[Henry/Ryeowook, 48. Danger] I Keep Your Heart Safe
Title: I Keep Your Heart Safe
Author: xopinkkyuminox
Claim: Pairing
Band/Pairing: Henry/Ryeowook
Prompt: 048. Danger - 50 Random Prompts
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Character Death
Word Count: MS Words says 1634
Summary: Henry wants to convince Ryeowook how much he loves him but the latter wouldn't listen.
“Henry, I was stupid, so blind, so stubborn, so head-over-heels, so...”, Ryeowook muttered, mumbling all his ‘so’s and all his regrets of loving Henry Lau. Sure, they were happy together for the first few months of their relationship. However, since Ryeowook noticed that Henry was looking intensely and intimately at ZhouMi everytime they would have a mini get together, their castle made of romance crumbled into pieces. It was all because Ryeowook started to get too suspicious.
“I only have eyes for you Ryeowook! No one can steal my gazes of love that are only for you. No one could. No one would. No one should!”, Henry cut Ryeowook, holding him by both wrists, sticking him to the wall.
Ryeowook sobbed and stopped murmuring to himself as he heard these. He couldn’t possibly believe what the younger man said. No, he REALLY should not believe what his boyfriend forces him to believe.
“NO! You can’t lure me again. Definitely not. Those lies and deceitful words won’t work on me anymore. I’ve had enough Henry. So, let me go!”, Ryeowook screamed, struggling for release as his boyfriend’s hands were tightly clenched around his.
The older boy groaned and moaned as he was fighting back for the first time. Exhausted, he finally gave up struggling and sighed, slouching on the wall behind him. Henry, too, sighed in relief as he was slowly loosening his grip.
Soon, Wookie’s tears fell rhythmically, successively flowing down his cheeks. Henry looked at him sympathetically and wiped the tears away. He was guilty, he knew that, and he shouldn’t have hurt the older boy if it wasn’t because of the moment that urged him to do so.
As Henry was pacifying his crying man, Ryeowook had his chance. The older boy kicked Henry’s shin, making the younger shriek in pain. Wookie then darted towards the door and ran outside, not looking back. Henry cursed and chased his runaway boyfriend, limping from time to time.
Since Ryeowook’s speed was slower compared to Henry’s, the latter caught up to the former when they reached the lobby.
“Yah! Stop, Wookie. Stop! I’m sorry okay. I’m sorry. Please forgive me”, Henry pleadingly panted, looking warily at his boyfriend. Ryeowook glared at him in return, making the younger flinch.
“Stop pushing yourself Henry. Stop pushing yourself! You only WANT me but you don’t NEED me. Where’s the trust that we once had? I gave you with my heart but you only broke it into pieces. I can’t take this anymore. Please, just let me go”, Ryeowook sternly told Henry.
The younger man sobbed and fell to his knees, mumbling words of apology repeatedly. “Please accept me, please”, he pleaded. When he looked up, Ryeowook was no longer there.
Henry stood up and quickly ran out of the apartment. He saw Ryeowook running in a decelerating speed and decided to run after him. Suddenly, he slowed down, seeing Ryeowook running across the street already. He panted and was supposed to give up when suddenly, he saw danger coming.
A truck was speeding towards Ryeowook as the said man was slowly running across the wide street. It was because he hasn’t noticed that the stoplight was still green.
“Ryeowook!! The truck! Run faster!”, Henry shouted breathlessly. Ryeowook flinched and saw the said truck coming his way. He froze in his current position and never moved because of the sudden rush of nervousness through his body.
God. What should I do? What should I do?!, Henry thought to himself, uneasy. An idea popped into his head and he absentmindedly dashed to Ryeowook.
Ryeowook stood there, shivering. His body would not budge even though how much he tried. He really was too stunned and too shocked to move. Who would not be dazed seeing yourself near the pit of death?
Unexpectedly, as Ryeowook still stood frozen, a pair of hands pushed him out of the way, making him roll and stumble towards the edge of the street. Ryeowook, because of the impact of his roll, screamed in pain. His forehead hit the gutter and before he blacked out, he heard another agonizing scream from far.
Ryeowook felt the world spin as he raised his head in dizziness. A surge of bloodshot pain tingled his spine. He steadied his whole body, his right arm supporting him as he was trying to sit properly on the pavement. He held his head, trying to focus his mind.
The first thing he did as he came back to his senses was to check his pained body. He was bleeding a bit. He found a cut on his lip and some scratches on his right arm.
