Sana and Tzuyu rushed to the hospital as soon as Mina called them. They wished they could run to her room without being scolded by the staff.

When they found the corridor, they were taken aback by the heavy silence. There was a couple sitting on a bench, an old lady sitting on another bench by herself and a red-haired girl walking back and forth with a middle aged woman, who they recognized as her mother.

The hurried steps of the girls caught Mina's attention. She looked at them with teary eyes and ran to them.

"Sana-chan!" Mina launched to the girl, hugging her and sobbing on her shoulder.

Sana didn't expect such a sudden hug from her, even though they were good friends already. Mina didn't take a habit to hugging people. Sana wrapped her arms around the shorter girl's shoulders and caressed her hair, while Tzuyu rubbed both their backs.

"Myoui-chan, what happened?" Sana asked, trying not to sound nervous as not to worry Mina even more.

"I-I... It's my fault! I didn't look before crossing the street, and Momo-senpai fell from her bike to dodge me! It's my fault, it's..." She sobbed uncontrollably. Sana could feel warm tears soaking her shoulder.

"Shh... it's not your fault Myoui-chan. But how's she?"

"I don't know, they are still examining her... She fell unconscious as soon as she hit the ground... I'm scared Sana-chan!"

"Everything's gonna be alright! She's a tough girl, remember that. She's fine, I know it."

Even with Sana's reassurance, Mina couldn't bring her tears to a stop. Sana and Tzuyu shared a concerned look. Sana was worried sick about her sister. An hour ago they were all laughing and having fun together, and now Momo was in the hospital, unconscious due to a motorcycle accident.

A petite nurse with a honey blonde bob exited the room where Momo was. Mina turned abruptly with the sound of the door opening and rushed to the nurse.

"How is she?" Her voice begged.

"She's recovering well. There's no serious injuries. She was lucky. Motorcycle accidents have the potential to cause serious damage. She has several scrapes on her skin, especially on her elbows and knees and some on the face as well. There's bruising on all of those areas as well. We still need to do more exams, though, because she seems to have taken the impact of the fall with her right knee, and we need to make sure there was no internal bleeding whatsoever."  The nurse – Lee Luda, as they could read by the nameplate – smiled, in a reassuring gesture.

For the first time in the last half hour, Mina took a deep breath and allowed her lips to form a small, relieved smile. Sana approached with Tzuyu.

"Is she awake already?" Sana asked.

"Not yet. The impact on her head was tough on her, but gladly she was wearing a helmet. I'm positive she will wake up soon."

"Can we be with her?" Mina asked, hesitant.

"Sorry, only when she wakes up. We need to keep a very close watch on her until she does." Nurse Luda gave them an apologetic smile.

"Please, let us be there when she wakes up..." Sana grabbed Luda's hands and looked down at her eyes.

Nurse Luda sighed and shook her head.

"Please..." Sana pleaded once more.

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Her eyes slowly opened, but her vision was blurry. She let out a long, low hiss, as she tried to move. Every inch of her body felt heavy and burned in pain. Besides pain, the one other thing she could feel was a warm hand grabbing hers. Closing her eyes again, she smiled.

"Myoui-chan..." She whispered, using the little strength she had to squeeze the hand in hers.

"Sorry to disappoint you, it's me." Her sister said. "How are you feeling?"

Momo opened her eyes again to be sure it was her and she wished she could facepalm.

"S-Sana... I don't know... My whole body aches..." Momo let her eyes slowly go shut, only to widen them in the next second, trying to look around, but the pain was too much as she moved her head. "W-Where's Myoui-chan?!"

"You're so happy to see me." Sana giggled as to lighten up the mood, caressing her sister's cheek.  Right when it had already healed from Mina's father slap, the right side of her face was purpled and her eye puffy. Sana didn't want to think what could have happened if Momo wasn't wearing her helmet.

Momo looked away from Sana's stare. If it wasn't from the injuries in her face, Sana would have been able to see her go red.

"I'm worried about her, you idiot... I almost run over her, you know? I... remember everything... I heard her screaming my name before I passed out... She didn't get hurt... did she?"

Just by remembering it, a tear escaped from Momo's right eye. She didn't care if she was in a hospital bed with bandages all over her bruised body and an IV drip on her wrist, not being able to move a muscle without feeling pain. All she cared about was Mina's safety.

"She's fine. At least in a physical sense. She's outside, dying to see you. She couldn't stop crying until nurse Luda told us you were stable." Sana said, wiping Momo's tear away.

Momo looked at Sana with wide eyes. She promised... She promised she wouldn't make Mina cry. She'd failed again.

