“Baekhyun, is Chanyeol coming home soon?” Baekhyun turns his head away from his phone to look at one of his best friends, Kyungsoo. “Yeah, he texted me five minutes ago that he’d be here in five…” Kyungsoo nods.

“Well, i’m gonna cook dinner. Are you hungry? Is he hungry? I’m about to make some Tonkatsu..” Kyungsoo says as he walks into the kitchen.

It takes Baekhyun 5 minutes before he could speak, and when he’s about to answer, someone knocks on their door. Baekhyun’s head darts to the door as he puts his phone down and shoves the blankets off him and hurries to the door with Kyungsoo following behind him from the kitchen. He peeks out the window next to the door to reassure who he was expecting, and it was. He quickly retreated from the window to the door quickly unlocking it revealing his tall friend.

“YEOLLIE!” Shouted the two smaller people. They headed right under the taller’s arms and hugged him.

 

Chanyeol was gone for a week due to a school assignment that was out of town and Kyungsoo and Baekhyun missed their best friend a lot. Sure it was only a week, but they live together.

The trio knew each other when they were about 10 years old, and now they were in college. The college had house dorms for their campus and the trio were lucky enough to get one for themselves. The trio was very popular around their neighborhood because of their looks and talents. They had a love for music like no one else, and most people adored them. They were basically inseparable. Sure they got into a couple fights, but nothing could breath their beautiful friendship. They cared and loved each other and stayed by each other’s side their whole life knowing each other.

 

Chanyeol hugged the other two back. Being the bigger person, the two smaller of the trio could both wrap their arms around Chanyeol. “WE MISSED YOU!” Baekhyun shouted, ruining the beautiful moment of theirs. Chanyeol laughs. “It’s only been a week.” Kyungsoo scoffs, “A week too long. I know you missed us too.” Chanyeol smiles. “WAIT… Is that….... Pork i smell? WAIT! ARE YOU COOKING TONKATSU?!” Chanyeol screamed. Kyungsoo and Baekhyun jump from Chanyeol’s loud voice. They watch as Chanyeol rushes to the kitchen.

Kyungsoo and Baekhyun look at each other. “Typical,” Kyungsoo says while smiling. Baekhyun agreed while laughing and walked to the couch grabbing his phone and going into the kitchen.

 

Kyungsoo shakes his head and smiles. He turns around to close and lock the door before he walks into the kitchen. When Kyungsoo arrives to his destination, he sees a rare Park Chanyeol standing in the middle of the room taking the aroma of the food Kyungsoo was cooking… Which was barely cooking, and a common Byun Baekhyun sitting on a bar chair, on his phone taking a selfie with Chanyeol in the background in which Kyungsoo could only guess that Baek was updating his social media about Chanyeol’s return. Kyungsoo raises an eyebrow and chuckles at the sight in front of him.

 

Kyungsoo’s chuckle breaks Chanyeol out of his “food trance” and turns around facing kyungsoo. “Yah, Kyunggie, you’re making Tonkatsu for a “welcome back home” present? Thank you sooo much Kyunggiee!” Kyungsoo’s smile turns into a death stare.

“Yes. It’s your ‘welcome back home’ present… and I told you to never call me that.” Kyungsoo says as he pretends to hit chanyeol. Baekhyun looked up from his phone and laughs. “Ha! You just got scolded by Soo. Just because we missed you, doesn’t mean you still don’t annoy us. We all have our boundaries.. Yoda,” Baekhyun smirks at the name he just called Chanyeol. Chanyeol, who was pouting at Kyungsoo suddenly turns to Baekhyun and frowns. Suddenly he walks over to Baekhyun smirking and snatches his phone. He raises his arm so that Baekhyun wouldn’t be able to reach it. Baekhyun gasps. “WAIT WAIT WAIT, I’M SORRY, GIMME MY PHONE!” Chanyeol says nothing and just laughs. “UGH CHAN, JUST GIMME MY PHONE, I SAID SORRY!!” Baekhyun says as he jumps up and down trying to grab his phone.

 

Kyungsoo’s lips form a line but he’s also smiling. He sighs at the other two and returns to cooking dinner.

 

After less than 5 minutes, Baekhyun sits down panting from all the jumping he did trying to grab his phone from his very tall best friend. “..Okay, I give up.. Can you just gimme my phone now..?” Chanyeol lowers his arm but says no instead and ends up running to his room. “ING !” Baekhyun shouts as he stomps after Chanyeol.

