Fic: Family Arc II - 23B
Title: Family Arc II - 23B
Author: vic_sim
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot. I apologise for any incorrect portrayal of people or any inaccurate details mentioned in my story.
Pairing: None at the moment.
Category: I seriously have no idea.
Rating: NC-16 (just to be safe)
Summary: Panic back at the dorm.
Arc I Arc II
Hankyung, Kangin, Eeteuk and Siwon returned home together, being the second group to finish their schedule for the day. They were talking as they entered the dorm, discussing about their schedules. The conversation drifted off when they noticed that the dorm was eerily quiet. They all knew that Yesung was supposed to be home with Kyuhyun, and that Ryeowook and Shindong had the afternoon off. At first, they didn’t think much about it. Ryeowook and Shindong might have gone out, and Yesung could be in Kyuhyun’s room, looking after a sleeping Kyuhyun.
At least that was how Eeteuk tried to reason in his head, suppressing the instinct to panic. He walked towards Kyuhyun’s room, not noticing Ryeowook’s and Shindong’s bags sitting near the sofa. The door was opened and Eeteuk could see that no one was inside.
“Kyuhyunnie? Yesungie?” Eeteuk called out gently, wondering if they could be hiding somewhere.
He headed to all the rooms, feeling the panic rising in him as more and more rooms he searched were empty. When he checked the last room and there was still no Kyuhyun or Yesung, the panic exploded. Eeteuk ran out to the living room shouting for Kyuhyun and Yesung.
Kangin and Siwon had settled on the sofa figuring that Eeteuk had found the two when they had not heard any exclamation from him. They jumped up when they heard Eeteuk shout. Hankyung who was heading to the kitchen to cook food for dinner stopped in his steps.
“What…”
“They’re not in the house!” Eeteuk cut Hankyung off. “I can’t find them anywhere!”
Worry appeared on all their faces as they heard Eeteuk. Where could the two have gone to? Kyuhyun was still recovering from his illness.
“Hyung, calm down. Maybe we should try calling them.” Kangin reasoned, refusing to panic just yet.
Eeteuk immediately reached for his phone in his bag, taking it out to call Yesung. His hands were trembling so much that Siwon took the phone away from him, dialling the number for him. As Siwon held the phone to his ear, everyone’s eyes were on him. Siwon shook his head after a while.
“He’s not answering.”
“Try Kyu’s phone.” Hankyung said. “I’ll call Wookie.” Hankyung took out his phone and dialled.
Kangin also searched for his to call Shindong. Siwon was the first to shake his head.
“Kyu’s phone is not switched on.”
Siwon returned the phone to Eeteuk, who started pacing around the room. Two tones simultaneously rang through the room, coming from the same corner. All four heads turned towards the ringing, finally spotting the bags on the floor, recognising them as Ryeowook’s and Shindong’s. Hankyung and Kangin both hung up, worry becoming more evident on their faces. Just then, the door opened. All four heads swerved towards the door, hoping.
“I’m back?”
Donghae’s voice went from loud to timid when he saw four pairs of eyes staring at him as he opened the door. He backed away, closing the door as well.
“What are you doing, Hae? Why aren’t you entering the dorm?” Eunhyuk asked Donghae, getting nods from Heechul, Sungmin and Kibum.
“Hyung and Siwon were all staring at me.” Donghae said with fear in his voice, pointing towards the door.
“Why are they staring at you?” Sungmin asked, not getting the reason.
Donghae shook his head, bewildered as well. Kibum took a look at Donghae and at the door, reaching out to open it.
“No, Bummie.” Donghae cried.
“Standing here won’t solve why they were staring at you, Hae-hyung.” Kibum answered, turning back to the door. He opened the door and entered.
The rest followed him in with Donghae seeking refuge behind Eunhyuk. The four had stared at the door again when Kibum opened it, shocking Kibum though he continued to enter the dorm.
Kibum noticed the crestfallen expressions and the worry that was written all over their faces. Eeteuk resumed his pacing, mumbling to himself.
“What’s wrong?” Kibum asked.
Hearing the question, Donghae poked his head from his position, taking a closer look at the other four. Siwon seeing that none of his hyungs were planning to answer spoke up.
“We can’t find Yesung-hyung and Kyuhyunnie.”
That caught Donghae’s attention as he stepped out from his hiding place instantaneously.
“What?”
The inevitable exclamation came from the rest. Eeteuk brought the phone to ear again as he tried calling Yesung again. Siwon explained how they could not find them when they came home and that they didn’t know where Ryeowook and Shindong were as well. As the information registered in their heads, a shout brought them back to the present.
“Jongwoon!”
All heads turned towards Eeteuk. Hankyung walked close to Eeteuk.
