Cause I can't make you love me if you don't.You can't make your heart feel something it won't. Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power, but you won't, no you won't. 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't.

I can't make you love me - Bonnie Raitt

A/N: this song is one of my favorites. I personally love the Adele's version, so here it is: I can't make you love me by Adele

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All the girls had their eyes on her.

What?

Where is unnie? - Yerim asked.

Working? - Seungwan mumbled, clueless. 

You don’t know where she is? How is that possible? - Sooyoung asked.

I just said that she must be still working? - Seungwan repeated herself, annoyed. 

She is not. - Sooyoung said. - I searched for her in the hospital, but the staff said that she had already left, so I thought she was here.

To be honest, Seungwan hadn't had the chance to see or talk properly with her unnie ever since that conversation they had on monday. After that she didn’t see her not even once because Joohyun was leaving for work very early and coming home very late.

She thought something must had been happening at the hospital so, in order to support her unnie, she made sure to always leave food for her on the table, vitamins and little post-its with words of encouragement, but not even once her unnie ate the food she made… she was sure that she didn’t even see it.

Well, it’s friday, she must be on her way. - Seulgi commented.

But I am hungry!! - Yerim whined. - Call her, unnie! - Yerim pleaded to Seungwan. 

Yes, we are hungry too! - Sooyoung and Seulgi suddenly joined the whining choir. 

Seungwan sighed. 

Fine, fine! - she ranted.

Seungwan fetched her phone and dialed Joohyun’s number, under the watchful stare of her friends.

The call went on and on, but her unnie didn’t pick up.

Seungwan’s eyebrows shrugged. 

That wasn’t usual… her unnie normally picked up in the second ring, it never went to voicemail like it did at that moment. She figured that her unnie might be far from her phone or it was inside her bag, so she tried to call again.

She tried to call her three times, but her unnie didn’t pick up.

She is not answering it. - Seungwan commented, worried clearly in her voice. 

The girls sensed that something was wrong, because their unnie always answered the phone, especially a call from Seungwan… so something must have happened. 

I will text her. - Sooyoung immediately said. 

I will try to call her again. - Seulgi mumbled, also feeling nervous.

Seungwan just nodded.

It didn’t even take long, just a ring and Joohyun picked up Seulgi’s phone call.

Unnie!? Are you alright? - Seulgi hurriedly asked.

All the girls had her eyes on her.

Oh? really?- Seulgi mumbled, relieved. - So you’re not coming? - Seulgi asked, and then listened attentively to Joohyun's answer. - I understand, ok then, unnie. - Seulgi said then turned off the phone.

What happened? - Sooyoung immediately asked.

She is at her sister’s apartment. - Seulgi said. - They are drinking together… she forgot that we were expecting her… she apologised. 

Ah? Ok, let’s eat, then! - Yerim immediately shouted.

And just on cue all their phones biped with a new message. 

She just sent a picture of her drinking to you guys too? - Yerim asked, staring at her phone with an amused smile.

Yes, get ready everyone, today is the day to update our album with pictures of unnie drunk. - Sooyoung muttered. 

They all laughed and proceeded to unpack the pizza and the rest of the food they had bought.

Except that Seungwan was still staring at her phone with a puzzled expression.

She didn’t want to sound bitter or a whiny baby, but why did Joohyun not pick up her phone call? It took only one ring and she answered Seulgi’s phone call…. Also why didn’t she send the picture of herself in their group chat, so they all would see it, as usually? Why did she send it individually to the girls? And why didn't she receive any?

She kept checking her phone, her internet connection and the text app but not a single text from her came, she also didn’t call her back.

…

Seungwan stared warily at Joohyun.

She couldn’t believe in what she was hearing. 

You have a car. - Seungwan asked again, just to make sure. 

Yes. - Joohyun said.

It had been years since the last time Joohyun got late for work.

Seungwan was amused, after a month of her coming home late at night and leaving before anyone was awake, never missing a day, she had overslept, probably exhausted because of that exhaustive routine… 

She couldn’t help but to smile that morning seeing her unnie with bare face, wearing sweatpants and a hoodie, rounded glasses on and the usual hair bun, together with eyes barely open while she was searching for clean clothes inside their laundry room. She felt like they were back to normal… and the only thing left to complete it was her usual request to shower in her bathroom, but to her surprise Joohyun just mumbled a small good morning and went straight to her own room, holding on to clean scrubs, not saying anything else. 

