Hold You Tighter | TaeGyu

Too Late

Beomgyu rubs his eyes as they flutter open. He looks to his left to find him being surrounded by Taehyun's pillows, hugging Taehyun's shirt and his hands clasped to the polaroid picture of Taehyun.

He smiles one more time at them before noticing the time. It's 7 pm.

"Taehyun-ah! Are you home?", he calls out while tidying up the bed.

No answer.

And that concerns him. He quickly takes a good look at the apartment. Taehyun really isn't back yet.

He's never out for this late. Hmph! Beomgyu frowns. What's taking him so long?

He fishes out his phone to call the younger when he notices 34 missed calls from Hueningkai, 22 from Soobin, and 29 from Yeonjun.

Fuck!? I didn't even hear it ringing.

Without wasting any second, he quickly dials their numbers but none of them is picking up.

Something is wrong.

Suddenly, his phone rings as the caller ID says 'Maknae Hyuka' and he immediately answers the call.

"Hey, Kai! I'm so sorry. I was sleeping and didn't notice my phone ringing. What's up?", he asks. "I saw tons of missed calls from you guys"

"Hyung", Hueningkai sniffs, making the ash-blonde tense.

"I-Is everything alright?"

"Hyung, Tae-Taehyunie", the curly head sobs more.

"What h-happened to Taehyun?". Uneasiness runs through his veins at the mention of the brunette.

"Hyunie....he met with an accident this evening", Hueningkai finally says before breaking into tears.

Beomgyu stays silent for some moments before bursting into a guffaw.

"Hy-Hyung? Why?", Hueningkai asks, confused at the older's action.

"Hueningiee! You shouldn't joke about something like that. You got me for a second", he answers before wiping the tear that fell due to laughing so hard.

"I'm not joking, hyung. We all are in the hospital right now. We've been trying to reach you for a long time. I'm sending you the location. Please come quickly", the youngest explains in a brittle voice before hanging up, leaving the ash-blonde speechless.

He moves the phone from his ear and stares at it until he receives a message. It seems like his mind has stopped working, he can't think clearly right now. He stands at his place still, breathing heavily as tears threaten to fall. He's internally screaming, begging that this is all false.

Beomgyu dashes away as fast as he can. He doesn't know how to feel at this moment. His heart is aching, he feels nauseous. He just needs to see the younger.

Please Taehyunie! Please be okay.

***

Due to running so fast, Beomgyu slips a bit before entering the hospital, his appearance totally worn out because of all the running and crying. He speeds up to the reception, body shaking uncontrollably.

"K-Kang Taehyun", the ash-blonde stutters before the receptionist, still wishing she'll assure him that there's no patient of this name.

"The emergency case of this evening?" Let me check", she says, breaking his heart into thousand pieces. "Room 609, take the elevator to 3rd floor and there you'll see the ICU room"

He quickly thanks and then runs to still confirm if this patient is indeed Taehyun, his Taehyun.

As the elevator opens, he comes out and looks right and left and yes! He spots his friends, talking to a familiar woman. Shin-ae's mom? What is she doing here?. He jolts to them.