Kris was in his office when he got a text from Chanyeol.

'Tao’s in trouble. Come to the hospital now.'

In a minute, he was already outside, starting his car engine.

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Seven minutes later, Kris burst into the hospital with eyes blazing and panting for breath.

"Where is he?"

Chanyeol materialized in a dark hallway, pointing down into the shadows.

"He's in that ro--"

Kris brushed by him without a word. Dark images of his boyfriend dead flashing through his head and pushed everything else to the corners. The door to the room was closed, and Kris slowed down long enough to ease it open without a sound. He heaved a sigh of relief as he caught sight of Tao in one piece.

Surrounding him were Chen, Yixing, and Minseok, and Chanyeol was standing in the hallway behind Kris. At first, he thought that he had been the last one informed before he remembered that Chen and Yixing had taken Tao shopping. The clothes in question were crumpled in the corner, still in the bag.

The boy he had come for was lying under a thick comforter, yet his lips were tinged blue with chill, as if he had just been frozen for a year. Sprawled out on the pillow, black hair surrounded his face. Kris found it hard to breathe at the sight of his love, but he found his feet moving toward the be