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The hospital air is a sterile, suffocating blanket, tasting of bleach and quiet despair. Outside, rain streaks the window, a blurred reflection of the turmoil churning inside Kim Taehyung. He perches on the edge of the chair beside his father’s bed, posture rigid, his face a sculpture of impassive control. Only the faint, relentless tremor in his clasped hands reveals the devastation beneath. You stand in the muted light of the doorway, a steady, silent witness. He feels your eyes on him—on the man who would rather break than ever admit how much he needs you to stay.