I caught a cold!
On Monday, I feel very uncomfortable. It drag until Tuesday noon time. Namjoon can’t take it anymore and he ordered me see doctor. I told Jisoo and reluctantly took a taxi to the hospital. Not because I’m strong as an ox, but…… I think I might not have enough money to see doctor.
Sure enough, the nurse put me on drip. Jisoo sit next to my bed with her small notebook and said ‘Children is parents liability. Parents accept unlimited liability for their children ah.’
Jisoo nagged me until I have two big head ‘Aren’t you my sister? When did you escalate to become my mother ah?’
Jisoo flick the small notebook and said ‘You said ah, if your mother see all these mountain debt do you think she will strangle you to death?’
‘Not correct!’ I seriously thought for a moment, ‘She probably will hacked me to release her hatred.’
In the evening, I was in my third drip. Jisoo went home to collect some items for me. I was alone in the ward, stumbled and fall asleep.
Half awake and half asleep, I feel a hand on my forehead. The hand with a gust of chill make my hot forehead feel refreshing. It feel so comfortable and I arch upward. Then it became two hands over my face. I subconsciously rub on it. Then it move down and stopped at my neck…… I than began to feel tickle.
I think I need to wake up.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Taehyung. The distance between us were so closed and he was rubbing my neck.
I said ‘Sir Taehyung, what are you doing?’
Taehyung said ‘Hey, when I scratch my cat, he feel so comfortable he straight hum. How come you don’t hum, hum ah?
I said ‘Sir Taehyung, if I’m your house cat do you know what I’m going to do?’
Taehyung asked ‘Do what?’
I replied ‘I will scratch you until death.’
Taehyung dragged a chair and sit next to me and said ‘Lalisa, I’m being kind to visit you. And you are not being gentle ah.”
‘Why don’t you ask what make me sick ah!’
Taehyung thought for a moment and said softly ‘I really don’t want you to jump into the lake. I just want you to go to the lake side, point to the sky and shouted “there is a UFO or something on the line” just to attract everyone’s attention will do’.
My depression cause me headache ‘Your pathetic idea might as well I jump into the lake.’
I have another thought ‘When you see me jump, you still have the peace of mind to go and pray for good Fortune Sticks?’
I really despise you this immoral, mind full of capitalist schemes!
‘But I won the good Fortune Sticks right? Half of the victory came from you.’ Probably Taehyung saw my unhappy face, hastened to explain.
‘Who cares, you’re a housewife. Your love relationship has anything to do with me?’
Not right, I said to myself, you are getting old for a good marriage. Then, why got so much time to play with me.
After a while, I looked at him and said ‘sir Taehyung ah, how come you visit me with empty handed. No balloon or flowers are fine. But not to the point no fruits and vegetables ah.’
Taehyung said ‘How come AC recruit such a layman like you.’
‘Yes, is a bit common, ha,’ I agree, ‘later I will become more refine.’
Taehyung ah, how come you forgot to take away your cigarette? When he left, I hide at one corner, secretly open the package, I feel surprise and guilty because is not cigarette but full of cash.’
Taehyung look at me ‘lack of money?’
‘Cannot lack ah?’ If not because I can’t withstand, I will not come over to see a doctor.’ I put some grievances.
Taehyung was a bit surprise ‘When Lao Kim told me, I thought you are too dedicated to your work.’
I’m very dedicated, Because of my boss I even have to jump into the lake. Not dedicated ma!
For a long time, we did not talk. Taehyung is just like a kid being curious, staring intently and watching the liquid drips down. And I kept looking at him just like how I have been locked up in his office. Doing nothing but look at him. Is getting late, the ward flow with an uncertain pressure.
Dark shadows fall upon Taehyung, made him look like a classical and elegant aristocratic during the ancient time.
Huh, such a man should have attracted countless girl ah, should conquest ah. But he was unlucky, needs to go for numerous blind dates. He even wait alone at the ruined temple for the mercy of the cupid god.
I remembered Jisoo’s words.
She said If a man falls very deeply in love and when it had ended, it will be cramping pain like a broken bones. His heart will be empty without a soul and he will find way to find the missing part.
I laughed and said ‘Chicu, when you become so literature ah? Taehyung emptiness? Every day he try to torture me, where got space for emptiness.’
