Chapter 25

Let's Play A Love Game

Crystal was waiting in her room while I spoke to the doctor. I was nervous to hear what the doctor had to say after all the testing he had preformed the following day.

"Mr. Taehyung." The doctor said as I became anxious. "Miss Crystal seems to be in a perfect state at the moment. We want to keep her here for a couple of days just to be sure. The injury on her left side hasn't punctured any serious nerve and neither has her left arm. With time they should both heal properly. She's a fighter till the very end. Take care of her young man." The doctor said as he pat my shoulder. I smiled happily at the news.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" I said as I bowed once and twice again in gratitude as the doctor left. I smiled at the thought and just as I was about to go to Crystal's room when a nurse came to me. 

"Mr. Taehyung? We need to discuss Crystal's hospital bill in case she's discharged within the next few days." I nodded as she handed me the bill. My jaw nearly dropped at the amount. The hospital cost was ridiculously high. There was no way I was letting Crystal see this. She'd become more worried. I looked at the nurse and smiled.

"I'll take care of it. Please don't show this to Miss Crystal. She'll only worry." The nurse smiled and nodded as she walked away. It would be better if I talk to my parents.

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I was watching television when Taehyung came in. I smiled at him, but it instantly vanished after I saw his worried expression. He sat beside me and smiled weakly. 

"Is everything alright?" I asked worried that something bad had happened.

"No. Everything is fine. They just want to keep you here for a couple more days. I was just worried my back would be crooked before we leave." Taehyung chuckled as he looked at me. I smiled and sighed.

"You should go home and sleep. I'll be here anyways." I tried to convince Taehyung in going home, but he shook his head in disapproval. 

"I already told you, Minji. I'm not leaving here until you leave from here. We're leaving this place together got it?" He said and I couldn't help but smile as he said my Korean name. As if barely realizing that he called me Minji Taehyung became nervous. "Oh! Look our drama is starting." He said trying to change the topic. I couldn't help but chuckle at how adorable Taehyung was when he was nervous. Then I noticed something that I hadn't noticed until yesterday.

"Taehyung how come you never talk about your family?" I asked completely curious about his family. Taehyung's facial expression darkened and he became strangely serious. He avoided my gaze and stared at the television.

"There's nothing to tell." He simply stated and I frowned slightly. Nothing to tell? Was that even possible? Knowing I shouldn't continue to push the issue I did it anyway out of genuine concern.

"There has to be something to tell. How was your father like? How was your mother-" I was cut of my Taehyung's dark glare as he raised his voice.

"I said there's nothing to tell." I flinched at his sudden outburst. I nodded respectively as I stopped pushing the issue. The room was strangely quiet and all I could hear was Taehyung sighing. 

"Crystal-" he began before he was cut off by the door sliding open. We both turned around and saw Henry. He looked back at us and smiled at me.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" He asked. I looked from Taehyung to Henry. I thought about it for awhile and then figured Taehyung probably wanted to be alone right now. I looked at Henry and smiled.

"Sure." I said as I got up. I walked over to him just as Taehyung grabbed my wrist. I looked at him.

"Crystal I-" I cut Taehyung off and pulled my wrist from his grip. He looked at me and I smiled weakly.

"I think you need to be alone for a bit to calm down. I'll be with Henry so don't worry." I said as Taehyung continued to stare at me. I walked over to Henry and we left my room.

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"What was that about?" Henry asked. I looked at him and smiled weakly. 

"Nothing. I think I made Taehyung angry." I sheepishly replied. Henry looked at me for a while before nodding.

"Have you been well?" He asked me. I smiled at how adorable Henry was when he was worried. It made me feel bad that I couldn't quickly repay the favor. 

"I have. I'm actually going to be discharged in a few days." I said and Henry looked at me surprised. 

"Really? That's good news." I nodded and smiled at him. "When you're discharged I'm treating you to whatever you want." He said and smiled even wider.

"Really? I would love that. I'm in the mood for meat." I said happily and Henry smiled at me. Talking like this with Henry made me forget everything that was going on. 

"Its a deal then. I'll treat you to meat when you're out. You should go inside. Its starting to get late and chilly." I pouted slightly as I looked at Henry.

"I was hoping you brought your mother's bread with you. I really miss her bakery." I said and Henry smiled. He looked away as he swung his hand in front of him to reveal a bag. I smiled brightly as I took the bag. Inside was filled with warm soft bread. I looked at Henry and hugged him. He hugged me back as he laughed at my reaction. "Thank you Henry-ah!" I said completely happy.

"Don't worry too much about what I said the other day. Just rest well and I'll see you when you're discharged." I smiled at Henry's kind words. He always knew what to say to comfort me.

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I walked back into my room as Taehyung was about to leave. Our faces were inches away as we met in the doorway. I looked at Taehyung for a while.

"Are you leaving?" I asked. Taehyung looked at me surprised and froze on the spot. He stared at me for a while before shaking his head. I nodded and walked into my room. Taehyung followed me back into the room. I sat on my bed and smiled as I looked at the bag. Taehyung stared at me and I looked at him.

"Henry brought me bread that his mother made. Do you want one? It's really good." I said and Taehyung hesitated for a while. I chuckled and handed him the bag as I took a bread out of the bag. He stared at me as I bit into the bread. I smiled happily and looked at Taehyung still confused. I stopped eating and looked at him. "When Henry and I were young his mother would always bake us our favorite bread. Then we'd sit down and eat it as my father would play his guitar. We always did those kind of things together." I said happily. Taehyung looked at me.

"You must have had a lot of fun during those times." Taehyung simply stated. I smiled and nodded.

"I always had so much fun when I was with Henry." I said as I reminisced all the moments we shared as young children. 

"Would you do anything to relive those moments?" He asked. I thought about it for a moment and nodded respectively.

"Even abandoning me?" He asked and I froze. Abandoning him? Did he know about what Henry told me or was he speaking in general? I stared at him for a long time. Not sure how I should respond.

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Chapter 43: Im waiting for the update for so long..and today at last..hehe..yeay..authornim..hope u can update soon..
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Chapter 39: I'm still waiting for u author-nim ❤
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Chapter 38: I hope tae and crystal get back together jebal
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Chapter 38: AUTHORNIM I LOVE YOUR STORYYY
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Chapter 37: Update soon
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Chapter 37: The story is just so perfect author-nimmmm ❤ it gets more and more interesting by the chapters
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Chapter 36: Update soon
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Chapter 18: Omg! U made me laugh hard as the way Jimin tried to imply those words to Taehyung (*゚⚙͠ ∀ ⚙͠)ノ❣ hahaha