It was already 1AM but you just couldn't fall asleep. You were too paranoid to sleep or even blink. It was already at that point. The last threat was sent right before dinner and you just couldn't bring yourself to relax so you skipped. 

Shinjung had gone off somewhere and no one knew where she was. 

Your only source of comfort was missing, Dongho was in Japan, you didn't want to burden your best friends any longer, and you couldn't tell anyone. 

It's a huge miracle that your parents didn't notice how pale you had become. Your lips were losing its color and you looked as skinny as ever. Exactly how many  meals had you missed? Even you didn't know. 

You just couldn't relax. You were just so paranoid that you couldn't do anything.  

The moonlight pierced through the room, creating scary shadows that you hadn't been afraid of ever since you were a child. A squeak came out of your mouth as you scrambled towards a corner. 

You brought your knees up against your chest and hugged yourself. 

Looking towards your doorway, light from the outside. You took deep breathes and tried convincing yourself that it was just a maid or something. 

That is---until you heard someone turn your doorknob. You ducked your head in between your knees and sobbed. "P-please let me live! Please let me live!" you pleaded. 

"Meenah?" came a familiar voice. 

You slowly looked up to see your brother standing by the door. Unknowingly, the tears kept on coming out. 

"Why are you crying and why---?" 

"I-I'm scared," you whispered shakily. 

Minwoo frowned and was more confused than he already was. When your phone beeped, he was even more confused at your reaction. 

Your hands flew up onto your ears, covering them. You shook like crazy and weeped like there was no tomorrow. "Make it stop! Make them stop! I want to live!" you cried. 

Minwoo went towards your phone and turned it on(Chun Hee already put back the memory card). 

His reaction was the same as Chelsea's and Chun Hee's as he read the new text and all the others. "Jung Mi Ran explain to me what the is going on!" 

You shook your head and screamed, "I don't know I don't know I don't know!" 

You hugged yourself even tighter as the tears kept on coming. People would have thought that you would have run out of tears by now from all of the excessive crying but apparently that wasn't true. 

As Minwoo's arms wrapped around you, you couldn't help but wince. Apparently, Minwoo noticed. 

"This is completely not okay," he muttered and forcefully stood you up. You fell against him. 

"Go get dressed." Minwoo ordered before walking away. When he reached your doorway, he abruptly stopped. "Then again---I don't think you'll be able to dress yourself," he said aloud. 

Minwoo went to wake up some maids so that they could help you wash up and dress you. 

After much difficulty, the two simple tasks were accomplished. You stood in front of your brother at 1:50AM clad in street clothes that made you look less---important. 

All of the energy in you had suddenly drained out therefore, you stood there lifelessly. 

Minwoo's frown grew deeper as he grabbed onto his sister's stick-like arms. It was then under the bright light of the hallway did he finally notice how pale you were. You almost fell over when he ever-so-slightly pushed you. 

His grip around your arm loosened. "Come on. We're going to the doctors," he stated. 

You shook her head. "I-I don't want to leave the house." 

"We have to! Just look at the state you're in right now!" 

In denial, you pulled away from him and attempted to run away---only to double over in pain. You let out a groan as you clutched onto your stomach. Within seconds the vomit you had been trying to hold in came out. 

Minwoo gasped and screamed for the maids. 

The ones that had helped you earlier came running down the stairs and was shocked at the condition that you were in. Some helped you up while the others frantically cleaned up the mess. It wasn't long until they had to clean up your vomit once again. 

No one noticed when your parents had come down but eventually Minwoo looked up and saw them. 

"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Mr.Jung boomed. 

Minwoo gulped. "M-Meenah," he simply replied. 

Your mom's knees buckled underneath her as she fell down in front of you. As usual, the sight was horrifying. Your dad was raging; it was to the point where he was shaking. 

"Someone call the damn ambulance!" he yelled. 

A maid scrambled towards the home phone and dialed 119. 

Everything seemed to be going in slow motion for you. You could barely even feel the pain. All the things that happened so far seemed to be a very realistic dream to you. 

The immense noise and screaming around you seemed to slowly fade away. Your eyes shut themselves and darkness enveloped you. 

It was as if you had been locked away in a dark room far far away. This was better. 

There wasn't any death threats that you had to worry about at the moment. It put you at peace. You were worry-free. 

You were at peace.

~~~

Dongho(who had just gotten off the plane from Japan) burst through the doors of the hospital. He ran down the hallways until he skidded to a stop when he saw Jay. 

"What're you doing here?" he hissed. 

Jay looked up from the book he was reading and faked a smile that anyone could have fallen for. "The last time I checked, visiting a friend wasn't illegal." he answered. 

Dongho rolled his eyes and head towards the door to your hospital room. It would be a terrible lie if he said that he wasn't scared or on the verge of a  mental breakdown. He squeezed his eyes shut and slowly opened the door.

Already inside were your parents, Chelsea, Chun Hee, and Minwoo. They all turned to look at the sudden arrival of another person. 

"Oh, Dongho-ah," Chelsea called. 

"What happened to her?" 

Chelsea moved away from the bed towards him. "You may want to sit down for this," she told him and signaled for him to sit down. She then started explaining to him about the death threats and so on and so forth. 

Once she finished, Dongho looked as if he could faint at any moment. "And why was this kept from me?" he asked in disbelief. 

Chelsea only shrugged. "I didn't know until recently. She was a complete m---" 

Jay walked into the room, interrupting what Chelsea was going to say. Just like when Dongho came in, everyone stared at Jay. He politely bowed and walked over to the window where he placed a bouquet of flowers on the table. With that he walked out of the room again. 

Dongho growled under his breath. 

Chelsea couldn't help but chuckle. She patted his shoulder. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure she'll be fine," she reassured him. 

Dongho could only watch you from afar for he was afraid he might go crazy. 

Your dad stood up, interrupting the silence. "I'm going to go and figure out who made my daughter like this." he announced before leaving. 

A nurse came in right after he left. "Only one person can be in here from now on. She needs to be completely stable," the nurse announced. 

Everyone looked towards Dongho. He raised his eyes up to scan everyone in the room. 

"I-I-I guess I'll stay then," he said. 

Dongho quietly watched as the nurse did her thing. "When will she get better?" he blurted out. 

The nurse stood up straight after checking your vitals. 

"Sooner or later. She's sleep deprived and needs rest the most right now. Since Mi Ran-ssi has always had a weak body, she shouldn't have pushed herself to this extent," the nurse explained. "Visiting hours are over now. Be careful on your way home." 

Dongho weakly nodded and stood up. He took a long glance at you before following the nurse out of the room. 

Outside, everyone had gone home except Jay. 

Dongho warily eyed him. "Shouldn't you be going home, Jihwan hyung?" 

"I wanted to see Meenah one last time," he smirked. 

Rolling his eyes, Dongho scoffed. "Just so you know, visiting hours are over!" Dongho couldn't help but snap. 

Jay flashed Dongho an angelic smile. "I have my connections. I'm allowed to stay even after visiting hours." he stated before purposely bumping into Dongho's shoulder as he made his way into your room. 

Dongho hissed, cursing under his breath. 

"Jerk!"

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Meep. 

I didn't intend for Jay to sound like a jerk OTL he's my baby though ORZ 

But yeah.

Comments are appreciated. 

Might not update for a while if I don't get any support ya'know. 

Oh and for my next fanfiction, who should be the main character?