When I woke up, I found my self in an unusual room. Everything was white. The ceiling, the wall, even the curtain that separated me with the bed next to me was white. I tried to sit when suddenly a doctor appeared from behind the curtain, followed by a man whom I don’t recognize.
“I see that you have wake. This gentleman here saved you from being hit when you collapse by the street this morning. We have run tests on you and everything was fine. You body just give up cause by lack of rest and nutrient. A good meal and long sleep will get you on foot in no time,” the female doctor explained what just happened to me. I managed to grasp some of the details she was saying, but my head still in haze. I thank her and watched her smile back at the man before leaving. My life saver stayed and sat on the empty chair by my bed. He too, was smiling. His left hand was in bandage.
“Thank you for saving me…” He just smiled back at me and realized that I was looking at his hand.
“Don’t worry about this. Just a small scratched,” he replied back.
“Sorry…” I can’t find any other word. I tried to pull the tube from my hand. I don’t like hospital. It kept on reminded me to the Nurse Room Seung Hyun send me when I twisted my ankle.
“You want to leave? I help with the procedures,” he left before I can say anything. As I finished struggling with all the tubes, he merged back. He was holding my jacket and handbag, maybe got it back from the nurse station. I wore my jacket while he standing next to me, still with my bag in his hand.
“I have to hold you bag as hostage till I send you safely home,” as he saying that, he held me by my shoulder and lead me out, ignoring me resisting his help. He opened the passenger door for me and showed no sign of giving up to me. As my head still spinning and I have no strength to fight back, I went into the car silently. He closed the door, still holding my bag, went to the driver side.
“Is it ok if I on the radio?” I just nodded my head; after all it was his car.
As the soft song ‘Insa’ by DBSK filled the car, we left the hospital ground.
The unknown man drove slowly, sometime sing along the lyric. Maybe all this heartbreaking events that happening to me have made me crazy. I don’t know how I was so easy believing this man and allowed him to drive me home. I stared him, still wondering if I have known him from anywhere.
“Don’t stare to long or you’ll make a hole in my handsome face,” I can feel my face became hot of embarrassed. He laughed as he said that.
“Excuse me…”
“Yunho, Jung Yunho. And don’t worry, I won’t bite. Miss…?” he glanced at me for a second.
“Kim Eunhye. Thank you for saving me…but you doesn’t have to send me home. You can drop me off at the next bus stop. I can manage to go back by my self,” I tried to be firm with my own words but somehow he managed to read my mind. I don’t know where I am right now.
“Hm…I can’t just simply let you off. My instinct just won’t let me do so. And I promise the doctor to make sure that you eat something before leaving just now. Anything in mind? ” I was so speechless that I just can’t reply in time.
“If not, I know a very good porridge shop. You’re going to love it”.
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I stared the porridge with no intention of eating it. My mind was so blank that I can’t think or respond to any of the recent incident that was happening to. The man that was sitting right in front of me seems concentrate with his meal.
“Are you going to eat or just keep on staring on your food?” I was startle with his sudden question. He looked straight at me and smiled. I tried to smile back, but my face muscle failed to do so. I spooned some of the porridge and force my self to swallow it. Yunho smiled and get back with his meal. That was my first meal since Seung Hyun left me.
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“Don’t forget to rest and eat,” Yunho reminded me as I open the car’s door in front of my house.
“Thank you for today. How can I repay you?” he smiled to my question, and held out his phone.
“I still can’t think of any way for you to repay me. How about we exchange our mail and I’ll mail you later?”
Reluctantly, I gave him my mail address and my personal number and hoping I don’t have to see him any more.
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The accident was a blessing in disguise. Yunho kept on showing up everyday at my front step. At first it was a bit annoying but after a while, his present became part of my routine. His smile somehow managed to ease my heartache. His words of encouragement had led me to start working again. As Yunho always said, color began to show at my face. It was 6 months after Seung Hyun left me and three months since I first met Yunho. Yunho frequent visits helped me a lots but sometime, I felt like Seung Hyun presence, watching me.
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I felt my hand phone vibrate. It was Yunho calling me.
“Yae”
“Hi jagi. What time you’ll be off today?” he asked. Since last month Yunho kept on calling me with Jagiya or Yeobo. Even when I protested, he still called me like that. Finally I just gave up and let him called me that.
“Around 8pm. Why’re you asking?”
“Nothing. Bye yeobo.Miss you”. He ends the call. I stared blankly to the phone, wondering why he called me.
“Your boyfriend called? He’s so sweet. I wished my boyfriend like yours. So caring and affectionate”, my colleague surprised me. I just smiled and put away the phone.
“He just a friend”, I tried to explain to her.
“Well, if he just a friend then he must has crush on you. Better hold tight on him or you’ll lose a good man”. All I can do just smiled back at her. Nobody knew about me Seung Hyun. The only man they saw was Yunho who sometime waited in front of my office building to walk me home. And I never intended to tell about Seung Hyun to them.
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It was raining when I walked out of the building to go back home. Unfortunately for me as I did not bring umbrella from home. I just stand there at the building sideway, tried to avoid from getting the rain when suddenly an umbrella cover me. It was Yunho, as always smiling warmly to me.
“Shall we go now?” As we walked, he put his arm around me and held me closed to him. I can hear his heart beating and it sound so calming. We continue walked under the spring rainy night.
“I like this” he spoke casually as we walked.
“What?”
“This. I really like sharing an umbrella with you. Hold you close to me. I hope I can do this everyday”. We stop walking and I looked at him as he looked back at me.
“Can you let me the one to protect you? I can’t promise you the world, but I can promise you this. I’ll never let you hurt again”. He said as he held my hand. Seeing I was not saying anything, he hugged me and said “You don’t have to say anything yet. Take you time to think. I will always be here, waiting for you”.
To be continue...
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