My lawyer {BBANGSAZ}

Chapter 1

Minji

I didn't know where I was, but it seemed like I was stuck in an endless and colourless void of darkness. It was dead silent, an eerie feeling blanketing the strange place as I ran desperately, my breath coming in short intervals as I yelled and screamed, trying to get anyone's awareness. But each word escaped my lips and disappeared like pathetic mist, as though it weren't ever there. 

Frustration and panic overtook me as I finally stopped, bending over as my legs ached from the tireless running. This was clearly useless, it was like experiencing a mirage of water in the desert. No amount of running can get you to the non existent water. Just like how no amount of running could get me to the non existent exit of this void.

I was beginning to give up, letting the darkness engulf me and suffocate me in its tight and toxic embrace. What was the point of trying for something that didn't even exist?

"Minji!" a distant voice called out for me. As though it were light erasing the darkness, I broke free of the unwanted embrace and whipped my head towards the voice.

"Hello?!" I called out, my echoes being the only answer. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion before light suddenly blinded me.

My eyes fluttered open, bright lights greeting me as the hustle and bustle of wherever I was crashed into me like waves. I sat up abruptly, instantly regretting it when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my head and torso. My eyes lowered down to the oxygen mask the fogged up with each breath, and when the smell of antibiotics and anaesthetic attacked my nose, it finally hit me that I was in the hospital. 

My state of confusion blocked the memories that would answer my questions like a sink plug, the water building up and overflowing. That's the best way I can describe my confusion, don't judge! 

"Oh my gosh, my baby bear is awake!" a voice strained with sobs and overflowing with happiness snapped me out of my thoughts. Before I could even process anything, I was pulled into a gentle yet desperate embrace. 

"Mum?" I called out, my less injured arm wrapping itself around her back in order to reciprocate the hug.

"Yes, it's me darling," she answered, pulling away and looking at me with teary eyes.

I instinctively reached out and wiped away her tears, ignoring the throbbing pain in my body for now. I felt a hand gently ruffle my hair and I looked up. My dad looked like he was on the verge of tears too, and it was kind of surprising since he's literally a brick wall. I gave both of my parents a smile in an attempt to reassure them.

After the emotional moments, the doctor came to check up on me. I was glad that it wasn't too bad, just a couple fractured bones and wounds. But I somehow still couldn't remember why I was even in this situation. Looking at the state of my parents, I didn't want to make things worse by asking them, so I stayed silent. They didn't bring up the topic either, which was only feeding my thirst for an answer. 

My parents only left once the sun had gone to sleep, the soft glow of the moon being overpowered by the bright lights in the room. The soft click of the door sounded and I let myself rest back on the pillow, trying to figure out what on the Earth was happening. The last thing I remembered was going out of the office to meet Hyein and Danielle for lunch, after there are so many missing pieces. It's an impossible puzzle really, because I don't even know what the missing pieces look like.

Closing my eyes, I tried to conjure those pieces up, surely they would be in my memory somewhere. But no matter how hard I tried, nothing happened. Groaning in defeat and frustration, I opened my eyes again, looking out the window at the lights of buildings blinking back at me.