" You're a survivor" Minkyung comments exaggeratedly as she stands beside her friend who lays down at a hospital bed

" I don't know that but thanks" Hyomin responses sarcastically at her friend

" Can't imagine myself lost in there" Minkying says

" I can imagine a crying baby" Haeri chimes in and Hyomin laughs

" You couldn't be any better" Minkyung defends

" Who said I would get lost with you " Haeri argues

" Then who else?" Minkyung challenges

" I'd rather get lost with Jiyeon , she is a real savior" Haeri makes up her own choice

"Well , though I'm jealous, but I must admit she truly is" Minky agrees, which Haeri exchanges a smile with Hyomin , Minkyung turns her attitude upside down , a good way , toward Jiyeon since she has helped them out

" She would be glad to hear it" Hyomin takes the compliment for Jiyeon

" Honestly, she is smart and a problem solver" Haeri compliments

" Yeah , I wouldn't know what to do without her" Hyomin frankly agrees

" You might have been eaten by a lion" Minky imagines

" I can't wait to see you in this show Minky" Hyomin snaps

" She's back to her normal self" Haeri shakes her head

Though Hyomin talks back to her friend but it's not a serious way, on the contrary, she is quite relieved to see Minkyung gets back to herself very quickly, talkative and lively, back to her normal self, despite a very broken person just some days ago who attempted a suicidal, she is glad that they went through it, at least, they are still here together.

" Speaking of which where is Jiyeon?" Haeri asks

" She is recovering in a different room, she's exhausted" Hyomin thinks of Jiyeon who forced back her fatigue sitting upright on a helicopter to give her companion. They have arrived like 8 hours ago and Jiyeon was with her until her mother and her uncle arrived afterward which they learnt that Jiyeon was with Hyomin when they got lost , Hyomin's mother thanked to Jiyeon wholeheartedly and her uncle really appreciated how Jiyeon helped Hyomin when they got lost, and before Hyomin fell asleep because of some medicine plus her fatigue, she thought she heard they invited her for dinner sometimes at home.

An hour passes by when the couple have to say goodbye to Hyomin as they've got work to do and it's better not to stay here that long in case any news reporter wants to come back to get more information on Hyomin and Jiyeon's articles though it was confirmed they left many hours ago

" Get well soon sweaty" Haeri waves goodbye

" Thanks for coming and stay out of trouble Minky" Hyomin smiles

" Okay, get well soon my friend" Minkying closes the door

Room becomes quiet again , and Hyomin can only sigh , she doesn't like this place , not to mention when she is alone. Hyomin turns to sleep on her side with her back facing the door, thinking of a person she wishes she would show up but never did , everyone has already paid her a visit and left, even Soyeon unnie who arrived four hours later by car. She knows she doesn't really need her being seen here knowing how difficult the situation is, but somewhere deep in her heart making her upset, they never get a chance to do as lovers do , and it must be selfish of her to wish they could .

A knock on the door draws Hyomin attention with a slight hope, and disappointment greets her when a person who comes is a nurse who bringing her medicine and checks on her temperature.

" Excuse me" Hyomin calls before a nurse is about to leave

" Yes , Hyomin ssi , anything you need?" A nurse politely asks

" I wonder what room number is Jiyeon ssi admitting ?" Hyomin asks

" Oh , Jiyeon ssi is just a room next to you, room number 203" She answers

" Thank you" Hyomin smiles

" You're welcome , if there is anything you need , please press on a button over there, I'm standing by" A nurse explains

" I'm good thank you , I'll just get some more sleep" Hyomin says , a nurse nods understands before taking her leave.

Hyomin looks at the level of her IV dip, she sighs , this is a thing she really hates when it attaches to her and makes thing more awkwardly uncomfortable, she looks around and notices a small device controlling the dip , Hyomin tries to figure it out then presses on screen touch in its monitor then the dip stops , she takes a deep breath.

" Ouch" Hyomin decides to pull out a needle attached to her arm, an unprofessional way of removing it giving her a small sharp pain, she presses on her wrist with cotton to stop the bleeding.

" Much better" Hyomin says to herself , and yes, she feels better without it, then she reaches for a cardigan that her mother folded it on a top of a table for her before she left for home as Hyomin insisted that she should get some rest after staying up , worried about her all night.

Put a layer of cardigan over her body, Hyomin quietly exits the door and walks to ward a room number 203 where she was told earlier, she slight knocks on the door before entering .

