Faulty Hearts (aka "Tara & Belle") [Dreamcatcher | SuYoo | Sua x Yoohyeon]

Chapter 11

Author's note:

Hey~ Happy Friday night/Saturday morning to you! Hope you're doing well. Uh, yeah here's the next chapter! Thanks for 531+ reads and 83 votes!

Edited 06/06/2020 minor grammatical corrections

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[2 days later]

"She's still there." Bora said. "Do you think it's time I should talk to her?" She waited for Siyeon to respond but it's always the same response. Silence. "Well, I can't let this go on any further. I'm going. Wish me luck, ok?" She kissed the back of Siyeon's hand before giving it three squeezes.

She exited Siyeon's room, through the hall and into the open waiting room where Yoohyeon had sat for almost several hours now. She was like this all day yesterday too, sitting and staring blankly in the same chair. At first, Bora thought the girl hadn't moved at all since yesterday but she noticed that her hoodie was different today. She figured the girl had to at least get up to eat or piss sometime, right?

Bora approached her slowly trying not to startle her. Though half of her face was shrouded she could see that Yoohyeon's eyes were open but they looked dazed and vacant, dark circles around her eyelids. Bora waved a hand in front of her but she didn't respond. It was an eerie sight as if her soul had left leaving behind its fleshy covering.

"Rachel?" She called her name this time, softly at first. She didn't respond again and she almost panicked. She swore if the girl was dead or something she's gonna have a heart attack.

"Rachel?" A voice had cut through Yoohyeon's mind. She heard it call her again more clearly this time. Her vision slowly faded from grainy darkness to bright light until a complete scene finally came into view. She blinked her eyes several times and darted them around, reorienting herself. There's someone standing in front of her, she noticed. She lifted her head and just raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Are you ok?" Bora asked, her voice still sounding echoey in her ears. She looked concerned if not just as confused as her. Yoohyeon realized she had spaced out again but for how long this time? She gave a vague shrug in response and tried to collect herself.

"Can I sit here?" Bora asked carefully.

Yoohyeon looked around. They are the only ones in the waiting room, all the chairs are empty. Only the TV playing loudly in the corner filled the otherwise awkward air surrounding them. Yoohyeon finally nodded and Bora sat down next to her, puffing her cheeks, trying to think of what to say next.

"How's it going?" Bora started after several seconds.

Yoohyeon rubbed her eyes. How does one feel after fatigue and insomnia has plagued them for the last two nights? "It's going." She answered deadpanned.

"Any changes?"

Yoohyeon shook her head. "You?"

Bora hummed in agreement. "Same. I can only give so many bed baths. Singnie's probably the cleanest patient in the hospital."

Yoohyeon almost giggled, almost eliciting a real emotion. "Yeah."

"Look, I know I probably don't deserve your forgiveness and I'm the last person you want to talk to but... I want to apologize for the other night. I get crazy stupid when I'm drunk and say shit I don't mean. I was out of line and I'm sorry."

"I've seen your texts." Yoohyeon replied, still not looking at her.

"Yeah. Yubin has chewed me out about it too."

"She's a good friend."

"She really is." Bora agreed.

Yoohyeon took a deep breath, deciding it's no use to keep holding grudges. Besides, she had a lot more to deal with right now that's for sure. "It's all good. Don't worry about it. I have to apologize too. Maybe I overreacted. You're not entirely wrong."