When I Grow Up (Seventeen Jeonghan x CLC Seunghee)

Twenty Four: When Things Are Finally Understood

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Seunghee always drops by the hospital to check on Jun during the week and she always finds Sorn beside him. Everytime she finds her there, she backs down and doesn't go through. She knows Sorn is in the wrong, but she doesn't want to talk to her just yet. She might blurt out unnecessary things if they talk about it now. And she doesn't want to face Sorn in that state. Jun's still unconscious, she doesn't want to hear crueler things from her that may ultimately affect their friendship.

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It's been six days. Sorn gets up early in the morning to visit Jun. She prays hard everyday that Jun finally wakes up from his slumber. The doctors say he's not in comma, but why is he not waking up yet? She's so worried about him, she almost can't doze off every night.

She enters the hospital entrance and walks straight to Jun's room. From the door, she hears some people talking. It's Chinese, she presumes his parents are inside. Then she hears a very familiar voice. It's Jun's.

It's as if heaven opens up a gate for her. She feels relieved a thousand times over. And with the feeling overwhelming her, she cries silently where she stands. She thanks the skies for saving his life. And even more if he returns back to normal, she won't ask for more.

She waits till his parents leave and sneakily steps inside the room. Her heart is beating fast, felicity taking over her whole body. Then she sees Jun with closed eyes on the bed, as if thinking of something.

"Thinking of recuperation already?" Sorn tells him with a smile and sits on his side.

Jun opens his eyes and sees her, then smiles regretfully at her, "Are you alone?"

"Yah." She knows he'd rather be happier if Seunghee is the one who stepped inside and not her. It's written all over his face. "You heard from your parents?"

He nods and say, "So I've been asleep for days. Have the others come to visit me?"

She's sure he only wants to find out about her. "Yeah, we've been here since day one. Seunghee unnie comes here often."

"Really?" the evident gladness surfacing from his expression.

"And she always comes in with Jeonghan-shi," she doesn't want to hurt him but she'd rather tell him the truth.

The joy that is instantly replaced by sadness engulfs him again.

"I was so worried about you," Sorn starts with a shaking tone. She knows it's not a good time and place for this, but she wants him to know how she's feeling. How she has always been feeling. Cuz that moment, she feels like lit up bomb slowly impending to detonate.

Jun looks at her now as she continues to tell him, with her eyes fixated on anything but his face.

"When I saw you here that day, with all those bandages all over your body, I felt really, really helpless. You looked like you will never wake up again and it scared me. I was so scared I might never see you again."

Jun brushes it off with a chuckle. "What are you talking about Sorn? I'm alive. This is just some bandage. This will come off soon."

He is still ignorant of her feelings until she starts crying. Hearing his laugh makes her feel feeble and weak and thankful he's alright again.

"Hey, what are you tearing up for huh? Come on, cheer up."

"I'm in love with you Jun," she cries infront him looking straight into his eyes.