Recovery.
Coma. (Threequel to One Shot and Betrayal.)"Are you sure you don't need someone patrolling your area? Minyoung's family and the boys have one going around their neighbourhood in case of any suspicious behaviour." Hana explained.
"I think I'll be alright. I know he doesn't have any personal feelings towards me, so I don't think he'll want to try and do anything to me again." Youngjun replied, packing his things with reassurance.
Youngjun and Hana both had injured arms so the two of them obviously weren't able to go anywhere so easily by driving, so they planned to take a taxi together.
They were about to call for one when, Hana's phone rung. It was Hyosung.
"Hana, I need your help."
"What's happened?"
"It's JB. He's... He's passed out."
"What? Passed out?! Where is he?" Youngjun suddenly became alarmed hearing Hana receiving the sudden news over the phone.
"Relax, everything's fine. The idiot was just drinking at the bar..." Hyosung muttered the last sentence. "I just need your help in getting him home. I can't carry him myself."
"Alright, we'll make our way over there now. Could you help us get home afterwards too?"
"Sure thing. Be quick!"
They arrived soon enough to the bar and found JB asleep on the counter. Glasses of alcohol surrounded him and there was an undeniably strong alcoholic smell coming from him. Looking at him like this, the group really sympathised with him. Hyosung especially. She felt bad for shouting at him and making him feel responsible for everything.
"JB? Come on, wake up buddy." Youngjun tried to pull him upright so he was sitting, but the younger man only shrugged Youngjun out of his grip and slumped back onto the counter again with a groan.
"Jaebum, get up." Hana shook his shoulder slightly and used the excuse, "We need to talk to you."
"I don't want to talk." the slurred words came out of the man's mouth.
"Jaebum, we're sorry for treating you like we did at the hospital." Hana tried to explain. "But you shouldn't be like this. Don't do this because of us, please."
"I can't help it..." he mumbled in reply. A quiet cry escaped his lips. "I got you all hurt... I could've killed you all..." his voice broke and tears managed to fall, despite his eyes being closed. "If Youngjae doesn't wake up, I'll never forgive myself." he declared. "Never."
"Jaebum..." Hyosung was about to speak but held herself back. Her eyes were watering up from seeing him like this.
"I've ruined everything. Everything..." the younger drunk man mumbled. "I want to die." he said, sounding terrifyingly desperate.
Youngjun saw the two girls look at him with pity. They knew how Jaebum felt. Working with Youngjae for almost 15 years and having to only hope that the man would have the strength to wake up soon, was painful.
He approached JB slowly and even though he only had one arm strong enough to hold the drunk man by, he managed to get him under his grip to stand up. "Come on JB, I need you to pull yourself together." he quietly said, eventually getting help from Hana and Hyosung to carry him out of the bar and into the car.
Youngjun placed JB upright in the backseat and sat with him at the back. He insisted for Hana to sit at the front seat, despite his injured shoulder.
The drunk man mumbled a few words but nothing coherent. They said nothing in the car and the radio wasn't on. Hyosung's car was not a police car anymore. Neither did she wear her police uniform, but instead normal clothes. Things were slowly feeling different.
They arrived at Jaebum's place eventually and settled him into his bed.
"Stay here with Jaebum until he wakes up." Hana told Hyosung.
She was taken aback from Hana's sudden suggestion but fully understood well why she should. "I will. But what about you two? How will you get home?"
"Taxi. I'd rather you stay here and look after JB, in case he does something stupid." Hana explained. "Phone me as soon as you can and let me know what happens okay?" she smiled and hugged her older female friend.
Half an hour later, Hana and Youngjun got to his apartment building. They got into a lift to get to the 4th floor. Youngjun noticed that Hana was silent. But a very different silent. A silent that worried him.
"What's up?" he asked.
She sighed. "Everything... Is just crazy right now..." she replied quietly, shaking her head.
"It'll calm down eventually. It has to. Whatever happens, we can't all be angry and sad forever."
She nodded in reply to what he said but didn't pay much attention to it. What surprised Hana the most was when she felt Youngjun grab her hand softly. She looked at him in sudden alarm but he only smiled gently at her before telling her, "We're on the 4th floor." he led her down the hallway into an apartment holding her hand. She was a little shy but regained her senses fully when Youngjun let go of her hand to open the front door.
He approached JB slowly and even though he only had one arm strong enough to hold the drunk man by, he managed to get him under his grip to stand up. "Come on JB, I need you to pull yourself together." he quietly said, eventually getting help from Hana and Hyosung to carry him out of the bar and into the car.
Youngjun placed JB upright in the backseat and sat with him at the back. He insisted for Hana to sit at the front seat, despite his injured shoulder.
The drunk man mumbled a few words but nothing coherent. They said nothing in the car and the radio wasn't on. Hyosung's car was not a police car anymore. Neither did she wear her police uniform, but instead normal clothes. Things were slowly feeling different.
They arrived at Jaebum's place eventually and settled him into his bed.
"Stay here with Jaebum until he wakes up." Hana told Hyosung.
She was taken aback from Hana's sudden suggestion but fully understood well why she should. "I will. But what about you two? How will you get home?"
