Save My Love (SinRin)

Chapter 11: Headline

여자친구 ESCAPED FATAL ROAD ACCIDENT

Sowon was sitting in an uncomfortable chair beside a hospital bed rereading the newspaper that had the story about the road accident the night before. The younger members were sent home immediately after each one passed the general medical checkup done at the emergency room. Only Sowon was allowed to stay in the hospital after insisting that she could not leave Yerin and the foreigner who laid in front of her, without certainty that they were completely out of danger. Even her parents could not convince her to just wait to be updated by the manager about the two's condition. Both were taken to the observation wing of the hospital after being stabilized at the ER.

EH: Eonnie, any news?

SB: I couldn't sleep last night.

SW: I didn't sleep too. I haven't eaten either.

YJ: Omo...

UJ: Don't stress yourself out eonnie. We'll be there as soon as we're allowed by the company.

SW: Yerin was taken this morning for another scan. They said it was MRI this time but she hasn't come back yet. She stayed up too. But the doctor said, it was better than if she felt drowsy after what happened.

SB: Did they say anything about her injury?

YJ: I have Yerin-eonnie's phone, tell her okay?

UJ: Joon-eonnie is still unconscious?

SW: The nurse said that both of them were stable the whole night. She said the scan they're doing now for Yerin will help confirm if we need to be worried about something serious. I'm crying like stupid right now.

SW: No, eonnie hasn't awoken yet. Although they said all the tests came out normal, but if she does not wake up by the end of the day, they will take her to another hospital in Seoul.

EH: Omo... Did anyone see if she hit her head? I cannot believe the seatbelt ripped.

SB: Yeah me too. I don't know how that happened. I still feel sore on my shoulder because of the seatbelt. I cannot imagine how she felt, hers broke.

SW: Manager said they might sue the car company and they will change the van for sure. I don't know too how it happened.

YJ: I'm afraid to ride any van now.

SW: Wait, I'll check on Yerin if she's back. I'll update you. You all rest please, and be safe.

UJ: Okay eonnie, please text us soon.

YJ: Take care, eonnie!

EH: Please eat. We'll bring food when we can visit.

SB: And eonnie, stop whining.

SW: Yah Hwang Eunbi!

After collapsing in the van, Yerin remained unconscious throughout the ambulance ride. Joon could not stop the bleeding from her forehead until the paramedics arrived after 5 minutes, which seemed to be the longest 5 minutes of their lives.

At the ER, the rest of the girls were taken to separate rooms where various diagnostic exams were performed. By the time they got to the hospital, the bleeding from Yerin's forehead has already stopped but she has not regained consciousness, hence she was sent directly to the neurology section of the emergency department for a more intensive monitoring. Joon, who was still walking with the manager when they arrived, fell unconscious while being checked as soon as all the members disappeared into the different examination rooms.

Sowon was the first to go to Yerin after being medically cleared. She was looking for Joon unaware that the foreigner friend was taken for a CT-scan a few minutes after she fainted. Sowon was there just in time when her injured member awoken. As soon as she opened her eyes, Yerin sat up in both confusion and terror unknowingly pulling the plastic tubing plastered to her arm that tethered her to the tall metal pole by the head of the exam table. The tall girl ran to her side and hugged her while calling out to the medical staff who was passing by the hallway across the room.