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32. Seeing Things

Hyunjin was slightly better off than Minho. He too had fallen unconscious, but had managed to regain consciousness quicker. He was half sat up in his hospital bed while Seungmin stayed seated beside it. Seungmin still had the folder on his lap, curling it slightly as his anxiety toyed with him. Hyunjin could tell that Seungmin was zoned out currently, clearing his throat to try to gain his attention.

"Are you okay?" asked Hyunjin as Seungmin looked at him.

"Yes...I just thought you two were going to...you know..."

Hyunjin gave a slight smile as he asked, "How many times do I have to tell you that you're stuck with me? That's the thing about best friends."

"You telling me you'd overcome death to stick around me?"

"Yep. Aren't I a great friend?"

Seungmin chuckled, rolling his eyes as he looked down at the folder on his lap.

"So, what's up with this empty folder? What is so important about it?"

Hyunjin let out a sigh. He had been best friends with Seungmin ever since he had moved in with his grandmother upon the death of his mother. However, he hadn't ever told Seungmin about his past. Hyunjin was about to open his mouth to answer Seungmin's question when he heard Minho shouting for the second time that day. When Minho had shouted the first time, they had both been curious enough to pull back the curtain to see the man and woman that had ticked him off so badly. This yelling though was verging on irritation as opposed to anger.

Pulling back the curtain again, both Seungmin and Hyunjin watched Minho's curtained area, watching as the curtain shook slightly before being pulled back. As it did, they saw that Minho was trying to stand up from his hospital bed, but was currently being half restrained by Bonita while I.N and Felix looked on.

"Why can't any of you see him?!" Minho shouted, gesturing at the foot of his hospital bed.

"See who?" asked Seungmin softly so that only Hyunjin could hear, looking at where Minho gestured. "I don't see anyone either."

Hyunjin followed Minho's gesture too, but unlike Seungmin, he could see the person standing there. His mouth dropped open in shock. Seungmin turned back to look at Hyunjin and noticed that he was frozen as he kept staring at the man that Minho was going on about the others not being able to see.

"Is that Chris Chan?" asked Hyunjin.

"Chris Chan?" asked Seungmin. "Wasn't he that actor that died a while back?"

Hyunjin just nodded his head, pointing at the place Minho had been a second ago, "He's not dead though. He's standing right there."

Seungmin turned back around to look at where Hyunjin was pointing, but saw no one.

"I think you're just seeing things," said Seungmin, "You and Lee Know both must be. Maybe it was the smoke inhalation..."

Hyunjin tuned Seungmin out as he watched the man turn to look at him, locking eyes with him.

"You can see me too, can't you?" the man asked.

Hyunjin, struck dumb by the shock of it all, just nodded his head up and down. Minho stopped trying to use what strength he had gotten back to fight against Bonita and looked at Hyunjin.

"You can see him?" asked Minho as Hyunjin looked from Chris to Minho, nodding.

"See?! I'm not crazy!" Minho shouted.

Changbin and Han reappeared then at the commotion. Changbin used his strength to propel Minho gently backwards so that he plopped down onto his butt on his hospital bed.