The color of blood

With Open Arms

Sorry for hurting all of your feelings last chapter QwQ but I'll try to make it up...not in this chapter, but soon :D so please keep reading, commenting, and whatever else xD enjoy!~

Kris POV

Kris sat together with Suho at the dining table. They were both talking about how their week had been going.

“Mhm….hey what time is it?” Suho suddenly asked

Kris looked at his watch “7:36 pm Why?” he looked up curiously

Suho suddenly stood up and squinted his eyes

-What’s he doing?-

“What are you doing?” he finally asked

“The shower’s still on” Suho replied, and Kris could hear surprise in his voice

“There’s someone else in the house? Didn’t the boys go to the movies?” Kris looked up at Suho curiously

“Kai stayed home, he didn’t want to go. You know since you two had that argument he kind of got distant all of a sudden. He doesn’t talk at all and he’s been skipping dinner” Suho looked at him awaiting a reply

-Oh God- he could feel himself tense up a bit, but tried to act as normal as possible

“What did you guys really talk about?” Suho suddenly asked

“I think it’s better if you go check on him” Kris offered as a way of distraction

Suho obeyed and got up walking upstairs to the bathroom which was located in the very back of the house.

-So he hasn’t said anything yet? - Kris sighted in relief. He knew that what he had done was horrible, but he just wouldn’t lose Suho. Not again…

There was one time when Kris had almost lost Suho completely. Not because of relationship problems, but because Suho had almost died once. When they were dating, Suho got into a car crash, and he almost didn’t make it. The crash had left Suho with several broken ribs, a broken leg, and several other fractures. Kris felt completely useless as he spent every single day at the hospital making sure that Suho was okay.

To his immense surprise, when Suho finally woke up after the drugs had worn off a bit, instead of crying he just smiled widely at Kris and thanked him for not leaving.

-But in the end I did leave-

Kris’s phone suddenly beeped, and he swiped the screen only to see a message from Narae.

“What the does she want?” Kris hissed under his breath

For a moment he hesitated whether to answer or not, but then he heard a scream coming from upstairs.

He dropped the phone instinctively and ran upstairs where he saw Suho frozen outside the bathroom.

-What happened? - Kris thought as he moved closer. He could see Suho’s shocked expression as he neared him.

“What happened?!” Kris asked once he was close enough, and he could see small blood splashes on the floor

“Kai…my baby…Kai” was all Suho managed to cry out before he fell down.

Kris wasn’t able to catch him on time, but once he kneeled down to hold Suho’s head, he peaked inside the bathroom and saw Kai.

His heart suddenly stopped, and he could feel a scream forming in his own throat. Quickly, he placed Suho carefully on the floor, and rushed to Kai’s side.

“Kai…Kai…” Kris said, his voice breaking

He carefully wrapped his arms around Kai and cuddled him.

“I’m so sorry…I’m so sorry Kai…I’m such a horrible person. I shouldn’t have done this…I shouldn’t have.” he began sobbing violently

Kris didn’t know what to do; he suddenly felt exactly how he had felt when Suho almost died, useless.

“…Dad…” Kris suddenly heard Kai say, and he looked down only to find Kai starring up at him weakly.

“Kai?...” Kris said in between sobs

“I’m scared.” Kai whispered

“Don’t be…don’t be” Kris said as he tried to sooth him

Kris knew he had to call an ambulance, but he had left his phone downstairs.

“Kai. Kai I have to call for help…I’ll be right back” Kris said as he tried to place the boy down carefully

“Don’t…” Kai whispered “Don’t go. Don’t leave me dad” he reached out to grab Kris’s arm

“I won’t be long” Kris said before running out to find his cell phone.

After calling the hospital, they told him help was on the way, and that he would have to wrap Kai’s wrists for the meanwhile to stop the bleeding.

Kris found some clean towels, and pressed down carefully to try and stop the bleeding.

Suho was still passed out, but Kris had made sure he was okay.

However his main concern was Kai, who kept struggling to stay awake.

