Haneul
Finito (maybe Reposts and Continuations on on tumblr!!)
I wake up to feel that sharp pain in my leg again. I look around confused having to remind myself of the event that took place hours before. It's actually hard not to remember when you lying on top of a dead and broken body with another not that much farther away. I began to wonder how long I've been in the stairwell. How long was I knocked out? And I still didn't know if all of this blood, now dried, was mine or not. I scoot back up against the wall and prop my head up against it. It was only a matter of time before the East wing gained notice of the events that took place in the West and came to explore. I try pulling my injured leg closer to my chest, but I can't move it on its own. I have to use my hands to guide it, and it hurt like hell. I bite my lip and throw my head back against the wall. If I didn't get up now, I would die in this stairwell. Luckily I was trapped in the stairwell leading from the South to North wings, and they guards were all pretty much gone. I drag myself over to the door and try to reach the handle, but it was too high up. I drop my hands in defeat, positioning myself up against the door. My breathing was shortening and I didn't know how much longer I could last. Just then I feel my phone vibrating in my jacket pocket. I quickly grab it and answer it.
"Haneul?? Haneul???? Are you there?" A warming voice asks. I feel so relieved.
"Rachel..." I begin, tears welling up in my eyes all over again.
"Haneul where are you?? What happened to you escaping?? Why can't you keep yourself safe??" Rachel snaps at me. I can hear her voice quivering and I could tell she was also holding back tears.
"This is all your fault anyway you big dummy! Who told you to leave me here like that??" I sniffle.
"I know! I'm so sorry! I thought if the attention was drawn off of you you would have time to sneak away! Haneul, where are you?" She repeats.
"Why? Are you going to come save me?" I snap at her. Just then the door at the flight of stairs above me flight open. My heart completely stops and I hang up the phone. This was it. Someone was going to see me like this then kill me. I hold my breath as the footsteps near, getting louder and louder as the person picks up speed. In my head I say a little prayer for my parents. I was their only child, my death will hurt them so much.
"Haneul!!!" I hear Rachel scream. I open my eyes to see tears streaming down her face as she rushes over engulfing me into a hug. I wanted to be mad at her, but I couldn't. I found myself wrapping my arms tightly around her and crying hysterically into her shoulder. "I thought I was going to die here." I cry as she smoothes down my hair. She doesn't ask about the two dead guards amongst us though I know she saw them, and I wish she would. "Rachel!! Are you freaking insane??!! You can't just-" LeeJoon stops in his tracks when he sees the dead guards, then he looks at Rachel and I. "Haneul...what the hell happened here? Are you alright??" He asks, stepping over the dead men to come crouch down beside me. I cry even harder when he shows up. I was so relieved to see them both.
"Don't you want to know what happened?" I ask them. Rachel pulls away with a smile, wiping my tears with her thumb. "If you want to tell me, you can. I'm sure whatever happened was a result of self defense." She assures me. Joon pushes my hair out of my face.
"I didn't know you had it in you Haneul." he sighs. "But right now we have to get you out of here. It's only a matter of time before the Easterners sense something wrong." He adds earning a swift nod from Rachel. With that, they both help me to my feet. "My leg..."
"I know. I have someone here who can help you. He's a friend." Rachel nods. She puts my left arm over her shoulder and wraps her other arm around my waist for support. Joon already has my right arm propped over his.
"You ready? We'll have to move a little quickly." He warns. I just nod, smiling weakly.
When we get to the North wing, where everyone was apparently hiding out, Jisoo runs over to me in total shock.
"Noona!!" He asks, eyes wide. "What happened to you?"
"She just needs to rest her leg. She can't walk on it." Rachel clarifies. Suddenly a guy I've never seen before comes over and crouches down to my leg, which startles me.
"C-chogiyo!!" I stutter, watching as he reaches out to touch it. I move it as far as I could. "What do you think you're doing?" I ask him. He looks up at me obviously agitated. "Hold still. I'm trying to help you." He responds.
"It's okay. He's the friend I was telling you about." Rachel tells me. The guy goes back to rolling up my pants, which hurts a bit since he had to roll them above the knee. I watch as the guy squeezes my ankle, but not too hard. "Does it hurt here?" He asks. I shake my head, watching as he slowly made his way up my leg, squeezing lightly each time. When he gets to the area just below my knee, I wince. "Yogi! Yogiyo!" I exclaim, telling him that this was the spot. He drops his hand and thinks for a moment, then places his thumb back under my knee and rubs it with little circular motions. "And you can't stand on your own, right?" He asks.
"I can but it hurts a lot."
"Hmmmm...well it isn't broken. There is some discoloration but it still has its warmth. The blood flow wasn't disrupted...I'd say it's simply a sprain or strain." He concludes. "But how exactly did this happen?" He asks, still crouching but looking up at me.
"I fell down a couple of flights of stairs." I tell him. He nods.
"So yeah...most likely a sprain. You must have stretched your tendon to far when you fell. It'll take time to heal. You'll have to...sit back for a while." He sighs, standing and dusting off his pants. "It's filthy in here." He adds randomly. My eyes widen. "How can I stay here?? Things are happening!! And the Easterners are still here!" I exclaim.
"Yeah, but he's right Haneul. It isn't safe for you to come along." Jisoo throws in.
"Well what then? I'm going to stay back here with no form of defense??"
"I'll stay with her." The guy shrugs. I look at him confused.
"Okay. Who even are you??" I ask him. "Rachel why can't you stay?? I don't want to be left HERE with a STRANGER!" I snap.
"Haneul...We won't leave you here but we have to leave you somewhere. His name is Doyoung and he's super trustworthy, I promise. I have to help save my nephew..."
"Are you seriously leaving me AGAIN?!" I exclaim. This was unbelievable!
"We can go to my old place...she should be safe there until you guys come back. I won't let anything happen to her." Doyoung tells Rachel. Joon looks at him in disgust. "You really trust this guy??" He asks her.
Doyoung looks sick of all of this. "You know, you guys are seriously making me rethink coming to help. If you don't want to trust me, don't. If you don't want my help, don't take it. I'm the only person here who knows how to take care of medical emergencies, the only one with a car, and therefore the only one who can help you heal your injury, and help the rest of you get to your destination. I'm sick of you all undermining me, I could easily just take my car and leave, but I put up with your crap because I still feel guilty about what I've done." Doyoung was surprisingly calm while speaking his mind and the rest of us just listened.
"If you'd like to remain crippled for the rest of your life, go ahead." He says to me.
"And if you would like to loose half of the members of your family because your pride is too damn big, I won't stop you." He says to Joon, causing Joon to take a few threatening steps towards him before Rachel holds him back.
"Doyoung...we absolutely need your help." She tells him.
"Yeah...my brother...he just gets really wound up about certain things, you know? And I'm sure Haneul is just under a lot of pressure." Jisoo clarifies. Joon looks at them both in disbelief. He looks as if he's about to say something but quickly closes his mouth and leaves the room. Not too long after, Jisoo looks at his phone and his eyes go big all over again. "Excuse me...I have to take this." He says before excusing himself from the room as well.
I was so confused...why were they acting like that towards each other?
"Do you want me to help you, or not?" Doyoung asks me. Well looks like I had no other options so..."
"Whatever..." I conclude.
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