single father | minchan

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as haeyun left the room, leaving minho, chan, the kids, and the men, chan turned to minho. "what the hell is the 'lee experience'?" minho gulped, shaking his head. "chan, listen to me, okay? i'll be fine. i endured this for years, i can do it one more time. for the kids. you don't understand, i will never let them go through what i did."

"minho, you're going through it right now! what the hell is going to happen to you?!" chan pleaded, cupping minho's cheeks. minho smiled sadly, tears welling in his eyes. "he's gonna hurt me, chan.." minho blinked away the tears, sniffing. "pretty bad.."

chan's face dropped, shaking his head, as minho nodded. "no, no, i won't let him-" minho smiled as chan rubbed the tears from his cheeks. "chan. it's okay.."

"minho, it's time!" haeyun yelled from the other bedroom, and minho sniffed, wiping any tears on his face. "i'll be back, okay? get them out of here, and i'll meet you at home." minho dropped chan's hands, and chan's eyes widened.

"you think i'm going to fucking leave you here? minho, no. i- we'll wait for you. and then- and then we can take you home, and- and patch you up!"

minho cried, shaking his head. "i'm not coming home, chan." the latter furrowed his eyebrows, scoffing. "yes, you are, minho! don't talk like that!"

minho stepped out of the room backwards, gently waving at chan. "i love you, okay? don't forget it." chan stood frozen in place as a door shut from down the hall. he gulped, running to his kids and untying them. chan hoisted them both on his hip, ignoring their pleas as he ran downstairs.

"mama! mama!" jeongin wailed, smacking chan's shoulder. chan held back his tears, shaking his head. "mama is dealing with something right now, innie." he winced as he heard the gut wrenching sobs from upstairs.

his minho was in trouble, and he couldn't even help.

chan wiped his tears, setting the kids down outside. "i need you two to be brave for me, mkay? i need you to go across the street, and tell whoever is there to call the police. can you do that for me?"

the two nodded, running off as chan shut the front door, quietly going upstairs. the floorboards creaked under him and he winced.

haeyun gripped minho's hair, pulling his head back, he eyed minho's bloody face, smiling. "just like old times, mm?" minho spit out blood, crying out as his head was smashed into the floorboards, a pool of blood already there.

chan kicked the door open, anger radiating off of him as his eyes locked on minho's bloodied and teary face. "get the fuck away from him." cops ran in from behind him, and haeyun scoffed, backing away with his arms in the air.

minho fell to his hands and knees of the floor, coughing out blood and chan kneeled next to him. "min, fuck, i'm going to get you help, okay? just hang on." the ambulance sirens were loud out front as jeongin and hyunjin ran in.

"mama!" hyunjin cried out as they both ran to him, hugging minho tightly. minho chuckled gently, blood staining chan's neck as he leant into it. minho cried as his uncle was dragged out, and chan kissed his bloody hair repeatedly.

the paramedics rushed in, prying minho off of chan to lay him on the stretcher. they carried him out, and the 3 sat in the ambulance, with chan tightly gripping minho's hand.

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his shaking knees was all chan could focus on as he, hyunjin, and jeongin sat in the blue chairs outside minho's room. minho had suffered severe head trauma, due to the impact of the floor against his skull.

jeongin and hyunjin hadn't stopped crying, and chan didn't know kids had so many tears in them. he hadn't seen or heard anything about minho in 10 hours. he informed the school about the incident, but only that minho was in the hospital.

minho's blood was on chan's shirt. it was on chan's neck. his face. it was on jeongin and hyunjin's shirts from when they hugged him. finally. the nurse had stepped in front of them, clipboard in hand, with a gentle smile on his face.

"you can come see him, but you have to keep it quiet. he'll be sensitive to noise until his headaches are better, which should be no more than a few days, and just to replace his bandages."

chan nodded, taking jeongin and hyunjin's hands in his own, and going into minho's room. minho glanced to the side, a gentle smiled placed on his lips as he locked eyes with chan.

"hey." chan whispered. "how are you feeling?" he took a seat beside minho's bed, as jeongin and hyunjin sat on the bed to cuddle up to minho. minho hummed. "i'm okay. bad headache." chan nodded, leaning to press a gentle kiss to his hand. "understandable. we can take you home tomorrow."

minho smiled at him. "good. i'd rather be home. but, wherever you are is home."