Stay Strong Seventeen

Vernon 2

Mingyu gently placed Vernon on the living room sofa "What's wrong with him?" Chan asked feeling so guilty for yelling at Vernon earlier

Jeonghan ran his hand over Vernon's face, "I don't know Chan, he's warm and cold and wet it's a mess" ... "Seungcheol do something please"

Jeonghan pleaded and the leader didn't need to be asked twice, he was already on the phone calling for an ambulance.

"Vernon?"

"Vernon ... Vernon open your eyes look at me"

Jeonghan was trying his best to wake Vernon up, this was stranger than anything they've ever experienced. Vernon cracked his eyes open barely enough to meet Jeonghan's worried face.

"Hey ... hey" Jeonghan's voice soft and concerned "What is it? What happened Vernon tell me"

"Dizzy" Vernon simply mumbled almost inaudible "Ears ringing so bad"
Jeonghan was confused, he knew that Vernon wasn't feeling that good but this wasn't right
"Okay, help is on the way"

Mingyu emerged with a bottle of water and Vernon was more than happy to take it. Jeonghan helped him sit up a little and take a few sips but Vernon had little to no control over his body, his head was throbbing badly, ears ringing and extremly dizzy and couldn't even hear anything past Jeonghan's voice being so close to him.
He soon lost track of everything around him again, he closed his eyes and no matter how many times Jeonghan called for him this time, he couldn't open them back again.

Jeonghan was worried sick, the older swallowed his own tears for Vernon's sake, he needed to be there for him right now. They gave Vernon space, the boy was pale and simply motionless. Jeonghan did his best to make him lay comfortably on the sofa and just waited for the paramedics to arrive and it felt like they waited for ages.

When they were finally here, Jeonghan watched them as they snatched Vernon away from him putting him under an oxygen mask, checking his vitals and trying to wake him up endlessly.

The doctor in charge asked them for more space, he told them something about a suspected bad Concussion.
Vernon was feeling down and tired, he was loosing balance, suffered from a headache and dizziness. When they managed to wake him up a little, he couldn't form a clear sentence and the doctor suspected a 2nd or 3rd degree Concussion.

The doctor's suspicion became a fact when Vernon was rushed to the hospital and put under the CT Scanner.
It was a 3rd degree Concussion and it was bad.

When Vernon woke up, it was to a dark hospital room, he barely could open his eyes as the entire room was spinning. A faint beeping sound was irritating his already too sensitive ears and he whined to the horrible feeling that pressurized his skull.

He felt a warm hand suddenly holding his own and without a second thought he took it tightly, he heard his name being called but soon it faded away.

"Hey" Vernon opened his eyes a long while later, he was disoriented and unfocused but awake enough to hear the voices around him and recognize the owner.
Seungkwan was basically on his knees next to Vernon's hospital bed, holding his hand and talking to him, mumbling some random things to him just keep him awake for a while and he somehow succeeded.

Vernon blinked silently trying to shake away the fogginess that's taking over his brain while Seungkwan's voice keeping him on edge not sure what he was saying but it was enough to make him sit up for a second and take a sip of a water before the darkness took over once again.

When Vernon finally regained enough strength and consciousness to wake up, it was quiet around him. The beeping sound still echoing in the background, the foggy feeling and the headache was almost gone and he felt a bit better.
He blinked away the tiredness and tried to sit up only to fail miserably so he stood still for about five minutes before he heard the door open and Jeonghan walked in sniffing.

Was he crying?

He locked eyes with Vernon and gasped hurrying to his side
"Hey, Ver?" ... "Can you hear me?" Jeonghan stoped to scan Vernon's face, the younger woke up a few times before but he would always go back to sleep but Vernon nodded. He was wake and yes, he could hear him loud and clear.
Jeonghan held his hand and couldn't help the tears falling from his eyes "Oh thank God" Jeonghan sighed deeply feeling so relieved and quickly pressed the button right next to Vernon's bed calling the doctor and the nurses over.

"Vernon you've been unconscious for 28 hours, you scared us to death"

"I-I'm Ss-orry" Vernon barely could make out the words and Jeonghan only tightened his grip over the younger's hand "It's okay, you're okay now, do you remember anything?"

Vernon blinked trying to recall the last thing he remembers but nothing came up "Mmeeting?"
Jeonghan scoffed "That meeting was three days ago baby" ... "It's okay, you hit your head somehow and you got a sever concussion, but you're okay now you just need to rest for a while"

For the first time, Vernon could understand what the older was saying because he couldn't remember anything but gibberish from Seungkwan.
Seconds later, the doctor rushed inside the room to find Jeonghan wiping his own tears and Vernon looking at him with soft eyes.
Jeonghan gave the doctor space to check on Vernon while he grabbed his phone to call his Leader who came rushing in less than fifteen minutes later.

Vernon was still in recovery a few days later, the doctor said that it will take a few weeks. Vernon couldn't endure bright lights or loud noises and only two people were allowed to see him at a time. He still doesn't remember how he got the concussion in the first place, the doctor said that it might have been a minor injury that never healed and just got worse by time.

"Could be" Vernon confessed "Maybe? I honestly can't remember"

"We know, it's okay" Wonwoo cooed gently patting Vernon's shoulder "All you need to do is focus on your recovery because the hip hop unit is boring without you, and I need to deal with Mingyu and Coups bickering all the time" ... "So please, please 🙏 come back soon"

Vernon chuckled, yes he knew how the two could be a Tom&Jerry duo and Wonwoo was too calm and quiet to get stuck in the middle of their chaos, him and Wonwoo were the balance in the unit and Vernon couldn't agree more. He should go back soon