Chaeryeong was still at the hospital, it was only her second day. She did felt a little bit better but the pain in her stomach was still there.
It was just 6:30 in the morning. She was seated on the hospital bed, she can feel the air from the aircon that was hitting her, she can see the people passing by. Her bed was beside the window, as Ryujin requested yesterday. She inhaled deeply, grabbing one of the books that Ryujin brought just last night from the dorm so that she won't be in boredom. She started reading, every poem that she read reminds her something.
"I Loved Him,
I loved how his eyes danced merrily,
and the gentle way he spoke;
the way he filled my aimless days,
with bitterness and hope.
I loved him as I fell to sleep
and each morning as I woke;
I loved him with all my wayward heart—
until the day it broke
- The Universe of Us, Lang Leav"
she read, all she could remember was Minjun from these words. Did she really loved him?
She then remembered....
Minjun kept telling her to stop eating greasy foods, he won't even let her play video games with them even though she knew how. He never joined Chaeryeong to the library which she loves going to.
She then also remembered the cause of this, why she was here, why she has bruises on her body.
Minjun, the day that Minjun told Chaeryeong to stay away from Ryujin, she didn't followed him, what can he do? Chaeryeong is Ryujin's bestfriend, and as promised Chaeryeong would also spend time with Ryujin.
Just right after class, Minjun talked to Chaeryeong, if she didn't followed him he would do something bad to Chaeryeong. Chaeryeong didn't cared at all, she wanted to spend time with Ryujin, so, that's what she did. The next day, Minjun dragged Chaeryeong to an empty classroom, he would talk to her by holding onto her arms, putting a lot of pressure causing Chaeryeong to be in pain, it would happen everyday just after the talk. Chaeryeong didn't told anyone, she was scared that Minjun would hurt them as well.
Minjun would even punched her at the stomach which caused her so much pain.
Chaeryeong knew from that moment...
"A red flag" she muttered softly as she closed the book and lied back down.
All she could think if that no one would ever love her like she wanted to, she showed Minjun how much she loved him, was it her fault why Minjun became like that towards her? No one would take care of her, no one would like or love her just the way she is. She thought that she needed to change just for a person to love her. She wished that she would have thought it through, before falling in love with him, but the biggest question is... did she really loved him?
Tears fell to her cheeks, she didn't notice that someone came in the room, she was staring outside.
"Chaeryeong-ah" the person called out. Chaeryeong sat up as she wipes off her tears, it was her sister
"Oh unnie" Chaeryeong said, she smiled sadly at her sister.
"What happened again?" Chaeyeon asked, sitting at the side of the bed.
"Nothing, I just remembered something" Chaeryeong said and chuckled bitterly
"Mind telling me?" Chaeyeon asked
"Well, its just-" Chaeryeong sighed, she bursted into tears.
"Hey, its okay if you don't tell me" Chaeyeon said softly and hugged her sister
"No, I'll tell you" Chaeryeong said and sniffed
"I just thought that, no one would love me, the way I want them to" Chaeryeong said and sighed
