Cover me || Seungin

Cover me

Jeongin stilled in Chan's hug. His breathing started escalating again. Shit, shit, shit. He struggled to break free from Chan's embrace but the oldest didn't let him. "Don't run, Jeongin...we're really sorry if we did anything that hurt you."

Jeongin's vision started blurring as he got emotional. Finally, Chan let him go and Jeongin stumbled back. He dropped to his knees and the first droplets fell to the ground, "N-no what did I do wrong? Wh-why didn't you reply t-t-to me?"

"Didn't reply..." Chan sounded confused, whipping out his mobile and scrolling through the chat. Chan's breath hitched when he saw the history and that Jeongin had sent a message which no one had answered to. "oh baby, we care about you, you know? We're sorry for not replying, I swear it's not intentionally. I don't think any of us noticed it." He stepped aside, revealing the other members of his friend group, all of them wearing the same worried expression.

Seungmin stepped into the household and took tentative steps towards Jeongin. Hyunjin gasped softly. Seungmin had never been one to give skinship nor accept it. Jeongin's watery and sore eyes lifted and he looked at Seungmin. His heart broke when he realised that Seungmin had tears streaming down his face, similar to Jeongin's. Seungmin's knees thudded on the ground as he fell suddenly.

Seungmin's arms flew open, waiting for Jeongin to accept the hug. Jeongin whimpered, "Th-thank you." He fell forward into Seungmin's chest and buried his face in it. Seungmin didn't seem to mind his shirt getting dirty, more concerned for his best friend. Jeongin sobbed and hiccuped as Seungmin rested his cheek on his head.

"Yeah, I tried to hide away from all the sorrow and pain, but little did I know that I was going insane. The sun will always be there waiting after the rain~" Seungmin sang softly, his beautiful voice was the healing remedy to his shattered heart.

Seungmin stood up one hand on the back of Jeongin's head and on Jeongin's forehead. Seungmin muttered, "Don't resist it." The hand on Jeongin's forehead pushed him backwards and the hands behind his head supported it. Seungmin's hand which was on Jeongin's forehead moved to rest underneath the small of Jeongin's back and Seungmin carried Jeongin bridal style.

Seungmin eyed Chan and the rest of his friends and he said, "Y'all can go, I'll take care of Innie," Seungmin carried Jeongin all the way back to his bedroom and rested the tired boy on the sheets. There were several shouts coming from the living room and Seungmin patted Jeongin on the head and murmured comfortingly, "I'll be back soon, okay?" Jeongin nodded, too lethargic to respond any other way.

All Jeongin could make out was Chan begging for Seungmin to let him stay and Seungmin retorting that it would be better for only one person to be present for now. Jeongin sat up as their voices started escalating, aggression in their tones. Chan sounded protective, but Seungmin sounded fiercely protective, like a mother protecting her chicks. Jeongin cleared his throat softly, not loud enough for the rest of them to hear. He croaked as loudly as he could, "S-Seungm-min!"

That ended the heated debate and footsteps could be heard shuffling out of the house. Seungmin's familiar footfalls got closer to Jeongin's bedroom. As soon as Seungmin peeked his head in, Jeongin laid back down. Jeongin's breathing was unsteady, hitches of breath entering and exiting his lungs. Seungmin's eyes started watering almost immediately and he choked out, "In-Innie, what h-happened?" He got closer and sat down at the foot of the bed.

Jeongin murmured, "I thought you g-guys were ignoring me a-and didn't want anyth-thing to do w-with me."

Seungmin got on all fours and started crawling over to Jeongin's form. He sat behind Jeongin's head and his hands wrapped around Jeongin's waist to heave the younger boy into his lap. Jeongin whimpered as he was transferred from his bed to Seungmin's lap but he sank into the gesture, his head resting in between Seungmin's chin and neck. He looked up at Seungmin, admiring him.

"Try to sleep, Innie," Seungmin then started singing the lines of Cover Me...

[A/N: Sorry for the short chapter 😔]

{But anw, how's life?}