Third pov

  The next morning, the five vampires and human who hadn't stayed in the hospital came to visit Mingi. Mingi was still laying calmly with his lover, who slept on his chest.

Jongho was the one of the six behind the door to have the courage to knock on the door. Mingi told them to come in.

A small smile rose on the injured human's lips as he saw his friends and one unfamiliar person.

Jongho took quick steps towards the pair on the hospital bed and knelt down beside them. He gently held Mingi's hand in both of his as his eyes welled up with tears.

"Are you going to be okay, Hyung?" Jongho asked softly, noticing Yunho was still asleep. Mingi's smile widened a little as he squeezed Jongho's hands gently.

"Of course I will be, Jongie. You don't have to worry about us Hyungs, okay? That's our job with you," Mingi said, teasing the younger man.

Jongho's tears had overflowed as Mingi held his hands. With his free hand, Mingi shook his lover awake.

  "What is it?" Yunho asked, his voice slurring from sleep.

  "Scoot over, asshat. We need to hold our baby," Mingi said. Yunho's sleepy eyes widened seeing Jongho's tears.

  "Oh, baby," Yunho mumbled, immediately making room between himself and Mingi. Jongho shook his head.

"Minnie Hyung, you're hurt! I can't-"

"I'm on some kinda painkiller, Jongie. I'm okay, so get up here," Mingi cut the younger off. Jongho looked at both of them, receiving nods of encouragement, so he slowly moved himself on the bed.

The pair of older men held the younger between themselves, caressing his cheek and back or playing with his hair.

"Are you five okay?" Yunho asked, looking towards the five vampires stood closer to the doorway.

San and Wooyoung were sobbing as Seonghwa, who was also crying, held both of them closely.

"Are you?" Yeosang asked. He wasn't sobbing like the prior mentioned three, but he was crying.

"Min and I are a bit shaken up, and he's injured, but we'll be okay with time, Yeosang Hyung. Oh, also, who is he?" Yunho asked, motioning towards Yeonjun, who was unfamiliar to himself.

"I'm Yeonjun; I'm a pure blood vampire, Seonghwa's cousin and Jongho's boyfriend," Yeonjun introduced himself. Yunho looked down at the man in his arms, who nodded his head.

"Nice, Jjongie, he's cute," Yunho said, getting a soft slap on his chest from the youngest.

"Yeah, and he's mine; stay in your lane with Minnie Hyung," Jongho mumbled. Yunho and Mingi laughed softly but agreed.

  "So, when am I getting out of this health prison?" Mingi asked once the room went silent.

   "Legally-anytime you want to- you could refuse to consent to treatment, and be discharged. I'm not letting you do that, though, Min. You're stuck here until Hongjoong Hyung or one of his colleagues says you're free to go," Yunho said. Mingi groaned and pouted.

  "I don't like staying still and staying inside the same four walls! It's boring!" Mingi whined. The six men familiar with Mingi laughed softly at his whining.

  "You need to heal well, Hyung." Jongho wiped his cheeks dry, finally his tears had slowed.

  "Fine, fine, but you better at least video call me everyday! You three crybabies at the door better for the same as well," Mingi teased the three vampires whose tears hadn't ceased.

"Mingi, I told you not to let Yunho continue lay on you! Why is Jongho on you now?" Hongjoong asked, coming into the hospital room.

"Hyung, it's not like my ribs are actually broke- you and Dr. Hwang said they're only hairline fractures!" Mingi exclaimed.

  Jongho's eyes were wide hearing how bad Mingi's ribs were. He gently but quickly got himself off of the hospital bed and sat down in a chair.

  "Yes, but excessive weight and pressure to your ribs can take those hairline fractures and turn them into worse fractures or even break them! How do you not know that?" Hongjoong questioned.

  "Hyung, I- and all of us in here- go to an arts school. I haven't taken a single health-related course since sexual education in high school!" Mingi exclaimed again. Hongjoong sighed and stepped closer to the machines hooked up to Mingi.

