The Clan (Jooheon x Reader)

A True Hero

My eyes dragged open only to find my world was sideways. Seungcheol lie dead in front of me. Blood staining his white uniform as it dripped into the floor I was for some reason lying on. My head had hit the ground which must've knocked me out. But how did I hit the ground?

I slowly pushed myself up to a sitting position to look for the answer. But I wish I hadn't.

"Kihyun! Kihyun stay with me!" Shownu panicked as he held Kihyun on his knees. I noticed he had been shot. "Just hold on buddy. We're going to get you out of here"

Kihyun had jumped in front of me.

He saved me.

I crawled over to him "(Y/N)..." he muttered as his dark eyes met mine "you're okay" his lips slowly curved up into a smile. I could tell it was a struggle for him.

"Why..." I whispered. "Why did you do that?"

He took in a shaky breath "because I couldn't watch you die..." he answered

"I can't watch you die!" By this point tears were falling from my eyes.

"Don't cry for me. Any of you" he managed a smile, he lifted his hand and wiped my eyes with his thumb "it will be okay...I...I want to thank you for helping me...for giving me a life worth living"

"Kihyun, we can save you, just hold on!" Minhyuk exclaimed, his eyes watering as well.

"No.." he stopped Minhyuk from attempting to help "my mission is over. I've lived my life. I wanted to save the city...and in doing so...I saved myself...you guys saved me...now, it's time for me to go"

"You can go!" Jooheon cried "I know we've never really got on but you can't leave me. You're my friend...you're our friend.."

"Jooheon...I'm sorry for the way I treated you...I just saw my younger self in you...I was scared you would turn out like I would've, had I not met any of you" his voice became quieter with each passing second. I knew he was slowly dying. "You take care of her...you tell her how much I know you love her everyday, okay?" He smiled.

"Okay..I will. I promise" Jooheon assured his friend.

His eyes slowly looked around at all of us. The smile was still there as his eyes slowly slid shut and his breathing stopped.

He was gone.

"N-no..." Minhyuk whimpered. His lip quivered "Kihyun..."

I buried my head into Jooheon as I cried. He wrapped his arms around me and stoked my hair soothingly as he and everyone else let out soft whimpers for their lost friend. "He's up in the sky now...where he can rest, peacefully, forever. And so long as we remember him, tell his story to others, he will never truly be gone" Changkyun spoke with his eyes closed. His voice was soft, almost as if it were a prayer.

"We won't ever let his tale die. He was braver that any of us for sacrificing his life. When we rebuild this city, it will be in his honor. The people will not look to us as the true heroes, but to him" Shownu stated not raising his gaze to us.

There was a heavy silence in the room and we all sat and mourned our friend.

A true hero.

25/08/19