𝐱𝐱𝐢𝐢. 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧

Jisu laid on the bed, all in cold sweat, hair sticking to her face, twisting on the sides, holding her stomach. She had closed eyes, and she was breathing heavily, from time to time growling from pain. She was all pale.

"Why didn't you said anything?" asked quietly Soojin, brushing off the hair from her cheeks

"I'm fine," murmured the girl, making Nayeon roll her eyes. She wasn't irritated, just worried

"You're not. Stop pretending"

Nayeon put the wet blanket on her forehead, wiping off the sweat. Eunhyuk was sitting next to Jisu, and put a hand on her stomach, pressing it a little. The girl groaned from pain.

The boy pursed his lips, "I'm going to move my hand now, okay?" he did what he said, only to make Jisu scream. Soojin grimaced, seeing her friend in pain, " I think it's appendicitis"

"How can you know?"

He didn't answer for a while, so Eunyoo spoke, "He should know that. We were poor, but he still got into med school"

Soojin looked at the boy, a bit surprised. But that's good, that means he can help Jisu.

"So, then, what do we do?" said Suyeong as ms. Cha put hand on her arm

"She'll be okay"

Ms. Son sighed, "Golden hour... is running out for both sides"

Yeah, no fucking way.

Soojin left the room, standing on the corridor with Jaeheon, Eunhyuk, Nayeon and Eunyoo. She was nervously biting her fingernails, looking down at the floor.

"If her appendix bursts, it'll be bad," said the boy, "Her peritoneum could be infected, and bacteria could spread throughout her whole body"

"She needs surgery"

"There's nothing we can do here"

Soojin furrowed, "You went to med school. You have to know something about surgery. You're not gonna even try?"

"Do whatever you can do. I need to get even with her," said Eunyoo, getting up from the bench, "You need to save her"

That girl is coping in a weird way. Soojin looked at her and nodded her head thankfully, but the younger girl, looked pissed at her. Brunette turned her head away from her, a bit confused.

"We have to try something," said Nayeon, "We can't just let her rotten there"

Eunhyuk pursed his lips. He was silent for a long time, others were waiting for him to say something.

"Alright. But she has decided if she wants that. Chances of dying or higher than surviving"

He went to Jisu, leaving them behind. They stood on the corridor for a while. Soojin out her hand on Jaeheon's shoulder.

"You know that she'll be fine? She's a fighter," with these words the girl tried to make him and herself feel better

Jaeheon sighed, "I know. She picked thread on her first birthday"

Soojin smiled a little. Nayeon patted the man on the other shoulder, as they came back to kindergarten. Hyunsoo walked to them.

"And?"

"Eunhyuk agreed for surgery, but the decision is up to Jisu," said Soojin and added more quiet, so only he could hear, "Her chances are low"

Nayeon embraced her with an arm, and Soojin did the same. They didn't say anything more, just trying to comfort each other this way.
They waited for Eunhyuk not too long. The boy adjusted his glasses nervously.

"I'll perform surgery," the girls sighed relived, and he continued, "I need antibiotics, anesthetics, saline, and surgical instruments"

That's a lot of things that are gonna be hard to find.

"I'll go," said Jaeheon right away

Soojin scoffed, and twisted her head to him, "Don't be silly. You're not in the best condition. I don't think that you want to die so quickly"

The man had his arm broken, after the mission in the garage. If he'll go, and on his way meet the monster, he would probably get easily smashed.

"She's right," people turned to Sangwook that entered the room, "In this state, you'll be just burden"

Jaeheon looked down, clenching his teeth. He knew that they were right, but his situation annoyed him. He wanted to help Jisu.

"Okay, I'll go," said Yuri

Mr. Ahn turned his head from the window, "No, you won't"

"There are a dozen of different surgical tools. Unless you wanna bring back the whole hospital, you need someone who will get the right equipment," she explained

Mr. Ahn stood up, and walked to her. He didn't liked this idea at all. Yuri nodded her head, trying to tell him that it's a good idea.

"Can you help us?" Eunhyuk looked at Sangwook who nodded his head

Soojin opened her mouth to volunteer as the next person, but she was stopped by Nayeon.

"I'll go too"

Soojin's face dropped, as she turned her head to her friend. The girl didn't look at her, pursing her lips.

"Nayeon, I don't...."

"Shut up, Soojin," she turned her head to the girl, that looked at her surprised, "You're not gonna risk your life again. You stay here with Jisu. It's my turn to do something useful and help"

Soojin knew that the arguing wouldn't have any sense, because Nayeon always get her way. But she didn't want her to go. Black haired turned her head back to Eunhyuk.

