"sorry"--- seungri continued crying...

Jiyong rustled the maknae's hair, feeling pity for the exhaustion that ate this innocent boy up. "no it's ok, i'm happy the firework didn't burned you or anything..." ji sat beside the maknae to check the ankle brace.

"hyung you just came from the concert shouldn't you be resting at home?" seungri pouted, ji just sitting beside him and rubbing his knee. "i'm sorry you're tired and you're here worrying for me."

"nah--", ji stood up and started covering ri with the blanket, "i rather be here than anywhere else." you better sleep now, i'm sure you need a lot of rest, he gently pushes ri to lay down but the maknae's fighting. "ya?"

"hyung.." ri blushes..ji tilted his head and waited for an explanation.."don't laugh..", ji nodded, "i'm scared of hospitals, do i really have to sleep here?" seungri pleaded like about to cry.

Ji giggled and pinched ri's cheek, "fine i'll stay here all night.." 

Ri smiled,"promise?"

Ji nodded. 

That night ji watches ri mumble as he sleeps..grinding his teeth and squinting his nose.

Ji laughed, ignoring the pain on his back for sitting on the sofa all night..he stood up and covered ri better with the blanket.

"goodness maknae, what will you do without me." he rolled his eyes.

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"sorry----" ri tried to cover his eyes, embarrassed that his hyung sees him at this state..drunk...crying...100% mess. 

"hey come on maknae---" ji grabs the box of tissue, shoves a bunch of rolled up tissue paper under ri's nose, "blow, you sound so nasally now."

Ri blew, ji squeezed the tissue. Ignoring the trail of snot... The two men sitting on the bed facing each other. 

Ri covered his eyed and hugged the pillow, ji sighed and pulled him to a hug, "you're still young, just barely 20s..more girls will come, she doesn't deserve you."

He felt ri nodded his head against his shoulder.

"next time..don't go drinking alone in your room ok?!" ji rubs seungri's back..

Ri nodded again, a hiccup follow. "hyung..i'm gonna throw up."

"AAAAH!" ji grabbed ri's shoulder and helped the first time drunk and first time heartbroken maknae finds his way to the bathroom.

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"i said i'm sorry!!" ri felt exhausted his knees are now numb after kneeling for nearly 30minutes.

"HANDS!" seunghyun growled and the maknae quickly raised his two hands.

"look i'm sorry ok!" i didn't know my ego went haywire..i learned my lesson.."hyung---" ri gave ji the puppy dog eyes.

"whatever." bae walked out, followed by dae and seunghyun.

"how many more sorry should i say." ri gave up, heart torn apart for disappointing his hyung. He suddenly surprised to see ji walk out, he was just barely holding on and the moment his favorite hyung left him..that's it..he started sobbing.

But then the sobs were silenced with a surprised "hyung?", ri's eyes darted out. 

"aish." ji bent down and helped ri back on the sofa, he lifted the covered and saw the swollen red knees of his maknae. He kneeled down on the front, face leveled to get a better look at ri's knee. Ji took out ice packs he got from the kitchen.

"sorry ri, we voted..and this was the punishment that won.." ji gently placed the ice on ri's abused knee, the younger flinched. "oh sorry--" ji gently blew on the knee.

"i thought you walked out on me too---"ri wiped his eyes dry, amused at how caring ji was, considering ji was really pissed off too.

Ji placed the ice back on ri's knees, "walk out? I just went to the kitchen to get these."

"i'm really sorry."

"you learned your lesson?"ji eyed the humbled maknae, who nodded immediately, "very good."

And they smiled at each other.

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"i'm sorry---" ri took baby steps as he tries to be as quiet as possible.

"mmmm.." a sleepy ji sat up, bed hair and swollen face--he quickly grabbed the bed side clock--"MAKNAE! IT's ING 2am! EVEN IF WE'RE IN JAPAN 2AM IS A ING UNGODLY HOUR TO WAKE ME UP!" he wanted to throw the clock to ri but then saw ri's pale face.."ya what happened?" his fury turned to worry all of the sudden.

seungri walked closer to ji's bed. "hyung...." he hesitated but then sighed, he needs to do this or else, he'll suffer all night. "top hyung and i watch some japanese horror in his room...."

Ji lifted an eyebrow..."and?"

"i...i..." seungri closed his eyes then with one go..jumped on ji's bed.."i can't sleep alone! I'm ing scared hyunnnggg" he managed to quickly crawl under ji's bed sheet, allowing ji to only see few cm of his hair..

Ji laughed, "i told you so----hanging out with top hyung has its consequences." he turned off the lamp, ri jerked with his eyes wide open. 
"hyung!" ri cried, afraid of the dark but then quickly calmed down when ji wrapped his arms around his waist...

"shhh hyung's here." ji pressed his faced on ri's back.

Ri nodded, calming down and dosed off to dreamland.