best of me | woosan (✓)

- sixty four -

the next couple of weeks were extremely hard on wooyoung and san. yeosang had returned to campus for finals, and the house had grown quiet again. and it was in these times of silence that san and wooyoung had the most trouble controlling their thoughts. hongjoong felt that something was off, so he decided he would go over and check on the two.

"woo? san? where are you guys?" hongjoong asked as he walked into the dark house, looking around.

"u-upstairs..."

hongjoong kicked off his shoes and went upstairs, making his way into the boys' room, where the two were laying with blank looks on their faces, clinging to each other.

"how long have you guys been laying here?"

san shrugged, sighing a bit and pulling wooyoung closer, causing a soft whimper from the younger.

"when's the last time either of you showered?"

another shrug.

"alright... how about food? when's the last time you guys ate?"

"can you just go, joong?" san asked, sighing as he grew annoyed.

"no. i'm not going anywhere until you guys talk to me. it's like you forget that i've been in your position before. what happened to wanting to get better?"

"too hard," wooyoung mumbled.

hongjoong sighed and frowned, then sat down on the edge of the bed and grabbed both of the boys' hands.

"we don't want to watch you guys wither away before our eyes. i love both of you so much, yeah? let me do something to help."

"where's hwa?" wooyoung asked.

"sleeping. he was up really late last night applying for jobs... i didn't want to wake him."

"does he know you're here?" san questioned.

"i texted him and left a note. don't worry, san. i'm not going to just run away on him."

"o-okay..."

"how about a movie night? yeosang, yunho and mingi have their last finals today and they'll be coming home tomorrow. we could do a movie night with all seven of us!"

"y-you think they'll want to?" wooyoung muttered hopefully.

"yeah! i'll text them right now if you'd like?"

wooyoung nodded quickly and sat up a bit, pulling san to sit up with him.

"i'm gonna go shower," wooyoung whispered. "c-can you just stay near by? i-in case?"

san nodded and gently kissed wooyoung's forehead before he got up and left the room.

once he did, san broke down and started crying, hongjoong sitting down again and hugging san tight.

"i-it's been so h-hard..."

"i know... i know, san."

"i-i've lost all my e-energy... i-i don't know how to help h-him anymore..."

"shh... shh, it's okay. you're doing what you can, yeah? you're doing what you can and that's what's important. you're keeping him here just by being by his side, a-and i know you weren't supposed to tell me about any of this, but i'm so proud of you for deciding to open up, okay?"

san nodded, rubbing at his eyes.

"i know you say you don't know how to help him, but i think you're helping just by sticking by his side."

"y-you really think so?"

"i do... i really do."

"s-sannie?" wooyoung called out.