EUPHORIA ¦ PARK JIMIN

Chapter 13

September 29, 2010

Jimin entered his office, only to be greeted by Ha Eun, smiling wearily. Jimin noticed that for the past few days, she had been looking tired and agitated. He assumed that it must be because of work, but the fact that he hasn't given her any unnecessary task for the last few days, there has been no meetings or appointments that they both had to attend and he hadn't mader her drive him around for no purpose, he became concerned about her. Another possibility that he thought was, it must be the company anniversary happening tonight.

'Annyeonghi jumu syeoss-eoyo, huijang-nim,' She greeted with a bow.

She wished Jimin wouldn't notice her agitation which she attempted to hide it underneath her make up.

'Annyeonghi jumu syeoss-eoyo,' he bluntly greeted back and sat on his chair.

Ha Eun then informed him about his schedule for today before she spun around and left. She tried so hard to push all memories of Taemin coming to her house and banging on her door and all those nightmares from a few years back. She feared every single day, every night and day that Taemin might suddenly appear out of the blue. From the sleepless nights that she cried herself to sleep, had nightmares each night, every move she made felt like he was watching her.

She felt like a prey being hunted. She hadn't had an appetite to even eat. She sat back down on her seat, spacing out and her heart racing.

Through the glass place that separated Ha Eun's desk and Jimin's office, he watched her, feeling slightly worried about her condition. He stood up from his chair, and went out. Still, Ha Eun was unable to notice him, standing right there in front of her desk.

What's wrong with her? He thought worriedly and waved his hand in front of her space but received no response. With a confused look, he snapped his fingers at her which made her quickly shot up from her chair and bowed at him followed by severap apologies.

'Ya! Neo jeongmal gwaenchanh ni (Are you really fine)?' He asked.

'Joesonghabnida, huijang-nim (I'm sorry)' She apologized again and bowed.

'Neo mwoga jalmos dwaessni (What's wrong with you)?' He asked again but his tone rough and cold.

'Amugeosdo. Nan gwaenchanha, huijang-nim (Nothing. I'm fine)' She replied and forced out a smile. For the first time, smiling felt so hard and such a burden for her this past few days. 'Is there anything you want me to do?'

As a matter of fact, he just really wanted to what was going on inside her head and what was making her like this. He was worried but regardless, he wasn't going to admit it to anyone, not even to himself. What more on showing his Secretary his concerns about her.

'Amugeosdo,'he answered and tucked his hands inside the pockets of his pants.' I just want to know about the preparation for tonight,'

' Oh, geuge, Jaldoegoissda (Oh, that. It's going well). Everythinf is prepared for tonight,' She replied.

' Arraseo, 'He bluntly said and spun around, returning inside his office.

When his door shut close, Ha Eun dropped herself on the chair and cursing at herself. Simultaneously, Jimin secretly peeked at her. She was in the midst of cursing at herself and pulling the roots of her hair.

Throughout the time that she did her work, she felt light headed and her head ached. She had assumed that it must be because of the long duration that she spent on the computer. She stood up, suddenly feeling that everything spun around her. Nearly tripping on her heels, she pressed her hands on her chair and stood there for quite some time before beginning to walk to the pantry to take a coffee break. Along the way, she took support at the walls and massaged her temples.

'Secretary Jung, are you alright?' A female employee asked as she attempted to help her.

'Ne. Nan gwaenchana. Gomabseumnida' Ha Eun replied with a fainted smile before she entered the pantry.

She chugged a bottle of water before she went back to her desk, bringing a cup of coffee. She had also taken her medicine, hoping that it'd lessen her dizziness but somehow it didn't. She looked extremely pale like paper. At anytime now, Jimin needed to be in the board meeting. At half past nine, she braced herself and knocked into Jimin's office and reminded him of his meeting. She picked up her tablet from the desk and once Jimin was out, they both headed to the meeting room.

During the whole time of the meeting, Ha Eun tried so much to listen and jot down all the notes that she can. Jimin, however, noticed her discomfort. She massaged her temples quite alot of times but payed attention still. Her headache was getting even more worst as time went by. By the end of the meeting, everyone had left the meeting room except Ha Eun andJimin who spoke on the phone with his mother about the anniversary for tonight.

Ha Eun sat still on her chair for awhile then standing uo once Jimin was done talking on the phone. The male was a few steps away and she trailed far behind. Her head spun and she felt nasueated. Leaning on the wall, she tried to call out to Jimin but through her soft whispers, she knew he wasn't going to hear him. Her vision turned blurry as she slowly dropped down.

'Secretary Jung!' Jimin exclaimed and ran back to her as he saw her unconscious on the floor.

He held her and tried to wake her up by patting her cheek lightly and shaking her. The rest of the employee who had witnessed the commotion ran, most especially Yoongi.

'Eotteohge doen geoyeyo (what happened)?' Yoongi asked, worried.

'Morogesseo-yo (I don't know). Get the car,'  Jimin replied, panicked.

He scooped her tiny figure from the floor and Yoongi sprinted to get the car.

Hospital

While Ha Eun was being checked up by the doctor, Jimin and Yoongi stood side by side near her bed and anticipated for her to wake up.

'How is she?' Yoongi asked.

'It's nothing critical. Her vital signs are alright. She just needs rest and eat something. She can be discharged once she wakes up,' The doctor said which made the two male sigh in relief.

As the doctor left, Jimin sat back down on the couch.

'Did you overwork her again?' Yoongi asked Jimin.

'Dang-yeonhi aniji (of course not), Sajang-nim,' Ha Eun replied as she had just woken up.

'Finally she's awake. Let's go home,' Jimin exclaimed and stood up earning a glare from Yoongi.

'Secretary Jung, how are you feeling?' Yoongi asked anxiously.

Ha Eun sat up from the hospital bed and slipt into her heels.

'It's okay. I'm fine,' she laughed awkwardly. 'We should get back to the office,'

'Ani, you have to--' Yoongi began but soon was interrupted by a phone call from his secretary saying that he had a very important meeting to attend to.

'I have to go,' He continued, smiling at Ha Eun and giving Jimin a look before exiting the room.

'Huijang-nim, nal delyeowa jwoseo gomawo (Thank you for bringing me here),'  She began and bowed at Jimin.

'Guerae. Let's go,' He replied then went to the door.