There's a knock at his door. Changmin definitely heard that, someone was knocking lightly on his door. He woke with a heavy head. He glanced at the clock on the bedside table; the bright numbers illuminating the clock face three in the morning. He slid out of his bed and headed towards the door. Approaching the door slowly he opened it.

"Hyung."

"Well," Karam said, sighing, "Hyung couldn't sleep and hyung had a feeling you couldn't either."

"Come here." Changmin immediately grabbed Karam's hand and pulled him into his room and closed the door behind them gently. Setting themselves at the edge of the bed, both boys were quiet. Karam didn't say a word and neither did Changmin.

Karam looked at the packed suitcases on the floor, slowly he looked away. Changmin looked at his brother and noticed his tightened jaw. He had refused his brother's help to do the packing earlier because he knew it will just make him more sad. Changmin reached out and grabbed Karam's hand and pulled him onto his chest.

"Hyung, don't think too much about it. I will not be far. I’ll Skype you every night if I can, so you won’t miss me too much.” Karam doesn’t say anything and Changmin rocks him gently back and forth in his arms before he heard little sniffles.

"I know you're scared for me." Changmin added. He placed his hand on Karam's and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "But I'll be okay." Changmin assured his brother, rubbing his hands through Karam's hair and down his back. "I'll be fine."

Karam just keep quiet.

Changmin grabbed Karam's chin and turned his face to look at him. "Look at me, hyung. I know you took great care of me." He added. "Nothing's going to happen to me, all right? I'll be too busy texting you during the day and and Skype you at night.”

Karam let out a small laugh in spite of himself. "You know I'm not worried about that."

"I know, hyung. you're worried about appa and umma." Changmin pointed out gently.

Karam nodded. "They're unpredictable. Hyung didn't know what will happen next."

"Hyung, we just do as what they asked for now, okay? Just because we're still schooling, we can't do anything. But it won't be long hyung. The time will come for us to be together again."

"...hyung really am going to miss you though. Everything happened so fast. Just too fast." Karam sighed, still looking at Changmin.

Changmin’s heart aches a little at hearing this because he’s never been away from his brother for such a long period of time. Sure, he had left his brother when he went to Japan to spend his school holidays with Yamapi's family sometimes, but this time, the separation was for different purpose.

As if this is the final journey of their love story. As if.... he's not going to see his brother ever again.

"I'm really going to miss you too, hyung." Changmin whispered. "Hyung, you sleep first, okay. I'll wake you up later." Changmin said kissing his brother on the forehead. Karam nodded. They both crawled over the bed and, not content to have any space between them, Changmin pulled his brother to straddle him. Karam settled against him as he rested his hands on his waist. He began to hum a song that Karam can’t place, but the vibrations run through him and before he knew it, he fell asleep. Changmin looked at his brother's closed his eyes, committed his face to his memory, burning the image of him lying there peacefully into his mind. He bent down and brushed his lips against his brother's forehead in a kiss as light as a feather. He too fell asleep moments later.

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Changmin opened his eyes slowly and stared at his sleeping brother in his arm and his heart ached for him. His whole life, his brother had been the strong one, completely untouchable. He never needed to be protected or rescued. His brother was the dependable one. He might not have ever shown that side to anyone else, but Changmin saw it.

“Wake up hyung.” Changmin shook lightly on his brother's shoulder in an attempt to wake him. “Time for me to get ready. Besides we didn't want umma to find you in my room, on my bed,  right?” He ran a hand through his brother's hair and kisses his forehead.

Karam sat up and wrappped