“Excuse me Sir, are you alright?”, someone asked him. Ryeowook nodded and looked up to see a man in green hospital clothes half-sitting in front of him. The man smiled warily as Ryeowook looked at him in confusion, tilting his head in the process.
“Are you sure you’re alright sir? You’re bleeding”, the said man double-checked. Ryeowook nodded again and slowly stood up, clutching unto the man’s arms for support.
“What has happened?”, Ryeowook finally asked. He was utterly confused why there were doctors in the streets. They should be in the hospital, he thought.
The man sighed and pushed his glasses up. “We received a phone call, through 911, that there was some kind of accident in this street. We hurriedly checked this place and found out that someone was almost hit by a truck. Apparently, Sir, you are the man who has escaped death. Lucky for you, some guy pushed you out of the way”, he explained to Ryeowook.
Ryeowook’s eyes widened just by hearing the man’s words. He felt fear, fear of knowing who saved him. Somehow, he had this feeling, a creepy feeling that tells him not to know more. Yet, he had to thank this guy and knowing him should be the best way.
“Uhm. May I ask who saved me?”, he shyly questioned the doctor. The doctor flinched and buried his face in his palm, snapping his fingers from time to time. It’s as if he’s trying to remember something
“Hmm. I can’t really remember but I think his name starts with He-He-Henry? Yeah. Henry. Henry Lau, it is. Do you want to see him? The ambulance is leaving soon”, the doctor informed Ryeowook.
Ryeowook gasped and soon, tears started to roll down his cheeks. Henry. Henry saved him. He can’t believe it but he needed to. So without further questions, he dashed towards the ambulance and mercilessly swung the door open.
“HENRY!!”, Ryeowook screamed, startling the medical team inside the ambulance.
“Sir, you’re not supposed to -”, one of the nurses tried to stop him but was thrown aside due to him being frantic.
“Henry! You shouldn’t have done that. How could you? How could you? I should’ve died you know. It should’ve been me not you…”, Ryeowook cried out, breaking into sobs. He approached Henry who was now lying on the stretcher, his whole body covered in blood.
Henry was semi-conscious when Ryeowook came to his side, crying, but still he managed to slowly wipe the tears away from his boyfriend’s smooth cheeks. Ryeowook instantly held Henry’s hand and caressed it as he turned to face the younger one. When he saw Henry’s helpless state, Ryeowook could not do anything but cry once more. He could not possibly bear seeing his boyfriend like this.
Henry was breathing through an oxygen mask. It seemed that his lungs were soon giving up. The EKG beeped in a very slow pace indicating that Henry’s heartbeat might die sooner. He was bloody all over. His head was bandaged to stop the bleeding. His eyes were half closed, drooping as if he was ready to leave the world he grew up in.
“Wookie…”, Henry muffled, catching his breath. His tightly clenched hands around Ryeowook’s pleaded the older to stay with him. Ryeowook planted a kiss on Henry's temple.
“Hush Henry, speak no more. It’s hard for you to speak like this. Your condition I mean”, Ryeowook spoke out, putting a finger on his mouth as he spoke. The younger nodded weakly, his hands shivered in Ryeowook’s. The older closed his eyes and lowered his head, trying not to think about his boyfriend in such a horrible state.
“Why?”, Ryeowook asked, tears start to drop again unto his lap. Henry looked up at him and raised his chin a bit.
“Why did you have to do this?”, Ryeowook repeated. Henry sighed deeply.
“I did it because I want you to be safe, to be out of danger. I don’t want to hurt you Wookie. That’s why I wanted you safe. I want to keep your heart safe. I’m still holding it and I didn’t break it”, Henry explained to Ryeowook, muffling the words one by one as if keeping his pace with the EKG.
Ryeowook cried again, burying his face into Henry’s right arm and kissing the bloody part once in a while. There was a long, deafening silence with Ryeowook sobbing quietly while gripping unto Henry’s shirt.
“Why?”, Ryeowook finally spoke up, looking at his young boyfriend with bloodshot eyes. He wasn’t sure if he fully understood what the younger had told him thus, he needed further explanation.
“Why?”, Henry breathed, “It’s because I’d rather die in your place. It’s because I love you with all my heart”.
Those were the last words heard from Henry before the EKG beeped continuously. The ambulance stopped in the middle of the street and nurses gathered around him.
Ryeowook, on the other hand, sat beside his dead lover, hands intertwined with the other’s. He sobbed quietly, allowing tears to drop and wet his bloody shirt. He put his lover’s right hand on his chest and whispered, “I will always love you too. With all my heart”.
A/n:
This is unbeta-ed.