 

Kyungsoo turned his head to see Chanyeol running away and Baekhyun swearing. He laughs out loud at how easily the other two fight. He shakes his head and returns to cooking.

 

When Baekhyun arrives to Chanyeol’s room, he asks for his phone back, and eventually, Chanyeol returns it to him. Baekhyun stops by the doorway and looks at his phone before leaving and while he’s at it, Chanyeol, who was sitting on his bed, takes out his laptop.

Before Baekhyun could open the door knob, Chanyeol interrupts him. “Yah, Baek, did you wanna watch a movie on my laptop? I can watch free movies on certain sites. We can watch foreign ones if you want to too,”

Baekhyun debates on whether he should go on social media or watch movies with Chanyeol, and in the end, he decides to watch movies with Chanyeol, because he did miss him. Baekhyun sits next to Chanyeol on the bed and watches as Chanyeol frowns and purses his lips as he looks for a movie. Baekhyun tilted his head, and as if Chanyeol could read his mind, Chanyeol explains the reason for his facial expressions. “I don’t know what you want to watch. I don’t even know what I want to watch… Here, you pick,” Chanyeol says as he hands the laptop to the smaller.

Just after 5 minutes, Baekhyun had already chosen a movie for the two to watch…

 

Kyungsoo, who was out in the kitchen alone, was cooking. He saddened as he cooked alone. It took about an hour and a half before Kyungsoo was done cooking, and he started calling the other two to eat.

“Yah! You guys, come eat!”

“Baekhyun! Chanyeol?!”

“Come eat guys..!”

After calling their names for what felt like the hundredth time, Kyungsoo gives up and starts setting up the table. He sets it up really nice and places the food nicely onto the table. Kyungsoo rarely sets up the table, but he wanted to pass time. He wanted to eat with the other two.

After Kyungsoo was satisfied with the display of the table, he gives up on waiting and decides to eat first.

 

Kyungsoo ate rather slowly. After finishing finishing his food, he stands up sighing as he takes his dishes to the empty sink. He walks back to the table and grabs the foods on the plate and reheats it up in the microwave so that it couldn’t be cold for his two friends. When the microwave beeps, he walks back grabing the food and placing it on the table, arranging the food so it’d be in the middle of the plate. It wasn’t that he didn’t want the other two to know that he ate already, it was simply because the food looks better and more prettier when the food is properly placed and the table is setup nicely.  He walks down the hallway to Chanyeol’s room and opens the door, finding his two best friends watching a movie. “YOU GUYS, FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME, COME EAT! YOU NO GOOD HEADS..!” Kyungsoo shouted. Chanyeol and Baekhyun jumped at Kyungsoo’s roaring voice.  “Sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Baekhyun says as jumps out of the bed running past Kyungsoo and into the kitchen.

Kyungsoo gives a death stare to Chanyeol as he slowly gets out of his bed. But as soon as they make eye contact, Kyungsoo’s stare softens. As Chanyeol walks over, Kyungsoo could only look out the door. Chanyeol who’s eyes were apologetic and a little sorrow, apologizes.

“Kyungsoo, sorry for not coming to eat.. And... sorry for not helping you cook either.” Kyungsoo makes eye contact with Chanyeol again and instantly regrets it. Chanyeol’s eyes were full of forgiveness and sorrow and Kyungsoo only feel his heart hurting.. More than before.

“Look, Kyung, i’ll make it up to you. Tomorrow. Baek has classes until 5pm and i’ll have basically the whole day with you, okay? I’m sorry.” Kyungsoo could only nod, afraid that if he talks, he’d cry. Chanyeol smiles to cheer Kyungsoo up and hugs the smaller. As the smaller is being held onto, he wraps his arms around the taller and rapidly blinks his eyes so that when the hug breaks, Chanyeol wouldn’t see the tears forming.

Kyungsoo himself breaks the hug and gathers up all the strength he can, to say a few words without his voice cracking. “I’m gonna go to the bathroom… i’ll be in my room if you need me,” Kyungsoo then takes off to the bathroom leaving Chanyeol standing inside his room by the doorway.

Chanyeol watches as Kyungsoo leaves to the bathroom and sighs. He walks out of his room and into the kitchen dining room seeing the beautiful setup of the table and Baekhyun enjoying his food quietly while looking at his food. He sits across from Baekhyun looking at the beautifully made food his best friend made. A second later, he devours the food heartfully. He continually grabs from the main plate, and eats the side dishes as well. Chanyeol only stops when Baekhyun says something, interrupting his meal.

