Fallacy • Jeonghan [1]

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| Fall, year 2008 |

"Joshua! Joshua Hong! Hey! Hey let me see!"

I ran after the doctors and nurses who were taking him somewhere. I don't even know where. They were too fast. Too fast for me to follow. I was short too, compared to the other nurses.

Joshua was lying down on a bed. What was cool was he was riding a bed that had wheels. I wanted to ride it too.

Why was he taken to the hospital? I heard he just had a normal fever. Was it that bad that he got admitted to the hospital?

"Joshua! Hey what's wrong with him? Hey! That's my best friend! Hey let me in-"

Even before I could enter the room, the doors slammed shut, slightly hitting my nose. Harsh.

The people took him inside a room where other people like us visitors weren't allowed. I had no idea what that room was. I just wanted to see if Josh was alright, was it that hard?

" Mrs. Hong, what's wrong with Joshua?" I tugged on his mother's cardigan, who just happened to arrived at the place after I did. She stood by my side, gently gripping my hand in hers.

" Mrs. Hong? "

"Honey, " Mrs. Hong bent down and looked at me straight in the eye "he has cancer. "

| 2015 |

Memories from the past brought a smile to my face. Remembering how immature I was as a twelve year old, I'll admit, it was quite embarrassing. But people seem to understood me somehow, I was just scared of losing my best frind.

Ever since I heard Joshua had cancer, I came to the hospital everyday to check on him, regardless of what my parents told me. They told me not to, but do you think I couls stand living at home? It was like a world war there. Sometimes I felt like Joshua's home was more like family than mine.

The doctors at the hospital knew me better than anyone else. Especially Josh's doctor, who said that I was better at treating Josh than he was. Maybe because I always won when forcing him to eat his food .

And now, here I am, in this room where Joshua and I spent most of our time together. His hospital ward.

Joshua was there, on the bed. He looked almost as if he was lifeless. What broke the eerie silence was the beeping sound of his heart on the machine. Even if he was unconscious, he still looked innocent and angelic like he did five years ago.

" Hey. Hong Jisoo. Wake up." I lightly poked his shoulder " Hong Jisooooooo.."

"You know what? You always did that to me. You always called me by my full name, even though I tell you to just call me Lia instead." I went on talking to Jisoo, even though it was more like talking to myself.

I let out a slight chuckle before I talked, "This is pointless, actually. you won't even hear me. But since its my last day here, why not I tell you what happened."

Taking a deep breath, I started, "Two weeks ago, my parents died."

"Well no, not like died as in died but, how should I explain this..."

"There were statements and doubts that they were murdered, but the problem now is there were no absolute traces of murder. Everything was clean. Clear. Not a single print, and the house was perfectly fine. No signs of breaking in, committing suicide and all.

Two hours after, dad too was reported dead. The same goes to him, no signs of murder at all. It was surprising how he and mom died almost at the same time. Even if they were in different places.