KIDULT (SEVENTEEN FF)

Regret-I

"The8!", DK exclaimed.

"Doctor I would like to donate my blood.", The8 said ignoring DK's exclamation.

"Are you sure? You, yourself have cast on, on your left hand. I'm pretty much sure you are discharged today and had your shoulder dislocated yesterday.", the doctor inquired.

"Yes I am sure."

"Okay then come with us.", the doctor replied.

Soon The8 was taken to the room where Mingyu was.

After an hour The8 came out. His steps were wobbly and surroundings around him felt like moving, his eyes were not focused and struggling to walk. When The8 felt like he was about to fall, a hand securingly held him by his waist. The8 looked at that person's face and he was DK. DK helped him to get to one of the fixed corridor chairs. He handed him a bottle of water. The8, wasting no time, chugged down all the water. After few minutes when The8 looked stable, DK sat beside him caressing his hair.

After what felt like an eternity DK slowly asked,"Do you wanna talk about it now?".

Minghao nodded while his gaze was fixated on his fingers which were playing with each other.

"So-", he started, "I was continuously getting death threats and hateful comments about my style and everything. I was fine with everything, I never cared about all those. But things worsened when those haters started comparing me with Mingyu. Whenever I looked at him I started feeling insecure knowingly or unknowingly. I tried hard-really hard to brush off all the thoughts but I didn't know when all those comparisons filled my mind and I somehow started hating him. It was still okay until the day I realised that even Mingyu doesn't want me in the group and said you guys don't deserve a person like me in the group. I felt useless that day. Now tell me, how can I forgive that person? How can I not hold a grudge against him? Tell me, is it my fault?", he looked at DK with teary eyes.

"Wait a minute- I got everything but how did you get to know he doesn't want you in team?", DK asked.

"It was when I was passing from the hallway I heard Mingyu talking with someone in his laptop. He was saying.........".

Flashback..........

"Yeah I know right Minghao didn't deserve all these.", Mingyu.

"Yeah you are right.", the anonymous person said.

"Yes he should have just left the team on the first day. He's not made for it.", Mingyu replied back.

The8 who was hearing all these from the door which was slightly open, felt his stomach twist while tears brimmed in his eyes and he ran away from there.

Flashback ended......

"Are you sure, The8?", DK stood up.

"Yes I am sure.", he looked up to see where DK was.

"I mean have you ever bothered to discuss this with anyone even it's not me or Mingyu."

"No, how could I? When all what he told was truth?"

"I mean do you know who he was talking to that day?"

"No who was it?"

"It was me."

"WHAT?", The8 was shocked.

"Yes."

Flashback started......

DK and Mingyu have been hanging out while talking about their relatives.

"You know there's a cousin of mine who got bullied badly.", Mingyu started.