“Don’t close your eyes” Kris begged him as he kept pressing the towels gently to Kai’s wrists

“I’m tired…” Kai choked out

“I know, but please just stay awake” Kris insisted

“Dad?”
“Yes?” Kris asked looking down

Kai was becoming paler and paler by the second, and Kris prayed that the ambulance would hurry up.

“Why did you stop loving mom?”

Kris bit his lower lip

“I didn’t…I’ve never stopped loving him”

“Then why did you cheat on him?”

“Kai please don’t ask..”

“I might die, and I don’t want to die without knowing why you did this” Kai looked at Kris directly in the eyes

“You’re not going to die” Kris whispered looking back at Kai

“I might”

“I don’t know why” Kris turned the other way trying to hide his shame

“Was it…was it because of us?...maybe because you two didn’t have any time for yourselves anymore?” Kai asked

Kris smiled sadly “No it isn’t because of you or your brothers. I just don’t think there’s any excuse for what I did” he breathed out

Kai smiled weakly, and it reminded Kris of the time Suho had smiled at him even though he was in a lot of pain.

“I can’t stay awake”

“No..No Kai look at me” Kris held Kai’s face in between his hands as he tried desperately to keep him awake “You can do it…Just stay awake a little longer”

“I don’t want to” Kai said suddenly catching Kris by surprise

“What?” he asked his eyes wide

“I don’t want to stay awake. It hurts”

Kris stared at his son before letting a few tears that were caught up fall down.

“I’m sorry” he whispered

“Why?” Kai asked surprised

“I probably caused you more pain than how your wrists hurt right now didn’t I?”

“It’s nothing compared…nothing at all…to when mom finds out the truth. Have you imagined how much it’s going to hurt him? Have you?” Kai said with a hint of anger

“I don’t want to imagine” Kris choked out as a lump began forming in his throat.

The truth was that he didn’t want to imagine, in fact he’d rather just never find out. Even if it was a cowardly way to think, Kris just couldn’t dare think how much pain there would be in Suho’s usually cheerful self once he found out the truth, and he would find out sooner than Kris expected.

Suho POV

There was a numb feeling in Suho’s arm, and his head felt extremely light as he opened his eyes.

A feeling of overwhelm overcame him once he managed to wake up completely.

“Where?...” he placed a hand on his head as he tried to concentrate

“Mom!” he suddenly heard Luhan’s voice coming from besides him

“Lulu?” Suho turned around and saw Luhan starring at him with concern

“What’s wrong?” he asked surprised once he noticed that Xiumin, Chanyeol, and Tao were also there.

“You don’t remember?” Tao asked

“Remember what?” Suho could feel panic rising from inside

The boys looked at each other for a moment

“We’re at the hospital” Xiumin said before turning to look at Chanyeol

“You fainted because Kai…” Chanyeol trailed off

-Kai? - Suho tried to remember, but all he saw were red splotches on the floor.

“What happened to Kai?”

“He tried to…he tried to kill himself” Luhan managed to say

Suho suddenly remembered the horrid scene, the blood puddle and his baby lying on the floor unconscious.

“Kai!” Suho screamed as he tried to get out of the bed, but was held back by Tao and Chanyeol

“Wait, wait mom” Luhan begged

“He’s alright, dad managed to bring you both to the hospital. The rest are with him right now” Xiumin blurted out

“I want to see him” Suho demanded they take him there, but they all shook their heads.

“Rest for today, and tomorrow we’ll take you” they all agreed

“We’ll be leaving now so we can go visit Kai, but we’ll let dad know to come on over here so you won’t stay alone” Chanyeol walked towards the door, and the rest followed him

Suho saw them open the door, and then heard Chanyeol let out a happy sigh

“Hey!” Chanyeol said

“Hello, I hope I’m not bothering”

Suho heard an unfamiliar voice, and he tried to see who it might be

“No not at all, but we were just leaving to see Kai” Luhan said

“Oh…well actually I’m here to see your mom, and afterwards I’ll go check on Kai”

“Uh sure” Suho heard Ximuin say

All four boys left, and Suho heard the door close behind them.

“Hello good morning” A tall brown haired girl smiled warmly at Suho “I brought you these flowers” she said placing them near the bed

“Ah thank you…you must be…Park Narae correct?” Suho smiled back

The girl moved a loose strand of hair from her face, and nodded.

