Chapter 59: He needs someone beside him

It took about an hour to reach the hospital. Beomgyu ran into the gate and took the lift. It felt like the hospital was haunted since it was almost empty. Beomgyu wanted to see Soobin as soon as possible so he felt that the elevator was also running slowly. When he got down from the lift, he noticed the hallway was way too long and there was almost nobody except for a receptionist and a guy. Though the boy was way too far, Beomgyu understood it was nobody else but Soobin by taking a look at the shape of the guy. Beomgyu started running like he shouldn't waste a single second. Soobin also noticed Beomgyu from afar. But he wasn't sure if he should also run to Beomgyu or should just stay still, waiting for him.

At last, Beomgyu reached Soobin and nearly jumped onto his lap, trying to hug him. Soobin was surprised as he totally had no idea Beomgyu would do something like that. But he also held Beomgyu's waist in instinct and while trying to stay still, they got unbalanced and both of them fell on the ground. Soobin was bottomed by Beomgyu and he was on the top of Soobin though his head was hiding against Soobin's chest.

"Ouch!" Beomgyu groaned though the sound was too little. He hurt his nose as it directly got hit by Soobin's chest bone. Soobin also got hurt on his waist but was able to save his head due to his quick reflex. He thought Beomgyu would get up so he looked at him. But surprisingly, Beomgyu looked at him and grabbed his cheeks.

"Did you get hurt?" Beomgyu asked while trying to check on Soobin. And he found out that Soobin's face was reddish.

"N-no." Soobin replied and tried to look at the beautiful and innocent eyes.

"Ah! Your face is hot! Do you have a fever?" saying this Beomgyu put his own forehead on Soobin's to check the temperature.

"Oh my gosh! You really have a fever!" Beomgyu finally got up but he didn't notice he made Soobin's heart beat faster. Soobin took a long breath and saw Beomgyu offer his hand to help him. He took his hand and stood up. For a moment, he forgot about his worries when he held Beomgyu's hand. He felt like this is the thing he wanted. His heart started beating even faster.

"You should also get treated!" Beomgyu nagged at Soobin.

"I'm fine! Don't worry." Soobin replied with a big smile.

"B-but!" Beomgyu tried to say something but he couldn't as the surgeon just came out from the OT.

"How is he now?" Soobin rushed to him and asked.

"His condition is not fine since he almost put his one leg into the afterlife bridge. We had to perform CPR to bring him back and now we need twenty four hours to observe his situation. But don't worry! Everything is in God's hand. So pray for him and we hope he'll get up soon." the doctor tried to give a business smile but failed as he was hiding something from Soobin.

"He'll be fine, right?" Soobin asked with a very pathetic face.

"I hope so." the doctor patted Soobin's shoulder and then he walked away.

"W-what did h-he mean b-by h-hope s-so? He won't die, right? He can't die! How dare he act like dying? I won't let him!" Soobin kept blabbering. Seeing his condition, Beomgyu came to him and hugged him.

"It's okay, he'll be fine! Don't worry! I'm sure he'll be alright." Beomgyu consoled. Though it didn't help much to console Soobin, it helped him to shed tears which he was holding for a very long time. Soobin also held Beomgyu tightly as if he couldn't let go of him no matter what. But he couldn't hold him for much longer since he got dizzy from tiredness and loosened his grip. Beomgyu noticed that but he couldn't get what happened to Soobin. He tried to look at him but suddenly Soobin became a bit heavy for Beomgyu as if he drooped on him.

"Soobin! Hey! What happened? Response me! Soobin!" Beomgyu finally understood that the tall boy wasn't moving at all so he got afraid. He tried to move Soobin apart from himself but it felt like he was gummed with Beomgyu and couldn't be apart.

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"Mom! Is my dad a bad guy? Why do my schoolmates say that their parents told them not to be friends with me because my father is a bad guy?" Little Soobin who just returned from his elementary school asked his mother. His eyes were all teary as if he just cried.

"Aww my boy, did you get bullied again? Don't listen to them, hm? Come here!" His mom stood on her knees and spread her arms in front of Soobin. Little Soobin ran to his beautiful mom and hugged her tightly.

"Don't cry, my bunny!" saying that she sat down and took Soobin on her lap and hugged him warmly.

"They won't let me play with them cause their parents forbid them." Little Soobin hid his face on his mom's chest and sniffled while saying.

"It's okay. Mom will play with you, alright? Dad will also play with you. Hm? He's not a bad guy. He's really a good guy. Understand? He is just walking on a different path which made him look like a bad guy. But he is really a nice guy. You got it?" His mom patted his head and said with her very soft and warm voice.

"Really? Then why does everyone say he's bad? Did he scare them?" Soobin asked his mom and finally looked at her.

"No! He didn't scare anyone! He is trying his best to support us. So, shouldn't we also support him? And people always get him wrong. That's why they think he's bad. But actually he is really a decent guy. Understand? So, no matter what people say, don't listen to them. Because they don't know your dad at all. But I know and I hope you'll also try to know him, understand him once you're grown up." her mom sighed but little Soobin didn't get that. He was trying to hug her more tightly as he was sleepy.

"Soobin-ah! Can you promise me one thing? Promise me you'll never hate your dad. Promise me, you'll be there for him even if I won't be with you guys. Promise me you'll give him a home which he wants. He really needs to be loved." his mom asked Soobin. As Soobin never said no to his mom and he was so little, he didn't think much before replying to her affirmative.

Soobin opened his eyes suddenly and found himself on a hospital bed. He wondered why he had this dream after all this long. Maybe his mom was trying to remind him of the promise he made with her when he was little.

"I broke my promise, mom! I'm sorry!" he mumbled and tears started falling from his eyes. He wanted to cover his face but he noticed his hand was feeling heavy to pull. He looked at his hand and found Beomgyu's hand on his. He was sitting beside him. His head was laid on the bed beside Soobin and he was in a deep sleep while holding his hand. Soobin slowly sat down and moved his hand. Suddenly, he felt his eyes got dry and there were no trace of tears anymore.

He tried to look at Beomgyu's sleeping face and felt the warmth though he wasn't hugging. His face was covered with his long hair so he moved his hair as he felt a sudden urge to see his face. He finally took a look at him and found him very cute. So cute that he couldn't resist himself anymore and pecked on his cheek.