Never | Lee Haechan

Devil making amends

If you're confused about many details of this, that's a part of the 'plan' and it'll all be explained later. This is, however, an anchoring chapter so there's a lot of info in this. A lot going on too. It ties the entire story together and it'll only get lighter from here on; in this book at least. So enjoy since I made y'all suffer enough-

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WeCare General Hospital, 8:31 am

Where the fuck are you, Lee Donghyuck?

Jaemin thought as he anxiously glanced at Jiae's parents, feeling trepidation crawl his skin. Jiyoung's eyes were boring holes into Jaemin as he nervously gulped, thinking of what he could possibly tell them to calm them down.

"Na Jaemin," she raised both brows at him and all the others seemed to huddle behind Jaemin, gladly throwing him under the bus. He tilted his head to glance at the others in disbelief.

Wow thanks for the support guys.

For a second he considered pretending to faint. Afterall, he had been injured pretty badly so it'd be believable right?

For fucks sake we have no idea where the motherfucker even is

Mark and Jeno weren't here yet so the younger desperately looked at Renjun, pleading him with his eyes to get him out of the situation. With a sigh, the oldest stepped forward, "Uncle, aunt, we honestly aren't exactly sure where all this is coming from," Renjun then turned to the nurse again who looked pretty agitated herself.

"Why exactly do need her significant other here?"

"She asked for privacy sir. I beg for you all to understand that. And like I said we'd really appreciate it if you'd tell us or call him over because she would really need to the support since we're still not sure of the situation,"she explained which made Jiyoung turn to her with a questioning look, "Is she..."

Noticing the woman's gaze the girl panicked, "Is he simply not present?" She furrowed her brows in puzzlement, wondering why Jiae would ask for something like this if she knew it wasn't possible. If she was making

Renjun's eyes darted to the clock too before meeting Jaemin's eyes, then the ones behind them. They had no idea where Haechan was and with every second that ticked away in the clock, they grew more worried. Renjun turned to Jiyoung again, he opened his mouth to speak again but he was cut off half way by an approaching voice.

A voice that made his eyes widen and whip his head around at his direction.

"I'm right here actually. Sorry for the delay,"

All heads instantly moved to the owner of the voice and everyone suddenly fell dead silent when their eyes fell on him. Taeyang stared at the newly arrived boy for a few solid seconds, his gaze narrowing as Jiyoung and him shared a brief glance of confusion.

He bowed to the nurse and she did it back, "Mister...Lee?"

He nodded, his face austere and blank as he proceeded to follow the nurse inside but his arm was grabbed by none other than Taeyang.

"Donghyuck?"

He asked with both eyebrows raised, as if in denial of what his presence here entailed. Hearing the tone of his voice itself made Haechan unable to look him in the eye. He briefly met his eyes before immediately lowering them. But Taeyang saw it, the flash of restlessness, guilt and something else that he couldn't exactly decipher. Taeyang's eyes wandered down to the bruise on his jawline but the younger didn't allow him to question that, removing his grip on him. The brunette's action followed a bow, "I'll....explain everything later. I'm sorry," he bowed again and followed the nurse.