Play with Fire

[October] 6

"Hi mom! I'm back!"

Hyungwon closed the door to the apartment and took off his shoes in the hallway.

He heard her coughing before seeing her. He sighed. She had the flu since now almost two weeks and it still didn't got any better. The doctor said it should be gone within two weeks.

She appeared in the hallway, a scarf wrapped around her neck and a blanket over her shoulders. But as soon as she saw him, a smile appeared on her face.

"Oh! Hi, baby! How was school?"

Another cough attack stopped her from talking more and she bend over to fight against it. Hyungwon was immediately next to her and lead her into the living room and back onto the couch.

"Mom. You shouldn't walk around that much. You're still sick. Lay down, I'll make some tea for you. Did you take you're medicine today?"

He looked back at his mom while walking into the kitchen. She nodded and he was relieved.

He poured water into the kettle and turned it on. After that he returned to his mom and sat next to her. Taking her hand into both of his. She smiled at him, tired and exhausted. He really was worried about her. A normal flu shouldn't take that long. And especially not if you have the right medication.

"When is your next appointment at the doctor?" She coughed again and pressed her hand against her chest, her face covered with pain.

"Next week." Her voice was extremly raspy and unstable, another pain wave rushing through her body, showing on her face.

The kettle whistled and Hyungwon got up to fill the hot water into two cups. He handed one of the cups to his mom and sat down again, softly blowing onto the hot beverage.

He looked at his mom, while she carefully took a sip from her tea and let the hot liquid run down her raspy throat. She was so pale. Even more than usually.

When it came to complexion, she was the complete opposite of Hyungwon, which skin shimmered golden whenever the sun shone on him.

But now he could barely separate her from the wall. He softly placed his hand on her forehead to feel the temperature. It was still extremly warm.

He helped his mom to stand. "Come, you should sleep a little bit." The two walked slowly into her room and not long after she laid down, she fell asleep. Hyungwon placed two blanket over her, as he noticed her shivering and then turned off the lights and returned to the living room.

He cleaned the room and the kitchen and prepared dinner, while his thoughts wandered off. Either to Hoseok or to his mom. The grin of the older appeared infront of his inner eye and he immediately started to smile himself.

There was something about Hoseok that always brighted up his mood. It wasn't something specific. More like his whole presence, attitude and appearance.

While thinking about him, Hyungwon noticed himself that he'd really started to fall for the man. A few weeks before, this thought would've startled and feared him but now he kinda liked it.

Even the thought of having Hoseok around him 24/7 was exciting. And Hyungwon didn't wished for more than to fall asleep in Hoseoks muscular arms at least once. How unbelievable safe one must feel in his embrace.

He could almost feel it. Hoseok's soft fingertips trailing over Hyungwon's arms, up to his neck. Softly stroking up and down over and over his arms again before finally resting at his waist. The soft lips of the older attached to Hyungwon's neck, making his way down to his collarbone.

Hyungwon closed his eyes and leaned against the counter more. His mind went crazy and he could feel Hoseok's grip getting stronger. His breath got heavier and he could feel himself growing below his belt line.

"Hyungwon?!"

The fear in her voice and her constant cough brought him back to reality and he opened his eyes. His cheek burned like hell and surely also were as red as they felt. He shook his head and tried to steady his breathing again.

Then he walked over to her bedroom and carefully opened the door. She sat straight up in her bed, constantly coughing and pressed her hand against her chest again. She could barely breath between the attacks.

"Mo- MOM!!"

He rushed over to her and held her hand. Trying to calm her down. But it didnt helped.

"I'll call an ambulance. Dont worry. I'm here. Everything will be fine."

He fished his phone out of his pocket and called the ambulance. Then he could do nothing more than sit next to her until he heard the siren of the ambulance.

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Hyungwon walked the hallway up and down. Waiting for the doctor to finally come out. It has been over an hour since his mom disappeared in the treatment room. Hyungwon was a complete nervous wreck ever since.

He turned around for the at least tenth time when the door finally opened and the doctor came out. Hyungwon was immediately next to him, nervously playing with the hem of his shirt.

"And? How is she? Will she be fine?"
He almost yelled at the doctor which held up his hands defensively.

"Please, calm down. Your mom is stable by now. We got her some pain killers and something to sleep. She needs rest now."

Hyungwon sighed relieved and the doctor pointed at the empty seats in front of the room. They both sat down and Hyungwon looked at the man again.

"How long must she stay in here?"

The man in the white coat looked at him serious.
"At least a week. She has this flu since over two weeks, right?"

Hyungwon nodded. He was really worried about his mom. Especially since the doctor behaved a little bit weird now that he know she was sick since over two weeks. But then the older looked at him and some kind of positivity was coming from him.

"Don't worry too much. You're mom will be fine. We will do some tests on her and I'm sure we can discharge her soon. You can visit her tomorrow. She will be awake by then."

They stood up and Hyungwon thanked the doctor. But even though he had tried to calm Hyungwon down, the boy was still worried. Something seemed wrong but he couldn't pinpoint it.