Minho carried Jisung to the infirmary and checked if he didn't have any injuries. Jisung still coughed some water but at least, he was physically okay.

He dried Jisung's hair and gave him one of his spare t-shirts because the boy's t-shirt literally took a bath.

Jisung was still sitting there when suddenly tears started rolling down his cheeks.

Minho didn't really know what to do, he obviously saw, that the boy had some problem but he didn't know, how to comfort him, he was never good with words.

He couldn't just stand there and look at him, so he sat next to him and hugged him.

It worked because Jisung stopped crying a little bit.

"I-I'm sorry for causing you trouble" started Jisung.

"No, it's okay, that's my job, I'm used to saving drowning people, but if you don't mind me asking, why weren't you swimming, usually drowning people at least try to swim, but you weren't even moving."

"I have aquaphobia, that's why I was paralyzed from shock," said Jisung.

"Not many people know but, I have trauma from my childhood but since you just saved my life, I guess I should explain.

When I was six years old, the tide took away my younger sister and my father, who was trying to save her. They both disappeared into the dark ocean.

My mother suffered from depression and a few months later, it was me who found her dead in the bathtub full of water in the middle of the night. She drowned herself.

I woke up because of nightmares. I always went to my mother's room, when I was scared. But that after that night, I couldn't go anymore.

The water took away all my family and it will come for me too, one day.

I sat on the floor of the bathroom and cried, the water was flowing over the edge of the bathtub.

My brother, who was seven years older, was still a child, but he called the ambulance and took care of everything. He always knew what to do.

But now, he's studying abroad, in Canada so now I'm living with Jeongin.

And yes, I would totally understand if you would just leave and pretend you don't know me, because who wants to meet an awkward weird person with mental problems."

Minho stayed quiet for a moment, he didn't really know what to say. Again.

"I don't think you're an awkward weird person, you seem really nice and cheerfu- well, not at the moment, but when I saw you with your friends this morning, you looked quite happy. And I'm sorry for what happened to you and your family in the past," he hugged Jisung even tighter.

Well, at least we know why Jisung hates the water, also, his self-esteem be like -100 ;-;

Edit: I changed hydrophobia to aquaphobia bcs it's more correct (the term hydrophobia has been used to refer to late-stage rabies)

Lmao sorry for this but I just had to😂

Science class over.

Thank you for reading uwu

Nina