chapter 16
16 – A Dangerous Hospital Visit
In an atmosphere where both the person feeding and the person being fed feel awkward, he manages to finish eating porridge somehow. Is this the sense that you don’t know whether it’s going in through your nose or mouth? I definitely feel full, but I can’t recall the taste or smell of porridge.
“I managed to eat it all, good.”
Looking at the cleanly emptied bowl, Yuna Han smiled proudly and quietly stood up with the tray. A red tinge lingered on her cheeks, which I could see from her side profile, but she pretended not to know. If I were conscious of that, it would be obvious that my face would become hot as well.
Anyway, there’s no need to go to extremes and do things that don’t fit your personality, but he’s a guy who cares about weird things.
“Now, medicine and water.”
A rattling sound echoed for a while, and Hanyu returned to her room. In my hand, I was holding the cup I had used earlier and a transparent medicine bag. I was concerned about why they had received so much water and whether it would overflow.
By the way, I never told you where the medicine was, but I managed to find it. She wondered if she had brought it by mistake, but the medicine she had been prescribed at Burinake Hospital this morning was correct.
“Where else did you find the medicine?”
“It was on the kitchen table? Even your name is written on it, but not knowing is stupid.”
When I asked her curiously, Hanyu I shrugged her shoulders as if it wasn’t a big deal. You have good eyesight.
She gives a brief thank you and rips open her medicine bag, squirming the contents over her hand. As her colorful capsules and pills caught her eyes, Han Yu-na frowned at her as if she was fed up with her energy.
Come to think of it, Hanyu I said she couldn’t take the pills until she was in the middle of the 2nd. She always remembers that she was prescribed powdered medicine at the drugstore because it was a routine for her to get caught in her throat and vomit.
I don’t know what caused it, but since she was in middle school, she started taking pills easily, but she still doesn’t like it. Well, I wonder how many people in the world like to take medicine.
Gulp.
Recalling her old memories, I swallow the pills in her mouth with water.
I wish these medicines would calm her throbbing head and her body on fire right away, but it would be in vain. There is no choice but to wait for the medicinal effect to come while sleeping like this.
Her severe headache makes her unable to fall asleep, but she tries to close her eyes and try to sleep. After lying down for a few minutes, I suddenly realized that I was forgetting an existence.
Oh, that’s right. Han Yuna. We need to get him back home.
“Han Yuna, I’m going to sleep now, so you should go home soon….”
In the first place, what do you think is the reason why I put an iron plate on her face and ate the porridge that Hanyuna fed her? It was an effort to send this guy back as soon as possible.
Thank you for coming to see me at home alone. Besides, since I took the medicine, my fever should go down a bit when I wake up, and by then I should be able to handle most of the work by myself.
No matter how stupid this guy is, he’ll understand that much.
“I’ll watch until I fall asleep, so I have free time anyway.”
I knew it would be like this. A dog horn to understand.
As if she had intended this from the beginning, Hanyu I sat on her round chair, straightened my back, and expressed my will not to back down from her.
There is no such thing as a real tree frog, even if people say it out of concern….
Seruk.
“…… ?”
Here, the moment I was about to get up cautiously with the thought of conciliating Han Yuna by going out a little stronger, I suddenly felt a cold sensation on my forehead and my eyes widened.
At first, Han Yuna thought she might have brought a towel soaked in water to cool off, but that wasn’t the case. As such, it did not have the wet feeling that gives the strangely unpleasant feeling unique to wet cloth.
In a spirit dazed by her heat, he reached out and felt her forehead as if possessed. As soon as something soft and small was held in her hand, I realized that it was Hanyu’s hand.
“How is it, does it feel good to be cold?”
“… Yeah, that’s better
When Han Yu-na’s unique playful voice penetrated the hazy consciousness and was transmitted, I burst into laughter without even realizing it. It was a smile he barely made while he had no energy, so to others it would be close to laughing.
Anyway, it definitely feels good. Perhaps because Hanyuna has a cold constitution, her cold hands, as if left under her air conditioner, were the perfect way to cool off the heat that burned her forehead. She was at least a hundred times better than a damp, unpleasant wet towel.
Sarak. Sarak.
Meanwhile, Hanyu, who was looking down at me with her hand on her forehead, I raised her finger and ran it through her sweat-soaked hair. Her long strands of her hair, tangled from sweat, acted as a shield that obstructed her vision, and when it disappeared, her Han Yuna face became more distinct.
Even though I don’t have the ability to read other people’s minds, I could tell what the emotions that were nestled in her were through Han Yuna’s expression. It must be regret and pity.
