Straight [Nomin]

27

Jeno couldn't open his eyelids.

A heavy groggyness in his brain, barely registering something in his mouth and faint beeping noises.

He heard a voice.

"He hasn't yet."

It was Mark's voice.

"I know-did you tell-" Mark was probably talking to someone on the phone because Jeno couldn't hear any other voice. "You didnt tell him?"

Mark let a deep sigh out of his nose. "Where is he now-"

"He's doing that today?!" Mark's voice raised slightly. "But he just got out yester-"

Mark's tone quieted as there was a moment of silence.

"Im sorry-I- please stop crying sunshine. I know- I know, its gonna be ok hun. Jaemin just-"

Jeno let out a small wheeze, trying to open his eyes.

"I gotta go. I think he might wake up soon-i...I love you."

Jeno tried to open his eyes again, his face relaxing when a hand squeezed his. "C'mon Jen. You need to wake up."

"Ma-" Jeno could barely move his mouth with the object placed in it.

"Jeno?" Mark's voice sounded worried.

Jeno felt the object slide away from his mouth and face.

"Just open your eyes jen," Mark started out strong but his voice soon turned soft. "Please."

Jeno's eyes cracked open, only to squeeze shut when a bright light basically blinded him.

"Mark, why the hell are the lights so bright," Jeno groaned, trying to sit up only to be pushed back down by Marks hand.

"Dont move to much yet," Mark instructed and Jeno finally opened his eyes fully.

He wasn't in his apartment.

He was in a hospital room.

Laying on a hospital bed.

In a hospital gown.

An iv was connected to his right arm and a ventilator was down by his neck, his right forearm wrapped up with gauze.

Jeno could only stare down at himself as three words rolled off his tounge. "What. The. Fuck."

"Jeno," Mark was looking up at the ceiling, hands in his pockets but his voice sounded a bit strangled. "You're a fucking idiot.

"Mark?" Jeno frowned at his friends behavior. "What happened-"

"You got alcohol poisoning you fucking moron," Mark's head snapped down to stare into his eyes. Marks own eyes glassy as he gave Jeno a wobbly smile. "There was too much in your system....T-they said they didn't know if you-"

If you would've made it.

The words went unspoken but they got across clearly to Jeno.

"How long have I been here?" Jeno decided to lay off the pressuring topic of him almost dying.

"3 days," Mark answered quickly. "I took you home and you fell asleep. I thought it was like those normal sleep after drinking things but then Jaemin called and I tried to wake you up and you wouldn't-"

"Jaemin called?" Jeno sat up quickly, shooing Marks hands away from him when he tried to push him down again.

"Yeah...Jen-" Mark's eyes turned guilty.