I was now lying down on what looked like a hospital bed in the nurse's office, complete with the white bed spread and pillow covers. I was glad Jonghyun couldn’t see my discomfort as he chatted with the attending nurse for an ice pack. Hospitals scared me, but he didn’t have to know that.

I covered both my eyes with my palms and tried counting backwards, trying to calm my crazy thumping heart at the thought of Jonghyun and to remind myself I wasn’t at a hospital.

"If that’s all then I will be leaving for a short while" I heard the nurse say and then the sound of the door opening and closing followed. Don’t leave, please don’t leave, I practically screamed in my head but I knew she was gone, leaving me alone with Jonghyun.

Soft footsteps were then preceded by the sound of the hospital bed creaking with the weight of someone sitting on it. "Take this" I heard Jonghyun say as I felt something cold touch my arm. Hesitantly I uncovered my eyes, still hoping that this was all one stupid dream. But of course, it wasn’t.

Jonghyun's arm was out stretched in my direction, ice pack in hand as he sat at the foot of the bed. I sat up, keeping a little distance between us and took the pack, pressing it to my face.

"Thanks" I said in honesty, paused and then continued, "you and you're friend didn’t have to help me though" I finished my sentence, hoping to have not sounded stuck up. Jonghyun was one to always surprise I realized as he burst out laughing. I turned to look at him and he gave me that big wide grin you normally see on adorable pets, like a puppy for example.

"You don’t need to be like that new kid" he said and I visibly flinched at the words "new kid". I liked it when he had called me Jinki, even if it was only once before. I put the ice pack down as he continued, hoping that by blush had now reduced and would go undetected.

"Those guys are just waiting to push others around and don’t give me all the credit. It was Kibum who hit him, he has this overbearing sense of justice and sometimes he doesn’t know when to shut up or give up" Jonghyun explained, a spark in his eyes as he spoke so fondly of his friend. They seemed really close and for a second I envied Kibum.

I had never made any real friends all my life. When I was a kid it was lonely and worse when I had to shift yet again, but with time I got used to it. School was just a passing event, I would try and almost always succeed to go unnoticed. And I always kept a good distance away from any boy I even found mildly attractive.

All of which I had failed to do when I shifted here. I felt lonely once more.

I thanked Jonghyun again and then the room went silent. He looked me up a