Xiumin's POV

"Hey, Minseok, hyung is here to pick us up." Suho was telling us to get ready.

"Hyung, open up the door." Chen was being the concerned one.

"Minseok." Then it was Luhan.

I turned in my bed and faced the wall, blasting some kind of hardcore music through my earbuds that made my heart bounce with the base.

Yes, my heart, it was still there. I placed my hand over my chest and felt it's beating, slow, steady, emotionless.

It hurt.

I smiled a little and held myself into a ball. My eyes left slightly ajar, staring into the darkness of my room.

It's been three days since the incident and three days since I last saw Ling and the others. Our manager has made sure that the incident did not effect our schedules in any way. Most of them were cancelled, but he just had to call for some 'interviews' regarding the accident.

I took a deep breath and burried my face with my blanket. It smelled stale from the lack of exposure to fresh air, but I didn't care. I didn't care about anything at this point.

"Minseok." The knocking started again. "Open up."

I said nothing. I wasn't even sure if i can speak anymore.

"Suho went to grab the keys, you can't keep yourself in there." He continued. "It hurts me as much as you, but you can't just-"

I scoffed at him in disbelief.

"See Ling?" I muttered quietly. "See how much he cares about you?"

The knocking stopped and moments later, the scuffle of feet outside my door told me that Suho had come back with the keys.

Click.

The door opens and five of the members, Suho, Chen, Luhan, Baekhyun, and Kyungsoo, stormed in. I heard them come in behind me, but didn't bother to turn over to look at them. Especially not Luhan.

"Hyung! It stinks in here!" I heard Chen cry out before the curtains were pulled open. I groaned and buried myself in my blankets.

"Have you been eating?" Baekhyun's voice was unsettlingly close. "you haven't been out of your room for three days."

"It's time to get out of your shell," Kyungsoo muttered. "The fans think you died in the accident."

I didn't really care.

"Hey." I felt Luhan's hand on my hair and shuddered. "Ling wouldn't want to see you like this."

The members fell silent and I can almost feel the awkwardness in the air. Of course they would be uncomfortable. Ling wasn't the only one in the hospital right now, and yet all he was concerned about was her.

Not that I didn't feel the same way.

Sure, the EXO members were together since debut, but that didn't stop us from shifting relationship to friends to co-workers. I sighed and shook my head out of his reach.

"Get out." I managed to croak, my voice sounded unfamiliar and foreign.

Silence.

"No."

It was Sehun that talked this time, he had probably walked in when I hadn't noticed.

"We need to talk."

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Ling's POV

It was like a long movie, everything flowing back to me all at once. It was overwhelming, but I was glad that it was happening. Things were finally starting to make sense. Everything.

We were in the airport now, the light was blinding and the members all had roses, all handing them to me. I smiled at their dance and hummed along to the song.

Chime for you.

Then it was dark and I suddenly found myself in the arms of someone. I feel the colour rise to my cheeks.

"I will always love you." His voice echoed in my ear, but I couldn't tell whos it was.

I tried to look up, but I was just surrounded by darkness, a hand grabbing onto mine, hard, warm and worried.

"I-" I tried to speak but I couldn't. Something was blocking me.

"Ling." Someone's voice was calling out to me. "Ling wake up."

And I did.

My eyes were blinded for a brief moment by the brightness of the room. My eyes turned to look at the person holding my hand. His head was bent down and his forehead was pressed against my hand.

"Ling, please, there's so much more you need to know." His voice was broken. "So much I want to say, so much-"

I smiled briefly and reached out my hand to pat him on the head.

'It's alright.'

I froze, my hand just inches away from his head. My eyes widened and suddenly a rush of mixed emotions charged at me, suffocating me.

My voice... where is my voice?

I looked around frantically, looking for any signs of what had happened to me. My hands were shaking and I suddenly had the urge to bolt.

The person at my bedside looked up and quickly held me by the shoulders. He was dressed in his hospital robe, a patient as well.

"Ling it's alright!" There were tears in his eyes, and from the corners of my eyes I could see the cast on his leg. "Ling breath!"

I huffed, faster and faster. My body temperature was dropping drastically and my eyes were starting to dilate.

'MY VOICE!' I screamed, but no sound came out. Tears streamed down my cheeks and my vision was blurred instantly.

"Calm down, calm down!" His grip on my was hard, but I could feel his panic as well. "Ling please!"

'I CAN'T SPEAK!' I called out again and tried to rush out of my bed. It was starting to get harder to breathe, I was confused, in pain and...

I froze and looked up at the blurred figure that held my down by the shoulders.

Kris?

Why was Kris here and why was he holding my hand?

"Ling I'm here for you! I'll never leave again." He muttered quickly and brought me to his chest.

What?

Leave me? Again?

Notes

Haven't been writing lately... but this chapter came out super fast = v= wrote it in one hour, can you believe it? I just got struck with a hit of inspiration :>

enjoy!!