Chapter 117

Hyungwon's POV

Once everything settled, it was getting close to 8:30. Wonho texted me to see if everything was okay. I told him it was and that I was going to check on Taemin and T.O.P before I was ready. And Wonho, being his normal self, was already waiting outside. So I went and checked on Taemin and then T.O.P. Both of them were okay so I went and got in Wonho's car. Once he saw me, he smiled.

Wonho: Hi baby. How are you?

Hyungwon: I'm good. Just a little tired.

Wonho: How is Lin?

Hyungwon: Lin is fine. He had gotten surgery for a lung transplant and he's taking to them very well.

Wonho: Well that's good.

Hyungwon: Yeah.

Wonho: And we better get home because I told Tao that I would only be a couple minutes.

Hyungwon: Tao is at the house?

Wonho: Yes. With Lay, Xiumin and Chen.

Hyungwon: Something seems off with you saying that.

Wonho: Tao isn't feeling well. From what Lay has told me, he is always going in and out of sleep like he's not getting enough sleep.

Hyungwon: Can we go home? I wanna cheeck on him.

Wonho: Of course.

Wonho drove off to the house. Once we got there, I went inside and straight to Tao. Tao hugged me as soon as he saw me. He was swaying on his feet.

Hyungwon: Tao-ah. What's wrong?

Tao: I don't know. I can't sleep at all at night. Not fully anyway. I can't sleep all night. I only get little sleep. 2 maybe 3 hours a night.

Hyungwon: Okay. Do you want to go see Dongwook to see if he knows what's going on?

Tao shook his head and looked at Lay.

Lay: It's okay. Want me to come with baby?

Tao: Yes! You know that I can't be away from you that long.

Lay: I know I know. You have really bad anxiety.

Tao: I know.

Lay: Anyway, let's go see Dongwook.

Me, Lay, and Tao went to leave.

Xiumin: Wait!

We stopped and looked at him.

Xiumin: Promise that it won't take long. 2 hours is your max time that I'm giving you.

Lay: We'll try.

Xiumin smiled. We all said goodbye then left. Tao was dozing off but then waking up and then falling asleep again and was doing that until we got to the hospital. Lay parked and we went in. Dongwook looked at us.

Dongwook: That's odd. I've never gotten you guys in with Hyungwon.

Hyungwon: Well that's because something just came up with Tao.

Dongwook: What's wrong?

Tao started to explain what was going on and Lay also explained from what he has been seeing and Dongwook looked at Tao.

Dongwook: Something that I have noticed is that you are very fidgety and clingy.

Lay: I always thought that it was plain anxiety.

Dongwook: I'm going to look into that and see what's going on with your sleeping habits.

Tao: Okay?

Dongwook: It's okay. You know I take care of Hyungwon. So you can trust me.

Tao grabbed Lay's arm. Dongwook smiled.

Dongwook: Come on. Let's check things out.

We followed Dongwook and Tao kept stumbling and Lay picked him up so he didn't have to walk anymore. Tao started to panic. Lay tried to calm him but Tao wasn't listening. Dongwook took us into a room and gave Tao something.

Dongwook: Take this. It will calm you.

Tao took it but was still panicking. Lay had his arms around Tao. I looked at Dongwook. Dongwook knew that it was harder with Tao being like this.

Dongwook: Tao, you need to calm down. It's better for you to be calmer.

Tao: What's wrong with me?

He put his head up against Lay's chest and started crying and holding onto Lay tightly. Dongwook sighed.

Dongwook: I don't know yet. But if you let me, I can find out what is going on.

Tao shook his head. He was still crying hard. Lay was trying to calm him. Dongwook looked at Lay.

Dongwook: I'm going to go get the MRI set up. I will be right back.

Lay: Okay. I will try and calm him down before you come back.

Dongwook nodded and looked at me. I smiled. Dongwook smiled back and walked out.

Lay's POV

Tao was holding onto me still. Hyungwon came over and sat on the side of the bed.

Hyungwon: Breathe. It's okay. We're here to help you. Dongwook is here to help you. But you need to calm down.

Tao breathed and started to calm down. He was still holding onto me. I had pulled Tao closer to myself. Tao calmed down fully when Dongwook walked back in. Dongwook looked at Tao.

Dongwook: Feeling better?

Tao: Other then being tired and not knowing why I can't fall asleep and also not knowing why I'm so clingy and have really bad anxiety, I'm fine.

Dongwook: I need to do blood work in order to find out why you can't sleep. But I can still do the MRI in the mean time before the blood work.

Tao: Okay. Will it hurt?

Dongwook: No. The MRI won't hurt at all, and with the blood work, you will only feel a pinch.

Tao snuggled into me. I smiled at him.

Tao: Which one are you going to do first?

Dongwook: I was planning on doing the MRI first so that way you could have more time to calm down.

Tao: Okay.

