Chapter 528: Chapter 528
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I replied stammeringly, âAh⊠so, thankfully, we were trying to hang out today⊠I told you that we went to the hospital so that she can run a checkup and some tests⊠Jiho sent us the car to get there.â
âReally? We should also call Jiho then. By the way, Donnie, are you really okay?â
I nodded enthusiastically. âIâm fine, but Yeo Ryung isnât.â When the words slipped from my mouth, I was able to breathe, at last, as if something stuck in my throat had suddenly disappeared.
That was when I realized that I was holding my breath until now, and at the same time, I was able to loosen up the strained atmosphere around my shoulders.
Blinking swiftly, I raised my head. When I met Yeo Dan oppaâs eyes, fastened at me and were shining warmly under the living room light, I was nearly stretching my arms to pull his waist in my arms.
In fact, before I was about to do that, a voice intervened between us that I barely pulled myself together and put my hands down.
âYeo Dan! Letâs bring Yeo Ryung to the hospital again. Put your jacket on.â
âAlright.â
âNot sure if thereâs anywhere open till now. Honey, would you call and check a few places before we go?â
While Yeo Ryungâs parents had those conversations, Yeo Dan oppa replied shortly and disappeared into his room to put his backpack. And that was when I realized what I tried to do in front of his family and sighed in relief.
Anyway, Yeo Ryungâs family returned, so itâs my turn to go home. Having that thought in my mind, I got up from the couch, then someone grabbed my sleeve. When I looked behind me, Yeo Ryung was gazing at me like Puss in Boots.
âUhâŠâ While I didnât know what to do, Yeo Ryungâs parents asked me a question.
âDonnie, weâre sorry, but do you mind if you can go together again?â
I nodded right away. It wasnât refusable, nor did I think about denying it.
We left the house and stopped by at a few clinics opened late at night. However, there werenât any other outcomes. Well, if other results were about to come out, it should have shown up when Yeo Ryung checked up with the doctor earlier or during the moments when we made a fuss with the photo albums to bring back her memories. In the end, we gave up and returned home by car.
My parents heard the news after work. They were waiting in front of the apartment complex. When we hopped out of the car, they came to us with quick steps.
My mom and Yeo Ryungâs mother then had a short conversation.
âOh, lord⊠then you arenât sure when she recovers her memories?â
âNo, not sure.â
âWhat about school?â
âWellâŠâ Speaking that way, Yeo Ryungâs mother threw a glance at her daughter. Within seconds, she replied, âI think she should stay home for a while. If possible, I would just let her go to school, but Yeo Ryung has been involved in a couple of thingsâŠâ
âAhemââ
Listening to their chat beside them, I cleared my throat, feeling guilty somehow. Yeo Dan oppa stared at me in wonder.
Whenever things like this happened, I always regretted that I wasnât actively preventing the situation. As the only person who could predict how the plot would unfold, I should have become more assertive.
âBut thatâs too harsh for meâŠâ I shook my head hard from side to side.
Well, how would the servants of the sleeping beauty know that the princess would prick her finger on a spinning wheelâs spindle when they tried hard to get rid of the thorns in the palace after hearing the curse and take special care of her until she turned seventeenâŠ
âA frying pan⊠does that even make sense?â I clicked my tongue. Anyway, it seemed like a good idea that Yeo Ryung was taking a leave of absence until she retrieved her memories.
Ban Yeo Ryung was often surrounded by incidents or troubles, and right now, she wasnât able to protect herself from them since she even lost her knowledge that she gained from those experiences. Thus, staying at home was a good option for all of us too. I nodded.
However, something unexpected happened before we went back to our houses.
When I tried to step into my house after my parents, someone pulled my sleeve.
âEh?â I looked back and found Ban Yeo Ryung staring at me, holding my sleeve.
Though we didnât have that much difference in height, Ban Yeo Ryung was about four to five centimeters taller than me, but for some reason, she seemed to look up at me.
âWhy? You have something to say?â
ââŠâ
Despite my question, Yeo Ryung just kept her mouth shut while holding my sleeve. Her parents and brother paused going into their house and looked in our direction in wonder.
Meanwhile, Yeo Ryung finally blurted out, âDonât goâŠâ
ââŠâ
âDonât go, pleaseâŠâ
Turning my head away from her for a second, I touched my forehead and fell into thought.
âOh, God, why were you doing this to me?!â
Then I threw a glance at Yeo Dan oppa staring in this direction with curious eyes.
âYeah, oppa, I do too. I donât want to shoot this crazy soap operaâŠâ I said in my thoughts.
Shortly after, Yeo Ryungâs mother spoke with a bright look on her face.
âOh, right, Yeo Ryung also like to sleepover with you, Donnie. I guess she does have that memory in mind.â
No, Mrs. Ban, I donât think soâŠ
Perhaps, she might be afraid of getting separated from the most intimate person she thought and didnât want to go into the house full of strangers. However, I couldnât be honest and break her motherâs heart.
While I rolling my eyes, wondering what to do, Yeo Ryungâs mother continued speaking.
âIf youâre okay, would you bring her and have a sleepover? Since you two have been in the same school for a long time ago, itâs true that youâve actually spent more time with her than us.â
âAhâŠâ
âYeah, there would be some things that only you two know and share, so why donât you tell those things to Yeo Ryung?â
Parents these days were aware that their kids didnât tell much about themselves to them. So did Yeo Ryungâs parents.
I quickly nodded and took Yeo Ryung into our house. Anyway, since I didnât prevent such things from happening to her, I decided to the best I could.
When the door closed and we were left together in the front door, there was a moment of silence again.
Looking at Yeo Ryungâs absentminded eyes, I thought, âHmm, so now I can clearly feel that she really lost her memories.â
Ever since she lost her memories, I had no chance to see her face to face while being surrounded by many people, but now that only the two were left here in a small space, I felt awkward as if I was standing with a complete stranger.
This had never happened when we were together⊠except when I was thirteenâthe time when I just entered this universe.
Touching my ear with mixed feelings, I suddenly reached the thought that Yeo Ryung might not know about my room.
Pointing at my room, I tried to initiate a conversation naturally.
âHmm, then, um⊠you know, thatâs my room. Do you want to take a rest there? Iâll be right back from washing my face and brushing my teeth.â
Yeo Ryung nodded, staring at me. It seemed like I was staying with an android that looked like Yeo Ryung.
âUm, then⊠Iâll go this wayâŠâ
She didnât even ask me anything, but I explained my action in detail then walked sideways like a crab. Yeo Ryung kept looking at me, standing on the spot.
When she disappeared in the darkness at the front door, I pressed the switch to turn on the bathroom light, then I heaved a deep sigh.
âPhewâŠâ
Trying to find the bathroom slippers, I almost slipped on the floor.
Struggling to recover my balance, I murmured, âNo, no, no. I must be careful not to lose my memories.â
Watching the process of Ban Yeo Ryung suddenly suffering amnesia, I realized that even I had a chance to suffer amnesia out of the blue.
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