two worlds: jaeyong

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"you must be the infamous taeyong?" ten teases as he puts his hand out, taeyong taking it with a small laugh.

"i didn't realize i was so famous," the doctor jokes back.

"who can't forget about the doctor who went against his country's military general?" kun adds on while sticking his own hand. "you really are incredible for that."

"i was only doing my job as a doctor, no need to flatter me so much," taeyong blushed at the compliment. "and also, thank you so much for helping rescue us, you don't know how grateful i am."

"it comes with the job, and we're glad to see you healthy again."

"guys!! food's ready!!"

jungwoo stuck his head out outside, where the three males were talking on the chairs, apron on and motioning for them to come inside.

"well, the stomach calls," taeyong jokes and runs inside to the dining hall.

it was all decorated inside, with a large green banner saying "congratulations team" on it along with several bunches of balloons and confetti laid out all around the space.

"hyung!!!!"

an energetic donghyuck runs towards the doctor and puts him into a tight embrace, but still being careful.

"do you know how worried i was? they wouldn't even let me go in, knowing that i'd freak out or start crying! heck, even mark wouldn't let me see you until now!!"

the resident starts letting out small tears, and taeyong protectively wraps his arms around the younger, laughing a bit.

"awww, don't cry, i'm fine now hyuck."

but the younger just sniffles more in responses, making taeyong let his arms out and gaze at the younger's face.

"hyuck, someone told me that you felt guilty with everything... want to explain why?"

"because you got kidnapped during the time i was stuck with the bomb! maybe if i bothered to check for any threats or hadn't brought it in the medicube without someone helping me, all of this could have been prevented! but no, while i was fine and running all around, you were stuck in the icu, unconscious!!"

and with that, he breaks down completely, falling limp in the doctor's arms and shaking from the shaking.

"hyuck, nothing could have been prevented from the situation. it's not your fault, no one could have been able to prevent anything from anything. we couldn't control what was happening so don't feel this way, nothing is your fault."

sniffling, donghyuck nods his head, saying he understood, and taeyong gives the younger an assuring look.

"now go to mark, he looks concerned with you right now."

the other blushes and looks to where the soldier is standing, with concern present in his eyes.

"but you have to explain to me later how you two are," taeyong playfully threatens and earning a laugh and a slap, sends the resident on his way.

"having fun?"

jaehyun enters the empty space between taeyong, handing the other a can of soda.

"yeah, and it's even better with everyone here," he takes the can and sips the orange flavored liquid. "by the way, how are yuta and sicheng? i tried asking sicheng what happened but he wouldn't say anything."

"ahh, i don't know if i can tell you this," the captain gave a teasing look, making taeyong groan at the suspense.

"please, i'm really good at keeping secrets."

"...let me think for a bit," jaehyun continued to pretend to think but eventually gave in to taeyong's puppy eyes. "fine, yuta is planning to confess to sicheng soon."

taeyong claps at the news but controls himself after realizing it's a secret.

"when is he going to do this?"

"i think maybe tomorrow or the day after, i'm not sure. but what happened today was after he and sicheng ran out, he led him into a field but then he heard a click. what happened was sicheng was trying to take a shortcut to catch him but didn't see a warning sign, meaning he was in an area with a bunch of active land mines-"

"land mines?!" taeyong exclaimed with horror. "and they're still active?!"

"we've been trying to put them out for the past couple of months but we still had a couple we didn't diffuse yet."

(flashback)

"nakamoto yuta, you come back here!! that's my favorite cap!"

"then you have to come get it!" the japanese just waves the object in the air and continues running. groaning, sicheng looks around and sees a place where if he cut through, he could meet the other and catch him. and so he goes, running but forgetting to read the sign in big red letters "active land mines".

yuta turns, trying to see if the nurse was following him any further but frowns when he loses sight. but then, when a familiar figure is seen running in a fenced area, he immediately rushes towards the closed off boundary.

"sicheng!!!"

the nurse looks back with a confused look at why the soldier was running towards him with concern.

"don't move, don't move!!"

"why?" he calls out, still disoriented by the whole situation.

"you're in a land mine zone! some of them are still active!!!"

now is when sicheng turns to look at the sign he missed and immediately panics at the red letters. and his first instinct is to crouch into a small ball on the ground or to just run out of the area, both of which are improbable options.

"don't panic, i'm going to get you out!" yuta steps into the cut off property and carefully walks to where sicheng was frozen, being careful to watch for the other explosives. "ok, i'm going to tell you some things and you have to promise not to freak out, ok?"

the others nods, biting his bottom lip in panic and fear.

"you stepped on a land mine, and i know from the click. don't move at all until i come and get you out, ok?"

sicheng stays still like a rock as yuta approaches. with each second that passes, his breathing becomes faster and he can feel his hand sweat, lips quiver.

"sicheng, i'm here, behind you. can you hear me?"

he nods and immediately relaxes at the sound of yuta's voice.

"the land mine is not stable right now and i so i need to deactivate it. but because it's already triggered, if there's any shift in weight, it can go off. so while i'm trying to disable it, just stay still and when i tell you to, i want you to get your foot off and run all the way to the field, alright?"

when he gets a confirmation, yuta then gets on his knees and starts to work his way into the land mine, all the while sicheng closed his eyes.

"now!"

when hearing the word, sicheng immediately tried to run, key word being "tried". turns out, he was standing on the leg for too long and now, here he is, thumping to the ground cause of a cramp.

"sicheng!!"

the soldier brings the fallen nurse into a protective stance, with his arms wrapped the other's thin waist. almost as if waiting for a loud bang to ring through, yuta's grip tightens and he's willing to protect the other with his whole life at that moment, and sicheng, who can feel the strong grip, can feel his whole body freeze and involuntary snug closer in the grip.

and even with no explosion disturbing the silence, the moment was still enough for the both to know, just how much the other meant to him.