A Piece Of Fallen Hope

Chapter 2

After Minho had calmed down, Euiyong let go of him and the action made Minho feel a little...empty. She introduced the guys who came in to him choking her. "Minho, these are my friends. They come here often to help with little children who were admitted here." Minho looks the eight guys who seemed to be near his age. "This is Chan and this Felix, they are both from Australia and the ones who held you back earlier. Next, we have Seungmin, Hyunjin, Jisung, Changbin, Woojin and the youngest of all Jeongin. Guys, this is Minho, a new patient." He got startled when she said patient. He never asked to be admitted. "Wait, what? I didn't ask to be admitted. I can't even pay for it." He sheepishly said. It's embarrassing to admit that you're not able to afford anything in front of 9 strangers you've never met before, let alone be introduced as a patient.

"You don't have to worry because I'll cover it. Just like when I had for these guys." He was shocked to learn those guys were patients before. They all look healthy and energetic, it's hard to believe it. "Yeah, we were all patients who were able to survived because of the great Doctor Jung Eui Yong!" Jisung said with a bit of a dramatic flare as he gestures to the said doctor. He's kinda cute. What. "Don't mind Jisung, he's kind of a dork sometimes. So, what are you admitted for?" Chan asks him. Minho answered but his voice was very quiet and soft "Bipolar II..." He doesn't know why he's suddenly so shy but that doesn't mean his attitude didn't change. "If you got a problem with it, I say you should spit it out and be on your way." I hate myself. He thought.

Instead of being mad, they all just laugh instead. "Sorry, but you being intimidating isn't very convincing. Don't worry too much though, if Euiyong is treating you, you'll surely be cured. Slowly but surely." Said the guy called Seungmin. From what Minho sees, they are a bunch of people who seemed to be a little weird sometimes but they look happy together. I wish my life was like that. He looked down a little without realizing it but the others did. Instantly, they huddled around him and said words of encouragement. "You're going to recover just like we did. And we will be with you for the whole process of it." Minho wanted to doubt them but he couldn't find the slightest hint of a lie in Jeongin's voice. Those words all seemed genuine.

"All right, boys. You guys go on ahead to the children ward while I take care of Minho and get him admitted into the psychiatric ward. I'll be back in my office in an hour. Come on, Minho." He couldn't decline because one, the guys literally pushed him out and two, Euiyong was pulling his hand again. The procedure felt like forever and Minho forgot almost half of what happened. The next thing he knew, he was in a hospital bed with his own room. He was told to eat a pill which tasted so bad he had to drink 2 cups of water. "Please don't make me take that pill again." He says to Euiyong. "Too bad, ya big baby. It's the pills prescribed for you so you need to eat it one way or another." All he could do was pout a little. Cute. Euiyong thought. Wha— focus, girl, focus.

The day went on and eventually Minho felt tired and exhaustion took over him as he sleeps on the hospital bed. While he sleeps, the eight others came in his room, being noisy at first but the quickly shushed themselves after seeing Minho asleep. "It looks like we'll have another guy joining our squad here." Woojin says quietly as they gather around Minho. The others all nodded in agreement. "I wonder what's his story." Felix wonders. "We can ask him one he wakes up, for now, we let him rest like we did." Chan answers the question.

Euiyong enters the room very suddenly and starts talking. "Okay, so—" "SHHH!" She got surprised and saw that Minho was sleeping and made an 'O' shape with her mouth. "I was going to tell him his appointments starting tomorrow but I guess that can wait." She says with a lower voice. "Come on, guys, visiting hours are almost over. You guys can come tomorrow." They all obey her and said their goodbyes before leaving the room and the hospital. Euiyong looks at Minho one more time before leaving the room. "Hope you get better. Good night, Minho." She smiles as she closes the door.

Little did she know, Minho was stirred awake a bit and smiled. Good night, Euiyong.