Saeyoung x Reader: Hearts Of Glass (EDITING)

Chapter 7

"I'm sorry about earlier.. and about last night. I don't know what came over me."

I'd been sitting on Seven's bed with a pillow in my criss-crossed lap, my eyes locked on the back of his head. Seven sat at his computer screen, obviously focused, and simply replied with a brief 'mhmm'. After a few minutes of staring, he turned around and tilted his head at me.

"How long've you been staring at me?"

I snapped back into reality and shrugged, "I don't know. Why are you acting strange?"

He awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck. "You don't remember much of last night, do you?"

"Well.. I was sitting next to this lady, she offered me a few drinks, and I don't remember anything after that." I tried to think, but my head began to pound against my skull.

"It's probably best if I don't spill it, then." A forced laugh escaped his mouth, and a wave of panic washed through me.

"What did I do? We didn't.. oh my god." I buried my face in my hands out of pure shame.

"Let's just say, if I hadn't been so angry with you, I don't know how much more of your teasing I could've handled." He sipped his Dr. Pepper and closed his eyes, leaning back in his chair.

Teasing? Did he just say that?

"I'm so embarassed.. I--"

"Don't worry about it. I'm kidding," he smiled.

"I don't believe you!" I whined.

After a minute or so, I lifted my shameful face from my hands and got lost in my thoughts.

Seven began studying my face as his head rested on his forearms against the desk. The phone call from the night before appeared into my mind, and I pondered on it.

Is Kim going to die? The one who took care of me for so long.. I can't believe I just left him.. The doctor said I could go visit him, but...

I wonder if I could really bring myself to look at Kim in such a horrible state?

"You know.. you never actually told me what happened to cause all of this." He propped his feet up on the bed and stared into my eyes.

I tried to think of how to respond. "My brother... I've told you about him, right? Maybe not, but... he recently got into a car wreck and... he's in the hospital.. his girlfriend must be so worried..."

I didn't want to talk about it, but I knew if I didn't tell Seven, he'd worry too much and continue asking.

"You have to go see him, (Y/n)." He replied.

"I--I can't.." I hesitated to respond.

"He's your brother. Take this only chance to say goodbye and cherish it. If I would've gotten to say bye to my brother, I..." His sentence trailed off.

I wonder what happened to his brother... I shouldn't ask, though...

"...How am I going to get there?"

He smiled and said, "That's what I'm here for. Get dressed."

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"So we're really going then... To see my... brother..." I told Seven as he parked in the parking lot of the hospital where Kim was.

"Yup... We're already here," He replied.

I stepped out of the car and hesitated to walk any farther than the back of the vehicle. Seven surprised me and grabbed my hand, squeezing it to reassure me. I felt my face warm up.