comatose । s.kj

五

—five .

she spent her days sitting by his side,
hoping that he'd wake up from his
dreams. It felt like she was in a
nightmare which she couldn't escape
from.

she wanted to hear his voice. yet he was
no longer responsive. she read him his
favourite stories from his loved books.
she finished at least two of them now.

she always hoped he'd squeeze her hand,
but that was near to impossible in his
state. he never reacted to anything she
said. he merely looked as if he was in a
deep sleep.

the monitor continued to beep away, in
sync with her heart rhythm, she could
feel pounding in her chest. it slowed
down however.

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[ 리듬 ]
rhythm—

ˈrɪð(ə)m/
noun
1.
a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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as he was crossing the road, he wasn't
paying attention to the driver who had
lost control of his car. he didn't have any
common sense to pull over as well.

in attempts to put on the breaks, his sight
was clouded and he had no sense of
direction as he steered through the
streets hitting a lamp post along the way.

as soon as the driver realised what he
was doing, it was too late for kang jun to
react to the out of control car. and it hit
him, without her knowing.

it was a few minutes later that the
ambulance arrived on the scene and
called her as soon as he was being driven
to the nearest hospital.

—she never
drove that fast in
her life.