Chapter 15 - The river (1/1)

Without words  Chapter 15 - The river  Sungyeol jumped out of the taxi, grabbed the bag and walked through the main entrance of the Incheon Airport. For the fivehundrendst time he made sure that he had the ticket in the envelope, the adress and Ren´s planning system. He was exited. He would help him. He would made him happy. He tried to ignore the fact that there could be side effects, as long as his... friend could see again. He knew him for quite some time now, and Myungsoo did everything with his eyes, studying, playing his weird games like pen counting or finding cracks in the stones. Recently he had started to do puzzling, the big fivethousand pieces. Sungyeol got dizzy just by looking at it. He played a lot of memory, the one version for kids. Sungyeol had to giggle. He was definitly sometimes a kid. He just had been at the Incheon Airport once, when he had arrived, so it was difficult for him to coordinate himself. He saw a big counter. Big counters were always good. And counters with the word INFORMATION were even better. Most of them were speaking english. „Excuse me?“

„Yes, Sir?“

GOD THANK YOU„I need to get this flight.“

Sungyeol pointed at the paper that Ren had given him. She studied it for a second.„Please go to your left, after a few minutes you will reach the main terminal. There are the check In counters for Air Canada.“„Thank you.“ Sungyeol bowed and started to walk in the direction of the main hall. Myungsoo knew that he was not alone in the room. He kind of understood people now, that said they could sense people, or sense stares in their back or something. He KNEW somebody was here. And fortunaly, he knew it was Eli, who had fallen asleep, probably on a chair or something. He didn´t know it. Because he couldn´t see a thing. He giggled. Eli had brought him some things, that he had asked for. It needed him ten minutes to ask him for it, he felt ashamed like a little girl.But he was frightened, afraid to share the same fate as both of his parents. And now he was sitting on the bed, with a plastic cube in front of it. Several openings, different shapes. Star, Sun, Heart and other things. Beside it, the items that he had to put through. It helped to sent away the boringness and it helped him to train his concentration. His concentration was the most important part in his life. He hissed in anger, when the heart shape didn´t fit, but after a few trys it popped through. Myungsoo sighed. Blind and four years old again. He loved his life.  3:45pm The hall was damn packed.People were running around, kids whining, loud music through the speakers, a nasty smell of sweat, fast food and rubber sting his nose. He was standing in line for the check in for flight 64, that would bring him to Vancouver. The annoying things was, that he had to wait in Vancouver for almost four hours, until he would get his other flight, that would bring him to New York. But he didn´t care. It was worth it. He waited for another ten minutes, slowly crawling forward. In front of him a woman with twins, maybe two years old, behind him a couple that was probably two hundred years old. He giggled. They looked REALLY old. „Next in line please.“Sungyeol walked to the right and stopped at a free check in counter.

„You´re flying to Vancouver?“ the young man asked, busy with the papers. „Yes.“

„Can I have your passport, please?“ Sungyeol handed him the passport. He lifted his bag and placed it on the weighting machine and sighed in relief when it was in the weight class of hand luggage.The young man looked at him.„Alex Winter?“ „Yes that´s my american name.“

„Korean name?“

„Lee Sungyeol.“

The man printed something out and wrapped it around his hand luggage. Gave him the ticket back. „Sir, your flight will depart in about an hour. The boarding will begin soon, I recommend you to go through the security and towards the gate. It´s gate 6. Your seat row number is twenty three, seat six.“„Thank you, Sir.“ Sungyeol packed all his things back into his luggage and walked out of the line. He sighed. One hour, if he counted the Security gate he would have about fifteen minutes to spare. He looked around and his eyes popped out when he saw a store. A heaven´s store for Myungsoo. Myungsoo struggled with himself for hours now, but his legs were killing him. „Eli?“ he whispered. No answer. He was still sleeping. Myungsoo wasn´t mad, Eli was staying with him since last night, Hoya and he took turns. Suddenly it knocked. „Yes?“

He HATED that. People entering the room, without him knowing who it was. His mom or a serial killer.„Who is it?“ he whispered.„It´s me. Sunggyu.“ Myungsoo sighed. But was confused.„What are you doing here?“ „I thought I visit you.“Myungsoo nodded, but lowered his head. He felt ashamed of his condition.„Don´t wake Eli up.“ he whispered. „Eli isn´t here.“

