Mark sighed as he handed Aera a bottle of water. Poor girl had been crying since she got to the hospital.

The lights in the operation theatre's sign closed, as the doctor stepped out slowly.

Aera quickly stood up, looking expectantly at her.

"I'm sorry." She said softly. "We tried our best to save him...but it was too late."

Yuki looked at Aera who was about to break down again, and quickly hugged her. She started crying on her shoulder as Yuki glanced at the others.

"Sh...it's fine..." She said, patting Aera's back.

"Yeah, she's here." They heard Mark speak in the earpiece. "...um, about an hour ago?...what?!"

They all turned to look at him. "Yeah, I saw him leaving after dropping her- no, I'll come."

He looked at the other three.

"What's wrong?" Jeno asked.

"Donghyuck hasn't reached the headquarters yet." Mark said. "It's literally half an hour away-"

"Did he get stuck somewhere?" Yuki asked.

"I think so too." Mark said.

"He's fine, right? Mark? He's fine, right?" Aera asked.

"He's gonna be fine." Mark gulped. "I'll be back quickly."

He quickly ran through the halls and Aera collapsed on the chair, crying.

"It's fine." Yuki said.

An hour later, Aera, who had fallen asleep on Yuki's shoulder was woken up by loud footsteps running towards them.

It was the Stray Kids members coming to them and seeing Hyunjin made Aera start to cry again.

She hugged her brother and cried loudly as Chan went and talked to Yuki about all the procedures that had to be performed.

"Did you guys find Hyuck?" Aera asked after calming down a bit.

Hyunjin sighed. "We found his car. It was crashed into another one."

"The place was kind of blown up." Jeongin said. "We still haven't found him...but they're looking for him."

"Mark found him." Minho announced. "He's apparently unconscious."

"Is he okay?" Aera asked.

"He's alive, don't worry." Minho said. "What the fuck is he doing under a fucking car?"

"That's not important right now." Yuki said. "He's alive and that's all that matters."

Minho nodded and said, "Mark's bringing him to the hospital."

Aera sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Why is everything going wrong?" She said.