Eli’s now unmasked saviour came striding towards Kevin. After looking up to the well built man in front of him. Kevin’s jaw dropped, it couldn’t be who he thought it was, but he was wrong it was actually exactly who he thought.

“Soohyun…” Kevin stared baffled. He’d meet him many times at home when he would come over to play video games with Eli, or just to have some company. Soohyun was Eli’s best friend.

“Kevin, we need to talk…” Soohyun said as he sat down beside him, his head how hung low as he stared at the ground.

“Ye-yeah… Go ahead.” Kevin said after all they had been through he wondered how much of what happened Soohyun had taken part in. At the present moment he only knew of their kidnapping.

“I’d been helping your father for awhile now…” Soohyun started, as Kevin’s eyes shook from betrayal.

“I was hired by you father from the security company I work at, but he knew nothing about my connection with you and Eli. From day one I was sceptical about everything he did, but he wasn’t your average client, he didn’t just want protection, he wanted the people around him dead, people who he felt threatened by. As soon as he starting getting stuck on Eli, I knew there was something I had to do, but he had everything little aspect wound so tight before the warehouse, that there was nothing Dongho or I could do. But we saw one gap, it was a couple of weeks ago when he was planning tonight, he wanted people to witness Eli’s death. It chilled me to the core, I mean how can someone be cruel, I told him that Dongho and I were reliable and that we could hide the bodies afterwards. But I wanted nothing more than him dead, and he accepted our offer swinging over plan into action. We knew that someone in there was going to have to get hurt but I never thought it would be this badly, once I found out, after we kidnapped you I called the authorities alerting them on the situation. But I couldn’t let them kill your father, I had to do it Kevin.” Soohyun looked up to Kevin sympathy present in his eyes.

“I need to avenge you and Eli, for the pain he was going to put you through, but I never thought it would turn out this…” Tears leaked from his eyes.

“I never meant to break your rib, and especially for Eli to come so close to death, it shouldn’t have happened this way, but I couldn’t see another way out.” Kevin looked at Soohyun had all that really happened, was his father really have killed Eli irrelevant of his wishes, but it didn’t matter now everything was better. Kevin did not shed a tear over his father’s death, why would he when the man had done nothing but abuse him, torment him and try to take the man he loved so much so far away from him. The person that Kevin assumed to be Dongho walked into the room and bowed to Kevin.

“Mianhe, Kevin.” He stood up, Kevin noticed how child like this boy was he couldn’t be much younger than himself and Kevin was in his last year of schooling.

“It’s alright…” Kevin smiled at him.

“… And thank you for everything you’ve done; I’ll make it up to you and Soohyun one day.” Kevin half bowed from how he was sitting on the bed. Dongho’s eyes snapped towards Soohyun who was sitting on the opposite side of Kevin’s hospital bed and rushed over to his side.

“Soohyun? Are you all right?” Dongho asked his eyes searching Soohyun’s then taking his hands leading him outside to the sitting area just across the hall from Kevin’s room and sitting down once again. Not once did Dongho let go. Soohyun looked up he pulled his hands to wards his sides embracing him in a tight hug. At first Dongho was stunned but he soon melted into the embrace, wrapping his arms around Soohyun’s waist. Soohyun and Dongho the entire time they had worked together had harboured feelings for one another, but were unknown to the other individual.

“Everything will be all right now hyung. We did it.” Dongho smiled, closing his eyes as he rested his head on Soohyun’s chest.

“Dongho-ah...” Soohyun whispered in Dongho’s ear, sending chills down the younger’s spine.

“I like you.” Soohyun confessed not wanting to wait any longer, he needed him. He pulled Dongho from the embrace to view his reaction, Dongho’s shock from earlier returning but in full force, his heart stopped did Soohyun really feel the same way? Soohyun became more anxious with each second that passed and with Dongho saying nothing. A smile graced Dongho’s face as he pulled Soohyun in for a hug even tighter than the one that they had previously shared.

