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"soonyi!"

"sir, please step back. she needs to rest."

"no- please, let me see her! please, plea-"

"t-tae?"

"soonyi! bear, it's me! it's tae, i'm here, you're ok, i promise- just let me see her, please-"

"sir. please wait outside. she needs her rest."

"please, please- i need her, i need to know she's ok, just please let me pass-"

"sir."

"tae.. i'm fine, don't worry. go outside, bear."

"b-but..."

"bear, i'm fine. go outside."

dejected, tae opened the door to the room, and with one last glance at soonyi, left.

head in his hands and tears in his eyes, taehyung waited.

one hour passed.

two hours passed.

three hours passed.

and finally the door in front of him opened again.

"sir, she wants to see you. please be gentle."

taehyung jumped to his feet and dashed inside the room, immediately attaching himself to soonyi's side.

"soonyi! baby i'm so sorry, i'm so so sorry-"

"tae, it's ok. i'm ok. don't apologise baby."

shaking his head, he grabbed soonyi's frail hand right as a tear rolled down his cheek.

scrunching his eyebrows, he tightened his grip on soonyi's hand. he choked out the question that had been stuck in his head since the phone call.

"soonyi... you- you never told me if they could make you better."

soonyi looked over at him with pitiful eyes.

"s-soonyi- they can make you better, right?"

"tae..."

"they can give you some medicine, a-and you'll be fine, r-right?"

"bear..."

"y-you'll be ok and everything will go back to normal-"

"taehyung."

soonyi's pitiful stare met taehyung's broken stare.

"they- i- ugh."

soonyi broke eye contact.

"there's nothing else they can do for me, bear."

taehyung's heart dropped.

soonyi's heart slowed.

"w-what? n-no, no, no, i can't- i can't lose you, i can't-"

one tear dropped.

"y-you're joking, r-right? t-this is all just a cruel joke a-and you're f-fine and-"

two more tears dropped.

"s-soonyi why aren't you saying anything? i-it is a joke, r-right? please soonyi, i-it's not funny anymore, p-please stop j-joking."

three more tears dropped.

"tae..."

"n-no, you're fine, r-right baby?"

"baby, i'm sorry..."