“Sorry, because of me….”
“… ….”
As if to prove my reasoning, before long, words of apology flowed from Hanyuna’s mouth. The biggest reason why it was difficult to see Han Yuna today came out in earnest.
I thought it would be like this. As far as I know, she must have said that her friend caught a cold while trying to pick up her husband yesterday, and she would uselessly exaggerate her situation, blaming herself for all her sins. It’s something she used to do often.
“I knew…. Me too, I don’t have a nuisance girl. Right?”
After her apology, I silently trim her hair. While I was thinking about what to say to comfort me, her mouth opened again. Again, it was a word of self-reproach.
I always half-jokingly say to her, “Don’t lay the iron plate on me,” And how can people be so shameless?
As if proving that it is such a difficult moment when a strong person collapses, the fact that a sincere apology came out of Han Yuna’s mouth means that the feeling of sorry that pierced her heart grew out of control.
So I don’t really like moments like this. It is because it is very awkward and awkward to face Yuna Han, who is not like the Yuna Han I know.
“… What if it’s a bit of a nuisance? I also lived as a nuisance to her parents.”
In the end, to get on her hanyu, she opened her mouth, turning her head toward the door again, which had been directed toward the wall. It doesn’t seem to have much effect, Hanyu said, looking down at me and tearing her cat-like eyes even more.
“Idiot, do you and your parents have the same friends?”
“There is no reason to see it differently. They are the same people who live around you anyway.”
“Because I’m serious?”
“I’m serious too, dude.”
Do you really think I’m joking? I was sincere from start to finish.
“Is it your fault that I caught a cold in the first place? It’s because it suddenly rained. Besides, if you look at the cause, it’s more my fault for not bringing an umbrella.”
“… If that’s the case, if you hadn’t come to pick me up in the first place, none of this would have happened.”
Han Yuna is right. This is the so-called butterfly effect theory. Han Yuna If she hadn’t picked her option to pick me up, she wouldn’t have done anything right or wrong after that.
But that’s half right and half wrong. At least to explain why Han Yuna came to feel guilty.
“It must be so. But did you ask me to come pick you up, what did you do? Why are you apologizing and making a fuss when I just came down with a cold?”
As she raised her voice with her heated head, it seemed that her consciousness was gradually blurring, but she persevered and continued her words. Hanyuna’s eyes flashed. He seemed to have caught on to something strange about what I said.
“You came on your own, what do you mean? Didn’t you come to pick me up because my mom asked me to?”
“… Ah.”
Consciousness stops for a moment at the sharp point.
It wasn’t until after a while that she realized that she hadn’t been able to organize her words and fired them like her machine gun, or that she had added unnecessary words for no reason.
In fact, she always told me that she went to pick me up because I couldn’t overcome her aunt’s annoyance. However, as can be seen from her morning chat, her aunt, Hanyu Nane, is not someone who would entrust me with such a troublesome task. She went to pick me up at her company and she was gone.
It’s just that I was embarrassed to be honest, so I used her aunt as her shield, but she found out about it.
Of course, it took this. What excuse do you have? Due to Han Yuna’s personality, if you find out that I’ve been picking her up on my own until now, she might just let it go today because of the atmosphere, but from tomorrow onwards, it’s obvious that she will make fun of her all the time. They’ll say something insignificant, like, ‘Did you really want to be alone with this older sister?’. You just have to block that.
“You, have you ever….”
With her astonished eyes, she hurriedly raises her body while blocking Yuna Han who is trying to follow her. Perhaps because her adrenaline was boosted, I forgot for a moment that her body was alive.
“Ser, no way! If I have nothing to do, why would I do such a thing? It was only yesterday, only yesterday!”
No matter how stupid Han Yuna is, I wonder if she would believe such a lie, but other than this, there is no rope I can hold on to. In times like these, the only thing you can do is pray to God. She begs her Hanyuna to drop her intelligence down to her ape level for a moment.
But somehow, it seems like that wish has really come true.
“… Is it real?”
Although she has a rather dubious look on her face, she asks me if she is authentic. Seeing me, her hopes are lit. I’m sure God hasn’t abandoned me yet.
“Of course not. Hey, I’m busy with work, so why am I splitting time to pick you up? I’ll make another video at that time.”
“… ….”
Using this opportunity, he denied it in a raised voice that was frivolous enough to be exaggerated.
After silently watching me for a while, I turned my back and shook my head at her. She was terribly anxious about not making eye contact, but she felt her mind calmed down by her words.
“Okay. Then last night you came on your own, so I won’t feel guilty about this. Is that all right?”