" Hey, how are you ?" Jiyeon is surprised to see Hyomin coming

" As good as new " Hyomin gives Jiyeon a broad smile , " And how are you?" Hyomin walks toward Jiyeon's bed where she lays watching TV

" So boring" Jiyeon comments flatly, " Soyeon unnie makes me stay" , she adds

" I would be surprise if she doesn't" Hyomin finds a chair and sits on it

" I guess you are bored too" Jiyeon comes up with assumption

" Can you find anything fun to do here?" Hyomin asks

" Want some?" Jiyeon hands a strawberry box in front of Hyomin

" Thanks" Hyomin takes one

" We must have hit a record on internet for making headlines for two consecutive days" Jiyeon comments as she watches a news reporting about them

" Not very fortunate ones" Hyomin implies the things that they got involved, each of them are so unfortunate

" I honestly wish we got lost after a show started" Jiyeon shakes her head as she passes another strawberry to Hyomin

" Why ?" Hyomin asks

" We got lost even before they started filming so we became losers by default " Jiyeon complains , Hyomin laughs though

" That's so embarrassing" Hyomin shakes her head in disbelief , they were hopeless as contesters

" Yeah, that hurts my pride" Jiyeon can't stop making fun of themselves

" Anyway, though we didn't win, you deserve another medal" Hyomin smiles

" Mm?" Jiyeon looks at Hyomin

" You're a savior" Hyomin beams at Jiyeon with her gratitude, " Thank you indeed"

" Will I get a medal for that?" Jiyeon tries to hide her smile by making joke

" If you want one , I'll get it from a toy store for you" Hyomin jokes

" That's very honorable" Jiyeon makes a long face

" You've got my thank you prize" Hyomin cheers up

" No , thank me, thank to you and your blanket too, otherwise we could have died freezing" Jiyeon honestly says

" Oh yeah, I should have thanked to Soyeon unnie for that" Hyomin laughs

" She is really something , she is a mother of savior" Jiyeon comments amusingly. The two patients chat about other things and stuff . Light conversation and laughter from Hyomin makes Jiyeon smile, happy smiles .

Jiyeon can't help but feels glad it happened , even though it wasn't something great to celebrate, but what she could expect from her lonely life , this beyond everything she could imagine, being close to Hyomin , the love at her very first sight when she was kid, her lucky star that brought her here on this path, money and frame , all happened from that night she met her outside the toy store on Christmas's eve changed her life forever . The warmth she gave with those pair of mitten, were not just something to keep little Jiyeon warm in that cold lonely night, it engraved the warmth to her heart , hope and desire , and even though Hyomin wouldn't remember anything , Jiyeon is happy to be the owner of that wonderful memory alone . And it was like a fate when Hyomin joined the same company she was under, a truth that nobody knows is how Jiyeon was so happy to see Hyomin again when she showed up at the company, but it seemed Hyomin never saw her. All a while , an arrogant and cold facade she built as a safe wall just to protect herself from getting closer to this woman, then it started to shake as more time she got to spend with her and it finally fell crumpled down after Jiyeon stole that kiss last night, a fleeting moment that lasted less than ten seconds but leaves a lingering feeling in every sense of her memory till now.

Hyomin returns to her room after getting a caring scold from a nurse who was looking for her after finding out that she removed her syringe without the nurse's acknowledgement, Jiyeon was speechless to learn about it, Hyomin doesn't seem like a person who did something like that out of annoyance, Hyomin didn't even fringe when a nurse complained about it and tried to put her back into her room, it shows another side of strong yet silent stubborn that lies in this woman.

The room turns quiet again when Hyomin is all alone , looking up on a new attached syringe dipping slowly, wondering what a person she thinks off, is doing , she hears nothing from her since then, while scrolling down older messages she received when she was in jungle, Hyomin wants to laugh pathetically at them , she can't get over the fact that Eunjung wavers because of the gossip news, it seems Eunjung doesn't truly trust her to ask such question , then what's about her, watching someone else proposing to the person she loves and not knowing what the answer was , Eunjung didn't even bother to mention or let her know but shooting her with such non-sense questions about her and Jiyeon.

" You are still you, never stray from the path you chose to draw" Hyomin mumbles sadly. She doesn't think she would be able to stand or acted the same thing Eunjung did if the person who was missing was Eunjung . Hyomin just can't help but feels a tug at her heartstring, and her tears just make their way to the corner of her eyes even though she hates them

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" Are you sure, you don't want to go back home for resting, sweetheart ? Hyomin's mother asks as she comes back to visit her daughter the next morning and Hyomin insists to go straight to her dorm after being discharged

" I'm fine mom" Hyomin reassures

" You only make me more worried" Jiwoo pats her daughter's head lovingly

"I can even run a marathon now" Hyomin lights up a conversation hoping to make her mother feel better. " Beside , I have a friend there" She adds thinking about Jiyeon, who came to visit her earlier this morning already dressing up in her casual clothes indicating how desperate she wants to leave hospital.

