Jia cried kneeling at him. She shook his immovable body .She cupped his face, and traced her fingers along his face.
" Hey...wake up...wake up"
She hit his body crying bitterly.
" You cannot die." "Im not gonna let you die"(firmly)
She bent down, and put her ear to his chest. It was still beating ,and she smiled through tears.
"It's still beating"
It indeed brought a solace to her ,but she knew that she cannot take him inside all by herself. There wasn't anyone to help too. So she needed to wake him up.
She ran towards the house, took a glass of water and ran back to him. She sprayed water on his face and shook him but there wasn't a sign of him coming back to senses. She sprayed a little more and waited patiently.
Finally she could see him trying to open his eyes.
"Joon Ho...open your eyes. Can ....can you hear me?" (Through sobs)
He slightly opened them and looked at her. Her face lit up. She helped him sit up. But doing so she accidentally touched a bruised area making him winced in pain.
" ouuuch....." "I'm.....so...sorry" (She was taken aback and cried out)
He tried to stand up himself, refusing her help, but he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Let me help you. I'll be careful... this time."
He didn't have any other choice but to accept her favour. With so much effort she tugged him inside and was able to help him to the sofa.
It was pitch black in the living room. Just as their first encounter. She switched on the light, but that dimmed light didn't help either. She had to use the flash light in her phone.
She ran back to him as soon as she found the first aid kit. He was losing consciousness. She knew it wasn't a good sign.
"Joon Ho...you cannot sleep...Hey stay with me. Look at me.."
He slightly opened his eyes again.
"Stay with me ok...I'll treat you. Can you hear me"(with concern)
He slightly nodded his head.
"Thank God." ( She sighed)
She wanted to keep him awake she talked to him, while examining.
She steadied his head and went on examining. Just as she doubted there were some fractures on his skull,but thankfully they were small and linear fractures. She put some ice on them, cleaned the area ,and put an antibiotic cream and bandaged them.
He was wearing a buttoned up shirt so it was easy to undress him. She could see purplish bruises all over his body. A simple touch made him wince in pain. She felt pity on him.
" Oh , you are in so much pain. you went through a lot. For ..me.. why???"
"I'll take care of you"(she murmured to herself)
She used some cotton wool and used the same ointment ,which she used for her bruises. But they were a little severe than hers. And she knew what exactly she should do.But first she examined him further. That's when she noticed a stain of blood in his pants.She just tear his pant leg and looked at it. There was a cut. A deep one. She treated it carefully with much patience.
Now the initial treatment is done so she thought it's better if he can lay comfortably on his bed. But he wasn't steady still, so she let him rest on the sofa.
While he was having rest she cooked a porridge ,and made him drink it. Then she tucked him to the bed. It was a really difficult task though.
She wrapped heated salt in a bundle and kept the pack putting pressure on the swallen areas. Joon Ho laid there helplessly groaning in pain.
She treated him till midnight and then she remembered her own cut on the neck. It was painful,she couldn't even touch it. She simply put a bandaid over it.
She was tired with all the nursing ,so she laid beside him taking a little nap.
It was past midnight and Jia could feel him shiver. When she checked on him, he was burning with fever. He just rolled inside the comforter as he was too cold.
She opened his closet to see weather she can find a blanket or something. Luckily she found some bed sheets.When she pull them out few books and files landed on the floor. She just put them on the desk and covered him with the bed sheets.
She forcefully gave him some pain killers and dabbed his forehead with a wet clothe to reduce the fever. She stood up to go get some ice, but he stopped her grabbing her hand and muttered ,still closing his eyes.
"Don't go"
She surprised hearing that.
"Min Ah...ya" " Don't go" " stay...stay with me" ( a sob escaped)
" So it was meant for Min Ah ya....girl. For a secondI thought it was for me "
" Ok,I won't go ,I'll stay. Don't worry"
She baby sitted him strocking his hand. She saw him smile to that. That brought her a smile too.
" the poor thing."
His fever was gradually subsiding and his skin colour was changing for good.
"After allI'm good at nursing"( She muttered herself)
Then she looked at his figure. Instead of a full blooded, undaunted man there laid a broken man both mentally and physically.
"You risked your life for me"
" I thought you would fight back"
" why didn't you do that?"
" Why did you back down and let them win." "You didn't like me ...then why?"
"I'm solely responsible for you being like this "
" May be you are a good person.You have denied that , but may be.."
"I'll bring him out. I promise you"
She leaned forward and placed a kiss on his forehead and then caressed his hair ,that made him stir a little and he snuggled closer to her. She froze for a moment. "What" Again he did that making him comfortable with the position.
"I'll let you do it this once, ok"
"cause you saved my life. That's the only reason" She embraced him and drifted in to sleep too.
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