“Yes that’s me”

“Well thank you so much for visiting” Suho replied “Are you going to visit Kai?” he asked curiously

“Actually…I came here to see you” she said, her smile suddenly disappearing

“Oh…why?” Suho asked wondering why she possibly would want to see him

“I wanted to talk to you about your husband” She said, and her smile suddenly returned, but this time it seemed more like a grin. 

 

 

Dun dun dun =o oh shet haha xD what will happen :) hopefully I haven't caused you guys too much emotional distress e_e hehe and yeah so I will update tomorrow :D thanks for comments, subs, and upvotes c=

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ephemeral24
2455 streak #1
Chapter 24: for real, not everyone is given 2nd chances, Kris was very lucky to have one ang nice to see that he hasn't wasted it so far... he got his family back, that's nice too :)

i love this story, i love that it tackled forgiveness and all, in the end, the choices you make are yours, whether you'd regret it or not would be all on you... but those that we'll surely regret are the choices we don't make :)
ephemeral24
2455 streak #2
Chapter 23: Suho and Kris asking for permission to go on dates from the kids! HIHIHIHI
and Suho acting like a teenager as he retells what he's done with Kris to the kids

as much as there may be other people who disagree with Suho's decision to forgive Kris, but nothing we can do since the Suho of this au chose to forgive him, after loving him still after all this time and feeling and seeing the change in Kris and believing that Kris wouldn't dare do that to him again... it's his choice and since the Suho of this au is the one who'd live with it, in the end, it's really all up to him

Kris saying that he was so stupid and that Suho was too good for him... better late than never idiot! and not all are given 2nd chances, please don't waste it ever again
ephemeral24
2455 streak #3
Chapter 22: Lay's "oh no... you deserved more than that" resonates with me so much in this fic! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

never knew he had that of a special connection with Kris tho... idk if i commented on it before, but if not, i just wanna say that this chapter's title is so beautifully apt :)
ephemeral24
2455 streak #4
Chapter 21: THANK YOU DANIEL!
for squeezing out something much more meaningful than an apology from Kris

in the end, time apart was what they needed for Kris to atone for his sins and get his together, the rest of the family also needed to get over the initial anger then sort out their feelings for Kris as well... Suho has said himself that he still loves Kris, but he's gotta have to work much harder to get that trust that he broke back...
ephemeral24
2455 streak #5
Chapter 20: Suho thinking if that was the same way he held the mistress before, things as serious as that when left hanging can haunt you for a long time...

Kris's way of apologizing, if that was ever considered one,
ephemeral24
2455 streak #6
Chapter 19: years later, the make me forget abt him part still affects me so damn much... i knew they would take that route, and just... ugh thank god nothing further than kisses and making out happened... just, i don't feel like it's the wisest decision
ephemeral24
2455 streak #7
Chapter 17: as much as i pity the state Kris has been in since he left Suho and the kids, what can we do, he did it himself... but istg, taking anti depressants with alcohol, he's really just waiting for death then huh?
ephemeral24
2455 streak #8
Chapter 15: oh Kai... precious Kai
ephemeral24
2455 streak #9
Chapter 14: Kris is lucky Narae's parents only sent her far away and didn't sue him lol

at this moment, Kris sure deserved to wallow is the misery and emptiness he's feeling coz of everything he did

idk if i mentioned it when i read this before, but Kai's desire to not lose his family, is what made him forgive Kris instantly... should be surprising that out of all the kids, he was the one most affected by the issue, yet he was the only one who wanted to keep contact with Kris... but Kai's love for the family that they had was above everything else for him... such a sweet child
ephemeral24
2455 streak #10
Chapter 10: yup, this Narae has got to be the most despicable character to ever grace the KrisHo au...

and yes, seems like Suho isn't as weak as Kris thought... if anything, Kris was the weaker between the two since it was him who couldn't even stop his wrongdoings and be honest to his husband... he took the coward way of hiding... and look what it did to Kai and now, the prolonged affair gave some sort of courage to this little girl... Kris should've known better