My Son

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It had been a few hours since they got to the hospital. Kihyun got his arm checked by a doctor and found out it had been cracked and needed a cast. Everyone was there, all 6 of the adults. Waiting to see what happened. It had felt like a million years in the waiting room. Hyunwoo was pacing back and forth.

Thinking of how this could have happened. "I gotta go. Text me and tell me how Changkyun is." Hoseok said and left without letting the others reply. The oldest already had so many things on his mind, now his best friend acting strange. "D-Doctor." Kihyun gasped and jumped out of his chair.

Everyone averted their attention on them. "Good news is he's alright. Bad news is he was poisoned. Whatever you did to save him on the way here worked, but it fought off the poison quickly and got rid of it all." "C-Can I see him."

The doctor sighed. "Only his parents. Is his mother here." "Th-That would be me. H-Hyunwoo is his father." The younger motioned for Hyunwoo to walk over which he did instantly. "Which one of you is his biological parent." There was an awkward silence for a few moments.

Kihyun just wanted to see his baby as soon as possible. "We both are. It's a long story. I will have both our blood taken and tested if that's what we have to do to see our son." He snapped. It came out harsher then he wanted and was shocked. He looked down in embarrassment.

"I want to believe you but only the biological parent can enter the room right now." Kihyun wanted to cry at those words. "How long until Changkyun is allowed visitors." Hyunwoo asked. "Tomorrow at the earliest. He's still pretty weak. The poison was in him for quite a while."

The older nodded and sighed. He can wait till tomorrow. "Kihyun is biological. Changkyuns mother is my sister. We adopted him you see that's why Kihyun snapped. S-She died a little after he was born." The doctor nodded. "I see. I'm sorry for your loss. You can visit tomorrow morning if you'd like."

The younger couldn't believe Hyunwoo lied to a doctor with a straight face. "If you'd please follow me." The doctor said. Kihyun nodded and followed. He turned around and mouthed thank you to Hyunwoo. He quickly followed close and had shaky hands.

"Remember he's extremely weak so you must be careful. He probably won't wake up for a while." The younger nodded and thanked him then entered. He saw Changkyun laying there lifelessly hooked up to machines. He bursted into tears again.

How could he not see his child being poisoned. He'd acted his normal hyper shy self everyday. Was he that bad of a parent he couldn't see clearly. The door opened and he lightly jumped. It was a nurse. Young early 20's. "You must be the father." She smiled.

"S-Sure." Kihyun whispered. "He's so little and cute." She said softly and walked towards the bed. "Why are you here." Kihyun asked. He didn't want anyone near his baby. "I'm here to check on his vitals. I'll leave in just a few seconds." She sounded so nice.

The red haired felt guilty for acting so mean. "He should wake up real soon. Here take this." She said and handed him a granola bar from her pocket. "I-I'm not hungry." He choked out. "By the looks of it you haven't eaten in a while. Stay healthy...for him. He needs you, you know."

Then she left leaving Kihyun dumbfounded. He got up and went to wash his face. He looked in the mirror and noticed how thin he had gotten. She was right, everyone was. Soon he'd start to become too weak to take care of Changkyun. He already knew he wasn't the strongest.

Maybe if he started putting on some weight it'd help protect Changkyun next time. He never really was hungry now a days so he'd have to start forcing the food down till he can take more. There was a small weak cough which took his attention instantly.

He ran back into the room and sat down taking the toddlers hand. "Hey Wolfie how are you feeling." He sniffled. "E-Eomma where a-am I." Changkyun mumbled. "Your fever got worse so your dad and I took you to the hospital." "Wh-Where's a-a-appa."

"He had to go home." "W-Why." Kihyun sighed and whined. The toddler was too young and pure to learn about the true world. "Work. He had to work. You know fight the bad guys." This brought a small smile to Changkyuns tiny lips. Kihyun had saw and smiled.

Then it faded and the toddler's hand became a little heavier. "Ch-Changkyun." Kihyun gasped. He got up and clicked the help button. Instantly nurses ran in and asked what happened. "H-He woke u-up...a-a-and then he fell asleep." The nurses relaxed and quickly checked on the toddlers vitals one last time.

"He's awake which is very good news. He just fainted. Happens all the time from some of the medication." "M-Medication." Kihyun asked. "For the pain. Didn't you know. The poison had been causing him lots of pain so we gave him some stuff so it wouldn't hurt so much." The nurse smiled lightly.

She tried to calm him down. "S-Sir breath." Her smile faded to a worried look and Kihyun was soon swarmed with the other nurses. He couldn't think of breathing. All he could think about was his baby in pain. How he couldn't see it or sense he was in any.

How long he was in pain. How it even happened. Maybe he'd eaten a plant from outside. He did enjoy the outdoors, and loved exploring. Then he remembered when Hyunwoo's father came for Changkyun. When he picked him up the toddler screamed in pain.

Usually he'd only do that when he needed shots from the doctors. The only thing that would make him scream like that was....a needle.