mixnine. woo jinyoung

XXXII. Don't Go

"Aigoo..." Jinyoung's grandma let out a sigh as her breathing got heavier. "I'm going to rest for a little bit..."

My eyes darted to the heart monitor, and I saw it slowing down. "Oh my god--"

"Grandma?? Grandma?!?!" Jinyoung yelled desperately, shaking her body.

The doctors came bursting in, shoving us out.

My eyes were wide the entire time. "What-what happened?!" I looked through the window and saw the doctors using some machines on her. Granny Woo was laying on the bed, not responding.

Jinyoung desperately looked through the blinds that now fully covered the window, muttering, "grandma...please don't leave me. Please don't go. God, please don't let her go."

Before I knew it, Jinyoung slumped down onto the bench, with sad eyes.

I sat down next to him and looked at him. I didn't know what to say to make him feel better. When I was sad, he knew how to make me feel better. How come I don't know how to make him feel better?!

"...she's not gone, Jinyoung." I said. "Granny Woo is strong."

Jinyoung frowned. "There's been too many of them...the heart attacks..."

I didn't know how to respond when a tear dropped from Jinyoung's eye.

"J-Jinyoung..." I carefully put my arms around his torso, and he returned the act, putting his face in my shoulder. "I'm sorry."

Jinyoung's cries started getting louder. He didn't say anything, he just cried.

Hearing him cry made a tear drop from my eye, because of how much I related to him. Our situations were the exact same.

That's why I needed to help him like how he helped me.

Jinyoung was somebody who was always happy, always joking around and smiling. But the happiest people, are usually the saddest inside.

I shouldn't take advantage of his happiness anymore. I thought to myself, listening to his sobs. "Even though I'm mean sometimes...I hope you know that I won't ever leave you by yourself. Your grandma won't either, along with all the people that love you. Please don't hide your sadness by yourself anymore, Jinyoung."

"I know you won't leave me." He said. "G-grandma won't either."

"Because I want to make you happy like how you make me happy."

Jinyoung chuckled. "You already make me happy, Jihyun."

"I want to make you so happy that you will never need to cry again." I said, pulling back to look at his crying face.

"You make me the happiest, Jihyun." Jinyoung said nasally.

"You look terrible." I said.

"Aaand back to being mean." He said.

I smiled and wiped his cheeks with my sleeves. "You're such an ugly crier, Jinyoung."

"You're an uglier crier." He said stubbornly.

"I guess we're just both really hideous criers."