Chapter 27

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Jaehyun started at his phone, re-reading the text Minsoo sent him a few minutes ago 'hey wanna come over to finish that project here? Bring your notes. If you still have them that is' . He was walking up the stairs of Minsoo's apartment building, not necessarily nervous but he felt a weird sensation, he's been over at Minsoo's house many times but this time just felt so familiar, like he's been there a thousand times. He knocks on the door, holding a half empty notebook in his hand and the part of the project he was working on that day they got stuck in the supply closet.
"Hi, come in, I was looking for some papers I had that I think would help, gimme a second" he says opening the door, leaving it open for him, as he goes to search in some drawers. Jaehyun puts the papers he had and his notebook down on the table, next to another half of the project and some idea's jotted down on a ripped up piece of paper, probably from a notebook Minsoo somehow always has lying around.
"Found it" he says walking up to where jaehyun was sitting, putting down an old looking notebook.
"What's this?"
"The project is on that one war we had to study a few years go, and I remembered I still have the notebook lying around, took me a second to find it but here it is." He flips through the pages, trying to catch the title through the pages."Here"  he turns the notebook upside down on the table, showing jaehyun what they should write for the project.
"Ohhhhh, yeah, I see,...i don't remember this at all" he picks up his pen, trying to see what he should write down from there.
He chuckles a bit "I know, well, which part are you writing and which part am I"
"I don't know, ok wait so it's supposed to unfold like this, so the papers should be placed here, and this, one...." He giggles, putting his hand on his forehead a bit disappointed. "Minsoo, remember why we got stuck in that closet in the first place that day?"
"Yeah, we were looking for glue and ,I think a stapler"
"Well, we still didn't get that glue" he says chuckling, making Minsoo find it funny too "Do you have any glue here? Or a stapler"
"Nah, I'll go buy some tho, the store ain't so far away, I'll be back in a minute" he says getting up, grabbing his phone
"So fast? You didn't even think twice, alright then, don't take too long tho" he shouts as Minsoo puts his shoes on, closing the door.
'Ha, ok, what did he even write here' he thinks picking up the piece of paper with random ideas that Minsoo forgot about.
"Lesson war x grade 10, due end of week, search what to do after confession" he starts laughing lightly as he reads, 'who even confessed to him again?'. He stands there for a minute, trying to focus on what he has to write down, trying to ignore the slight nervousness building up thinking Minsoo might actually accept whoever it was that confessed to him again. 'Uh, why would I be nervous, I should just be happy for him, totally, actually, we don't have enough papers, lemme run real quick, im sure he didn't get that far, it's only been like, two minutes' he thinks getting up fast, running downstairs trying to catch up to where Minsoo was supposed to be by now, or at least catch him at the store.
Running, he starts to hear slight siren noises, getting a bit louder as he gets further on the pathway . 'Did someone get hurt?' He runs a few more meters, only to find a small ambulance picking Minsoo up from the ground, he recognised him in an instant, his eyes widening as he feels his body not want to move with him, his heart racing faster.
"....what happened" he almost whispers to a nurse, looking a bit desperate but also just shocked.
"Sir it's ok, I'm sure it's not too serious, but we will take him to the hospital for an evaluation ok? I promise he's gonna be ok" she tells him, hopping in the ambulance, signaling him he can't come too.
'What...the fuck. ' he stands there for a few seconds  thinking back to the scene as it only lasted a few moments, his eyes scanning the scene trying to figure out what happened before he runs off to the hospital they were taking Minsoo to, which was not far away at all given its a small town. 'What, is he ok? What if he's not? Oh my god, what, were the sirens louder then they should've been ? What is this?' He doesn't have much time to think, getting to the hospital, he asks a nurse where Minsoo is, the words barely escaping his mouth.
"The patient that just arrived? Sir you're gonna have to wait until the doctor makes sure nothing fatal happened, are you his family?"
"..no.." he says tiredly
"I'm sorry sir but no one that's not family can enter the room right now. You'll have to come back tomorrow if the doctor discerns any serious issues. Though I'm sure it's nothing sir"
"Can I wait here?"
"I'm sorry, but the waiting room is full, you will have to come back tomorrow, but I'm sure the patient will be sent home soon, it didn't look like anything serious"
"Ok, ok" he asnwers her , leaving back towards Minsoo's apartment, his mind racing, playing the scene over an over again as he tries to make sense of what happened.

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