Chapter 18. (1/1)

Sooyoung’s POV“That was.. for leaving the hospital without telling me.” I said, looking at him, forcing a smile.“S-sunbae.. How long have you been here?” Onew asked.“I’ve just arrived..” I answered, smiling at him.He and Jonghyun looked shocked.“I was going to knock on the door to look for you, but then you opened it and Jonghyun was behind you.” I then turned to Jonghyun. “You’re.. okay now.. aren’t you?”He nodded.“That’s.. good.” I said, curling my fingers into a fist. I was inhaling deeply – trying to look and sound as calm as possible. “I’m.. sorry for slapping you. I just felt hurt that you didn’t tell me you were already discharged. I could’ve gone straight here but I still decided to check on your condition, only to find an empty room.”I turned my attention to Onew who looked like he saw I ghost. “I’ll go ahead now. I have a dance practice with Taemin.” I said and turned my back against them.I walked fast – my heart was pounding rapidly against my tight chest, making it hard for me to breathe. My hands were trembling and cold, my eyes were starting to blur as my tears were trying to escape from it.I can’t believe I was stupid enough to be fooled by him – by them. Just when I started to care about him, to feel sympathy towards him.“Stupid me.. It’s just a fake relationship anyway.. What was I thinking?” I said as I wiped my tears which managed to roll down my cheeks.Taeyeon’s POVMy phone rang while I was walking around the building. I had a recording today, and soon we’re going to have to be busy for our Japanese promotions.“Yeobosaeyo?” I answered.“Unnie~!!” “Seohyun-ah? Why, is there a problem?”“Unnie!! A bunch of people are outside – they’re asking for Sooyoung unnie. They said something like she’s the reason why Jonghyun got hospitalized or something. I think they’re Jonghyun oppa’s fans.”“Mwoh?!” I shouted. “W-what did you say?”“I.. I didn’t know their intentions at first – I thought they were Sooyoung unnie’s fans, so I told them she’s at SME with you—““Seohyun you—Aish! Okay, uhm.. Call manager oppa, tell him about the problem. I’ll go look for Sooyoung. I just hope she hasn’t left the building yet. Those people might attack her!”“N-neh unnie.”“Call me if anything happens, okay? I’m hanging up now.”Jonghyun’s POV“S-Sunbae!” Onew shouted after her. He turned to me with a worried expression on his face.“Y-yah, if anything bad happens.. Aish! I don’t know what I’ll do with you.” He said, obviously not knowing what to do. “Sunbae!” He shouted once more and ran after her.I sighed. It’s not like she found out or anything. Besides, why should I tell her? It’s not like we’re in a real relationship or something.I shrugged it off and started to walk out the bathroom when I tripped on something. “Aish!” I shouted, looking at what made me trip.“Hm?” I picked up a small box, covered in cloth. “Did someone leave this here?” I asked, looking around – but no one seemed to be here.I lowered myself, slowly opening the piece of cloth wrapped around it. To my surprise, it was a lunchbox – a big one, if I must say. I opened it and saw it was filled with food, and it seemed like the food was still fresh. It had rice, kimchi, loads of sidedishes, egg rolls and samgyupsal. I lifted the lunchbox and saw three initials on its lower-left side – C.S.Y.