neon roses ~ l.mh • h.js

capitolo ventisei: di nuovo ospedale! sìì!

"Mr. Lee, you can see Mr. Han now." A nice lady spoke up from behind the counter at the hospital towards Minho. It was about 4pm now and he didn't get a blink of sleep. Well, how could he?

He jumped up from his spot when he heard the news, almost running down the hallway to the room he saw the hospital employees brought Jisung into. He opened the door, gasping at the boy's poor condition. He was wrapped in bandages all over, covering the slashes Minho saw earlier that will more than likely leave scars. He approached the lifeless looking boy in the hospital bed, sitting down next to him and staring at the bedsheets next to the body, moving to toy with a feather on his wings. Jisung wasn't even awake and yet he felt like he couldn't look him in the eyes. Because all of this was his fault. He was the reason why Jisung had to relive his past trauma and almost die in the process. None of this would've happened if he went to the police before Soyeon caught him. If he was stronger, braver, maybe he could've protected Jisung.

"Mr. Lee." A new nurse said as she entered the room. "He lost a lot of blood. He also broke a few ribs, his shoulder, and his ankle. One of the broken ribs almost punctured his lungs, but luckily, it did not. He'll need a cast boot and a shoulder sling for now, and his bandages need to be changed out daily. He'll also need to take painkillers twice daily. As for his wings and tail, nothing was injured. And thank god for that, I'd have needed to call in a veterinarian, as bad as that sounds.. none of us are experienced in this field. Don't know about the rest of the patients though, but they're being tended to. However, he woke up right before the procedure and started crying for you so we had to put him under anesthesia. He should be awake very soon." The nurse sheepishly smiles, Minho thanking her with a small blush on his face at her last few sentences. as she leaves and closes the door behind her. His eyes linger on the door she left through for a minute in deep thought, blush settling down and the seriousness of the situation kicking in again. He turned back to Jisung but screamed and fell off of his chair when he was met with a pair of eyes staring straight back at him. Then he heard light giggles. Minho groaned in pain but smiled when he heard the cute sound and how he was awake so soon.

"God, you scared me. Stop doing these things, you weirdo." Minho got up from the floor and back into his seat, hissing in pain when he sat down.

"Oh come on, that's no way to treat a disabled person." Jisung gasped dramatically.

"Barely even. You can still walk just fine."

"I can? Cool!" Jisung cheered and held out a hand for Minho to high five and when he did Jisung hissed and brought his hand back.

"Oh. I forgot I had cuts on that hand." Jisung smiled sheepishly. Minho just let out an airy chuckle at his idiocy, eyes tearing up. But his smile slowly started to fade from his face. 

"Jisung.. Why didn't you tell me that the lab burned down?" Minho sniffled, bringing his hands forward to intertwine them with Jisung's. The boy looked down and sighed. 

"After I found the tracker, I realized that you guys were in danger and they could've hurt you at any given moment. It was a no brainer to go back to make sure that you were safe." 

He went back to protect us? Jisung voluntarily returned to the lab to protect us? After everything he's lived through, he's choosing to do it a second time for us?

"I hate you. Don't ever scare me like that again." Minho sighed, shutting off his thoughts and bringing Jisung's hands to his forehead, Jisung sighing and leaning in closer, resting his chin on Minho's head. 

All of a sudden, the door busted open and the whole crew walked in, including Jeongin, who was now on crutches. And including.. Hyunjin?

Minho sprang up from his seat and stood in front of Jisung to shield his features from Hyunjin, even if it was way too late because he reacted slow. Everyone else had already ignored Minho and walked past him to greet Jisung with hugs and comforting words.