I’M SORRY I’M SO LATE WITH THIS

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He heard rustling. There was some movements near him, followed by some shuffling that seemed of no consequences at the time. The faint noises seemed to surround him after a while and only when he felt the bed dipping slightly beside him did the young man slowly awake.

“Jonghyun,” the voice was soft yet urging, a hand on his shoulder firmly shaking him.

Jonghyun made a snuffling sound, almost flinging out an arm to slap the offending hand away before unconsciously stopping himself, as if he had remembered through his sleep addled mind who he was sharing the bedroom with.

The small hand gripped his bicep, this time harder, and shook him insistently as he name was called once again. Unfortunately the male only moaned and rolled over, eyes still closed and refusing to acknowledge anything other than than the warm and comfy bed he had been peacefully sleeping in since last- cold air met his body as the blanket was suddenly ripped off of him and a dainty foot kicked him hard enough to send him flying out of said bed.

“Mguh?” Jonghyun groaned out, sitting up from the floor and rubbing his eyes, his mind still hazy as he looked up at the figure standing on the other side of the bed.

“Jonghyun,” the feminine voice calmly answered, this time louder than before, “we need to get to the hospital. Now.”

“… Heh?” the brunet replied intelligibly, still blinking repeatedly to clear up his blurry vision as he looked at the bright green numbers of the digital clock and was able to make out that it was slightly past 8 in the morning.

“We need to go to the hospital,” the other person patiently repeated, “right now.”

“Hos… pital?”

“KIM JONGHYUN.”

Jonghyun instantly shot up this time around, the tone uncharacteristically harsh and reminiscent of those few times someone in his entourage would either majorly screw up, become overly emotional or be stubborn to a fault. No one, no one, could hold their own when that tone made its presence known. One word was all it ever took immediately snap anyone back to earth or bring them to their knees. The most terrifying times was when she said their full name.

Fortunately it had been rarely used so far.

“Eunsook noona?” Jonghyun stared wide-eyed at the young fully dressed woman standing across from him, taking in her placid demeanor despite her flushed round cheeks and previously sharp voice.

“The contractions have been steady for the last few hours, Jonghyun.” His brown eyes widened further. “It’s fine, I think you can still clean up before we need to go.”

“Did your water break?” the young man raced into the bathroom attached to their bedroom and splashed his face with some cold water to fully wake himself up before grabbing his toothbrush.

“I’m… not sure. I went to the bathroom halfway through the contractions happening but I don’t know if it was my water breaking or me just peeing?” she answered, watching Jonghyun zoom back into their bedroom and pulling on the jeans and sweater she had laid out for him while he was brushing his teeth. He didn’t miss the wince on her face as another contraction hit her body.

“Come on,” the brunet gently nudged Eunsook out of their bedroom. Once in their entryway the young woman slipped into a pair of sensible black flats while her partner grabbed a small suitcase, prepared and set there a few days before as the baby’s due date had been quickly approaching, and his keys as he pulled on a pair of dark brown army boots.

Eunsook let out a small whimper of discomfort as Jonghyun locked the door behind them and they carefully made their way to their car.

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