[t w e n t y - t h r e e]

♤Chapter 22♤

♧Author's P.O.V.

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■The Next Day■

"Seongjun, come on wake up. We still have to visit Leeseong and Ji-Rae" Man Weol kept patting and poking the teen awake. "Hurry up, Joonsung is cooking in the kitchen and breakfast is ready!"

"Alright jeez, I'm up… You have a really annoying way of waking people up don't you?" Seongjun frowned, sitting up from his warm and comfortable position in bed while rubbing the sleep off his eyes.

He felt like his blanket was damp and felt it to make sure.

It was.

"Why is.." he muttered. Just then, a wave of realization hit him. 'No way. Did I wet my bed? Impossible! I shouldn't even be wetting my bed anymore, I'm grown up now for goodness sake!-'

"Something wrong, Seongjun?" Seongjun heard Man Weol ask him.

"N-nothing. It's just—" Seongjun's sentence cut off when he looked up at Man Weol.

"What?" Man Weol asked when he noticed Seongjun look up and stare at him in annoyance.

"You wet my bed! Your hair is all wet and it's dripping on my blanket!"

"Whoops, sorry. Joonsung told me to wake you up as soon as I got out of the shower."

"Just get out of here. Put a shirt on too while you're at it." Seongjun grumbled.

Seongjun got out of bed after Man Weol left his bed. He trudged out of the room and down the stairs, going to the kitchen where Joonsung and Baekjun were.

"Morning.." Seongjun muttered, letting out a yawn right after.

Joonsung was on the counter, his back facing the table. He was still cooking even though he already prepared the others breakfast. Baekjun was behind him, seated on the table and sipping his coffee.

"Good Morning, sit down and eat. I've already made breakfast." Joonsung looked back at Seongjun to greet him and turned back to the counter to continue whatever he was cooking.

"What are you cooking? I thought you've already made us breakfast?"

"You'll see~"

"At least tell me who it's for"

"It's for Leeseong and Ji-Rae"

"Are you even allowed to bring outside food in the hospital?"

"I'm sure they'll allow what I made for them" Joonsung chirped.

"Don't go pouting if they don't allow you're food inside then" Seongjun sighed and started eating.

"Has Man Weol eaten yet?" Joonsung asked.

"No" Baekjun answered, seeing the full, untouched and soon to be cold plate on the table.

"What's taking him so long?"

Baekjun shrugged in reply and continued sipping his coffee.

■Time skip■

The four boys were now on their way to the hospital, going to visit Ji-Rae and Seongjun.

They got out of the car as soon as they reached the parking lot and went in the hospital, heading to Leeseong's room first.

"Morning Lee!" Man Weol cheered, opening the door to his room and coming in immediately right after.

Leeseong was awake, sitting up in his bed and gazing out the window with a calm expression while the sun's gentle rays came and entered the room, gently lighting up the room with its light orange hue.

He looked to the group that had just entered his room and waved. "Morning guys"

He curiously eyed the two bags Joonsung were carrying. Joonsung noticed and set one of the bags down.

"I went ahead and made breakfast for you and Ji-Rae!"

"Did they let you bring it in? Normally they wouldn't let outside food in" Leeseong tilted his head.

"I checked in with yours and Ji-Rae's nurses earlier. They said what I made was alright for both of you to eat"

"Oh, that's good. I was getting tired of the food I get here. Its bland most of the time" Leeseong smiled a small relieved smile.

"Here, I made you Mannapuuro. I also bought a Pulla on the way here, maybe you'd want one" Seongjun sat down and brought out a container. He took the Pulla he bought and gave it to Leeseong along with the container.

"Mannapuuro… Tell me there's berries in here" Leeseong pointed to the container in his hands.

"Yup. I only put in a few though. I didn't have much time to buy a lot"

"Good enough" Leeseong smiled and immediately opened the container. Inside was porridge that was as white as fresh milk, and with multiple fresh berries sitting at the top. Those berries being blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.

He started eating and soon enough, he finished both the Mannapuuro and the Pulla in a few minutes. Joonsung took the empty container and put it back in the bag.

"I never thought I'd ever get to eat anything aside from the food I get here. How come you don't do this everyday?" Leeseong pondered, leaning back on the wall.

"You know I can't do this everyday Leeseong. I barely had enough time to make breakfast for us at home and make both yours and Ji-Rae's. Thankfully, I managed to find and buy a few berries nearby along with some ingredients to make the both of you porridge.

"Oh. Well thank you for the food anyway" Leeseong smiled, "So mind telling me what's in the other bag?"

"It's…some of Ji-Rae's stuff. I thought it might help her remember a few memories she had" Joonsung glanced at the bag.

"We're not even sure if it's going to work, but he kept insisting we spend the day with her trying to help her remember" Seongjun cut in.

"That's what you had planned?" Leeseong asked.

"Why not? It's a good start, isn't it?" Joonsung shrugged.

"I guess…" Leeseong sighed and looked back at the window beside him.

"I heard Ji-Rae is awake now. Do you all wanna see her now?" Baekjun entered the room after leaving and looking for Ji-Rae's nurse, wanting to check in with how the girl is doing.

"Sure. She might want to eat a good meal before Joonsung bombards her with countless necessities she doesn't know of" Man Weol snickered, receiving an eye roll from Joonsung.

"Alright, come on let's go. Let's not waste any time now" Joonsung stood up from his seat and took a wheelchair, helping Leeseong get in.

Man Weol took the two bags while Joonsung wheeled Leeseong out the room with them, going down the hall to Ji-Rae's room.