Cloaked Heart | Yeonbin

Chapter Thirty-Six

BEOMGYU TIREDLY SIGHED, his chin resting in the palm of his hand as his eyes flickered over to every car that had driven past the trio. He didn't even know how long they waited for sitting on the edge of the sidewalk when their Uber finally turned up. He woke up Huening Kai and Taehyun who had dozed off.

"Guys, wake up. Our ride is here," Beomgyu announced, shaking the other two drowsy members.

"I'm awake..I'm awake," Huening Kai incoherently grumbled, his eyes half-shut as he heaved himself up from the pavement. 

Taehyun's head slowly lolled onto Beomgyu's shoulder causing the older to be slightly taken aback. The small action had sent a blush across Beomgyu's cheeks. He knew how they were all tired of everything going on and the stress of not being able to see their leader but this is the reason why he had decided to take charge. If their managers weren't going to let them see him for a reason they were about to find out then they would have to go see themselves. He hated going against their managers but at the same time, they knew they had no choice. Soobin was the glue of Tomorrow x Together and without him, the group was slowly falling apart. Bit by bit. Beomgyu was trying to prevent that from happening. 

"Taehyun. We need to see Soobin and we're only wasting more time," Beomgyu softly said, patting the brown-haired boy's fluffy head. 

Taehyun seemed to have snapped out of his tired daze as he jolted awake. He yawned whilst surveying his surroundings before he locked eyes with Beomgyu and realized that he had fallen asleep on the older. He grimaced. "Sorry hyung. I didn't mean to fall asleep on you."

Beomgyu sheepishly smiled before slightly shrugging. "It's all good. Anyways," he swiftly changed the subject whilst standing up and dusting the back of his jeans, "we should get going."

Taehyun reluctantly stood up as the three of them walked over to their Uber driver who had parked alongside the road.

Once the trio settled in the back of the car and their seatbelts were on, Beomgyu leaned into the front. "Seoul National University Hospital please, sir."

The middle-aged man threw the three young boys a friendly smile and nod before starting the car up.

"I'm scared to see Soobin hyung. We don't even know the condition he's in," Taehyun glumly said whilst staring out the window at the passing shops, people, streets and houses.

"If he was in a bad condition they would have told us Taehyun-ah. I'm sure he's fine and adjusting well to that hospital. They have the best doctors," Beomgyu reassured, confidently intertwining his fingers with Taehyun's.

Taehyun chewed on his bottom lip, trying to ignore the fluttery feeling he felt in his stomach. If he made eye contact with Beomgyu, he wouldn't be able to stop the blush ready to spread across his cheeks so instead, he continued to look out the window.

Huening Kai gently dropped his head onto Beomgyu's shoulder whilst playing with his fingers. "Do you think Soobin hyung blames me? I mean, after all, the reason why Sunwoo even broke into our dorm was that he wanted me to escape with him. Ever since that day, I ran away and Sunwoo had kidnapped me. His obsession only got worse."

Soobin wasn't the type of person to hold a grudge against anyone. He was forgiving, kind and a positive ray of light. Even if someone would hurt his feelings, he would just keep on smiling and that's what Beomgyu envied about Soobin, the fact that he was so persevering despite the number of difficulties that they had faced as individuals and as a whole group. 

"He could never blame you, Huening Kai. You know how much he loves you. Loves us. He could never hate any of us. What Sunwoo did wasn't your fault. He's suffering and acting out. For all we know, Jennie could have been in on helping Sunwoo," Beomgyu said, frowning slightly.

Huening Kai whipped his head up so fast to stare at Beomgyu with a look of unwavering belief. "Jennie doesn't have anything to do with what Sunwoo did. She's..He abuses her. He takes advantage of her. She tried to help us."

Taehyun furrowed his eyebrows, tuning into the conversation as he turned to meet Huening Kai's eyes. "What do you mean he abuses her?"

The black-haired younger hesitated for a moment, lowering his voice slightly despite knowing that the driver was too immersed in the trot songs that were playing from the stereo. "The day that I got kidnapped, I witnessed it happen."

The pair were silent as they exchanged a look of worry before turning back to stare at Huening Kai.

Taehyun piped up. "But if Jennie really wanted to escape then she would have that day when she was here with us when Sunwoo broke into our dorm."

"She can't! She can't escape because Sunwoo is crazy and he would hurt her even more if she tried. She has no way out. That's why I told her to escape with me," Huening Kai exasperatedly said, annoyed that his hyungs didn't understand the seriousness of Jennie's situation. 

The driver reached over to turn the volume down on the stereo before turning around to face the three boys. "We're here."

They had been talking for so long that they hadn't noticed that the driver had pulled up alongside the hospital. Beomgyu sheepishly apologized for wasting his time but the driver only smiled saying that it was fine.

"Thank you again, sir," Beomgyu said before the three of them piled out of the car, shutting the door behind them.

They watched the car drive away further down the road before Taehyun spun around to stare up at the tall hospital building. The bright lights coming from every window reflecting into the dark starry night sky.

Beomgyu slightly shivered, running his arms up and down his bare arms. He hadn't realized that Taehyun had been watching him until the younger had asked, "Hyung do you want your jacket back?"

Beomgyu blinked at Taehyun before shaking his head. He'd rather freeze if it meant that Taehyun was warm. "Ah, no it's okay. I'll be fine."

After a minute of just standing near the entrance, they walked into the busy hospital building. The smell immediately hit Huening Kai. It had reminded him of the first time they had brought Soobin here and they were all huddled around in the waiting room.

Huening Kai stumbled backward, unsure of whether or not he was even ready to see Soobin lying on that hospital bed hooked up to different machines.

Taehyun noticed his discomfort and immediately wrapped a comforting arm around their maknae. "You'll be okay."

AN:

Sorry for the long wait guys! :( 

I really do try my best to update and I sincerely apologize that it takes so long to post one chapter. I've been having a lot of writers' block recently but I forced myself to complete this chapter and I'm not sure if this turned out the way I wanted it to. I mostly wanted this chapter to focus on Huening Kai, Beomgyu and Taehyun going to see Soobin in the hospital. I guess the next chapter will be a mix of Yeonjun's focus as well, not sure yet but I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter and thank you so much for constantly leaving kind comments! The fact that you guys are so happy reading this story makes me happy and yes that sounds really cheesy I know lol but I know I'm not the best writer and I don't have a lot of advanced vocabulary like most writers do but I'm trying to improve so thank you for bearing with me! <3