Chapter 17

Department X

Jessica drove silently on her way back. She didn't want to leave Yoona's side but Taeyeon was pretty insistent that she go back and get some rest. Finally arriving outside the driveway of the cafe, she noticed a figure sitting outside the cafe. She parked the car and move to take a closer look only to realise that figure is Yuri. Yuri saw her and ran up enveloping her in a hug. "Where were you? I tried calling you all night but I couldn't reach you at all. I got really worried and decided to come find you only to realise that the cafe wasn't opened today. What happened? Why do you look so tired, and why are your eyes all red and puffy?" Yuri started asking a million questions all at once when she saw Jessica.

Jessica cried in the warm arms of Yuri as she released all the pent up emotions she had stored. All the pain from from seeing Yoona suffer, all the negative possibilties that she considered all didn't seem to matter anymore as she felt the warmth of Yuri's arms and heard the beating of her heart. Yuri didn't know what had happened, but she knew Jessica really needs a hug right now and she was glad she was there when Jessica needs her. Hugging her tightly and whispering comforting words, Yuri slowly calmed Jessica down. Gently kissing her on her forehead, Yuri wiped the tears off Jessica with her hands. Jessica opened up the cafe's door and invited Yuri in. Chosing to occupy the couch that Yoona and Sooyoung loves to sit in and smelling the familiar baby powder smell of Yoona, she felt that everything will be okay in the end. Jessica briefly told Yuri what had happened and where she was the night before, making sure to leave out any confidential parts and also how Yoona came in contact with the Anthrax bacteria. Yuri nodded at parts of her story as she draped her right arm over Jessica's shoulder and gently her hair. Jessica enjoyed the sensation of Yuri's finger in her hair as she slowly drifted off to sleep, Yuri laid her down on the couch gently and then proceeded to lie down beside her, hugging her as she drifted off to dreamland herself.

The doctor came again in the afternoon and ran some more test on Yoona again. Taking her blood sample, he analysed and finally came back carrying a good news. The medication had worked and the bacteria count was slowly decreasing. The orders were given to slowly decrease the potency of the medication given to Yoona and by Wednesday, the bacteria count had decreased to an extent that was lethal enough to only kill fleas. The order to stop the medication came in the afternoon and by friday, the tube was finally taken off Yoona who managed to eat a little porridge. Sooyoung had insisted to cook the porridge for Yoona by herself and shooed everyone out of the kitchen. Yoona claims its the best porridge she has ever eaten but the others seems to disagree judging by the fact of the amount of porridge found in the trashcan on that night and the fact that Sunny had to cook ramen for all of them again.

Yoona was finally discharged on Sunday and everyone held a party in her honour. Sooyoung ran around snatching most of the food off the table and piling it into a plate for Yoona as she claimed Yoona was still weak and needed eat more but somehow most of the food still ended up inside her tummy. After the party ended and everyone has retreated back to their rooms, Yoona walked over to Sooyoung room and knocked on the door. Sooyoung opened the door to see Yoona carrying her pillow "Can I sleep here tonight?" Without waiting from a reply from Sooyoung, Yoona hopped onto her bed and snuggled underneath the quilt covers. Sooyoung smiled and walked over as she got comfortable beside Yoona who had turned to her side and was now looking at Sooyoung

"Thanks for staying by my side when I was sick. I was feeling really scared and helpless but somehow I felt better when I felt your grip on my hands. Everytime I felt like giving up the fight and succumbing to the darkness that was enveloping me, your grip on my hand will somehow pull me back preventing me from going over to the other side. Thanks for singing that lullaby to me, even though I still think Taeyeon unnie sounds better." Sticking out her tongue slightly as Sooyoung frowned at that comment, Yoona giggled and continued. "but that song made me feel comfortable as if it has this magical touch that was enveloping me reducing the pain that I was going through. Thank you for promising to always be by my side. Hearing that from you just makes me feel like I was safe giving me the strength to fight back." Sooyoung pouted as she turned to face Yoona, "You know how horrible the hospital food is? Plus I missed breakfast that day rushing to the hospital when I heard you were hospitalised. Then I got into a fight with the doctors and nurses for no reason. Its all your fault." Taking Yoona's hands into her own, she frowned and said "So don't you ever get sick again. I don't want to have to eat that horrible hospital food again, I don't want to have to cry for you ever again.. It really does hurt a lot you know. Every groan you make, every frown, it felt like someone had taken a knife and cut open my heart then stab it over and over again. I don't want to risk losing someone I loved ever again."Pulling Yoona into a hug, the tears that had welled up in her eyes slowly trickled down. Yoona just smile as she snuggled into the crook of Sooyoung's neck, giving her a gentle kiss on her cheek and pulling herself closer into Sooyoung's hug.

