Even though I know that nothing lasts forever, I can't end it
Seventeen_Poison;Fear
"No, why of all people..."
Seungcheol, who had been protecting Jihoon by turning the steering wheel to the side in a hurry because of the truck that was running in front, fell down with blood pouring from his head.
"That...that can't be...brother...!!"
Sunyoung, who was less injured and sitting in the back seat, dragged Jihoon out of the car.
"Soonyoung, Seung, Seungcheol hyung...save him...we have to save him..."
Sunyoung, who was next to him, grabbed Jihoon who was trying to run away.
"Are you crazy? If you go now, you'll die too.."
Just then, the car exploded. Ji-hoon tried to run away, but Soon-young stopped him. As soon as the accident happened, people nearby reported it, so an ambulance arrived just in time.
"Hyung... Seungcheol hyung... please..."
As Seungcheol was loaded into the ambulance, Jihoon followed him, weeping uncontrollably. Perhaps it was the shock of his lover's near-death experience trying to protect himself.
Jihoon, after receiving only simple treatment, remained in front of the operating room for over ten hours, refusing to take a sip of water during Seungcheol's surgery. Concerned, Soonyoung tried to persuade him, but the more she tried, the more Jihoon buried his face in his knees.
"If Seungcheol hyung woke up and saw you like this, he'd be really happy. Lee Jihoon, come to your senses."
"...."
A little later, Ji-hoon's younger brothers, Chan and Seok-min, arrived. They urged Ji-hoon to receive proper treatment, but he refused, claiming he had already received all the necessary treatment—only basic first aid.
"Hyung, how long are you going to be like this... Jihoon hyung..."
"..You guys go first, I'm fine.."
"What, what's okay about that..!! Are you crazy, hyung? If you don't get treatment and don't eat like this, hyung will die. Don't you know that and that's why you're like this?"
Seokmin was finally overcome with emotion. Chan tried to stop him, but it wasn't enough.
"If something goes wrong with you, what are we supposed to do? There are only three of us as a family, are you going to abandon us?"
"Brother, brother...stop..."
"What the...why on earth are you doing this...hyung.."
After a brief silence, just as Ji-hoon was about to open his mouth, a doctor in a green gown came out of the operating room.
"S..Teacher, the surgery...how did the surgery go..?"
The news the doctor gave was devastating.
"...You may not survive tonight. Your internal injuries were so severe that surgery was impossible to fully repair, and we did our best, but..."
"Yes..? No, teacher.. teacher, please.."
Despite Ji-hoon's desperate cries, the doctor repeatedly apologized and went back into the operating room. Ji-hoon, who followed Seung-cheol on a gurney, weeping, eventually collapsed and was carried to the emergency room by Seok-min.
After receiving a diagnosis that he collapsed due to a combination of exhaustion and temporary shock, Soonyoung, Chan, and Seokmin, who were feeling complicated, stayed with Jihoon for a while while he was receiving nutritional supplements and IVs. When they heard that Seungcheol had briefly woken up, Seokmin and Soonyoung went up to Seungcheol's hospital room.
"Brother, are you feeling better?"
"Ugh.. what about Jihoon..?"
"Ah... Jihoon is getting an IV in the hospital room below. After that happened, my brother collapsed..."
"I see.."
When Seungcheol spoke with difficulty breathing while wearing a respirator, Seokmin looked worried and tilted the bed back to help him sit up.
"Bring me some paper and a pen. Jihoon might be asleep when he gets home..."
Soonyoung quickly brought a pen and some paper and placed them in front of Seungcheol. After writing a letter to Jihoon, Seungcheol fell asleep again. Seokmin sighed in frustration, and Soonyoung lay down on the cot and fell asleep again.
After a few hours, Seokmin also fell asleep, leaning against Seungcheol. When Jihoon woke up and came up to Chan and Seungcheol's hospital room, Seungcheol opened his eyes briefly.
"Hyung..! I'll find out who I am..Hyung!!!"
Perhaps wanting to finally see his beloved lover and younger siblings, his eyes immediately closed again, and the machine connected to him began to make loud noises, revealing that Seungcheol's condition was not normal. The noise of the machine and Jihoon's screams also woke Seokmin and Soonyoung. Seokmin pressed the medical call button on behalf of Jihoon, who was still unconscious, and Chan and Soonyoung, who were trying to comfort him.
The medical staff rushed in and Ji-hoon was dragged away by Seok-min and Soon-young, crying and struggling to get to Seung-cheol.
"If this continues, Seungcheol hyung may live, but he won't... Hyung, come to your senses..!"
"No... please... Kwon Soon-young, Lee Seok-min, let go... I... I'll go..."
"What are you going to do if you go? Doing this will only get in the way!"
"No, if I go, Seungcheol-hyung will cheer up and get up. He said he wouldn't leave me behind and go anywhere... That's why.."
"Are you crazy, hyung? I told you this is just going to be a nuisance? You can't go, hyung!!"
"The person inside, the person whose life is in danger right now, is your lover, I know that... I know that you are Seungcheol hyung who cannot live without dying..."
"If you know, let go of this, please..."
As Jihoon, Soonyoung, and Seokmin continued their scuffle—Jihoon's one-sided defiance—the bustle inside finally stopped, and a beeping sound was heard. Chan, who had been quietly observing Seungcheol's condition from inside, staggered out, his expression blank and bewildered. The three of them couldn't help but be flustered.
"Chan-ah, Chan-ah...why, why..."
"Hyung, what should I do..? Seungcheol hyung, Seungcheol hyung.."
"No...? Are you kidding...? It has to be a joke, there's no way..."
"He's dead, he's dead...hyung...uh, what should I do...huh..."
Chando, who had relied heavily on Seungcheol, collapsed and burst into tears as soon as he heard the news, perhaps due to the shock. Jihoon, either in disbelief or unwillingness to believe it, simply repeated the word "no" blankly. Before anyone could stop him, he dashed into Seungcheol's hospital room.
Ji-hoon stopped the medical staff from covering Seung-cheol's face with a white cloth, and with trembling hands, he stroked his pale face. Eventually, he began to cry and blame him.
"Brother... You said you weren't going to leave me behind...? Why aren't you opening your eyes... Are you kidding me? This isn't funny at all, please..."
"...Mr. Choi Seung-cheol passed away at 9:32 AM on March 27, 2020."
It was only after one of the medical staff pronounced him dead that Ji-Hoon realized he was dead.
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This piece came to mind after seeing the lyrics of "Poison" and "Fearless" intertwined! In this episode, we see Jihoon struggling to accept Seungcheol's death.
What's next?
There's a lyric in Poison that says, "I can't end it even though I know nothing lasts forever." So you wrote it to match that lyric, right? What lyric do you think you wrote it to match in Fearless? ((I already wrote it all down
It'll be easy to predict~