“Is Kyungsoo coming to eat?” Chanyeol stops to think and then quickly swallows his food to answer.

“He said he was going to the bathroom and then going he said he’d be in his room… Maybe he’s on a diet. Was he on a diet after I left last week?” Chanyeol says, completely oblivious to the reason why Kyungsoo wasn’t eating dinner with them. Baekhyun only shakes his head. “No…”

 

Baekhyun gets up from his seat and walks to the dish rack grabbing a cup so that he could get a drink. “He wasn’t on a diet-” Baekhyun stops his tracks as he looks to his left, seeing dishes in the sink. If he remembered correctly, Kyungsoo already washed the dishes during the afternoon before he started to cook dinner. “Oh. He already… ate….” Chanyeol looks up from his food. “He ate without us..? Baek how long does it usually take for Soo to cook Tonkatsu?” Baekhyun’s face pauses. And when he has an answer, his face doesn’t lighten up. “It takes about an hour and a half, and we almost finished the movie.. Which was about 2 hours and a half… Yeol, he waited for us and we never came. He said he called our names and we never came… He must be devastated,” Baekhyun says as he quickly turns around to drop the cup in the sink and hurried to Kyungsoo’s room.

 

Chanyeol doesn’t say anything. He can’t. He felt really guilty and didn’t have the courage to follow Baekhyun to Kyungsoo’s room. He sits there with his almost finished food and stares into space. He hopes that Kyungsoo will feel better when Baekhyun talks to him, because Baekhyun can always make Chanyeol better. He sits there in guilt and glances to the clock every now and then.

 

It’s now 7:59pm. 14 minutes. It’s been 14 minutes since Baekhyun went into Chanyeol’s room.

 

Chanyeol watches as the clock turns it’s hand and it becomes 8:00pm.

Baekhyun walks out of the room with glossy eyes and confronts Chanyeol.

“He’s okay… I’m gonna go to my room,” Baekhyun says as he turns around walking.

Chanyeol watches as Baekhyun plays with a bracelet that all three of them had. When Baekhyun reaches his door, Chanyeol gets up from his seat walking to Baekhyun.
“Baekhyun. Are you.. What did you and Kyungsoo talk about?” Baekhyun opens the door and lays down on his bed under the blankets. Chanyeol expectantly walks into Baekhyun’s room and sits down by Baekhyun’s feet.

 

“I said he’s okay,” baekhyun says under the covers. Chanyeol’s eyes lift from the ground and looks around the room because Baekhyun is under the covers.

“I said he’s okay and all we talked about were just us clarifying things. It’s fine. I’m just tired.” Chanyeol lightly grips the sheets and bites his lower lip before speaking. “I wanted to know if you’re okay… I talked to him before I went to eat already I...Your eyes were glossy when you came out of Soo’s room, you know? I didn’t miss that,” Baekhyun only sunk into his blanket even more. “...Well, i’m okay. It was just a little emotional, you know?” Baekhyun paused. “And at the moment… I kinda wanna be alone.. So maybe talk to Kyungsoo?” Chanyeol sighed and stood up. He knew there was no way he could argue with Baekhyun at this point.

“Thank you..” Baekhyun says under the sheets. “Yeh,” Chanyeol says as he walks towards the door. Chanyeol puts his hand on the doorknob and pauses before he twists it. He looks back at Baekhyun and then turns back facing the door. He twists the doorknob and opens it, signaling to Baekhyun that Chanyeol was finally leaving.

Again, Chanyeol turn to look at Baekhyun again before leaving. He turns around once again walking out of the room and closing the door.

He backs up and looks at the door next to Baekhyun’s room which was Kyungsoo’s room. “I… I know that both of you are listening… and you guys don’t have to talk back either.. Just listen, okay? ...Uh… Well… Um.. It’s just…” Chanyeol stops as a tear falls down his eye. “...Just.. Be happy, okay? Both of my best friends are unhappy.. And I don’t know what to do.. I don’t know how to fix it… I was never good at that stuff… And it hurts me that I can’t do anything to fix it. So… please.. Be happy? I love you both. I love you Kyungsoo and I love you Baekhyun. So… please, I hope you guys can fix your sadness soon. Don’t forget that i’m here,” Chanyeol says as tears fall from his face. He blinks and wipes the tears off his face and turns around opening his bedroom door. He goes in as tears still stream from his face and closes the door.

