Serendipity 2 JHope and Jimin

Part 9

Jimin

"We would like to keep him in, at least until his blood pressure gets back to normal"

The doctor was talking with my mother, my father hadn't even bothered to show up. Once I got to the hospital I was asked even more questions and my blood pressure was taken again. The doctor said it was far too low and now I had to stay in overnight. My mother was crying and asking the doctor why and how it had happened. I was trying to listen in, but they were outside my room and I couldn't hear everything, I did hear my mother mention eating though, and I guessed she was talking about the fact that I hardly ate at home anymore.

When the doctor left she came and sat by my bed, she still had tears in her eyes and she looked really sad.

"How are you feeling now Jimin?"

"I'm ok mum I just want to go home, can't you organise to get me discharged"

"No, the doctor wants you to stay for a while longer, but I'll come visit you in the morning"

I sighed and started playing with the edge of the sheet that was covering me

"What happened Jimin?"

"I don't know, I just felt dizzy and then I passed out"

"The doctor says your blood pressure is too low, and he wants to do some more tests tomorrow"

"Great" I said sarcastically

We sat there saying nothing for a while, and I knew she was trying to work out the best way to ask me what she wanted to

"Jimin...when was the last time you ate something?"

I looked over at her and felt the guilt rise up in my chest. She looked so worried, and so sad that I couldn't lie to her, I looked down as I answered

"I don't remember" I whispered holding back tears of my own

"Oh Jimin....

"Its not that mum, I think I just caught a bug or something"

"You haven't caught a bug Jimin, you have a problem"

"I don't, I'm fine. I just wanted to lose a little weight that's all no big deal"

"It is a big deal" she sounded harsher now, angry almost

"Do you have any idea what damage you can do to your body by not eating?"

"Mum stop I'm fine"

"Says the boy lying in a hospital bed" she huffed. "Why?" he tone was sadder now

It was a simple question, but I wasn't sure how to answer her. I wasn't sure what the answer was. Because I wanted to lose weight? that was only part of it.

"I don't know" I finally whispered

We sat there a little longer then she had to go ,she said dad would be waiting, and he and Jihyun would be wanting their dinner. She got up and smoothed my hair back from forehead before kissing my cheek and saying goodbye

"Bye mum"

'Bye my Jimin I love you"

She waved again as she left the room, and I lay my head back down on my pillow, closed my eyes and tried to sleep.

JHope

I woke up in a hospital bed attached to a drip. My sister was sitting by my bed reading a magazine, but she jumped up when she saw I was awake and took my hand.

"Hoseok, thank heavens your awake"

"Hey what happened?" I croaked out

"When you didn't come down for breakfast this morning I got worried and went to check on you .I found you passed out on the floor in a pool of vomit. So I called an ambulance. How are you feeling?"

"I'm ok I think, I feel a little quezzy but that's all"

"I'm going to go and get the doctor, be right back"

After she left I lay my head back down on the pillow and sighed, this was just great. The last place in the world I wanted to be was a hospital. Hopefully when the doctor came I could get him to discharge me. I needed to get to school, and I wanted to practice for the competition if I wanted to win. Jiwoon was soon back a white coated doctor in her wake.

"Good morning, how are you feeling?" he said in an annoyingly cheerful voice

"I feel fine, can I go home now?"

"I'm afraid not quite yet, we need to do a few more tests"

"What sort of tests?"

'Mostly blood tests, and maybe an ultrasound on your liver."

"My liver why?"

"What can you tell me about these Hoseok?" and he pulled an almost empty bottle of my pills out of his pocket.

"They're my pain killers"

"And what do you take them for?"

"I hurt my knee dancing a couple of months ago and the doctor prescribed them for them"

"And how is your knee now?"

"Its not too bad it still hurts sometimes though"

"Hoseok do you know these can become addictive?"

"No but why does that matter to me"

"Because I think you have an addiction to these pills, and that is what has caused this illness."

"No. I don't. I've probably just caught a bug or something"

"Well we will find that out tomorrow, I'll let you rest for now'

And he left the room.

"How did he get my pills?" I asked Jiwoon

"They were open on your bed Hoseok, I found them and gave them to the ambulance guys. I thought you'd had a drug overdose or something, I was so scared.

And she started to cry, great big fat tears started to drop down her cheeks, and she held onto my hand so tight it hurt.

"Jiwoon its ok. I'm ok ...don't cry"

"I thought you were dead, when I walked in and saw you like that and I couldn't wake you up. I thought you were dead Hoseok and I was all alone"

"Hey hey its Ok" I soothed her "I'm alive and I'm right here stop"

Once she had calmed down she sat in the chair beside my bed and kept hold of my hand. We sat like that, saying nothing, for what seemed like hours. Both lost in our own thoughts. Eventually she said she had better go before it got dark

"I'll come back tomorrow Ok" she asked me

"Sure, I'll see you tomorrow"

Just before she got to the door I called out to her

"Jiwoon? Do mother and father know?"

She looked sad again

"No, they had already left, and I can't seem to get in contact with them. See you later "

And she left. I closed my eyes and lay back down on the pillow. I would have given anything in the world right then to have just one of those pills.