Dongwook: It's okay. Plus I know about the time restriction. So let's get both done now so you can go home.

Tao: But what about the blood work results?

Dongwook: I will call once they come in. But let's get the MRI and the blood work done so you can go home, and hopefully get some sleep.

Tao: Hopefully.

Hyungwon: Nightquil is a thing!

Tao looked at Hyungwon.

Hyungwon's POV

Once Tao looked at me, I went and stood next to Dongwook.

Tao: Why are you hiding behind him?

Hyungwon: He is technically my father in law.

Dongwook: Yeon is your father in law. You got us mixed up.

I looked at him.

Hyungwon: Oh. My bad.

Lay and Tao laughed.

Dongwook: Now let's get those done.

~Time Skip~

Once everything was done, we went home. It was almost close to the 2 hour mark that Xiumin gave us but we still had 20 minutes. Once we got home, Xiumin came up and hugged Tao. Wonho came up to me with Silvia and hugged me. He kissed my forehead.

Wonho: All three kids have missed you. But not as much as me.

Hyungwon: And you call me clingy.

Wonho laughed. I took Silvia into my arms. She squirmed in my arms a little bit trying to get something. I stepped into the kitchen and put the kettle on. Then got the rest of the stuff out to make a bottle. Xiumin was watching me do so while holding Hyunwoo and Seohyun. I put all three bottles together and was just waiting for the kettle to whistle. I looked at Xiumin.

Hyungwon: What's wrong? Something is off.

Xiumin: How do you do it?

Hyungwon: Do what?

Xiumin: Take care of kids? It seems so hard but you make it seem easy.

I looked at him knowing that he was carrying (pregnant with) a child.

Hyungwon: Have you told Chen yet?

Xiumin: No. I just found out before you came home. I don't know how to tell him.

Tears started to roll down his cheeks. I went up to him and wiped his tears away. I put Silvia in one of the baby bouncers that we had in the kitchen then grabbed Seohyun and put her in another then hugged Xiumin. Wonho had Hyunwoo in his arms and then took the kids into the nursery one by one. Then went back to talking with Lay, Tao, and Chen. Xiumin was crying harder then before.

Hyungwon: Hey, it's okay. Breathe. It's easy once you get the hang of it. But I will be there for the whole time your pregnant if you need me. But you need to tell Chen.

Xiumin: But how? He doesn't listen to me as much. He always goes to listen to me but then gets distracted by something on his phone.

Hyungwon: I can help with that. If you want to tell him now.

Xiumin: Okay.

I helped Xiumin calm down more. Then I looked towards the living room.

Hyungwon: Chen.

Chen looked at me. Then at Xiumin then at me again.

Chen: Yeah?

Hyungwon: Can you come in here for a sec?

Chen: Yep.

He came in and looked at me.

Hyungwon: Let me see your phone.

Chen gave me his phone.

Hyungwon: Good. Now listen to Xiumin because he has something to tell you. And only focus on him.

Chen looked at Xiumin and grabbed his hands.

Chen: First of all, sorry about my phone Xiu.

Xiumin: It's fine.

Xiumin's voice cracked since he was crying again. Chen looked worried.

Chen: What's wrong? Why are you crying baby?

The kettle started to whistle but I stopped it and put the bottles together and made a cup of tea for Tao and Xiumin. I put the bottles in the freezer to cool down then went back to listening to the conversation and putting the tea together.

Xiumin: Y-you kn-know how-

Chen: Hey, calm down and start over. Breathe.

Chen was wipping his tears away.

Xiumin: You know how we always talked about how Hyungwon made it look so easy of taking care of his kids?

Chen: Well yes but he also has three kids. But why are you bringing this up?

Xiumin moved Chen's hands to his stomach. Chen looked confused.

Chen: What are you trying to tell me baby?

Hyungwon: Give it a second.

Chen looked at me.

Chen: Hmm?

Hyungwon: Him hinting towards me, hinting to you with his stomach. Let that sink in then you'll have it.

I walked over and gave Tao the cup of tea and stood next to Wonho. Me, Wonho, Lay and Tao were being quiet while Xiumin was looking at Chen who was still confused and thinking. Then once he got it, he looked at Xiumin with pure shock. I was looking at Tao.

Chen: What!? You're pregnant!?

Hyungwon: There it is.

Lay laughed.

Tao: How did you find out?

I looked at him.

Hyungwon: You really think Xiumin would tell Chen right off the bat without telling someone who knows how to take care of kids AND has three kids? Plus he was scared so he wanted to come to me first. Now I gotta go feed mine.

I went back into the kitchen and handed the other cup of tea to Xiumin and grabbed the three bottles out of the freezer and went into the nursery. I started to feel weird once I walked into the nursery. But I brushed it aside. I picked up Hyunwoo and started feeding him, then Seohyun, and then Silvia. All three were asleep now. I picked up my phone and called Dongwook.

Dongwook: Hey. Everything okay?

