[ his eyes slowly cracked open at the confession, thinking on the words for a minute through the haze of his mind. processing things took a lot more time than usual thanks to all the weariness. the level of exhaustion he never experienced before in all his existence. ]

Do you mean ever? [ he asked, softly, pulling back to look at hyunki. ] You don't want to be without me ever?

[ words were an important thing with adder and choices of them mattered a lot. ]

Will you be okay if I fall asleep? You're not going to do anything, right?

[ hyunki promised to not leave him but that didn't mean he couldn't do things from beside him. ]