Is it Fate?

13

"You mind telling me why you've been terrorizing half of the hospital staff today?" Yongsun asked Jennie as she found her in the break room.

Jennie hadn't gone back to Lisa's room yet. She looked up at the nurse pitifully. "Have you seen the way Lisa looks today? She looks awful, she isn't being taken care of correctly."

"Are you doubting my nursing skills?" Yong-sun teased.

"Have I yelled at you yet?" Jennie snapped.

Yong-Sun laughed at that. "What's going on Jennie."

"I can't lose her again."

Yong-Sun slowly nodded as she sat next to Jennie. "What makes you think that's going to happen?"

"She looks so weak right now. Like she'll collapse at any moment. I've never seen her like this. Lisa's always been the strongest person I know. She needs to stay healthy. Promise me you'll take care of her or I swear—"

"—You'll burn the hospital down?" Yong-Sun interjected.

Jennie almost smiled. Yong-Sun had been one of the nurses helping Lisa as she was crashing, but she had heard Jennie threaten an intern that she would burn everything down if they let Lisa die. She was pretty sure the whole hospital heard.

——————

Jennie spent most of the evening in the break room. She didn't want to go home, she was never home on Fridays anyway. She always spent them with Lisa. She still hadn't gone back to the room since her outburst, letting Ella spend time with Lisa alone. Not that she would have dared to stay in there with them anyway, but normally she would have at least said a proper goodbye.

Yong-Sun had assured her that medically Lisa was doing okay and for her not to worry too much but although she trusted her judgement, Jennie's fear of losing Lisa again far outweighed her rationality.

She fought with herself for hours. Part of her needed to see Lisa so she could tend to her, make sure she was really okay and the other part was afraid of seeing Lisa so fragile that she knew she would panic again.

"I ran into Moonbyul on the way here and she told me you've been terrorizing the hospital staff again. Did you punch Dr. Kang in the face again Jendeuk?"

Jennie looked up from the couch to see Jisoo smirking at her.

"I should have." Jennie replied.

Jisoo sat next to her, "What did poor Dr. Kang do this time? That man needs a raise, dealing with you."

Jennie glared at Jisoo. She had never forgiven the doctor for even suggesting that Jennie should take Lisa off of life support. She couldn't stand that man ever since. She didn't trust him to do what's best for Lisa. Unfortunately, he was the head of trauma so Jennie had no option but to deal with him over the years.

"Jendeuk, seriously what's the matter? You look like hell."

"You should see Lisa."

Jisoo just raised an eyebrow at her.

"She looks awful Jisoo. She looks like she might pass out from exhaustion at any second! She's been crying and you know I told you Lisa only ever cries unless—"

"—Unless you cry. I know. I remember."

"What if she collapses again. What if she falls back asleep. I only just got her back. I'm so scared Unnie. I won't survive it a second time, I'm not strong enough to deal with the pain of losing her again." Jennie was crying again.

Jisoo pulled Jennie into a hug and shushed her. "From what you've told me about Lisa, she'll fight like hell to make sure that never happens again. Have some faith in your Limario."