Sorry for the late updates recently but I hope you've been waiting patiently <3
This is the first time I wrote a tragedy fic. Hope it's not fail
Author: xopinkkyuminox
Claim: Pairing
Band/Pairing: Henry/Ryeowook
Prompt: 048. Danger - 50 Random Prompts
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Character Death
Word Count: MS Words says 1634
Summary: Henry wants to convince Ryeowook how much he loves him but the latter wouldn't listen.
“Henry, I was stupid, so blind, so stubborn, so head-over-heels, so...”, Ryeowook muttered, mumbling all his ‘so’s and all his regrets of loving Henry Lau. Sure, they were happy together for the first few months of their relationship. However, since Ryeowook noticed that Henry was looking intensely and intimately at ZhouMi everytime they would have a mini get together, their castle made of romance crumbled into pieces. It was all because Ryeowook started to get too suspicious.
“I only have eyes for you Ryeowook! No one can steal my gazes of love that are only for you. No one could. No one would. No one should!”, Henry cut Ryeowook, holding him by both wrists, sticking him to the wall.
Ryeowook sobbed and stopped murmuring to himself as he heard these. He couldn’t possibly believe what the younger man said. No, he REALLY should not believe what his boyfriend forces him to believe.
“NO! You can’t lure me again. Definitely not. Those lies and deceitful words won’t work on me anymore. I’ve had enough Henry. So, let me go!”, Ryeowook screamed, struggling for release as his boyfriend’s hands were tightly clenched around his.
The older boy groaned and moaned as he was fighting back for the first time. Exhausted, he finally gave up struggling and sighed, slouching on the wall behind him. Henry, too, sighed in relief as he was slowly loosening his grip.
Soon, Wookie’s tears fell rhythmically, successively flowing down his cheeks. Henry looked at him sympathetically and wiped the tears away. He was guilty, he knew that, and he shouldn’t have hurt the older boy if it wasn’t because of the moment that urged him to do so.
As Henry was pacifying his crying man, Ryeowook had his chance. The older boy kicked Henry’s shin, making the younger shriek in pain. Wookie then darted towards the door and ran outside, not looking back. Henry cursed and chased his runaway boyfriend, limping from time to time.
Since Ryeowook’s speed was slower compared to Henry’s, the latter caught up to the former when they reached the lobby.
“Yah! Stop, Wookie. Stop! I’m sorry okay. I’m sorry. Please forgive me”, Henry pleadingly panted, looking warily at his boyfriend. Ryeowook glared at him in return, making the younger flinch.
“Stop pushing yourself Henry. Stop pushing yourself! You only WANT me but you don’t NEED me. Where’s the trust that we once had? I gave you with my heart but you only broke it into pieces. I can’t take this anymore. Please, just let me go”, Ryeowook sternly told Henry.
The younger man sobbed and fell to his knees, mumbling words of apology repeatedly. “Please accept me, please”, he pleaded. When he looked up, Ryeowook was no longer there.
Henry stood up and quickly ran out of the apartment. He saw Ryeowook running in a decelerating speed and decided to run after him. Suddenly, he slowed down, seeing Ryeowook running across the street already. He panted and was supposed to give up when suddenly, he saw danger coming.
A truck was speeding towards Ryeowook as the said man was slowly running across the wide street. It was because he hasn’t noticed that the stoplight was still green.
“Ryeowook!! The truck! Run faster!”, Henry shouted breathlessly. Ryeowook flinched and saw the said truck coming his way. He froze in his current position and never moved because of the sudden rush of nervousness through his body.
God. What should I do? What should I do?!, Henry thought to himself, uneasy. An idea popped into his head and he absentmindedly dashed to Ryeowook.
Ryeowook stood there, shivering. His body would not budge even though how much he tried. He really was too stunned and too shocked to move. Who would not be dazed seeing yourself near the pit of death?
Unexpectedly, as Ryeowook still stood frozen, a pair of hands pushed him out of the way, making him roll and stumble towards the edge of the street. Ryeowook, because of the impact of his roll, screamed in pain. His forehead hit the gutter and before he blacked out, he heard another agonizing scream from far.
Ryeowook felt the world spin as he raised his head in dizziness. A surge of bloodshot pain tingled his spine. He steadied his whole body, his right arm supporting him as he was trying to sit properly on the pavement. He held his head, trying to focus his mind.
The first thing he did as he came back to his senses was to check his pained body. He was bleeding a bit. He found a cut on his lip and some scratches on his right arm.
“Excuse me Sir, are you alright?”, someone asked him. Ryeowook nodded and looked up to see a man in green hospital clothes half-sitting in front of him. The man smiled warily as Ryeowook looked at him in confusion, tilting his head in the process.