 

The next morning, Baekhyun and Chanyeol wake up to the sound of Kyungsoo coughing. The two barge into Kyungsoo’s room worriedly.

 

“Kyungsoo?! Kyungsoo, are you okay?” Baekhyun says as he rushes to Kyungsoo’s bed. Chanyeol has the same reaction as Baekhyun and rushes to Kyungsoo’s bedside as well. Kyungsoo tries to talk but keeps coughing and eventually coughs a little blood. Kyungsoo’s action frightens Chanyeol and Chanyeol gets up immediately running out of Kyungsoo’s room. He runs into his room by his bed and grabs his phone. He runs back to Kyungsoo’s room while dialing 911. “Uh.. Uh,” Chanyeol panics. Baekhyun looks at Chanyeol and frowns as he snatches Chanyeol’s phone out of his hand. “My best friend is coughing blood. We need an ambulance please!” Chanyeol runs to Kyungsoo’s side and holds his hand with his own shaking hands. “I-it’s going to be okay, Soo. Just look at me okay?” Kyungsoo nods while he has short breaths and continues coughing. Chanyeol gives him a worried smile. As soon as Baekhyun hangs up the phone, he puts the phone in his pocket and rushes back to Kyungsoo’s side. “Soo, the ambulance is coming.. It’s going to be okay… Just.. Stay awake okay?” Kyungsoo nods once again, giving the same response he gave to Chanyeol.

 

In 5 minutes, the ambulance could be heard and Chanyeol rushes to the front door opening it immediately. Kyungsoo was brought outside the house and into the ambulance. Chanyeol and Baekhyun were told to go inside the ambulance as well. They both had tears falling down their face but kept calm for the sake of being in public.

Through the whole ride, no one talked until they arrived at the hospital.

 

When they arrived, they were told to wait in the lobby as they run tests on Kyungsoo… And they warned them about staying over-night if Kyungsoo’s condition was bad. In this case, Kyungsoo’s case was pretty bad.

When Baekhyun and Chanyeol heard about it, they completely panicked. They didn’t know what to do or how to help, and the fact that Kyungsoo was sick made them feel worse. That they didn’t treat Kyungsoo like how they treated each other.

What calmed them down was that it wasn’t a deathly situation and that there were treatments for it.

 

Bronchiectasis :: A condition where the bronchial tubes of your lungs are permanently damaged and enlarged. These damaged air passages allow bacteria and mucus to build up in your lungs. This results in infections and blockages in their airways.

 

The next day after, Kyungsoo was taken to a different room to rest. When Baekhyun and Chanyeol were informed that they could visit their friend, they immediately went to the room to find a Kyungsoo in deep slumber and medical equipment next to him because of all the testing he went through. They sat there in silence looking into space with every memory of Kyungsoo running through their heads. Every up and down they had, every roller coaster ride they went through, the first time they met, the first time they got their bracelets.

Baekhyun looks down at his bracelet as a tear slowly falls from his face. He looks to his left to see Chanyeol’s bracelet in his left hand and touches it mindlessly.

Chanyeol looks at Baekhyun. “You won't ever leave him right?” He says in a quiet voice.

Baekhyun withdraws his hands and looks at Chanyeol in the eyes. “O-of course not! We will never split. All three of us will never split… He can't leave... Us,” Baekhyun says as he wipes his tears. Chanyeol nods as a tear falls down his face and immediately wipes it. He grabs a hold of Baekhyun’s hand holds it tightly as Baekhyun does the same and rests his head on the taller’s shoulder.

 

Not to long after, there's a knock on the door from the doctor. Chanyeol and Baekhyun get up from their positions and go up to the doctor to hear any information.

 

“He'll need at least one month to recover from the surgery. Does he have any parents we can inform?”

 

“They're in America right now and he doesn't really have a good relationship with his parents… There's a reason why you've always seen us with him since young, sir…” Baekhyun says.

“His parents do not care of his health sir. The family he has is only my parents, Baekhyun’s parents and us,” Chanyeol continues. “He was in custody of Baekhyun’s parents ever since Junior high, and he is now an adult. You can call Baekhyun’s parents and my parents if it’s acceptable..” Chanyeol finishes.

The doctor nods and writes in his clipboard. Before leaving the room, he calls for Chanyeol to have a talk about medications and more family information.

