Thorned Rose // chae hyungwon (#31)

Four

Hyungwon

I have seen a lot of weird people that I have encountered throughout my life and there were all sorts of weird people, there were people who pretended that they didn't know anything and only wanted to get something good from you, there were liars who will resort to doing anything to get whatever they wanted, there were also rude bastards who want to beat you up at every opportunity.

And the woman in front of me is from a new category of my weird people collection, I don't even know her that well and she's now calling me Oppa. I have never met her before except for the time that she drowned in the waters nearby and I saved her from it, I sent her to the hospital immediately, the community hospital which is only 15 minutes away because it is cheap and she will be able to afford it when she gains consciousness. It has been 6 months since she was in a coma and I guess that was the cause for her weird antics.

"I'm not your Oppa. I'm just a stranger and I'm glad that you have woken up." I gave her an awkward smile. "Is any of your family members coming over?"

"Oppa, have you forgotten about me?" She asked, her tears at the brim of my eyes and I'm afraid of what might happen. I'm not good at comforting crying girls, especially those whom I don't even know of. "Those few years that we have known each other, have you forgotten about it all? How can you be so heartless, Oppa?"

Has she mistaken me for someone else? "Sorry but I don't know you at all. I merely saved you from drowning and brought you to this hospital, that's all." I told her. "Can you tell me his number? I can help you contact him, he has to know that you have woken up from your coma and he can bring you home."

"Oppa..." A tear drops to her cheek. "I'm your girlfriend, why don't you remember at all?"

The last time that I checked, I have been single for the past 5 years even though I have such a handsome face, I didn't want to date anyone due to a few reasons, I didn't want to burden my partner with my financial situation and I don't want her to worry about me so I stayed single all along ever since I have graduated from high school.

"I--"

"Miss!" The doctor from earlier came back, cutting me off and he gave me an apologetic smile. "Can you leave us for a moment? I have something important to discuss with this patient, maybe you could have a bite before you come back?"

"Why? Can't I come along?" He shook his head.

"It is confidential and I'm afraid that you can't know about it since you are not any way related to her." He gave me another nod, instructing me to leave the ward to go somewhere else in the meantime.

She must be in such a serious condition if the doctor wants to have a word with her this urgently and I am not allowed to be in the same room as them as they talk, it doesn't matter to me at all, I am just here to check up on her and now that she is awake, I need not be held for responsibility. Someone will be here to take her back home, someone that she might have mistaken me for.

-¦-¦- SANA -¦-¦-

I wiped my tears away as he left and the doctor drew the curtains close around me so that no one can hear our conversation and have no way of interfering into our conversation.

"Miss!" He whispered. "Miss Minatozaki!"

My eyes doubled in size upon hearing that last name that I have swore to never use it again. How did he even find out about that? "You--" My identity has been exposed and I am in great danger right now, has anyone else found out about this?

"It is only me, no one had a clue about it. Please don't kill me! I am new here and I have only found out when I saw this, only the nurses know about your identity." He passed a poster to me and it has my face on it, it is a lost and found poster of me.

They have been searching for me ever since my alleged disappearance 6 months ago, they haven't given up the thought of searching me and they are positive that I am still alive somewhere. "I knew that you looked familiar from the first glance and I had to confirm it with this poster, that's why I found out that you are the only successor of the Minatozaki empire. I thought that you are in your palace, why are you out here for?"

"Don't you ever speak of that name again, I have no relation to the family anymore. I am just Sana from now on and I am an orphan." I told him. "I have no relation to that man, not anymore. I don't want to be related to him."

"What exactly happened, Miss? Why have they been searching for you for?" He asked. "Tell me about it, Miss Sana?"

"You don't need to know too much about it, all you need to know is that I am out of the Minatozaki empire and I will never return back there again. Is the security tight outside?"

He shook his head. "We are in Gwangju and the people from the empire have stopped coming by here 2 months ago, they searched this hospital but you were unrecognized at that time, you had the bandages covering your face and you didn't have any identification as well so we have given you a fake name to go along with it."

I might use that fake name to get on with my new life. "What's that name that you guys have given me?"

"Woo YiWon, it is randomly selected and no one had suspected it as a fake name that we have created for you." I turned around and there was the name on the nameplate, it sounded like a nice name and it is nothing like the name that I have lived for the past 23 years.

I looked at his nametag as a plan came into my mind, a perfectly crafted plan that no one will be able to suspect. "Dr. Heo, I can guarantee that your life will be spared if you would help me with this. You guys have already planned the first step for me and I will continue on with this new name."