"I... I want to see her."

Sana smiled and leaned to kiss Momo's forehead. She stood up and left Momo alone to call nurse Luda first, as she was supposed to.

The door went open. Momo smiled, hoping to see Mina, but the smile quickly faded as she saw the petite nurse coming in. She sure was cute, but she was not Mina. Nurse Luda smiled and greeted her, asking her how she was feeling. Momo smiled back and only said "In pain."

"We'll be conducting some more exams later. Now I'm sure you want to see your friends, right?"

Momo's cheeks hurt from the grin that grew on her lips. Of course she wanted to see Mina... No, she wanted to see everyone.

Nurse Luda opened the door, then winked at Momo before leaving. A couple seconds later, a boy burst the door open and dashed inside.

“J-Jungwon....” The grin slowly faded and a worried frown took its place. Of course Sana would call him.

He rushed to the side of the bed and carefully grabbed her hand, looking at her bruised face with narrowed and concerned eyes.

“Momo...” A tear ran down from his eye.

“H-Hey, don’t cry. I’m fine.” Momo smiled, trying to act though.

“I-I was so scared of losing you..." He cried, shutting his eyes down and letting his head drop.

He might seem like a tough boy, but his heart was as soft as Momo's. That was probably why they went along so well. The sight of her boyfriend crying made her heart ache as much as her body. She hated people crying because of her, but everyone seemed to be doing just that.

“You’re... Not going to lose me." Momo said, and a second later, the knot on her stomach came back.

It wasn’t the time for such thoughts. She tried to focus on her boyfriend, on his face, on his touch, and push Mina out of her mind.

But Mina was the person she wanted to see and she hated herself so much for it. Momo was convinced the accident was like a punishment for thinking about her. That it was a sign she needed to stop.

Jungwon sniffed and leaned to plant a long and caring kiss on the top of her head, caressing her hair and looking right at her eyes.

“You’re gonna be fine. Sorry, I... Just the thought of losing you... “

“You don't have to think about that. I'm a big girl and I won't leave.”

What Momo really meant was 'please don’t say anything else because I can’t bear with it'. She couldn’t hear him speak without feeling horrible about herself. How could she have those thoughts when she already had a person who loved her so much? He used to be the only one in her mind, all the time. She used to love him so much, so dearly... And she didn’t want to ever hurt him, when he always did everything for her and made her so happy. Momo blamed it all on Mina – the easy path to take.

Momo gently cupped his cheek and caressed it with her thumb, bringing him closer to carefully kiss his lips. And she just wished the kiss would feel like it used to. Because, even with her best effort not to, her mind still pictured someone else kissing her.

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They talked for a bit, not enough for his likings, but he knew there were more people wanting to see her. He kissed her again and promised he would be outside waiting to see her again as soon as possible.

When Jungwon left, Sana stepped back inside, followed by Tzuyu and...

Mina widened her eyes and fought her tears as she looked away from the sight of Momo in the hospital bed.

“How are you doing now? Better after seeing us, I suppose.” Sana asked, making Momo look at her.

“Y-Yes, I really wanted to see everyone.”

Everyone knew Tzuyu wasn’t good with words, but still, she took a step closer and muttered.

“Get well soon, and please be more careful next time..."

Sana had to hold her laugh behind her girlfriend. But when she met Momo's eyes and saw her amused expression, she burst out in laughter, as did Momo.

“W-Why are you laughing?”

“You’re just so cute, Tzuyu.” Sana hugged her from the back.

Momo had to force her chuckles to stop because it sure was making her body hurt even more. It felt good to laugh, anyway.

“Thank you Tzuyu. I know you mean it.”

The youngest blushed and whined cutely, hiding her embarrassed features on Sana’s neck.

Mina was still standing a bit far, with a small smile, staring at Momo. Despite the situation, seeing her smile and laugh, she couldn't help but to smile back. Momo held her gaze.

“Well, we’ll be outside. See you soon, sis.” Sana said as soon as she noticed they wanted to be alone. She dragged Tzuyu along with her.

Without breaking the eye contact, Mina walked to Momo’s bed side with slow and careful steps, as if she was scared of hurting her again just with her presence.

“Hey.” Momo broke the silence, smiling at her.

Mina stopped right beside her and grabbed her hand as if Momo was a porcelain doll. She let her body fall to the stool that was next to her bed. She had so many things to say, yet she didn't know where to start. So, instead of talking, she let the tears run down again.

Why did she have to cry? It was painful to watch Jungwon cry, but watching Mina cry at that moment hurt more than the pain overwhelming her body.

