The next morning, Woohyun was dressed up in a remote fashion from what he usually wears. His hair was pulled down to the point his bangs covered his eyes and was wearing a pair of glasses. He placed a cap on his head and wore a longsleeved shirt, topped with an odd looking coat with a long collar and some pair of ripped pants. He wore orange shoes instead of black, and tried to look simple as he could. He stepped out of the room, just in time when Sungyeol was about to enter to wake him up. "Are you...going somewhere?" Sungyeol asks as he pointed at his odd outfit.

 

 

"...yeah." Woohyun shyly answers, since  he already had the hint that Sungyeol's 'what on earth' instincts were activated. Truthfully, Woohyun wanted to look more unnoticed, but it only made him look weird. This was the best that he could do. "What on earth are you wearing hyung?" Sungyeol finally releases his statement, and Woohyun releases a deep sigh. "I'm off to see Sunggyu." He answers, and Sungyeol places his hands on his hips. "You know your name's on fire and I don't suppose hiding yourself with that outfit would make you escape those filthy spies." Sungyeol remarks, and Woohyun couldn't help but look down. He admits it, he's a bit embarrassed. "Also, you think you can get away from them with that? By just the first glance you look like some outdated psycho who doesn't know fashion and will truly grab anyone's attention." Sungyeol said in a disappointed tone, and moments of awkward silence followed after.

 

 

"Fine, I'll help you. Perhaps another disguise partner would make you more invisible." Sungyeol smirks, and somehow it sent a shiver down Woohyun's spine. He's already anticipating the choding's out-of-this-world plans and ideas, and he knew it was going to be ridiculous. "Just make sure it's not too tacky." Woohyun suggests, and Sungyeol walks inside his room. "I doubt it."

 

 

Minutes later, Woohyun and Sungyeol was in their complete disguise. Somehow, it did seem more worse than what Woohyun have expected, but it may be the most brilliant idea for now. Woohyun was wearing a pair of slip-on slippers, a hoodie, and some pair of black shades. He wore a worn out jogging pants, and somehow Sungyeol managed to put on some fake dirt on his face. On the other hand, Sungyeol was wearing a tuxedo, his hair pulled back, his hands covered with leather gloves, and some fake id lying inside his pocket. He didn't wear make up, of course, since that would make him really look like himself. To be certain, he also wore a expensive brand of shades, to make sure no one recognizes his eyes.

 

 

"Let's go." Sungyeol signals, holding his car keys.

 

 

"And by the way, I can't believe you're this short without your inner soles." Sungyeol teases, and Woohyun gives him a kick on his ankle. "Just get on with it."

 

 

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Sungyeol parks the car in front of the hospital, and then takes a deep breath. "You know the plan. You ready?" Sungyeol asks nervously, but conceals it with a determined look. "Yeah, I am." Woohyun replies, as his eyes stare at the obvious hiding paparazzis around the area. ". Wait a moment." Sungyeol curses as he suddenly realized that something was lacking. "What? What's wrong?" Woohyun asked panicking, and Sungyeol looked around the car, seemingly searching for something. "The cane! I forgot the cane!"

 

 

While Sungyeol was doing his best on being productive, some paparazzis already catched the car was being suspicious. They made ready their cameras and made sure they were ready to shoot, seemingly hungry for any scandal they could produce with the bag of cash tainted in their head. The adrenaline rushed through them as they saw a tall rich man step out the vintage car, and was brought to disappointment when they saw a filthy man step out from the shotgun seat, carrying an umbrella and tapping it's edge here and there. "It's just a blind man and a good rich kid." One of the paparazzi said over the radio, before he put down his camera and sighed in disappointment.

 

 

"Say something gibberish...!" Sungyeol whispers frantically, as he tried his best to act that he was busy assisting a blind man. "Don't worry! We are here. I will do as I promised. You have found my lost puppy and so this is your reward!" Sungyeol suddenly shouts out loud in a deeper octave of his voice, catching some attention from the people who were around the lobby. "Now, now. Let's go to the entrance, old man." Sungyeol said again in a loud volume, and Woohyun did his best to pretend that he didn't really know where he was going. "Hasuvavs hengeuni huavababba!" Woohyun said out loud, and got a kick on the ankle in return. At the same time, his shades fell off that made Sungyeol panic even more. "Idiot don't say anything! They'll recognize your voice..!" Sungyeol murmurs as he places the shades back on Woohyun. "Oh old man you're pretty clumsy!"

 

 

Woohyun hits the umbrella on Sungyeol's leg on purpose, but pretends it was an accident. "You just told me to say something gibberish!" Woohyun murmured back, and the people were starting to crowd around them. "Wh-What did you say, old man? I can't understand I'm sorry. I have a flight in a few, so I need to speed things up." Sungyeol pulled up his sleeves and did some stretching. "What are you saying..? That's not in the plaㅡ"

 

 

Woohyun suddenly felt Sungyeol's arms lifting his whole body, making him gasp, but sounded more like a moan. Sungyeol rushes to the nearest elevator, and clicks the tenth floor button. He waits for the doors to close, before his knees wobble and fall to the ground. "That...was....hard..." Sungyeol said in between breath, as Woohyun fixed his disguise and stood up. "Continue acting though," Sungyeol whispers. "There are cameras here still."

