“Hyung!” Howon opened the door to his apartment.

He had just finished exercising; a towel rested around his neck and beads of sweat framed his face.

“How’d you find – what happened?” He changed the topic when he found blood stains on Dongwoo’s clothes.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s not me.”

Dongwoo turned his back and revealed Aeri.

He carefully rested her on the ground before searching for the emergency kit.

This was the second time that Howon's seen her.

But it was the first he's seen her up close. 

Howon brushed her hair away from her face.

She was beautiful, even more than he’d remembered.

He felt a spark travel through his body.

Just like the first time he saw her.

“Hyung, she’s cold. You have to take her to the hospital, she’s not like us. She’ll die like this.” Howon worried.

“I can’t Howon, they’re looking for us. If they find her…” Dongwoo spread out the tools. 

“Howon ah, help me. Make sure she doesn’t bite her tongue from the pain.”

Hoya nodded and put his palm between Aeri’s teeth.

Dongwoo ripped off her sleeve and examined her wound before taking the bullet out of her arm.

Aeri immediately bit down on Howon’s hand and cried herself awake.

She tried to fight but Howon held her securely in his arms.

Howon knew better than anyone the pain she was going through.

He tried hard to keep her calm by bringing he