(POV In-ho)

An incredibly yummy scent was filling the room and I automatically snuffled even before opening my eyes. It was food, delicious Korean fast food, something that also promised to taste good. I immediately opened my eyes and instantly tracked down the scent's origin: Gi-hun and Mi-na were sitting on the couch, yapping in relaxation and eating out of paper boxes.

"Hey! You better ordered some for me too, you guys.", I croaked and winced as I heard the terrible sound of my own voice. Gi-hun and Mi-na looked at me, then at each other and tried to make their boxes disappear inconspicuously. "Umm... the doctors said no solid food for you yet...", Mi-na mumbled, "but I'm sure they'll bring you something any moment. I'll go ask." She got up and left the room as Gi-hun was slowly approaching me, taking my hand in his – instantly the monitor's beeping accelerated.

"Damn, you really seem to drive me crazy.", I croaked a little embarrassed and Gi-hun smirked: "You should've seen yourself after you woke up from anesthesia. I really enjoyed the show. But at least you recognize me now."

"I didn't recognize you??", I coughed, still trying to clear my throat.

Gi-hun shook his head. "No, but apparently you recognized that you are in love with me." I cursed the monitor who skipped a beep, making it obvious for everyone that my heartbeat was going irregularly when he said those words. My face felt hot and I knew that I was blushing like hell; I deeply inhaled and looked directly into his eyes.

"But you knew that already. I've told you before, remember?"

"Oh, how could I forget.", Gi-hun answered, "It was the last thing you said to me before catapulting me out of the island in that ejection seat, after tricking me into thinking you intended to save us both."

I smiled and looked down abashedly. "What else was I supposed to do? You had to live because I was not willing to live on in a world where you wouldn't exist. That's the thing with love... it makes you do strange things."

"Yes, it sure does." Gi-hun smiled as wide as a kid on his birthday and moved closer to me. The monitor's beeping accelerated again and went crazy when his lips carefully touched mine. "For example it makes you spend days in a hospital waiting and fearing and hoping that the transplant went well and that someone decides to wake up in the end."

Wait, what? "What transplant?" Then I saw Jun-ho sleeping in the bed next to me and the puzzle pieces in my head slowly went together. "What the hell did Jun-ho do?", I asked, starting to panic. Gi-hun told me everything from the bullet damaging my liver, not finding a transplant, me almost dying and Jun-ho convincing the doctors that he was a suitable donor. I shook my head: "This stupid boy, he could've died. I'm the older brother, I was supposed to take care of him, not the other way round."

"Shhh.", Gi-hun softly brushed my hair out of my face. "I would've done thesame thing for you if I could."

I blinked, I hadn't expected this. "You...would?", I asked speechlessly and Gi-hun laughed: "One would think you had it figured it out by now, Frontman. Like you said, love makes you do strange things. And it is an irreversible fact that I love you."

WHAT? Was I hearing this right? Impossible. Gi-hun loving me, the man he saw as his worst enemy? What did I miss? Did he already forget about the games? Or my betrayal? Jung-bae? Was there really a possibility that he actually forgave me?

"After everything I have done... are you sure?", I whispered, "What about Jung-bae? I did so many horrible things, how is this possible?"

"I'll get over it one day.", Gi-hun answered, "But I just can't deny that you are the one I want by my side. It's you, it has always been you. And however much I'd try to fight it, I would always end up running back to you."

"And...you're sure that you won't be waking up one day and come to your senses who the fck you chose to be with?", I asked carefully and Gi-hun snorted a laugh:

"No, I'm not coming to my senses. I'm afraid you are stuck with me."

The door opened and Mi-na came in with a nurse who brought some soup. "Mr Hwang, it's time for you to eat something.", she ominously announced and I sighed. "Fine." I knew I wouldn't stand a chance. "Time for the yums."

While Gi-hun and Mi-na had returned to their delicious food-boxes I was fed by the nurse and I could tell that the other two enjoyed the scene. "Frontman unmasked", Mi-na chuckled and only the nurse putting soup into my mouth shopped me from replying peevishly. Shortly afterJun-ho woke up and to my satisfaction he was fed the same crap as me– at least there was some justice. Maybe the world actually was a better place than I had always thought.