“I like you a lot too Soohyun-ah.” Dongho moved his head against Soohyun’s chest, as he returned the smile and took the boy into his arms, never had such relief flooded through his body. Kevin was asleep by the time that they re-entered the room, the pain medication finally taking its toll on his on his tiny frame. Dongho sat in the chair beside Kevin as Soohyun left to go find a nurse to ask about Eli’s condition and whether he was out of surgery. After gathering the information needed about Eli he went to Room 217. Eli lay still in the hospital bed as Soohyun entered walking over to the chair besides Eli’s bed a taking a seat. Eli was in a coma, but from what the nurse had told him he looked like he would pull through, they were able to piece back together the organs that had shredded in wound, but the loss of blood would take a fair few hours to rejuvenate itself even with the extra help of blood transfusions. Soohyun watched over his friend, as he sat in that chair next to Eli but eventually fell asleep about one o’clock in the morning. Soohyun’s eyes flittered open as they adjusted to the brightness of the sun streaming through the window. Rubbing his eyes with the back of right hand, he looked towards Eli.

“Yo-you’re awake.” Soohyun stated the obvious as the Eli turned his head towards his friend.

“Morning, sleepy head.” Eli retorted having come out of his coma just before dawn, with the nurses in and out constantly to check his IV’s and the blood transfusion every ten minutes he was surprised that Soohyun had not woken up earlier.

“How are you feeling?” he asked baffled that Eli had woken so soon.

“Like , but honestly what do you expect?” Eli smirked, turning his head completely over to face Soohyun’s, noticing Eli’s movement he looked over eyes widening at the hugs black and blue eye that Eli was sporting, his face swollen he wondered how he had not noticed it earlier.

“Where is Kevin?” Eli asked Soohyun.

“With Dongho, in his own ward.”

“What happened to him?” Eli asked concerned written on each millimetre of Eli’s face.

“He’s alright Eli, nothing major except for a few small cuts and a broken rib...” Soohyun started.

“... That I may have given him.” Soohyun started looking away from Eli, knowing that Eli was about to break all hell loose.

“You what?” Eli practically shouted at him.

“How dare you hurt him? Once I kill his father I’m going to badly injure you too!” Eli raged.

“But Eli?” Soohyun poked in.

“He’s already dead, I killed him...” Soohyun looked towards Eli; he was taken aback, jaw slack, eyes widened. Had his hard exterior, soft interior best friend really killed such an evil man? Soohyun then repeated everything that he had said to Kevin to Eli, making sure not to miss any details, from the moment he started working for Mr. Woo to the second he killed him, Eli’s heart jumping a beat when heard how Soohyun killed Kevin’s father. Just as Soohyun finish the door to Eli’s ward opened, as two men walked in, at the second man Eli smiled.

“Kevin...” Eli said, looking at Kevin with loving eyes, he was unsure whether he wanted to see Kevin or not before Soohyun’s story, he wanted too, but what were Kevin’s reasons, for lying to him, for disappearing, for almost getting him killed, but now everything made perfect sense. Now Eli wanted nothing more than to hold him in his arms and never let go.

“Eli, I missed you.”Kevin said as Soohyun stood up and helped Kevin over to the chair beside Eli’s bed and taking his rightful place beside Dongho.

“I’m so sorry I doubted you Kevin, I’m so sorry...”Eli apologised, again and again but Kevin wouldn’t have any of it.

“Eli! Stop apologising, I’m the one who should be saying sorry, I’m the one the left, I’m the one that couldn’t stop my father and I’m the one that ran back to you and almost got both of us killed.” During Kevin’s little protest, he’d stood up and slammed his hand down against the railing on Eli’s bed. Eli seized the opportunity and pulled Kevin hand of the rail, temporarily losing his balance before regaining it with his lips firmly planted on top of Eli’s. Eli was the one to break the kiss, pulling back and looking into Kevin’s eyes.

“I love you Kevin.” Eli smiled at his lover.

“With all my heart.” At that Kevin blushed, sitting back down in the chair.

“I-I love you too Eli, more than can ever imagine.” Kevin stuttered finding it hard to match Eli’s gaze, but his hand gripped tighter onto Eli’s. After their moment the lover’s turned their heads towards the couple standing at the end of Eli’s bed. Soohyun cleared his throat, taking Dongho’s hand into his own.

“Eli, Kevin. This is Dongho, he was my co-worker when we worked for Kevin’s father, and now...” Soohyun bit his lip and blushed raising his and Dongho’s hand.

“... and now he’s my boyfriend.” When Soohyun finished Dongho blushed turning his head to the side, his bangs only just covering his eyes. Kevin and Eli cheered at the sight of the new couple.

“Congratulations, Soohyun and Dongho.” Eli’s said smiling.

“Congrats, to the both of you.” Kevin said.