  He wrote some things down on a pad of paper and slid it into his Doctor coat's pocket. He shut the hospital room door then faced the seven vampires and two humans.

"Why did you guys bring Mingi here instead of just giving him a little of our blood? He would've been healed by now," Hongjoong said.

  "Your vampire blood could make me heal quickly? What the fuck- why am I still in a hospital?" Mingi whined. Yunho also looked confused by the doctor's statement.

  "I didn't know if Mingi would have been, uhm, traumatized, by what had happened to him. I thought it's best to let the human doctors help the human." Seonghwa glanced at Mingi before looking back down at Wooyoung, who still clutched onto him.

  "Mingi, are you mentally okay?" Hongjoong asked the heavy question as gently as he could.

  "I'm not gonna lie to you, those three weeks were awful to go through, but I don't need to be put on a twenty-four hour watch for my safety or anything." Mingi reached out to take Yunho's hand in his, but the latter didn't let him.

  "Okay, fine, you meanie, I didn't even wanna hold your hand," Mingi grumbled.

  "Why do you even want to be near me? I'm the one who hurt you this badly! I'm the reason you're here!" Yunho retorted, his bloodshot eyes tearful once more.

  The other seven men in the room were shocked to hear the newest vampire's words.

  "Because I know you wouldn't have hurt me if you weren't under that bastard's control! Would you?! Huh? Would you have hit me even once on your own?! Would you have nearly drained me dry?! No!" Mingi loudly began, his own eyes misty as he leaned himself up more.

  "I know you better than I know myself, Yun. I know you would never truly hurt me. You'll steal my snacks- you asshole- but you'd never hurt me in any way." Mingi finished speaking more calmly than he had began, but his cheeks were damp with tears.

"So- so you're not scared of me? You still love me?" Yunho asked softly, his voice cracking on some words.

"I've never been scared of you, Yunho. Of course I still love you- when we took those vows, what were they? They were to love each other through everything, remember?" Mingi said, smiling softly.

  "It was 'until death do we part' and I do believe I already died to become a vampire, Min," Yunho said, laughing quietly despite his tears.

  "Are you two married?" Yeonjun asked. Neither of the pair seemed to hear him as they continued.

  "What- hey, that's not fair! That's not a normal death! You're still in front of me speaking nonsense like always!" Mingi exclaimed, causing Yunho to feign hurt.

  "Nope, I died, so I'm counting it. Legally, you're your own problem again!"

  "No, fuck you! I'll make another appointment with the court or we can plan a wedding this time! You're stuck with me forever- and now it seems like 'forever' really does mean it! Hyung! One of you should change me so Yunho is stuck with me forever like we agreed!" Mingi tore his sights from his apparent husband to the seven shocked men in the room.

  "When did you two even get married in the first place?" Seonghwa asked, his eyes wide.

  "June twenty-third; right after we graduated high school." Yunho shrugged.

  "That was two years ago! When were you going to tell us?!" Hongjoong exclaimed.

  "You're getting off topic here, Hyung! Gimme some of your blood!" Mingi said.

  "Your friends really are... special guys," Yeosang mumbled to San, who laughed and slung his arm around the prior's shoulders.

  "They are, and I love them just the same," San said. He kissed Yeosang's forehead sweetly.

"Fine, I'll go tell Yeji that you're revoking your consent to treatment so she'll discharge you," Hongjoong sighed, wiped his face with his hands, then left the room.

  "Hell yeah, I get freedom sooner!" Mingi exclaimed happily, making those still in the room laugh at his antics.

Yunho leaned down closer to Mingi and kissed his forehead, leaning his nose against his head.

  "I love you," he said.

  "You better..." Mingi mumbled. He felt a light pinch to his cheek before he said the same back.

  "Fine, I love you," he began, "you burnt fuckin' chicken nugget."

  Yunho chortled at his lover's words.