That's when my world began crashing down even more, it felt like an earthquake was ripping my heart open as much as possible. My heart was prying more than it already was.
"What?" I say, trying to see if I heard right.
"Sunwoo's in the hospital."
"What? What happened?" My eyes widen, tears forming.
"He hit his head on the sink at his house."
"We need to go see him, we need to see him, we need to see if he's okay-"
"Jihyun, calm down." Eric holds my arm.
"No, we need to see him!" I panic. "Is he okay, did he get a concussion? Is he at the hospital now, what's wrong with him?" I frantically bombard Juyeon with questions.
"He's in the hospital right now.. the guys said he's being treated." Juyeon answers me with sadness.
"We have to go see him." I plead with Juyeon.
"Jihyun.." Younghoon mumbles.
"Please," I look at Younghoon, grabbing onto his arm while begging.
Everything felt like a disaster, like a living nightmare; but this nightmare was happening in real life, there was no way I could wake up from this horrible disaster. Everything was crashing down and I felt hopeless.
"Jihyun, the guys are already there, there's no point in all of us being there for him." Younghoon frowns.
"I need to see him," my voice cracks. "I need to see that he's okay."
"Noona, stop. Calm down." My brother says to me.
"I just need to see him. Please, one of you, come with me; or I'm going by myself." I say.
They all fell silent, and I knew it was my choice to make: I was going to go by myself.
"What's the hospital name?" I ask Juyeon.
"SNUH." Juyeon hesitantly tells me.
"I'm going. None of you can stop me." I walk upstairs into my room.
I quickly change into jeans and a sweatshirt, grabbing my house keys and wallet. I walk back downstairs after putting on my socks, and I put some Vans on.
"I'm leaving, Taehyun. Eric, stay here with my brother."
"I'll go with you." Younghoon stands up. "You shouldn't go alone."
They all couldn't do anything but let us go; we took the bus, using the fastest route to get to the hospital he was at.
"I'm sorry about all of this." Younghoon speaks up after a long awkward pause.
"I got myself into it, being friends with you guys; but I don't regret it one bit." I sigh.
"I'm sorry about Sunwoo, I've never seen him this way before.. it surprised all of us." Younghoon says to me.
"Thanks, Younghoon." I look at him with a small smile.
"For what?" He looks back at me.
"Protecting me back at the house." I respond.
"I will always." He smiles.
"Thanks," I say in awe.
"What do you plan on saying to him?" He asks. "If you're able to visit his room."
"I don't think I have the guts to say anything to him, after everything.. he's hurt me, I hurt him, it's clear we shouldn't say any more to each other. I just need to know that he's okay." I sigh.
"Here, it's our stop." Younghoon nudges me.
We got off the bus and entered the hospital, checking the lobby to see where Sunwoo was at; he was on the 7th floor, so we took the elevator there.
When we got off the elevator, we immediately see the guys sitting depressingly in the waiting room, all of them looking gloomy and pale. I run up to them in panic, because they looked like someone just died.
"How is he? Where is he?" I ask them.
"He's still with the doctor, they're checking him out... he hasn't woken up yet." Sangyeon sniffs, tears visible in his eyes.
"How did it happen? How the hell did it happen?" I sit down next to Younghoon.
"After we went back to his house, he went to use the bathroom; that's when we heard a loud thud. We had to kick the door open, and we saw him lying on the bathroom floor.." Changmin's voice cracks, and he couldn't speak any longer.
"When we went into the bathroom, he was out cold. There was blood on the floor." Haknyeon gulps, his eyes puffy.
"We called 911 after he wouldn't wake up." Jacob frowns.
"Oh my gosh.." I whisper, my heart breaking more.
"Have they given you guys any updates?" Younghoon asks them.
"Nothing. They've given us nothing about him." Chanhee wipes his tears.
"Where are his parents?" I notice they're not here.
"Nowhere to be seen." Sangyeon frowns.
I look down at the ground, the prying sensation still in my heart; it hurt too much, it even hurt to breathe. Tears clouded my eyes and I feel a big hand on my back; it was Younghoon's.
"I'm sure he'll be okay, let's just not think the worst.." Younghoon says softly.
"Kim Sunwoo's friends?"
We all look up at the doctor standing there with a saddened expression.
"How is he?" Sangyeon asks.
"He... hasn't woken up yet."
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partners ⁀➷ k.sw ✓
Fanfictionkang jihyun gets partnered up with kim sunwoo, a popular boy in school, to do a school project that was going to take months to finish; she had thought that he was like any other stereotypical popular boy.. was she right, or was she wrong about him...
