"You bastard! How dare you!" Changmin bellowed. "I'll kill you!" Changmin gowled in a threatening tone. He'd lost control of his brain, rage the only voice in his mind and it was screaming Seungho's name. Changmin launched his punches at Seungho and  slammed Seungho's body against the wall again, his hands wrapped around Seungho's neck, determined to choke the life out of him.

Karam's eyes grew wide and a jolt of terror shot through him. "Changmin! No! Let go of him!" Karam screamed, pulling Changmin away. Key tried to help but was pushed aside by the strong arms of Changmin's. Changmin was like a possessed man.

"Stop this!" Karam told him but Changmin was too far gone in his anger to listen.

"S...Stop." Seungho managed to choke out, trying to pry Changmin's hands from his neck that was cutting off his air completely.

"Changmin stop, please... Listen to hyung. Listen to hyung." Karam was begging, wrapping one arm around his brother's waist and using his other hand to try and pull Changmin's hands away from Seungho's throat.

With difficulty, Karam and Key managed to pull Changmin away, releasing a gasping Seungho in the process. They wrestled with a resisting Changmin, who was struggling furiously to get free and go for Seungho again.

"You bastard!" Changmin spat at Seungho, who had collapsed onto the floor, coughing violently the moment Changmin' fingers were pried away from his throat. "You must have a death wish coming to your door!" Changmin yelled, fighting against the restrain of his brother, wanting nothing more than to rip his throat open.

Seungho pulled himself to sit up, gasping horribly for breath. He shook his head at Karam. "I...I never w-wanted to-to hurt you." he said in a voice barely above a whisper looking at Karam. “I love you."

'You're in dip, Seungho.' Key thought, looking at him.

"You dare to touch my brother again, you're dead Yang Seungho! You're dead." Changmin threatened, pointing his finger dangerously in Seungho's direction.

Karam not sure what expression he's wearing, but it's enough to make his lips quiver sharply. The silence rings in his ears and suddenly everything seemed darker. Karam felt the ground was spinning beneath him and the last thing he heard was Changmin, Key and Seungho screaming for him before he slipped into pure darkness.

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Key stood still watching Changmin carried his unconscious brother out from the house and heard the car being driven away.

Key sighed as he found Seungho was staring at him. He walked to him. "Are you okay, Seungho?" He asked as he helped Seungho to stand up and took him to sit on the couch. He saw some blood on Seungho's lips and nose. It wasn't good and Key was starting to get really concerned. It was actually a little heartbreaking.

"No. I'm not okay Key!" It almost came as a yell to Key. He wiped the blood from under his nose and his lips with a sleeve of his shirt. But the worst part was his throat. On either side of his neck, Key could clearly see make out deep red mark in the shape of fingers.

"What were you trying to do to him, Seungho? What were you trying to do to yourself?"

Seungho didn't answer as Key's questions circled round and round his head. He didn't say anything as his eyes focused on Key. He looked at Key so seriously it scared the latter.

Key draw in a deep breath of air and let it out slowly through narrowed lips, his gaze firmly on Seungho. "Let me get an ice pack for you first." Key immediately went to the kitchen. He grabbed some ice cubes from the fridge and wrapped it in the clean kitchen towel. He went back to the living room and sat next to Seungho, passing him the ice pack.

"I'm sorry, Seungho." Key said after a while of silence.

"What are you apologizing for?" Seungho asked again in a hoarse whisper, looking perplexed.

"Everything..." Key said softly. "I'm just... I've never thought this would happen."

Seungho draw in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I'm such a stupid git, Key," Seungho whispered again. "Why do you even care about me at all?" He blinked a few times, pushing back the sting in his eyes, willing himself to get under control.

Key's head snapped up at his words.  "How can you say something like that? You're my friend Seungho. Of course I care about you, too." He gulped nervously.

Seungho stared at him for a moment, his eyes focused on Key's hands on his laps and his lips trembling slightly. There was a brief moment before Seungho spoke. "You knew about this