letting you fall. (KaiStal f.f)

Ch. 14

[Jongin's POV]

Why is it so dark in here? There is no door out of this place, so I'm stuck in this hell for eternity. I call it a hell because there is light coming from the chandelier that hangs right in the middle of the wall on top of my head. The faint light glistens on the hospital gown that I currently wear and bounces onto the walls that give off no light.

Behind me, I hear a noise that possibly comes from the other side of the wall. I scoot myself over to the wall and place my ear on it.

"I miss him so much, Unnie. I'm so alone, trapped in this room where I cannot leave. I think this is some sort of punishment; who knows if I'll see anyone for the rest of my life." Her voice is barely uncomprehendable. I yell her name and pound on the walls.

"Soojung, is that you?! Soojung, or whoever this is, please answer."

"Hello?" Her voice is now clear in my ears. She's just barely a centimeter away from my grasp, but I feel like it's miles. My body turns to face the walls completely and I reach for the walls like I'm going mad.

"Oppa, is that you?"

"Eo, it's me! Soojung, it's you!"

No reply. Instead of hearing her voice flow in my ears again, only a trail of silence is all I can hear.

"Soojung? Are you there?" My voice shakes as I try to figure out why I hear nothing. She might be just my hallucinations...

When I'm about to persuade myself that I'm just imagining things, I feel a soft hand on my shoulder. I spin around and see a beat-up Soojung staring straight at me with her dark brown marbles.

"It's me, Oppa." She bends down and takes my hands into her cold hands. Her features are always so perfect, even though it looks like she just came back from hell. "Jongin-oppa, I'm here."

I let out a cry and pull her into my arms. Never will I ever let go again; there's no way that I will let myself see her be hurt ever again.

"I missed you so, so much." I whisper and cry onto her shoulder.