" That Jiyeon girl, right?" Her mother asks

" Yes, she is my roomie and person I'll work with for a long run project" Hyomin says

" She's a nice girl , thanks to her for being with you, otherwise I would be able to imagine how much lonely my daughter would be" Her mother comments

" Yes, she was so helful, I'm thankful to her" Hyomin can't imagine too if it was her alone, how frightening and scary it could be.

" Your uncle and I have invited her for dinner with us sometimes" She adds

" That's nice " Hyomin says

" She looks lonely though" Jiwoo hugs her daughter, apple of her eye, " While we were busily getting you here , we didn't see any of her family member coming

" She doesn't have one" Hyomin answers sadly

" Aw, poor girl" Her mother says with her compassion heart . Hyomin is thinking about what she heard from Haeri sometimes ago about Jiyeon's sad and painful past about her family.

" She is a very good friend though, she takes a good care of me" Hyomin smiles and looks up to her mother

" Alright , I surrender to your reasons and I won't talk you to go home if you prefer to be somewhere else" Her mother gives in .

Hyomin's mother helps her daughter to get ready for discharging , putting away stuff received from visitors into the boxes , brunches of flowers and get-well-soon cards from people she works for and product companies she is presenting their brands, Hyomin walks out of the bathroom in more comfortable clothes her mother picks up for her from her wardrobe back at home .

" What is it mom?" Hyomin catches a glimpse of her mother staring at small jar she is holding .

" Just wonder who gave you this ?" Her mother is holding a small glass jar filled with puffy dandelions inside, Hyomin narrows her eyes, her heart is beating fast with excitement, then she quickly approaches her mother before stretching out her hand asking her mother for it, which her mother places a small jar on Hyomin's palm carefully .

" It's from a friend" Hyomin smiles at her mother.

" It holds a deep meaning, this friend of yours must be very thoughtful" Hyomin's mother smiles as she examines her daughter whose face is written with a happy smile just now when she looks at the glass jar.

" Yes, mom" Hyomin answers

" Omma really looks forward to knowing our Hyomin's special person" Her mother expects to hear something from her daughter, but momentarily Hyomin turns silent, and it's a knock on the door that saves her .

" I wonder if ...." Jiyeon stops when she sees Hyomin's mother, she bows apologetically

" I'm sorry, I didn't know Hyomin's mother is here" Jiyeon bows again

" No worries, how are you today ?" Hyomin's mother smiles at Jiyeon warmly

" I feel fine, thank you auntie" Jiyeon smiles back

" It's good to hear that" Hyomin's mother says

" I just wanted to check whether Hyomin needs some help" Jiyeon looks at Hyomin's mother packing stuff

" I'm just getting ready " Hyomin joins the conversation , " You've done?" she asks as she is quite sure Jiyeon is ready , judging from a backpack on her shoulder

" Yes, I'm ready to go and Soyeon unnie is taking care of the discharge so I thought I would come to ask if you're ready as I'm headed to the van" Jiyeon explains

" Great, I'll be there any minute" Hyomin says

" Both of you don't seem to like hospital at all huh?" Hyomin's mother comments amusingly as both her daughter and Jiyeon are too eager to leave

" I would avoid it at all cost" Jiyeon answers politely yet casually

" Lastplace I want to be too " Hyomin says with least favour in her tone.

Hyomin gives her mom a hug before getting into a van with Jiyeon and Soyeon . Jiyeon can't help smiling at a beautiful scene yet it makes her sad , missing her mother, she wonders what it could have been if her mother was still with her today , the day when she has everything, not only enough money to cover hospital bill her father couldn't afford back then but she could possibly even buy her mother everything if she asked for them. It's one of her regret, frame or fortune she has means not much because she has no one she loves to share them with.

" I'll be resting for a while, maybe we could go out to eat together later ?" Hyomin tells Jiyeon before she parts way to her room

" Let me know whenever you want" Jiyeon replies

" I will , but you don't have to do, just go do your thing as you want, I may oversleep somehow" Hyomin doesn't want to make Jiyeon wait

" I guess Soyeon unnie wouldn't be heartless to fit me in any schedule today" Jiyeon mentions

" Okay then , please rest well, I'll see you later" Hyomin says

" Thank you , you too" Jiyeon smiles at Hyomin but she misses to see it because Hyomin has already turn around

Hyomin closes the door to her room , slowly taking a small glass jar out of her bag , warmth spreads through her heart as she looks of those dandellions put inside a jar .

