Lookie what I found XD
Title: Not exactly a bedtime story
Prompt: "Hyosica, the word "uhhhhh" has to be an important part of the plot"
Genre/Rating: G for generally general
Notes: Found this lying around - was actually finished a year ago, but never posted. Also, isn't it interesting how one can tell "when" a writing style is from? It's almost like fashion! This is obviously from my "Spring 2010" collection XD
"Promise me."
Hyoyeon sighs, barely keeps from rolling her eyes. "Jessica, I already told you -"
"Promise me."
Hyoyeon quirks an eyebrow at the vehemence in Jessica's voice, holds back a laugh at Jessica's pout. She keeps her face straight and crosses her heart like Jessica taught her, shows her other hand like Tiffany always insists she does. "Now can we go to sleep?"
Jessica gives her a warning glance before finally entering their room (after only 15 minutes of cajoling, Hyoyeon noted gleefully - Sooyoung owed her 5 sticker packets in the morning) and all but diving under the covers. Hyoyeon allows herself a small chuckle before turning off the light. A whimper immediately comes from the lump in the middle of their bed.
"You were really freaked out by that movie, huh?" Hyoyeon asks as she settles underneath the sheets left for her own use.
Jessica peeks out just enough to glare at her. "The next time you guys refuse to tell me the title of a movie, I'm definitely not watching it," she mutters, just loud enough for Hyoyeon to hear - the rest is muffled in the sheets Jessica pulls back over her head. Hyoyeon catches things like 'libraries' and 'restaurants' and other things Jessica would've been doing instead of watching "The Grudge" with the girls on the pretense of "improving their Japanese vocabulary," as Sooyoung had suggested with that wicked gleam in her eye. (They had certainly improved their vocabulary - Hyoyeon had learned quite a number of new English profanities.)
"Come on, it wasn't that bad." Hyoyeon turns onto her side. The muttering stops and Hyoyeon winces in reflex. "Okay, so it was kinda scary. But it was a good scary!"
"There is no such thing as a 'good scary'!" Jessica whines, kicking at Hyoyeon to emphasize her point.
Hyoyeon hisses, though more at the unexpectedness of the hit than the actual pain inflicted upon her shin. She smirks. "Sure there is. Yuri and I watched this one movie -"
"I'm going to kick you off the bed if you don't stop right now."
Hyoyeon closes her mouth with an audible 'click'. She'd learned the hard way how to recognize when Jessica means business and that eerily level tone always meant pain and lots of it.
A thick silence falls between them. Hyoyeon turns onto her back, watching the shadows on the ceiling like she usually does as she listens for Jessica's breath to deepen in sleep. It doesn't. Instead, there's a soft sigh, a timid question - an apology, despite of the question mark.
"Aren't you scared of anything?"
Hyoyeon turns her head towards her bedmate, smiling at the childish pose Jessica is holding: eyes wide, hair disheveled, hands tightly gripping covers held underneath her chin. "Of course I am," she answers, her voice just as soft. "I'm scared of bugs. Lots of animals, like dogs ..."
"Really?" The covers shift and Jessica's breath is close enough for Hyoyeon to feel warmth feathering at the edges of her ear. "I'm scared of dogs too!"
"Don't you have a dog?"
Jessica wrinkles her nose. "It's my dad's. They got him when I started dorming."
"Ah, so he's your replacement." Smack. "Ow!"
"I think dogs are scarier than ghosts," Jessica admits, shivering slightly.
"You know what's even scarier? Ghost dogs." This time Hyoyeon's ready and she catches Jessica's wrist before she lands another hit. But her victorious laughter is cut short by a solid kick to her shin. Hyoyeon yelps and lets go; Jessica immediately rolls over and takes all of the sheets with her.
"Sica." The lump on the far side of the bed doesn't respond. "Jessica." Hyoyeon shakes her head, glances at the time (dismisses it - Sooyoung only bet her about getting Jessica to bed, not getting her to sleep), and eases over to what she thinks is the back of Jessica's neck. "If you don't give back the blankets," Hyoyeon whispers, her turn at meaning business, "my promise is off."
