The Two of Us

Chapter 7: Realizations (Taehyung's POV)

There was a light knock on the door. After a couple of minutes, a nurse walked in to do the daily monitoring. "Good morning. I'm Nurse Jane. I will be conducting some check-ups on the patient." She said cheerfully.

I was leaning against the wall at the far end of the room and observing what she was doing as my mum, dad and Jin-hyung talked.

While she was checking the dextrose, I noticed that she halted and she abruptly darted out of the room. Then I noticed that my sister's hand was moving bit by bit. I was shocked as I couldn't believe it. At that point in time, her eyes slowly opened.

"I dreamt that I was dying but there's nobody there to save me." Her voice was hoarse. When I was about to say something, suddenly Dr. Teo, together with two other nurses, came in. Nurse Jane asked us to vacate the room as they needed privacy to check Luna thoroughly. When we finally all went out, the door was shut close.

Now it's back to the waiting game. I thought.

I had never thought that waiting for an hour felt like as if I had waited for forever.

When the door opened, my mum was the first one to speak: "How is she?" Her eyes were puffy, cheeks stained with tears. I presumed the reason she didn't cry at that moment was that she had no tears left to cry. "The patient is currently resting." Nurse Jane said. "You may go in and talk to her." She added as she let us in.

"Hi." My sister greeted us in a cheerful tone. Hmm. Suspicious. "Hi, sis. How are you?" I asked gauging her reaction. "I'm feeling a lot better." She flashed a care-free smile which I thought was good.

I looked over my shoulder and saw my parents holding their tears. We knew from that moment that something was totally off. I glanced at the Doctor and he seemed to get what I was trying to imply thru my stare.

"Please try asking her some questions that only within the family knows the answer." Dr. Teo mentioned. I nodded. We, including Jin-hyung, asked her a lot of personal questions, yet she said she clearly remembers it. Could it be she doesn't have amnesia? But something is off. What could it be?

"Do you remember that we have adopted you?" My mom suddenly asked. I gaped at her. "Mum!" I called out. "Taehyungie, it's okay." Her voice was laced with sadness yet there was a hint of gratefulness in it. I couldn't argue with them. For years we have avoided that topic. Why now? 

"Yes, I can clearly remember that day. It was March 1st, 1998, I was 7 years old at that time." She began. "My biological family was going out of town and we decided to go to Baguio Philippines. It was raining heavily that day." This story was nothing new however for the first time, I could see the pain in her eyes. The scar she hid and nurtured until now. "My father was driving the rented car at a slow pace as the road was slippery. However, we got involved in a car accident and my biological parents died on the spot. I was the only one who managed to survive. Later that day, I found out that Mr. Kim's family was also involved in the same accident which caused the death of their eldest daughter while Mrs. Kim was in the emergency room as she had bleeding and the baby in her belly was in danger." She added. "Mr. Kim approached one of the nurses as he spotted me on the hospital bed all alone. The nurse informed him about my situation and that I might end up in an orphanage if no relatives will come and collect me." She said as if she was some piece of material only. I never knew the extent of the pain she was living in. I thought she was always carefree, enjoying life and happily living it, yet I was entirely wrong. All this time she hasn't healed from that incident. I was lost in my own thoughts that I didn't notice I was sobbing. "Taehyungie." She softly called out to me. I looked at her and walked to her. "I knew that event became a curse on you. But, we are here for you and we will make it through, okay?" I hugged her tightly as I said those words sincerely. "I love you, sis. No matter what you are still my sister." She wiped my tears and we giggled.

"I must let Yoongi-hyung know that you're awake. For sure he's also worried about you." I grabbed my phone and started jotting down my message.

"Yoongi-hyung?" She inquired.

"You don't remember Yoongi?" Jin-hyung asked.

"Who is he?" Confusion was written all over her face.

So she has selective amnesia.

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A/N: Tadah! After a long time, I finally finished this chapter. I hope you guys like it.