Late last night at around 2 am , a door to Hyomin recovering room at the hospital was quietly opened , then entered by a tall figure, a person quietly made her way to the side of Hyomin's bed , looking at a patient in hospital gown who was deeply sound asleep , her chest rose up and down as she was breathing with regular heartbeat , an unknown visitor was watching a sleeping figure for quite sometimes. In dark room with only dim light from the window , it barely made out the face of the visitor, and nobody would ever tell that there were tears running down on that face , Eunjung couldn't bare it anymore , the more she looked at thing they were going through , the more she was angry at herself for not being able to do anything, but only watching the love of her life powering through it on her own . The pain of loving someone but not even being able to hold her hand when she was scared and needed her the most, a hug she wanted to give when Hyomin deserved it . Given how much Hyomin scarified, it only kicked her at the back of her sense of how coward and selfish she was.

" Is it wrong of me to be afraid to lose you?" Eunjung whispered inaudibly, she wiped her own tear to see Hyomin's face clearer in the dark with little light shine from window . Eunjung just stood there in silence watching Hyomin sleeping, she didn't care if her feet were sore from standing way more than hour, she just wanted to see a face that she missed dearly. Not wanting to leave but she had to, Eunjung gave a gentle kiss on Hyomin's fore head

" Get better soon Hyomin ,my love" Eunjung gave a loving soft kiss on Hyomin's lip , that belonged to her.

It’s not a dream" Hyomin closes her eyes and remembers the unreal but sensible feeling while she was deeply asleep.

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Jiyeon is excitedly opening the door for a pizza guy, today it's different from last time, Jiyeon gives a deliver guy a quick smile and bunch of tip from change leftover as she eagerly takes a pizza box from him then shuts the door close.

" It smells good" Hyomin looks at pizza that Jiyeon places in front of her.

" It tastes good as well" Jiyeon speaks between a bite , Hyomin reaches for one slice with her bare hand.

" Yummy" Hyomin comments

" Eat more then" Jiyeon encourages

After an hour of contemplating where to go , what to eat , none of them could come up with any decent idea so Jiyeon suggested that they ordered pizza , which Hyomin didn't argue, and here they are ending up with a large size of pizza and carbonated drinks

" Hope Soyeon unnie wouldn't pay us a random visit " Hyomin mentions about her manager who strictly controls her dieting

" Well if she comes, just invite her to join us?" Jiyeon nonchalantly suggests

" Haha, she would be nagging" Hyomin imagines the way Soyeon would roll her eyes

" Who cares she always nags anyway" Jiyeon can careless

" Assume you're used to it" Hyomin says

" It has been forever , are you still afraid of her ?" Jiyeon ponders, though she doesn't think so

" No, I just don't want her to be unhappy, she works hard" Hyomin honestly says her thought

" Oh" Jiyeon doesn't expect it, she thought Hyomin would complain

" You care about people" Jiyeon says

" I do care for most people in my life" Hyomin finishes her first piece of pizza .

Jiyeon stops and thinks , because their lives are different, she has no one to care about so little thing like this didn't cross her mind before , then she can't help but to think about a name Hyomin uttered when she was sleeping, wondering how much she would care for that person or even more, to even unconsciously calling out that person name in the middle of being scared and lost.

" You must have lot of friends" Jiyeon guesses

" I've known a lot of people but not many friends actually" Hyomin tells

" How did you end up being close friends to Davichi duo?" Jiyeon wonders because even though they work in a same company , they don't often meet.

" That's a funny story" Hyomin recalls , " We ran into each at party , and it turned out that we had one mutual friend , then I accidently found out about them" Hyomin concluded

" Got it" Jiyeon nods

" You should open up to people too , they are many people that want to be your friends" Hyomin carefully encourages Jiyeon

" I'm good , thank you though" Jiyeon looks away

" I'm sorry" Hyomin hopes she didn't offend Jiyeon

" I don't take it personally, don't worry" Jiyeon says

Hyomin finds it's not a right time to persuade someone she doesn't know long enough to do something she doesn't want to , Hyomin just means well , Jiyeon isn't as cold as people might think and she deserves much more than she thinks she does , Jiyeon just become isolated , and Hyomin can see why , a woman right in front of her has a painful past then anyone could imagine.

" Do you always have to take life seriously?" Jiyeon continues another topic as she notices Hyomin is being quiet , or many in her on thought .

