The day at the hospital went slow and uneventful. The only reasonably exciting thing that happened was that a nurse came and Minhos changed bandages and explained to him what he had to pay attention to at home.

After lunch, Minho and Jisung fell asleep exhausted and cuddled close to each other, while Chan and Changbin sat at the small table at the window and played Uno.

They could have gone home and slept there, but none of them wanted to leave the other two alone.

And every time one of the nurses looked at them annoyed, Chan apologetically raised his shoulders and then shamelessly made use of their idol image. Which led to no one daring to kick them out of the hospital.

When Minho woke up early in the evening, the two were gone and for a moment it panicked him.

He sat down carefully so as not to wake up Jisung and looked around worried.

But when he saw that two trays with dinner were on the table, he realized that the two had probably gone to the canteen for dinner.

Relieved, he let himself sink back and cuddled back to Jisung.

He was hungry, but he didn't want to eat alone, nor did he want to leave Jisung alone in bed.

He gently painted circles on Jisung's arm with his finger. He was usually someone who had something to do all day and wasn't used to lying in bed. But he couldn't imagine anything more beautiful than lying in bed with Jisung.

The younger murmured his name in his sleep and let Minho's heart melt.

Carefully he leaned towards him and kissed him gently. While still half asleep, Jisung pulled him closer to him and returned the kiss. More passionate than Minho, but he had absolutely nothing against it.

Both were out of breath when they finally broke away from each other.

"Good morning baby!" Minho let his hand wander deeper with a grin.

"Good morning? It's more of an evening, isn't it?"

Jisung returned Minho's grin and then leaned back to him to kiss him again.

He playfully bit Minho into the lower lip and then deepened their kiss.

"Did you sleep well, baby?"

Jisung nodded happily. "Finally no nightmares."

Just as he wanted to bow back to Minho to kiss him again, it knocked at the door and Chan and Changbin came in.

Jisung let himself sink back sighing, while Minho watched him grinning.

"Come on, let's eat this delicious dinner and get our stay here over as soon as possible. Maybe we'll help Chan defeat Changbin at Uno after it."

Laughing, the two sat down at the table while Chan and Changbin made themselves comfortable on Minho's bed.

"When we get back home, I'll cook something for us. That's really anything but delicious."

Jisung nodded smiling. He loved it when Minho cooked. But most of the time there was little time for it in everyday life.

After they had eaten dinner and Changbin took away the tablets, they actually sat together for a bit and played Uno.

It was almost as if nothing had ever happened.

Apart from the fact that they rarely all had free at the same time and evenings together took place relatively rarely.

All the more they enjoyed the moment and the three older ones were overjoyed to see Jisung blossoming again.

His almost childlike joy when he won a round put a smile on everyone's face. Which led them to only letting him win at some point, which he finally noticed.

Groping, he threw his cards on the bed.

"You shouldn't let me win, you stupid ones!"

Pouting, he dropped back and was immediately besieged by the three others.

"Don't do that! I'm angry with you!"

Grinning, they sat down again, while Jisung remained pouting and with his arms crossed.

"We should go to sleep now anyway," said Chan and yawned.

"That's right, if we can ever get some sleep, then we should also use it."

Changbin pulled Chan into the bathroom behind him while Minho snuggled up with Jisung.

"Really angry?"

"Yes!"

"Can I do something so that you are no longer angry with me?" Minho asked amused and made his hand disappear under Jisung's T-shirt.

"Kiss me!"

Minho couldn't be told twice.

He leaned to Jisung and kissed him gently who pulled him closer and buried his hands in Minho's hair.

Minho carefully lay down on him without loosening their kiss and pressed his hip against Jisung. A soft moan came over Jisung's lips and Minho realized with a grin that he had rarely heard anything more beautiful.

Just as he wanted to repeat the movement, the bathroom door opened.

"No one wants to see that! Take a room!".

Sighing, they detached themselves from each other and finally went into the bathroom.

While brushing his teeth, Minho immediately positioned himself so that Jisung could not see himself in the mirror.

The evening had been wonderful even if he was still in pain and they were in the hospital. And under no circumstances did he want to have this destroyed by Jisung seeing the choking marks and being thrown back.

Finally, they lay cuddled together in bed.

Even if Minho would have preferred to do other things, the hospital was not the right place for it. And as long as he didn't know if Jisung had processed what he had experienced to some extent, not even the right time.

So he only gently kissed him on his lips for a short time and then detached himself from him again.

"I love you so much, baby! Sleep well!"

"I love you so much!" Jisung murmured with his eyes closed and snuggled closer to Minho.

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