#venkyu

He had been gone on an important trip for work for a couple of days, and honestly he didn’t think it was such a good idea in the first place.

Especially since Kyu’s finals are in a month.

Unlocking the apartment door, Ven is hardly surprised that it’s so dark and quiet. And the place doesn’t look that messy... which is a good thing? Ah, but the kitchen being spotless is something of concern...

Well, at least he had called Kyu earlier when he was stepping off the bus, and his boyfriend sounded relatively alive—even if he was mumbling something about pancakes and organisms.

“Kyu...?” Ven calls out as he slowly opens the door to the other’s bedroom (that acts more as a study really, since Kyu only ever sleeps with him).

Just as he thought, Ven finds his boyfriend on the study desk with nothing but books, papers, a laptop, some empty bottles of water, empty mugs of coffee, and a table lamp that’s probably been left on for a longer time than it should be..

Kyu seems to be furiously mumbling something as he writes it all down from a textbook, and doesn’t even turn around at the sound of Ven entering the room. It’s not like he’s even trying to be discreet.

The taller man can only shake his head.

“Okay Kyu, when was the last time you ate?” Ven asks, dumping his bags on the floor to stand behind Kyu’s chair.

For a moment, Kyu jolts wildly like a startled cat, before he relaxes and slumps over the table again. Ven caught sight of dark eye bags and he frowns.

“I don’t know... It doesn’t...” here Kyu yawns, “doesn’t matter...”

“And the last time you slept?”

“Don’t know either...” Kyu says. Reaching for one of the mugs of coffee, Kyu waves Ven off. “Now go away, Dream Ven... I need to get back to studying...”

Ven stifles a laugh. Dream Ven? Don’t tell him Kyu thinks he’s a dream apparition now?

Sighing fondly, Ven holds Kyu’s shoulder and pulls him away from the books. “Come on, Kyu. You need some actual sleep.”

But Kyu is stubborn, and he grabs onto the desk with surprising strength for someone so tired. “Nnooooo...” is all that comes from his mouth though.

Deciding he’ll probably get nowhere like this, Ven wraps his arms around his small boyfriend and easily picks him up.

Kyu screams in a soft voice, still holding onto a pen in one hand and onto the table with the other. “Nnnoooooo! Don’t... tear me away... from nirvana...!”

“Yes, yes, your nirvana’s not going anywhere, Kyu.” Ven adjusts his boyfriend in his arms, so that Kyu’s head is on his shoulder and that his legs are wrapped around his waist.

Kyu’s still grumbling, a frown etched on his face, but his eyes are closed and he snuggles closer into Ven’s neck, his hair tickling his chin. Ven laughs, carrying his sleepy boyfriend to their shared room.

Ven tries to place Kyu on the bed gently, but now the stubborn little man won’t let go of Ven, and it causes him to fall over into the bed with him.

The jostle wakes Kyu a bit, and he looks right up into Ven’s face.

Kyu blinks, and squints.

“Wait...” he yawns. “You’re home...?”

“Been home for a bit now, thanks for noticing.” Ven grins. He kisses the top of Kyu’s head and decides to settle in beside his boyfriend. “You didn’t sleep at all last night, huh?”

Kyu instinctively nestles himself closer into Ven. His eyes closing again, he closes his fingers around Ven’s shirt and manages a chaste kiss on Ven’s neck. “Mmm... Had dreams about you... I really... missed you...”

Ven’s heart does a double take at Kyu’s display of honesty. But Kyu is already off to dreamland again, if his slow breathing and stillness any indication. Ven feels his chest swell up, and he can’t help his smile.