“Ken-ah, are you okay?” his mom came all of a sudden.

Ken was surprised and then he washed his face at the sink beside him immediately.

“yeah, I’m okay. I’m just feeling sleepy.” Said Ken

“oh okay, can you buy us some meal? Your father and I haven’t had our lunch yet.”

“sure. What are you having?”

“anything as long as it’s not spicy”

“okay.”

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 “hyung, what did Ken do to you?” asked Leo to N

“uh.. ?” asked N, looking confused

“hyung, he must be shocked. Stop asking him about it.” Said Hyuk to Leo

“okay. Oh, right. When did you wake up?” asked Leo

“about two hours ago.”

“what? Then what did you do?”

“Ken was with me, and he called the doctor.” Said N

“what? He was with you? Wait... Did he have an intention to hurt you?”

“hyung!” said Hyuk

“why? Didn’t he do the same to Ravi? He could’ve hurt N-hyung as well.” Said Leo and it made Hyuk silent.

“anyway, how is Hongbin’s condition?” asked N

“his condition is better. Doctor said he would be fine.” Said Hyuk

“Hyuk-ah, I think you should go to Hongbin’s room to accompany him. Your presence and support might help him to wake up earlier.” Said N

“hahaha... Alright.” Said Hyuk, smiling.

“how about you? Why don’t you go to Ravi’s room?” asked N

“he is still sleeping.”

“how if he wakes up?”

“okay, okay, I’ll go. If something happens, just call me okay?” asked Leo and N nodded.

N just wanted to be alone. He needed time to think about the incident that happened back there since his mind was still blank. He didn’t even ask to see Hongbin or Ravi. He decided to just see them later cause he felt uneasy for no reason.

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In the afternoon

“hyung.. hyung...” said Hyuk, running to Ravi’s room

“hey, what’s up?” asked Leo

“Ravi-hyung...” said Hyuk when he looked at Ravi who was already awake.

“hey, Hyuk..”

“I miss you, hyung.” Said Hyuk

“me too. Hahaha.” Said Ravi

“hyung, I saw Hongbin-hyung’s fingers moving.”

“what?”

“yeah. His fingers were moving and the doctor said that he would wake up in no time. His condition really gets better in a short period.” Said Hyuk

“you sure?” asked Leo

“yeah.”

“wow.. This is great.” Said Leo

They smiled happily.

“by the way, are you hungry?”

“yeah. I’m really hungry.” Said Hyuk

“how about you?” asked Leo to Ravi

“no.”

“okay then. Hyuk-ah, should we eat outside?”

“yup!”

Then, they ate in a restaurant. They chose to have salad cause they never ate anything healthy while they were in the hospital. So, when N, Hongbin, and Ravi were getting better, they felt at ease and decided to have a healthy meal.

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In the salad restaurant...

“hyung, I had no idea that things would turn out this way. I hope all of them would discharged from the hospital in no time.” Said Hyuk to Leo

“yeah, that’s right. They are getting better at the same time. It is just like a miracle.” Said Leo

They smiled and laughed together while eating salad.

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Ken stopped a taxi and look around to see if there were any healthy restaurants.

“salad would be good for them.” Thought Ken.

Then, he stopped at the restaurant and he paid the taxi.

In the restaurant, he was surprised when he saw Leo, who was eating with Hyuk in the restaurant. They laughed and they looked so happy. Ken looked at them in disbelief.

“they really are happy when I’m gone.” Said Ken quietly.

He decided to leave and look for the other restaurant. But, when he was opening the entrance door, wanting to leave, Leo grabbed his wrist.

“we need to talk.” Said Leo coldly

“I have nothing to say.” Said Ken

Ken left Leo. He walked quickly to avoid him. Leo only looked at him. He didn’t have the intention to chase after him.

Ken walked and walked. He didn’t know what to do anymore. Tears were running down from his eyes. He didn’t do anything to cover his identify, but the mouth mask.

He didn’t care about how people looked at him. He cried harder and he started to run. He ran till his legs went numb, and he ended on the beach in the evening.

The beach was so quiet. He put off his mouth mask, then he sat on the sand. He cried again and again. It looked like he spent a lot of time to cry. He forced himself to smile, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t even raise his lips to create a smile. Even if he could, it didn’t look like a real smile no matter how hard he tried.

“what should I do? Why am I so weak? I hate myself for being like this.” Said Ken

His phone kept ringing, but he didn’t even bother to pick up.

Ken wrote something in the sand with his finger.

‘Please take me away’.
 

To be continued...