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"In a few weeks be sure to come to your follow up appointment" instructed the doctor, signing the discharge forms.

I nodded, "Of course. Thank you for taking such good care of me"

My awkward bulky cast made it difficult to get dressed. I guess dresses were going to be what my wardrobe consisted of for the next month or so. It made me chuckle when the nurse handed me my cellphone, thinking of how it made it out of the accident undamaged while I was bruised and bashed. I turned it on to see over one hundred new messages. Half of them were from little brother Mir, saying something along the lines  of  "Wen, what's happening??!! You alright?" or "Get well soon noona". Attached to his very first worrisome SMS was a link to a website,

Last night, it was reported that the singer eMpress was rushed to hospital due to a car accident. The 23 year old was brought to emerge by ambulance, unconscious and severely injured.  Just hours prior to, eMpress made an appearance at a masquerade ball put on by the Seoul University for Arts, looking cheery and healthy as usual.
 
Two days later this article on allkpop.com was updated

Currently eMpress is making a successful recovery after the accident. "There is no serious long term damage. She will have to recuperate for a while though, gaining her strength back steadily" says eMpress' representive. With this incident catching the eye of all Kpop fans, they have rallied together to support eMpress in this tough time. All over the Internet and the country, fans are showing their support. Even her fellow labelmates and friends 2PM paid her a visit at the hospital, along with her close friend and ex-boyfriend Park Jaebeom who just returned after the controversy in the fall. Also, not only did BIGBANG member Taeyang tweet a 'get well soon' for eMpress but leader G-Dragon sent a shout out for her health during a radio conference. Everyone now anticipates eMpress' recovery, best wishes from allkpop.com!

I was touched by all the support I was getting not only from fans, but fellow idols. I remember only meeting Youngbae maybe only a handful of times, so it was really caring of him to acknowledge me.

I continued to read all the things I had missed since the accident, getting an even better idea of what I had left. My phone began to ring, so I slyly answered it in the hospital, since phones weren't suppose to be used in the building.

"Yah?" I hushed

"Oh good; you have your phone back."

I recognized Khun's voice, "Hey, what's up?"

"I won't be able to pick you up tonight. I have to go to a meeting with producers for a show I could be starring in. They need to meet me, so I can't weasle out. I'm sorry Wen."

Even with the memory loss, I knew the life of an idol,

"I understand Khun; it's ok."

"I asked Junsu, and he said he would be able to come and pick you up at the same time." said Khun

"Sounds good. I'll see you tomorrow then I guess." I replied, slightly disappointed he couldn't come

"Again, I'm sorry, I even had something nice planned for us. I'll make it up; promise."

I sighed, "Really; I understand. We'll see eachother tomorrow, it's no big deal."

Khun lightly laughed, "A whole day without you? I don't know Wen. Well I have to go, bye jagiya. I love you"

Ending the call, for some reason I couldn't help but feel a slight twang from the word 'promise'

As said, Junsu poked his head through the door precisesly at 8 pm.

"Hey Junsu" I chirped, wheeling myself over. I felt so useless in the wheelchair, at least with crutches I got a good upper body workout.

Junsu stepped in and gave me a kiss on the cheek,

"How ar-"

"Hey! Missed you!" Taec hollered, rushing in and knocking by Junsu for a hug. This earned him a dirty look, and a slap across the back of the head from his hyung.

I chuckled, "I missed you too Taec, and of course you Junsu"

"You look much healthier today. I'd say pretty" complimented Junsu, beginning to wheel me out the door.

"Definitely; the colour of the cast really brings out my eyes" I remarked sarcastically

I felt so comfortable to be back around my friends, especially 2PM. Taec held my hand all the way to the van.

"Could you pass me my crut- That's cool too" I said, while Taec sweeped me out of the chair and strapped me in the back seat.

"Now you're free Wen" exclaimed Junsu, shakily backing out of the parking lot.

"Guess so. Tell me what I have been missing out on, what's the latest news, who's liking who" I said in a slightly mocking tone, like a highschool girl

Taec and Junsu shared a knowing glance, before looking back out their respective windows

"Nothing too earth-shattering, just a lot of preparation for an upcoming performance." shrugged off Taec

I was about to ask about the other members specifically, but was stopped by an incoming call.