Baekhyun sits next to Kyungsoo and gently touches his hand. Kyungsoo's hand slightly tightens and Baekhyun straightens. “Kyungsoo..!” He gets up from the chair and opens the door to see the doctor and Chanyeol outside. “Kyungsoo is up!” He says as he rushed back into the room. The other two follow behind the smaller to find Kyungsoo rubbing his eyes.

 

At this point, Chanyeol and Baekhyun were directed out the room so that the doctor could run more tests.

 

Everyday for the past month and a half, they visited Kyungsoo everyday, bringing him a present at least once a week. After the third week, it was said that he would be fully recovered if he took his medication for the next 3-5 days and could be released.

 

After the incident, it brought the three closer than ever. Especially Chanyeol and Kyungsoo.

 

He knows it's coming to an end.

 

Baekhyun notices that Kyungsoo and Chanyeol gets closer but he only shrugs it off knowing that after Kyungsoo going to the hospital, they would never want to leave Kyungsoo alone. He himself has gotten close to Kyungsoo too.

 

Chanyeol and Baekhyun were going to class and Kyungsoo was left home alone. Chanyeol and Baekhyun had classes in the morning and then knowing Chanyeol, he probably went to practice in the practice room after class.

 

Being home alone, Kyungsoo was bored and wanted to meet them for lunch. Kyungsoo knows that the duo don't like school lunch so he decides to cook.

And by the time he finishes, it's their lunch time.

 

He walks out of the house and into the school campus. He decides to call Chanyeol to meetup with him and Baekhyun.

 

He grabs out his phone from his back pocket of his black jeans and looks for “YEOLLIE”

 

“Yah Yeo-Oppa! Where are you guys? I have lunch for you two.”

 

“We’re coming out in a minute. Baekhyun just needs his homework.”

 

“Mkay…”

 

In less than 5 minutes, Kyungsoo sees the door opening and sees his two best friends in the distance. He knows it’s them for the obvious height difference… but he sees them holding hands.

 

There’s a small nail pounding into his heart again.

Ever since he came back from America… He’s accepted his feelings for Chanyeol… But Chanyeol and Baekhyun were always together. I mean sure they knew each other first and then they met Kyungsoo… and he couldn’t hate either of them...

 

“OMO! Chanyeol!” Kyungsoo shouted. Baekhyun immediately got up and rushed over to where Kyungsoo and Chanyeol were.

 

“Yah! Chanyeol..! Wake up!” Baekhyun shouted.

“It's okay. He just fainted.. Probably from dehydration. He didn't drink any water all day and has been working in the practice room,” Kyungsoo says. “I think he has a fever too though.” Baekhyun sighs in relief. “Motherer scared me!” Baekhyun frustratedly said. “He never tells us when he's sick,” Baekhyun says as he pouts.

 

The two smaller help the giant into his room and puts him on his bed to rest.

 

Kyungsoo coughs. He clears his throat and tries to talk. “Go get the medicine for fever and get a warm towel-” Kyungsoo coughs again making him unable to talk. Kyungsoo’s breathing gets heavy as he continues to cough.

 

Baekhyun immediately runs out the door and grabs his phone.

 

Shaky hands grab his phone as thoughts rush to his mind. Lies. They were all lies.

 

“I NEED AN AMBULANCE NOW,” Baekhyun shouts at his phone. He immediately gives the address and soon enough, he hears the sirens of the ambulance.

 

Everything’s a blur for Byun Baekhyun. All he remembers is that there was a sudden need for another ambulance for that giant Park Chanyeol.

 

Baekhyun stays at the hospital over-night, skipping his classes.

When he wakes up, it's already noon and the doctor happened to walk by.

 

“Dr.Wu…”

 

“Kyungsoo is okay… He just needs to start taking his medication again,”

 

Baekhyun is able to breathe again until he realizes Chanyeol isn’t next to him.

“....what happened to Chanyeol?”

The doctor gulps.

“...He's currently in the ER…There's a low chance he'll make it…….”

 

Baekhyun looks into the doctor’s eyes to try and find any sign of lies but all he found were sorrow and truth. Why? How long was Chanyeol sick to make him end up in the emergency room and not be able to.. Make it?

 

Baekhyun starts sobbing. Kyungsoo was going to be okay… But Chanyeol? He isn't going to make it?

 

Baekhyun could only hit the tall doctor’s shoulder. “Why?”

