GO panted, gasping for air, trying to ease the burning feeling in his lungs and legs, trying to calm the erratic beating of his heart. Despite it being winter, his long run to this place had warm him more than enough that he felt beads of sweat forming on his forehead. His eyes flickered down to a carelessly tossed sneakers on the front door. They were Mir's.

          He was right. His intuition had served him good this time. When Eunah called him, informing him that Mir hadn't come home yet after going out to meet Jinwoon, GO's heart skipped a bit. The MBLAQ maknae didn't even answer their call, his heart skipped another beat. This wasn't like Mir. Sure, it would be strange for them to worry about Mir who was already an adult and not to mention a man, but Mir never act this way. Even if he would went out till late in the night, Mir would always informed his family. Mir was raised to be a family-oriented man.

           What even more worrying was that when GO contacted Jinwoon, the younger man who was also one of Mir's best friend had not even the slightest idea what GO was talking about. Those two never promised to meet tonight.

           GO knew right then and there, something was wrong.

           Something was definitely wrong...

           "He's here?" Seungho stumbled through the front door, almost walking straight into the man vocalist standing unmoving like a stone statue. Without even getting any answer from GO, Seungho already let out a relieved breath as his eyes landed on the pair of sneakers he had bought specially for the maknae to commemorate the maknae's released from the enlistment. "He's here..." He repeated, now more like stating instead of questioning.

           "Seungho." GO called quietly. "Cheolyong, he... Can you wait here?" GO asked after hesitating.

           Seungho made a small confused noise. "Huh? Why?"

           "I'm afraid you might not be prepared enough." GO glanced at the confused leader.

           "What are you talking about?" Seungho asked, his heart racing again at the grim look on GO's face. "Y-You know something I don't?"

           GO shook his head. "Just had a feeling." GO said, kicking off his shoes and stepped inside the dorm. He didn't even tried to block Seungho from following right behind him. Just when GO rounded the wall towards the kitchen, he froze.

           There, on the kitchen counter, was Mir, sitting alone... With a knife in his hand. Staring at the glittering blade with empty eyes that looked too old for the maknae's age. And there was swift scent of blood in the air and when GO squinted his eagle eyes, he saw the blood starting to soak the long sleeves of Mir's white sweat-shirt.

           Hearing the sharp gasp coming from right behind him, GO turned swiftly and wound his arms around the leader before the leader charged towards the maknae. "Don't. Let me..." GO whispered and waited until Seungho finally nodded, albeit with doubtful eyes. Taking slow quiet steps, GO approached the maknae. When he was standing right behind the sitting Mir, the older man slowly rounded his arms around the maknae's slump figure, tracing the maknae's arms down until he was holding the maknae's wrist, just simply letting his hand rest over the small wrist, not wanting to hurt the wounded flest even more.

            Mir didn't look even a bit surprise. No... It wasn't that... Mir didn't even acknowledge the presence of GO and Seungho here. Not even with GO practically embracing him from back. Not even when GO slowly taking the blood smeared blade away from his hands. He was trapped deep inside his own world, detatched from reality. Mir's empty eyes only clicked opened when he heard the fleeting whisper of his name right next to his ear.

             "Cheolyong-ah..."

             The sound of his own name somehow broke something inside Mir. And Mir's face crumbled, his empty eyes now swirled with pain and hurt and he drowned inside of those pool of wound.

              "What have you done...."

              It wasn't a question as even an idiot would have figure out what Mir was trying to do. But those words followed with light squeeze over his bleeding wrist left a heavy load sitting over his chest. Restricting Mir from breathing with all the pain dripping inside that voice.

               Mir felt a nudged on the crook of his neck and felt the warm tears seeping through his sweat shirt. GO's tears. Yet, Mir didn't dare to move. Didn't dare to say anything. He just let GO cried on his shoulder and later he saw Seungho's worried face coming into his line of sight, bringing a towel with him and taking Mir's wounded wrist tenderly into his hold, treating the maknae as if the maknae was fragile.

              Indeed... Right now, Mir was as fragile as a thin glass... Cracking everywhere and in just matter of time, might shattered into thousand pieces.

              Seungho inspected the wound. There were several lines over Mir's left wrist but fortunately the cut were superficial and the blood wasn't flowing heavily. Pressing the towel over the wound, Seungho raised his eyes to stare deep inside Mir's eyes. He didn't want to ask why Mir did this. At least not now. Because he knew what Mir want...

               An end...

               But that wasn't what he would give right now to the maknae. Seungho stood up, towering over the maknae and let his arms tenderly hug the maknae, at the same time hugging GO who had since been crying silently into the crook of Mir's neck.

                He knew what Mir wish. Even GO knew. Oh, they knew it very well... But he won't listen to that wish. He won't obey to Mir's wish. He would never let Mir do as the maknae wish.

                Never!

                Seungho's hold tightened around his two members whom he had treasure like his own family.

                Never...