Hyungwon: Yeah. Is there anyway to schedule an MRI and not tell Wonho about it or prevent him from knowing that I scheduled it? I just feel weird.

Dongwook: Yeah. Just come in whenever and we can do it. It might just be your body being aware of the cancer. But now that you say that, I want to see how bad the cancer is.

Hyungwon: But didn't you say that I had stage 4?

Dongwook: Yes but I want to see how much we're dealing with.

Hyungwon: Would it affect a pregnancy?

Dongwook: What?

Hyungwon: Would it effect someone badly if they were pregnant?

Dongwook: It depends. Why?

Hyungwon: Me and Wonho were thinking of having another child after we renew our vows. So I just wanted to ask.

Dongwook: It won't affect much. There might be a chance that the child either has cancer or is a carrier of it. But come in whenever and we will do the MRI. And if you need an excuse, Taemin is in the hospital for one more week, T.O.P is here for another 2 weeks, and Lin is here for another 3 days.

Hyungwon: Why is Lin staying for less time?

Dongwook: He is getting home sick and can't stay here for as long as I want him here so he is going home to the infirmary there for the rest of the time needed but with me going back and forth between here and there. But T.O.P is in no condition to go home right now so that's why he's staying 2 more weeks and Taemin is still sick and going between having a fever and not having one.

Hyungwon: Okay. I might stop in later or in the morning.

Dongwook: Okay. And Changkyun is worried about you.

Hyungwon: He always is. But tell him he knows where I am if he wants to talk.

Dongwook: Okay.

I got off the phone with Dongwook and walked out to the kitchen to rinse out the bottles and make more. As I was finishing up putting the kettle back on, Wonho came up to me. He looked concerned.

Wonho: Are you okay?

Hyungwon: Yeah. I'm okay. You know I am. And I'm more concerned about you then I am myself.

Wonho: But you know that you're my top priority.

Hyungwon: Don't start being seductive.

Wonho: I'm not!

Hyungwon: Then fix your other part.

Wonho looked down then went straight to the bathroom. I started to feel light headed. Then my arm started to hurt badly. Lay came over and checked my arms. Lay looked at me.

Lay: What's wrong? Where does it hurt?

He was holding onto my arms so I didn't fall.

Hyungwon: My elbow hurts badly and I'm dizzy.

Xiumin turned the kettle off. Jonghyun had walked in through the front door with Minho. Lay looked at them. Jonghyun instantly came over and picked me up and took me to the couch.

Jonghyun: What happened?

I had my hands on my head trying to stop my head from spinning while Lay explained. Wonho came out and over to me. He hugged me. I heard Wonho tell someone to call Dongwook.

Wonho: Hyungwon, whatever you do, DON'T fall asleep.

Hyungwon: I'll try.

Everyone was giving me space except for Wonho. Soon Dongwook came in and over to the couch.

Dongwook: Good thing I came. We need to get him to the hospital before he has a blackout. Jonghyun, how good are you with kids?

Jonghyun: Good but I want to stay next to Hyungwon.

Hyungwon: Stay here with the kids. Xiumin, Chen, you too.

Xiumin: Okay.

My head was still spinning. My vision was getting blurry.

Hyungwon: Let's get to the hospital. It's getting worse.

Dongwook: Okay. Breathe. There's an ambulance outside that we can take. Only one other person can be in there with us.

Hyungwon: Wonho.

Dongwook: Okay.

Dongwook went and grabbed the stretcher and helped me on. Then everything went into a blur.

Dongwook's POV

As soon as we got into the ambulance, I noticed that Hyungwon was almost asleep. Wonho was worried about him.

Dongwook: Wonho, he's okay. And I'm going to put you on antidepressants. Just to help you.

Wonho: Okay. Are you sure he's going to be okay?

Dongwook: I'm sure. We did say we wanted to monitor him whenever he was having a blackout, right?

Wonho: Yeah but I didn't think it would be now.

Dongwook: But it's an opportunity even if it's out of the blue.

Wonho: But I don't think it's a good time right now.

Hyungwon grabbed Wonho's hand. Wonho sighed and went to paying attention to him.

Wonho: Okay. We can monitor him if he blacks out all the way.

Dongwook: I promise that he won't hurt himself.

Wonho: I hope so.

We pulled into the hospital. Once we got in the hospital, the nurses pulled Hyungwon into the back. Wonho was still following me. I led him to a small room and gave him two pills and a cup of water. Then wrote a prescription for the medicine.

Dongwook: When you can, get this filled.

Wonho: Okay.

Dongwook: Now let's go check on Hyungwon.

Wonho: Can I check on T.O.P and Jack first?

Dongwook: Of course. I will let you know if something comes up.

Wonho: Thanks.

Dongwook: No problem.

With that, Wonho walked away. I walked to where Hyungwon was so that way I could monitor him. Now it's just the matter of time.