Belated Bloom - Lay (EXOxLay)

Is Anybody Out There?

**Trigger Warning: Depression, Spiraling, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide Attempt

'What happened to you hyung? Why are you like this? Who do I have to go secretly kill now?'

Those questions had been on repeat in Kyungsoo's mind since Yixing had shuffled clumsily into the office looking like death warmed over. Kyungsoo could almost feel the pain radiating from his hyung as he bowed and stood in front of Lee-Sooman. And when Yixing had fallen to his knees Kyungsoo couldn't hold himself back any longer. His hyung needed him, Lee Soo-Man be damned, Exo be damned, no one else lifted a damn finger as Yixing fell apart on the ground before them.

So Kyungsoo did the only thing he could think of, get his hyung out of there- out of that den of lions.

"Keep moving hyung, we're almost there" he mumbled, slightly out of breath.

They were currently shuffling through the arena hallways, Kyungsoo whispering encouraging and soothing words to his broken hyung along the way. But Kyungsoo knew soothing words would not help much, not when his hyung was like this.

Glancing down Kyungsoo could see Yixing's dazed expression was still set in place and he could more clearly see the bruises he had first glimpsed back in the office. 'Whatever happened couldn't have been good'. Yixing had been missing for a few days now and Kyungsoo didn't want to assume (that was Baekhyun's job), but it was hard not to assume the worst when you're dragging your battered hyung alongside you down an arena hallway just before your performance.

He couldn't help but sigh at the whole situation, if not cry really.

This whole week had just gone so utterly and horribly...wrong.

This trip was supposed to be a new beginning for the pack, but then after the hotel everyone had felt lost and confused- he wasn't blinded though, unlike the rest of the pack. He understood in a sad, guilt-ridden way why Yixing had decided to move on.

But he absences at the following Exo events had shocked Kyungsoo. As far as he knew, his Aeris-loving hyung would have never missed a fan meet.

So to him, something seemed off about the whole thing.

Yixing had kept his secrets in the past, sure, but Kyungsoo truly believed Yixing had never been malicious in his intent (some members would disagree with him, but Kyungsoo knew better). It...it just seemed so out of character for Yixing to be so excited to see them in Japan but then turn around and sleep with his manager and skip out on schedules.

Kyungsoo shook his head trying to rid his mind of the mental image that came with the thought- he had to focus.

Shifting Yixing a bit as he started to slip, Kyungsoo gripped his hyung firmly as they continued their never-ending walk. His hyung felt so light- lighter than Kyungsoo could ever remember him being. He could feel Yixing's ribs sliding along his fingers as he breathed in and out. That most definitely wasn't normal, and he couldn't help but flinch at the feeling.

'Even Xing-hyung's scent wrong' he couldn't help but note, catching a wiff of it as they continued to shamble down the hallway. 'What even is that scent?' it seemed familiar in some way but it seemed so soured...what was it? It wasn't his 'normal' scent...

Do Kyungsoo was nearly %100 sure he was missing some piece of the puzzle somewhere, somehow.

The somber beta was brought out of his musings though as he looked up once more and spotted the resting place he had been looking for. A small metal bench off the main hallway, quiet ans secluded for the most part.