"F-First, you got your ankle hurt... Then, you were hit by my father..." Mina gently cupped Momo's right cheek as she spoke, looking at her through the tears clouding her eyes. "And now, you had an accident... All because of m-me." She sobbed, making it hard for her to finish what she wanted to say. "I-I'm so, so s-sorry, Momo-senpai..."

Mina buried her face on her left hand, because the other refused to let go of Momo's.

Momo bit her lip in a failed attempted to stop her own tears.

"Myoui-chan... P-Please, don't cry."

The quivering in Momo's voice made Mina hold her breath and look at the blonde through the fingers still hiding her face.

"It's not your fault, it never was, and it never will be." Momo moved her other arm, disregarding the IV drip attached to it, to grab Mina's hand and stop it from hiding her beautiful face. Her hand then rested on her warm cheek, wiping the tears away, her eyes stuck to Mina's.

Momo's touch seemed to always calm Mina down. She stopped sobbing and leaned her head against Momo's hand, then placing her own hand on top.

"I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if something happened to you. I was so scared..." Mina looked down for a couple seconds. Then, she blinked to get rid of the last tears stopping her from properly looking at Momo and whispered. "I need you, Momo-senpai... don't leave me."

All of Momo's efforts towards blaming her and trying to push away thoughts of her were that easily voided. How could Mina make her feel so weak, so vulnerable to her own heart? She wasn't able to think with her brain, she wasn't able to use her reason and think about what was right. What wasn't right minutes ago, was now. What she didn't want to feel minutes ago, she gave up on fighting. Her feelings for Mina had become something she couldn't control anymore. It felt wrong, unfair, but she just couldn't. When Mina cried for her like that, when Mina grabbed her hands and said those things that made her forget how to breathe, she left her no choice, no way out of falling for her.

Earlier, Jungwon had said similar things to her. But when it was him, her gut twisted and she almost bit her tongue as she tried to answer him. With Mina, her feelings flowed out unrestrained.

"I'll never leave you."

Because they were real.

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Nurse Luda let them stay with Momo a little bit more, but she was being benevolent, since she wasn't supposed to allow visitors inside the rooms that late in the day. They promised that as long as Momo was in the hospital, they would go see her everyday. Then they bid their goodbyes for the day, able to rest assured about Momo's condition.

After the x-rays she needed to do and losing the IV drip, Momo was left alone in her room, already missing the people she loved and needed the most. It that the room was so silent and she had nothing to take her out of her boredom. At least she had eaten already and the painkillers had eased the pain significantly.

There was no painkiller in the world that could ease the pain in her heart, though. Thinking about how her life was turning upside down all of a sudden made a maze out of her mind. She wanted to love Jungwon the way he loved her. He never did anything to deserve otherwise, and yet, if Momo didn't stop herself, he would be the one getting hurt unfairly.

But, on the other side, her heart knew best. It didn't care about who it was, or if it was wrong or not. It knew for who it beat for.

With her smile lingering on her mind, Momo fell asleep.

She only opened her eyes again in the morning, blinking a few times so her eyes got used to the bright sunlight creeping through the window. Through the night, the painkillers seemed to have worn out, because it was once again painful to attempt moving. As her eyes travelled the room, she found something. Someone. Sitting on the stool beside her bed, with her head resting on the free space on the bed beside her.

Had she stayed all night... holding her hand next to her face? Was she even allowed to stay overnight?

A smile crept on Momo's lips. Waking up and see Mina's face next to her was something she didn't expect to be so... heart-warming. It was something that she could have every single day of her life without growing tired of it. Momo rested her free hand on Mina's head, caressing her hair, carefully as to not wake her up. She grabbed a long hair lock and leaned closer to breathe the fruity scent of her shampoo. Her hand then travelled down to her face, her thumb tracing small circles on her cheek. Her skin felt like silk to her touch.

Momo couldn't help but get hit with the thought that whatever reasons she had to love Jungwon, Mina had given her as well. The way she cared for her felt just like the way he did... except Mina had a way to touch her heart in ways it had never been touched before. How could she not fall for such a caring, sweet, lovable, talented, beautiful girl? How silly she had been. All the time she had spent thinking about ways to stop her feelings now felt like a complete waste.

Because Momo knew there was no way anymore. There was no way to deny that she was deeply in love with Mina.

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A/N: Finally Momo OIDFBNSIDGOBSA it took her a long time xD better late than never, right? I loved writing this chapter so much, I hope you all loved it too <3
Poor Momo though, what is she going to do now?