Yours (COMPLETED)

chapter twenty-five: your strength

Jungkook stole a glance at his watch as he quickened his pace to Chaeyoung's room to check on her condition. It had been almost two hours since she got admitted to the hospital and she was still unconscious when he left her an hour ago. He hoped that she would open her eyes already now or he would go back to leave a bruise on Chanyeol's face.

When he reached her room, he saw Jisoo putting the food she bought for Chaeyoung on the table beside Chaeyoung's bed.

"Mr Jeon, you're back."

"How is she, Ms Kim?", he asked as he looked at Chaeyoung.

Jisoo shook her head, "Same as when you left."

He sighed, "That man must've done something to her."

"We still need to wait for her to wake up. Only then, we will find out what happened. Don't worry too much, okay?", Jisoo tried to assure him.

"Maybe I should go back-"

"No.", Jisoo said sternly. "Mr Jeon, I know you went there earlier. I don't know what you did but please don't do anything unnecessary without Ms Park knowing it. Especially here, somewhere not in your own country.", she added, indirectly warning him not to cause a problem in China.

Jungkook shook his head ed, "I just want to-"

He was interrupted by the sound coming from Jisoo's phone before the older woman excused herself to answer the call. He looked at Chaeyoung's face and took a seat on the chair to watch over her.

"Please wake up soon, Chaeyoung.", he said softly.

"Mr Jeon.", Jisoo came back into the room. "I have somewhere to be. I will come back once my work is done."

Jungkook nodded, "Sure. Thank you for today, Ms Kim."

Right after Jisoo left, Jungkook checked his phone and saw a new message where he got Chanyeol's personal phone number.

"They're really quick."

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The room was now dark, lit only by the flickering shadows of a broken light. Chaeyoung sat curled in the corner with her knees pulled to her chest. Her fingers were trembling as she pressed them hard against her ears, trying to block out the piercing cries that echoed through the walls.

Shrilling. Broken. Helpless.

It was her baby's unrelenting cry. And she did not know what else she could do to stop it.

"I fed you. I held you. I've tried...everything...", Chaeyoung's voice was barely audible in that room.

The infant's wails cut through her like a sharp blade.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, my baby. I don't know...I don't know what to do...", it was hard for her to admit but she knew she was a failing mother at that moment.

The cries deepened, then softened, as if they were muffled until it turned into a complete silence. The turn of event made Chaeyoung look up to the blinding white light that just shone in the room. She saw a silhouette of a faceless figure stepped in and in a split second, she saw her baby in the arms of the figure.

Chaeyoung realized what was happening. "No! Don't take her!", she cried as she tried to chase the figure that was taking her baby.

It did not respond to her. She tried to stop it but her feet did not seem to move.

"No! Please! Don't take my baby!"

The door slammed shut.

"No! Haneul! Please..!"

Jungkook, who fell asleep a few minutes ago, woke up as he heard Chaeyoung's scream.

"Please..don't take her away from me...", there were tears streaming down her face as she tried to get down of the bed.

"Chaeyoung, hey, hey...Chaeyoung, look at me. You had a bad dream, it's just a bad dream, Chaeyoung.", Jungkook tried to tell her as he gently held her from leaving the bed. "It's just a dream...trust me.", he patted her back softly to calm her down. "Nobody is taking away your baby. You will get Haneul back, I promise."

Chaeyoung stared at the floor, her mind was still thinking about the bad dream she just had.

"It's similar..to what happened six years ago...", her voice cracked.

"Shh...it's okay. You don't have to tell me now. You need to rest-"

"I want to tell you...I want to...", she said as she was crying softly.

Jungkook looked at her face as she sat on the bed, her knees pulled to her chest.

"Are you sure, Chaeyoung? I don't want to force you to remember your bad memory in the past.", he told her.

She nodded slowly, "Sooner or later, you will know it too eventually. It's better if I tell you now while it's all fresh in my mind."

Jungkook nodded back as he sat down on the chair. Chaeyoung began telling him what she dreamed about. Then, she told him that Chanyeol was the reason the bad memory became her nightmare earlier.

"What do you mean, Chaeyoung?", he asked curiously.

"Chanyeol, he- he taunted me. I was going to talk with him nicely about Haneul. I have planned to ask his permission to see Haneul but he tested me instead. He purposely talked about the time I was depressed.", Chaeyoung said.

"He tried to break you.."

Chaeyoung nodded, "He did but I was stronger.."

A small smile appeared on her face, slightly confusing Jungkook.

"You didn't break down in front of him?", he asked.

Chaeyoung shook her head, "I managed to fight him back."

Jungkook frowned, "What did you do to him?"

"I did the plan B you told me.", she smiled a little.

He recalled their conversation at dinner last night. They had a talk about what they planned to talk about with Chanyeol. Their plan was simply to ask him for permission to meet Haneul and if he disagreed, they would take it to court. Plan B that Jungkook suggested came after Chaeyoung asked him if Chanyeol did not cooperate nicely in the discussion. It was merely a careless plan he just thought during the conversation, and he did not expect her to do it.

"So you threatened him with the photos?", Jungkook asked.

Chaeyoung nodded, "But I only threw one photo and told him that I have more that can destroy not just him but his family too."

Jungkook laughed at it.

She mimicked the way she said to Chanyeol a few hours ago.

"You actually did it.", Jungkook sounded proud with her.

She nodded, "All thanks to you...for the plan B."

He chuckled, "No, it's all you. I just laid a plan. You..."

"No, it's you..", she replied as she pointed at him with a smile.

He responded the same and they began to have a playful quarrel about it while pointing to each other until their hands intertwined.

"You've gotten stronger now, Chaeyoung..", Jungkook said as he looked at their hands.

"Thanks to you again.", she replied.

"Me?"

Chaeyoung nodded, "You, Lisa and everyone else that is supporting me."

Jungkook smiled before asking Chaeyoung if she was hungry. He slowly removed his hand apart from hers to go get the food Jisoo bought for her.