first snowfall | sunki

26: goodbye, you flew right by love

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"Thank you for the ride, Won." Sunoo was about to close the passenger door when Jungwon pulled him back in. "Won, look. We can talk again later! I'm in a hurry right now—"

"Hey, Kim Sunoo! What's happening? Could you at least tell me why you asked me to drive you to a hospital?" Jungwon asked with a panicking tone, staring at Sunoo's desperate eyes. He doesn't know the reason, but he can see it.

Sunoo was too stunned by the situation, he can't even speak. He simply took off Jungwon's grip from his wrist as he ran inside the hospital.

Jungwon sighed deeply, eager of wanting to know the problem. He's supposed to park his car in the hospital's parking lot, but he couldn't care less. He took off his seatbelt, slammed the door closed, and left the car alone.

When the two finally arrived at the room a nurse was leading them to, they watched Jake, Jay, and Heeseung crying at the doorstep. They were hanging their heads low as their eyes became swollen from crying.

Jay quickly ran to Jungwon for an embrace, crying in his arms. Jungwon looked around for Ni-ki, but he wasn't anywhere. "Jay, where's Riki? The show got canceled because he didn't come. Is everything okay—?"

He didn't reply. Jay just kept on crying as his hug on Jungwon became tighter. "I need to go to Sunoo. I'll let go of you first."

Sunoo slowly placed his hand on the doorknob, hesitant to even open the door. His hands were trembling just by thinking of what could've possibly happened to Ni-ki. He then felt something light touch his hand, so he looked back, and there he saw Jungwon.

"We'll open it together. Calm down, okay?" Jungwon gave a small smile to at least calm Sunoo down. "3, 2, 1..." They took a deep breath together as they steadily opened the door.

Several doctors and nurses stood around the bed while his mother sobbed in the other corner.

"What happened?" Sunoo asked everyone, tears falling from his eyes. "What's happening? I want to know, please!"

No one was replying. To Sunoo and Jungwon's surprise, Ni-ki's mother and Sunghoon were also crying hardly.

Jungwon couldn't stand seeing Sunoo get more worried. "Is anyone here? Sunoo's asking what's happening right now!" He shouted as he brushed his hair through his fingers.

A doctor walked toward Sunoo, gently pulling him closer to the bed. Despite being a professional at his job, the doctor couldn't say anything since it was his first time handling a patient like this. "Sir Kim Sunoo?"

"Yes? It's me, it's me. May I know what's happening right now? I'm not too late, am I? Riki will be okay, right? Right?" Sunoo held the doctor's sleeve. "Please answer my question!"

"Riki already left 15 minutes ago," Sunghoon remarked bluntly. "He's already gone."

As soon as Sunghoon said those words, everyone around the room cried harder.

"No! Come on, did Riki ask you to joke about this? Haha, it's not funny, okay? I know Riki's personality. He's the type to joke about these things!" Sunoo tried breaking the silence and mourning by laughing. "He's okay, he's fine! That's for sure! Please drop the act now."

"His skull broke after he fell from a 10-story building near your school. Aside from that, there were cuts present on both of his wrists. Some residents tried to stop him but he didn't listen to them. He was unconscious but still alive when we came but you are too late." The doctor sighed. "Sir Nishimura's cause of death is suicide."