“Why?? Why didn't he tell us?! KRIS WU! HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN SICK?! YOU’VE GROWN UP WITH US SINCE YOUNG! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US? Hyung I don’t understnad! Why would you keep it from us!? Why would you.. W-why..? Kris-Hyung..” He says as he breaks down and falls into Kris’s embrace.  

 

“..He didn't want you guys to know… Ever since he left the week before Kyungsoo was admitted to the hospital… The week h-he” Kris’s voice cracked. Baekhyun’s crying-face, for the first time, looks at the taller’s face. Kris was crying.

 

“He lied about going on a school trip out of campus.. I-I..” Kris trailed off.

 

Kris was about 5 years older than him and was one of the trio’s childhood friends. Kris wasn't as close, but they knew all knew each other since elementary and have been friends ever since.

 

When Baekhyun looks at the taller with tears on his hot face, he notices that Kris Wu is actually taller than Chanyeol. Kris Wu is very handsome…

But…

 

But Baekhyun didn't find him attractive like Chanyeol.

 

Chanyeol.

Chanyeol.

Chanyeol.

 

Park Chanyeol is the one he loves. Ever since junior high. He just never got the courage to confess.

 

“B-Baekhyun… He…. Chanyeol confessed to Kyungsoo after Soo was out of the hospital… I.. I over heard.. And they.. They both admitted t-their feelings but.. I knew you loved him first. I s-saw the way you looked at him.. I… Baekkie I'm so sorry,” Kris said as he sobs and hugs Baekhyun tighter.

 

Baekhyun is shocked. This whole time… He was played. He thought he had a special bond with Chanyeol.. He thought he could confess soon enough… But he was… Too late……  And it's too late to confess now…

 

Like he was when he met… And then he…..

 

Right now all he had was Yifan.

 

And For Kyungsoo.. He didn't know how to think of him…

 

“You won't ever leave him right?”

I can't live without him no matter what he does. I've concluded that when he had to leave to America for a couple years… I've concluded that when he came out of the hospital… And without him, I'd be even more broken.

 

And it's true…

 

Because he's like my Hyung… He takes care of me.. We love each other, and… He never left me.. He… I won't let Chanyeol, Kyungsoo or myself down. And… And I would like to get to know Yifan more.. The man who's arms I'm in right now… The man who cares for the three of us even though we weren't as close.. I won't be a disappointment… I…

 

Kyungsoo doesn't know yet…

 

“H-Hyung, Kyung-”

 

Yifan had stopped crying by then and when Baekhyun looks up, Yifan cups the smaller’s face and wipes his tears.

“I told him this morning… He said he already suspected something but still cried. We should go to him…”

 

Kyungsoo was quiet.

 

But he was happy to see Baekhyun by his side.

 

And Yifan.

 

“Hyung…” Kyungsoo’s broken voice spoke. Baekhyun looked up from the ground and made eye contact with his ‘hyung-like dongsaeng’.

 

Baekhyun took his courage with him and made it from the door to Kyungsoo.

“Kyunggie…” Baekhyun said with his broken voice.

 

Kyungsoo sits up from his bed to hug Baekhyun.

They cried in eachother’s arms, letting the tears and the sounds of their cries speak their sincerity.

 

Yifan watched the duo hug as a tear falls from his face. It's not the first time he's cried and showed his true self to them. Ever since Kyungsoo left for America in the middle of high school, Yifan had left for college and became a doctor, making him lose his small bond between the trio.

 

Until he came back and was assigned to be the doctor of the trio. He found out that Kyungsoo came back during his sophomore year but never asked what happened to him or his family. It wasn't his place to ask.

 

Yifan had always been busy out of the four of them but always found time to be with the three younger. But because he was older, he would be busy with work, school and soon graduated.

 

Yifan was now 26. He has his own house, a small group of acquaintance. No new friends. Because the last time he had friends, he had to leave them.

 

But now he's reunited… With one leaving…

 

“Yifan-Hyung…” Kyungsoo says as he wipes his tears.

 

Yifan found himself sitting in the chair with his clipboard on the table next to him. He slowly looked up to see Baekhyun sitting on the chair next to the hospital bed with his head lying on the bed.

 

“Gege…”

 

Yifan reads Kyungsoo and walks to Kyungsoo slowly taking his hand.

 

“Hyung, I missed you so much… Thank you,” the smaller says as he tries to get off the bed to hug the taller but the taller holds him firm on the shoulders. “Your legs are still weak, don't..”

