the five rushed renjun to the infirmary as dread coursed through mark; even though he managed to save the love of his life, renjun was still a big part of his life, and he had to push him away because of what? his anger towards him that one fateful day he decided to confess?
now renjun is fighting for his life, and he cannot do anything about it other than pray desperately that he will live to see another day. part of him wanted to just confront sejun just like how jaemin did and beat the living daylights out of him, so much so that he would die a painful death.
the moment they reached the hospital, jaemin and jeno immediately rushed renjun to the hospital along with jungwoo, leaving mark and donghyuck alone. donghyuck clutched his boyfriend's arm, his eyes tearing up as he glanced at mark, worried sick about renjun. "w-will...junnie...be fine...?"
mark mused at donghyuck, manifesting a small wobbling smile, caressing his jaw comfortingly as he did. "h-he will be...don't worry...at least sejun won't be coming here anymore..."
donghyuck couldn't help but nod a clear yes at that statement, his mind partly relieved that sejun will not come to haunt his life anymore.
---
the five waited outside of the room where renjun was admitted in, jeno and jaemin worried sick as jeno clutched his head, almost tearing up as he did. mark fell silent as he linked hands with donghyuck, guilt piling up inside him as he felt like he was about to combust.
their attention went to the door as a medical practitioner walked out of the room. "the patient is fine, thankfully, there were no serious injuries. please go visit him."
everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and especially mark, as he would never forgive himself if renjun ever let go, passing away. jeno and jaemin were desperate to see their boyfriend, but jungwoo stopped them sensing mark's turmoil. "i know you both have to see renjun first, but, let mark have a go. poor thing, he was stressing out like anything."
---
mark walked inside the room, his footsteps echoing at each step, signaling the bedridden blonde that someone was coming. renjun looked in his normal lifeless gaze as he hitched his breath at the sight of his hyung.
"innie...you fine right now...?" mark queried, not knowing exactly what to say to him. renjun on the other hand, fell silent as he sighed, barely speaking out. "yeah...kind of...is hyuckie fine...?"
"he's alright..." mark trailed off as he took a deep breath, not ready to beat around the bush. he sat down, glancing at renjun in a solemn expression. "look, we have to get this straight."
"get what straight...hyung...?"
a sudden bout of confidence came over mark as he held renjun's hand gently, tears falling out of his eyes. "i'm sorry...i should not have just ignored you like that. i was just...really angry at myself for your rejection...i knew you liked jeno and jaemin, but i just couldn't bring myself to admit it..."
his grip on renjun's hand got a tiny bit tighter. "look...i respect your decision. i haven't respected it yet, and i should not have given you a cold shoulder because of something that happened a long time ago. it's just that...i was overwhelmed with everything...hyuck disappearing...his wounds...sejun...all that shit."
"hyung...it's fine," renjun spoke up as a small smile took over his features. "i knew you were really hurt...and i had to apologize for everything. it's fine if you used me as a punching bag for a while...at least everything's back together."
mark fell silent as he pulled renjun into an embrace, trying to be as gentle as possible. mark cried onto the younger's shoulder, not ready to let go of him. "still, i'm so, so fucking sorry for what i did...i promise you, i won't ever do that ever again, innie."
the atmosphere went silent except for the occasional sniffles from mark's apology. mark was gentle, but his grasp on renjun was slightly tight, holding on to his nape and shoulders. renjun felt as if a part of the older was back with him again, and mark could be the same mark he used to be, without ripping apart their friendship.
"ah, uh, h-hyung, it hurts...!" renjun squeaked out in pain, but wholeheartedly accepted the embrace with trembling hands. he was glad that everything was fine between them, and they would be back to clinging best friends in no time.
mark immediately jolted himself out of the hug, really cautious to keep renjun back on the bed properly and that too without hurting him anymore. he ruffled through renjun's hair and beamed at him in relief. "now...i'll just give you three room to talk, okay?"
after that, mark walked out the door, leaving renjun some alone time with jeno and jaemin, who immediately rushed inside, worried sick for their boyfriend.
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"it felt...nice, isn't it?" jungwoo nudged mark as he came out of the room, while linking hands with donghyuck who felt unsafe without clinging to anyone. his protective side kicking in, mark pulled donghyuck close to him, and beamed at jungwoo. "yeah, hyung. we cleared things out, and it felt nice..."
"honestly, though, this was just a hell of a ride, never though i'll be using my skills to work on what might be a hostage freeing situation," jungwoo jested, his uwu-bursting personality slowly coming back up once again, but mark was dumbfounded.
"i didn't know that you were an engineer out of all people!" mark exclaimed, scrunching his forehead. "why didn't you tell me that shit, hyung?"
"language, minhyung. and yeah, most of us majored in stuff that we never use anyways. it's kinda embarrassing. i'm glad i could use my major though," jungwoo beamed cutely, much to mark's and donghyuck's relief. "anyways, i'll be going home. jeno and jaemin can take care of renjun. so you two, go and take a bath and rest for a while."
mark and donghyuck nodded in the affirmative as the two went home, the two finally letting a sigh of relief, one from the fact that he had ties with his best friend that would linger, and the other from the fact that his nightmares of abuse would finally reach an end.
a/n: i'm not rewriting this because if i do, it'll remove the feeling of comfort from this book. i had noticed it numerous times that even though my vocabulary increased, the emotion portrayed in my books had grown less.
so i will not do such a thing.
for all those people who are still there, still alive, who thinks this book is their comfort, i'll never, ever delete it <33
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