Story Of My Life (In A Relationship With EXO Lay ✅)

11 | Should I Be Scared Of The Future?

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My eyes fluttered open.

The bright ceiling, green curtains and white walls of the hospital greeted me. The realization settled in. A tear escaped my eye. I had done it. To myself. Someone held my hand, and I turned my head to see Jongin there. I wanted to tell him to leave, that it wasn't good for him to be here in the public premises, but then I noticed the arrangement around me. We were in the VIP section of the hospital.

"Noona." His hand squeezed mine.

I stared at him. "Will I be able to debute?" My voice was hoarse, and I gulped. The way he looked away, tears in his eyes, I got my answer. My feet would take a long time to heal and I won't be qualified to go through the debute evaluation. Hyun Jae would go for it instead.

"I'm sorry, noona," he whispered. His voice full of guilt. Why would he feel this bad though? It wasn't like he broke that flower pot over my feet. It was all me. "I'm so sorry..."

"It's a relief," I murmured under my breath. Kyungsoo entered the scene and asked Jongin to go outside for a walk. Apparently, Jongin hadn't left my side since I got here. "Hey."

"Hey." He sat beside me, and gently removed hair from my face. "How are you feeling?"

"Would you like to sing me a song? I might feel a bit cheered up." I stared up at the ceiling. "Or shall we have a duet? I always wanted to sing with you. Since the second I saw you in that session, I knew that I would want to collaborate with you someday." My voice thickened. "I won't be able to do that now, but we can have it unofficially, right?"

Kyungsoo's eyes moved to my injured feet. I knew I broke a few bones there and ruptured the whole part. "Noona..." He stopped and looked away. "You've joined the university, right? It's okay. Nothing is over yet. And, yes, I'll sing with you whenever you want me to."

"Ah... Chanyeol is going to have a competition now." I didn't know I was crying until he brushed off the tears from my cheeks. "Kyungsoo... it'll be okay, right? It has to be okay."

He hummed, his eyes teary. I guess he knew that it would never be fine. My dream to become an idol was poof now. I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and closed my eyes. Hyun Jae would be happy. I would have to remind this to myself again and again. That would be the only way to go through this pain.

"No body is going to touch anything. You can only observe." A voice came out of the room and the door opened. Kyungsoo pulled down his cap.

I lifted myself a bit to peek at the intruders. Medical students were here for a tour, I guess. They looked very young, probably first or second year medical students. Barely out of high school. It was good to be young, full of excitement and an inspiration to move forward.

"Excuse me, what happened to you?" A girl stood by my bed. Her eyes staring at my uplifted feet. "Did you get into an accident?" she asked and I nodded. She had a sympathy in her eyes and I felt bad for making this kid sad. "My mom too went through a knee surgery last week, you'll be alright soon."

I read her ID card. Kang Jia. She was around Kyungsoo's age.

"Jia, what are you doing there?" Her mentor asked, and for the first time noticed us there. "Oh! We were told there was no patient here in the early morning. We wanted to give the students a tour to VIP section-"

"I arrived late night. It's alright. Go on with your tour," I told them. Jia gave me a wave and started towards her classmates when she stumbled on her steps and her books fell down, with her on her knees too. Clumsy kid.