Jisoo said ‘Too busy doesn’t mean no! You are a layman. Talk to you really waste my literary cells. I make it easy for your understanding. Is like a child eating a delicious cake, suddenly it has been taken away, how do you think the child will feel?’
I said Beat the person up?
Jisoo stare at me He will try every possible way to find another piece of cake to replace the previous one.
I said So I’m a pastime? I’m the cake?
Jisoo said No you’re a stone. You can’t be saved.
Taehyung, you want those girls to replace which part of your missing soul ah? In the darkness, his figure show a bit of loneliness. Made people moved. I suddenly wanted to know what had happen to his past that made him changed.
So I asked ‘Who is that lady….. ….. is she gone?
Who? Taehyung asked.
‘My first time seeing you….. In the morning of my first day to work, the lady in yellow skirt…… Is she your girlfriend? Wife?
Taehyung seriously look at me and said ‘Lalisa, I remember telling you. Do not cross my bottom line.’ His voice was light, calm and ruthless.
The atmosphere a little astringent, but I stubbornly asked ‘She left? Why she left you? You are so good, cannot be ah.’
Taehyung did not speak under the sliver moon, I almost thought he will roared again. But he just gently squeeze the middle of the drip he said ‘Lalisa Manoban, you see.’
I’m curious to know his past.
He quickly squeeze and let go the drip. A large portion of the liquid flow into my veins, I feel freezing cold and some of my blood being drawn back into the infusion tube. I looked at the bottom end of the infusion tube and saw a bright red blood, I was stunned.
I remember reading a new about a small nurse inject some air into her boyfriend’s veins and he die due to heart failure. I’m so worried about him accidentally squeeze some air into my veins and I will say goodbye to my life.
I cried and shouted ‘Brother, this is my blood vessels. Not your home water pipes. People will die!’
I’m not Jisoo, I don’t make money from being a psychiatrist. If he twisted is his business, nothing to do with me. For this I can’t play with my own little life. I’m not rich, my parents gave me a life………
I rolled over, hide under the blanket and cried.
Taehyung, does not expect I will react like this. He was stunned for a moment. He then quickly turn me over and said ‘What happen, what happen? Why cry? Cry for what ah? I just joke with you ah.’
‘Got play this type of joke one ah? You joke with drawing human' blood ah!’
‘I was wrong, I was wrong! Will this do? You see, your blood flow back, there is no wastage at all.’
At this moment, my heart suddenly burst out grievances together with my tears. I said ‘Sir, you better leave. I do not want to see you again. Before I was doing fine. After meeting with you, I become so unlucky. I fell into lake and caught sick. I got pay cut because of punishment. Which one of this do not relate to you ah? I just wanted to care about you, but you scare me like this……’
Taehyung came over and embraced me ‘Hush, I know. I’m wrong. Do not cry ah. You are sick. Don’t cry, usually no matter what happen you wouldn’t cry…… I though you don’t cry….’
I still cry ‘Sir Taehyung, because of you, because of you….’
Taehyung gently patted my back and whispered ‘Be good, don’t cry…..’
***
When I woke up, it’s already next morning. Jisoo has bags under eyes, sitting next to my bed and report ‘Your colleagues came and your boss helps to paid your medical expenses.’
Ah? How do you know?
‘When I went to pay your bill, they said it has been paid. They didn’t mention who, but I’m sure it was him.’
‘Cannot be, didn’t you said my colleagues came. Maybe they paid ah?’
‘No way, the one called Chae. Four bank cards with 20K Yuan overdraft. Bambam’s girlfriend spend all his money, only left him 800 Yuan per month. Yoona forgot her wallet. This morning she even needs to borrow from a security to pay for her taxi. As for Taeyon….. she absolutely no intention to not help you to pay.’
‘They told you?’
‘We have no time to talk.’
I was surprise and stunned ‘You …. analysis it out?’
‘No, when we were in the elevator, I was behind them. During that time we haven’t knew one another yet.’
I despise Jisoo this little habit of eavesdropping behaviour, then I came up with a question ‘Then what time they came? Why didn’t you woke me up?’
You’re in your boss embrace, weep until you pass out.