My Son

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The first thing he could hear was crying and a monitor beeping. It wasn't better then what he heard last but he felt 10 times better. He was scared to open his eyes though. To see the one crying he knew who it was. "A-Appa w-w-wake up. E-Eomma...fell a-a-asle-ep c-crying." He was sobbing at this point and sniffling nonstop as well. Making Hyunwoos heart break even more.

He'd never felt like this before. The way Changkyun and Kihyun always made his heart shatter whenever they cried. "Appa...wake up. Jebal." He couldn't take it anymore and instantly sat up picking Changkyun up and hugged him tight. The pain didn't hurt as much as last time. The toddler hugged back and sobbed if it was possible even more, louder even. "I'm....here Changkyunnie. No need to cry now."

After a few minutes Changkyun calmed down falling asleep in his father's arms. "Your awake." Hyunwoo heard a hoarse voice. It sounded as if they were crying. Of course it was Kihyun. "I'm sorry I scared you and Changkyun." Hyunwoo sniffled. Kihyun sat up instantly realizing Hyunwoo was awake. "Y-Your awake." He grabbed the olders hand shakily.

"He just fell asleep. Come on up here. The chairs are always so uncomfortable." The younger didn't speak he got up and laid down on the bed. "I'm sorry I scared you both." "Don't do it again. I had a panic attack." Hyunwoo chuckled a little at this and so did Kihyun. "You should rest. Goodnight Kihyun." There was a soft hum and he knew the younger was asleep. He missed this. Just them laying in bed, happy.

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"Kihyun psst wake up. It's time to go home." The younger groaned but kept his eyes closed. Hyunwoo kept shaking him till he finally opened his eyes. He seemed a bit shocked the older was up. "H-Hyung shouldn't you be resting." He asked immediately. "I feel fine but we have to go. Someone found us. We've been here too long." Kihyun stood up and looked around for Changkyun. "Your brother took him earlier he's already at the house."

The younger nodded and grabbed his things. Hyunwoo took his hand and dragged him out of the room, down the hall and stairs then out the door. Kihyun let go and stopped running. "H-Hyung wait-wait. I gotta....catch my br-" Gun shots echoed making the younger stop talking. He fell to the ground making a pained sound and grabbed his leg. "Kihyun." Hyunwoo ran up to him and saw blood come out of his leg.

They couldn't go back in the hospital. They'd already found him. So he picked the younger up bridal style and carried him to the car. Setting him in the back where the seats were gone so he could lay down and be out of view of shooters. Another gun shot echoed missing Hyunwoo and hit the car. Kihyun kept screaming in pain he tried to muffle his cries but didn't work. The older got in the car and started it.

Driving off out of the large parking lot. They'd been on the very top so it took a little bit to get out. "Babe we just got to check out. I need you to be as quiet as possible." Kihyun took a deep breath and didn't make a sound. "That'll be 4 dollars." Hyunwoo quickly looked around for money. Giving the man a 20 and said to keep the change. He lifted up the line and Hyunwoo sped out.

"Here take my hand." He said and leaned towards the back. He knew how bad gun shots hurt. Knowing Kihyuns pain tolerance it would feel like a million gun shots. The younger shakily took his hand and squeezed it tight. "I'm gonna drive till we get out of the city then we'll take a look at your leg." "O-Ok-ay." They drove for what made Kihyun feel like was forever. Hyunwoo only a matter of minutes.

The car stopped and Hyunwoo climbed into the back. Quickly pulled open hidden departments in the floor and side of the car. "I-Is it bad." Kihyun asked. "This will hurt hold onto my arm. Tight." Kihyun did as he was told. Hyunwoo instantly ripped the youngers pants at the bottom all the way to his kneecap. Kihyun let out a pained yelp. "I'm gonna have to see if the bul- there's two. One went through the other didn't."

"Wh-What does that mean." Hyunwoo reached into one of the departments on the floor, pulling out a belt. "What are you doing." Kihyun asked. The older brushed his hair out of his face. "I have to take the bullet out. It'll hurt a lot. Just keep still and it'll be out fast." Kihyun nodded squeezing his eyes that were full of tears. Hyunwoo grabbed a flashlight and tweezers. He quickly dumped the antibiotics on the youngers leg. Then tried to dig the bullet out. A few seconds later he pulled it out.

Took a deep breath and brought Kihyun to him. Hugging him tight. "Is it over." Hyunwoo nodded. He was surprised the younger didn't faint from the pain. "Let's wrap it up and go home." Kihyun nodded this time and winced when he tried to move his leg. They wrapped the youngers leg and Hyunwoo started driving again. This time not as fast so Kihyun wouldn't move too much in the back.

Hyunwoo stopped the car after a few hours and turned it off. "We're here." Kihyun had stopped crying his leg went numb after an hour had gone by. Hyunwoo opened the back door and helped him out. He held him by his waist and helped him walk to the front door. "Is this our new home." The older just hummed in response. They rang the door bell. Shortly someone opened the door and instantly dropped what they were holding.

"K-Kihyun....what the hell happened."