"Hey, yobasayo?"

"Ah! You!"

I scrunched up my face, "Ya... Me.", unsure of who was calling going by the voice

"It's me; Mir! I'm so glad you are ok" he yipped

I smiled at his positive mood, "Other than this cast I have to lug around, I'm feeling great,"

I heard a commotion in the backgorund, and some profane language. Joon's memorable voice came on the speaker,

"Are you home yet?"

"Almost, I'll be arriving back anytime" I replied

He gasped, "Chincha? We'll be there in ten"

"It's night time, and you should be going to bed if you still are as busy as I-"

Those kids; they hung up on me.

Eventually we rolled into the parking garage. This time Junsu got me out of the back seat and into the wheelchair.  It was a good try, but Taec had to step in

"Let me do it Grandpa Daegu" he teased, effortlessly swinging me out and in.

It was nice being chauffeured around I had to admit. It was just a set back when we arrived at the elevator. Taec took me, while Junsu decided to take the stairs. Being lazy, I would have just waited for the next one considering their floor is in the double digits.

"Tell me about your boyfriend Wen, you two getring along?" questioned Taec out of the blue while I was mindlessly jamming out to elevator music

"Yes, we do. You know Khun well, so there's not a lot to say." I replied, taken off guard by the randomness

"What do you remember about him before the crash?" He asked, watching the floors ding by

I thought, then said,  "I remember a lot actually, like him on Strong Heart when we danced together,  and when we rowed out in a boat for a date once"

Taec shook his head as if he was disappointed, but then averted his attention to the opening doors. I stiffled a giggle as a sweaty and red Junsu got on.

"I tried" he panted, leaning against the wall. I don't get why he hadn't squished in before, guess the whole joy run up the stairs was fun for him; that weirdo.

The doors parted to show the hallway where the dorm was. Before Junsu could rasp his fist against the door, it swung open.

"Welcome home Wen!" cheered Junho, fully opening the door to reveal the rest of the gang. I smiled and waved wildly at them all, and then Mir and Lee Joon were at the end of the line. I rolled myself in, and received warn hugs and kisses from my friends. Mir was the last in line, as practically sat on my lap as he mauled me,

"I was so worried about you Wen. I couldn't even enjoy reading Death Note!" cried Mir, squeezing the air out of my lungs

"I will be sure to watch the anime with you, so could you please let me breathe" I squealed while Mir sheepishly let go of his death grip around me

"We're sorry that the others couldn't come, they had still have a schedule tonight" apologized Joon

"But we are the best, so it's ok!" Mir put his arm around Joon, to which he hugged him. "We are going to party!"

I laughed at his enthusiasm, hopping out of the wheelchair and snafooing my crutches from their spot leaning against the wall.

"Sure Mir; sounds great. Let me go and clean up, and then we will resume" I began hobbling away to the bathroom, before calling over my shoulder, "Does one of you have something I could whip on?"

They exchanged a look between themselves

"Ya; try your room" said Chansung, smiling in a way that said 'no duh'

 "Chincha?" I mumbled, peeking into the last room. I saw a few articles of female clothing poking out, so I guess they were right. Didn't know I had spent this much time at 2PM's place; remember something new everyday.

Even though I had only been in the hospital for a short time, my clothes felt very ill fitting. My usual diet was made of really whatever I pleased, with my quick metabolism. So being on an IV drip really made me into skin on bones. It's not that I ate unhealthily, I just ate a lot, so this was a change.

I found a cute pair of striped shorts that had a naval feel to them. Also I snagged a loose t-shirt from under the bed which smelled clean, with the word 'conspiracy' printed on it in a typewriter font. After doing a quick face wash, I was ready to have some fun.

Most probably would think as celebrities, we would be drinking at an exlcusive club, getting numbers from admirers galore. No; we played classic video games and jumped around willdly to music.

"At least Wen can't show us up at dancing now that she's a cripple" teased Taec, stealing my left crutch. Luckily I had been leaning against the back of the couch.

I smirked, "Oh yea? You wanna bet tooth fairy"

I ripped the crutch out of his hands, and went into the open floor space we had made. I was able to maneuver my body in a way that resembled a flare, by using the crutches to propel the spinning instead of my arms.

