Red String | Minsung

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Minho talked to the school nurse to divert himself from thinking about his fate. He knew well that Chan would flip out, so he just tried to not think about it. Minho studied the younger male. He looked distressed. The blonde was still very pale. Minho couldn't help but feel bad. Even though he loathed the guy, he recognized that he was creating stress and dread for him. Maybe Chan was right. Perhaps he was overly harsh on Jisung.

Come to think of it, Minho felt as if this situation was familiar. He didn't know why, but he swore something like this occurred before. He brushed it off as his mind playing tricks with him.

Minho heard the door open. He tensed right away. It was him. The brunette tried to be as silent as he could so somehow the older boy wouldn't notice him. Chris had a worried look on his face as he approached his friend. "Hey, I'm Bang Chan, Jisung's friend." Chan said to the nurse. "Oh yes, you're the friend Seungmin went to get. Did he fill you in on what happened?"

"He told me a few things. He told me to ask Minho here about it because he seems to know quite a lot about the situation." Minho flinched at the mention of his name. Chris turned to look at the brunette. The younger avoided his gaze. "Alright! He and Seungmin were a significant help. You two can chatter in the separate room while I keep an eye on your friend here." She smiled and pointed to the room.

"Will do." Chris nodded. He walked towards Minho and stopped right in front of him. The brunette slowly glanced up to meet the older's gaze. He didn't waste any time as he dragged Minho by his ear. Minho winced as he got dragged to the other room.

"So, care to describe what happened?" He spoke in an angry tone. Chan is a nice dude, but if you mess with his friends he can be truly scary. "Okay, look hyung. my friends and I were just talking in the hallway when we saw him collapse on the ground. We didn't know what happened. Changbin and Hyunjin went to the office to inform the principal about what had happened. Seungmin and I took him here." Minho explained vaguely.

"But there's more, isn't there?" Chris alluded him to continue. Minho let out an unsteady breath. "I knew Jisung a long time ago, we were both kids. He used to have panic attacks when he was younger. I didn't even recognize that it was him until recently!" Minho defended himself. Chan looked shocked. "How did you find out?"

Minho sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to not talk about it. "Jisung had dropped a picture of us from when we were kids one day. I found it and I was honestly confused at first, but then I remembered." He explained. "I also heard from Seungmin that you knew Jisung had an attack recently. How did you know about that?"

Minho tensed. Chan was gonna kill him. "W-well, I had to go over to his place to work on a project. We were arguing as usual, but I got furious because he made me close the tab with all of our work." He sighed. "I got frustrated with him because I thought we had lost all the progress. I yelled at him a lot and then he... had an anxiety attack." Chan looked furious. "And? Did you just leave him there to suffer alone?"

The brunette shook his head. "No, I... I kinda had an idea already of how to deal with anxiety attacks. I managed to calm him down. I don't know what caused it today." Minho explained. Chan sighed. Minho could tell that the older had mixed feelings. Chris opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by the nurse.

"Chan, Minho, your friend has woken up." They heard from the room. Chris quickly left the room to go see Jisung. Minho hesitated to go into the room because he didn't know how Jisung would react to seeing him there. He figured he would just observe from where he was.