Jongin

“He can’t feel any pain.” 

I stared at him with my jaw hanging as I thought he was joking, but when he stared at me back dead serious, I couldn't help but to stutter. “What - what do you mean?” I finally managed to say after a moment of silence.

“He doesn’t feel any pain," he said again, "he can’t feel the pain if you punch him, make him bleed, or anything. It's con insensitivity to pain. You may have heard of con analgesia. It's incredibly rare, so when a person has it, they can't feel any physical pain whatsoever - it's basically a genetic disorder," he explained detailed. 

 I honestly didn’t what to reply; I had never heard of it before, and I could never had guessed Kyungsoo had this...genetic disorder. 

But it did make sense though, since he didn’t even flinch when I cleaned his wound at practice the other day, and he had to check his body if he was hurt as he couldn't feel it himself. Did he really not feel any pain at all?

“Can he feel touches though?” I asked as I thought for a second.

“Yeah, but if it’s a slight touch he doesn’t, but if you hold his hand, place your hand on him, or something that leaves a strong impression, then he’ll feel it. It could never hurt him though.” It was hard believing it, but I just knew Baekhyun wasn’t lying straight to my face.

“But that doesn’t explain why he doesn’t smile or show any emotions,” I said, still curious. 

Baekhyun sighed. He seemed to be concerned about Kyungsoo as well, and I could understand that. Even I felt concerned for him. “He thinks that he could never get hurt - emotionally. He has never cried, smiled much, laughed, or anything. He thinks he can’t feel any of it since he can’t feel any pain," he told him, looking sad as he tried his best explaining to me. "At first I thought that as well, but I asked some doctors and searched the Internet, and they said he of course could feel emotions, like being happy or sad, he just hadn’t experienced it, or really tried to feel it himself. Or he just doesn’t know how to express them at all.” 

Wow, he was so mysterious that it made me incredibly curious. Everything about him was fascinating that I just wanted to dig more into it myself. “Thanks Baekhyun,”