5 days to go …

*** Jang Mi's POV ***

I looked around the room, the walls that were originally plain white, had been decorated with posters and pictures of her as a young girl, some with Grandpa and others with my father as a child. Other pictures were of me that I’d given her; she always asked me to bring her pictures of myself and my friends.

There was a picture of me and Jonghyun up there on the wall when we were young children and I stared at it for a long time. I looked at out smiling faces as we held up red and blue buckets full of sand on the beach. Most of my best childhood memories were those when Mrs Kim would bring me on holiday with her and Jonghyun and we would spend a few weeks resting by the seaside, sunbathing and swimming. I smiled at the thought but my mood was immediately brought down when I realised that we would never go on holiday with them again.

It was a shame that I couldn’t tell her that it was him I loved – he was that boy. I was just scared. Especially now that he was leaving; my love seemed so meaningless - just a meaningless emotion.

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An hour later …

Grandma's eyes opened slowly.

"Grandma?"

"Jang Mi ? Is that you ?" I smiled brightly at her as her gaze settled on my face.

"Yes Grandma, it's me, Jang Mi" She smiled and tried to sit up so I helped her by rearranging the pillows behind her head. Although I came to see her frequently, I worried about her all day long; her condition wasn’t good and she was currently waiting for an operation date.

“Have you been here long ?” She asked while getting into a more comfortable position on the white hospital bed.

“Only about an hour” I held her hand in my own.

“Ohhh … why didn’t you wake me up – I wouldn’t have minded” She uttered.

“No, of course not, you need to rest Grandma” I replied.

"Do you have something to tell me about my dear ?"

"Yes ... The boy I like ... He's moving away ..."

"Oh that's terrible ..." She exclaimed !

"That's not all of it though ... He's getting married " I looked at my hands, tears threatening to fall from my eyes, waiting for her reply. She didn't speak for a short time and looked deep in thought.

"Arranged ?" I nodded sadly. "There is still hope my dear, even if his hand in marriage is stolen, his heart is still open and, from what you've told me, I don't think he'll give up without a fight." A flicker of hope began to burn inside my head.

"Thanks Grandma" I smiled at her and she gave me a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

"Ahh ... Jang Mi ... an old man passed away this morning and they managed to push up my operation date to tomorrow - I would like for you to inform your father. I don't expect him to come, don't worry."

"Really ?! Does this mean you'll get better, maybe you can come out of the hospital with me one day !"

"Well .. my chances are better so I'm not saying anything but I'd love to" she said to me and rattled on about how we can go shopping and visit the seaside.

Then the doctor came in and told her that she'd have to go to sleep in order to rest up before the operation. He told me my brother was waiting outside.

"Brother?!" I exclaimed. I didn't have a brother. The doctor gave me a puzzled look at my small outburst before he left the room. I walked out of the room and glanced down the hallway but there was no one there - it must have been his mistake.

I put my head on the bed and slept beside her. I wanted to support her fully through this even though I'd have to skip school tomorrow. I cared about my studies but, for me, my family would always come first, especially Grandma.

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*** Jonghyun's POV ***

I waited for her outside the room, close enough to guard the door, not close enough to overhear their conversations. I wondered what they talked about for hours.

Her doctor walked past me and asked me what I was doing here so I told him I was her grandson as I had told the receptionist. He then told about how her operation date had been pushed up to tomorrow and walked into the room.

I listened to what the doctor said to Mi and her Grandma about her resting up. Then he told her that her brother was stood outside the room ... oopps ...

I had to get out of there.

"Brother?!" I heard her ask as I turned to run. I sprinted down the corridor and rounded a corner where she wouldn't see me. I peeked out to see her searching for her 'brother' then collapsed on the ground, tired from the short sprint, I was worried that she' see me as I'd have to give some sort of lame excuse. My heart was racing as I sat in the simply lit corridor that led to some storage rooms in the right wing of the hospital.

"You care a lot about her, don't you" a voice said, emerging from the shadows ...

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Hope you enjoyed that chapter ^^ I updated again as promised !! Who do you think was speaking to Jonghyun ??

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