EXO's new manager

PART 17

everywhere .. on the news papers .. on TV channels .. flashed the news ..

( 6 of EXO'S members had had a terrible accident with their manager .. )

( the maknaes of the famous group EXO got into a coma but they woke up a week later ..)

( is the new manager responsible enough ? )

( is this end for the manager ? )

( EXO members got out of hospital and been absent of the media .. with their manager being no where in sight .. )

( the manager was fired with a lot of court cases following him .. )

( SM entertainment anounces that EXO won't be able to preform or show up for a while .. )

in the apartment of Lee Tae Kwang ~
the voice of the TV was heard .. Tae sitting on his only sofa in the living room in front of the TV ..
eyes shot red and puffed .. pale face with tears traces dried on his cheeks .. lips parted and breathing slowly .. his clothes hang on him loosely since he lost many kilograms ..
his legs spread on the table .. still with bondages .. his chest raising and falling unasteadily.. the look in his eyes is empty and unfocused ..
fresh tears rolled down his cheeks watching the TV which showed a show in which discussed the long absence of his 'kids' ..
and making fun of the manager .. which is him .. and talking how he must have been so irresponsible taking them to a bar which was trying out a new drug in their drinks which has gone the wrong way ..
his lips trembled but he didn't move ..
his phone was on the table next to his legs .. it didn't stop ringing .. EXO members calling constantly .. and Lee soo man too ..
there was a voice of door of the apartment  opening and key jiggling ..
Jong won entered said calmly " I came .. "
he sat next to his dongsaeng , he felt horrible for what have happened to him ..
he remembers the day he heard about the accident ..

FLASHBACK ~
Jong won was in his and the other gang members apartment .. it had heavy smell of
alcohol and cigarette ..
he was playing video games when he got a call from suho who had his number to bound a "friendship" .. but really .. he wanted to ask about tae's well being and if "his kids" need anything ..
so answered " hey what's up ?" he stopped playing and the others were worried .. he just waved his hand indicating everything is okay .. and went outsied the apartment to talk "wow you okay ? what happened ? what do mean ? suho you are freaking me out what happened ? WHAT ?!!!! ACCIDENT ? HOSPITAL! THE #//^@! ???  I am on my way ! where are you ? " he asked while jumping three stairs in one and stopped a taxi once he got out of the building " Baek and Kyung soo with you ? are they okay ? WHAT ? okay I will come take you ! calm down suho I'm on my way .. okay bye ! "
he finished the call and turned white whispering " tae ah .. "

in the hospital ~
Jong won helped the two members carrying  Baek " where is Lee shit man !? don't tell me he didn't come ? " suho Said " we tried calling him .. he must be busy "
" busy ?! BUSY ?! I can't freaking get people's priorities ! "
they got Baek to the doctors who put him in a room and gave him some medicines through needles .. Kyung soo stayed with him ..
Jong won went with suho to check the other members ..
lay and Chen were the least hurt ones ..
lay had a bandaged head while Chen only had scratches on his hands .. which is a miracle .. they were sitting next to each other on a bed ..
" Jong won hyung ?"
" are you okay !? "
suho hugged them carefully and teared
Chen was frustrated " I .. I am fine .. "
lay just noded slowly .. it is a huge shock in them ..
Chen said " the others aren't so well .. how is Baek ? "
suho sighed " the symptoms just started showing .. he drank less than all of you since he has low tolerance .. "
Chen nodded " I will go check on him .. "
before he got out of the room he said " I don't advise you visiting tae hyung's room .. you .. will be .. surprised .. "
Jong won's eyes widened ..
he told suho to not come to see if he is not ready but the later insisted ..
in front of the room .. next to the door .. there was a window that lets you see the patient ..
a doctor was standing next to them ..
" he is having it the worst .. he is now having another episode of mental breakdown .. "
the two young men were horified looking at Tae who was held down by nurses .. he was screaming on top of his lungs .. trashing around trying to break of their grips .. the only coherent words were " MY KIDS " and  " NEED ME "..
suho started crying and Jong won was just frozen in his spot ..

BACK TO THE PRESENT ~

Jong won sighed " Tae ah .. "
the other didn't answer while his tears continued to flow ..
Jong won looked at the TV and fumed " those mother#@&$/&@ don't know how to do anything but gossip .." he turned the TV off and sat Indian style while facing his dongsaeng " hey .. they don't know the truth .. they don't know YOU .. but I DO .. your kids DO .. okay ? I don't give a damn about what ANYONE say .. you are my little bro no matter what .. I need you .. your kids need you .. "
Tae smiled sadly and his voice was husky of so much screaming " need me ? no one needs me .. everyone would have been better without me "
Jing won frowned " the hell ?! don't say       bull$#@ ! you don't know how we were when you left .. "
Tae looked at him with empty eyes ..
" I .. I know I don't show much emotions .. but .. when you left .. I .. I felt very responsible Tae ah .. just like how you are feeling at the moment .. I felt like I wasn't
responsible enough and couldn't hold you close to me .. I .. felt hopeless .. if I could go back in time .. I would run after you Tae ah .. I shouldn't let you go when you slipped away from me .. I mean I am grateful that you went the right path .. but I am sure you felt as lost as I was .. "
Tae kept looking at him .. but his stare softened ..
" don't let them slip away tae .. they are idols .. they are now forced to face the whole chaos outside the building .. you don't want your first time to see them after all of this is in the court .. it will be hella awkward .. they need you as much as you need them tae ah .. "
tae lowered his head .. he looked at his legs .. the pain is still there .. specially after he jumped from the bed in the hospital .. the bones moved further .. his back is hurt as well .. but nothing can be compared to how he is feeling at the moment .. he is ashamed of his own self .. why did he take this job again ? it is all about responsibility .. and he is NOT that type .. it is so hard to feel responsible of someone .. you feel responsible on all levels .. emotional .. mental .. physical .. health .. specially if they are going through what you went through .. you know what they feel .. and you feel worse that you know sometimes you can't do much than help them ..
Tae held his head .. it is throbing again .. he cried so much and screamed too ..
he took another pill .. Jang won kept looking at him with pity ..
" I .. I have to face them .. you .. you are right .. they need me and I need them .. I must not run away from my problems and responsibilities .. "
Jang won smiled widely and hugged him tightly "FINALLY you came back to your freaking senses man !! my god ! "
" h .. hyung .. my back ! "
" oops .. hhh .. sorry Tae Tae ah ! "
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