The Cursed and the Wicked

The Reaper and the Outcast pt. 7

When Bahati and Hyung-Seok's classes were over for the day, the two of them plus Jae, all headed to Hyung-Seok's home. Bahati sat on the couch next to Hyung-Seok and waited for him to explain everything. She needed to know any and every information he could give her so Eun-Bi doesn't have a hard time passing over.

"Eun-Bi and I were romantically involved with one another. She was sickly and frail, so we met in a hospital, where I volunteered. She looked lonely and sad lying in that bed all alone, so I gave her the company she really wanted. Eventually, things took a different turn, and we started liking each other and wanted to be with one another, but Eun-Bi was always stuck in the hospital. She didn't believe a relationship could last with one always lying in a hospital bed, but I assured her that was not the case. It wasn't much, but everyday we would talk a walk outside in the garden and eat the 'delicious' hospital food, like it was a date and a picnic".

"That's really beautiful". Bahati told him.

"Yeah, as long as I could spend time with her, I didn't care what we were doing. Eventually she got discharged from the hospital, and we were ready to go on an official first date as a couple. We were both excited for it the day prior, hardly able to sleep, so we talked and talked, until finally we were able to sleep". Hyung-Seok paused.

"What happened?" Bahati asked, wanting him to continue. She knew it was hard, but he needs to tell the whole story.

"That night, in her sleep, she had a cerebral hemorrhage and died in her sleep. Her parents sued the hospital for early discharge of the patient, when obviously and clearly she wasn't ready and won the case".

Bahati held her mouth. "That's so horrible. I'm so sorry". She said.

Hyung-Seok shook his head. "It's fine".

"Well, I guess I know why she's following you around everywhere". Bahati told him and looked at Eun-Bi standing in front of them.

"Why?" Hyung-Seok asked.

"It's unfinished business". She simply answered.

Hyung-Seok continued to look at her confused.

"It's when a person passes away without any resolution or with regrets. In this case, it's the official date that never happened. She's still lingering here in this world and following you around because she never had that official date you guys had planned before the night she died".

"So, all we have to do is have the date we planned, and she will pass on?" Hyung-Seok asked.

Kim Eun-Bi nodded her head.

"Yes", Bahati said, looking at her. "Do you remember what the date was going to be consisted of?" She asked Hyung-Seok.

He only simply nodded his head. "I was going to surprise her with her favorite flower. I had remembered her telling me a story how she was younger, she was laughing and twirling in a garden of flowers and the lilies caught her eye. She could remember the color and the smell. She used that memory as a coping mechanism as she endured that hospital life."

"How sweet", Bahati said, smiling sweetly at him, while Jae only looked at her and then at Hyung-Seok, scoffing at her making 'googly eyes' at him.

"Typical", He scoffed again.

Bahati simply ignored him.

"Next, I was going to take her out for a picnic, food, desserts, and beverages prepared by me. Being cooped up in that hospital for as long as she was, I believed she needed to be outside, basking in the rays of sunlight and taking a whiff of that fresh air".

"She would have definitely appreciated that". Bahati told him as she looked at Kim Eun-Bi.

"Then I would take her home, so that her parents wouldn't worry about their daughter". Hyung-Seok finished.