Thunder

Rated: T

Genre: Fluff/Angst

Pairing: You/Mino

Word Count: 450

Thunder never seemed to scare you. Even when you were a little girl and had a night light next to your bed. Out of everything, thunder was the one thing that scared you the least. In fact, it used to bring peace and made you relax. But for some reason, tonight.

That was not the case.

You laid in your bed with your back against the headboard and your laptop on your lap typing away for a school essay that was due in two days. You were relaxed and the thunder outside played its loud sounds. All that was heard in the room was the soft music playing through the surround sound system and the clicks of the keyboard from your quick typing.

Your hands stopped for a second and you leaned back further into the headboard and bit your lip trying to figure out the next line to your essay. You had been typing for 2 hours now and the 3-page essay was only a little more that half a page finished. You stared at the screen and sunk into your thoughts. ‘What if I don’t finish this? I’m going to fail my resources class and that’ll bring my grade too far down for me to bring it back up by the end of the semester.’  You swallowed thickly and a loud clap of thunder sounded through the room. The lights went out and your music stopped.

You gasped and quickly placed your laptop on the bedside table and stood from the bed. You flicked the light switch up and down next to the door of your bedroom but the lights remained out. Another clap was heard and you flinched as the floors shook gently. You shrieked softly and quickly fell to your knees placing your hands on the floor and crawling back towards the bed. You pulled yourself onto the bed and closed your eyes bringing your hands over your ears and rocked yourself softly while whispering “You’re okay remember you’re not afraid of thunder”. These words left your mouth over and over again but only seemed to make you breath harder every time you said the sentence.

A few tears fell down your face and your breathing became labored. You didn’t even hear the bedroom door open and the frantic calls of your name. Large hands placed themselves on both of your shoulders and your gaze shot up to see Mino standing in front of you with a worried look on his face.

“What’s wrong Jagi are you okay?” he said softly once your hands were away from your ears. You cried out and threw your arms around his neck. He shushed you and wrapped his arms around your lower back before rubbing it gently. “It’s okay sweetheart. Nothing is gonna hurt you. You’re all right” he whispered into your ear before placing a soft kiss on your temple.

He soothed you with his words and gentle hands before laying down in the bed with you curled into his chest. You fell asleep within minutes of him holding you, a peaceful look on your face. Mino looked down at you and sighed running his hands through your hair before falling asleep himself.

The next morning when you woke, you looked up and seen Mino’s face inches from yours and his arm wrapped around you tightly. Memories of last night flooded your brain and you cursed yourself. Forgetting the sleeping person next to you. You flopped your head back against the pillows and crossed your arms.

A chuckle. “What’s wrong with you?” Mino’s raspy voice hit your eardrums. You turned and looked at him and sighed before answering his question and the question behind that one.

“I was panicking about my class paper and the lights went out and I just let my anxiety get the best of me. I’m okay; though, thank you for being there for me.” Mino nodded and rubbed his hand against your stomach before responding his voice clearer. “I’ll always be here for you baby. Don’t worry about that. And your paper will come out amazing. You know how you always seemed to come up with these amazing ideas last minute. So don’t stress yourself over it okay?”.

You stared up at him for a second and smiled before kissing his lips. He smiled into the kiss and the pressure was returned to your lips. You both pulled back for air and he returned the smile while moving to sit on the edge of the bed. You sat up and wrapped your arms around his neck. “What do you want for breakfast?” you asked placing small kisses on the side of his neck. He smirked before turning in your arms and pouncing on you while you giggled. “I can think of one thing I want for breakfast”. He attacked your neck and you squealed out giggling as the thunder continued to boom outside the window.

But that was the last thing on your mind.