Seungwan waited a little more, thinking that she probably went inside to fetch her hygienic products, but Joohyun didn’t come out.

Seungwan found it strange, her unnie didn’t like the cold so she surely wouldn’t shower in her own bathroom with that icy morning water…but a few minutes later Joohyun left her room, freshly showered and ready to leave for work, contradicting Seungwan’s expectations.

That wasn’t really possible. 

You fixed the shower in your room? - Seungwan asked.

Joohyun grabbed a banana and an apple from their fruit basket.

Uhum. - she hummed.

Why? - Seungwan couldn’t help but ask. 

It had been years that her shower didn’t work properly, so why did she ask to get it fixed now?

Because it was broken and needed to be fixed. - Joohyun just said.

Seungwan felt a little stupid hearing her answer… of course she was right, but she couldn’t help but to think of the reason, she seemed fine showering in her bathroom all these years.

Joohyun then grabbed her keys, ready to leave. 

I will drive you! - Seungwan immediately said, grabbing her car keys too.

She was determined to use those minutes in the car to talk to her unnie without having her escape between her fingers like she had been doing. Seungwan wanted to talk to her, to ask what was happening, because even though everything seemed fine, it wasn’t. They were still talking with each other, like they just did, but it was mostly mundane things, like questions about dinner, or laundry or the house bills… but nothing related to them personally. 

Seungwan always felt the closest to her, to her she had shared all her deep thoughts and emotions and they were at a level that sometimes words weren’t even necessary.

She couldn’t help but to feel a little neglected, not knowing where Joohyun was and what she was doing, and not being able to tell her where she was, and what she was doing. She wanted to know why she was working so much, if something was wrong in the hospital and if she could help in anything.

But most of her texts were left unanswered, and Joohyun didn’t pick up her phone calls anymore, always saying that she couldn’t, that she was too busy.

Seungwan was a little angry with the hospital Joohyun was working at, blaming the change in her unnie’s habits to them… thousands of times she wondered if it was too much if she left a complaint saying that they were overworking their staff, even coming to a point to look for legal actions to take against the hospital in case Joohyun was harmed because of them. 

She wanted to be useful to her unnie, to help her… to go back to their closeness. 

There is no need. - Joohyun said, texting on her phone.

I will drive you, unnie. - she said, ready to start their usual argument.

She was a little excited about it, actually. 

It was always funny to convince her unnie to accept her help.

There is no need because I…

Unnie. - Seungwan said, interrupting her, ready to bring up the reason why she should accept the ride.

She was late, afterall. 

I have a car now. - Joohyun complemented. 

Seungwan was so shocked that for a few seconds she just stared at Joohyun with wide eyes.

You have a car. - Seungwan asked again, just to make sure. 

Yes. - Joohyun said.

Why?? - She asked. 

Her loud voice startled Joohyun in the process.

It’s good for me to be able to drive on my own. 

Seungwan’s eyebrows went as high as possible and her facial expression was incredulous.

I know that!! That’s why we argued so many times! I told you that it’s good for you.

Why did she listen to her advice only now?

I know, Seungwan. - Joohyun said and her voice sounded harder than usual. 

But then something came to Seungwan.

But you don’t have practice, It has been years since the last time you drove, and you get easily scared so you must take extra precautions!! What car is it? I want to see it. Wait, I think it’s better if I drive you anyway… we can have classes later for you to get used to driving in the heavy traffic and stuff, but right now it’s better if I drive you. - She rambled, thinking of ways to help her unnie. 

She wasn’t really confident with her unnie driving, in fact she was kind of worried. 

She rather drive her herself.

I am fine. - Joohyun just said. 

I know that, but…

I am fine. - Joohyun said again and this time her voice was louder than normal and her eyes stared at her with something that Seungwan hadn’t seen before.

Her unnie who never raises her voice, who was always polite and