like a volcano | minsung (and a hell lot of other ships) ✓

𝑓𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛.

Figures faded in and out. Everything was blurry. He could hear faint beeping sounds.
He heard voices. They were whispering. But the voices grew louder. He tried to cover his ears, but his hands were too heavy. The voices kept getting louder and louder. They were shrieking. Jisung wanted it to stop. It hurt, it hurt so much.

He dreadfully recognized one of the voices. Images formed in his eyes. He wanted it all to stop, but it wouldn't. The figures got clearer. The woman was screaming. The man was screaming as well.
Scenes shifted and from far away, he heard a loud thud and a boy crying—

He opened his eyes suddenly and pain shot all the way from his heart to his mind. He wanted to scream too, but he didn't have a voice. His vision adjusted and the white ceiling made sense to him.
Strange. The voices and the figures only existed where Jisung was the loneliest, in the most vulnerable and broken parts of him.

Different voices were whispering, only male this time. Two figures were arguing crossly.
"I told you to go with them."
"Jeongin, how could I have any idea that this would happen? How could I know that a day without me would ruin Earth's rotation?"

"You're an idiot. We could have lost Jisung, for God's sake. And Lix hyung. He's not speaking anything, I'm worried."
"Jeongin, he's awake." A third deep voice said.

"Oh thank Lord, I thought y'all were doomed for real." Seungmin sighed. He had dark circles under his eyes. Jeongin looked on the verge of tears and Felix looked blank.

Something was off. Why was Jisung here? He looked around. Hospital. What happened? The last thing he could remember was Hyunjin screaming. But why was Hyunjin screaming?
"What happened?" Jisung asked.

"Apparently," Seungmin began, "Minho thought he'd be physical with you. God damn it Jisung, whatever the fuck did you say to make the guy react like that? The dude pushed you and you knocked down two tables. All the cutlery pierced you and one of your ribs is broken. Hyunjin completely lost his mind and everyone emptied the cafe. God, Jisung, it was horrible. The owners made it a real big deal. Chan had to pay for all the drama. Thank God Hyunjin had the sense to call me, the dude was screaming his head off. And Felix only just came here now. He's not speaking. What happened, Jisung, just tell me."

Jeongin helped Jisung sit up. He looked on the verge of crying. Jisung slowly took a sip of the orange juice on the table, and explained everything. Felix stiffened at his part, but other than that he showed no sign of being alive. He just stood there.

Seungmin and Jeongin were outraged at Hyunjin, of course, but even they could see that doing that with Minho was a huge mistake. That just made Jisung feel like shit.

Jeongin cried and hugged Felix. But he didn't hug back. Seungmin looked scared for Felix. Jisung just thought that Felix needed time. Felix never spoke at all.
Suddenly the door opened and in came Chan.

"Jisung, are you alright?" He looked so worried, the poor guy. Jisung told him he was okay. Chan looked on the verge of tears when he apologized. He was so sincere. All of them said that it was none of their fault. Changbin and Hyunjin followed and Jisung saw Felix stiffen again. Seungmin held Felix's hand to soothe him. They all looked worried.

Lastly, talk of the show Lee Minho entered. Seungmin looked ready to murder him. Everyone looked disgusted with him. He showed no reaction.
"Jisung, are you alright?" He deadpanned.

"Are you serious right now? Does he look okay?" Chan outraged.
"You had to show your real self here, didn't you?" Changbin added.

"You guys know what happened. You guys know." Minho said to his friends.
"But just because something bad happened to you doesn't mean everyone else has to suffer too. What you did was shitty. This was not the Minho I knew. I'm disappointed in you. We all are." Chan said coldly.

Even Seungmin, Jisung, Jeongin and Felix could see the chilly atmosphere. Chan's disappointment was far worse than any punishment. Minho hung his head.

"I want to talk to Jisung alone."
"So that you can do something worse?" Hyunjin angrily said.
Minho silenced him with a death glare.

"Everyone. Out." Minho said.
"Now." He repeated dangerously and everyone instantly knew that to stay was the biggest mistake. They all left at once.
Now it was just Minho and Jisung.

He sat on the chair. He stared at Jisung for a long time and Jisung stared back. A while later Minho broke the silence.
"I got carried away real bad there. I apologize."
"You apologize." Jisung sneered.
"Don't you mock me, Han Jisung," Minho said.

"Everyone always apologizes in the end. To get clean plates, everyone apologizes but no one is sorry."
"I'm sorry, then."
Jisung did a double take.
"What?"

"I said, I'm sorry. I won't do it again. I won't misbehave with you, either. I really didn't want to harm you there, Jisung, I know you won't believe me but for a second I-"
He went quiet. It was a long time before he spoke again.

He gulped. "So I forgot where I was and who I was, I just couldn't think about the tables and just pushed you. I'm sorry. I should have thought before doing that. But I promise I won't physically harm you again."

"It's giving Ryle Kincaid," Jisung said.
Minho rolled his eyes in the most exasperated way ever. "Really? Right now?"
"Sorry, you continue," Jisung took another sip.

Minho looked at him, as if deciding whether Jisung was mocking him or not, then he continued.
"So I'm sorry. Lord, I've never apologized to anyone this much before, I'm not doing it again."
"Okay, I get it, you have trauma." Jisung took yet another sip.
"And you have some too." Minho said.
They both nodded soberly.

"Apology kinda accepted?" Jisung said.
"What do you even mean by kinda? God, you're the weirdest person I ever met, which I didn't believe was possible after I met Hyunjin and Changbin. But you broke their records, I give you that."
"Thank you, thank you," Jisung mock-bowed but straightened in pain as he remembered his rib.

"So, uh, are we friends?" Minho asked.
"Why do you even want to be friends with someone you obviously hate? I don't hold anything against you, you don't have to do all this,"

Minho sighed. "Who said I wanted to be friends because I almost killed you? I hate Hyunjin too and I'm one of his besties. You can be the same too."
"But without the hate part. Can you not hate me? I'm already struggling with life."

Minho laughed for the first time. "Okay, I'll think about it," he said.
Seungmin and Changbin were peeking through the doors, flabbergasted as to why on earth were they laughing together after one of them nearly murdering the other.

But some friendships don't really have reasons, do they?
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So Minho and Jisung are finally friends!! Let's cheer together with me! Hooray!
But I'm sad for Hyunjin and Felix tho
:(
What do you think will happen later? Do tell!