GO walked into Mir's room. He saw the figure curled on the bed and padded his feet to the figure. Mir was back in the dorm last night. Eyes red and puffy and the maknae went straight into his room without a word.

GO sat on the edge of Mir's bed. He ran his fingers through Mir's silky locks. "I... I have to tell you something." He started in a quiet voice. He waited until Mir tilted his head a bit to peer into his dark orbs. He gave the youngest a small smile. "Remember two days ago when Seungho and I came home late?" Mir gave a small nod. "I kind of having a very painful throat all of sudden and Seungho took me to the hospital." Mir shot up immediately at the word hospital. "My throat isn't that healthy right now, that's why we have to shorten our promotion period. No worries though. It'll heal by time." He explained. Mir nodded again, his tense shoulders relaxed again. "Mir..." GO called and Mir looked up again. "You said your hand is always held out for me, right?" Mir blinked as GO hesitated until finally the older let out his sudden request. "Can I reach out now?"

Their eyes met and Mir wordlessly put out his hand and open it up with palm facing upwards for GO to hold. With a smile adorning his face, GO interwined his left hand with Mir's right hand tightly. 

"You know... You don't need to fix me all by yourself. It's better if we can heal together instead." GO started again, carding his free hands gently on Mir's bleached hair. "You can lean on me too." 

GO's every gentle gesture was reminding Mir of a mother. So, he became a son. A son that told his mother all of his problem. A son that seek for comfort. So, he told. He told GO his feeling right at this moment in one simple sentence. It was just a simple sentence but it explained every emotion swirling in his orbs. "I'm tired, hyung." Mir finally said after a seemingly very long silence. He felt GO's hand squeezed his own slightly.

"You are, aren't you..." It was a statement. A recognition that Mir finally able to expose his own vulnerable side. And now all three of them had let each of them see how broken their souls were. And the process of proper healing would finally start. "You want a safe fort to hide?" GO waited until Mir nodded and started to rearrange Mir's thick blanket and mattress and covered Mir under them as if it was another house for Mir. A safe ground for Mir. A nest for Mir to seclude himself. It might look childish but it worked because it made Mir felt like he was in another world and in this world, no one could hurt him. GO just stayed seated beside the bundled up Mir until he spoke again. "Want to go out anytime soon?" Mir shook his head. "Then, can I come in?" 

Mir didn't nod or say anything, but the maknae scooted a little until there was small limited space beside him and GO didn't waste any second longer and crawled into the nest he had built for Mir. They lied face to face in silence until Mir fall asleep first. GO found Mir's hand again and interwined them.

"This time, I'll protect you for sure."

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Seungho peeked into Mir's room before he opened the door even wider when he saw two figures sleeping soundly on the bed. As he walked closer,a soft smile tugged on his lips at the sight. Mir and GO were sleeping on their sides, facing each other. Their hands interwined and lied in between them, on the pillow, acting like the bridge between the two souls and Seungho couldn't help but think that they could maybe now finally heal.

The leader yawned. Somehow, those mountain of thick blankets and mattress looked really comfortable. Grinning to himself, he crawled onto the bed and shamelessly squeezed himself into that little space in between his two group members. He put Mir's and GO's interwined hands over his chest and his own hands covered both the interwined hands. Now, another bridge was added and the three souls were connected.