Serendipity {XO, Kitty}

XO.5 ~ Dae

      We had been sitting in the ICU room for most of the time, except for when we were asked to step out while they checked Dae over and replaced his IV and blood bags. Dae had lost a lot of blood from the accident and when they did the operation.

     Yuri and Alex are currently with us. Principle Lim and Professor Lee were here earlier, but they needed to attend to business matters. Florian had arrived too.

     "What's Dae's blood type?" Alex asked from where he sat on the other side of the room. He was looking at the blood bag which was slowly dripping blood into Dae's arm.

     "AB+," Minho and I both answered at the same time. We looked at each other and laughed, despite the situation.

     Mr Kim gave a small chuckle. "Yes, it's AB+, which is a universal recipient, meaning he can receive any other blood type. His mother's blood type was also AB+. Mine is type B, while Bora's is type A," He explained.

   In Korea, it was common for friends or people meeting for the first time to ask what each other's blood type was. It was one of the first questions Dae asked me when we began testing each other.

      Suddenly, the heart monitor began to beat much faster.

 "What's happening?" Yuri asked, standing up from her seat.

      "Something's wrong," Q peered at the monitor.

"You don't say!" I exclaimed, looking at him.

      "I'll fetch a doctor," Alex said, jumping to his feet and rushing out the door.

   Minho leaned into Dae's face as if listening for something. "Guys, his breathing, it's becoming a bit shallow," He said.

    A couple of doctors rushed in followed by three nurses.

  "Right, I want everyone out! We need room to work here," The doctor said, taking one look at the situation.

    We walked out of the room, numb. We didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to think. He was just fine, he was doing fine, and then...

    "Is he having a reaction to the medication?" Florian asked, breaking the silence. He looked around at all our faces to try and see if someone had an answer.

   "He's not allergic to anything," Mr Kim shook his head.

      It felt like a century as we waited for the doctors to finish whatever they were doing and to tell us what was wrong or what went wrong.

     I tried to distract myself by playing with my bracelet, reading signs on the walls, anything. I went to sit on the ground next to Minho, who looked really miserable.

     "What's on your mind?" I asked softly.

     "I was just thinking about how long I've known Dae," Minho murmured, "We both started going to K.I.S.S during our elementary years and we've been best friends ever since."

    "You've both been best friends since elementary?" I didn't they had been friends for that long. Yeah, Dae had told me on occasion that they had been friends for a long time, but I didn't know it was this long.

     "Yeah, he was the first friend I made when I started at the school," Minho nodded, "We then met Q and Marius in our first year of middle school. But then Marius had to, unfortunately, go back to Greece, which is why you haven't met him."

     "So, how did you meet Dae?" I asked, trying to keep the conversation going. He needed a distraction, and frankly, so did I. If talking about the past got our minds off the situation at present, then I'll take it.