Cured

Ch. 10

Future Tao's P.O.V.

I laid on the floor of my bedroom, staring up at the ceiling, not thinking of anything in particular, my thoughts just taking me wherever they wanted. I was only pulled from the jumbled stream of memories and thoughts when a knock sounded on my door.

"Come in." I said, and the door opened to reveal a worried Kyungsoo and Suho. I glanced over at them, giving them a small wave. "What's up?" I asked, returning my gaze to the ceiling.

"Well..." Kyungsoo began, taking a seat on the small couch to my left. "We're worried about you."

"Why?" I asked, glancing over at him.

"You're too calm about this." Suho said from where he leaned against the wall.

"No, I'm perfectly normal. Khristi is okay, and she'll be back soon, so there's nothing to worry about." I explained, and the two sighed.

"Why do you keep saying that whenever we bring up your behavior? How could you possibly know if she's okay or not?" Suho asked, getting a little angry.

I rolled over onto my stomach and looked over at them. "Because I remember..."

Suho let out an annoyed groan, and gave Kyungsoo an I'm-done-with-this face before turning and leaving. He closed the door behind him a little harder than normal, the bang of the door echoing through the silent house.

"Okay, seriously, what's up with you? Your fiancé disappears, time traveling to who knows when, and may not ever come back, yet you're completely calm about it?" Kyungsoo said, moving to sit on the floor beside me.

"It's like I said, she's fine. She's safe and she'll be back once she's finished." I replied.

He sighed. "Can you explain how you know this? And please don't say it's because you remember because that makes no sense."

I nodded and sat up, tucking my legs beneath me as I faced him. "When I was 'reborn,' I had to live my life all over again. It was like one really, really long movie." I began, and he listened carefully to my words. "I can remember everything from when I was two years old up until now."

"What! Everything!" He asked, shocked, and I nodded again. "So being reborn took off the rest of the block from before we were turned?"

"Yeah. So I remember everything that happened to mom and dad, everything that I did, that we did. It's not just a bunch of blurry images anymore. I remember my first time seeing mom and dad. I remember the day we came home, meeting all of our brothers. I remember when we were kids and I fell out of a tree while racing you."

"Racing me? In a tree?" He asked, confused, and I nodded. "What happened?"

I smiled. "A beautiful lady came and saved me. It was like magic. She didn't even touch me, but my wounds healed and I was in perfect health after a short nap."

"She healed you? Like how Lay heals us? But that means..."

"Yup. It was Khristi. She went back in time to when we were kids. She was the lady who looked after us while our parents went on the trip where they adopted Mee-Yon. She's also the one who was there when mom died, the one who stayed with us up until we were changed by Mee-Yon." I explained. "Once we were changed, she disappeared, so I'm assuming she came back after that."