"What...?" Jisung's hand shook, standing outside of his classroom.
His knees felt like they'd give in any second. His head shook side to side slowly as his mouth fell open.
Shock was all he could feel, like there wasn't enough time for everything to settle in yet, the fact that his only sibling was gone.
His older brother helped raise him, accepted him for who he was, and was the rock in Jisung's life that he needed.
Sure, he didn't see him much since he went to college or talk about him, but he called him often and loved him more than anyone else.
But now that he's gone, Jisung doesn't have that person now.
Jisung always thought that he didn't need friends, only music as long as his brother was around.
Of course he met Seungmin and Minho, but he didn't know them like his brother. They don't know Jisung like his brother did.
All this lost to a fucking car crash.
He hung up the phone and ran back into his and Seungmin's class, quickly grabbing his bag and making his leave.
Seungmin tried to say something, but Jisung ran out of the room to fast for him to get a word out.
Jisung waited for the classroom door to close behind him before leaning back against the wall beside the door.
His breathing grew heavier, eventually turning into hyperventilating as tears quickly streamed down his cheeks and dripped off his chin, trying to lock his knees so he wouldn't fall.
"Sung?" A quiet voice was heard, slowly approaching the crying boy who was frantically wiping his tears repetitively.
Jisung slowly lifted his head, it was Minho, stood a few feet away from him, his hands awkwardly held out in front of him.
The second Minho saw Jisung's face, his eyes widened with worry.
"What happened?!" Minho said, his voice a little louder than before as he gently placed both of his hands on Jisung's cheeks, helping wipe away his tears away with his thumbs.
"M-my brother..." Jisung choked out, still shaking and hyperventilating. To him, half of his heart was gone.
Minho looked into Jisung's crying eyes for a moment unsure how to handle the situation, but he wanted to be there for Jisung.
Jisung trembled as he threw himself onto Minho, wrapping his arms around Minho's neck and crying into shoulder,
Minho quickly hugged him back, he made his assumption about what had happened to Jisung's brother and decided to just let him cry.
He could tell Jisung's legs were shaky and weak. Minho slowly brought Jisung onto the ground, sitting down against the wall with Jisung still in his arms.
Jisung's arms slid down to Minho's waist, gripping around it tightly as he curled up and cried into his stomach.
His warmth was all Jisung needed right now, in this moment it felt like the only thing he had.
Minho put his hands through Jisung's hair, not saying a word.
He wasn't sure what to say, if anything he was just happy that Jisung was this comfortable with him, that he didn't just see Minho as some guy he makes out with sometimes.
Minho didn't know why he wanted Jisung's approval and attention so badly, maybe he really did like Jisung.
That's something to worry about another day though.
Jisung slowed his breathing a little, coming back to his senses a bit when he started developing a headache from the stress and crying.
He was crying a little less, but he still shook and whimpered a little.
"Ready to get up?" Minho asked softly, running his fingers through Jisung's hair as he looked down at him.
Jisung sighed shakily before nodded, Minho helped the weaken boy stand back up.
"I'm sorry." Jisung whispered, burying his face back into Minho's neck in a hug as he slowly rocked side to side.
"Don't be." Minho responded simply, wrapping his arms gently around Jisung's waist and following his movements.
"Do you want a kiss?" Minho offered quietly, rubbing his hand up and down Jisung's back to soothe him.
Jisung didn't say anything, just slowly lifted his head up to gently connect their lips.
It was like relief, to touch the lips of the boy he liked so much despite barely knowing him properly.
Both closed their eyes, Jisung focused on the kiss to distract himself.
Anyone watching it happen would assume they were dating.
Anyone being Seungmin, peaking through the classroom door with his mouth agape.
"You're dating?!" He exclaimed, walking out of the classroom and closing the door behind him.
Minho and Jisung pulled away from the kiss, quickly turning their attention towards Seungmin.
Minho looked scared, but Jisung was relieved it was just Seungmin and not anyone else.
"Wait... are you ok?" Seungmin questioned as he noticed Jisung's puffy red eyes.
Jisung's throat locked up, tears already starting to well up in his eyes again.
He tried to say something, but his voice only caught. His mouth moved but his voice was unheard.
Jisung whimpered a little as a tear streamed from down face, Seungmin's expression growing increasingly more concerned.
"Something happened to his brother." Minho said quietly, not even that worried about the fact that Seungmin saw them kiss anymore.
Minho gently pushed Jisung's head into his shoulder in a hug, using his other hand to take Jisung's hand off his waist and intertwine their fingers.
He rested his chin on Jisung's shoulder and closed his eyes.
Seungmin nodded and took this as his cue to leave, so he slowly backed off into the classroom.
"Do you wanna go to my dorm?" Minho asked softly, petting Jisung's hair as he was earlier.
Jisung thought about what he said for a second before taking a deep breath, pulling his head away from Minho's shoulder, and nodding.
Minho held Jisung's hand a little tighter and they both started walking to Minho's dorm.
Luckily, his dorm wasn't far since he paid more to have one on campus.
It only took about 5 minutes to get to the door, but the whole way there Jisung struggling to keep his tears in.
Minho unlocked his dorm door, Changbin was sitting on the couch, eyeing the two with a smirk and they came inside hand in hand.
Changbin was about to say something, but Minho just looked at him shaking his head with a stern expression as he pulled Jisung into his own room.
Minho gently closed his bedroom door as
they went in, trying not do to anything that could alarm Jisung, but Jisung trusted him a lot more than Minho knew.
Minho stopped after he closed the door, just looking at Jisung silently wipe his tears.
There wasn't much he could say that'd actually help Jisung, so he'd be there for him in what ways he could.
Minho slowly and gently took Jisung's other hand and looked him in the eyes, after a few seconds he let go of Jisung's hands and raised them to his face.
He placed his hands on Jisung's cheeks and wiped his tears as he did when he first found Jisung crying.
Jisung whimpered, his lip quivering as he struggled to hold his emotions in.
He put his hands around Minho's wrist but didn't move his hands away from his face, as if telling Minho not to let go.
Minho sighed worriedly, and finally spoke up.
"You uh... you must really love your brother." He said lowly, Jisung nodded slowly before responding.
"He's gone now, I have no one..." Jisung's voice was barely above a whisper as his voice choked. Minho's eyes saddened as he pulled Jisung into a tight embrace, squeezing Jisung's arms to his sides as he pressed his cheek against Jisung's.
"You have me." Minho whispered in an assuring tone.
This was a shock to Jisung, that Minho would say this. He should've known, but for some reason it didn't register than Minho cared about him.
Even Minho wasn't all that sure why he cared so much, Jisung was just... special.
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A/N: not the best ending to the chapter, I know, but I'm very tired and wanted to get this out since I need a minute to think over what I wanna do for the plot, but enjoy this bit of angst, or don't idk
I feel like the last chapter was kinda eh so ima try and ad more twist and shit