The loud sounds of the ambulance rang in Yesung’s ears as he felt himself being pulled up onto the stretcher and almost immediately rushed down some hallway. Nurses were shouting out orders and checking out vitals while the doctor did a quick examination on him all the way down and into the emergency room. And soon all Yesung heard was silence.

 Faint noises were suddenly heard from either side of Yesung. There was a warm hand on Yesung’s and teardrops followed as they fell on his arm. Immediately, Yesung knew who it was. Kyu… Yesung tried to call out his name, but nothing was said. He tried to see Kyuhyun’s face. However Yesung couldn’t open his eyes, not yet. But he could hear Kyuhyun’s voice.

“Yesungie… please wake up. You don’t know how much you mean to me. I need to see your eyes again. I need to see that cheeky smile of yours and that face you make when you threaten me with your turtle. I need you Yesung. Please… just wake up.” 

Inside, Yesung was about to cry, he could feel the emotions pouring out from Kyuhyun. He had to wake up. Attempting to move his arm, he could feel Kyuhyun’s sweatshirt and lightly gave it a tug. This startled Kyuhyun as Yesung began to mumble a few words. “K-Kyu… don’t… leave… me.” 

Clutching their hands tightly together, Kyuhyun kissed the back of Yesung’s hand affectionately. “I promise. I will never leave you.”

Yesung just smiled as he dozed back off to sleep. Behind Kyuhyun was the doctor, and abnormally he was smiling.

“Young man, your friend is making a remarkable recovery. Those wounds would give any average person a slim chance of survival. But, Yesung is healing at a ridiculous speed. He should be out of the hospital in two weeks.” Kyuhyun’s face suddenly brightened up the entire room, if not the entire hospital after hearing the good news. Bowing graciously to the doctor and the nurses, he turned his attention back to Yesung, with a new found smile on his face.

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Sunlight was slightly peeking out of the curtains and landed softly on Yesung’s eyes. Groaning, he began to open his eyes to a very white room. Off to the side was a stack of gifts and cards, just waiting to be opened. Surrounding the pile of gifts and cards was a bunch of bright and colorful balloons that made the dull white room more… lively. Staring down at himself, it seemed that he broke his arm as it was wrapped tightly in a cast. An IV was dripping slowly down and into his vein, and a monitor was beeping regularly next to him. This is going to be fun… he sighed.

As he was looking around, Yesung noticed a quiet breathing sound from his side. Turning around he could see Kyuhyun peacefully sleeping by him. His head rested on top of his hands. Brushing away the hair from Kyuhyun’s face, Yesung let out a soft smile before reaching out and attacking Kyuhyun’s vulnerable philtrum. Moving ever so slightly, Kyuhyun grumbled in annoyance.

“There’s only one… person who would touch my philtrum.” Quickly opening his eyes he could see Yesung beaming brightly at him. Rubbing his eyes, Kyuhyun just took one glance at Yesung and an immediate blush came over him.

“Hi Kyu…” Another smile appeared on Yesung’s face as he stared fondly at Kyuhyun. He hasn’t left me yet… I’m so glad. He thought to himself. But as Yesung was deep in thought, Kyuhyun grabbed his arm, pulled him into a hug, and look at him straight in the face. Kyuhyun’s face soon became all stern.

“Yesung… you… you IDIOT!”

A look of confusion replaced the happiness on Yesung’s face. “Wh-what?!”

“You could have died! What would I have done if you…”

At once Yesung placed his finger not on his philtrum, but on Kyuhyun’s mouth, and hushed him immediately. “I’m right here Kyu. I haven’t gone anywhere. But… if I have any permanent injuries, you’re going to have to marry me!” Yesung said jokingly.

“I have to what?” Kyuhyun asked, his face soon became even more serious.

“You’re going have to marry me!” Yesung replied as he crossed his arms and glared at him sarcastically. Kyuhyun, however, then rose from the floor and looked at Yesung intently.

“Eh? What is it Kyuhyun?”

“I just realized something.” Yesung then looked at him with a ‘what-are-you-saying face’ but, Kyuhyun continued.

“When I saw you… lying there, on the street, I thought it might have been too late…” His voice trailed off as Yesung interjected again.

“…Too late with what?”

“Too late to tell you how I really feel.”

Unknowingly, Yesung’s face turned red.

“What are you saying Kyu?”

“I learned from this that if you have the chance to do something… then do it.” Slowly Kyuhyun got down on one knee and looked caringly into Yesung’s eyes. However Yesung instinctively looked away, trying to hide the blush that was coming on. But, Kyuhyun wouldn’t let him, as he forced Yesung to look at him in the eye.

“Yesungie, I don’t care anymore if you reject my feelings… but… for a long time now, I have… uh, loved you. Now, and for forever I will always love you. Not as a friend or a brother, but something more. Ah, I’m sorry.” Kyuhyun quickly turned his head away from Yesung. He could no longer look Yesung in the eyes and he soon flushed. Before long, Kyuhyun could feel arms wrapping themselves around him as Yesung gently placed his head in the crook of Kyuhyun’s neck. He could feel Yesung’s breathe going down his back.

“No Kyu, I’m also sorry. I never told you how I really felt about you too and the fact is… you are more important to me than all my turtles combined.” Kyuhyun then stared back at Yesung.

“What is that supposed to mean?” A look of utter uncertainty was on Kyuhyun’s face. But, Yesung could only laugh as he tenderly placed a kiss on Kyuhyun’s cheek. Both simultaneously turned a bright color of red as they returned their gazes back at each other.

“What I mean is that I love you too.” And quickly a smile emerged onto Kyuhyun’s face. And before they knew it, their hands intertwined together. Their eyes were gazing lovingly at each other. The silence was not awkward, but aired a very serene and calming aura.

Soon, they were nose to nose and Kyuhyun softly whispered into Yesung’s ear. “So, may I ask you properly now? Yesung, will you give me the honors of being your boyfriend?” 

Yesung chuckled and replied softly back only one word.

“Yes.” Then their lips collided. It was a soft and tender kiss that wasn’t forced at all. Soon, as their lips departed from each other, Kyuhyun and Yesung cuddled together in what little space they had in the very small hospital room. And the two of them were sound asleep. Yesung completely forgetting what Leeteuk had told him a few days before. All he wanted to be was with Kyuhyun at that moment in time. And they were in each other’s embrace, nothing could have of been better than that.

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Looking on from a distance, Leeteuk perched himself on a nearby pole. He could see the love that was emanating from the two and couldn’t help but smile.

“So this is what it feels like when humans fall in love… it’s such a wonderful feeling.” Lifting his hand up to his heart, it felt it was going to explode. It was an emotion that Leeteuk had never felt before, and it was probably one of the best he had ever felt.

“Kyuhyun… you are probably one of the luckiest people out there. You have a loyal person like Yesung at your side. I’m jealous.” Just as he was going to fly away back towards Yesung’s house, a sudden tinge of pain was inflected on Leeteuk as he fell towards the ground. The pain soon increased. And Leeteuk couldn’t help but scream at the throbbing coming from his side.

“Ah…! What’s going on? …Oh no, it can’t be,” Leeteuk muttered to himself. Cautiously opening his wings, they were changing color yet again. But the color Leeteuk saw made him worry. They were turning a very dark shade of gray. Clutching his side, Leeteuk managed to stand up and look back up at the room where Yesung and Kyuhyun were in. And Leeteuk did something that he had never done before. For the first time in his very long existence, he shed a tear.

“Yesung… you better hurry. Because I don’t think Kyuhyun has that much longer.” Feathers that were almost completely black fell all around Leeteuk and they soon dissipated into thin air.