About a year ago, Koyote’s Baekga was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Thankfully, the surgery was successful. Baekga revealed a story of Rain and his friendship while he was in the hospital on Strong Heart.

His story has been translated by Allkpop:
“I’m close with Rain and while I was ill, he was having a concert in another country. I didn’t call him because I thought he would be worried. After hearing about the news, he visited my house. Rain is a strong and vicious friend, the last time I saw him cry was eight years ago when he was talking about his mother. When I told him that I was sick, he started crying with his mouth shut. At the time, he told me that he would always be with me at the hospital whenever he had no oversea concerts and that my surgery would go well. He really did stay at the hospital everyday, which became a big source of strength for me.

I never thought of getting cancer or a tumor. I considered it as something that would never happen to me, and I was scared. For two weeks, I cried by myself at home and I had no idea how to handle the situation. I went to my parents and tried to be strong about the matter but after seeing their faces, I was the one who ended up crying first.

Even at the moment, I don’t have much of a left brain. The tumor grew past the skull and the scalp so the bone was cut and replaced with things that are not mine. I was left with a huge scar so I couldn’t even look at the mirror. I thought to myself, ‘Why me?’ I thought I lived being kind to others but such an incident brought me down. But the important thing is the fact that a person like me overcame it, which means everybody out there can do it as well.”

If you are all still with me, which you should be, how adorable and heartwarming is that? It’s a sweet story of friendship between the two. I hope this bromance continues on for a long time.