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"what the fuck? no way! don't tell me–" san's speech was cut off when youngmin slaps the back of his head. "language, san!" the younger only rubs the spot that youngmin hit, turning back to his best friend on the bed. the boys gasp in shock, all talking at the same time, not knowing how to absorb this new information.
"did they hit her on the head too?! how could she lose her memories?! i will personally slaughter that bitch!" yeosang screams in fury. the thought of mina hurting jihyun to this extent makes his blood boil. "calm down, guys. it could just be from the trauma," seonghwa tries to calm down everyone, even though he himself feel like he's about to lose his mind at this.
"or it could be that they hit her head or something that caused her to lose her memories! we're talking about han mina here, anything is possible," san narrows his eyes darkly. "let's just hope it's only temporary. for now, we'll just help her out with remembering everything, how about that?" seonghwa suggests and the boys reluctantly agree, calming themselves down before surrounding her bed.
"do you know your name?" he asks his sister, crouching down next to her bed. "well, i heard that guy over there call me jihyun so i'm guessing my name is jihyun?" she says, pointing to jongho.
"okayyy so jihyun, do you know who we are?" wooyoung asks her this time. "uhh, my friends?" she answers in an unsure tone, a grin on her face. the boys have no idea what she's smiling about but they laugh. "you're right, we are your friends. except these two though," yunho answers, pointing to seonghwa and youngmin before introducing them respectively. "this is seonghwa, your brother and this is youngmin, your cousin."
then he proceeded to introduce all of them to her, to which she only smiles whenever a new one is introduced.
the rest of the evening is spent with them all showing jihyun pictures and videos of them all with her. jihyun watches all of it in amusement, stifling a laugh seeing how determined they are in trying to make her regain her memories.
"i'm sorry that our parents can't make it tonight. they're um..they're a bit busy. i'll come back first thing tomorrow morning, okay?" seonghwa assures his sister, cleaning up the mess in the ward since visiting hours end in about fifteen minutes. the others get up too, helping seonghwa clean up.
"hey uh, guys?" the boys all stop what they're doing and looked at jihyun, waiting for her to say what she wanted to. "thanks, you know, for all that you've done. it made me laugh seeing you guys desperately shoving all our recorded memories in my face," she laughs lightly, pausing a while before continuing.
"but like, sike! i didn't really lose my memories!" she bursts out laughing, wheezing at her own hilarious act she pulled a while ago. she then stops laughing, clutching her side in pain, remembering how she broke a few ribs. but she still continues to laugh, this time a little softer and without the wheezing.
the boys all look at her in disbelief, youngmin dropping the empty plastic bottle in his hand. seonghwa's eyes widen; he looks like he's about to whoop his sister's ass, and he almost did before remembering that she's hurt all over.
"ji! you did not!" hongjoong is the first one to speak up as the rest are still dumbfounded. "oh but i did." jihyun giggles looking at their expressions.
"i'm gonna kill you! i panicked so bad because i was afraid you'd never remember all our great memories! i was scared i'd lose my best friend!" san whines, stomping his feet like a child throwing a tantrum. his face is full on pouting and he looks like he's about to cry any second now.
jongho, next to him, isn't any different from san. if anything, he's worse than anyone else in the room. he already broke out in tears, lightly wrapping his arms around jihyun, careful not to hurt her. "noona! i was so sad because i thought i lost you. don't ever scare me like that again!"
the rest of the boys whine about the same things and jihyun only laughs at them all, enjoying the reactions. "ji, if you don't stop laughing i will not hesitate to tickle you right now," youngmin threatens her with a fake angry expression.
"i have multiple broken ribs, i won't hesitate to report you," jihyun narrows her eyes at her cousin. "watch me." he says, advancing closer to her ever so slowly, as if taunting her. "okay! i'm sorry, i'm sorry! i won't do that again. i've always wanted to do that and i saw the opportunity so i took it. please don't be mad," she pouts at them, giving them puppy eyes.
the boys try hard not to melt at that but seonghwa is the first to crack. "aw, bubs. don't worry about it. i had fun watching all those videos anyways. just don't scare us like that next time, please? i was ready to get back home and cry my eyes out, you know?" he laughs, ruffling his sister's hair endearingly.
jihyun smiles at this and looks at the rest of them, happy when she sees them all smiling at her. her heart feels like it's about to jump out when she sees san smiling at her ever so lovingly, the dimples on his cheeks on full display.
everyone greets her farewell, each giving her a light hug, telling her they'd be back tomorrow except for youngmin who has work. "rest well, baby cuz." he kisses her head before taking his leave. seonghwa does the same, ruffling her hair one more time before leaving.
san and yeosang decides to stay a bit, seeing that they have a little over five minutes before visiting hours end. they wanted to apologise to the girl, feeling guilty for somewhat being one of the reasons she's now where she is.
"we're so sorry, ji. if we hadn't fought like the idiots we were, none of this would've happened," yeosang apologises, looking down shamefully.
"no, don't say that! it's not your fault that mina hates me like crazy. she's psycho and we all already know that so don't blame yourselves, yea?" she smiles up to them softly.
"is there anything we can do to make up for it?" san asks the girl. she pretends to make a thinking face for a bit, the two boys cooing inwardly at how adorable she looks.
"how about..you two stop fighting over me? finals is coming real soon and i'd hate to be a distraction to you two. let's focus on school first, okay?" she tells them, a small smile painted on her face.
the two boys are reluctant but they realise how true jihyun's words are so they agree. "now if you'll excuse me, i need to rest so good night losers. i'll see you tomorrow." she grins at them before shooing them away.
the boys laugh as they leave the room, both with satisfied smiles. they're glad that they can now sleep peacefully, knowing jihyun is now safe and sound.
a/n: hhhh yall funny here's the sike you guys wanted teehee i'm sorry for the previous chapter guys. just wanted to see your reactions and i'm happy i got the reactions that i wanted :> anws, thank you so much for your support!! i love you guys so much and your comments are always fun to read!! thanks to you guys i hit 65k reads already :(((( i don't deserve you guys 🥺❤️