“Where are you? Where is Kyuhyun? Do you know how many times I’ve called you and Kyuhyun? Aren’t you supposed to be home taking care of Kyuhyun? Where is he? Are you two together?” Eeteuk rattled on.
Hankyung covered his mouth, muffling his voice. Hankyung gently took the phone from Eeteuk, knowing that Eeteuk would continue without stopping.
“Calm down Eeteuk-hyung.” Hankyung said to Eeteuk before turning his attention back to Yesung.
“Yesung, are you with Kyuhyun?”
“Kyuhyun’s with me, together with Ryeowook and Shindong.”
Hankyung let out a sigh of relief.
“They’re together. Ryeowook and Shindong as well.” Hankyung told the rest, causing them to be relieved as well. “Where are you?”
“We went for a …”
Yesung’s voice was suddenly cut off.
“Yesung! Jongwoon! Hello?” Hankyung said loudly into the phone.
He looked at the screen and saw that the call had ended. Pressing the redial button, Hankyung brought the phone to his ear again.
“The number you’ve just called is not available. Please try again later.”
“I can’t get through. I think his battery is flat.” Hankyung dejectedly ended the call.
“Did you find out where they are?”
Hankyung shook his head at Heechul’s question. Eeteuk resumed his pacing.
“Should we go and find them?” Sungmin asked, all prepared to go out.
“But we don’t know where they are.” Kibum pointed out, even though he too wanted to find them straight away.
“Why not we wait for another fifteen or twenty minutes before heading out to find them?” Eunhyuk suggested.
“We know that the four of them are together. With Yesung and Shindong, they shouldn’t be in trouble right?”
Although none of them loved the suggestion, it was all they could do then. As they settled around in the living room, Eeteuk continued to pace. No one made any attempt to stop him as they all knew it was a lost cause. The next fifteen minutes passed in agony as they all fiddled and looked at the clock.
As the end of fifteen minutes approached, they all stared at the door, waiting. Kibum stood up and walked towards the door. He had heard a key being inserted into the keyhole. He opened the door, shocking Yesung who was about to turn the key.
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It was a short journey back and before long, they reached their dorm. They got off the taxi, thanking the driver who was willing to drive that short distance and boarded the lift. When they reached the door, Yesung took a deep breath before inserting his key and opening the door.
“Hyung!” Kibum’s cry made everyone stand up and Eeteuk stop in his pacing. Kibum ushered them in, closing the door after them. Before Eeteuk could say anything, Yesung walked up to him and whispered to his ears.
“Hyung, could you save the scolding for later? Kyuhyun’s tired. Let’s settle him first.”
Eeteuk closed his mouth, looking at Kyuhyun. He was leaning on Ryeowook, looking happy but tired. Kyuhyun said a soft ‘Hello, Hyung’ to everyone when he saw the rest. He stood a little straighter, removing his weight from Ryeowook. Eeteuk nodded, conceding the point.
“Kyu, go take a bath while Hankyung makes dinner.” Eeteuk instructed Ryeowook to help Kyuhyun.
Dinner was ready by the time Kyuhyun was done showering. They all settled around the living room again, eating. Kyuhyun managed to finish all the food that was given to him, receiving pleased smiles from around the table. They were all glad to see Kyuhyun eating more to regain the weight he should not have lost. Kyuhyun swallowed his medicine, giving in to the tiredness that was trying to grab him.
“So Kyu, where did you go just now?” Kyuhyun brought his drooping eyes to Sungmin, his eyes brightening a little as he thought back to his walk.
“We went for a walk. And we were playing at the swing. It was really fun to swing so high with Yesung-hyung.”
Kyuhyun yawned, ending his explanation. Though his explanation was short, Sungmin could tell that Kyuhyun truly enjoyed the outing. It was good for Kyuhyun to relax himself after all the stress from the accident.
Seeing the yawn, Eeteuk said. “Why not you go to bed Kyuhyunnie? You look sleepy.”
Kyuhyun tilted his head at Eeteuk.
“Come.”
Eeteuk gently guided Kyuhyun to stand and led him to his room together with Kibum. Before Kyuhyun left the living room, he said.
“Thank you Yesung-hyung, Wookie-hyung and Shindong-hyung for bringing me out today.”
This brought bright smiles from Yesung and Shindong, and a slight blush from Ryeowook.
Eeteuk tucked Kyuhyun into bed with the blue blanket, handing him his elephant.
“Sweet dreams Kyuhyun.” Kibum said, watching as Kyuhyun’s eyes closed.
“Teukie-hyung, don’t scold Yesung-hyung. It was me who wanted to go out.”
Kyuhyun mumbled before drifting off. Eeteuk shook his head at Kyuhyun’s words.
Don’t you ever change Kyu. Don’t ever change.
Eeteuk and Kibum gently shut the door as they left.
