Twenty-One: Fear pt.1

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"are you seriously going to go to the patient?" "Seunghan I know you're worried about me, but I'm okay now and I need to go check on your father, he is my patient after all" and with that, the mother turned to work mode and left the patient's room going to the surgery room wearing her uniform. Seunghan sighed and looked at Seungcheol who was almost asleep with his head on Jeonghan's shoulder "You two should go home. It's late and you have school tomorrow" Seungcheol opened his eyes and sat up straight shaking his head "No hyung I'm staying here until mom and dad both leave the surgery room!" "Cheol you need to focus on your school for your future. Mom and dad won't want you ditching school to stay here. Now come on go home I'll call if anything happens" Seungcheol sighed and got up knowing his brother is right, he held Jeonghan's hand and got up "Let's go I'll drive" "No Cheol, I will, you're too tired"

Once they arrived home, the two walked inside the house hand in hand. Seungcheol looked at the time and his eyes widened "It's 3 am already?!" "Shh! The kids are sleeping" Seungcheol smiled sheepishly and two were going to their room when they heard something, "Was that..Seungkwan?" Jeonghan shrugged then peeked his head inside Seungkwan, Hansol, and Chan's room, "Hansol~" Seungcheol's eyes widened at the sight and quickly yet silently closed the door, before running back to his and Jeonghan's room. "Poor Chan..." Jeonghan followed after still flustered at the sight of his two friends doing something...well let's just say not very...innocent. He walked inside the shared room to see Seungcheol changing his clothes "Can I wear your hoodie? I'm feeling kinda cold" the older turned and saw Jeonghan fiddling with his fingers nervously and looking at the floor his face flushed with a beetroot red. Seungcheol chuckled at the sight and gave him the biggest hoodie he has "Here you go~" Jeonghan smiled shyly and took the hoodie. He went to the bathroom and changed to his pajamas and wore the large hoodie on top of it, drowning in it since it was huge. The hoodie lingered with Seungcheol's sweet and manly scent and Jeonghan absolutely loved it, he now knows that he will ask Seungcheol to give him his clothes more often.

"Awe look how cute you look, love! You're so adorable~" Seungcheol pinched his cheeks and squished him in a hug, Jeonghan chuckled and blushed a little "Thanks. You smell nice~" the older looked at the long-haired boy in his arms and smiled fondly "Thanks for today" "I didn't do anything though" "You being there was enough to make me feel better, love." Seungcheol pressed a soft kiss on the younger's lips, Jeonghan kissed back leisurely and put his arms around the older's neck deepening the kiss, Seungcheol's hands made their way to Jeonghan's hair and brushed his fingers through the silky brown locks, Jeonghan let out a low moan making Seungcheol deepening the kiss more. Soon, the two pulled away for air and smiled "I love you" Jeonghan said with a beautiful smile on his now swollen lips, Seungcheol chuckled and placed a gentle peck on the other's lips "I love you too"

The next morning, Jeonghan woke up to a phone ringing, he sat up and checked his phone then realized it wasn't his, he looked at the other side and saw that it was Seungcheol's phone. The long-haired boy shook his boyfriend's body and told him his phone was ringing, the older opened his eyes and groaned before getting up to check on his phone. He saw the caller's ID and jumped. Now wide awake, Seungcheol answered the phone "Hyung! Did something happen?! Is mom okay? Where's dad? Are they out of the surgery room-" before Seungcheol could continue throwing questions his brother, Seunghan, spoke "Cheol calm down. Mom is fine. both her and dad are out of the surgery room but...." Seunghan's silence scared Seungcheol, for some reason he felt worried and scared of what his brother might say "But what hyung?" he questioned his, voice more like a mere whisper, but luckily his brother heard him and sighed before answering "But dad...he..." Seungcheol heard soft sniffles from the other side of the call and his anxiety shot up, he felt sick to his stomach, and he didn't like it at all "hyung..what happened?" he tried to sound loud and clear but his voice cracked, in the end, making it more obvious to his brother that he was worried "Dad has lost his m-memories...he thinks he just got married and is on a honeymoon with mom...h-he doesn't remember us" a loud sob was now heard as Seungcheol's older brother broke down into tears. Tears started streaming Seungcheol's face without him knowing, he was too focused on letting the new news sink in, he didn't realize the call has ended and Jeonghan was calling his name

"Seungcheol!" the crying boy finally looked at his boyfriend, his eyes full of sadness and sorrow, Jeonghancupped the crying boy's face and wiped his tears with his fingers "Cheol, love, what happened? Why are you crying?" the older looked at the younger's eyes as tears kept streaming down his face "M-my dad he- he doesn't remember me," Seungcheol said as a louder sob escaped his mouth, the younger's eyes softened as he engulfed the older in a hug and whispering comforting words in his ears to help calm him down.

A few seconds later, they heard a soft knock on their room's door "Come in" Jeonghan said as Seungcheol kept snuggling closer-if that's even possible- to his boyfriend, his sobs calmed down to small hiccups and sniffles ss Jeonghan brushed his fingers through his thick black hair. Suddenly eleven boys walked inside the room and saw the couple. Jeonghan was shocked can't he didn't expect all eleven to be at the door. Meanwhile, Seungcheol stayed oblivious to the many people in the room and kept snuggling in his boyfriend's arms soft sniffles still heard from. Until one of the eleven boys spoke up, that is. "Hyung...are you okay? We saw you two leave in a rush last night and now we heard cheol hyung cry. Is everything okay?" Jihoon, the bravest out of all of them, spoke up and said what they all wanted to say. Jeonghan looked at Seungcheol an made him look at him, when he was sure older won't break eye contact, he whispered to him "Do you want to tell them?" the older's eyes shifted I fear again when he remembered that his own father doesn't remember him, he furiously shook his head no and Jeonghan was quick to understand. The younger in the relationship pulled his boyfriend closer to his chest and played with his hair comforting the older, he looked up at his friends that were staring at them with concern in their eyes, Jeonghan shook his head at the older part of the group, Jisoo and Wonwoo were quick to understand and sighed. "Guys let's come another time, hm?" Jisoo said making the younger part of his friends shift their attention from the couple to him "but hy-" "please? I'll give you all the ice cream you want after school okay? Come on let's go" Wonwoo joined in trying to convince the others to leave the couple alone and ask later. Mingyu sighed but nodded and so did the others before leaving the room

Jeonghan continued playing with the older's hair and whispered "Do you wanna skip class today and go see your dad? I think you should still go there for your mother and brother" Seungcheol looked up at the younger and smiled softly, much to the younger's relief. Jeonghan pecked his cheek and patted his butt "Go get ready I'll wait for you here" the older nodded and left. Seungcheol surely didn't want to go, he was too scared to face the fact that his father doesn't remember him, he was too broken that his mother was most probably in pain and is very stressed because of all of this, overly, he was too nervous to hear his father ask him "who are you?" he just couldn't, if he did, he knows he'll break into tears right there. But at the same time, he knows how hard his boyfriend is trying to help and he couldn't handle rejecting the offer, he also knows that his mother and brother definitely want him to be there, so he couldn't just let his fear of facing the truth make him look like a coward to both his boyfriend and family.

An hour later, Jeonghan and Seungcheol arrived at the hospital, they asked the receptionist staff for the room number and got an immediate answer, it was room '017". Seungcheol tightly held his boyfriend's hand and nervously knocks don the door after contemplating whether to make a run for it or not, he decided not to and just face it like a brave man-which he knows he isn't- he heard his mother's tired voice say "Come in" and with that, he walked inside...





Cliffhanger :b
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Also here's an edit of I.N I made today :))

N I made today :))

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