Winter went to a tattoo shop to draw something just under her navel but later came back the next day just to admire the person who drew the tattoo for her because she's 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘵. While Karina needs someone to play along with her lonely...
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The moment Karina heard the news, her world suddenly stopped. Her heartbeat paused for a few seconds, couldn't believe what she just heard.
"I'm coming...", is all she can answer before putting her phone down.
Her face turns into an immediate frown of horror, her breathing hitched just by imagining Winter. Her heart hurts, remembering Ningning's statement. She wished to be there for the younger girl as soon as possible, trying to become her medicine in the thunder.
Her hands tremble. She was extremely worried until she almost forgot to lock her own shop. She wasted no time before starting the bike's engine and driving as fast as she could towards her destination. Is Winter alright? Is she hurt? How far has she been hurt? That's all Karina could think of at the moment.
The moment Karina arrived at the emergency room and parked her bike at a suitable place, she was greeted with the view of the man she met once. Winter's professor was there, another professor that Karina didn't know who he was, and the presence of two policemen talking to the two lecturers broke Karina's heart.
As she keep walking towards the direction, she saw Ningning walking in a circle, holding tight onto her phone in front of her chest. The Chinese eyes are red from crying, and Karina can't help herself from holding in her tears, trying to be strong for whatever she will hear later.
"Ningning", the artist called, and Ningning immediately turned her head towards the tattoo artist.
"You're here", the Chinese smiled only for a few milliseconds before her face turned into a frown.
"W-Winter?", the artist's voice cracked.
"She's inside, with our friend, Chaehyun", Ningning answered with a sigh, looking straight at Karina's expression, who was on the verge of crying. She then came closer to the artist before pulling her into a tight hug. She could feel the artist's breath was shaky, and her body trembles in horror.
"I know how you feel because we also feel the same. But I'm begging you, please... be strong, for Winter", Ningning said between their hug. Her voice came out almost like a whisper, and Karina couldn't help it no more but burst out into soft tears.
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Karina entered the room, greeted by Winter's friend, Chaehyun. She didn't know much about the girl, but at least Winter had shown her her picture a few times before. The artist just stood still in front of the door, looking at Winter, who was currently lying down on the bed, facing the opposite direction.
Chaehyun was smiling sadly at the artist before she slowly pulled out her hand out from Winter's grip. But when she does, the younger girl's hand goes scrambling, searching for the presence of the hand again for her to hold onto. Seeing this, Karina could feel the lump inside her throat before she slowly walked toward the side of the bed.
Head comes down just to be closer to Winter for her to hear her voice, before she says, "Winter, it's me, Karina", her voice comes out soft, full of warmth that Winter extremely needs right now. It didn't take long enough for the younger girl to turn her head toward the artist's direction.
