Title : Ring to the Wall [2/?]
Pairing : OnJong
Rating : PG 13 (Mild language and violence)
Genre : angst, drama, romance
Summary : Jonghyun finally proposed to his girlfriend Shin Se Kyung but finds out she had been using him. He accidentally causes Onew to become hospitalized in an out burst of rage. The injury causes Onew to change his personality.
DISCLAIMER: Sadly I don't own SHINee, no one ever will. I don't own Shin Se Kyung either.
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Minho, Taemin, and Key stood in an arc around Jonghyun. Jonghyun sat on an old bench. He hung his head in shame, easing his nerves by picking at the blue cracked leather.
"You can't just ignore this Jonghyun." Minho spoke up. A piece of the cracked leather chipped off of the bench and fell to the ground. No one breathed. No one moved.
The four idols were sitting in the waiting room of an emergency room waiting for Onew. Taemin and Key had refused to let go of him and traveled with the ambulance to the hospital and refused to let Jonghyun join them. He knew he deserved this kind of treatment but it still felt a bit harsh. Minho had to drive him to the hospital. They would not allow him to stay in the dorm alone. He would not stay in the dorm alone. He was a danger to himself.
Key's face was tear stained. He hadn't stopped crying since the accident. Yes, the accident. He refused to believe that there was a motive behind his hyung's actions. He knew him too well.
Key whacked Jonghyun on the head with a stack of medical Onew's forms. Taemin and Minho kept their gaze on him as he rubbed his head. Dried blood rubbed off on to the forms. Key swiftly shook it off of the papers and turned away from Jonghyun. He did believe that this was all an accident yet he couldn't help feeling angry at him. Someone deserved to get hit after all.
Jonghyun accepted his punishment with out a single cry. He knew they wanted him to say something but there was nothing to say. He was too ashamed to explain his reasoning. He did not want Key's image of him to fade.
“Please Jonghyun hyung,” Taemin took a step forwards. Jonghyun tilted his head upwards only to look into the younger boy's eyes. “We need to know what's going on. Together the five of us make one group. We have a right to know what happened be tween you and Jinki hyung.” Taemin was clenching Minho's hand tightly in his.
“Tae,” Jonghyun ran his fingers through his hair, trying to separate the strands stuck together by Onew's blood.
“Please,” Taemin forcefully held back his tears. Minho's hand escaped the other's. Key held his shoulder. They were all curious.
“Fair enough,” Jonghyun's fingers broke through the clumps of blood allowing the tips of his hair to flow freely.
“Jinki hyung and his love for chicken disgusts me to be honest.” Stay calm Jonghyun, stay calm. “He only payed attention to his chicken when I was...” He paused for a moment before continuing. “... By Se Kyung. I thought he cared about us not just as his co-workers but as his friends.” He stopped, trying to think of a way to conclude his reasoning.
“It's just, I'm emotionally unstable right now.” Minho gave Jonghyun a suspicious glance. He could tell that something was wrong with this excuse. It would become obvious later on.
Taemin reached for Minho's hand. The black haired boy pulled his hand away and behind his back away from the younger boy's. Key looked at the two of them, then at Jonghyun, and frowned.
The boys had only been in the emergency room for less than an hour waiting for news of Onew but they were all starting to nod off. Taemin sat on the ground, leaning against the bench on which Jonghyun still sat on. Minho stood still in front of his hyung. Key was begging the receptionist to let him see Onew.
The double doors that lead to the hospital corridors opened. A doctor with a long and white flowing coat stood there with a clipboard held tightly in his hand. "SHINee ssi?" The four boys jolted up at the name of their group. "You can now come with me to see Lee Jinki."
Key followed the doctor's every step down the stark white hallways. Taemin followed him closely. Minho was next to him with his arms behind his head noticing the cold air against his partially covered chest. They forced Jonghyun in to the back of the group, excluded from the rest of them as the fluorescent lights shined down.
As they passed each room they saw what could possibly be Onew's fate. They passed a man with two broken legs. A woman with a laceration running down her arm screamed in pain.
