don't go • soonhoon (completed)

• thirteen •

jihoon woke up in a familiar room. he blinked as his eyes adjusted to the light and his arm began throbbing. he slowly looked around to see soonyoung sleeping in a chair next to the bed. jihoon sighed and looked back to the ceiling, was it all over?

the door to his room slid open and jeonghan entered. jeonghan looked exhausted and he was. he had been taking care of mingyu and jihoon all while keeping his husband calm and collected. jeonghan noticed jihoon was awake and walked over with haste.

"does it hurt?" jeonghan asked quietly and jihoon nodded.

"you need to stop being such an idiot.. you're gonna get yourself killed for real. you can't leave these boys behind, especially him," jeonghan said with a rather shaky voice and referred to soonyoung as the last him.

"i'm s-sorry jeonghan.. i-im-"

jihoon couldn't even finish his sentence before he started crying. soonyoung slowly opened his eyes and saw jihoon crying and acted out of instinct and pulled him into a hug. soonyoung didn't see jeonghan or hear any of their conversation he just saw jihoon crying and held him in his arms.

soonyoung hoped that if he held him in his arms long enough the pain would go away. soonyoung wanted to take all of jihoon's pain away and keep him safe even if he was incapable of doing so. jeonghan watched as jihoon calmed down in soonyoung's grasp.

"im here.. it's okay.. you're safe," soonyoung said softly and jihoon clenched onto him even though his arm was killing him.

"i w-was so scared.." jihoon mumbled and soonyoung just stroked his back.

"you don't have to be scared anymore, i've got you now," soonyoung said and jihoon let him go.

just then soonyoung felt a hand on his back and turned quickly to see jeonghan. soonyoung flinched bit exhaled in relief and jeonghan just chuckled a bit.

"didn't mean to scare you heh.. i need to check the healing process then i wanna talk to you outside," jeonghan said and soonyoung nodded.

"you can talk to him in front of me," jihoon objected but soonyoung just placed his hand on jihoon's and whispered a small it's okay so jihoon allowed it.

jeonghan was looking at the stitching on the wound, quite proud of his work, and put some fresh gauze on it before leaving the room with soonyoung. jihoon laid there alone and he suddenly remembered mingyu. was he okay? did he make it? he had been stabbed in the chest. jihoon began to panic.

"soonyoung, i'm sure you've noticed but jihoon has been getting hurt a lot recently. he's not usually like this and when he is it's because he has something on his mind. recently that something has been you soonyoung. jihoon is essentially my child and i care for him unconditionally so i have to ask you something, how do you feel about him?" jeonghan asked and soonyoung found it hard to swallow or speak, his mouth became parched.

"i-i.. i don't know.. he runs in circles around my head and i can't worry about anything but him.. when he's away from me i get anxious that he's gonna get hurt.. im more scared to lose him than anything else in this world.. i know im incapable of protecting him but that's all i want to do! please.. don't take him from me," soonyoung pleaded and jeonghan was taken aback.

their love reminded him of his own. he remembered saying the same thing to seungcheol's dad all those years ago. jeonghan knew exactly how soonyoung felt and it made his heart warm. jihoon had found someone to protect him and jeonghan didn't have to worry anymore. jeonghan just smiled and pulled soonyoung into a brief hug.

"take care of him for me, will you? you're special to him.. he loves you," jeonghan said and soonyoung nodded.

as jeonghan began to walk away soonyoung went to open the door to get back into jihoon's room when he found jihoon standing at the doorway blood seeping through the gauze and down his arm.

"j-jihoon?" soonyoung asked and jihoon fell forwards into his arms.

"JEONGHAN!" soonyoung shouted and jeonghan turned around quickly and gasped as he saw jihoon.

after jeonghan restitched the wound and put on fresh gauze he took a sigh of relief. soonyoung held onto jihoon's limp hand as he watched the boy take small breaths.

"i just don't get what he was doing up," jeonghan said and soonyoung sighed.

"i'm not sure either.." soonyoung responded and jeonghan just placed a hand on his shoulder.

"how's mingyu doing?" soonyoung asked and jeonghan sighed.

"he still hasn't woken up. wonwoo hasn't left his side once no matter how much we try to convince him to," jeonghan said and soonyoung nodded.

"i get how he feels," soonyoung replied and jeonghan hummed in agreement. they all knew how it felt to stand over their loved one's body as he laid there so still. it's like they were alive but not at the same time.

"mingyu.." jihoon muttered as he slowly opened his eyes.

"he's okay jihoon,"

• author's notes •

cute ass shit bro .. i wanna move their love along but i don't wanna rush hhh (ik ive said it like a bazillion times but idc) i hope everyone enjoyed this chap !

-lilly