 

 

They patiently waited until the elevator dings open, and was greeted by a crowd of ladies, seemingly dressed as Sunggyu's fans, obvious from the shirt they were wearing. Sungyeol's cheeks suddenly became hot since they were at the brink of being exposed, and so Sungyeol had no choice but to fasten things up. "Excuse me but this blind man's daughter is dying so if you don't mind please step aside so we could pass." Sungyeol grabbed Woohyun's wrist and felt glad when the women had stepped aside immediately, and ran to the door where Sunggyu was admitted. They knocked on the door and was answered by a familiar voice, before it swing open  and the person's identity was revealed.

 

 

"Dongwoo hyung?" Sungyeol asked in a whispered volume, and as soon as Dongwoo realized who they really were, he pulled them in, making them shove their faces on the floor. "What are you both doing here?" Dongwoo asked, still in a soft volume, and Woohyun hurriedly took off his disguise. "I wanted to see Sunggyu. Sungyeol was just helping me to get here." Woohyun explained, and Dongwoo couldn't help but sigh. "He just fell asleep, but I guess both of you need some privacy." Dongwoo picked up Sungyeol and headed to the door. "We'll be in the room next door. I'll give you ten minutes." He says before finally leaving them alone.

 

 

Woohyun took a step closer to Sunggyu's bed, and takes a deep breath. He quietly watched Sunggyu peacefully breathe in and breathe out. Woohyun felt the guilt inside him worsening, seeing that Sunggyu is lying on the hospital bed, because of him. He holds back his tears as he tries to man up his guts.

 

 

"...Gyu?" Woohyun calls out softly, trying to see if he's awake. Sunggyu gently opens his eyes and looks at Woohyun. "Hyun?" Sunggyu replies, and Woohyun couldn't help but feel relief that Sunggyu isn't mad at him. "Gyu..." Woohyun walks closer and embraces him tightly. "I'm-" Sunggyu pulls him in and crashes his lips on his. He withdrew slowly and gave him a faint smile. "Don't say you're sorry. None of us knew this would happen, okay?" Sunggyu replies with his voice sounding more hoarse than before, to the point some words were quite inaudible to understand. Woohyun felt his heart ache and his chest constricting. Hearing him like that made him want to stab himself a thousand times. He felt so miserable and idiotic. "Sunggyu... What have I done to you?" Woohyun sobs, and Sunggyu his hair.

 

 

"You did nothing, Woohyun. It's not your fault." Sunggyu repeats, and Woohyun couldn't help but tighten his grip on Sunggyu. "Don't say that. Please. At least for once in your life, get mad at me. Hate me. Sunggyu, don't be too kind to me!" Woohyun felt his heart beating faster and faster, his mind filled of hatred towards himself. He felt like exploding, he wanted to punish himself. He was about to continue his rage when he felt Sunggyu's lips touch his cheek. "Okay. I'll be mad at you for at least once in my life. But not today, Hyunnie. I can't get mad because of this." Sunggyu rubs Woohyun's back and gently pushes him away. "But...I destroyed your dreams, didn't I? Ever since you were young, you always dreamed to be on stage, to sing. I-I'm so sorry I'm taking it away from you.." Woohyun couldn't resist anymore, his body finally gave up from the extreme feelings to the point his knees wobbled as he fell straight on the chair beside Sunggyu's bed. "And..I don't deserve you. You don't deserve me. The rumors, they're going to destroy me. If you stay with me, then you'll get into this." Woohyun closes his eyes and tries to calm down.

 

 

"If you're telling me that I should give up on you, I won't listen." Sunggyu takes a deep breath before he spoke again. "I'll stay with you, Woohyun. I'll stay with you, whatever they call you, whatever they do to me, I'll stay with you no matter what. I told you before, right? That I won't leave you unless it's necessary. You can't make me walk away, because that's my choice to make." Sunggyu reaches out to hold Woohyun's hand, and then kissed it. Woohyun felt his heart being stripped into two, Sunggyu's words dominating his frail mind. He couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know what to feel. But there was one thing he was sure of.

 

 

"Just...get well for now. Please...?" Woohyun whispers as he locks and entertwine their fingers, his grip was so tight that it seemed like he wasn't going to let go of him at all. "No promises." Sunggyu chuckles softly, and Woohyun blankly stares at him for he knew that he was faking his smile just to make him feel better. "Please don't smile. I know it hurts, and you know it too. Don't smile. Don't pretend." Woohyun says in a serious tone, and Sunggyu was left looking at him with worried eyes. "Okay, if that's what makes you feel better." Sunggyu closes his eyes and decided to take a nap, when Woohyun stood up from his chair and banged his hand on the bed. "Can you stop worrying for me and worry about yourself?! Can you just stop making others feel comfortable more than yourself?! Sunggyu, please! Think for yourself. Worry for yourself. It's not the time for you to be an older brother to anybody!" Woohyun shouts angrily, and was quickly followed with the continuous beeps on the door. "Woohyun..."

 

 

The door swung open and Sungyeol stumbled inside, with Dongwoo walking hastily towards them. "That's enough, Woohyun. You're in the hospital. Don't start a fuss." He pulls him away from Sunggyu's bed and Woohyun pulls his arm away from Dongwoo's grip. "I'm sorry for shouting. But you just had to know, Sunggyu." Woohyun walks to the corner of the room and sit down on the wooden chair. He looks at Sunggyu, who was being asked by Dongwoo if he was okay, befor closing his eyes and tried to calm down for the nth time.

 

 

"I don't deserve you." Woohyun says in his head as he drifted to sleep.

 

 

 

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