Fallen

57: A Family

"Saerom-ah, is it okay of you lend her some clothes?" He asked. She nodded and Tzuyu refused but they insisted.

"I'm Shinwon, that's Saerom, my younger sister" he introduced himself. There was this other guy preparing the medical items at the table.

"That's Wooseok, second cousin and tge guy walking towards us holding four bottles of beer right now is Bobby, okder brother od Wooseok" he pointed at them and they approached Tzuyu.

"You drink?" Asked Bobby and she nodded. She needed a drink at the moment.

"Do you mind us wiping off your wounds or..." Wooseok asked thoughtfully, she was a stranger. They never know if she'd be too shallow or shy. Tzuyu did nod, which was a first for them, so they did wipe off her wounds.

"Um... How do we remove that?" Bobby pointed at Tzuyu's gunshot wound, and the bullet still dug in her flesh. "should we call an ambulance?"

"No" Tzuyu said blunty, surprising them, "I'll just... I'll do this myself"

"What? No you're not" said Shinwon, "Saerom-ah!"

His sister then peeked out of the bedroom door, "Yes?"

"Call Kyuhyun hyung, tell him we got an emergency here" he said and she followed. Later on, a foreign looking guy entered and saw Tzuyu.

"God... What happened here? Why didn't you idiots call an ambulance?" He said while looking at her wound carefully.

"She doesn't want"

"Still! This is risky" he said and opened his bag,"why won't you let them call?"

"Because... It's not that critical and if they did, it's pure trouble... Not only for me" she replied and they all looked at each other, worriedly.

"What... What exactly happened?" He asked, slowly bringing out his surgical kit from his bag. "Let's just say that I'm not a criminal, I'm taken as a labrat by some evil assholes. Got kidnapped and I ran away but I got shot in the process. Ended up jumping on a river because that's the only way I'll actually be alive and got washed up here" she answered, explaining the story in a matter of seconds.

"Oh.." he gulped "then... Should we remove this now?"

"Go ahead, or I can do this myself of you wa-"

"No no no, it was a question for you if you're ready. Anyway, since you already are, let's begin" said KyuHyun and held on his materials.

Tzuyu held back her wincing and closed her eyes whike he slowly moved over the flesh that covered the bullet inside. "Found it, hold on" he said and pulled out the bullet. Tzuyu panted, hoping that it'll be over quick.

"We'll still have to close in the wound"

"Do it" she answered and so he followed. Tzuyu held tightly on the pillow while KyuHyun was sewing her skin together. Afterwards, they washed her up, Wooseok applying medicine for her wound to heal and covered it with bandage.

"Where were you last night before ending up in here?" Wooseok asked as he sat on the couch with Tzuyu, whike the others were cleaning up.

"Seoul. But it's not that far from here isn't it?"

"Yeah, not more than half an hour of driving. You're practically at a province but you know... It's not that far." He replied. Tzuyu gulped on the beer and they all gathered in the living room. Saerom then entered with paper bags on her hands. They didn't notice that she left, making them surprised.

"I bought clothes at the near by boutique by the city plaza since my clothes surely won't fit on her, and yeah, no need to pay me back" she said nicely and placed them on the dining table.

"Do you want to get changed?" KyuHyun asked Tzuyu and she nodded. They helped her get up and walked to the bedroom to change.

"I bought sweaters, boots, a clean coat and the other necessities. If you don't like them, we can return them to the shop and get new ones unnie" Saerom said while showing the clothes to Tzuyu who was smiling at her, while sitting on the bed.

"They're nice, don't worry about it Saerom. How old are you by the way?" Tzuyu asked as she took the clothes from the paperbag after Saerom showed them.

"Eighteen"

"Hmm... I guess I am an unnie then. Bit you're practically in college too right?"

"Yes, freshman year"

"I see, so I'm exactly two years older that you. I'm 20" she said and Saerom seemed surprised, making Tzuyu chuckle. "what seems odd?"

"You look younger that you say you are. Around my age" she said.

"Well you too. You look like a junior highschool student. Especially with that Bob cut that I find very suitable for you" said Tzuyu and Saerom blushed. "Aigoo... Anyway. I'll change. I'll call you when I need something"

Saerom nodded and left the bedroom for Tzuyu to change. She was ice-cold. She didn't feel it badly like it shoukd but she shivered when she was picked up from the beach and into the house.

"Shit, I left my phone back in the dorm" she cursed after that sudden realization. Well, who will she contact anyway? She can't keep Sana's number in her phone, Sophia will surely blow up. But she knows that they must be worried sick about her.

Tzuyu finished changing and dragged her wounded leg, towards outside. "Great, you've finished!" Said Bobby as he stood up from the couch and helped her take a seat.

"Where are the others?" Tzuyu looked around and only saw KyuHyun drinking beer while watching a movie. She then heard some scrambling noise and creaking sounds coming from the kitchen.

"They're preparing breakfast. Do you eat waffles?" KyuHyun asked and handed Tzuyu a new bottle of beer, and she gladly took it and gulped before saying yes. But she was starving. She hasn't eaten anything else for the past 2 night except for human food and her girlfrend who must've been worried about her already.

Later on, they served the food and ate at the dinner table all together.

"So... Why are you cousins here alone in this private resort?" Tzuyu asked, starting a normal conversation.

"Our parents invested in this resort, for the whole family and we decided to have it for ourselves before the reunion comes next week" answered Shinwon.

They shared stories about each otger, Tzuyu herself also sharing her college experience. Then a question from Sawrom struck her, "How about your family though? How are they?"

Tzuyu cleared her throat, "as for them? I lost them more than a decade ago but I managed to do well of by myself with the insurance they've been saving up and their money that was left"

"Really? You're really cool, and sorry for your loss" said Saerom, embarrassed of her question.

"Eh? I guess it's cool... But hey, don't worry about it. It was years ago," answered Tzuyu. Sana was her family. She never tried to mention it to them though. It'll make her worried sick.

Those two are actually worried sick of one another.