The Suju Games

Chapter 38: Gossip

(Kibum) 

        They took away my brother. These words echoed repeatedly in Kibum's head, He didn't even say that they took his son away to be slaughtered, just his brother. Of course, Jaejoong had known Yesung, but even if he had never met his son, he had known his name, Kim Kibum, didn't he care when that name was picked out of the reaping ball? 

        Kibum let his feet take him wherever it wanted to, he wandered around aimlessly, and somehow he found himself in the Hospital, "Bummie!" Heechul waved from inside his room through the window, "Over here!" 

        Kibum took slow, steady steps towards his hyungs room, "Yes, hyung?" he asked. 

        "Where have you been?" 

        "I-" Kibum tried to think of an excuse. 

        "Have you been to see your father yet? Because judging from your expression I think you have." Heechul said. 

        Kibum nodded, it was all he could do not to let the tears fall again, lately all he could do was cry, he couldn't even count how many times a day anymore. 

       "Come here." Heechul opened his arms wide to welcome the young boy and Kibum immediately jumped in, "Careful, ribs." Heechul winced. Kibum marveled at the change in the elder boy. He did not know what Ryeowook had said to him but apparently it had worked. "What was he like?" Heechul asked. 

        "He said ... he said they took away his brother," Kibum said, it came out more like a croak, seeing as he was trying to hold back his tears, "He didn't even say that they tried to kill his son..." Kibum put his face on Heechul's chest and started to cry buckets. 

        "Are you sure he didn't say anything good at all?" Heechul whispered, wrapping both his arms around Kibum's body, "Hmm?" he rested his cheek against the youngers head. 

        "He said..." Kibum thought back, "He said that he thought I would've won the Games..." 

       "I have to agree with him on that," Heechul smiled. 

        "I think he just meant that I'd win since Yesung didn't." 

        "No, Bummie, I'm sure he didn't mean it like that, anything else?" 

        "He said," Kibum's voice became soft, "He said that I'm like my mother." 

        Heechul stayed silent, waiting for Kibum to continue. 

        "Until the Games ruined me." Kibum finished, his voice now just a whisper. 

        "Did he actually say that last part?" Heechul wrapped his legs around Kibum's legs without even realizing what he was doing. 

        "No..." Kibum admitted, "But it's true." 

        "No, you're still a lovely, sweet cute boy to me." Heechul said, pressing his lips against Kibum's forehead. 

        They started to realize that they were in an awkward position, their arms and legs all tangled up together, "Sorry," Kibum muttered, embarrassed, as they tried to untangle themselves. 

        "Don't...tell anyone about this, okay?" Heechul mumbled as he reluctantly pulled away from Kibum. 

        "I wouldn't dream of it." 

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(Henry) 

        Henry wheeled himself out of his room and around the Hospital, he was rapidly getting better, though he still had to use a wheelchair. Everyone was pleasantly surprised and pleased at his quick progress. And now, he was allowed to wheel himself around the Hospital without any help, Henry, childish boy that he was, was very proud of that. 

        Today, he decided, he would go visit his Heechul hyung. He happily wheeled himself to Heechul's room. He caught a small glimpse of Heechul through the window and stopped abruptly. Because there, on the bed, was Kibum, cuddling with Heechul and crying, there arms and legs firmly wrapped around each other, "Oooh." Henry stared in awe before quickly wheeling himself away, "Kibum and Heechul are dating!" he laughed and clapped to himself, causing other people to stare at him as he went back into his room, still laughing hysterically.

        Later in the day, Eunhyuk and Donghae came to visit him, when they came, Henry was still laughing as if he were retarded. 

        Eunhyuk looked around the room, trying to find the source for Henry's laughter, but he saw nothing, "What in the world is going on?" he asked incredously. 

        "Heechul hyung!" Henry giggled. 

        "Did he just say ... Heechul hyung?" Eunhyuk looked at Donghae. 

        "He's lost his mind." Donghae said in awe. 

        "No, no-" but Henry could not even explain without bursting into peals of laughter yet again, "He-Kibum-" 

        "What is he Kibum?" Eunhyuk asked in annoyance. 

        "Cuddling-" Henry howled. 

        "Heechul, Kibum, cuddling? Really?" Donghae asked, getting interested. 

        "Heechul- kissed - Bummie's - forehead-" 

        "REALLY?" Eunhyuk and Donghae shouted, Donghae accidentally knocked a vase of flowers over. 

        "Hyung!" Henry scolded. 

        "DID HE?" The other two repeated. 

        "Yes." Henry pouted, "Now clean that up! Ryeowook gave me those, you know!" 

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(Donghae) 

        Before the day was out the news had already spread throughout the entire group of tributes, luckily for them, neither Kibum nor Heechul had found out yet, so they were still safe. When Donghae had told Leeteuk about it, he had raised his eyebrows in interest, "Really?" he asks. Donghae wasn't sure if Leeteuk had moved on from Heechul yet or not.

(Kyuhyun) 

        "Are you sure Henry wasn't just pulling your leg?" Ryeowook asked skeptically as he continued to stroke Kyuhyun's hair, who was sleeping with his head on Ryeowook's lap. 

        "Yes!" Eunhyuk snapped, "I'm telling you- you didn't see him - he was laughing as if he had lost his mind!" 

        "Maybe he has." Shindong suggested, "I always thought the boy was a little soft in the head." 

     "He ships us." Kyuhyun said proudly from Ryeowook's lap, "He thinks we don't know, but whenever we are together, he claps and squeals like a girl." 

        The others weren't sure what to say of this, but they all knew it was true. 

        "Zhoumi shipped us too." Kyuhyun went on, "Siwon told me that after me and Ryeowook went to bed on that first night, Zhoumi asked, 'Are you sure they aren't dating?'" 

        Right after he said it he knew it was a mistake, the room was now completely silent as everyone thought of their old friends Zhoumi and Siwon. 

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(A/N) 

The Henry and Zhoumi thing is true. If u look carefully, Henry always fanboys when there is a Kyuwook moment (sjm Happy camp 2009 & 2014) and sjm guest house when kyuwook did a parody of sth. and once, in china, kyuwook posted a selca and zhoumi asked if they really aren't dating. isn't it cute? zhoury ships kyuwook!