August 29, 2014

Sitting up from the bench I was quite uncomfortable lying on, I rubbed my aching neck to attempt to wring out the kinks. Sighing heavily, I looked from side to side in the waiting room–I guess I fell asleep. A blanket was sprawled across my lap. Who put this here? As if on cue, Umji and Sowon walked into the waiting area, b-lining for me–I never took my sleepy eyes off them.

"SinB-ah got out of surgery while you were asleep," Sowon spoke; first, she didn't sound thrilled, but she should have been because SinB was out of surgery! Excited, I stood up so fast the blanket previously housed on my lap went flying. 

"Not so fast." Sowon held out her hand in front of my chest to stop my movements. I stared between her and Umji incredulously.

"Yerin eonnie..." Umji spoke with hesitance. My attention set on her, the fear began setting in by her lasting silence.

"She hasn't woken up yet…" Umji finished. Lowering my head, I let out a loud sigh before raising it and setting my sights on Umji.

"She's alive though. Right?" She nodded, a sigh of relief escaping my lips. 

"That means the surgery was successful, right?" 

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," Sowon put dryly. She didn't want to get my hopes up, and I didn't fault her for that, but I'd rather look at the positives. SinB got out of surgery, if she passed one hurdle, she could pass through another. 

"We got here as fast as we could." Eunha rushed in panting, Yuju following closely behind.

"She's not awake," Sowon stated matter-of-factly.

"So?! That doesn't mean she's dead! She's alive! She survived the surgery, right!? And she's alive!" Eunha cried out, hands on her knees as she gasped for air. 

"Yes, Eunha-yah, she is alive, but we shouldn't count our chickens before they h–" Out of nowhere, Eunha planted her lips on Sowon's. Eunha quickly broke contact, leaving Sowon speechless. 

"Just stop talking! Can we please look on the bright side?! Aren't you the one who always looks on the bright side!?" Tears were freely flowing from the short girl's eyes as she spoke.

"Eunha..." Her girlfriend's name falling softly out of . 

"She's going to be okay. I can feel it." While not true, someone had to comfort Eunha, and it was clear Sowon wasn't going to do that. I had no idea if she would be o