Everything Earth could do in this moment was watching the two others, the way Mix was still trembling and sobbing, while it was evident that this was calming him down, even if it happened slowly. It took some time but after a while the sobs that were echoing through the storage room grew quieter until Mix' hitching breath was the only thing that could be heard. Shortly afterwards his body stopped trembling and his hands loosened their grip on Vee's dress shirt, until they were numbly placed around the old one and Earth could clearly see that Mix had relaxed... he almost looked as if he was asleep...

"This... this happened before right...?" Earth asked silently and made eye contact with Vee, who seemed a little caught off guard by the question.

"How..."

"It almost looked like a routine... that exact position you put him in and...."

"Help me place him down first and then we can talk... I'm sure you have questions , " Vee said softly, making the younger agree with a nod.

Earth moved himself closer to the other two, wrapping his arm around Mix back before they together started leaning mix back against the wall, until they could remove their hands off him without waking him up. Indeed, he was asleep, his eyes looking puffy from all the crying and his cheeks still wet... but at least Mix was breathing calmly, his chest lifting up and down in a normal rhythm that made Earth sigh. He had really panicked seeing Mix collapse on the stage and felt helpless while watching Vee doing... whatever he was doing. It was like the last time, he had no idea what to do or how to help the other and was in need of someone else in order to handle the situation properly. That was nothing to be ashamed of, but again... he felt bad for it. How could he like someone and not know how to help them in emergency situations? Was he really qualified to like Mix even though he had no idea why this happened or what exactly he should do if this happened again?

"Let's leave the moment for a moment and talk , " Vee whispered and the two of them exchanged a glance.

"Will it be okay to just leave Mix here like this?"

"Yes, Don't worry. He is just asleep but once he is in deep sleep, we can carefully move him to one of our apartments... but if we did it now, he would surely wake up again and I'd like to prevent that from happening."

Earth slowly nodded, turning his head back to Mix and smiling softly at the other before finally getting on his legs and following Vee outside. The older was careful to close the door silently, and once it was completely shut, both Earth and Vee left out a heavy sigh. They had been oblivious to how tense their bodies were during all the happenings and now, that the situation was mostly resolved, they could finally relax again and breath freely.

Though the younger was curious, he didn't start asking the million questions that were going crazy in his head, that tried to push themselves forward so that they would be the first one to get answered. He knew that this situation came out of nowhere for Vee too, that though he seemed aware of what was about to happen when seeing the scene on stage, he still hadn't known beforehand and was probably shocked as much as Earth was. And beside all of that... the reason why Mix had such uncommon reactions to blood definitely had some kind of reason, maybe something had happened in his past that caused this... and it should really be Mix revealing it, if he ever wanted to. It was true that Earth was curious and wanted to know what to do if the happenings from earlier ever were to repeat itself but still... how could he respect Mix privacy while also making sure that he could handle such a situation if it were to happen again?

"I... am not exactly the right person for you to have this conversation with , " Vee started and let out a soft sigh, his body leaning backwards against a wall.

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