At the Jung apartment, Jessica and Krystal both sat on the sofa, exhausted from their day.

----Krystal's POV----

"Unnie.." I called out of the blue.

"Yes Krystal?" Jessica replied and put her arm around my neck.

"I feel so bad..."

"I know, but it really isn't your fault." Jessica tried to convince me. "The stalker is dead already anyway."

"Joon could not even talk just now." I sighed as I remembered his weak state.

"And you blame that on yourself? No one is wrong today."

"Oppa wouldnt have been that hurt if he didnt come to save me."

"No one told him to save you. He ran out even before we said anything." She continued. "What does it prove?"

"That he is reckless and stubborn?"

"He rather put himself infront of you as a shield just so you don't get any harm." Jessica paused and continued.
"Even this Ice Princess melted after what he did."

"Unnie. How I wish all these didn't happen at all."

"It will be alright Krystal. It's alright. He is safe now."

"I know unnie. But I just don't know how he really feels now." 

The doorbell suddenly rang.

It was the postman. He personally delivered a letter by the order of SM Entertainment.

"What could this be about?"

As I opened and read it, it made me feel helpless once again. "Unnie you read this."

"To recipient of this letter, you are hereby officially invited to perform at the SMtown Tour.
 Which is currently moved forward to an earlier date.
 All personnel including celebrities are required to report back to training and pratices in two days time."

As Jessica read, she sighed. "This is not good... We don't have enough time to take care of Joon"

"And we celebrities are required to temporarily lose our freedom." I shivered.

"Why is it shifted forward anyway?" Jessica wondered.

"Oppa..." I muttered quietly. "I'm going to visit Joon while I still have the chance."

"Let's go together."

Jessica and I then arrived at the hospital, only to find the place filled with paparazzis and reporters.
When they saw us, some came to us and we got spammed by their questions.

"Miss Krystal, please explain your relationship!"

"Is this a behind the scenes relationship?"

"What have you done with him?"

Those questions just kept coming. 
But Jessica unnie and I ignored them and headed into the ICU.

"Kr..Krystal.."

"Oppa! You can talk at last!" I rushed to his side and grabbed his hand.

"Yes..But...I need..to pause...alot." Joon said. "Sica noona..I see you are..here..as..well."

"Yes, we were both really worried about you.." Jessica said.

"Oppa I'm so sorry." I apologised sadly.

"What for?"

"For getting you into all this."

"Saving you was...what I chose to do. No one should...be blaming anybody.. If you repeated last night, and ask..me to do it again..I will.."
He panted as he finished his speech.
It must really be an effort for him to talk.

"Oppa..." I felt terrible.

He took his hand and pat the back of my head and pulled me to him.

"I can't give you...a kiss..now.." He said. "Next time alright..?"

"Oppa..." I called out as he spoke.

"Hmm..?"

"We're being called back to SM. They moved the date up for SMtown tour." I explained in tears.
"I may not be able to visit you for quite a fair bit of time.."

"It's alright." He said.

Those were the two words that I loved.
The two words that comforted me the most.

"I'm so sorry!!" I couldn't help but cry harder.

He suddenly pushed himself up with all his might.
Taking off the oxygen mask, he place his thumb on my lips to stop my crying.

He bent foward and kissed me on the lips.
It was a restrained one due to his wounds.
But it was enough.
It was a guarantee that he really loved me.

Jessica couldn't help but just smiled at us.

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