Never Ending Story 《Seungjin FF》

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November 28th, 2017.

Seungmin's grandfather has been ill for about two years now. He was not getting well. His eyes were clouded with some white particles. He didn't recognise anyone nor could he speak. The only person Seungmin trusted his secrets with was his grandfather. Seeing him in this state was heart breaking. Seungmin believed he would be fine. He always did. Last time he had been unconscious but after two days he had recovered and could walk with a help of a stick.

You see, he had multiple Myeloma, blood cancer and low pressure. For all these years they have been taking him from Seoul to Busan and then to Gangnam where the weather was good for patients like him. Seungmin was sure his grandfather could live. That he could be able to walk. That he would be able to recover fully. Seungmin knew that he could live because he was a old firm man who could endure a lot of cemo therapies.

"Seungmin why don't you meet your grandfather?" Mrs. Kim asked. Seungmin looked at her and shook his head. "He doesn't even speak." It hurt him to see him like that so he would rather not visit him. Seungmin's mother sighed and said, "Do spend some time with him, you might regret it in the future." Seungmin just smiled. But he didn't move a muscle.

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December 1st,  2017.
1:45 a.m.

Seungmin's mother shook Seungmin violently. He woke up and saw her looking at him with a worried expression.  Seungmin didn't have school but the winter air outside the blanket hit his arms when he sat up and looked at the clock. It was two in the morning right now. He was confused but before Seungmin could say anything, his mother delivered a message to him that he would never forget, she was in the verge of tears and her voice sounded shaky.

"Seungmin...your grandfather is dead."

Seungmin blinked and let the information sink in. He was still half asleep. But when he did recover from his shock, he burst out into tears. Shaking.

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February 20th, 2018.

Seungmin's news was broke into the group because of Changbin's help. He never did mention the death even when he knew his friends knew about it. His friends were aware of it so they also kept their mouths shut. Seungmin didn't tell Hyunjin anything. His grandmother had died four years ago but he hadn't been able to get over that fact. So Seungmin thought sharing his problem with Hyunjin would be like opening up his old wound.

Hyunjin didn't want to mention this to Seungmin either so they pretended not to know.

"Minnie I've missed you a lot." Hyunjin said as soon as he saw Seungmin. Seungmin smiled, "I missed you too." He hugged the boy. They were the same height at that moment. Hyunjin checked for any signs of distress but he didn't saw anything on Seungmin's eyes. Seungmin was secretive, Hyunjin knew, he had trust issues too so he barely talked his problems out with Hyunjin. But Hyunjin knew better than to force him. So he was trying his best to lighten up his mood.

"Let's get going okay? Then we got to catch up on what we did this winter. I went to Gimpo again to meet my grandmother. She was so happy. Reminded of me of my other grandma. You are lucky to have your grandmother with you." Hyunjin said. He knew this would relief Seungmin. And Seungmin smiled. "Umm....by the way how many granddad do you have?" He asked.