"I'll go," she repeated

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The residents started preparing the room for Jisu's surgery. Ms. Ahn was scalding all the tools that Eunhyuk needed to perform surgery.
Soojin tried to catch the group, before they leave the building. Also, she was kicked out by Eunhyuk, for making him distracted, because she was walking in the room from the corner to corner, murmuring to herself. So she took the advantage of it, and went quickly to garage, before it was too late. She was all nervous all this time, and thinking about the fact that she can't even wish them good luck, made her even more angry.

"Hyunsoo!"

The boy turned around, and so did Nayeon. Sangwook and Yuri already waited for them in the car.

Soojin rushed to them, and hugged the boy, giving him a short kiss on the cheek. She didn't want to act so catchy while others were looking, so he needed to settle for only this. Hyunsoo wanted to hold her for a long time, but they didn't have it. Soojin let him go, and turned to Nayeon.

"You're gonna kiss me too?" she said sarcastically, crossing her arms

Soojin smiled, and hugged the girl, also giving her a kiss on the cheek. Nayeon rolled her eyes, but she couldn't pretend that she doesn't care about it. She hugged the girl's back, and sighed.

"Be careful, okay? You have to come back," Soojin let go the girl, "both of you"

"Don't worry, asshole," whispered Nayeon, "We'll be fine"

Soojin took a step back. In one hand she held Nayeon's hand, in the other Hyunsoo's. She looked at the boy, and then at the girl. They stood like that for a dozen seconds, when Sangwook honked the car. They looked at him. He was getting irritated. Soojin pursed her lips, and let go their hands.

"Good luck"

They nodded their heads, as they walked to the car. Soojin ran through her hair nervously, coming back to the lobby. She didn't really know what to do now. She can only sit and worry about others with her twisted stomach.
In Soojin's way walked the same man, that made a big show the other day. He stopped in front of her, looking at her unsure. The girl furrowed. She waited for the man to talk.

"I'm sorry," he finally said, "I deserved to get punched, for how I acted. And I shouldn't threat you"

"You shouldn't," Soojin sighed, closing her eyes for a second. She didn't really cared about his apologies at his moment, there were much more important things right now, "What's your name?"

"Kang Seungwan"

"Well, Seungwan, I appreciate your apology," the girl rubbed her forehead, "And I'm sorry for burning you hand"

The man had a a band-aid on his hand. He looked down at if, covering it with other hand. He smiled awkwardly.

"Oh it's nothing..."

Soojin thought that they ended this conversation, but the man still stood in the same place. It was extremely awkward. The girl stopped the eye roll that she wanted to do, and walked pass him.
And even before she took a few more steps, a loud thud sounded. Soojin stopped, feeling her heart sink. She looked at the man behind her, and then started running back to the lobby. On her way, she took the machete.

She froze and her mouth dropped, when she saw the car with her friends inside being thrown in the air, and a gigantic monster standing above.

She saw mr. Ahn grabbing two Molotov cocktails, one was already burning, while ms. Son opened the doors for him. Soojin ran to him, but she was stopped by the man that noticed her wanting to go outside.

„Soojin, you stay here" mr. Ahn said to her harshly, "You need to protect this place"

She was ready to leave the building, in her hand holding her machete, so his words pissed her. The man raised two Molotov cocktails. He ran outside, throwing them at the monster. It was the same one that Soojin and Hyunsoo met in the first days, the protein monster. He fell on the ground with a big thud. Mr. Ahn took Hyunsoo that fell on the ground, helping him stood up. The girl didn't see anywhere others from the group. Her stomach twisted. Soojin didn't listen to the older man, she ran out of the building, ignoring the kids screams behind her.

But she actually couldn't do much. With her machete, she can't even hurt the monster badly. But she ran to Hyunsoo and mr. Ahn.

"Are you alright?" she asked him, grabbing his shoulder, as he nodded his head, "Where's Nayeon? And Yuri, Sangwook?"

The boy looked around, noticing that he is the only one who walked out of the car.

Mr. Ahn covered his mouth, when the big flow of blood splashed from his nose. His eyes widened. He got infected. The protein monster walked to them. He was getting closer, when mr. Ahn pushed away teenagers. They fell on the ground, but looked at the man terrified. He looked at them and whispered.

"Choose life"

The monster took a swing with his gigantic arm, pointing at mr. Ahn who just stood, waiting for his end. Soojin's eyes widened, as she opened her mouth and shouted:

"No!"

The monster was about to crush mr. Ahn, when the big firetruck hit him. He started groaning furious, trying to stop the truck, but he got squished into the wall of the building. For the moment he didn't move, but it only lasted for a second. He started swinging his arms, trying to crush the truck, and the person inside.