Jessica holds silent long enough for Hyoyeon to take a breath, readying her throat to start making the noise from the movie. She starts to count to three in her head, but barely finishes forming the number 1 when a growl erupts from within the cotton cocoon and Jessica finally appears, even more disheveled and with an even darker glare than before. She tosses the ends of the sheets to Hyoyeon, grumbling and growling and turning onto her stomach, facing away from Hyoyeon.
Then she turns on her side. Then her back. Then her side again. Then -
"Here."
Jessica blinks at the small stuffed bear hovering in front of her face. "He's a knight," Hyoyeon says before Jessica can ask, but that only makes her eyebrows rise even higher. "Really, he is. See his sword?" Jessica glances from Hyoyeon to the bear then back again. Indeed, strapped to his waist by a worn string is a plastic sword barely the length of her finger. "You can keep him for tonight," Hyoyeon says, poking the bear fondly. "He's good at chasing away bad dreams."
Jessica takes the bear carefully (knight or not, teddy bears always deserve a certain amount of respect), taps his nose and rubs at the top of his head. She had noted the bear before, had pictured Hyoyeon as a child, carrying him around the house, clinging to his arm at night. "Thank you," Jessica says, shy with her imagination and the softness of the fur she now curls her arm around. Hyoyeon grins back, closes her eyes after imprinting the sight of Jessica and her bear in her mind.
A murmur lifts up just as they're both slipping into sleep. "I might still crawl over to you if I wake up in the middle of night - not that I doubt Sir Bear here. Just saying ..."
Hyoyeon snorts and shakes her head. She'd woken up in all sorts of situations since sharing a bed with Jessica: freezing from a sudden lack of bedsheets, nearly falling off of the edge of the bed, sometimes already on the floor, Jessica practically on top of her - Hyoyeon's eyes shoot open, suddenly remembering a scene from the movie.
Jessica blinks sleepily when she feels fingers slide atop her own, holding on to one of the bear's arms. "Just in case," Hyoyeon mutters. Jessica smirks (holds back her "I told you there's no such thing as a good scary") and tangles her fingers with Hyoyeon's as they both ease into sleep.
Prompt: "Hyosica, the word "uhhhhh" has to be an important part of the plot"
Genre/Rating: G for generally general
Notes: Found this lying around - was actually finished a year ago, but never posted. Also, isn't it interesting how one can tell "when" a writing style is from? It's almost like fashion! This is obviously from my "Spring 2010" collection XD
"Promise me."
Hyoyeon sighs, barely keeps from rolling her eyes. "Jessica, I already told you -"
"Promise me."
Hyoyeon quirks an eyebrow at the vehemence in Jessica's voice, holds back a laugh at Jessica's pout. She keeps her face straight and crosses her heart like Jessica taught her, shows her other hand like Tiffany always insists she does. "Now can we go to sleep?"
Jessica gives her a warning glance before finally entering their room (after only 15 minutes of cajoling, Hyoyeon noted gleefully - Sooyoung owed her 5 sticker packets in the morning) and all but diving under the covers. Hyoyeon allows herself a small chuckle before turning off the light. A whimper immediately comes from the lump in the middle of their bed.
"You were really freaked out by that movie, huh?" Hyoyeon asks as she settles underneath the sheets left for her own use.
Jessica peeks out just enough to glare at her. "The next time you guys refuse to tell me the title of a movie, I'm definitely not watching it," she mutters, just loud enough for Hyoyeon to hear - the rest is muffled in the sheets Jessica pulls back over her head. Hyoyeon catches things like 'libraries' and 'restaurants' and other things Jessica would've been doing instead of watching "The Grudge" with the girls on the pretense of "improving their Japanese vocabulary," as Sooyoung had suggested with that wicked gleam in her eye. (They had certainly improved their vocabulary - Hyoyeon had learned quite a number of new English profanities.)
"Come on, it wasn't that bad." Hyoyeon turns onto her side. The muttering stops and Hyoyeon winces in reflex. "Okay, so it was kinda scary. But it was a good scary!"
"There is no such thing as a 'good scary'!" Jessica whines, kicking at Hyoyeon to emphasize her point.
