Lovely Boxer - LeeKnow

31.2: The letter

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There goes my baby
Out of my reach
Why won't you take me?
It's so hard to breathe
How could you fall short?
You were taller than me
But there goes my baby
Finally free

-there goes my baby-d4vd-

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Minho sat in the waiting room, his eyes never leaving the closed doors of the operating room. Tears streamed down his face, they just wouldn't stop.

"Hyung!" Jeongin's voice cut through the tension, his frantic footsteps echoing in the empty corridor.

Minho's head whipped around, his gaze locking onto Jeongin as he rushed toward him.
"Jeong—" he hiccuped, his voice cracking under the strain of his emotions.

Without a word, Jeongin enveloped Minho in a tight embrace. Minho clung to him, his sobs turning into a muffled, uncontrollable flood of grief. The comfort of Jeongin's presence was a small solace amid the overwhelming fear and guilt.

"Hana—she's inside," Minho choked out between sobs.
"It's been twenty minutes. I don't know... It's my fault. I fought with her—"

His words tumbled out in a jumbled mess, each fragment laden with regret and pain. The incoherence of his speech mirrored the chaos in his mind, the relentless replay of Hana's suffering and his own failures.

"Please, calm down. She'll be okay. I promise you. You know that she's strong right?"

Minho's gaze remained fixed on the closed doors of the operating room, his voice barely a whisper as he replied, "She didn't look okay."

Jeongin's eyes softened, but he was scared to hear his explanation.
 "Please, explain to me what happened."

"Promise me you won't panic. I don't want to hurt you, but this will hurt, you have to stay calm."
He begged.

"Hyung, what happened to your face, where's the blood from?"

"It's not mine. Hana-"
He couldn't even form a sentence without choking on his words.

"Tell me what's wrong with Hana, please, I'm begging you."
Tears had started flowing down Jeongin's face as well.

Minho took a shaky breath, trying to steady himself.
"I—" He paused, struggling to find the words.
"I found her... she was at the hill behind the hospital. She—she was trying to... to hurt herself. I didn't see it coming, and I couldn't stop her in time. She had the blades, and the pills... I tried to get her there as fast as I could, I got there before she swallowed the pills, but I don't know if it's enough. I—I'm so sorry."

"No, no, you're lying. Please tell me its a lie, Hana wouldn't leave."
Jeongin frantically shook his head.

"Jeongin please, stay calm. I told you to stay strong."

"Hana-"
He cried as Minho pulled him in a hug.

"She put this on her table. I'm not ready to read it yet."
Minho pulled out the paper from his sweats handing it to Jeongin.
"Maybe... maybe it will help you understand."