The 1 Rule - haobin

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lmao bet yall really thought it was actually finished 🤭

Hao storms to the entrance door of the hospital first, looking back at me impatiently as I jog quickly behind him. He holds lightly onto the swinging doors before letting me in. We rush to where a secretary is, trying to catch our breaths

"How may I help you?" the secretary asks. I try to speak, but somehow my words do not catch up with my brain. I pant and look at Hao, who immediately gets what I mean

"We're looking for Jude, who I believe is a patient here. This is her brother" he says, putting his hand over mine. The woman smiles kindly while taking her time to type down a few words on a keyboard. Hao coughs, making her look up

"Hanbin?" she asks me, and I nod

"Follow me" she says, sitting up and signalling to the other secretary at the desk to take over her computer. We follow her out of the room in which various people are sitting on dark blue chairs, waiting to be called up. The woman lets us into a hallway before speaking

"We called your parents but they didn't answer. So we called you and the boy that was also on her emergency contact list" she says. I look at her with a confused face

"Huh? Which boy"

"I believe his name is Ricky" she says, tapping at a button for the elevator. I scoff. Of course Jude has him on her contact list. He's practically her second brother

"Is he here already?" I ask, walking into the elevator along with Hao and the secretary

"Yes. He came in with another boy, though. I don't know if that bothers you" she says. I think for a second before guessing that it's Gyuvin. I feel a sigh escape my lips as I feel reassurance that Jude is not alone at the present

"What happened to her?" I ask after a long silence. The woman glances at me before smiling

"Nothing too big. I'm sure she'll be fine" she says kindly. Her words do not make me feel any better. I need to hear it from the doctors themselves

"How did it happen?" Hao asks from beside me. He and Jude have gotten closer during the summer, and he treats her like his own little sister. He has treated her to food, played board games with her, talked to her about self defence, and would even sometimes go as far as to help her study.

"You don't need to worry about that right now. She'll be fine" she says. Hao looks like he's about to protest before the elevator door opens, revealing Ricky sitting on a chair next to Gyuvin, who is calmly sleeping on his shoulder while Ricky plays with his hair.

He looks up at me and pushes Gyuvin off of him, who wakes up in a start. I walk up to them, looking at Ricky in the eyes

"How is she?"

"She's alright. The doctors said that she did break one leg, though" he says. I sigh in relief before looking back at the secretary

"May I see her?" I ask. She nods and points at a door. I jog up to it before carefully opening the door, revealing my step sister looking calmly at her phone, bruises filling her arms, face, and legs. She looks up when I enter, and a strike of fear goes through her eyes

"You're gonna kill me, aren't you?" she asks. I shake my head and take a seat beside her, adjusting the things on the side cabinet

"Why would I?" I ask

"They haven't told you why I got hurt, did they?" she asks, disappointment hidden in her voice

"Nope"

"The bullies did what bullies do. Only this time I couldn't do anything about it" she says. I look at her, with a mix of anger and sorrow

"What did they do?"