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Mr Kim sighed as he sat in the doctor's office.

"Hi doc. Sorry... For the way I reacted earlier. It's just... It's so... It's tiring. It's saddening that my son has to go through all of that again."

"It's understandable Mr Kim. You care about your son. It's normal to feel like that."

"Yeah. Why did you want to see me again?"

"It's about you Mr Kim. Have you been taking care of yourself since you discovered Taehyung was sick?"

"I... Yes? I mean I have. I just stay in the hospital with my son but I do take care of myself."

"Are you sure? Anyway, I ran a few tests on you Mr Kim. I'm sorry I did it without your permission but I felt it was necessary, seeing how you've been towards yourself. You have a heart condition. Your heart is getting weak but it's not that bad at the moment. You can still treat it. It's still in the early stages."

"Isn't a cardiologist supposed to tell me that? Are you one?"

"I contacted a few of them here in the hospital."

"Oh... Okay. So what am I supposed to do doctor?"

"There are a few medicines that I'm going to recommend. You can go to the pharmacy and get it."

"Okay. Thank you." Mr Kim said as he got up from his seat, "I need to get going. My son..."

"I understand but we're not done talking."

"What? Is something the matter?"

"It's about Taehyung."

"What's wrong? Did something happen again? He's back to doing radiation therapy did something go wrong?"

"Mr Kim... Please sit down."

Jaehyun hurriedly sat down as he stared at the doctor, confusion painted on his face.

"What's wrong with my son?"

"You see... As we had tried chemotherapy before on him, you do know that his body rejected the chemotherapy so we started radiation therapy."

"I know that-"

"Please let me finish. When we discovered he had cancer again, we thought going back to using radiation therapy was what to do. After all, it had worked before."

"Please doctor, what's going on? You're dragging this out too long."

"I did a few tests on Taehyung. He had a cold when he came in. His immune system wasn't back up as we had thought. I did another set of tests as of recent and... Radiation therapy isn't working on him anymore. The cancer cells are growing faster than the last time. They're taking over his system."

"Is it that bad?" The old man questioned, tapping his feet harder on the ground, his hands becoming fists.

"I'm sorry. We've never seen anything like this before. I'm sorry to say but Taehyung might no longer need treatment."

"W-why?" Mr Kim stuttered, his eyes filling with tears waiting to pour down his cheeks.

"His system is weak. It can't fight anymore. He's... He's dying."

"No. No he's not. My Tae's a fighter."

"I'm sorry Mr Kim. There's nothing we can do anymore."

"No! There has to be something! What do you mean? Taehyung can't die! Tae- Taehyung can't die. He's all I have what do I do when he's not here?"

"I'm sorry Mr Kim."

"Doctor Im. Cold blue."

The voice of a female nurse rang in the tiny speakers and the doctor grabbed her stethoscope, running out of the room.

Mr Kim wiped his eyes furiously, walking out of the office.

Taehyung was dying.

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