Monster's Labyrinth ~ Hyunlix

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(Baby Hotline • Jack Stauber's Micropop)

Hyunjin softly kissed Felix's forehead. Felix clenched his eyes shut. You would expect not to have any tears left after crying as much as Felix has done in the past week, but nothing was less true.

Felix clung to Hyunjin like a lifeline, while Hyunjin did nothing but caress his back softly. He whispered a soft 'it's OK' and an 'I love you' in Felix's ear to try and calm him down, which actually worked. Felix took in a sharp breath.

"Changbin?" Chan asked from the cockpit. Changbin looked up. He was sitting in the back corner, trying to avoid Seungmin as much as possible.

"Do you mind changin Seungmin's bandage?" He asked. Changbin groaned inaudibly. "Jeongin and I are a little busy with the plane and we don't want the shot wound to get infected." He said. Changbin pressed his lips together and poked his cheek with his tongue before he nodded. He couldn't possibly just let Seungmin be in danger because of his own hurt.

"Alright." He sighed. Seungmin looked down. He bit his lips together.
"There's a first aid kit under my chair." Chan said. Changbin nodded. He stood up and walked over to Chan, where he bent over and grabbed the black first aid kit.

Changbin silently walked over to Seungmin. He sat down beside him and clicked the box open. The thick silence was almost unbearable.

"I'm sorry." Seungmin whispered. Changbin sighed.
"Spare me your apologies." He said. He bit his lips together again. Then he added: "I know you couldn't have done anything to prevent it."
Seungmin looked up, his face confused. "But you're still mad at me?" He asked, a little shakily. Changbin gulped and nodded, avoiding Seungmin's eyes as he grabbed the necessary supplies.

"It's hard not to be." He mumbled. He grabbed a pair of tweezers, a ball of cotton and a bottle of alcohol. He placed it on a sterilised mat on the floor and finally looked Seungmin in the eyes.

"Show me your arm." He said calmly. Seungmin nodded and let go of his arm, revealing the now brownish piece of fabric. Changbin sighed and bit his lip again.

"You got shot in your chest as well, am I right?" Changbin asked. Seungmin sighed.
"I deserved it." He said, looking down. He bit his lip in shame.
"You did indeed, but that wasn't the question."
Seungmin looked up, a little awkward and then nodded. "Yes I got shot in my arm as well as my chest, but the vest took most of the blow." He explained. Changbin nodded as he grabbed a pair of scissors to cut away the filthy fabric.

Seungmin flinched as Changbin buried one of the blades of the scissors under the fabric, even though it was far away from the wound. With a quick snip the fabric was loose. Changbin slowly peeled the fabric off of the still open wound. Seungmin clenched his eyes shut but didn't speak a single word nor did he make a single sound.

"You got shot from pretty close, I wanna make sure it didn't go through the vest." Changbin but his lip. It'd be pretty much useless to cut away the fabric around Seungmin's arm like they had done with Felix, and he had to check on the other's chest as well. So then why not just...?

"Take off the top of your jumpsuit." He said calmly. God, was he thankful that his hair was covering the tip of his ears. Seungmin's eyes widened.

"Wh-what?" He stuttered. Changbin looked down and pretended to be busy placing bandages on the sterilised mat. He pressed his lips together.

"Take off your shirt, it will make it easier for me to treat you." Changbin repeated. Seungmin just sat there for a second, before he nodded a little hazily and took off his bullet proof vest first.

"OK." He mumbled. He tried to reach for the zipper on his back, but his stinging arm restrained him from doing so. Changbin sighed as he noticed Seugmin's struggle. He grabbed his shoulder gently and turned the younger's back towards him.