.
But no, I say it because I mean it.
But yes I am also scared of losing you, Yifan.
I should be
*smiles sadly*
Unfortunately.
But you are doing pretty well, so just keep it up.
*pulling down my covers and crawling in your bed*
*wraps an arm and a leg around you*
Don't push me away, I won't be able to sleep if I keep thinking I'm going to fall asleep and not feel you slip out, then wake up with you dead.
So just let me be your limpet.

@Tao *listens to you silently*
Motor mouth
*mutters when you don't shut up*
*sighs and tenses my jaw*
*curls in my fists before shaking my head*
*turns to face you*
*watches you with your eyes closed, knowing you're awake*
You're saying all this
But you're just as scared
*murmurs and sits up, pressing my back into the bed*

@Kris *stretches and rolls over to face your back as it's turned to me*
I'm going to keep calling it brooding Yifan.
There's nothing worse than someone taking you seriously when you feel like your life's falling apart.
*quietly, rubbing my eyes and mentally tracing the familiar crooks and dips in your back*
I'm not about to be heavy heavy hearted when yours is already worse than Atros' burden
*to myself more than you*
*nods*
Well, you can't talk then, that's fine.
Keep it up, bestie, you're holding together pretty well
Even if you don't feel like it
*smiles and shuts my eyes, not sleeping, just resting but appearing to be*
*sighs, pulling my own covers over me as my heart beats panicked, still afraid I might lose my best friend*

@Tao Yeah...
It was for protection
*mutters as you leave for the shower*
*lays quietly as you dry me off, unmoving under the blanket*
*closes my eyelids quietly as I lay there*
Stop calling it brooding, Zitao
I can't talk about it
What do you want me to tell you that you don't already know...?
*leans my head onto the pillows more, hair damp and clinging to my skin*
Get some sleep
*mutters as I roll onto my back*

@Kris *nods and double checks the bathroom, by excusing myself to pee before hand*
*waits for you, watching you come out and seeing your arms, but knowing better than to say anything to explicit*
That tattoo...
It's for protection, right?
*asks, seated on my bed with a Gucci magazine, but not focused on it*
You told me once.
*stands and nods, heading to the shower and having the fastest shower of my life, not trusting you to be alone for too long*
*comes back and brings with me an extra towel, toweling the worse of the damp off of your unseeing form before getting out a hotel repaired silk dressing gown and pulling it on as pajamas, not to bothered about you sleeping *
*tugs the blanket over you with a sigh before crawling into my own bed*
You feel like talking?
Or just brooding a little longer?
Either's fine with me, Yifan.
I'm hardly going to judge.
*pulls the covers over myself, knowing I'm likely not going to sleep as I know you won't*

@Tao It's still pounding
Nothing I can't handle though..
*listens to the side*
*follows up to the room*
*barely glances around*
*moves to the bathroom and turns on the shower*
*comes out only when I'm done, still silent*
*lays on my bed, damp and uncaring*
*lays with the towel around my hips, eyes unseeing*
*rolls onto my side, back to you, the tattoo on my arm with visible scratch marks over it, red and raw*

@Kris *pockets the rest and pays the driver, with a tip as I know it's a custom*
*comes out of the car, asking*
Is your head any better?
*drinking some water myself*
*walks into the hotel, heading straight for the reception and managing, just about, to convey what room type I want*
*nods when they say they have a large two person ensuite bedroom open*
Well that's all I need... Thank you.
*bows, not expecting what we see in the room at all*
Ah... So that's what you meant
*as we walk in and the room is bigger than the entire dorm*

@Tao *sighs as we stop*
*waits quietly for you*
*takes the bottle and painkillers*
*takes them quietly*
*winces and shakes my head*
*closes the bottle silently*
*sits back, waiting*
*gets out when we arrive at the hotel*
*glances up at it*
Looks more upper class than middle
*shrugs as I walk in*

@Kris Not for most stuff, I understood what he said back, just..
Just when you speak fast I lose track
Arasso.
We'll get some at the hotel or something, I'm sure they have a mini bar and if now, we'll go 7/11.
I heard they have them everywhere here too.
*nods as I see us drive past one, tugging the driver and popping out momentarily to grab a pack of toothbrushes toothpaste, painkillers and a six pack of water*
*comes back and nods for him to drive again, passing you a bottle and two painkillers*

@Tao I told him to take us to a hotel
I told you to hurry up and that it's too late to rent a car
*looks out the window again*
Looks like I'll be translater
*sighs as my head hurts*
I need pain killers too
And water
*nods quietly*

@Kris *frowns at you as you tell me not to do something and I'm not entirel sure what...Smile perhaps?*
*climbs in quickly and buckles my seatbelt, rubbing my eyes and folding the mask away*
What did you say to him?
You said it to fast for me to understand.

@Tao *points up at the sky*
It's what?
Like eleven pm?
I'm not sure we can rent at this time
Not a car
So room
...
*sighs when you smile at me*
Don't do that
*mutters walking to the cue for cabs*
*climbs in one*
A middle class hotel
Thanks
*to the driver in fluent English*
*waits for you to get in too*
*calls to you in Mandarin*
Hurry up before he drives off

@Kris *kicks you again for that comment, feeling rotten as it is, especially with my stomach already bruised*
*presses my head to the cool back of the front seat, lifting it for you to go past then breathing slowly with my head against it again*
Ulg, landing.
*unbuckles myself, lifts my head up and stands suddenly, swaying a little and running my fingers through my hair*
Okay, I'm okay.
I'm coming
*snatching the water up just in case and drinking the rest of the bottle*
*stands behind you in the queue, slowly filtering out with the rest before having our visas and tickets checked*
Good thing about no bags is that we check in and out so much faster...
Should remember that next time
*smiles back at you, seemingly back to usual*
Well are we renting a room or a car first, Yifan?

