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the next morning, as soon as we got up, mrs. lee scolded us non-stop on how we got home so late. lisa kept on aplogizing, clearly scared to death, but i spoke up, which surprised both sides.

"it was my fault, mrs. lee, i asked lisa to stay with me last night. i'm sorry."

mrs. lee was astonished. maybe because this was my first time speaking up. she removed her hands from her hips, crossing them against her stomach, instead. "alright, lisa's off the hook. but, jungkook, i want you to help me with the patients today."

lisa looked relieved, maybe because she either got out of work or that we weren't punished much for coming home way past our curfew. she looked at me with those woeful eyes and said, "mianhe, kookie. mrs. lee can be very strict at times like this."

i just flashed a smile and shrugged casually at her worrying. "no need to apologize. besides, if it means i'll get to help a lot of people, why not?"

she smiled a small smile; and all of a sudden, something inside my head glitched, causing me to lose balance and fall to the ground. she gasped, helping me get up. "kookie! what happened?"

i shook my head, even i don't know what happed a second ago. "u-uh, m-maybe i was just tired, yeah."

"maybe you're the one who's in need of medical attention. hang on, i'll tell-" i grabbed lisa's hand to reassure her;

"lisa, don't. i'm really okay." i lifted the swivel chair mrs. lee uses for checking up patients to show her she had nothing to worry about.

she sighed in relief, "alright. i'll help you and mrs. lee." she went toward the entrance door and flipped the sign from closed to open.

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"hi there, little one." lisa cooed over the five year old boy sitting on his mother's lap, completely taking in the affection she was portraying. lisa laughs, trying to distract him so she could vaccinate him by his arm without crying. "there, there, it's already done!" she smiled and nodded politely toward the mother and the mother replied by bowing back as she got out of the clinic.

i was helping mrs. lee by handing her the materials like bandages, band aids, that what-it's-called-to-lessen-the-pain cream; a lot on the list.

"okay, as usual, come here to get your weekly check up done, alright?" mrs. lee smiles sincerely to her regular patient. as she left, mrs. lee was taken aback when i caught her. "what are you looking at, boy?"

"nothing, mrs. lee."

she gave me the tray of what's inside a band aid kit to help lisa out this time since i was in no position to pass up as i'm living off for free here.

"thank you, kookie." lisa stared at the little girl in front of her, gently applying the cotton with alcohol to rub it against the girl's arm before she could use the injection on her. "close your eyes and it'll all be over, dear."

"mommy, mommy, i'm scared."

i saw a woman's blurred out face in the memory. she was caressing the little boy in bed, planting a soft kiss on his forehead.

"this will all be over in a blink of an eye, ju-"

suddenly, everything was shaking again. my whole body kept trembling the whole time, causing me to drop the tray i was holding, the vaccines breaking as they are made of glass. i found myself lying across the floor-unconscious.