Yikyung jumped from the truck, falling on the ground. The monster pushed it on the side, where she laid. Soojin gasped terrified. But Yikyung isn't so easy to kill. She rolled under the truck, walking from the other side. She walked back to the truck, turning it on. The monster growled angry, and rushed after her.

But Soojin's attention got someone else. Sangwook was running from far away, holding someone in his arms, Yuri was right behind him. Soojin's felt a gulp in her throat, her heart sank.

"Nayeon!" she screamed terrified

She quickly got up from the ground, almost falling down again, and ran to them. Hyunsoo followed her confused.

The girl in gangster's arms, had eyes half opened. She was all in blood, that was coming from the head, covering her face. Her body, mostly arms, were savaged. She was breathing heavily, trying to catch the breath, but the blood was flowing from her mouth, so she was almost choking on it. People didn't stop running, trying to avoid get crushed by a firetruck or monster, wanting to get into the building. Soojin took her friend's hand in hers, squeezing it tightly.

"Nayeon..."

Tears came to her eyes, as hard as she was trying not to cry. Behind them, something exploded.
Nayeon wanted to look at Soojin, but when she tried to twist her head, she groaned loudly. So she just looked with the corner of her eyes.

"Fuck," she whispered, squeezing her eyes. The tears rolled down her cheeks

"Don't fall asleep!" almost yelled Soojin, "Unnie, try to hold on, we almost inside. Don't close your eyes!"

The residents, seeing from the windows what was happening outside, already prepared the stretchered. Sangwook put on it Nayeon, who groaned from the pain loudly. Yuri ran for her medical kit, while Soojin tried to comfort Nayeon, felling on her knees next to her. She was holding her hand all this time, stroking her head, getting her own hands dirty from the blood.

"Hold on, Nayeon," cried brunette, "Just hold on"

Yuri came back, pulling out her tools. The residents gathered around them, covering their mouths. Jaeheon entered the lobby, rapidly stopping when he saw Nayeon laying in blood.

"Soojin..." girl's voice was extremely quiet, and talking made her a lot of pain

Brunette looked at her, "Yes?"

"You... you were a great friend for me... and," Nayeon coughed, the blood splashed on her face, mixing with the tears. Soojin's body was shaking, "Thank... you for that. I'm... I'm gonna miss you. Fuck, I'm getting emotional"

Soojin chuckled a little, but it was for a one second, after which she cried again, "You're gonna be alright. Yuri is taking care of you, right?" she looked at the caregiver, "Right?"

But Yuri was helpless. She was trying to stop the bleeding, but it didn't matter, because Nayeon's insides were extremely injured. Her ribs were almost crushed, and she hit her head pretty bad. Yuri was acting like she was doing something, not wanting the girl to give up so quickly.

"Fuck," Nayeon squinted her eyes, looking at the ceiling, "Is... Is Jisu gonna be alright?" she tried to lift her head to look at the Eunhyuk that also came to the lobby, hugging with his arm Eunyoo that was also sobbing. The boy nodded his head, and Nayeon sighed, "That's good"

Soojin felt how her body got colder. She put girl's hand to her cheek. Her eyes were slowly closing, as she couldn't fight it anymore. She twisted her head to brunette next to her as much as she could.

"Hey," Soojin looked at the girl, wiping tears of her cheek, "Beat some monsters for me, asshole"

She tried to smile but only grimaced. Soojin nodded her head rapidly, squeezing her hand even more. Nayeon looked at the ceiling again, closing her eyes. Yuri took the other girl's wrist, and checked the pulse.

"She's gone"

"No," said Soojin, clenching her teeth. She started clapping girl's cheek, and shaking her a little, "No, she's not. Nayeon, stop joking, wake up. You're fine"

"Soojin..."

"No, she's fine!" yelled the girl, making Yuri flinch. She pulled away hand from her, "She's not dead! It's Nayeon, she can't die. She can't!"

Soojin burst out crying. She dropped Nayeon's hand, almost collapsing on the floor. She started hitting the floor with her fists, and later herself. From her knuckles started dripping blood. She screamed frustrated, and her scream echoed through the first floor.
Hyunsoo caught the girl, hugging her tightly, so she couldn't move her arms. But the girl was strong. She started hitting the boy on his chest, as he squeezed his eyes, from which streamed down tears. Soojin coughed, choking on her own tears. She was shaking terribly, wheezing loudly as she was trying to catch the breath. The girl looked at the dead body of her friend, hearing her heart shatter.

"Nayeon..."

a/n

I'm sorry? Hope you guys not gonna hate me now😭