"Stop, you're going get hurt" warned Junsu sternly, while the others cheered loudly and egged me on

To my surpise, I actually didn't get hurt. I stopped before I could though, and so Junsu wouldn't go into cardiac arrest.

"You know, I worry about you" sighed Junsu, grabbing me in a hug before I could try anything else

I chuckled, "Thanks for caring Grandpa Junsu"

Unfortunately, Mir and Lee Joon had to return to their place. I said a goodbye to them, and kept on laughing as they walked down the hall in their quirky ways. Mir skipped so quickly one would think he was a child, and Lee Joon shuffled so oddly you would swear he was an ajhussi.

Settling down, now that the psychotic mood had left in a Hello Kitty sweater and big glasses, we all sat on the floor around the television.

"Come on; that is a horrible movie" whined Wooyoung as he rolled around in his blanket.

Taec sneered back, "That's only because you're scared of it"

In this home, majority rules along with the hyungs. The Grudge it is.

I wish the shaven area where there were stitches had long hair to match the rest, so I had more to hide behind.

"So the onri can onl- AIGO" I threw my head behind Chansung as Toshio popped up in the window "Where did he come from!"

"Ya! Gotta love Toshio" said Wooyoung. I shot him a humoured look

Junho showed me a picture of him dressed up as Toshio for Wild Bunny, and it set me into a spiral of giggles. Whenever Toshio popped up, all I could envision was Wooyoung in his ripped chefs hat and painted face, not to mention his priceless teethbaring expression.

After closing my eyes so much to avoid the scary scenes, they just stayed like that permanently. Luckily I fell asleep to images of the day back with my boys; not of a murderous husband coming to throw me down the stairs and break my neck.

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Junsu's Perspective

"Guys; she's already asleep" whispered Junho, reaching across Chansung to poke Wen's cheek. She let out a little whistle and snort. 

"I guess we should move her to her bed" Taec rolled her hand of his lap, "Come on Channie- let's get our little girl tucked in"

It always made me laugh when these two did anything together; they acted like an newlywed couple, or just a couple in general.

Taec swooped her up, and carried her off to bed, He soon came back, and continued watching the movie. The door creaked, then began to jitter. We all shot it a glare, seeing who had the guts to check it out. Of course; no one did.

Junho and I sighed in relief at the same time,

"Yah; I can't believe how scared you got dongsaeng" I teased, still eyeing the door "Want to g- "

The front door swung open.

We all jumped up from the floor and screamed, Chansung happened to arm himself with Taec's okcat. Wooyoung just dove for the couch, and curled up in a tight ball.

I flicked on the kitchen light,

"Khun!" I punched him in the chest, "Don't you ever call before you enter your home?"

"Uhm- No" he scoffed, tossing the spare key on to the counter.

"How did the meeting go?" asked Junho shakily, just peering past Taec to make sure it was Khun

He shrugged, "It went well, but it felt really long" . He followed up with a big yawn.

"Wooyoung, shut up. You know it's Khun and the lights are on, so stop screaming like a girl" said Taec

Khun instantly perked up, and froze mid walk. This turned into a run as he bolted down the hall. We all followed closely, now aware that it wasn't Wooyoung goofing off; it was Wen. 

"What's going on with her? What's wrong?" I sputtered, watching Wen flail in her bed and shriek non-sense as if in a full on conversation,

"I need to Xiaxue... Sorry we couldn't talk sooner... I do still love him... Jay hasn't comeback... I can't just love someone else like that..."

Khun swallowed loudly, clearly hurting from what she had said

"She's lapsing. This is the stuff she can't remember when she's awake, even with most of her memory back to normal"

"I-is this healthy? Why does it even hapen?" quietly asked Junho, halfway out of the room

"Jiyong is too persistent.... I don't want to hurt Mir... I can't love Khun like that... It was suppose to make him move on... The was good though.... "

I saw Khun shake is head, and press his lips together. He heard that stuff from us all the time, about how Wen didn't want him, but I guess it got to him when he heard it form her own mouth, even if she was in a dream like comatos state.

"I don't know why it happens Junho" whispered Khun

The other guys drifted out, figuring out they couldn't do anything in the situation. It was just Khun, Taec, and I left to listen to Wen's shouting.

