The Nearness Of You

15

Seungri

"Clear!" I shout and press again the defibrillator on the patient's chest, a middle-aged man in his fifties who had a sudden cardiac arrest. Yoongi and Yukii are also with me trying to revive this man.

"Give me another ampoule of Atropine!" Yoongi shouts at the E.R. nurse. "Faster!" The nurse hands him a syringe and Yoongi administers it quickly to the patient intravenously.

"Clear!" I place again the defibrillator on his chest sending an electric shock specifically to the heart causing the man's body to jolt but still, cardiac rhythms were still flat. I was about to pump him again when I hear Yukii speak along with the familiar beep of the electrocardiogram machine that showed raised lines.

"Cardiac rhythm and rate slowly rising." Yukii tells us. "Cardiac rate 40 beats per minute.. 50 beats per minute.. 60 beats per minute.. Blood pressure 100/70, Respiration 18 breaths per minute. I think we're good."

I let go of the defibrillator and let Yoongi and Yukii continue to stabilize the patient and do some more assessment while I give further orders to the Emergency Room staff nurse.

I slumped on the couch at the doctor's lounge right after the patient was removed from the E.R. and transferred to the Medical Ward on the fourth floor. I got really tired. Yukii came in after a few minutes and sat beside me.

"You tired, oppa? It's only a couple of minutes and we could all go home and have some rest.." Yukii smiles at me looking concerned. I held her hand and smiled back.

"I'm a bit tired but I'm fine. Thanks, Yukii." I tell her.

The three of us went out of the hospital together when it's time for us to leave. Yoongi and Yukii will go in the same direction while I on the opposite.

"You sure you don't wanna grab a few bottles of beer before we head home, hyung?" Yoongi asks me, his arm around Yukii's waist.

"We could hang out for awhile at Central if you'd like." Yukii adds.

I smile at them and shook my head. "No, not tonight. We've all been tired and we need to get home and have some rest." And besides, I wouldn't see her there anyway. It's been weeks. I guess she left so she could stay away from me for good. I wanted to add.

"Okay, hyung. Take care of yourself on your way home." Yoongi tells me.

"Yeah thanks. Likewise." I answered back and the three of us started to walk in separate ways.

As I walk images of Jinnie fills my head. Several weeks already had passed but I still can't forget her. I went at Central's a couple of times to see her but all in vain. She made such an impact when she entered my life and now she just left me like this. Alone and distraught. I still couldn't believe how she did this to me when she looked so gentle and sweet. How I wanted to hate her so I can forget but I couldn't. Somehow I still cling with the small amount of hope I have that we'll see each other again. And if that happens I'll do anything to come near her, even if that messy haired man is in the picture.

I was now two blocks away from my house when a felt an eerie feeling making the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I touch it with my hand and rub it for awhile. Then I turned my head backwards to see if I was being followed. I feel like being followed. But there's no one there.

I also noticed that strangely, there hasn't been any cars passing by or even people walking just like me. I suddenly feel like I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone wherein a weird phenomena just occurred and people had disappeared and I am left alone. I shook the thought of my head and walk briskly. All of a sudden a man wearing a worn out coat and beret went out of an alley. He looks like he's in his thirties, with a tall stature and a lean physique. He has a beard and looks at me menacingly but I couldn't picture much of his face. The man must be a stray judging by his clothes.

"Can I help you with something?" I ask him. He was a few steps away from me.

The man grins at me and took out something from his pocket. I saw it gleam under the moonlight and realized that it was a long, sharp knife. My eyes widened in alarm.

"You can help me by giving me your soul!" The man growled.

Right now my brain tells me that I should run but I can't. My legs won't move. And what was that he just told me? He wants me to give him my soul? I think he wants to kill me and then rob me after.

The man walks towards me and I still can't move my feet. I breathe heavily as he came close.

"Please, sir. Don't kill me. I'll give you everything I have. Money, phone, my watch--"

"I don't need your money." I smell the awful stench of his breath. He's now in front of me. "I want your soul." His voice sounded grim, like it came from beneath the ground. Just then I felt something had been jabbed on the lower left of my abdomen. I look down to see his knife impaled in my stomach. I watch as blood oozed from the punctured site and as soon as he removes it I touch the wound with my fingers. Blood. It's warm and it's continuously flowing. I look at the man with his sinister smile and felt my knees weaken and I fell. I now lie on the cold pavement and coughed up blood. It was difficult for me to breath now. He must've punctured a vital visceral organ inside me and I could tell I'm losing too much blood.

The man knelt in front of me and pointed his knife on my neck. Everything's a bit blurry now and I feel like life is slowly draining away from me. A tear sprung from my eye. Is this how will I die? I close my eyes. If this is God's will, then so be it.

All of a sudden someone arrived and shoved the man away from me. I slowly opened my eyes but all I can see was a mix of black and.. gold? The colors are in a swirl but I can hear clanking sounds. What is going on? I suddenly heard a loud growl followed by a wail and then everything went quiet. Footsteps came towards me and a pair of hands lifts my head up.

"Seungri!" It was a female voice and it sounded familiar.

"Seungri it's me, Jinn! Stay with me!" Did I hear it right? I try to open my eyes and even if it's still a little blurry I saw her face, looking worried and all. But aside from that there was something else..

"Ji..Jinnie.." I mumble hoarsely.

Jinnie held my cheek. "Yes, it's me.. Sorry I was late.. You'll be fine now.. I'm here.."

I try to smile at her and before I could pass out I was able to utter something to her. "Why are you glowing.."

(Annyeong readers! Do you already have an idea about what this story is all about? It's gonna be interesting from here on. So hold on tight and keep on reading araseo?! Thanks and you can leave out comments and please, vote if you may. I need feedbacks and support. Love ya'll! Wait for the next update. Ciao!)