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colleenorcullo
#1
Chapter 55: SooNa is so sweet T~T
Taengoo311
#2
Chapter 68: Umm why no updates? D:
SunnyandTae
#3
Chapter 32: New reader. Love where it's going. I'm up to the Christmas special and love it. It's written so well. I can't wait to finish :)
badtestament #4
Wuuthraad : Hahaha, well. Not everything will go to their food binges. I will have a part 3 to explain what they did with the money
badtestament #5
Forever9 : Haha, *evil gleams somemore* Maybe I should tell Youngie about your suspicious love for rilakuma.. *rubs hands in glee* YAH dongsaeng, wae you no update childcare chaos... *prepares the darts you loaned me*
Wuuthraad
#6
I now feel bad for Kim Tae Woo, now that he's going to jail and all his cash is going to fund SooNa food binges XD
badtestament #7
Vedasone : Thanks for the comments. =) Really thanks.

Mashipao : I will post my reply on your wall ok?? =D Thanks for reading my fanfic and thanks even more for your detailed comments and improvement suggestions
MashiPao
#8
S: LAST COMMENT! I SWEAR! XD
While reading your story, I noticed the pros and cons of your writing. So I want to give you some advice to make your fic better and your writing overall. :P
First of all, you do research on your topics. Which is really good. it's very easy to tell that you did your research on the guns and whatnot. In fact, would you mind helping me with that kind of stuff? LOl The amount of information within your story (and the gun explanations in the sequel) clearly show the amount of research you did. Few authors do this large amount of research so kudos to you!
Next, you have AMAZING vocabulary and details. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Although, your sentences can get a bit awkward at times, it doesn't hide the fact that your details are amazing. However, I think that all the details you have are like a double-edged sword in a sense. It's really great to read a fic with such amazing detail but sometimes it gets...tedious. Your updates are rather short so all I can see is giant paragraph after paragraph. And honestly, it makes me feel like I'm reading an essay instead of a story. So I would recommend maybe taking your giant paragraphs and separating them into smaller ones. That way, it's much easier to read. Not a lot of people want to read giant blocks of text.
Also, your details and whatnot overpower your dialogue. You have more details than you have dialogue. In my opinion, dialogue is what makes a story and fleshes out the characters' personalities. So perhaps add more dialogue into your story?
You have problems writing dialogue as well which is awfully strange because I see you doing it the right way and then you mostly do it the wrong way...such as in Chapter 47. You squish all of your dialogue into one paragraph which is incorrect. (And it causes many readers to run away LOL) There must be a new paragraph every time a new person speaks.
So I'm done. Whew that took a long time to type up. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and found my comments useful~
MashiPao
#9
Moving on to the next comment! LOL I don't know...I might hit a new high and have to write three comments. I still have much to say. :P Just a heads up, I read teh sequel too so I'll be squishing everything in the comments here. XD
Anyway, continuing about Tiffany. Thumbs up for continuity. I noticed you still had pink dossiers in your sequel. Hehe sorry I just like it when the author stays consistent. I always have smile on my face every time Tiffany enters the cafe: walks/runs in like a boss then glomps everyone. XD (Also yay for slight Taenyish moment in the sequel haha).
Moving on to the highlight of the story that I found the most amusing: Jessica's and Taeyeon's test to get into Department X. Haha it was great. Cucumbers and roasted cockroaches? Wow. Must've been hell. The examiners weren't very smart when they decided not to tie up Jessica's feet. XD Aso I love the background of the Cafe with No Name. I LOL'd at such the lame name and LOL'd even harder when you said "Taeyeon's creativeness". Nice Touch. :)
Moving on the main plot of the story, I must say the Department X definitely have their feet stuck in a pile of crap. Especially Sooyoung. D: It was so sad when she left. Also, I was so surprised at the end when Seohyun drugged Hyoyeon. Why SEOHYUN? WHY? T_T Honestly, I never expected Seohyun of all people. She's too nice and stuff. But you know, the nicest people are probably the most evil and sinister (Does that make me evil? LOL). Going into the sequel, I wonder if Sunny and Hyomin will really fall in love with each other especially since Hyomin is taking such good care of Sunny in the hospital...while Sunny's lover is sulking around, seeking Tiffany for refuge...Shame, Taeyeon. If Sunny caught you, she might have to request you to get into bed immediately. XD Hehe I'm an avid Taeny fan so I'm content with the Taeny development. :P But anyway, Seohyun, why are you so EVIL?! T_T Evil! D: Augghhh...Well, I'm running out of space again. LOL