MS. INTERPRETER

T W E N T Y - S E V E N

YE JUN'S POV-

"What seems to be the problem, doctor?" My gaze softened.

"It looks like Sara is Algophobic." He took a deep breath. "That means she has a fear of physical pain. And that is the reason why she faints as soon as she feels any type of pain." The doctor says, which made me sick to my stomach and fear for Sara's safety even more.

What if someday she'd be in pain and I wouldn't be there?

What if I won't be around to protect her?

What if I failed to save her?

"Remember the last time you guys visited? She had a bad stomach ache due to starving. Well, at that time, she fainted as soon as she felt the pain of her stomach clutching itself due to the lack of food." He elaborated as I listened carefully.

"She needs to take care of herself; rather be taken care of, everytime such a situation occurs. I know we can't avoid even slight pain in life but please see to it that she avoids physical strain as much as possible. Or else, the condition can worsen anytime." I frowned upon his words.

"She's fit and fine. You can take her home now." He instructed.

"Yes, doctor. Thank you so much," I passed him a smile and left to see Sara. "I'll see to it that she's taken care of."

There she was, lying on the hospital bed, laughing at weird dad jokes that Seong bin hyung usually cracked.

"Hyung, let's go home." I closed the door behind me.

"Why? So soon?" His smile turned into a frown immediately.

"What do you mean? You wanna stay here longer? Making her feel more sick than she already is? You can crack your stupid jokes. at. home. too!" I blurted out not realizing what I was talking about.

"Yah! When did you start caring so much?" He rose from the chair. "And don't call my jokes..stupid. They're actually fun, right?" He pouted.

"Right, Sara?" He smiled at Sara making her giggle too as she quite agreed to his statement. Ah, she really needed energy revival right now..

"Okay. I'll get the car and you bring her down." I ordered and was about to move the door knob and leave when Seong bin hyung suddenly interrupted me.

"Ahem. No. No. Uhmm..." He hastily tried to leave. "I'll g-get the car. You sit here for a moment."

"No, it's fine, hyung. I'll get it. Why do you have to take-" he cut me off and ran out of the door as if the car was parked on a slope and it'd roll down if he didn't go in time.

"Oh-kay." I closed the door and sat on the chair beside Sara's bed. She was staring at the plain ceiling with nothing but a ceiling fan.

Three minutes passed; she was still looking up.

"What are you thinking about?" Sara suddenly looked down to face me.

"Me?" I questioned.

"You?!" She gave me a 'stop being dumb' look.

I felt really bad and depressed at that moment;; looking at her frail and fragile state made me feel sick too.

How do I tell you, Sara, that I'm afraid to lose you?

How do I tell you that I'm afraid of the day I'll not be there to protect you?

How do I tell you all what the doctor told me?

But most importantly, how do I tell you all these thoughts, running through my mind when I see you? How do I tell you that I care for yo-

"What are you thinking, Ye jun? Are you okay?" She moved closer to me.