Our story won't end, we'll meet again [BL/Chanbaek]

Side Story 2: Kai Chun's Parenting Diary (-3)

Baekhyun hyung and Chanyeol hyung took the fruit.
It seems like something happened, but neither of them says anything.
As I gave him the luggage I had packed in advance, he looked at me suspiciously (with worried eyes), and Baekhyun smiled weakly.




The house without the fruit is as quiet as a frozen lake.









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I had it for 3 days. The fruit came back again.
Suddenly, Baekhyun hyung's condition got worse.
Stupid Baekhyun hyung.










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Baekhyun hyung decided to be hospitalized.
He said he collapsed at home and was taking sedatives so he wouldn't wake up today.
The test results will come out tomorrow, so Chanyeol hyung came to our house.
The fruit was still gentle and now recognizes its father even when it is sleeping and often hugs him.
After Chanyeol hyung put me to sleep, we had a drink together.
Chanyeol hyung has to go to the hospital tomorrow, and I only had one drink because of the fruit.
Chanyeol hyung cried a lot.
How did Baekhyun collapse, how high was his glasses prescription, what tests were done, and how much time is left.
At most, it's a month.
The doctor says that given the current situation, the next day or two will be the most critical time. For Baekhyun Byun, every day is a critical day.





 


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I left the fruit with Do Kyungsoo and went to see Baekhyun hyung.
It was really... strange to see Baekhyun sitting in the hospital room.

"Are you here?"

I lost a lot of weight and became really skinny.
Baekhyun, who told me not to buy anything because I had no appetite, was in the middle of destroying the second can of Hwangdo.

"..What should I buy?"
"Okay. It's because nothing goes down unless it's fruit."

The two of us fed, cleaned, and kissed each other and got sick.

I haven't been able to talk much with Baekhyun hyung.
He was still taking sedatives because he had a seizure in the morning.
When Chanyeol said he was upset because Baekhyun threw up everything he had barely fed him, Baekhyun ate the peach even more diligently.
Then Chanyeol hyung strokes Baekhyun hyung's cheek and asks if there's anything else he wants to eat.
The visiting time was almost over, so I just left.










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I suddenly received a call from Chanyeol hyung at dawn.
Baekhyun said he was looking for fruit. He asked me to bring it to him in the morning.
I woke up early in the morning and fed him breakfast.
Byun Yeol-mae used to eat baby food, but now sausage is her favorite side dish.
When did you grow up so much? My baby, squeak squeak.
Last time, when Chanyeol-hyung came back with the fruit, as soon as I received it, the fruit kissed me and I sucked on the fruit's cheek, so Chanyeol-hyung was shocked. Haha. We do things like this too!
Byun Yeol-mae is excited to go see her mom.
I pinched your nose because you said you were going to use the shower cologne that Kai Chun uses. You're all grown up, Byun Yeol-mae.









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As soon as we got to the hospital, Yeolmae's expression hardened.
Yeah. You came for your vaccination a while ago, right?
There is still a yellow Pororo band attached to his chubby arm.

As soon as Baekhyun entered the hospital room, the fruit immediately came down from her arms and hugged Baekhyun.

"mom!"
"Oh my baby~"

Baekhyun hyung hugged the child tightly and held him in his arms.
At first, the baby whined because her mother smelled different (like a hospital), but she never wanted to leave her mother.
I was standing there blankly with the juice in my hand when Chanyeol came in.
Byun Yeol-mae hugs Chanyeol-hyung too.
A pear that drinks juice while being held in your arms.
Are you doing that because you know you won't be able to see your mom for a little while?









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I got a call the next day.
Take the fruit and stand outside.

I put a few books that Baekhyun hyung gave me as a gift into a paper bag.
Fruit gift.

I sat quietly on the chair in front of the hospital room, holding the fruit, and waited.
The fruit was quiet and did not complain when I entered.

"Kaichun. Mom, you smell different than yesterday."

Byun Yeol-mae came home from kindergarten clutching a piece of colored paper that she had folded, saying she would give it to her mom.

A doctor comes out of the hospital room.
Now is the time to go in.

I held the fruit in my hand tightly.

"Do you want to hug me, or should we hold hands and go together?"

Unlike yesterday, the fruit walked in holding my hand.

Baekhyun was lying down with a comfortable expression.
With oxygen mask marks left on his cheek.
In one hand, there is Byun Baek-hyun's book.
In the other hand, there was the hand of Park Chanyeol, whom Baekhyun loved more than books.