@Tao *sighs and buckles in*
*looks out the window as we begin to land*
Get sick on me and I'll crash the car...
*mutters and waits for the belt light to go off*
*is totally fine with the landing*
*yawns behind my hand, taking off the belt*
*stands and files out with everyone else*
Come on, Zitao...

@Kris Not long...
To be fair, it's a twelve hour flight but we'e semi slept through most of it-
*smiles as I'm interupted by the speaker, telling us to prepare to land*
Well... Where ever the car goes then
I'm willing to take that chance *yawns, sitting up properly and rebuckling the seatbelt I had undone*
*nods and prepares for the bit I don't like about flying - landing*
Ulg...
*as it starts to decend and shake*
Sick...
This is the only unpleasant bit about flying for me
*clutching my stomach*

@Tao *lets you tend to my hands again*
*shrugs at your question*
Wherever the hell the car takes me
I don't have a plan
Never did...
*sighs and rubs my head*
How much longer?
*looks out the window again*
I'm going mad...

@Kris *not awake to hear your apology, and probably for the better as I'd have kicked you again for it*
*stirs a good few hours later and stretches, looking at you, only to see your knuckles are bare and split again*
*tuts and flags a hostess to bring some proper bandages, something I DO know how to work with*
*takes your hands wordlessly and bandages them before replacing my mask and leaning back, awake but resting*
*lifts my mask again, assuming you haven't passed out again*
So where are we driving to or from anyway?

@Tao *having woken up not long before you, hears your words*
*sighs only when you're back asleep*
*looks out the window again*
*watches the blackness, waiting for us to arrive*
*looks over to you quietly*
Sorry, Panda...
*mumbles and stands*
*heads to the bathroom, washing my face*
*takes off the soggy bandaids*
*throws them away before coming out*
*leaves the wounds open and sits back down*
*leans my head back, sighing as I sit there*

@Kris *hears you and gives you a light kick to the shin before rolling over*
*smirks on my side, happy you at least now have enough energy to tease me about my love of Gucci*
Get some rest...
*sleeps until some time later, waking up to see you fast asleep and stretching*
*looks at you softly*
Pabo-yah...
You scared me to death today.
*sighs, watching your chest rise and fall slowly*
Maybe I'm just being selfish, but I'd miss you too much, you know?
*rolls over after another sip of water, falling back asleep*

@Tao *stirs at the sound of the trolley*
*sighs and sits up after a while*
*opens the water bottle and drinks down half since I had a lot of alcohol*
*puts the lid back on before sipping the coffee*
*glances at you*
Gucci slave...
*mumbles and turns my back on you*
*opens the window shade and watches the blackness pass and the twinkling lights on the wing*
*slowly passes out again*

@Kris *chuckles with the Gucci mask still on as you mention Twlight, not needing to see to know you rolled your eyes*
*hears your breathing soothe to slow, lifting my mask up and smiling fondly as I see you're now asleep*
Thank god for that...
*yawns one last time before putting the mask back and falling asleep, coiling around the blanket the air hostess so kindly covers us with*
Nmng...
*my sleeping lips pursing to a point and brow frowning briefly in my sleep before both smoothing out and going back to restful*
*is woken up by the trolley cart, lifting my mask again to grab another two coffees and two water bottles too, putting one on the tray before you with a coffee, falling back asleep in no time*

@Tao Tsk...
*tuts at you calling it brooding*
Do I look like Edward Cullen?
*rolls my eyes before shutting the window shade*
*crosses my arms and leans back*
*lays there silently, listening to the things around us*
*slowly begins to pass out, eyelids opening and shutting*
*finally they stay shut*
*sleeps beside you without moving a muscle, my chest rising only slowly*
*shifts a little when an air hostess puts a blanket on each of us*

@Kris *nods, hoping you pass out soon in that case, the flight being the perfect time to catch some shut eye*
K, well...
Then I won't bug you if you don't sleep at night for not taking care of yourself.
If you can't help it.
*buys gucci eyecovers and walks onto the plane with you, finding our seats and letting you take the window seat... Just*
*tosses my own coffee away and sits, buckling my seat and yawning again, the icapack still relatively cold against my face when I press it back*
*glances at yours, satisfied the swelling's gone down enough before settling back in my seat*
I'd talk to you for the length of the flight, but it looks like you need some brooding time.
And that's fine, Yifan.
You need what you need
*covers my eyes with the gucci thing*
*yawns again and settles back*
Order whatever you like, I'll pay when we land...
Wake me if you want me

@Tao *sighs opening my eyelids*
We all need rest
I can't fall asleep
Not any more
I have to wait to pass out
*straightens back up*
*drinks the rest of my coffee*
*tosses the empty container away*
*looks at my bandaged hands*
*glances up when our flight is called*
*sighs as I stand and walk over*

@Kris *nods and respecting that, but knowing that it's true - Yixing wouldn't have taken it off*
*makes a mental note that I have to buy both of us new clothes in America, your jeans now almost shredded after the happenings today*
*sips my coffee*
No worries
*looks at the clock, wondering if perhaps now you'll manage a little rest but doubting it*
If you do end up sleeping, I know you probably won't...
But don't worry about missing the plane, I'll wake you up
*yawns, turning to you*
I can see you need the rest