"Taxi. I'd rather you stay here and look after JB, in case he does something stupid." Hana explained. "Phone me as soon as you can and let me know what happens okay?" she smiled and hugged her older female friend.
Half an hour later, Hana and Youngjun got to his apartment building. They got into a lift to get to the 4th floor. Youngjun noticed that Hana was silent. But a very different silent. A silent that worried him.
"What's up?" he asked.
She sighed. "Everything... Is just crazy right now..." she replied quietly, shaking her head.
"It'll calm down eventually. It has to. Whatever happens, we can't all be angry and sad forever."
She nodded in reply to what he said but didn't pay much attention to it. What surprised Hana the most was when she felt Youngjun grab her hand softly. She looked at him in sudden alarm but he only smiled gently at her before telling her, "We're on the 4th floor." he led her down the hallway into an apartment holding her hand. She was a little shy but regained her senses fully when Youngjun let go of her hand to open the front door.
They finally set down at Youngjun's apartment, where Hana set down his belongings and took a look around.
"Who else lives here?" Hana asked.
"Just me." Youngjun gently approach her and took a seat. "Seems a little too big for one guy, right?" He insisted for her to sit down with him.
"Doesn't it feel a little... Lonely here? You live pretty far from us all too, to be pretty honest."
"Kinda. But then again it's nice to be alone sometimes." he gave a little smile again.
They stayed silent for a few minutes. It wasn't awkward, funnily. Hana and Youngjun had never talked so much and stuck together so close until this all happened. But as each hour passed by, they felt slightly better, knowing that they were both weren't alone in all this.
Taking a quick look at Youngjun, Hana couldn't help but see Youngjae's features in him. He was so friendly and likeable, Hana couldn't help but admire him. Not to mention, he had some of Youngjae's facial features - his smile being the real highlight. Youngjun smiled at her. And she smiled in return.
"You can stay here for the night, if you like." Youngjun spoke out of the silence.
"Hm?"
"There's a spare room over there." Youngjun pointed to a closed door that was next to a fairly open door. "It's late, and I'd rather let you stay here knowing that you're safe instead of letting you go out there in the dark alone." he explained, expressing worry unknowingly. "Besides," he lifting his arm that was in a sling, "I'm going to need some help with this." Youngjun made her laugh softly.
"Okay..." she smiled eventually. "Sure."
"Do you like hot chocolate? I can make some now, if you want."
Somehow it made her feel at ease. And it made Hana wonder if Youngjun liked her.
But that was crazy. This was Youngjae's brother. Could it be?
But that was crazy. This was Youngjae's brother. Could it be?
"Yeah... I do." she replied eventually.
And there was a comfortable silence, in the midst of all this chaos.
Morning came slowly. The light seeped through the blinds and shone on Jaebum, causing his eyes to flicker and wake up with a painful groan.
"You're awake." a female voice greeted him.
He flinched at the presence of Hyosung standing next to his bed. ". You scared me." his voice was croaky.
"Good. It's what you deserve for drinking so recklessly last night." she snapped at him.
Jaebum and Hyosung exchanged a glance. There were tears welling up in both of their eyes at the thought of Youngjae again and how broken Team 0128 became. "Listen." Hyosung started, knowing that Jaebum was fully conscious and aware of what she was going to say. "I'm really sorry for what I said last night. It's not your fault. And I know you're going through a hard time - we all know how you feel. It wasn't fair of us to neglect you like that." Jaebum saw that it was difficult for Hyosung to give him words of comfort right now. Mainly because they didn't talk to each other as seriously as they currently were. "We have to look out for each other because Daewoon is still out there. So I want you to know that whatever happens to Youngjae, you're not to blame yourself. Don't believe that you betrayed Youngjae or any of us, and just try and move forward with what's going on. You're not going to do anything stupid that will risk your life. Understand?"
She waited for his response, but all she received back was a wide eyed JB who dashed for the bathroom as quick as ever.
Hyosung made an uneasy face at the sound of the younger man throwing up the remains of his alcoholic consumption. "Typical. I go soft on the boy and he throws up."
What can I say, what can I say?
Hello! That's right, I'm back~ YEHET! ^_^
Even though I've finished all my exams, by the time you'll be reading this, I'll actually have left the UK to volunteer at a Pilgrimage for the sick in Lourdes for a week! C:
Not to fear! I've prepared a few chapters in advance so hopefully if I get wifi over there I will be able to just publish it from my drafts. If there isn't any wifi over in France, then we can cry xD
If you've been sussing out what I'm trying to do with Youngjun and Hana, then well done! I think this non-existent couple seems really cute for some reason, I'm not sure why ^^;;; And I'm sorry the whole Youngjae-in-a-coma thing is being dragged on for so long but it is for a reason that I hope you readers anticipate, so just wait a little bit longer! <3
But anyway! Take care, and I hope you've all been well. I'VE MISSED YOU ALL <3
From now until next Friday, I will be absent from updating. Instead, robot Zelo will take my place, although there may be some 'shutdown's and 'error's that could potentially occur because Zelo is still a rookie robot~ kekeke
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