Chocolate And Depression
Taeyong woke up, his back stiff from sleeping like he did. He must've been in the chair all night, and was glad that people respected the fact that he was sleeping, enough to leave him alone. He appreciated it.
It took Taeyong a bit to gather his thoughts, soon checking his watch to see what time it was. He saw that it was right around 10ish, and that seemed like an okay time to visit Jaehyun.
Taeyong stood up out of the chair and stretched, hearing his back crack. It felt good to get up and move. He slowly made his way out of the waiting room-lounge kind of area and went to go look for a nurse.
He found one as he made his way to the main lobby. He was a short guy, kind of lithe, like a dancer would look. Taeyong went up to him to ask about Jaehyun.
“Um, hi. Do you think you could direct me to where I can find my friend? He got admitted here last night and I don't know how to find him.” Taeyong asked. The man smiled and nodded.
“If you're looking for someone, then you should go down to the guys at the front desk. They should be able to help you.” Taeyong smiled at the man's friendliness and took note of his name. Chittaphon.
Taeyong made his way down to the front desk, waiting his turn in line before the person behind the desk waved him up. The man smiled, slightly cocking his head to the side as he started talking.
“HI! My name's Yuta. What can I help you with today?” The man said, and Taeyong rested his arm on the desk.
“There's a patient, Jung Jaehyun. He was admitted last night and I came in with him. I was told that he was going to be in stable enough condition to talk to today and so I was going to ask where his is?” Taeyong didn't mean to turn the last sentence into a question, but he was so nervous about his roommate that it just happened.
Yuta smiled at Taeyong, what seemed like a genuine smile, and started typing on his computer. After a minute or two of Yuta searching, he found Jaehyun’s location.
“Okay, so your friend is on the fifth floor, room number 5. I'm also going to tell you that he's on suicide watch right now, so there's most definitely going to be someone in there while you're talking.” Yuta gave Taeyong a stick-on name tag with his name and where he was going.
Taeyong nodded at all the information he got from Yuta. The boy must've looked confused from Yuta’s perspective and so he provided Taeyong with a little bit of useful information.
“Room 5, once you get off the elevator, you'll take a left, go through a lounge-type area, and once you hit the double doors, take another left, and his room should be right there.” Taeyong smiled at the instructions, secretly thankful that the other man gave them to him. He was prone to getting lost, after all.
Taeyong thanked the nurse at the desk and made his way over to the elevators. He got on and went of to the fifth floor, following Yuta’s instructions to get to Jaehyun’s room.
He saw that the door was open, yet knocked anyways as a quiet groan came from the room. There was also a dejected “Go away. There's already one of you in here. I'm not going to try anything…” that Taeyong just barely heard.
Taeyong slowly made his way into the room, and Jaehyun turned in his bed to meet who walked in. He was greeted with the sight of a Taeyong, who had a half-hearted smile on his face to try and make Jaehyun feel better.
“Taeyong..?” At the sight of his roommate, Jaehyun’s face fell. He didn't want Taeyong to see him this way. But to the younger boy's dismay, Taeyong moved closer anyways.
There was another person in the room, whom Taeyong disregarded. As far as he was concerned, it was just him and Jaehyun and frankly, he didn't care if someone else was there.
Taeyong moved just a bit closer so that he could sit on the side of Jaehyun’s bed. He gently placed his hand on Jaehyun’s shoulder, letting the younger one know that he was okay now.
Jaehyun obviously didn't want to talk to Taeyong, trying to ignore the closeness of the other boy. He didn't want Taeyong to see him be so vulnerable, and that was that.
“Hey Jae?” Taeyong tried to get Jaehyun’s attention, and Jaehyun finally gave in. He turned over, his eyes red and puffy from crying. There were no tear tracks, so Taeyong figured that it must've been from hours ago.
Jaehyun let out a quiet “I'm so sorry Yong. I'm so sorry…” Taeyong didn't care about whatever Jaehyun was talking about. All he did was lean down and hug him.
They stayed like that for a few minutes, with Taeyong slowly rubbing the younger boy's back and Jaehyun gladly accepting the affection. He needed it anyways.
Jaehyun eventually pulled away from the hug, new tears starting to fall from his eyes. Taeyong quickly wiped them away, but it was pointless as they were just replaced by fresh ones.
“Yongie I'm so sorry you had to see me like that…” Jaehyun let out, and Taeyong felt so sorry for the younger boy.
“Jae, it's okay” Jaehyun’s head fell and Taeyong lifted his head back up with a finger. “Jae, look at me. It's okay. You're going to be okay now.”
Jaehyun nodded, the reassurance in Taeyong’s voice helping him calm down. The boys were glad that they were back together, especially Taeyong.
He wasn't going to tell Jaehyun how he felt, how his heart broke when he saw the younger boy laying on the floor, the pain that went through him when he had to watch people try to save his friend, and he couldn't do anything.
Jaehyun felt guilty about having Taeyong see him hurt. But he figured that they would both be able to get over this. Jaehyun would probably get put on stronger medication and more than definitely be in the hospital for a week or two to make sure that he was okay.
Taeyong would come and visit him every day, the next day bringing him a small teddy bear plushie and half a chocolate bar. Jaehyun grinned when Taeyong admitted “I got hungry on the way here…”
There was one person who watched over both of them, a man named Sicheng. He was the one who brought Jaehyun his food, yet he also kept an eye on everything that the nurses were doing. He had to keep Jaehyun safe, if it was the last thing he did.
Because he was in charge of Jaehyun. He had to keep him safe, otherwise he would be in danger of getting hurt himself. But that was out of the question, as he did everything in his power that he could to keep Jaehyun safe.
He found it funny that he also started getting more well known around the hospital. Because he only started there the night that Jaehyun came in, and would leave when the latter left as well.
He tried his best to grant every prayer or wish that Jaehyun had, not always being able to do so, but he tried. Sometimes he made slight changes in the food that Jaehyun was getting, giving him more of what he wanted, yet still keeping Jaehyun safe, food-wise, at least.
Sicheng was proud of the work that he was doing. He's the reason that Jaehyun ever made it to the hospital in the first place. He kept his pulse going for just long enough that Taeyong could find him. And he wasn't going to stop his miracle work at that.
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