"W-Where am I?", I shot up from the bed I was in and looked around the dark room.

"Hey, shh", I felt an arm gently pull me back to the mattress, "You're home, doofus"

"Huh?", I whispered as I looked at the person next to me, "Oh my gosh, Jaehyun?"

"Mhm", he mumbled back. It was late and I could tell he was tired.

"Wait, its really you?", I sat back up and looked down at him. I mean, it looked like Jaehyun; his tired, bare face, his black T-shirt he usually wore to bed, his messy, straight hair. It all felt unreal; amazingly unreal.

"Who else would it be, silly?", he turned and stared at me from his pillow.

I smiled, "So you're ok?"

"I'm alive, yes", he smiled back, "How about you?"

"I'm fine"

I laid back down and stared at him.

I reached out and placed my hand on his cheek, "You don't know how bad I wanted to come back."

He put his big hand on top of mine and softly rubbed my thumb, "So does that mean you wanna stay?", he asked.

"If you're ok with me staying..."

"Why wouldn't we be ok with it?"

"Because of literally everything that just happened..."

He let out a sigh and turned to stare at the ceiling.

"Stray Kids aren't using your room anymore by the way", he murmured, "So if you want to go to sleep in your old room..."

"I kinda just wanna be with you though...", I put my head on his chest.

He ran his hands through my hair, "Why? Are you scared or something?"

"No, I just...wanna be with you, that's all", I smirked and gave him a hug.

He scoffed with a smiled on his face and rolled his eyes, "Whatever...".

Everything felt normal again. Jaehyun and I just laid there. The air conditioner in the room buzzed, the moonlight peeked through his cheap, sheer curtains a little...This is was what I had grown used to over the past few months, and I didn't realize how much I appreciated it until it was taken away.

"You look tired", I shifted my head upward and looked at him.

"I am", he replied, "You got us all working overtime for a while"

I looked back down again, "I'm...sorry"

"I was just messing", he teased, "But we should probably go to sleep anyway. We have all of tomorrow to talk"

"Mhm", I nodded into his chest, "Good night, then"

"Night, Hyuna.", he gave me a soft kiss. I didn't really expect it, but I ended up smiling anyway.

"Love you", my whisper was so quiet, I could barely hear it myself.

"I know you do...go to bed"

We started to doze off; my arms around him, and his arms around me.

I felt safe again. After what felt like forever, I actually felt safe.