"Yes and no , for certain thing, I'd make sure that I'm not straying out of my way and going toward my goal" Hyomin responses

" I guess you talk about your dream and career" Jiyeon understands Hyomin's passion

" That's what keeps me going, and all I've worked hard for" Hyomin says

" You've been doing great, considered" Jiyeon honestly compliments

" Thank you" Hyomin says , " But seriously , you're amazing and I think I need to learn from you" she compliments sincerely

" That's too much , but thank you" Jiyeon can't help but smiles to hear it .

" I couldn't imagine myself at your place" Hyomin admits

" You're already great on your own way .....and I'm sorry" Jiyeon bites her lower lip

" For what?" Hyomin doesn't understand what Jiyeon is apologizing for

" Em , for offending you by thinking that you've gotten today because of your family's wealth" Jiyeon honestly confesses, her bad attitude to Hyomin at times

" Ah" Hyomin remembers what Jiyeon was saying one of those days after they finished recording the music

" No worry, we didn't know each other back then" Hyomin doesn't take it personally anymore

" Yeah, we didn't know each other" Jiyeon agrees , she avoids looking at Hyomin directly

" You know what I'm actually glad that we become roomies now " Hyomin beams

" Are you really?" Jiyeon smiles back

" It's nice to have someone speaking a same language , I mean you know what we are doing" Hyomin starts " You know even though my family supports my dream, but no one really understands my work, so it's wonderful to come home and not having to explain what you go through each day" Hyomin appreciates to have Jiyeon as her roomie now.

" Aw" Jiyeon feels happy to hear it, she tries to avoid looking at Hyomin.

" Let's be friend and work hard together" Hyomin offers

" Yeah, let's be friend" Jiyeon smiles , is it too much if I wish I could be more? ...Jiyeon prays

Hyomin who has no clue or she may be too attached to one person than to notice people around her , is happy to start her new friendship with Jiyeon, a woman who seems so lonely but Hyomin believes Jiyeon has a very good heart , and a friend anyone could wish for .

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"Does a customized design meet your preference?"

" Yes, it's perfect" Satisfied smile spreads across her face

" I'm delighted"

" Can I pay for it now?"

" Oh yes, Ma'am"

" Thanks"

" Would you like to it gift wrapped?"

" Yes , please"

Hyomin smiles at a salesperson who takes her credit card from her, as she takes a silver keychain that Hyomin has ordered couple weeks ago but never had chance to come to pick it up due to her busy schedule, so today after she enjoyed nice talk over pizza with Jiyeon , she takes a chance to come to get it while she is free. It's a simple silver round keychain with dandelion engraved line, and very simple short word underneath it " Yours"

" Thank you for waiting , here you are" A salesperson returns shortly with a gift wrapped box inside a small paper bag

" Thank you" Hyomin says

" Please come back to us , if you have any problem with the product" She says

Hyomin just smiles, putting away a bag then leaves the shop. She blends into a flow of crowd in between shoppers on weekend at the shopping mall, and wishes to leave a busy place as soon as possible as she starts to feel light-headed, she guesses she needs to take some more rest.

" Could you please come with me?" A voice behind Hyomin makes her slow down her pace, it doesn't sound commanding like it has always been, but more like a begging, she slows down until she sees a figure back in front of her, a person doesn't turn around but keeps walking ahead. Without any answer Hyomin's eyes just glue to her back, and follows until they get to VIP parking , they both get into a car without words , Hyomin waits to hear a person sitting on a driver side to speak up again but she doesn't , Eunjung just bends over to fasten a seatbelt for Hyomin and drives off in silence , and the silence fills a whole ride until they arrive at Eunjung's place which an older woman gets off first and Hyomin just walks behind , and as soon as the door behind Eunjung's place is closed, she takes Hyomin's hand and leads her to a living room, and sits her down, Hyomin complies as if she is controlled

" Are you feeling better?" A first question after a long moment of silence is asked by a person who worries about Hyomin the most

Hyomin nods as an answer as she stares back at those eyes where she sees herself in them, sitting face to face in a long couch, Eunjung slowly touches Hyomin's face, gentle rub on her cheek makes Hyomin close her eyes sensing the warmth from Eunjung's hand along her face line , she opens her eyes again only after she hears Eunjung's soft sobbing , an older woman holds on for so long. Hyomin bends closer before having her arms around Eunjung's waist and rest her neck on Eunjung's crook, Eunjung hugs Hyomin tight .

So much pain that words can't describe, so much of feeling that can be told just the look in the eyes , they don't need word, silence fills the moment in each other arms speaks thousand words for them .

~~~~~~~~~~~ To be continued ~~~~~~~~~~