I looked at Changmin then back at my phone. "I'm going to see if he's home." "Get there safely." I hurried out and to the bus stop. It wasn't the one that I usually took to get to Jacob's but it would drop me off near the one that would.

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I finally arrived at Jacob's and rang the door bell. "Oh, Kevin! Did you come to visit us or Jacob? Jacob's out right now. He said he was heading to school. I'm assuming he left something." "Is that so? Thank you." I quickly went down the few steps and started heading towards the school.

I arrived at the school and wondered where could he have gone. I knew school security wasn't tight around this time, so I quietly opened the gate and snuck around to the courtyard out back. I was surprised to see someone there and more surprised to see them sleeping. "Who in the hell lost their common sense?" I thought. I didn't want to get closer but I felt that I should at least check to see if they were okay.

I walked closer and recognized the person as Jacob. I jogged over to him then gently shook his body. I froze as his arm simply slid off and hung in the air. "So he really did fall asleep out here..." I felt his neck to check for a steady pulse just in case then noticed he was slightly cold. I checked his breathing and it wasn't steady at all. I quickly put him onto my back then called my mom. "Hello?" "Dad, come to the school quick. Bring the car. Hurry." I immediately hung up then walked back to the gate of the school. I waited outside the gate for my mom then heard a sound come from behind me. "Jacob, are you conscious?" "Kevin...Am I dreaming again...?" "Huh?" "I must be...Kevin only carries me like this in my dreams..." I didn't know how to respond. I then heard my dad's horn in the distance.

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"Why didn't you tell me it concerned a person's life!?" I rubbed my arm where my dad had hit me. "I was swept up in the moment...Why'd you hit me so hard?" "Because who knows what could've happened if we got here any later." I saw Jacob's parents walk over to us and I eagerly awaited the news. "We don't know how we became blind to this." "He always put on a smile and every time we asked, he'd say he's fine..." I wanted to know how Jacob was but the adults kept on about red flags and signs. "Mrs. Bae, how's Jacob?" "He's okay now. The doctors said he wasn't eating enough and so his body wasn't getting the nutrients it needed."

I walked away from them and called Changmin. "So, was I right?" "No...He's lucky I found him. The idiot was out by himself knowing the current state he was in. It seemed as if he wanted to get sicker or die." I let my words sink in as I hoped that wasn't what Jacob actually wanted. "Well, he should thank the heavens that you cared enough to find him. I don't want to sound rude, but I'm going to anyway. How could his parents not notice these vital signs?" "I don't know. He's okay now though." "I'll let you get back to whatever you're doing. Later." He hung up and I started feeling guilty. Then I started feeling upset that Jacob let himself get this way.

"Kevin, come on. They're letting us see him." I caught up to my mom and hoped Jacob looked better than when I found him. "Jacob, you're awake!" I watched from a distance as he hugged his parents and greeted my dad.

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