 

Yifan’s grip loosens from Kyungsoo’s shoulders and wrap around the smaller’s body. The smaller hugs back with eyes that threat to fall for what felt like the hundredth time.

 

“I missed you too… little owl…… But why? What are you thankful for? I… I left...”

 

Kyungsoo takes a deep breath while being in the taller’s embrace.

“Other than you, I'm the most mature. I left to America but I'm back. You left for a once in a lifetime opportunity in a college you wanted to go to… And you're back too. You're still here looking over us as our doctor… And… One day you can have time to be with us,”

 

Yifan breaks the hug. “Then I'm thankful that you guys are still willing to accept me. Don't cry anymore, okay? Let's.. Let's go see Chanyeol. I'm sure he would want to see you two. It's… His last request to see you two together…” Yifan says as he looks down.

 

“Yes! Please… We'd like to see him.. Please..” Baekhyun exclaims.

Kyungsoo nods after him and Yifan takes the signal to get a wheelchair.

 

When Yifan is back, he and Baekhyun help Kyungsoo onto his wheelchair and they immediately go to Chanyeol’s room.

 

When they see Chanyeol they try their hardest not to cry at the sight of their best friend in his death bed.

 

“Hyung…” Kyungsoo’s broken voice speaks.

 

Everyone in the room had their hearts broken by that one word. Park Chanyeol looks at his love in a mix of emotions.

 

The Do Kyungsoo they know, never called Chanyeol ‘Hyung’ after the first year they've known each other, and to hear it one last time…

 

“Yah, Park Chanyeol…” Everyone looks at Byun Baekhyun. He's broken with hope in his eyes. He's hurt with love in his eyes. He's jealous with love in his eyes… But most of all he's saying it'll be okay when it isn't because he's the one who was hurt the most.

 

Chanyeol feels every emotion about to spill out while seeing his boyfriend and his best friend in front of him, including his Hyung who was looking after him throughout most of his life.

 

Kyungsoo runs over Chanyeol and immediately starts to spill every thought and love…

 

And Baekhyun just watched. With pain, fiery… But in full understanding…

 

He just doesn't know how to feel.

 

But the more he sees them, the love in their eyes, the tears that fall for each other…

 

Yifan back hugs Baekhyun. “Don't look if it hurts you more…” The taller whispered.

 

And that's what Baekhyun did. He looked away… Turning his head to Yifan’s chest and quietly crying his heart out.

 

Crying his heart out to the wrong person… But at the same time it felt just right.

 

Baekhyun turns his head one last time to see Kyungsoo and Chanyeol but only to regret it.

 

Kyungsoo’s plump lips and Chanyeol’s soft lips kissed with love and passion, and Baekhyun could never ever thought he could feel more broken until that kiss.

 

“I w-wanna go…” Baekhyun says in quiet voice to Yifan.

 

Yifan instantly reacts by walking him out the door.

 

Yifan sticks his head into the room, “I have to check on another patient.. I'm bringing Baekkie with me so you guys can talk… We’ll be back”

 

Baekhyun walked beside Dr.Wu not knowing where he was going. Suddenly the doctor stops and Baekhyun stops.

 

“Baekhyun, i’d like you to meet a patient. He’s getting released today…” Yifan says as he puts his hand on the doorknob.

 

Baekhyun hesitates by looking down and playing with his hands before talking.

“Do I… Have to?”

The doctor chuckles. "I think it’d be nice to get them off your mind for a little… The patient reminds me of you, you know… I met him 2 years ago. He has a similar case to Kyungsoo too. I think… that it’d be nice to meet him…” Yifan says softly. Baekhyun hesitantly nods. Yifan takes the answer and opens the door to meet a boy with sadness in his eyes looking out the window. When the boy sees Yifan and Baekhyun, the boy blinks and stands up. Baekhyun notices that the boy is about the same height as him and he notices that the boy is really skinny.. But when Baekhyun compares the boy to himself he realizes that he lost weight and is just as skinny.

 

“Hi, hyung… Who did you bring this time for my last day?” The boy asks with a small smile. “This is Byun Baekhyun. He’s the same age as you,” Yifan gestures to Baekhyun. The boy reaches out his hand to shake hands and Baekhyun reaches his hand to shake it. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Baekhyun. My name is Kim Jongdae.” Baekhyun gives a small smile and slightly nods. “It’s nice to meet you too Jongdae,” he says in a small voice as he lets go of the other’s hand. Jongdae notices Baekhyun’s small actions and sees sadness in his eyes. “What makes you happy?” Jongdae says suddenly. Baekhyun meets Jongdae’s eyes in a little shock of the question. “I-i… My tw-three best friends. I’m always filled with warmness when I see them happy…” he says hesitantly. When Baekhyun looks into the boy’s eyes he sees sadness hidden behind Jongdae’s eyes. Jongdae would be lying if he wasn’t sad either.

