Close to Heaven

Big News

When he first uttered those words, I couldn't believe it. I wouldn't believe it. No way could something as magical as that have happened to me. It was a miracle that I wasn't worthy of. But nonetheless, the MRI scans didn't lie.

 As I looked around the room, I knew I hadn't misheard. My mother's eyes were filled with tears and a joyful smile was spread across her face. My father was smiling subtly, in a way that only fathers can. Jae Eun was grinning ear to ear, her eyes welled up with tears.

As my gaze landed on Jimin, I almost started crying myself. His soft, wet, eyes were squinted at the edges in an adorable eye smile, and his plump, pink lips were gently smirking.

I realized that even though he was the same person, I was viewing him in a completely different light. I was no longer going to die. I suddenly had the privilege to have genuine feelings for people. 

I knew that because Jimin was a celebrity, I still could never have a chance with him, but that didn't matter. I was alive. I could live my life the way I wanted to and feel the things I wanted to. I had been expecting death for so long, and now that it was out of the way, I wanted to do everything. 

At that moment, I embraced the feelings for Jimin that had been rising the past few weeks. All the love and silly crushing on him I had felt. It could all be real now.

I grinned back at him.

Jimin's POV

After I took Mi Sun to the hospital, I stayed in her room. The doctors said I should leave, and so did my manager. I missed four rehearsals. But I refused to leave. Mi Sun looked so pale and sickly in her bed that I couldn't leave her. 

The doctors took her away for a scan but that was the only time that she left my sight. The day after she was admitted, her parents rushed in. I knew they were her mother and father because of the panicked expressions on their faces, and the urgency of their walk as they entered Mi Sun's room. The didn't see me at first. They cooed over Mi Sun for a solid 5 minutes before noticing me. 

"Who are you?" Mi Sun's mother asked. "I'm Jimin, I was her assigned volunteer in the hospice program. "Ah, I see. Have you two become good friends then?" she asked, somewhat suspiciously. 

I guess a mother can't help but worry for her daughter. "We have become good friends," I said, putting an emphasis on the word friends. I didn't need a suspicious mother on my tail. Mi Sun's father joined her mother at her side. 

"This is Jimin, Mi Sun's assigned hospice care volunteer," Mi Sun's mother explained, smiling. "Thank you for taking care of her, we love her very much," her father said. Mi Sun's mother looked as though she was going to burst into tears when he finished his sentence. 

He saw, and immediately wrapped his arms around her shoulders, murmuring quietly in her ear. I felt embarrassed watching the scene of intense care emanating from the couple. The sheer love that radiated off of each of them made me feel a little awkward, standing there. 

Suddenly, the glass door slid open from behind me. I turned around to see the doctor, standing at the door with a clipboard in his hands. It reminded me of all the drama shows when the doctor announces that the patient has cancer and everyone in the room bursts into tears. 

The only difference was, Mi Sun already had cancer. The doctor smiled at the display of affection from the couple behind me. A moment passed before they noticed him and stood up straight. 

"I have some good news and some bad, which one would you like me to start with?" the doctor declared. My stomach plummetted. What could possibly get worse in Mi Sun's condition? 

"Good," I said at the same time that Mi Sun's parents said "bad," We looked at each other for a moment. I bowed, "sorry." They bowed back before bringing their gaze back to the doctor expectantly. 

"I'll start with bad per request of the parents of the patient," I inwardly sighed. A sudden flash of anger flitted unexpectedly through me. Who spent the last few months with Mi Sun in hospice care? I thought. Before I could finish my inward rant, the doctor began speaking. "We have discovered a stomach ulcer. Fortunately, it's not too severe, though she will be on medication for the next few months." 

I caught a glimpse of Mi Sun's father's grip tightening around her mother's hand. "Good news, when Mi Sun was admitted to the hospital, we wanted to update her MRI. After completing one, we discovered a strange occurrence in the state of her tumor." 

My stomach began to coil. I was sure he was going to say something like it grew, or got worse. As he began to speak again, I suddenly realized he had said this was good news. I froze. It couldn't be. "Her tumor appears to have shrunken,"

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