Miracles From Heaven - [TAEBIN FF]

Vierzehn

It was quiet in the room.

This may not sound like an unusual occurrence.

But after two years of hearing beeping machines and the occasional dripping in the IV pack, offering anything but silence... now that there was nothing to hear sent a feeling of unease, and unfamiliarity through Taehyun.

The young sixteen year old boy laid in his hospital bed, feeling smaller than ever as he curled into the sheets, hugging his stuffie closer to him.

He felt... strange.

Now, there were no more cables and IV lines injected into his skin, no more machines to be hooked onto, nothing.

Even his bandages had been removed.

It's truly it then.

Taehyun recalled the events of earlier today. When he woke up, he couldn't even bask in the joy he was still alive after a stroke.

Instead, he was brought back to his room, where a distraught yet trying to be brave Nayeon greeted him, before being sat down and to hear Doctor Jeon tell him that he's been diagnosed with one of the rarest cancers.

And that he was too weak to perform surgery on.

Meaning only one thing...

"I'm so sorry."

Taehyun turned to the side with a grimace on his face, an uncomfortable churning swarming through his stomach.

His eyes glanced towards his music box settled on his nightstand. With the help of the moonlight from outside, Taehyun reached for it.

He took the little item into his hands, twisted the handle, and let the tinkling melody play through his room. Yet instead of comfort, Taehyun only felt sadness.

I now understand Anakin. Death is truly a terrifying thing.

†

It was still dark out when Taehyun heard the door to his room creak open. He sluggishly fluttered his eyes open, but sat up wide awake when he saw who finally came to see him, even at this godforsaken hour.

"S-Soobin?!"

The brunette flinched, clamping his lips shut.

Shit.

"Hey..."

"W-Where have you been?!" Taehyun demanded.

But before he could raise his voice, Soobin pressed a finger to his lips, shushing him.

"Be quiet," he whispered.

Taehyun immediately hushed up.

"I want to take you somewhere."