Together Book 2 | SF9

epilogue

{ narration }

she stared at the ceiling. what happened? that's what she's been asking since the time she woke up.

"ms. seo nari's condition is getting better. she can be discharged three days from now." the nurse said.

youngbin facepalmed. he was blaming himself.

"she was crossing the road when she got hit by a truck that was running fast. looks like she headed to your house." the old woman said, whom witnessed the accident and also called the ambulance.

"if we all didn't go on a vacation without her, this might not have happened."

"don't blame yourself. you didn't know it'll happen. nobody wants this to happen." jaeyoon said.

chani sat beside her bed. holding her hand gently, he continued to watch her sleep.

but to his surprise, her hand moved. it escaped from chani's hand.

"she's awake!" to his surprise, he shouted it out loud.

the boys gathered around her bed. they all watched her yet she didn't show them any movement.

"she isn't chani." taeyang said before pouting. "i want to see her awake." he added.

"i think nari needs to rest. i'll stay here to watch her." rowoon said and youngbin agreed.

"let us all go back. let's head back home." youngbin told the boys and everyone followed him while rowoon stayed and took the chair beside nari's bed.

the door clicked. rowoon sighed before putting his hand on top of her head. she messaged her forehead as he faintly smiled. "they have left already nari. there's no need for you to pretend that you're sleeping."

she bitterly smiled. her eyes slowly opened.

"are you feeling better?" he asked and nari nodded. "good. now you have to eat so you could recover faster."

rowoon feed her with the hot soup he prepared himself. rowoon felt happy seeing her eat well despite having that long face.

"what's wrong?" he asked.

"nothing is."

"you can't hide it from me anymore, nari."

her lips began to tremble. she was stopping herself from crying.

then tears started to flow like falls from her eyes.

that might sting.

"what exactly happened to us? one day we were all fine. we were all happy. next thing i noticed hwiyoung was avoiding me. at first i was confused of how i feel — what my heart truly feels for the two of them."

she wiped away her tears and continued, "they were both taking care of me. then hwiyoung suddenly kept on ignoring me. next thing i know he confessed. then the following days they both avoid me."

rowoon comforted her. he let her lean on his chest, hugging her.

"i don't want to ruin your friendship. i don't want to ruin their friendship." she uttered.

it made rowoon's heart clutch. what does she mean? she was doing nothing wrong.

"i think i have to leave and get out of your lives."

rowoon wanted to cry but the lady already was. he had to be strong for her or she'll feel more down. he has to cheer her up.

he gathered up his courage. after kissing the top of her head, he hugged her a bit tighter.

"we love you nari. we don't want you getting hurt and it hurts me a lot seeing you cry like this. if chani and hwiyoung loves you, they'll get hurt to see you hurting. and leaving us? no please. there must be another way to solve this."

"no rowoon. you guys are my friends. you are all precious to me. i don't want —"

"nari. you're precious to us too. you should have known that already."

nari held tighter onto his shirt, and cried her heart more. "if we're meant to be, we will be. if we are not, i could find and meet another guy who's really for me. the same goes for them. i hope you'll understand."

nari pulled herself away and wiped her tears away. "i'll leave a few days after i'm discharged from the hospital. i'll say good bye properly. i don't want you to hold grudges against me. we can still be friends even if we are all not together, right?"

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What's the sense of the title if they are not together? I hate you author-nim! *slaps herself*

Ughhh I hate myself for writing a story with such sad ending. I don't watch dramas with sad ending but these things wake me up to reality. Life is unfair.  Things don't always end up how you want them or wish them to be. Things won't be favorable for you at all times. You have to work hard or better if you want them to go the way you want them to be. Stories with sad ending really calls for a sequel but I cannot promise that. I'm not good at sequels. I am not even good at writing! Please understand ><

Thank you everyone for staying with me until the last chapter. Love you all. I'm ready to improve so kindly tell me what are the things I could still improve. I'm open for new ideas. I love to write so, yeah. I don't mind not continuing the stories on my drafts for now and write one if you have better suggestions. Hahaha!

Thank you and happy reading on your next story :)

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