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ten was furious. he had just come back from talking to renjun and haechan in their usual spot, the copy room. he already had to worry about jungwoo, but now jaemin? he was going to put an end to this whether renjun liked it or not. jaemin is just playing with his feelings now, and ten wasn't going to let his friend be manipulated.

he stomped through the halls gaining some glances from those around him, but they didn't dare stop him. his cold aura was something no one was willing to cross. as ten made his way up the stairs to the editor's hallway, he was stopped abruptly.

"where are you going?"

"seriously, johnny? you're always in my way!" ten moved aside, trying to pass johnny, but the older blocked him.

"who made you angry this time? you can't just fight people when they make you upset."

"oh really? watch me." ten slipped past johnny in swift motion and marched down the hallway to jaemin's office. and right on queue, jaemin was on his way out of his office anyways.

"ten, stop!" johnny chased after the younger, he began to panic even more when he saw jaemin exit his office with jungwoo right beside him, "jaemin! watch out!" both jaemin and jungwoo looked up at their boss with a puzzled expression. that was until they looked down and met with ten who was fuming. everything after that was a blur.

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it was the end of renjun and haechan's shift, they had just checked out and decided to go hangout. as they made their way out of the department, someone had ran over to them and tapped haechan's shoulder. "m-mark? what are you—"

"please, it's important. jaemin is at the hospital right now after what happened earlier. haven't you two heard?" renjun and haechan were confused and surprised. "ten knocked him out completely. he's in the hospital unconscious."

"holy shit..." that's all they needed to hear, they put everything behind them and rushed to the hospital. mark had driven the two there since he was on his way himself. when they arrived, they met with half of their coworkers sitting in the waiting room.

"i assume you three are here for na jaemin?" the lady at the front desk asked. the three nodded before sitting next to johnny who looked more bothered than anyone else in the room.

"you alright, sir?"

johnny sighed before answering renjun, "i will be." renjun nodded slowly before he looked beside johnny and saw ten sitting there. his face was buried in his hands while johnny had his arm wrapped around his waist.

"okay, visitors for na jaemin?" another nurse had emerged from one of the hallways, a clipboard in hand. her eyes doubled in size when she saw everyone in the waiting room stand to their feet. "i'm sorry, but we can't have too many people back their at once. is anyone here family? or really close with him?" everyone sat back down and looked to renjun.

"i think it'd be best for you to go..." johnny whispered, his eyes glued to the floor. renjun gulped before standing, his legs felt like jelly.

"alright, sir. please follow me." renjun obeyed and followed the nurse through the hallways until they stopped at one of the doors. "he's just waking up, please be considerate." and with that, she left the two alone. renjun sat on the stool beside the bed and stared at jaemin. they weren't on the best terms, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't worried. he was terrified. gently, the older slipped his small hand into jaemin's larger one, and watched as he stirred in his sleep.

"it's okay, nana. i'm here." renjun spoke softly, tracing his thumb over jaemin's knuckles. the younger was startled awake by the loud beeping noise of his heart rate, but he soon relaxed when he heard renjun's familiar voice.

"renjun-ah..." jaemin said with his raspy voice, he even managed to smile through the pain he was feeling. "i'm happy to see you here...right when i wake up..."

"stop talking, you'll hurt yourself even more." jaemin closed his eyes and nodded. his body tensed up as he felt a sharp pain in his jaw. "just breathe, you'll get through it. it's just your jaw and your eye." renjun squeezed his hand.

"m-my...eye?" jaemin reached his free hand up to the foreign material that covered his left eye.

"don't! let it heal, just relax." the two sat in silence. renjun stayed and made sure jaemin was comfortable and relaxed while the younger was staring at all parts of the room. "you know the whole department is out there waiting for you?" jaemin turned his head towards the older.

"mhm...but they told me to come in here first." jaemin didn't reply due to some more pain in his jaw, but he squeezed renjun's hand to let him know he heard him.

"jaemin, it's time for your medicine." the nurse smiled as she came in with a needle. as she injected it in his arm, he shifted uncontrollably and his grip on renjun's hand tightened.

"you're doing great." renjun comforted.

"all done! now if you don't know already, you have a fractured jaw and a black eye. it will hurt to move your jaw so please avoid doing that as much as you can, and keep the eyepatch on. you're vision might be a little off on that eye and it's bruised." the woman explained and jaemin groaned. "you'll be alright in no time, jaemin! you're very lucky to have him right by your side." the woman grinned before leaving.

"...m'pretty lucky, hm?" renjun pinched his arm causing jaemin to flinch.

"stop talking, you fool." renjun rolled his eyes. slowly jaemin fell asleep to renjun's soft humming, and renjun stayed beside him until visiting hours were over. when he returned to the waiting room, everyone was gone except for ten, mark, and haechan who were sleeping. "guys? why did you wait for me?"

the two jumped awake, "sorry, we didn't want to just leave you here." haechan yawned.

"i'll take you guys home." mark led the three out to his car. everyone was talking and asking about how it went, all except for ten.

"what exactly happened, ten?" renjun asked.

"i was mad at him for what he did to you...and so i went to his office and hit him right in the middle of the hallway..." he sniffled. "right in front of jungwoo and johnny...i just blacked out, i was too angry to realize what i was doing."

"did they try to stop you?"

"of course they did. johnny tried to stop me before i even go to 'em...both him and jungwoo were pulling me off of him after i first hit his eye....i'm s-so sorry." ten sobbed into his hands. everyone was speechless, all they could do was comfort ten and hope for the best.