Chapter 12 (1/2)

When Sunggyu opened his eyes, he saw the face of a pretty nurse, who looked down at him and smiled. He looked around him and noticed they were the only two in the room. Noticing that he was in a hospital room, he turned to look back up at the nurse in confusion, "Why am I here?"

The nurse looked at him, "You had an accident, the doctor will be in soon to talk to you."

She walked out and Sunggyu layed back down, realizing that he felt like crap. Then it began to hit him, what he had been doing all night, the pills, the beer. He mentally cursed himself for being so stupid lately. A doctor walked in a couple minutes later and walked over, giving him a hard, but kind stare.

"Hello, Mr. Kim. Do you know why you're in here?"

"I think I....." Sunggyu trailed off, feeling too embarassed and ashamed to say it.

"You overdosed on painkillers and alchohol."

Sunggyu nodded, "I hurt my back. I just, I was really busy and my life was just getting so crazy, I didn't bother being careful about how much I took. It was really dumb."

The doctor nodded, "I'm glad you recogonize that. I hope you won't repeat that mistake in the future. But about your back, I noticed it and I decided to take some x-rays. It was a pretty nasty injury."

Sunggyu nodded again, not knowing what to say.

"You hurt one of the discs in your back pretty badly. If the pain hasn't been going away, it's because you're injury was that bad."

"So what does that mean then?"

"It means that you might need an operation."

"Oh." Sunggyu looked down. What would he do now?

"Not right away though, I want to do some more tests. For now, you should just rest here or go home and rest. I'll make an appoinment for you later this month."

Sunggyu nodded and the doctor left. He pulled himself up and found his clothes on a chair near his bed. He changed, though it hurt him like hell and then sat back down on the bed and called Woohyun.

"Hello? Sunggyu! I texted you, didn't yo-"

"Woohyun."

"..What's wrong? You sound horrible. Did something happen? Did-"

Sunggyu paused, deciding to lie for now, "I think I ate some bad food or something. But I had to go to the hospital."

"Hospital?! Are you okay now?!"

"Yes Woohyun, I'm fine now. But I think I'm gonna come home, could you maybe come over and pick me up in a cab?"

"Of course! Just text me the address!"

"Okay thanks Woohyun."

Just as he said that, Tae Mu walked in looking very angry. He glared at Sunggyu's phone and closed the door.

"We need to talk."

Sunggyu felt a heavy weight of fear on him, noticing the familiar look on Tae Mu's face. He gulped and put his phone back in his pocket, "About what?"

"What do you think? You stole my pills Sunggyu! They were mine! I looked through your backpack, I found the bottle, empty, with my name on it. What the hell were you thinking!? You took every single one!"

Sunggyu cringed, too weak to handle the screaming, "I'm sor-"

"And what the hell did you call Woohyun for?!"

Sunggyu closed his eyes, rubbing his temples, "I asked him to come pick me up. I need to go home."

"Does Woohyun even have a license?"

Sunggyu sighed, "No. I asked him to come in a cab."

"Tell me Sunggyu, do any of the members have a license? I think my ex-employee, the one I fired for you, might have mentioned it once."

"Dongwoo has a license."

"So please tell me, if Dongwoo has a license, not Woohyun, why wouldn't you just call him instead?"

Sunggyu slowly stood up, "I'm going home. I'm way too sick to continue this conversation."

"I don't think so Sunggyu. You don't understand the problem here, I-"

"What problem!? All you do is complain about what other people are doing wrong, what about you?! The only reason I took those pills from you was because my back was killing me after you hit me! And I called Woohyun because he told me I could if I felt bored at your stupid birthday party! So get over your damn anger issues! I'm the one who should be angry, if you haven't noticed! I've taken a lot of crap from you lately, I feel like my stomach has been turned inside out and my tolerance for your so called accidents when you throw a punch at me is really wearing thi-"

Sunggyu was suddenly knocked back by a hard punch, bumping into the hospital bed and falling down. Pain immediately flooded through his whole body, and he could hardly pull himself up. He was seeing spots flying back and forth across his face. Tae Mu grabbed him and pulled him up, continuing to hit him. Sunggyu, already too weak, couldn't do anything to stop him. Eventually, Tae Mu got tired and let Sunggyu fall back down to the floor. Sunggyu felt like he could hardly breathe, not knowing where his injuries were, because they seemed to be everywhere. Tae Mu had never hit him that much or that long. He slowly sat up, coughing and breathing hard.

"Call Woohyun. Tell him you changed your mind, that you decided to stay with me."

"I don-"

"And here, take my jacket, wipe the blood off, use it to cover your injuries."

Sunggyu didn't move.

"Sunggyu. Call him."

Finally, Sunggyu pulled his phone back out, not wanting to get hurt again, and called Woohyun, Tae Mu staring him down.

"Sunggyu? I'm just getting into the cab, you still haven't sent me-"

"I changed my mind Woohyun. I'm actually way to tired, Tae Mu's place is closer. I'll just come home tomorrow or something. I'm sorry I made you get ready."

Woohyun, who had rushed to get dressed and waited impatiently for the cab, stopped moving and sighed, knowing that Tae Mu probably just manipulated him into not coming home. His heart dropped a little.

"Are you sure Sunggyu?"

Sunggyu looked up at Tae Mu, noticing that he was still staring, menacingly.

"Yeah. Just go to sleep Woohyun, I'm sorry I bothered you."

"It's fine. Get some rest okay?"

"Yeah."

Sunggyu hung up, and Tae Mu walked over, pulling him up roughly, "Come on."

Sunggyu wiped his face with Tae Mu's jacket and threw it around his shoulders. His whole body ached and Tae Mu put his arms around him, pushing him along, out the door and down the hallway. They got some odd looks but no one really did anything. Sunggyu wanted to go back and give the doctor his number, he really wanted to get his back healed. But he walked on, too tired to even support himself alone and his body hurting too much. He also didn't want to get hit again. He was too fed up. They walked out to the car, Tae Mu making sure to check it was deserted first.

Tae Mu helped him into the car and Sunggyu yelped a little, pain hitting him in places he didn't even know he could feel pain. Tae Mu got into the car, and sat there, not saying anything. Finally he reached over and placed his hand on Sunggyu's, who flinched, but didn't dare move his hand.

"Sunggyu, you just don't understand. I was only trying to make you see the truth."

Sunggyu bit back a nasty response, and nodded.

"I-I'm sorry."

Sunggyu closed his eyes, cursing these words. He knew for sure now, they meant nothing.