the forbidden embrace

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her vision was becoming blurry. she didn't know what was going on since the massive bookshelf fell directly on her head, and books were disrupting her field of vision.

nicha just pulled miyeon closer to her, hugging what seemed to be her head tightly, hoping miyeon hadn't gotten shot, as everything faded to black.

"how are you feeling?" the beautiful lady standing in front of her was accompanied by a shorter, but stunning, yet cold looking woman.

"i'm fine... thanks for saving us." the lady shook her head, getting onto the hospital bed too, wrapping her arms around the younger.

"i'm glad you're safe... if anything happened to you, i'll be devastated." the brunette hummed in response, leaning in to the hug, snuggling her head against the elder's shoulder.

"so how is she?" the brunette stayed silent for awhile, before tears started to fall.

"the trauma to her head was so hard it caused a blood clot... she's still unconscious."

"stay strong okay? she'll wake up. they don't want you to see her because they know if you get agitated, you're gonna collapse again... so just stay strong sweetie."

"stay strong miyeon."

nicha was unconscious. it had been the third day already, and no signs of improvement.

soyeon and the other girls usually visited during the day, and jisoo and her girlfriend would visit at night. miyeon was extremely weak. she was made unconscious through this random substance sprayed on her, which was poisonous. it would have killed her in an hour, but thankfully, she was rushed to the hospital in time.

the first time miyeon saw nicha in her unconscious state, she became so upset she ended up passing out. the doctors then didn't allow miyeon to visit nicha, and all of her updates were from the girls and jisoo.

she still had no idea on how they escaped since jisoo refused to tell her, saying she would break the news when nicha woke up too... but would nicha ever wake up...?

yuqi was squeezed in bed with miyeon, stealing her hospital lunch, clinging onto her unnie. ever since the incident, she started teasing miyeon much lesser.

soyeon and soojin were just chatting with miyeon, trying to improve her mood, while shuhua was asleep on the nearby couch.

"unnie, you're so warm!" yuqi murmured, slightly closing her eyes as she snuggled into miyeon's chest. miyeon let out a little chuckle, stroking yuqi's hair. it kind of reminded her of nicha, who used to bury her head in miyeon's chest whenever she was clingy.

as if soojin managed to read miyeon's mind, she held onto miyeon's hand, as she said, "she'll be okay. she's strong."

miyeon nodded in response, as silence filled the room once more.

it was a miracle. the doctor's were losing hope, ready to just give up on nicha, but miyeon begged to let her see nicha first. it was as if miyeon was nicha's saving grace, because the second miyeon started talking to nicha, she had her first movement in days. and slowly, she woke up too.

"so... what exactly happened?" nicha asked, after jennie, jisoo and miyeon all gathered in one room.

"we managed to track down your location because we couldn't find miyeon, and we managed to take out all of the men around the area. your backup helped us alot. at first, they didn't believe us to be allies. but still... we had a disagreement..." jisoo began sharing everything, which was not really what nicha wanted to know, but thankfully, jennie was there.

"we stormed your house, and we saw your boss ready to fire at this other guy that was right next to you. your brother right? so we fired at your boss, which hit him in the arm, and then we killed his lackies there. but then one of them hit your brother hard before he was shot, and it hit your brother straight immediately the leg, so now his leg is broken... and he might not be able to ever walk again..."

nicha bit her lip. she completely forgot about bambam. not really, she thought she saved him, but totally disregarded the fact that he hadn't been here to see her yet.

"where is he now? my father and my brother..."

jisoo and jennie exchanged glances, shocked. "your father?"

"hi bambam." nicha smiled, as miyeon pushed nicha on her wheelchair into the room. "are you feeling better now?"

bambam gave a grin, lying on the bed. "much. but my legs might not say the same..."

he motioned at his legs, which was not moving at all. he looked optimistic, but nicha knew he was sad deep down. "i'm sor.."

"i forgot. legs can't talk. silly me." bambam interrupted, making miyeon and nicha giggle a bit. "and don't you dare apologise nicha. i'm sorry for being such an incompetent older brother... needing you to come save me at the risk of your life. no matter what, i still have my life, and i have you to thank for that."

nicha sniffed, as she got up with the help of miyeon, hugging bambam tightly.

"there there, everything's fine now." bambam reassured the younger, who nodded.

there was just one more thing left to do...

"ah. i was expecting you earlier." nicha's father sniggered a little, as nicha entered the room. the room was filled with men wearing a jacket with a cat embroidery, which nicha recognised to belong to jennie's gang.

"happy now? bambam lost both legs. your own son." nicha's father shrugged lazily. "whatever. i'm going to die soon, aren't i? or are you going to hand me over to the police. your own biological father nicha. you're going to destroy your only other kin other than the crippled? that's unwise."

"since when did you care about blood relations... when you took bambam hostage, i knew you were a lost cause... i don't see you as my father anymore... no matter what you say..." nicha replied, weirdly calm. she really didn't see a need to get aggressive. it felt like an ending, a closure for her. she hated her father, but she didn't want him dead.

"i love them both. and i'll never forsake them. i loved you too at one point, but all my love for you is gone. after you tried to harm the people i loved.. just for your own selfish reasons. you're a monster you know that?"

nicha's father sat up suddenly, a tinge of annoyance in his voice. "why don't you get it until now nicha. i cared for you. i want you to become better, good enough to take over. i wanted this whole clan for you. you're the only one with enough potential, for me to never lose my name. for me to become well known, well respected, even after i die!"

"again, everything is for you. see what i mean?"

her father didn't reply, just lean back against his bed and shut his eyes.

nicha too, didn't bother to say much more, as she left the room.