Sunrise ||| Ateez

23

San cried out in pain as he was jostled into the house. Everyone being around him was suddenly very overwhelming and he didn't know what to do other than try to not focus on the pain.

Which was nearly impossible to do since his arms felt like it was in shreds.

He had barely registered when Seonghwa had handed him over to Jongho, but now that the young alpha was holding him, San felt slightly better than being in the arms of the oldest.

Seonghwa still left a bad taste in his mouth, and the fact that he now wanted to try and court Wooyoung made it even worse.

He should be groveling... Or he should just leave all together. Wooyoung didn't need him.

"San, I need to try and cut off your shirt." Yeosang said as he was carried to his bedroom.

The beta whimpered and cringed at the thought.

"Put him in the chair, that will give me better access."

"Sannie!"

San looked up to see Wooyoung standing at the end of the hall with Wynter in his arms. The omega looked scared as he saw San disappear into his room.

He could hear muffled talking coming from the house now as the rest of the pack worked to get things together.

A few minutes later, Wooyoung came in with a bucket and several towels. Yunho was close behind with bandages and disinfectant.

"Alright, I can't have all of you in here crowding me." Yeosang said as he grabbed the bottled and unscrewed it. "This is going to sting." He warned San.

Yunho left the room right away, a look of pure terror on his face.

Then Wooyoung started to leave, but San forced out a whimper and reached for the omega. He looked to Yeosang for permission and got a nod, so Wooyoung moved to his side and took his good hand. "I'm here San."

"Jongho get behind him and hold his shoulders, but don't squeeze too hard. Just hard enough to keep him from moving too much."

San shivered as Jongho slid his hands onto his shoulders. He still didn't like being around other alphas, but he forced that fear and pain aside, especially when he felt how gentle Jongho was trying to be.

He looked down at where his hand was hanging limply at his side, dripping blood into the bucket beneath him. Would he ever get use of it back? What had that thing been? And what was it for?

"San focus on me." Wooyoung said suddenly, turning his head so he was looking right into the omega's soft, honey colored eyes. "Don't watch."

San nodded and didn't take his eyes away from Wooyoung's, until he cried out in pain and tried to lean forward. At that point he wanted to shout at Yeosang to just cut his arm off. It wasn't worth this pain. He could feel the alcohol seeping into every crevice it could find, sending searing pain through him.

Jongho tried to hold him back, but Yeosang must have said something, because he was allowed to lean forward and burry his face in Wooyoung's neck and move his arm to squeeze the younger.

Wooyoung wrapped an arm around his waist, too, and brought the other one up to hold the back of his head. "It's ok. It's almost over. One more time."

The pain came again, but Wooyoung's soft whispers helped. So did Jongho's thumbs as they gently moved across the back of his neck...

"Alright, that's done." Yeosang said gently. "But it's not over yet. I need to try and sew some of this up for it to heal. You're not going to be able to use this arm for quite some time."

San just nodded and held onto Wooyoung tighter.

The pain that came next was almost worse than the alcohol sting. He felt both Wooyoung and Jongho tighten their grip slightly as he screamed at the top of his lungs. His wolf howled inside him, begging for the pain to stop.

He thought he heard someone crying elsewhere in the house, and he started to worry that he had set off one of the kids, but he couldn't help it...

He felt himself slipping away, trying to hide from the pain.

The next time Yeosang passed the needle through his skin, San's voice cracked as he screamed and he tried to silence himself by biting down on what was in front of him.

Wooyoung's shoulder.

He heard the omega hiss in pain as San cringed away from the needle.

It wasn't hard enough to break skin, but that was about the most control that San had at the moment.

Something that sounded like a body crashing to the floor came from the other room and Wooyoung started to whimper a little.

"Sannie..."

Yeosang gasped. "San! San stop!"

The beta scrunching eyes closed and withdrew his teeth. The small shift of his body set off his arm again and he howled in pain, throwing his head back as his arm yelled back at him.

Jongho quickly moved to push Wooyoung out of the way and brought San's head back down into his shoulder. "It's ok. You can bite me if you need to." The younger whispered.

San shook his head and bit his lip, whimpering as as Yeosang started to stitch him up again.

At one point, he heard Jongho growl deeply in response to another growl, followed by a small whimper that disappeared down the hall.

He cringed, knowing he probably just set Seonghwa off. He hadn't meant to, but he was having a hard time keeping his wolf under control right now.

Jongho tightened his grip and nuzzled against his neck, trying to calm him down.

Strangely enough, it worked... A little bit at least.

Yeosang was able to finish stitching up his arm and then wrapped it tightly in a bandage before placing it in a sling to keep it cradled against his body.

Once he was satisfied that he was done, the omega proceeded to clean up the room and make sure everything was sterile again.

San moved to stand, wincing as his arm shifted. Jongho grabbed his waist to keep him from falling.

All he wanted to do now was fall into bed and sleep. He felt so drained...

But that didn't happen.

Hongjoong came into the room, a mixture of worry and anger on his face.

San coward away from the look, knowing he was going to be in trouble for what he had done.

But his head alpha didn't say anything right now. Instead he sighed heavily and looked at the three in the room. "Come on, we need to talk about something. Then you can come back and rest San." His voice was tense, indicating he was stressing out about something.

San glanced at Yeosang and saw the omega pale as he rushed after his mate.

Jongho pulled him a little closer to help him down the hall. "Do we really need to do this right now?" He muttered, glancing over at San with a concerned look.

The living room had the entire pack gathered, minus the kids, who must be preoccupied in another room with some of their toys.

Seonghwa had his arm wrapped possessively around Wooyoung's waist and the omega was turned into him looking slightly uncomfortable. But San noticed a small content look in his eyes that Wooyoung would probably never admit to feeling. It must be his wolf...

Hongjoong was standing off to the side next to Yeosang. Both were staring at the front of the room where both Mingi and Yunho looked like they were going to be sick.

"What's going on?" Jongho asked as he eased San into a chair then sat on the arm.

"I know what it was that hurt San." Mingi said.

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Written by flamewhipper