ᴼᵁᴿ ᵀᴵᶜᴷᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴵᴹᴱ~|ᴴʸᵁᴺᴸᴵˣ~|

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"We have an emergency situation here. We need to get the patient to the E.R immediately!"

"On it!"

Hyunjin's body was carefully transferred into another stretcher, and the nurses rushed to the said room to save the short-of-breath and soaking-in-blood patient.

Yongbok kept holding Hyunjin's turning cold hands while praying with all his might to keep Hyunjin safe and conscious.

"Hyung, wake up please. You can fight it, okay? Stay with me."

They eventually arrived in front of the emergency room and were ready to get their patient in but Yongbok wouldn't get his hands off of Hyunjin.

"Sir, I'm sorry but we need you to stay here."

"No. I need to make sure hyung is safe." Yongbok persisted.

"He'll be safe with us. We promise you that."

But much to their annoyance, Yongbok still wouldn't let go. He even tightened his grip on Hyunjin's hand and kissed it as if it's a magic move that'll miraculously wake the older one up.

The nurses looked at Chan who was behind his cousin. Chan sighs and squeezed Yongbok's shoulder and his other hand gently cupping the hand that Yongbok still entangles with Hyunjin.

"Yongbok, let's not be a nuisance. Let's just wait until the operation's over." He tries to pull Yongbok's hand but it wouldn't budge.

"But hyung-"

"Yongbok please. The more you do this, the more you just risk Hyunjin's life. They need to get that bullet out of his body. You want to save him, right? Then let go of his hand."

After a few more contemplations and hesitation, Yongbok half-heartedly entangled Hyunjin's hand from his, but not forgetting to place a kiss on it beforehand.

"Be fine, please. I'm begging you, hyung. Don't leave me."

After that, the nurses pulled the stretcher inside the room and began their work. While waiting outside, Yongbok leans to the wall, completely weak and legs shaky.

Chan gently guided his cousin to the bench nearby and made them sit on it. He hooked his arm around the younger male and let his cousin rest his head on his shoulder. "He'll be fine, Yongbok. Believe me. The doctor will save Hyunjin."

"Promise?" Yongbok looks up to him, hopeful.

Chan nods with a genuine smile. "Promise. But I think we need to get those bruises treated, cous'. It's not looking good." He gently slid the tip of his finger to the purple swollen blotches on Yongbok's face that made the latter hiss.

"I wanna make sure hyung's safe first." Yongbok shakes his head.

"The doctor will inform us. And I'm sure the operation will take a little longer so while we wait, why don't we fix you up first? Don't you feel hurt by those?"

"I am. But hyung is going through excruciating pain more than I do. Mine is nothing to his state."

"Don't say that. Come on, we need to take care of those bruises." Chan tries to pull Yongbok up but he stubbornly pins his ass to the bench.

"No. I'll wait."

Chan groans, knowing he has to pull the Hyunjin card again despite not wanting to just treat his wounded cousin. "Hyunjin will not love it when you're being this hardheaded. Do you want Hyunjin to see the first thing he wakes up your messed up face?"

"N-No." Yongbok pouts.

"That's right. So come on."

With a heavy grunt, Yongbok let's himself be dragged somewhere to treat his fucked-up face that Dan left him. He continuously keeps track of time to make sure he's not taking too long when the nurse is fixing his bruises.