3rd Person's POV:

~unexpected visitor~

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"The food was amazing baby", Chan whispered, placing a gentle kiss onto Julia's warm forehead, who was laying in his arms.

After the meal, San and Wooyoung got back to their dorm, Areum and Hyunjin went to her apartment and Changbin, Jeongin, Seungmin and Minho decided to sleep on the huge couch in the girls living room.

That's how Ju ended up in Chan's embrace in her bedroom.

And once again the couple thought about what they had been through this past year.

Suddenly the female started to wheeze, confusing the older one.

"Where did that come from?", Chan giggled.

"I can't believe we met over Snapchat."

Chan let out a cute chuckle: "Weird, I know. But I still remember every text message."

"Liar", she playfully rolled her eyes.

"Well not every message, but a lot of them. The day I told you about my true identity I was sure you'd block me." He unconsciously tightened his grip.

Julia closed her eyes, focusing on his steady heartbeat, while thinking about what would've happened if she listened to her head that day.

They wouldn't be here if she had done that.

Decisions.

Decisions are so important and life is full of it.

"I sometimes can't stop thinking about a possible break up. There are so many decisions to make in the future and we might make the wrong ones. I hope our love for each other is strong enough to go through that." A sad smile made its way onto the younger ones face that the male adored so much.

"I hope so too, but I know that I will fight for you if it ever comes that far. I won't let you go that easily", he giggled, placing another soft kiss onto her forehead.

Then he kissed her face again and again, wanting the female to look up to him, to give him attention, which she did.

The older smiled in victory before carefully kissing her slightly dry lips.
The kiss caused a welcoming feeling of warmth in both of them, as they moved their lips in sync.

Comfort and home were the words that appeared in both of their minds while spending this moment with one another.

"I love you so much, my flower", Chan smiled, after Julia broke the kiss to breathe.

"I love you too, my handsome boyfriend", she giggled and now it was her time to admire his face.

But the leader didn't seem too confident about that, since he immediately tried to cover his face.

"No no no no no." Julia grabbed his hand trying to pull it away, but he was too strong. "Channie please."

"Why are you so cute?", he groaned, finally giving in. Julia smiled, starting to stare at every little detail on his face.

"I'm bare faced", the older one whined. "That makes you even more beautiful to me, my lovely boyfriend. I feel like you only comfort me, so I should give you something back."

"You don't have to return anything to me. You being here is good enough for me."

"I have to start packing tomorrow tho." Chan sighed. "I know that too damn well. I just can't believe that it has already been four weeks."

"I still remember you ripping the Christmas paper off of me", the female giggled.

"I was so shocked! At first I thought they bought a puppet or....yeah I don't know what I thought. But then I saw that you were breathing and figured it out."

"Well Mia, Hayley and I actually planned that before we knew you were you."

"I think you mentioned that once."

"Have I? Oh well I gue-"
She suddenly got interrupted by the sound of her room door getting opened.

The couple was surprised as they saw Jeongin standing there, the tears in his eyes reflecting the light from the lamp on the nightstand.

Both immediately sat up.
"Innie what happened?", Julia asked, Chan following with an unnecessary: "Are you okay?"

The youngest shook his head, his bottom lip trembling as he still didn't dare to step in.

The latter was embarrassed to show up in such a low moment of his life but he felt a deep connection to the couple. He felt comforted by them.

Julia noticed his uncertainty, trying to give the most welcoming smile: "Come in, Innie. It's fine. You can tell us everything if you're ready. Or just come here and cuddle hm?"

Chan made a little space for the younger one in the middle, patting that spot on the bed.

Jeongin looked at them and sniffed, before slowly stepping in while closing the door behind him.

The youngest made his way to their bed, hesitantly getting in and putting the blanket over himself.

Chan and Ju shared gazes before turning their attention back to the boy between them.

They lied back down, both carefully embracing the maknae so he wouldn't feel suffocated, but safe and loved.

"I made so many mistakes this year and they're hunting me in my dreams", he sudden cried out, his voice rather weak.

And now it was clear why the younger one was crying and showing up at their room in the middle of the night.

He had a nightmare.

"Oh God, Innie everyone makes mistakes. It's okay", Julia whispered before Chan started to rub calming circles onto Jeongin's shoulder and she started to play with his hair;
Both trying their best to calm the boy down.

"Ju is right, you need to stop blaming yourself for these things. They happened and the only thing you can do is to say sorry and mean it."

"I did! I apologized so many times! I-"

"Shhhhhh, it's okay. It's okay, Innie", Julia repeatedly whispered, completely pulling the sobbing one into her embrace, letting him cry it all out.

Jeongin seemed so devastated, so broken at that moment, it hurt the couple a lot.

Jeongin was like a little brother to both of them, someone they wanted to protect at all costs.

Seeing him cry made them feel like they failed in that and the only thing they could do was to let him cry and give advice.

And he cried for good 10 minutes, getting more quiet each second.

After calming down completely, the sadness was almost gone and he was left with some sort of numbness.

The latter sniffed: "I feel so weak."

And oh that was an understatement.

Jeongin hated such moments, to ask for advice, to even commit that he had a problem.

He thought that was a sign of weakness, but he was so wrong.

"You're not weak, Jeongin-nie and you know that. Asking for help is a sign of a warrior that has been fighting on his own for way to long. It's not a crime to ask for help, you've just been alone for too long", Chan tried to explain, giving one of the most life changing advice to the younger male.

Jeongin sniffed again: "That actually makes sense."

"It does." Julia carefully let go of him, so he was in the middle of the couple once again.

"Thank you guys", the maknae said, barely more than a whisper.
He was very tired.

"Can I sleep here tonight?"
Chan looked at Julia.

"I know you might want to be alone, so it's okay if you want me to go down again."
Chan nodded at her, as a symbol that he's okay with the little one sleeping in their bed.

"I really don't want to disturb you, especially since Ju is going back to Germany in two days."
The female nodded back, before speaking up: "Innie you can stay this night. No worries."

He maknae looked up surprised.

"Yep, now let's sleep shall we?", Chan giggled, waiting for a reply.

"Okay~", Jeongin smiled widely, still feeling a little embarrassed.
The leader turned of the light, before fully getting under the blanket, making sure the younger one was under it too.

And in that night they all fell asleep peacefully, even if Jeongin was more ashamed than ever.

He was not used to opening up so much and so often like he did this year. He didn't like how people treated him like a baby, that's why he pretended to not need any help.

And usally he got along with that mask, until it broke. Until he broke.
Asking for help, for comfort is still hard for him.

But he slowly understood that it doesn't make him weak.

It's normal...

~☆~

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