Chapter 22

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Hanbin wakes up first, he is still holding Hao in his arms, the celebrity resting his head against Hanbin's chest. The other boy looks so peaceful in his sleep, it would be a lovely sight if it wasn't for the bruises on the other's face.


The door to the hospital room suddenly flies open, waking up the sleeping boy. "Sung Hanbin! What happened? Are you okay?... Oh..." The noise is coming from his aunt that barged into the room. She freezes in the entrance at the sight in front of her. She probably wasn't expecting to see him in a hospital bed entangled with another boy.


Startled Hanbin immediately sits up letting go of Hao, who immediately winces in pain because of the sudden movement. "Are you okay?" he asks Hao in harmony with his aunt.


It finally occurs to Hanbin that Hao doesn't know who the woman is. "This is my aunt." he shortly explains.


The boy's eyes widen in shock as he immediately turns to the woman, greeting her politely.


She smiles at the patient as she approaches them. Then her focus shifts back to Hanbin angrily looking at him. "Do you know how scared I was! It's one thing that you didn't come home last night, I thought you just were with Taerae. But then I come into work for my shift and they tell me that you spent the night here. I almost got a heart attack."


"They didn't tell you that I'm not actually the patient?" he asks in return.


"I immediately rushed here without letting them finish. I didn't think there could be another explanation.", she answers.


"I'm sorry. I didn't properly think about this. I'm fine." he apologises.


She sighs."I'm glad you're okay. I'll take a look at your friend now."


She takes Hao's chart. "Mr Zhang Hao? Is that right?"


His aunt is probably one of the very few people in the country that doesn't know who Hao is. He moves out of the way to let her check up on Hao and sits back on the chair besides the bed. She looks at him raising her eyebrows symbolising unspoken questions. He can't blame her as he is still wearing the same clothes from last night, which are stained with Hao's blood.


"Luckily nothing seems to be broken but you sprained your right arm, the bruises should heal quickly. The pain should also stop in a bit, it will already be better after I give you some medicine. How do you feel otherwise?"Hanbin is grateful for his aunts professionalism, not asking them to explain the whole situation, when she is clearly and rightfully curious.


Hao answers her question. "My head still feels a bit dizzy but otherwise I think I'm okay."


"That's normal after passing out, you should rest a bit more. It's likely it will stop soon. I will go get your medicine and new band aids and come back in a few minutes.", she answers as she walks back to the door. "By the way was your family not alerted you're here? They must be worried."


Hao tenses at that question, he shakes his head. "I don't have a family", he replies quietly.


Hanbin is quick to reassuringly squeeze his hand once more.


His aunts expression softens, looking at the boy with pity. "I'll be back shortly."


"She seems nice" Hao says after she left the room.


Hanbin smiles "It probably kills her not to ask what happened, I don't know how much longer she can keep the questions in."


Hao quietly replies. "It's understandable, she must have been shocked. We probably look horrible. This is not the first impression I want to make."


He interrupts him. "You're unbelievable , how can you be worried about that right now, when you're still in pain. Also you still look handsome so stop worrying silly."


A pout grows on the celebrity's face but before he can speak again the door opens once more and his aunt reenters the room.She sets everything she brought on a table. "I'll take care of the wounds first. I called Yujin to bring some breakfast. You shouldn't take medicine on an empty stomach and you need something better than hospital food to regain your strength."

She turns to Hanbin. "Could you go get some water , I forgot to bring it, he shouldn't dehydrate."

"Of course." Hanbin quickly slips out of the room.


When he comes back to the room, he finds the two of them sharing a quiet conversation. The celebrity's wounds are wrapped in fresh bandages, and his aunt is putting some kind of ointment on the bruises on Hao's face. The ointment seems to sting as the boy repeatedly winces.


In that moment his aunt says "Just a bit more sweetheart, you're doing great, you're almost done".


Hanbin can't believe his ears at the nickname, wondering what he missed in the few minutes he left the room. His aunt doesn't even use nicknames for him she usually just calls him "Hanbinie".


"The hospital staff told me they called your emergency contact, thinking it would be someone from your family. I don't know who that person is but he told them he would be here in the morning so probably any moment now", his aunt tells the patient.


"Oh yeah, that is my manager. Oh this is not going to be easy, he is probably going crazy right now. How do I explain this to the company? Oh no! My schedules!" Before the idol goes further down the spiral, Hanbin is back by his side, holding his hand again to calm him.


His aunt just stands there looking confused.After a short while Yujin barges into the hospital room, holding a giant bag. "Look who it is. When I told you to bring some food, I didn't expect you to bring the entire household." His aunt pulls the younger boy into a hug.


"Mom stop it! You're embarrassing me!", the boy tries to squirm free but fails. He gets a smooch on his cheek before he escapes.


Hao is smiling widely at the scene. The younger boy now approaches him excitedly greeting him. "It's so cool to meet you. I really like your music."


"Your music?" the aunt, jumps in.Yujin turns to his mother in pure shock. "Mom! You don't know who he is? He is pretty much the most famous idol in this country. You must have seen his face somewhere although he usually doesn't look like this. What happened to you?" Hanbin tries to signal his cousin to stop questioning the boy. Luckily the awkward silence is cut off by the door flying open once more.

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