“And let’s hope that neither you have crazy parents like I did.” Kevin added bringing to four into a healthy fit of laughter. Eli’s now unmasked saviour came striding towards Kevin. After looking up to the well built man in front of him. Kevin’s jaw dropped, it couldn’t be who he thought it was, but he was wrong it was actually exactly who he thought.

“Soohyun…” Kevin stared baffled. He’d meet him many times at home when he would come over to play video games with Eli, or just to have some company. Soohyun was Eli’s best friend.

“Kevin, we need to talk…” Soohyun said as he sat down beside him, his head how hung low as he stared at the ground.

“Ye-yeah… Go ahead.” Kevin said after all they had been through he wondered how much of what happened Soohyun had taken part in. At the present moment he only knew of their kidnapping.

“I’d been helping your father for awhile now…” Soohyun started, as Kevin’s eyes shook from betrayal.

“I was hired by you father from the security company I work at, but he knew nothing about my connection with you and Eli. From day one I was sceptical about everything he did, but he wasn’t your average client, he didn’t just want protection, he wanted the people around him dead, people who he felt threatened by. As soon as he starting getting stuck on Eli, I knew there was something I had to do, but he had everything little aspect wound so tight before the warehouse, that there was nothing Dongho or I could do. But we saw one gap, it was a couple of weeks ago when he was planning tonight, he wanted people to witness Eli’s death. It chilled me to the core, I mean how can someone be cruel, I told him that Dongho and I were reliable and that we could hide the bodies afterwards. But I wanted nothing more than him dead, and he accepted our offer swinging over plan into action. We knew that someone in there was going to have to get hurt but I never thought it would be this badly, once I found out, after we kidnapped you I called the authorities alerting them on the situation. But I couldn’t let them kill your father, I had to do it Kevin.” Soohyun looked up to Kevin sympathy present in his eyes.

“I need to avenge you and Eli, for the pain he was going to put you through, but I never thought it would turn out this…” Tears leaked from his eyes.

“I never meant to break your rib, and especially for Eli to come so close to death, it shouldn’t have happened this way, but I couldn’t see another way out.” Kevin looked at Soohyun had all that really happened, was his father really have killed Eli irrelevant of his wishes, but it didn’t matter now everything was better. Kevin did not shed a tear over his father’s death, why would he when the man had done nothing but abuse him, torment him and try to take the man he loved so much so far away from him. The person that Kevin assumed to be Dongho walked into the room and bowed to Kevin.

“Mianhe, Kevin.” He stood up, Kevin noticed how child like this boy was he couldn’t be much younger than himself and Kevin was in his last year of schooling.

“It’s alright…” Kevin smiled at him.

“… And thank you for everything you’ve done; I’ll make it up to you and Soohyun one day.” Kevin half bowed from how he was sitting on the bed. Dongho’s eyes snapped towards Soohyun who was sitting on the opposite side of Kevin’s hospital bed and rushed over to his side.

“Soohyun? Are you all right?” Dongho asked his eyes searching Soohyun’s then taking his hands leading him outside to the sitting area just across the hall from Kevin’s room and sitting down once again. Not once did Dongho let go. Soohyun looked up he pulled his hands to wards his sides embracing him in a tight hug. At first Dongho was stunned but he soon melted into the embrace, wrapping his arms around Soohyun’s waist. Soohyun and Dongho the entire time they had worked together had harboured feelings for one another, but were unknown to the other individual.

“Everything will be all right now hyung. We did it.” Dongho smiled, closing his eyes as he rested his head on Soohyun’s chest.

“Dongho-ah...” Soohyun whispered in Dongho’s ear, sending chills down the younger’s spine.

“I like you.” Soohyun confessed not wanting to wait any longer, he needed him. He pulled Dongho from the embrace to view his reaction, Dongho’s shock from earlier returning but in full force, his heart stopped did Soohyun really feel the same way? Soohyun became more anxious with each second that passed and with Dongho saying nothing. A smile graced Dongho’s face as he pulled Soohyun in for a hug even tighter than the one that they had previously shared.

