congratulations || jeongchan

- 30 - Smile -

It didn't take you long you're such a charmer.

Chan stayed until Jeongin began falling asleep, until all you could see was his messy hair peeking up from inside the hood of the hoodie.

The sight brought a smile to Chan's lips, but he didn't allow himself to savour the feeling as he let the door close behind him with another gentle click.

He heard Jeongin mumble a gentle goodnight and it broke his heart as he walked away, he should be by Jeongin's side, but he had asked to see Dr Hyo and she had very kindly accepted.

He tried to knock quietly due to the early hour it was, but the sound still echoed down the corridor, probably around the entire hospital.

"Chan? Come in."

He closed the door as quietly as he could and turned to face the Dr, she looked exactly the same as before, apart from maybe the bags under her eyes looking a little more pronounced.

"Is everything okay?"

Chan kept his head low as he sat in the chair in front of her desk, half out of fear, and half out of..... probably just more fear if he was honest.

People who knew lots more about him that he had told them unnerved him.

"Do you know if Minho is going to be okay?"

She gave Chan a long calculating look as she tried to pick apart his mind.

"Before we get to that. Do you feel okay Chan?"

"I'm just going to say yes so we can move on please." He tried to say it as politely as he could, and yet, her eyes still sparked with interest at his discomfort.

A beam of light framed Chan's shadow on the desk as the door behind him opened and closed.

"Minho!" Dr Hyo said cheerfully, "perfect timing!"

They smiled and shook hands like old friends and Chan was to say the least, confused.

How much about Minho did he really not know?

Minho must have seen Chan's face because he discreetly reached over under the desk and patted Chan's knee in a very Minho-esque fashion.

"I'll just..." Dr Hyo turned around and wandered off to a filing cabinet.

Minho suddenly leaned in until Chan could hear his breathing right by his ear, "she has the hearing of a fruit bat so for gods sake be quiet and think about what you're going to say before you say it, she reads into everything."

Chan hmm-d under his breath in response.

"What happened in here with Jeongin if you don't mind me asking? Jisung said you came out repeating my name and then collapsed? Are you okay?"

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"Look, whatever happens, please pro-"

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The sky had darkened dramatically in the few minutes Chan had spent with Dr Hyo.

"Fancy grabbing a quick snack from the cafe?" Minho's voice was eerily loud in the much quieter nighttime bustle of the hospital.

"Will it still be open?"

"Nothing here ever closes." Grumbled bored looking nurse as he ambled past, until he was ushered on by a particularly frantic looking woman in a white outfit so fancy it could pass as a suit. He rolled his eyes at the back of her head and walked a tiny bit faster.

When she realised, the suit lady turned around and practically pulled the boy along by his hair.

"Andrew what did I say about being more involved and enthusiastic...." Chan listened until he couldn't hear her  voice any longer.

He turned around to find Minho looking at him expectantly, waiting for Chan to answer a question that Chan couldn't recall being asked.

"Yes?" Chan guessed.

Minho nodded in agreement and set off walking, triumphant at his successful bluff, Chan wandered after him.

He noticed Minho swiftly change direction as his eyes noticed a crowded table on the other side of the room they had entered.

"Seungmin!!!!!" Minho whisper yelled in excitement, which, for Minho, was still pretty loud, but it's the thought that counts.

Seungmin turned and leapt from the table, embracing both Chan and Minho in a tight hug.

Minho and Seungmin went and sat down at the table, already chatting about something or another.

Chan felt a tug on his sleeve and looked down to see Felix gesturing to a chair next to him.

He sat down gratefully and rubbed his arms trying to get warmth into them, he was really starting to regret giving his hoodie to Jeongin, but, he had needed it more than Chan.

As if Chan's thoughts had conjured him from the air, Hyunjin let out a shocked and muffled, "Jeongin!"

And there he was indeed, walking across the room towards the table.

Chan scanned for empty spaces and was panicked to find there were none, but luckily Hyunjin had already moved up on his bench to make there room for Jeongin to sit down.

"Are you allowed to be out here young man?" Woojin was practically leaping across the table in concern at Jeongin just appearing after seemingly having wandered aimlessly around the hospital.

Jeongin didn't walk towards Hyunjin as expected, he curled his shoulders in slightly and the large hood of Chan's hoodie on his small frame only just covered the pink blush rising up his neck and cheeks as he started walking towards Chan.

Chan starting going red as well, though much more discreetly, as he started internally panicking about where Jeongin was going to sit. Chan couldn't very well make Jeongin sit on the floor, but-

If Chan let Jeongin sit on his lap he was pretty sure he would start hugging him and crying and never let him go, there was no avoiding that that would happen at some point but he would prefer to do it somewhere where he wasn't surrounded by not only his friends, but an entire hospital and their prying eyes.

And yet, very much of out reflex and instinct, he opened his arms slightly as Jeongin approached, shuffling up to Felix as much as he could.

He managed to salvage enough space on the cramped bench to make sure that Jeongin didn't have to sit completely on top of him, but I was still going to be very close.

Close enough that Chan could smell 'Jeongin' underneath all the hospital chemical smells and the lingering scent of water and blood and the dusty, foggy air of outside.

Jeongin leant onto Chan, his heading fitting perfectly on Chan's shoulder.

It was all Chan could do to keep from screaming in joy.

"You looked cold." Jeongin mumbled, sounding only mildly embarrassed.

"I- uh- I..." Chan mentally cursed and shook his head to get his thoughts in order, " Thank you Jeonginnie."

"Call me baby again."

A/N - i don't want this boookkkk to enddddddd but they deserve a happy ending so it must