✓cat boy • minsung

•twenty six•

i would choose the cat but oh well

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The footsteps echoed through the hallway, catching attentions from left and right. From the sound it was obvious the woman was wearing high heels, probably just got off from work or just ditched it.

"Where's my son?" she asked a nurse nervously. Her husband laid a hand on her shoulder trying to calm her down. But in fact he was afraid too, afraid of the results they were about to get.

Hyunjin noticed them. He immediately rushed to the adults and bowed. "Mr. Han,"

"Hyunjin," he politely greeted back.

The boy nodded timidly. "Jisung, he tried to save a friend but got hit by a car," his fingers fiddled onto one another. He knew how they care so much about their one and only child. After losing her they grew afraid if anything happened to him.

The mother turned to him, "A friend?"

"Y–yes, he was kidnapped but–"

"Is it Minho?"

His eyes grew wide, "How did you know?"

"They got Minho?!" she shouted in disbelief, but quickly shut her mouth when realising they were in the hospital. "Oh no, my babies..."

Hyunjin was lost. He never knew Jisung's parents knew about Minho. He glanced to the older guy who was comforting her and talked to the nurse. From what he heard Jisung was still unconscious but luckily was already in a stable state. Guilt conquered his body when he thought he could have stopped Jisung instead of letting him go chase the van.

Chan came shortly. He bowed to Jisung's parents first before explaining what happened before the accident. "Hyunjin got the number plates. I wanted to send it to the police station but.. maybe we could wait." he said unsure.

To his surprise his mother agreed, "Don't give it to the police. They will find Minho."

"Uh, you know?"

"We've met Minho before," the older guy replied, "Could you send the picture to me? I'll get my worker to track it down."

Chan could not describe how grateful he was at the moment. He sent the photo to him and settled down next to Hyunjin, who looked worried all the time. "Hyung, the impact isn't that hard, right? He still can join us taking the final exam, right..?" he asked, his eyes almost watering. Hyunjin knew he should not blame himself but he felt bad because he did not do anything, just watched Jisung went away.

"When's the exam?"

"In two weeks." the taller muttered, sighing afterwards. Chan fell silent and they just waited until the Jisung's parents got out from the room. The woman looked drained but smiled nevertheless in front of them.

"We're returning to the company to track the van, can you stay until Jisung wake up?"

Hyunjin instantly nodded. Looking after Jisung was the only thing he could do right now. The adults left and the doctor let them in. Jisung's head was wrapped with a bandage, a breathing mask over his face and two wires attached on his hand. Seeing him steadily breathing, both of them let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm afraid if he search for Minho when he wakes up." Hyunjin said.

"Why?"

"He still needs rest. Even the doctor says he's stable he has head injuries," he pointed to the bandage on Jisung's head. There was a red patch on it, showing the blood was still slightly flowing out. "That looks bad."