“I like you a lot too Soohyun-ah.” Dongho moved his head against Soohyun’s chest, as he returned the smile and took the boy into his arms, never had such relief flooded through his body. Kevin was asleep by the time that they re-entered the room, the pain medication finally taking its toll on his on his tiny frame. Dongho sat in the chair beside Kevin as Soohyun left to go find a nurse to ask about Eli’s condition and whether he was out of surgery. After gathering the information needed about Eli he went to Room 217. Eli lay still in the hospital bed as Soohyun entered walking over to the chair besides Eli’s bed a taking a seat. Eli was in a coma, but from what the nurse had told him he looked like he would pull through, they were able to piece back together the organs that had shredded in wound, but the loss of blood would take a fair few hours to rejuvenate itself even with the extra help of blood transfusions. Soohyun watched over his friend, as he sat in that chair next to Eli but eventually fell asleep about one o’clock in the morning. Soohyun’s eyes flittered open as they adjusted to the brightness of the sun streaming through the window. Rubbing his eyes with the back of right hand, he looked towards Eli.

“Yo-you’re awake.” Soohyun stated the obvious as the Eli turned his head towards his friend.

“Morning, sleepy head.” Eli retorted having come out of his coma just before dawn, with the nurses in and out constantly to check his IV’s and the blood transfusion every ten minutes he was surprised that Soohyun had not woken up earlier.

“How are you feeling?” he asked baffled that Eli had woken so soon.

“Like , but honestly what do you expect?” Eli smirked, turning his head completely over to face Soohyun’s, noticing Eli’s movement he looked over eyes widening at the hugs black and blue eye that Eli was sporting, his face swollen he wondered how he had not noticed it earlier.

“Where is Kevin?” Eli asked Soohyun.

“With Dongho, in his own ward.”

“What happened to him?” Eli asked concerned written on each millimetre of Eli’s face.

“He’s alright Eli, nothing major except for a few small cuts and a broken rib...” Soohyun started.

“... That I may have given him.” Soohyun started looking away from Eli, knowing that Eli was about to break all hell loose.

“You what?” Eli practically shouted at him.

“How dare you hurt him? Once I kill his father I’m going to badly injure you too!” Eli raged.

“But Eli?” Soohyun poked in.

“He’s already dead, I killed him...” Soohyun looked towards Eli; he was taken aback, jaw slack, eyes widened. Had his hard exterior, soft interior best friend really killed such an evil man? Soohyun then repeated everything that he had said to Kevin to Eli, making sure not to miss any details, from the moment he started working for Mr. Woo to the second he killed him, Eli’s heart jumping a beat when heard how Soohyun killed Kevin’s father. Just as Soohyun finish the door to Eli’s ward opened, as two men walked in, at the second man Eli smiled.

“Kevin...” Eli said, looking at Kevin with loving eyes, he was unsure whether he wanted to see Kevin or not before Soohyun’s story, he wanted too, but what were Kevin’s reasons, for lying to him, for disappearing, for almost getting him killed, but now everything made perfect sense. Now Eli wanted nothing more than to hold him in his arms and never let go.

“Eli, I missed you.”Kevin said as Soohyun stood up and helped Kevin over to the chair beside Eli’s bed and taking his rightful place beside Dongho.

“I’m so sorry I doubted you Kevin, I’m so sorry...”Eli apologised, again and again but Kevin wouldn’t have any of it.

“Eli! Stop apologising, I’m the one who should be saying sorry, I’m the one the left, I’m the one that couldn’t stop my father and I’m the one that ran back to you and almost got both of us killed.” During Kevin’s little protest, he’d stood up and slammed his hand down against the railing on Eli’s bed. Eli seized the opportunity and pulled Kevin hand of the rail, temporarily losing his balance before regaining it with his lips firmly planted on top of Eli’s. Eli was the one to break the kiss, pulling back and looking into Kevin’s eyes.

“I love you Kevin.” Eli smiled at his lover.

“With all my heart.” At that Kevin blushed, sitting back down in the chair.

“I-I love you too Eli, more than can ever imagine.” Kevin stuttered finding it hard to match Eli’s gaze, but his hand gripped tighter onto Eli’s. After their moment the lover’s turned their heads towards the couple standing at the end of Eli’s bed. Soohyun cleared his throat, taking Dongho’s hand into his own.

“Eli, Kevin. This is Dongho, he was my co-worker when we worked for Kevin’s father, and now...” Soohyun bit his lip and blushed raising his and Dongho’s hand.

“... and now he’s my boyfriend.” When Soohyun finished Dongho blushed turning his head to the side, his bangs only just covering his eyes. Kevin and Eli cheered at the sight of the new couple.

“Congratulations, Soohyun and Dongho.” Eli’s said smiling.

“Congrats, to the both of you.” Kevin said.

“And let’s hope that neither you have crazy parents like I did.” Kevin added bringing to four into a healthy fit of laughter.