Hyoyeon hisses, though more at the unexpectedness of the hit than the actual pain inflicted upon her shin. She smirks. "Sure there is. Yuri and I watched this one movie -"
"I'm going to kick you off the bed if you don't stop right now."
Hyoyeon closes her mouth with an audible 'click'. She'd learned the hard way how to recognize when Jessica means business and that eerily level tone always meant pain and lots of it.
A thick silence falls between them. Hyoyeon turns onto her back, watching the shadows on the ceiling like she usually does as she listens for Jessica's breath to deepen in sleep. It doesn't. Instead, there's a soft sigh, a timid question - an apology, despite of the question mark.
"Aren't you scared of anything?"
Hyoyeon turns her head towards her bedmate, smiling at the childish pose Jessica is holding: eyes wide, hair disheveled, hands tightly gripping covers held underneath her chin. "Of course I am," she answers, her voice just as soft. "I'm scared of bugs. Lots of animals, like dogs ..."
"Really?" The covers shift and Jessica's breath is close enough for Hyoyeon to feel warmth feathering at the edges of her ear. "I'm scared of dogs too!"
"Don't you have a dog?"
Jessica wrinkles her nose. "It's my dad's. They got him when I started dorming."
"Ah, so he's your replacement." Smack. "Ow!"
"I think dogs are scarier than ghosts," Jessica admits, shivering slightly.
"You know what's even scarier? Ghost dogs." This time Hyoyeon's ready and she catches Jessica's wrist before she lands another hit. But her victorious laughter is cut short by a solid kick to her shin. Hyoyeon yelps and lets go; Jessica immediately rolls over and takes all of the sheets with her.
"Sica." The lump on the far side of the bed doesn't respond. "Jessica." Hyoyeon shakes her head, glances at the time (dismisses it - Sooyoung only bet her about getting Jessica to bed, not getting her to sleep), and eases over to what she thinks is the back of Jessica's neck. "If you don't give back the blankets," Hyoyeon whispers, her turn at meaning business, "my promise is off."
Jessica holds silent long enough for Hyoyeon to take a breath, readying her throat to start making the noise from the movie. She starts to count to three in her head, but barely finishes forming the number 1 when a growl erupts from within the cotton cocoon and Jessica finally appears, even more disheveled and with an even darker glare than before. She tosses the ends of the sheets to Hyoyeon, grumbling and growling and turning onto her stomach, facing away from Hyoyeon.
Then she turns on her side. Then her back. Then her side again. Then -
"Here."
Jessica blinks at the small stuffed bear hovering in front of her face. "He's a knight," Hyoyeon says before Jessica can ask, but that only makes her eyebrows rise even higher. "Really, he is. See his sword?" Jessica glances from Hyoyeon to the bear then back again. Indeed, strapped to his waist by a worn string is a plastic sword barely the length of her finger. "You can keep him for tonight," Hyoyeon says, poking the bear fondly. "He's good at chasing away bad dreams."
Jessica takes the bear carefully (knight or not, teddy bears always deserve a certain amount of respect), taps his nose and rubs at the top of his head. She had noted the bear before, had pictured Hyoyeon as a child, carrying him around the house, clinging to his arm at night. "Thank you," Jessica says, shy with her imagination and the softness of the fur she now curls her arm around. Hyoyeon grins back, closes her eyes after imprinting the sight of Jessica and her bear in her mind.
A murmur lifts up just as they're both slipping into sleep. "I might still crawl over to you if I wake up in the middle of night - not that I doubt Sir Bear here. Just saying ..."
Hyoyeon snorts and shakes her head. She'd woken up in all sorts of situations since sharing a bed with Jessica: freezing from a sudden lack of bedsheets, nearly falling off of the edge of the bed, sometimes already on the floor, Jessica practically on top of her - Hyoyeon's eyes shoot open, suddenly remembering a scene from the movie.
Jessica blinks sleepily when she feels fingers slide atop her own, holding on to one of the bear's arms. "Just in case," Hyoyeon mutters. Jessica smirks (holds back her "I told you there's no such thing as a good scary") and tangles her fingers with Hyoyeon's as they both ease into sleep.