He was rushed to the hospital. I
used his phone to call his manager and arrived minutes later. I explained
everything to him. I was still in shock at the time. I hoped that everything
will be okay. A doctor walked up to us and asked “Are you the guardian for Choi
Minho?” “Ne (yes)” said the manager. “Was he ever involved in an accident
once?” the doctor asked again. “I don’t know about that. Wait, I’ll contact his
brother and ask him” he searched for Minho’s brother’s contact number in his
phone. “But, what was his name again?” The Manager murmured to himself. I
recalled that Minho did have an older brother. He was the same age as my sister
and they went to the same high school before. “Minseok oppa?” I said to myself.
“Ha! Yes, Minseok” the manager suddenly yelled by my ear and called the number
on his phone which read Minseok.
The doctor let us in after
examining Minho. I just sat by his bed and only looked at him. He was still
unconscious at the time. “Wake up Minho! Please wake up! Open your eyes!”
I was yelling in my heart and he still didn’t wake up. I felt like crying but
at the same time I encouraged myself that everything will be back to normal.
Suddenly, the door open wide. I turned around and saw Minseok by the door. He
seemed completely shocked after seeing me in disbelief. He walked up to me and
said “Aiman ssi? Is it really you? What are you doing here? What happened to
Minho?” just like his brother, he asked a lot of questions. “Minho suddenly
fainted when he saw a picture of us 7 years ago” I only answered his last
question as it was the most important one at the time.
We walked outside of the room and
he explained everything to me. It turns out that after Minho recovers from the
accident he had amnesia. Just like what Sulli told me before, he only has his
memories from when he was born until he became a student in Incheon but he
doesn’t recall any of his friends. What’s even weirder than that is, it seems
like I have never existed in his life. Minseok tells me that when Minho returns
from the hospital, they send him back to his room to give him a good rest.
“There was a photo on the bedside that you both took when you went to the theme
park once. Minho asked us who the girl was in the photo. We were shocked
because you both had been friends since you were both young. We couldn’t
believe that he didn’t remember you at all.” Minesok told me about it. “Even
after that, we tried recovering his memories again about his friends and you
but every time we did that he would suddenly have a painful headache and
sometimes collapse. Even if he tries remembering it by himself, he would only
hurt himself more. After that, we decided not to force him recall his memories
and just move on” I felt very depressed about it. I cried once away when I knew
that he would never recall me back in his memories ever again. I regret
everything about abandoning him after the incident at the playground. I wish I
could turn back time and never leave him alone again. Then, Minesok went to see
the doctor and I entered back into the room. The manager already left the
hospital to inform the rest at the dorm. During that few moments, I held his
hand and I could feel his sufferings. The pain that he had to endure during
that whole time, being alone. No one by his side to soothe his agony. If only I
was there with him. I fell asleep by his side after crying, regretting myself
for being so cold to him before.
Suddenly, a finger on Minho’s other
hand starts to twitch. His eyelids began to open. His vision was still blurry.
He was really confused at the time. Where am I? What happened? Questions
started running into his mind non-stop. He looked to his right, it was Onew
sleeping soundly. “Hyung?” Minho’s rough voice certainly woke Onew up from his
sweet dream running around in his own world with chickens. “Oh, Minho! You woke
up already? Wait here, I’m going to get the others” Onew sprang out of his
chair leaving Minho alone in the room. Minho who was still confused, lifted his
right hand and felt it still warm as if someone was beside him for a long time,
holding his hand tightly. He knew it wasn’t Onew because when he woke up
earlier, he didn’t saw Onew holding his hand. Suddenly, Jonghyun and the others
burst into the room and had smiles on their face as they were very relieved
after hearing Onew told them that Minho have woken up. “Yah, had a nice sleep?
Good, because you need the energy left for rehearsal” said Key as if he was a
bit upset that Minho had been unconscious for a long time and made them very
worried. Minho lifted his body to get comfortable sitting on the hard hospital
bed. “What happened to me?” Minho asked the others. “You don’t remember?” They
asked back. “If I do, why would I ask such a silly question?” Minho answered
back. Then their manager interrupted “It’s okay. What’s important now is that
you’re awake” “Wait, where’s Aiman ssi?” Taemin asked Jonghyun. “She already
went back to Malaysia this morning” “Ah, really? I wanted to give her something
before she goes back home” Taemin said with an upset voice. “She went back
already?” said Minho as he was recalling to what happened to him that sent him
to the hospital unconscious. Then, he remembers the photo that he saw before.
It was a familiar photo which he had seen 7 years ago after returning from the
hospital. “I think I met Aiman ssi last night. Right?” he asked the others and
they replied yes. “Okay, that’s it. You guys go back to the studio and let
Minho rest a bit” said the manager suddenly. “Where’s the cafeteria? I’m
hungry” Taemin said while leaving the room. Minho lies down and closes his eyes
to just sleep again after meeting the others but there was just one thing that
kept appearing in his mind. “Who was the little girl that I met in the dream?”
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Meanwhile, I was still in the aeroplane.
Wondering if he had woken up or not. Suddenly, a tear fell from my cheek while
looking outside the window. My heart ache so much for leaving him again alone
to endure this agony. For every second leaving Korea, I felt like a knife was slowly
tearing my heart apart. I had to leave because mom called me to come back home
after leaving for a while. As soon as I arrived back home, I started doing my
assignments. I was working on it until I realized it was already 3 am in the
morning. Before going to bed, I went through Minho’s photos one last time and
didn’t felt like crying because I knew that we would meet again one day.
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While it was 3 am in Malaysia, it
was 4 am in Korea. Minho suddenly woke up from his sleep and went to the toilet
as nature was calling. When he came back to his bed, he found a bag on the
table by the bed. He opened it and there was a teddy bear, a brown teddy bear.
With it was a letter saying “A friend told me that if you make your own
teddy bear and give it to the one you love, he or she won’t go away –From a
little girl in the past-” Suddenly, he smiled. He decided to sleep with
that teddy bear in his arms. In his sleep, he said “Gomawo…. Aiman ssi”.
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