A few rooms down there was a man, who's face they could not see, that lied peacefully in his bed. Beeping indicated his slow but steady heartbeat. To Jonghyun's surprise the doctor walked into that room.
"Please have a seat." Taemin and Key slouched into two chairs by a sleeping Onew. Minho stood by the foot of his bed. Jonghyun turned his back to his hyung and stared out of the window only to be approached by the darkness or reality.
The doctor picked up Onew's chart from his bed. "Lee Jinki ssi sustained severe blunt hits to his chest resulting in six broken ribs. He arrived here with a concussion caused by a blunt object hitting his head. He had lost too much blood from these injuries making him black out." Jonghyun winced at mention of each of Onew's injuries being spoken by the doctor's monotone voice. The guilt was starting to set in for him.
"We were able to stabilize his condition but he is now in a coma. I have no idea when he will wake up." Only Jonghyun cried. The tears pored out of his eyes with no stop in sight. He kept his back turned to the group as he let out his silent sobs. Onew could be in a coma for the rest of his life and it was all his fault. What would SHINee be without it's leader? Would there even be a SHINee?
“I'll be excusing myself now.” The doctor returned the medical chart to it's proper spot on the bed frame and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.
An awkward silence filled the room only to be interrupted a few times a second by the beeping that still proved Onew's beating heart. Taemin had fallen asleep in the chair. He leaned his head on Key's warm lap. The umma figure patted his head to sooth his nerves.
Minho tapped Taemin on the shoulder. “We have another long day tomorrow. We should get going and get some real sleep.” A groggy Taemin lifted his head out of Key's lap and the three of them walked towards the door. Jonghyun moved from the window to the seat Taemin was sitting in by Onew's bed. He refused to move.
“Minho ah,” An irritated and sleep deprived Minho stopped mid-step and turned around. Dark circles were starting to set in underneath his eyes. “I'll be staying.” Minho turned back around and the three boys walked out of the hospital room. It was safer to have him stay at the hospital for now. The nurses would stop him from doing anything to Onew.
Jonghyun was still recovering from his ankle surgery and therefore not going to any variety shows or performances. He was free all day to sit by Onew's side and that's what he did. His eyes would not close as he stared at his face. The sun poured in from the window to illuminate the sleeping face.
Onew's tan skin emitted a healthy radiance. His long eyelashes touched his cheek. A tear rolled down the side of his face.
Jonghyun touched his hand to the older's tear and a tear fell out of his own eye. His thumb tried to wipe away the tear but the dried blood on his thumb left a red stain on the sleeping face. He rushed to the sink to wash off the blood and returned to the beside with a paper towel to wipe the stain off.
His touch was gentle against Onew's skin like he was a fragile porcelain doll. The singer cleaned the other's face carefully to not disturb his sleep even though he knew he was in a coma. He fixed the artificially brunette hair so it wouldn't cover his leader's closed eyes. Jonghyun cupped his cheeks him both of his hands and wiped away the on fall of tears. The tears would not stop so he leaned into the bed to hold the vegetative body in his arms and buried his head in his shoulder.
He pulled back from the embrace for a quick moment. Jonghyun's body would no longer obey him. His body was controlled by sleep. His thumb moved to Onew's bottom lip. It was pink and plump. He moved his thumb out of the way. His hands supported his hyung's head. The distance between their faces shortened. The singer planted a gentle kiss on the leader's soft lips, put down Onew, and stumbled back into the chair where he fell asleep instantly.
A/N : Short chapter is short and rushed. Sorry about the delay. I had my high school exit exam this week and I've been worrying about my family that lives in Japan. They live in Kansai and are therefore unaffected by tsunamis but my grandmother's house is not reenforced so if an earthquake or another after shock hits Shiga her house may collapse. She is in her mid-eighties and lives alone.
Anyways, I am now changing the genre. Every time I try to write fluff it always turns into angst, no matter what so i'm giving up on the major fluff I had "planned". My lack of romantic experience makes it easier to write a more plot driven fic anyways.
I wonder if Jonghyun will remember all of this when he wakes up or if Onew knows if any of this is happening? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