“Are you sure you’re alright sir? You’re bleeding”, the said man double-checked. Ryeowook nodded again and slowly stood up, clutching unto the man’s arms for support.
“What has happened?”, Ryeowook finally asked. He was utterly confused why there were doctors in the streets. They should be in the hospital, he thought.
The man sighed and pushed his glasses up. “We received a phone call, through 911, that there was some kind of accident in this street. We hurriedly checked this place and found out that someone was almost hit by a truck. Apparently, Sir, you are the man who has escaped death. Lucky for you, some guy pushed you out of the way”, he explained to Ryeowook.
Ryeowook’s eyes widened just by hearing the man’s words. He felt fear, fear of knowing who saved him. Somehow, he had this feeling, a creepy feeling that tells him not to know more. Yet, he had to thank this guy and knowing him should be the best way.
“Uhm. May I ask who saved me?”, he shyly questioned the doctor. The doctor flinched and buried his face in his palm, snapping his fingers from time to time. It’s as if he’s trying to remember something
“Hmm. I can’t really remember but I think his name starts with He-He-Henry? Yeah. Henry. Henry Lau, it is. Do you want to see him? The ambulance is leaving soon”, the doctor informed Ryeowook.
Ryeowook gasped and soon, tears started to roll down his cheeks. Henry. Henry saved him. He can’t believe it but he needed to. So without further questions, he dashed towards the ambulance and mercilessly swung the door open.
“HENRY!!”, Ryeowook screamed, startling the medical team inside the ambulance.
“Sir, you’re not supposed to -”, one of the nurses tried to stop him but was thrown aside due to him being frantic.
“Henry! You shouldn’t have done that. How could you? How could you? I should’ve died you know. It should’ve been me not you…”, Ryeowook cried out, breaking into sobs. He approached Henry who was now lying on the stretcher, his whole body covered in blood.
Henry was semi-conscious when Ryeowook came to his side, crying, but still he managed to slowly wipe the tears away from his boyfriend’s smooth cheeks. Ryeowook instantly held Henry’s hand and caressed it as he turned to face the younger one. When he saw Henry’s helpless state, Ryeowook could not do anything but cry once more. He could not possibly bear seeing his boyfriend like this.
Henry was breathing through an oxygen mask. It seemed that his lungs were soon giving up. The EKG beeped in a very slow pace indicating that Henry’s heartbeat might die sooner. He was bloody all over. His head was bandaged to stop the bleeding. His eyes were half closed, drooping as if he was ready to leave the world he grew up in.
“Wookie…”, Henry muffled, catching his breath. His tightly clenched hands around Ryeowook’s pleaded the older to stay with him. Ryeowook planted a kiss on Henry's temple.
“Hush Henry, speak no more. It’s hard for you to speak like this. Your condition I mean”, Ryeowook spoke out, putting a finger on his mouth as he spoke. The younger nodded weakly, his hands shivered in Ryeowook’s. The older closed his eyes and lowered his head, trying not to think about his boyfriend in such a horrible state.
“Why?”, Ryeowook asked, tears start to drop again unto his lap. Henry looked up at him and raised his chin a bit.
“Why did you have to do this?”, Ryeowook repeated. Henry sighed deeply.
“I did it because I want you to be safe, to be out of danger. I don’t want to hurt you Wookie. That’s why I wanted you safe. I want to keep your heart safe. I’m still holding it and I didn’t break it”, Henry explained to Ryeowook, muffling the words one by one as if keeping his pace with the EKG.
Ryeowook cried again, burying his face into Henry’s right arm and kissing the bloody part once in a while. There was a long, deafening silence with Ryeowook sobbing quietly while gripping unto Henry’s shirt.
“Why?”, Ryeowook finally spoke up, looking at his young boyfriend with bloodshot eyes. He wasn’t sure if he fully understood what the younger had told him thus, he needed further explanation.
“Why?”, Henry breathed, “It’s because I’d rather die in your place. It’s because I love you with all my heart”.
Those were the last words heard from Henry before the EKG beeped continuously. The ambulance stopped in the middle of the street and nurses gathered around him.
Ryeowook, on the other hand, sat beside his dead lover, hands intertwined with the other’s. He sobbed quietly, allowing tears to drop and wet his bloody shirt. He put his lover’s right hand on his chest and whispered, “I will always love you too. With all my heart”.
A/n:
This is unbeta-ed.
Sorry for the late updates recently but I hope you've been waiting patiently <3
This is the first time I wrote a tragedy fic. Hope it's not fail