Locked Away

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All of the members are in the waiting room with me. A few of them are in tears with stress whilst their leader, Taeyong paces before us all.

It's been three hours since we arrived at the hospital. Jaehyun has been in surgery the whole time.

"Hakyeon?" I hear a familiar voice call out my name. I turn to see Hongbin rushing over to me.

He immediately wraps his arms around me and holds me in his warm embrace.

"What happened?"

I tell him the whole story from when I got the phone call to now.

"Shit" is all he says. He steps away from me and examines all the members who are behind us.

"I didn't realise how many members there were" he states and I smile softly.

"Did I ruin your date night?" I ask him and he frowns. "No, Hakyeon you didn't ruin anything. Hyuk sends his prayers."

"He won't die" I say firmly and Hongbin tilts his head. "He won't."

He wraps his arm around my shoulder and pulls me into him. "If you say he is going to live then I think he may just be breathing for a few more years yet."

I feel comforted by those words. Yet something deep down remembers me saying that Eun Hee would survive yet she isn't here anymore.

"Hakyeon" I hear a tired voice call my name. I look over Hongbin's shoulder to see Yuta calling out name.

I walk over him and sit beside him.
"Yeah?"

"What if he does die? We would be the first group to have recorded a music video and album with nine members then only debut with eight."

"Don't think like that. Jaehyun is a fighter. He needs everyone's strength if he is going to make t through this which he will."

"You sure?"

"Never been more positive in my life."

The last sentence does not have me convinced. Maybe it will help me believe it if I have someone else convinced.

The next 30 minutes consists of Hongbin trying to console me whilst I console Yuta and and the other members.

The doctor walks out with a grave expression and I don't know if I actually want to hear what he has to say.

"How is he?" I ask him. He makes eye contact with me and removes his glasses.

"Jaehyun did well in the surgery" he pauses and the smile fades from his lips and my heart shatters.

"Are you sure?" Yuta's voice is heartbreaking to hear. I just want to wake up from this awful dream.

"He is on life support but he probably won't be here by morning" the doctor continues to fill us in on all the details but I don't here a word he says.

He is still alive but barely. There is a chance that Jaehyun will be okay.

The doctor finishes his explanation and walks back into the operating theatre, to work on the next patient.

"I'm sorry Hakyeon" Hongbin apologises. I can already feel the familiar dampness on my cheeks.

"H-He can't. N-No" Yuta becomes a stuttering mess in the chair next to me.