Stay With Me - Yeongyu FF

Chapter 22

(This is a filler chapter to explain how Soobin got the pill, so it will be a lot in Soobin's POV and yes, it will have a terrible ending 😉 are you surprised?)

Soobin POV

I keep my head low as I walk through the school gardens, thinking about that friend of Yeonjun's.

I'm a terrible person, damn.

And he's sick too.

I can see it in the way he has to force himself to walk, in the way he thinks before he talks. I notice his slight swaying.

And I decided to basically beat him up from craze.

I sigh as I join my best friend. He's already in the laboratories, mixing chemicals into a magic, healing potion.

"How are you, Soobin?" He says with a smile as he sees me enter.
"I'm... Fine I guess. Well, not really" I admit on second thought as I explained everything I did to Beomgyu.

"He and your brother...?" He starts hesitantly.
I nod "Yeah, they probably both have the same thing. I'm not certain yet, but I think he is. He's luckier than my brother though. He looks... more fit, more healthy"
"But... Is there a cure?"
I laugh before answering. "Dude, no cure existed for my brother, no cure can exist for him! It was barely a month ago"
"But maybe, if he's just in the beginning of the difficult phase"
"I don't know what phase he's at. And I haven't heard of a cure, so I don't know"

A few weeks pass, and Yeonjun and Beomgyu decide to come see me.

This time, Beomgyu looks even sicker.

I sigh silently. I don't want him to suffer like this.

On what seems like a sudden thought, which I am sure I was thinking about since I saw him, I rush to the medicine department to see my friend there.

"I need a pill, a medicine" I say as I enter.
The blue haired man smiles. "For that friend of yours with ALS I'm guessing?"
"Yeah. Make up something. Make it happen, please! I don't want to see what happened to my brother a second time" I beg him.
"I'll look into it" he says, and I smile.

I won't let you live what my brother lived, Beomgyu.

I start making my way back to my dorm, hoping the mad scientist I have for a best friend will find something to help Beomgyu.

Now, as I stand in front of Beomgyu, handing out the pill, I sense his hesitation. I feel nervous too. Obviously, I lied a little bit to him. That pill wasn't tested on a human case, only by simulator, so I'm still scared for his life.

"No" says Beomgyu defyingly. "I'm sorry, but there's no cure for A- I mean what I have-"
"I know it's ALS. My brother had it" I interrupt.
"Your brother... Died?" He asks hesitantly.
I nod. "So no need to hide it from me. But..."
I edge closer to him "Does Yeonjun know?"

It's his turn to nod now and I stay silent, not knowing what to say, I just put the pill in his trash can and open the bedroom door to call the others back.

Yeonjun goes to his boyfriend in a second.
"What did he say to you? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, it was nothing" answers Beomgyu reassuringly.

We pass the end of the day playing games together on our phones or just chatting. Taehyun, Kai and I only leave when Beomgyu starts to fall asleep, and I learn later that Yeonjun waited until Beomgyu was fully asleep to leave. When I finally reach my university, I quickly stop at the cafe to get a small sandwich for dinner before going back to my dorm. Of course, the lazy-yet-productive idiot I have for a roommate is half asleep on his PC, and I roll my eyes.

"Did you eat? Cuz I ain't going back down to get you a sandwich. I got mine and that's it" I say.
"Where were you all afternoon? You skipped Professor Kim's lecture" he asks between yawns.
"A friend's house. Pass me the notes?"
"You skipped class for a friend?"
"A sick friend" I develop as I sit down on my bed, opening up the aluminum wrap around my sandwich.
"But it's still a lecture you skipped for a friend. Do you not like Mr Kim?" He says, low-key jumping to conclusions.
"I do, but his health was more important than hearing a guy rant about his looks for an hour"

He chuckles softly and gives me his notes, which I pass the rest of the evening copying.

Once I'm done, I check up on Beomgyu by text, unable to keep my eyes shut without worrying about him, but he doesn't read my messages because he's already asleep. I still manage to rest that night, and receive his answer in the morning.

Beomgyu
I'm alright, don't worry! 🙂

I smile and send him a little emoji before getting back to my regular shitty university schedule and my ditching plans for a few useless courses.

Beomgyu POV

I have to wait for three weeks before I'm fully healed from that stupid cold. I was expecting - and so told Taehyun - that I would be healed in a week, and ended up taking two extra weeks of my time to fully recover.

Which clearly freaked Yeonjun out.

When I texted him to tell him I was healed, he literally was beside me in five minutes.

It felt good to be able to walk again, to not have that fear of bringing my hand to his cheeks and having the possibility to kiss him again.

When Yeonjun arrived at my house when I was recovered, I was talking to 'Ma in the kitchen.

It literally scares the shit out of me when I hear the doorbell ring, but I walk to the door to let him in.

"Hi babe~! It's been so long! You told me you'd be healed in a week or two and it's been three! Liar!" He says, sulking.

I chuckle and hug him tight "I'll make it up to you" I promise him.
He smiles and hugs me back, placing a soft peck on my lips before completely separating from my body at the end of our hug.

"I missed you, you know? And you know what else?I don't wanna leave you anymore so you never get sick again!" he says joyfully.
I laugh "And if you're the one who gets sick?"
He stays silent for a moment. "Don't do me dirty like that, Gyu!"
"It's not called 'doing dir-'"
"I don't care what it's called you hurt my feeliiiiiiings" He whines.

I smile at him and grab his hand as I start guiding him towards my room, but 'Ma stops us.

"Before you both go off and about doing whatever you
do in my son's bedroom, could you please help me put the dishes back in their place?"

Yeonjun and I blush and nod, coming to help her. Once we're done, we quickly rush back up to my room, still blushing at 'Ma's comment.

"So... what do we do know?" says Yeonjun after we've both calmed down.

I stay silent. "Dunno"

We both laugh and decide to just cuddle together while we think about something to do.

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I warned you about the shitty ending

I was just out of ideas lol.

I need to think it through, my mind's inspiration is dead and I don't want to go off topic, so I'm sorry if I don't post as much.

Have a good day / night