"they're here." she smiled as the 13 guys who always had jongwoon's back entered the hospital ward.

"tiffany!" donghae approached and gave her a friendly hug. heechul approached her as well and usual, annoyed the shit out of her. "you okay?" siwon gave her a side hug as she nodded my head. henry and sungmin being their usual cheery selves definitely brightened up the mood in the ward. at last, jungsoo approached her, "thank you for finding him."

"don't worry, its all good." she waved goodbye at the 13 guys as she left the ward for them to catch up.

everything was all fine but she still felt worried. why? when jongwoon was taking a nap, obviously she was still there taking care of him. while she was stroking his hand lovingly, something caught her eye.

she rolled up his long-sleeved hospital clothes. she was terrified at the sight that was unveiled. apart from the new scars from when he slit his wrist earlier on, there were older scars. she did not know there were this much darkness inside him. just like her.

she opened her palm, as it unveils old scars she had as well. she did not know both of them will have something in common.

their darkness.

her thoughts got cut off as the 7 girls she loved dearly finally arrived.

"my wife!" taeyeon winked and gave her a hug. "are you okay baby?" sunny came over and stroked her hair. "aw, you went through a lot hm?" hyoyeon approached her.

"thanks for coming girls, you wanna come in?" they nodded and i brought them in. everyone gave their greetings and they all caught up on their own lives.

"you know, we should have more gatherings like these please." ryeowook voiced out and everyone agreed.

everyone was happy, indulging in their own conversations. it was as though she was the only one who couldn't be as happy as them. suddenly, she had more things to worry about on her plate. but she wasn't the only one. he felt the same. in his life, he'd never feel happy again. not after that incident which impacted him negatively. he felt that he did not deserve to be happy.

never again.