Healing || kmg × jww

7

Over the next few weeks, Wonwoo would have unusual dreams, every night. In those dreams, were himself and the boy from the pictures. They were laughing, and spending a lot of time together. They even kissed sometimes, which Wonwoo assumed is normal if they were really that close as friends. The images in his head seemed so real, that Wonwoo thought that maybe they were memories. But because of his most recent dream, he strongly hopes that they are just dreams. It was the night of the boy's death, and everything was so clear, so real, that Wonwoo woke up to find damp tears on his face. He then decided that he would talk to the other members about it, because maybe they would know something, or at least help him.

"Who was the boy in the pictures?" Wonwoo asks, as he sits on the floor with the other members. It's their usual "talk about our problems and help each other out" day, which is Thursday.

So Wonwoo decided to bring up the topic, since it is becoming a problem for him now, due to reoccurring dreams.

The members all panic, glancing at each other with worried expressions. Seungcheol stays calm though, not wanting to make things worse than they already might be.

"What pictures?" He asks.

"The ones in Minghao's box."

"Oh." The leader knows that he can't get out of it now, so he decides to give the least amount of information possible.

"He was a really good friend of ours, and he passed away about a year ago."

"I already know that. But lately he's been in my dreams, and they were all really happy...until..."

"Until what?" Seungcheol says, starting to get worried.

"It was so real...the night he died...I-I was holding him in my arms, and he just..." His words fade, and he feels tears start to run down his face. Minghao, after seeing Wonwoo's state, goes over to him and embraces him in a hug, holding him tightly as the oldest tries to think of an explanation.

After several minutes of trying to think of one, he realizes that he has to tell him. Obviously it's already gotten bad, so he can't hide it anymore.

"Wonwoo...I guess I have to explain everything now. We were trying to hide it from you, because you were really unhealthy, mentally, when he passed, and we didn't want you to go through that again." He sighs before continuing. "He was in the group, his name was Mingyu. And...you two were a lot more than friends. Which is why it was so hard on you when he left. And I'm guessing that everything in your dreams are memories...including the day he died. You see, you for really depressed and we had no other choice, than to send you to a hospital for treatment. We didn't know what they did to you, but you forgot about him. So we hid all evidence of his existence, in hopes that you wouldn't find out about him. But you did, and I don't know what to do now." He sighs before putting his head in his hands.

Meanwhile, Wonwoo is trying to process all of the information that he just received. He's still stuck on the "more than friends" part though, because he thought that Taekwoon was the only person he'd ever loved. And hearing that he loved the boy in the pictures so much that he needed to go to a hospital after he passed, is a lot to take in. It leaves him curious about the boy. What kind of person was he? Did he look better in person, and not in a photograph? What did his voice, his laugh sound like? All of these questions and more, flood Wonwoo's thoughts until he starts to cry harder, missing the boy even though he never knew him.