The living room was silent as Eeteuk walked back in. They had cleared the dishes away when Eeteuk and Kibum were with Kyuhyun. Yesung sat up straighter, bracing himself for the inevitable scolding. Eeteuk sat down and looked at Yesung.
“I’m sorry Umma.” Yesung apologised.
Shindong and Ryeowook also added their apologies refusing to let Yesung carry the blame by himself before Eeteuk could say anything.
“Did you know how worried I was - we were - when we couldn’t find the two of you in the house? You could have at least left a message.”
Surprisingly it was Kangin who exploded and not Eeteuk. Yesung’s head bowed even lower.
“We could not even find any of you on your phones! What if something happened while you were out?”
Eeteuk placed a hand on Kangin’s arm. Kangin calmed down slightly, huffing and passing the stage back to Eeteuk.
“Now that you know what you’ve done wrong, don’t do it again. Next time leave a message or call one of us if you planned to leave the house. This applies to all of you.”
Eeteuk looked at the rest, making sure that all of them got the message.
“As punishment, you three will wash the dishes tonight. The rest of you, go and shower then rest.”
They all stared at Eeteuk. That’s all? Yesung had expected a much longer scolding from Eeteuk about taking care of your dongsaengs.
“What?”
Eeteuk asked the rest when none of them seemed to be moving. Only Kibum hid a smile behind his hand.
“Er, that’s all Umma? Nothing else?” Shindong timidly voiced out.
Eeteuk nodded. “That’s all. What else do you want?”
Shindong did not answer him.
“I’m not that evil. Besides, I could tell how happy Kyuhyunnie was from the outing. If none of you are going to bathe, I shall claim the bathroom.”
Eeteuk stood up and left behind a group of ten shocked people. Kangin blinked at Eeteuk’s reaction. He thought that Eeteuk was going to have an even larger reaction than him. Instead Eeteuk just told them off lightly and left. Heechul noticed Kibum giggling to himself.
“Bummie! Do you know something that we don’t?” Kibum looked at Heechul, as the rest turned towards him.
“Eeteuk-Umma didn’t scold you ‘cos Kyuhyun asked him not to. But he didn’t want you all to know that.”
“He listened to Kyu?” Eunhyuk asked unbelievably.
Kibum nodded.
“Just think about the incident when I dragged Kyuhyun out to play in the snow.” Ryeowook spoke up.
They smiled as they remembered the incident. Ryeowook and Kyuhyun had escaped a scolding as well due to Kyuhyun’s pleading.
“Umma simply has a soft spot for Kyuhyunnie.”
Donghae summed up all their thoughts. Nods came from everyone, agreeing with Donghae.
“So the next time we want to prank anybody, we shall include Kyu in our plans as the ultimate escape route. He will be able to get us out of any fixes.”
Eunhyuk spoke up excitedly. Donghae turned to him, nodding enthusiastically.
“No corrupting Kyuhyunnie with your pranks!”
Sungmin hit the two on the head with a pillow. The two gave cries of pain as their hands immediately covered their heads to protect from any further hitting.
“I agree!”
Kangin took a pillow and threw at the two of them. The two dodged. The pillow hit Shindong who was behind them. Shindong grabbed the pillow and threw it back to Kangin, but it hit Sungmin instead. Sungmin retaliated. Soon it escalated into a full scale pillow fight with all eleven of them throwing and dodging the flying pillows. Laughter came from all of them as they gave in to their inner child.
“Shhh! Kyuhyun’s sleeping!”
Eeteuk came out of the bathroom, standing at the corridor with his arms on his hips. They stilled.
“Oops.” One by one they dropped the pillows from their hands.
“I’ll go wash the dishes right now.” Yesung said running off.
“Me too!” Shindong and Ryeowook exclaimed after Yesung, chasing after him.
Eeteuk shook his head, smiling at them as they ran past him. The smile remained as he looked at the rest.
“I’m glad you’re all having fun. Now, go change or shower and rest.”
Eeteuk shooed the rest out, wanting them to rest properly before their busy schedule tomorrow. The rest rushed out of the room, not wanting to risk being the one Eeteuk would be nagging at about disturbing Kyuhyun. Eeteuk shook his head and sat on the sofa. He thought about tomorrow. Tomorrow, he and Sungmin were going to bring Kyuhyun to the hospital for his physiotherapy and a check-up. He hoped that all would go well tomorrow.
here's part b.hi!i'm finally posting again.haha.i wanted to post last night. but was watching the opening ceremony of olympics.which ended at like past 12 midnight.so i didnt get to finish writing my chapter. now i've finished it. its not much angst in this chapter.jus a little bit here and there. may be its not well-portrayed since i tend to write more angst. but hope you still enjoy it. ^^