 

Same thing happened to his best friends. Caught in a love-triangle except it was more like they left him. Yixing and Junmyeon. His other closest friend was Yifan and he never left.. Which he was very thankful for. Jongdae already knew who Baekhyun was. When Jongdae told Yifan his situation, Yifan told him there was a certain Byun Baekhyun who was in love with one of his best friends nicknamed P.C. Yifan told him that this Baekhyun was best friends with P.C and D.K but P.C and D.K loved each other and Baekhyun was just like Jongdae. Yifan only told him Baekhyun’s name but Jongdae never questioned. It was their own personal problem and he didn’t want to invade their privacy.

 

So when Baekhyun told Jongdae what made him happy, Jongdae started to cry. Jongdae really realized he wasn’t the only one. He saw someone so strong and but so full of sadness just like him. Baekhyun let the person he both loved, and a certain one he really really loved.. Be together and let them go. And Jongdae cried...Because he did the same exact thing Baekhyun did.

 

Baekhyun was taken back by Jongdae’s sudden tears and thought he said something wrong but Yifan cut in simply saying, “He’s like both of them, but he’s also like you.” And it wasn’t hard for Baekhyun to find out his story. Jongdae’s personality is like Chanyeol’s and he has the same condition as Kyungsoo, but he went through the pain just like Baekhyun. And there, Baekhyun started to feel hot wet tears fall from his face down to his chin. Yifan stands behind them and turns around. He also cries silently but doesn’t interrupt. And he cries for a complete different reason.

 

Baekhyun hugs Jongdae and they cry in each other’s embrace.

 

And for awhile they stay like that inside the room. Until suddenly Yifan says it’s time for Jongdae’s release and it’s time to go to Chanyeol. They both nod. Yifan leads them to the main office as he tells the nurses about Jongdae’s release and then walks to his his office and takes out a set of clothes for Jongdae to change in.

 

Soon when Jongdae was settled, they move to Chanyeol’s room. They found a sleeping Kyungsoo in the room and take Chanyeol out of the room. “What’s gonna happen?” Jongdae couldn’t help but ask. Yifan sighs and says, “It’s time for his operation. It’s his only last chance even though he might not survive.” Yifan turns to Baekhyun and holds his hand tightly. Jongdae only looks in sorrow and looks at the surgeons bringing out Chanyeol. He then looks at Kyungsoo and then Yifan and Baekhyun. He looks away as his eyes water. He blinks and let’s the tears silently fall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And after two days, they get the results of Park Chanyeol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:27 AM, October 27th, 2017…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation…. Successful

 

All 4 of them cry. They watch as Chanyeol is brought back to his room. Baekhyun cries the most. More than Kyungsoo. Yifan silently cries for he thinks he should not cry while working, and Jongdae cries silently for feeling the pain of Baekhyun. He watches as he feels as if he knew Chanyeol, Kyungsoo, and Baekhyun his whole life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

::A week after Chanyeol is released from the hospital::




I'm so so so so sorry. But I want you to know that I really really really love you guys. As you guys know... Jongdae is leaving tomorrow for China... I'm also going. I'm sorry for not telling you beforehand. I've decieded that in order for you two to start anew together as a couple, I cannot always be with you guys and inturrupting. But do not worry about me. I am happy to have Jongdae accompany me. He's someone just as special and if I have him, i'll be okay. I've already packed my bags and is leaving to the airport... I know you two will cry... But don't stay sad all your lives. Kris-hyung is still able to contact me and he'll update on me, okay? And if you guys ever get married you better not to forget to invite me! I love you guys so much. Don't forget! Don't forget me! I love you. 

Signed by Byun Baekhyun, your beloved bestfriend who loves you so so much, on Novemeber 15, 2017

 

Teardrops fall onto the paper

 

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He watches Baekhyun pack his suitcases. And as he watches, he sees Baekhyun look at the bracelet on his desk that was for the trio and he hesitantly reaches for it. He frowns at Baekhyun, "I suggest you grab it. You love them, don't forget them,"