The four members were still staring at Sandeul in shock until the doctor broke the silence by entering the hospital room. Jinyoung quickly put his disguise back on before the doctor looked up from his clipboard to his patient. Smiling, he said, “I see you have woken up, Mister Lee Junghwan. How are you feeling?”

     Sandeul felt a little uneasy at the puzzled looks and the silence from the others, but he gave the doctor his best smile, “I’m feeling great! My head hurts a lot, but other than that, I’ve never been better.” His eyes moved down to his arms, noticing his bandages for the first time. “Well, I guess I have been better though. What on earth happened? Did I fall off a cliff?”

     The doctor gave a little chuckle, shaking his head, “Your headaches should be completely gone within a few days. You’ve been making an extremely quick recovery. Now,” he began taking out his stethoscope from a cupboard drawer, “I’d like to do a quick checkup, but you should be able to go home to your parents later today.”

     Jinyoung motioned for the others to follow him out of the room. “I’m pretty sure he can’t remember anything!” he whispered once the door was shut behind him. “What should we do?”

     “What do you mean ‘what should we do?’”” Gongchan said a little louder. “We need to tell him that seven years have passed and… and…” his voice faded out, not knowing the next step of his plan. 

     Jinyoung gave a quick response, narrowing his eyes, “And give him a heart attack when he finds out WM went bankrupt, B1A4 split up, and what else? Oh yeah. He missed out on the past seven years of his life!”

     Gongchan looked down at his sneakers, thinking deeply, wondering what was the right thing to do. 

     “You do have a point, Jinyoung,” Shinwoo mentioned. “We shouldn’t overwhelm Sandeul after all that he’s been through. We could let him know soon, just not right now.”

     “But I don’t want to lie to Sandeul!” Gongchan was no longer whispering as he was getting more and more upset. 

     “I don’t want to either,” Baro agreed. “If we don’t tell him the truth, he’ll never trust us again. And we all know that we need him in the group.” 

     The four stood in a thick silence that lasted several minutes until the doctor left Sandeul’s room and interrupted their thoughts again, “Well, I have some good news and bad news. The good news is that he’ll be returning home later today.” The man started to chuckle, “The bad news is that you’ll have to put up with your talkative friend again. He needs you all back in there to listen to him ramble.”

     “What about…” Jinyoung mumbled before the doctor left, “his amnesia?”

     “Well,” the doctor grew serious, putting the pen he was clicking behind his ear, “I didn’t tell him anything while I was in there. The amnesia is a side-effect to the brain-repairing treatment. It should wear off in a week or so, and he should retrieve any memories he’s missing. Although…” he scratched his scruffy chin, thoughtfully, “I doubt he would remember anything after the car accident, when he was in that zombie-state.” He shrugged, then smiled again before turning to leave, “It’s in your hands what you tell him, but he will get his memories back in time.”

     Shinwoo sighed deeply, “I guess we’ll go back in there… and tell him what’s going on. Very gently though.”

     The others nodded and prepared themselves for their visit with Sandeul.