243 – EP.10 Reverse-2
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The only light that illuminated the room with the lights off was the moonlight.
A man and a woman vaguely revealed in the dusky light.
In a room where we only recognize each other through outlines.
What filled the calm space where we sat down was the sound of each other’s breathing.
“It’s hard.”
Kang In-ho’s voice contained consideration.
“Umm… It’s okay. It’s rather soft, isn’t it?”
To calm those worries, Yoon Sia smiled awkwardly.
And then there was silence.
“It’s warm, right?”
Kang In-ho spoke again to break the silence.
“Ugh, it’s warm.”
Yun Sia answered immediately.
“I’m glad.”
And then there was silence again.
“Or would you like to just sleep on the bed? That floor is fine.”
Kang In-ho suggested, as if he was still worried, and Yoon Sia raised her body and waved her hand.
“I’m grateful just for letting me sleep… But if you even rent a bed, it’s too much of a burden for me.”
“Yes, if you wish.”
Kang In-ho did not ask any more questions. He turned her body, which was facing Yun Sia, to face the ceiling.
At first, I thought about how to take Yoon Sia directly to her house, but I wondered if she would be safe if she went into her house, as she had already experienced a major incident.
That’s why she decided to let him sleep at her house, and fortunately, she accepted his offer without any misunderstanding.
In fact, he seemed quite scared to be happy.
After deciding to put her to sleep, she faced another challenge.
That was, where to put her to sleep.
According to her original plan, she was going to sleep in her guest room. However, Yoon Sia, who had spread out the bedding in her guest room, had a dying look on her face.
It seems he was afraid of being left alone.
After sleeping in one room with her, he offered her the floor and lay down on her bed like this.
A moonlit night.
Yoon Shia, lying on the floor, looks at the ceiling and thinks.
Thinking back on what happened just two hours ago, she still feels the blood drying in her head.
Her heart is pounding, her mouth is dry, and her body is shaking.
Just when the unbearable fear was weighing down her body, she felt the thick blanket that In-ho had given her, wrapping her body comfortably.
The heartbeat subsides, and breathing returns to normal.
“Inho, are you sleeping?”
In a dark space where the sound of skin brushing against a blanket could be heard occasionally, Yoon Sia spoke to him who was not sleeping.
“…No.”
After a short period of time, the answer comes back.
“Today… I was really thankful.”
“What?”
He said as if it was no big deal.
“Your arms and legs… Are you okay?”
Although she had confirmed earlier that she was okay, she was still worried.
This was because the sound made when the bat broke was so ignored.
“It’s okay… Okay.”
In-ho’s voice gradually became quieter as Suma came to visit.
Yoon Si-ah also closed her eyes as she listened to In-ho’s quiet breathing.
Feeling the warmth of the blanket covering her body comfortably.
And so the night deepened.
***
“Oh dear….”
Kang In-ho woke up to the pain rushing through her body.
As dawn broke, Kang In-ho tried to get her body up as her vision became brighter than yesterday.
The moment I put my hand on her arm to support her body, pain spread through her arm and throughout her body.
“Oh….”
Without any patience, a moan came out of my mouth.
Kang In-ho whined and raised his upper body, then examined her body.
Swelled arms and legs.
Inho felt his head spinning as they swelled more than twice as much as the other side.
“Is it Inho?”
Yoon Si-ah, who woke up from a nap, looked at his arms and legs and opened her sleepy eyes wide.
Until yesterday, it had only turned slightly red, but now it looked like a large chunk of ham had been forcibly tightened.
“Ah… Is the ligament swollen… Or broken…?”
Tracing his memories of the martial arts world, he quickly figured out his condition.
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“Miss, I have to go to school.”
Whether it was swollen or broken, it would have been difficult to carry out daily life.
“Can you move?”
Yoon Si-ah asked worriedly as she watched In-ho carefully get out of bed.
“First, I think I have to go to the hospital and then go to school.”
“How are you going to get to the hospital?”
“I should at least call a taxi. Oh, teacher. Are you going to school today? If not, take a break and go. I’ll go out.”
Inho said while searching for a nearby hospital on his cell phone.
After waking up like that, Inho busily moved around and prepared for school.
Yun Sia followed him with his eyes as he took out his bag and clothes with half-hearted hands.
“Over there….”
Yoon Sia opened her mouth to him walking around brushing his teeth with his head after building a magpie nest.
Inho, who was busy moving, did not hear those words.
“Over there!”
Yoon Shia called him again.
“Nun?”
In-ho, with toothpaste foam in his mouth, looked at Yun-sia with unclear pronunciation.
“I’ll help you.”
Yun Sia, who had already made up her bedding, stood up and faced In-ho.
“Yes…?”
Not understanding what she meant, he stared at her for a moment.
“Arms and legs.”
Yun Shia pointed to her swollen arms and legs with her finger.
“It’s inconvenient. Let me help you.”
Yoon Si-ah took her In-ho to the hospital, and he was diagnosed with fractures in her arms and legs.
While he walked to school wearing a green cast and using crutches with awkward movements, Yoon Sia stayed next to him.