“Yeah, that’s what I wanted to say.”
For some reason, I feel infinitely proud of Han Yuna, who understands my feelings well. I feel like I want to order chicken for dinner tonight.
“Well, since the story is over, I’ll go first. I have to go to work soon.”
Just when I thought it was fortunate that the story was resolved amicably, Han Yuna suddenly stood up.
There’s obviously quite a bit of time left until I go to work, so didn’t you say you’d go after seeing me fall asleep? Or are you planning to go home and rest for a while? For me, it’s better to go back quickly, though.
“Uh, uh…. Okay. Thank you for coming. Later I shoot chicken….”
Hanyu, who runs away with her phone and other things of her own, tried to tell me that even belatedly, she would thank her and that she would repay her after her, even belatedly,
As if he couldn’t even afford to listen to it now, Hanyu went out and slammed the door shut, so he couldn’t even finish her words.
Are you that busy? Well, since he’s the closest to the debut group, there’s nothing you can do about it. Still, I’m just grateful that he took the time to come to the hospital. I’ll have to get a gift coupon later.
After a sneak peek, there was no more heat on his forehead. I decided to go to sleep right away, thinking that if I was in this condition, I wouldn’t have to fight between soma and body death like before.
At least it should be fine until tomorrow. If not, Han Yuna might come again. Saying this reminds me of my elder relatives who used to say, ‘If you don’t listen, the tiger will come looking for you.’ I need to be cured until Han Yuna, who is scarier than a tiger, comes to visit me.
***
When I returned home, her mother, who was busy making something in the kitchen, came out to the living room to greet me.
“How is Siyoon’s body? She should have brought food and came.”
Did you worry about Park Si-yoon’s physical condition that much? Well, even if it was the other way around, it wouldn’t be strange, since her aunt would have been just as concerned about me. At times like this, I think that our two families have a very unique relationship.
As I was about to answer her mother’s question, I suddenly remembered what Park Si-yoon had just said, and hesitated, swallowing back the words that had risen up his throat.
I know that I asked the question first, but I can’t stop my curiosity. You can answer her mother’s questions later, so for now, first.
“Hey, Mom.”
“Huh?”
“Could it be Park Si-yoon….”
“Siyoon? Why Siyoon?”
I tried to put the question into her mouth at her mother’s urging, but I hesitated again and shook my head.
Actually, I want to ask my mother right away. The reason why Park Si-yoon came to pick me up at work was because of my mother’s request, and was it only because of Park Si-yoon’s whim yesterday, or was it all because of Park Si-yoon’s own will from the beginning to the present.
“… No, I’ll take a break and get ready for practice. Don’t wake me up.”
However, the moment I reached the truth, I felt like I would no longer get out of control, so I got scared and put back what I was going to say. I’m not quite sure what’s going to get out of hand, though.
“Are you sleeping and going to practice? I heard that sometimes when you go to sleep right away, it’s hard because your body doesn’t relax.”
“I don’t know, I feel like that today.”
After the insincere answer, he moved his weak legs and headed for the room.
Clap.
As I locked the door and lay down on the bed, the conversation I had with Park Si-yoon just passed by like a kaleidoscope.
“Huh… !”
While I restrain my arms and legs from fluttering like freshly caught sashimi, in my head, an angel and a devil are having a heated discussion without being able to whisper.
No, calm down Han Yuna. Even if Park Si-yoon came to pick me up on his own, what’s wrong with that? She has nothing to be upset about. Why don’t you come out to meet your friends?
Wait, then that’s even weirder. If that is true, why did Park Si-yoon say that she was ordered by her mother? It’s nothing to be ashamed of, but you can say it proudly. Wasn’t it because you had other ulterior motives?
Please shut up. Yeah, it’s no big deal. If you become conscious of such things, you will no longer be able to turn back.
What is irreversible? I don’t know, you idiot.
“… Hot.”
While filming one side of the scene alone, I quickly opened the window to feel the heat rushing over my body.
It’s all Park Si-yoon’s fault, that fool’s fault. There’s no way I, who was fine even in the middle of summer, would suddenly get so hot. That idiot must have caught a cold. Of course, it’s my fault for visiting the hospital, but anyway, it’s Park Si-yoon’s fault.
While repeating self-reproach and self-justification, I gave myself over to the wind blowing through the window. As the wind slowly cooled his overheated head, he began to fall asleep slowly.
I don’t know, I’ll just cut it for now. When I wake up anyway, I won’t think of anything. After that, if you go to work and work hard, you will be able to forget that you went home to Park Si-yoon today.
No, you have to. Certainly.