"I'm saying goodbye to Khun at the ball... Xiaxue! I am not dating him.... I know he loves me but I still am stuck.... I'll see you in person then.... "

Taec carefully approached the topic we had been meanig to talk with Khun about,

"You shold let her go" he muttered, watching Khun Wen's face while she continued to ramble away to herself

He stopped his comforting and longing gaze,

"She needs me though"

"Are you sure it's not just the other way around?" I stated, hoping he wasn't in one of his snappy moods.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, "I'm her friend, her best friend"

Taec made his tone more stern, "Then stop being her boyfriend". Success, solid epiphany made Taec; good job.

"It's not fair to anyone" I braced myself for the next point, knowing we'd been ignoring it long enough "Especially Jay. He's still my friend, and yours too Khun"

"What about Wen? It wasn't fair for her to be left here by him" He stood up from the bed, and spoke in a choppy irritated tone, "Did you see how hurt she was by that? I sure did, every ing day"

Out if all the English I knew, I sure recognized cuss words.

"You make it seem like no one else was affected by that, we all were though. Stop using that as a scape goat to go after Wen" confronted Taec, pointing his finger at Khun

"If you didn't realize this; I love her." he half shouted back

Taec began to bite his lip and roll his eyes in disbelief

"Please, let's move this out of here" I hissed, opening the door and ushering them out. By now Wen had stopped freaking out at least.

Now in the living room, Taec could let it out all he wanted too; kind of.

"We all love her too Khun, but you don't see me trying to get with her the minute it's possible. Everyone wanted her like that at some point, but we backed off once we saw how much she loved Jay. You need to do that now too; move on already"

Khun grumbled back, "Wen, she-"

"Doesn't love you like that" I finished.

He began to turn away from us and slump down the hall, mumbling,  "Still doesn't change how I feel", closing his door as he disappeared from sight.

All we heard form the room was a deafening silence.

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A/N

One of my close friends reads my fanfic. This is how the conversation went

Me: "Yes, there is going to be some confrontation soon."

Her: "You mean Khun- frontation"

Pun of the week ladies and gentlemen. 
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savagewinters
Editing the alternate ending and adding a bit more. Ah! So nostalgic coming back to this fic, it gets me all emotional (:

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lulupita1
#1
Chapter 52: Aaaaaawwwww.... One of the best stories I've read! U are great writer! :)
iamandie #2
Chapter 52: done at last! i end up teary eyed reading the last 2 chappies.

love the happy ending! :D
gabbyharstarr97
#3
I spat out the water I was drinking when I read that Khun and Xiaxue were together .... I actually started crying while reading the speaches .....such an epic ending (:
marikrismas #4
At first I was confused on why this was updated and then I remembered you said you'd have an alternate ending for us and here it is!
Anyway by golly this was good! I found it funny that she was almost late to her own wedding haha. I'm glad 2pm returned as seven in here, even if they aren't all idols anymore and Khun and Xiaxue together? Oooh niice. And the speeches awwww!! Then Wen and Jiyong as business partners in the fashion world? Sweeet! And Xiaxue bringing back that dress, gosh she's good. Lastly the boat scene, giiiiiirl this epilogue was just epic. Totally loved it from start to finish, both the epilogue and story as a whole :D
hellopanda23 #5
the extra ending was beautiful. a fine ending to teh story : )
jangkhunyounghunny
#6
Oh my God...this was beautiful..everything..2PM as seven and Khun married with taec got himself a girl..omg..just beautiful..Jay always there and everything...i'm fluttered..awwwwwww~ love the epilogue...thanks for making it complete and they'll get baby soon :P ekekeke..love it so much! Wenbeom daebak!
gabbyharstarr97
#7
Yes !! do it (:
hellopanda23 #8
whaaa it came to a complete end this time.. it was nice that she got her memory at the end and that everybody ended up closing loose ends... it has been a fun and enjoying to read your story and i hope you plan to do future work. let me know and i will be sure to read it for you... YEs why not release the alternate/extra ending!!!
marikrismas #9
DO IT! Go and upload it nooooooow!!! Please hahaha
but just kidding, go ahead and take your time with whatever you'll upload (;