Myungsoo was stunned.“He isn´t?“

„No it´s Dongwoo.“ Myungsoo clenched his teeth. He didn´t even know who was around him.„I was wondering if you want to get out of that room.“ Sunggyu said.„What do you mean?“ Myungsoo got exited. „Woohyun is outside of the door. Just trust us.“ Sunggyu giggled and Myungsoo felt his arms around his chest. Sungyeol was happy. He was standing in Myungsoo´s Wonderland. He had found a PERFECT hobby for him again. He was looking at all the small tin soldiers and houses around him, looked at all the different colours to paint them. There were hundreds of them. „Can I help you, Sir?“

„Ah... yes. Is there a set or something? My friends really likes things he has to concentrate on, this is a good things for it right?“

„Yes. Should it be a normal set, or something he can work of for a longer time?“

Sungyeol thought about it.„For a long time.“ Sungyeol tried to hide it, but he had thought about the possible side effect. The longer the better, if something would happen. „I have this set, Sir. Do like it? Your friend can made his own tin soldiers and a lot of other things, like tents or horses. The paint is in it too.“

„Thats´s perfect!“ Sungyeol was happy. Five minutes later he was still happy, but almost broke. But it was worth it , Myungsoo would love it, when he would see again. He checked the time.“Oh shit...“ he mumbled and hurried towards the security gate.  Myungsoo was nervous.„Guys, where are we going?“

Sunggyu had told him, that they had put him in a wheel chair, and now there were slowly moving towards the main exit. „Okay, lift your legs.“ Woohyun suddenly said. „Giv me your hand.“ Myungsoo twitched. It had been Kiseop´s voice.He took a deep breath. He would admit it.“I am scared.“ he mumbled.„Hyung, Dorm 1 is here. All of us. We have an idea, just come with us. Don´t fall in your depression, we have a surprise for you.“Myungsoo clenched his teeth when he heard Daehyun´s voice. He felt a hand, it was big but soft.“It´s me Himchan. This is a car, we help you get in okay?“„I am your assigned driver, your majesty.“ Kikwang giggled. Myungsoo turned his head to the direction where the voice had come from. „Watch your head.“ he felt a hand on his head, when L.Joe carefully help him to sit down. „And now?“ he hated it but his voice was shaking.„Let´s do something fun.“ Sunggyu said and Kikwang started the engine.  Sungyeol was lucky that he had checked in BEFORE he had bought the set, because now he had two things, but the stewardess had just blinked and nodded. He grabbed his seat belt, the seat beside him was empy. He was lucky, he hated it to be caged. The engine were roaming, the plane started vibrating. Sungyeol smiled silently. When the plane jumped forward and pushed him into his seat he thought about him. About his eyes.„I´ll make you see again...“ he whispered, when the tires of the plane left the runway.  „Don´t be afraid.“ Myungsoo had grabbed Himchan´s hand. He felt so ashamed, he had never trusted someone before. Especially now, where he couldn´t see.„I know that you are afraid, but we won´t hurt you. It will be fun, just try to open up a little for the time being. You will see this place in a week again.“

„What do you mean?“

He heard a slap and Himchan´s whining.„Ignore him. THere is a big step in front of you. Lift your leg.“ Myungsoo suddenly froze. The fear was stronger.“No.“He heard his friends sighing.He gasped when Kiseop lifted him up and walked a while. He wanted to struggle, to shout at him, but his body was frozen.„Okay, we are here. I put you down okay?“

Myungsoo nodded, Kiseop had put his shoes off, he didn´t know what would happen if his bare feet would touch the ground. He sqeezed his eyes. Tensed up.„It´s nice, right?“ Myungsoo felt water on his feet, it reached until his ankles.„We´re at the river. We thought you needs some fresh air. Do you want to walk a bit?“ Sunggyu giggled.Myungsoo got exited, it felt nice. He didn´t see it but it felt good. A bit scary, but he began to trust his friends.He nodded. „Do you want to go a little deeper?“ Kiseop asked him. Myungsoo nodded.“Not too far...“ he whispered, afraid to drown if his hand would slip his friends´s.The ground changed. It became smoother.„Thats sand.“ he laughed.„Yes.“ L.Joe took his other hand. Pulled him away fron the water. „It tickles.“ Myungsoo rubbed his ankles together when he felt grass. „Sit.“ Woohyun said. Myungsoo sat down, in complete darkness. But he felt his surroundings. The air was fresh. Birds and kid were making noises, people had conversations. He felt the warm sun on his face. „Why did you bring me here?“ he whispered.„Because you like it.“ Daehyun answered. Hope you liked the Update :) Comment!Myungsoo smiled. And nodded.