24 hours ~ Minsung

-8-

"Should we just end it ourselves?"

The question caught Minho off guard, making him freeze for a second.

"What?" The elder asked, lifting his head off of Jisung's shoulder.

Jisung looked at Minho with a thoughtful face.

"Mabye we should just end it ourselves. Like find a way for the both of us to comitt suicide. I'd much rather not die from starvation after having drifted around here for a week and a half, when I could have just ended it now." Jisung said, making Minho look at his wide eyed.

"Are you absolutely insane? I'm not letting you comitt suicide, not when there's still even the slightest chance you can still survive this." Minho answered like it was the most obvious thing.

"Think about it Minho. We've already been out here for a day, and my guess is that we keep drifting further away from mainland. We're gonna die anyways, so why would we just sit around and wait when we can speed up the process and get it over with tonight."

Minho sighed. Jisung had a point, but he didn't want to believe it.

"I- No Jisung. I'm not letting you kill yourself." Minho said, moving to hug Jisung again.

Jisung sighed and hugged Minho back, caressing his back. Minho's breath slowly camed down, and his body fell limp in Jisung's arms. He must have been exhausted.

Jisung softly caressed Minho's body, letting the elder sleep on his shoulder. Jisung closed his own eyes, and rested his head on Minho. He wasn't intending on falling asleep, but slowly Jisung managed to drift off himself.

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A loud noice woke Jisung up. His tired mind didn't understand what was going on at all. The last thing he remembered was falling asleep with Minho's fatigued figure on his shoulder.

Jisung groaned and lifted his body off of Minho. He adjusted Minho's head to lay more comfortably in his shoulder, and brought one hand up to rub his eye.

His surroundings were pitch black still, so he had either slept through the day or just woken up before sunrise.

"Send out the rescue float." A voice yelled, making Jisung's twist his head to look for its source.

Jisung mouth quickly fell agape. Behind him was one of the largest boats he had ever seen. A spotlight was shining into his eyes, forcing them to blink to adjust to the bright light.

"I see movement, one of them is awake." A voice called out.

Jisung quickly turned around, shaking Minho. Minho groaned, burying his head in Jisung's shoulder.

"LEE MINHO GET THE FUCK UP. WE'RE BEING RESCUED." Jisung yelled into Minho ear.

Minho's head shot up, suddenly looking like he had been awake for years. The elder blinked because of the bright spotlight. Jisung watched as Minho's jaw dropped. A wide smile spread across his face.

Minho quickly turned to Jisung tackling him in a hug. Jisung hugged Minho back while laughing loudly.

"I see both of them moving. They're both conscious, I repeat, they're both conscious."

The noises of the large boat were only getting louder. A long line of people were standing against the railing, doing God knows what. Jisung and Minho turned to the people, still holding each other tightly.

They were crying and laughing like madmen, while holding each other like their lives depended on it. A smaller boat emerged from behind the gigantic one, driving slowly towards the two boys.

A man with a megaphone stood on deck, wearing bright yellow clothes that reflected in the spotlight.

"We're here to rescue you. Do not panic. Stay still and we'll come to you in a second."

Jisung and Minho both nodded their heads and waited patiently for the boat to come closer. Their hearts were beating out of their chests, and their faces were starting to hurt from their wide smiles.

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A policeman rushed into the room, startling everyone inside. Jeongin was woken up by the sudden noice, Seungmin and Hyunjin let their grips ln each other loosen as they turned to follow the man with their eyes. Woojin and Chan just looked at him, curious to why he suddenly rushed in. Lastly Felix and Changbin lifted their heads off of each other, and sat up straight.

The policeman turned on the TV in a rush, and flipped through the channels. He stopped suddenly, and turned the volume up.

"... The two boys who were reported missing 24 hours ago, were found by one of the rescue teams sent out to search for them, just minutes ago. Live footage from the rescue have been delivered to us, take a look at these heartwarming images."

The screen switched to show footage of the ocean. It was dark and hard to see anything. All you could hear wad the voices of people around the camera.

"There's something in the water on the portside."

"Can we please get the spotlight on for the portside?"

A few seconds went by before a bright light suddenly filled the screen. The camera used a couple of seconds to adjust to the light, before a clear picture appeared again.

Everyone's eyes widened. The voices on the TV only became louder.

"There are people in the water."

"Does anyone see any movement?"

"Send out the rescue float!"

One of the persons suddenly turned around, looking startled. Felix, Hyunjin and Seungmin flew out their chairs. He looked exactly like Jisung.

"I see movement. One of them is awake."

Jisung turned around and started shaking the person in front of him. After a few seconds his head shot up as well, looking around himself with wide eyes.

Changbin, Chan, Woojin and Jeongin flew out of their seats as well. It was Minho. Unmistakable.

Everyone broke out into tears. They all huddled together in one large group hug. Tears and laughter. Hugs and kisses. Screams and sniffles. The group was a mess.

One by one they all pulled away, giving extra attention and comfort to their significant other. Seungmin and Hyunjin were practically making out in a corner, but with the twidest smiles possible on their faces. Chan and Woojin were trying to comfort a crying Jeongin - the youngest was an absolute mess.

Lastly Changbin and Felix were buried deep in each other's embraces, holding onto each other tightly. It all felt so surreal. Like a dream about to end, turning back into the nightmare they in reality lived in.