Kids In The Dark || 2Jae

Part | 3 |

Youngjae's POV

"What's happening?"

"He needs to be put under 24 hour watch since he's showing signs of returning to consciousness. We will monitor his heart rate, brain activity and his breathing. He only recently became active again so we can only assume he just came out of his coma." Coma? "This also determines what drugs we give him, how much and maybe we can get him completely lucid."

"... Ok... But um... How much is this going to cost?"

"Walk with me to the financial office."

The door closes behind them, leaving me in silence. I was in a coma. I keep trying to move my body but it took all of my power to twitch my eye. I hate feeling powerless. I want to jump off this bed, find Jaebum and run away from here.

I can hear footsteps come back down the hall, near the door. My heart beat quickens every time that happens. I pray it's Jaebum but every time I'm disappointed. Every time it hurts a little more.

"...These reports are very common to comatose patients. Sort of a step up but not exactly there. Unfortunately, he's suffering from Locked-In Syndrome." The doctor opens and closes the door behind him. "Locked-In Syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes. Which is one of the reasons why he is able to cry."

Silence envelops us but I can tell my mom is crying. "My baby boy."

"Now there are no treatments exactly. Stimulation of muscle reflexes with electrodes, otherwise known as NMES, has been known to help patients regain some muscle function. We also have ways to communicate even though he can only move his eyes. Assistive computer interface technologies, such as Dasher, or OptiKey, combined with eye tracking, may be used to help him communicate with us." He pauses, giving my mom some time to think about all of this. "But this treatment will take a while."

"Y-yeah. Thank you Dr. Kim."

"No problem. But I want you to know that even if there is a slight chance he could recover completely, I will do everything in my power to make it happen."

"Thank you. Thank you so much for doing this for us."

"Of course! But I need to go check on other patients right now. I'll be back."

I heard the door open and close, leaving my mom and I alone. "I knew you were conscious. A mother always knows." Her hand finds mine, gripping it. "You will get better. I know you will. You're a fighter. Just like your father." A laugh escapes her lips, filling the air of something other than a machine. "You're just like him. I know you can do it." This is bad. She never talks about dad. "We can do this Youngjae. We can do this."

I GOT WIFI BITCHES. DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW???

Side note: What the fuck does Youngjae think he's doing? HOW can he post all these wonderful pictures and delete them the next day? Boy's got me CRYING.