Hae Soo woke up disoriented and it worsened into fear when she found herself lying down on a strange room and she could barely move a muscle. She thought she had been paralyzed and was lost on a world unknown to her once more.
Relax, Soo... she told herself and closed her eyes.
She took a few deep breaths, until she felt better and her chest was not that painful and stuffy anymore. She opened her eyes again and tried to move her hands. She breathed with relief when she was able to do that. Though she felt tremendously weak, her whole body was fine. She was not paralyzed. And when she looked around, she realized that she was in a hospital.
She carefully sat up and noticed that there was a dextrose connected to her left hand.
What happened? Why am in here?
The door of the hospital room opened. For a moment, she could not believe that she was looking at her mother. It had been a long time since Hae Soo had last seen her. She missed her so much.
"Mom..." She also missed calling her out...
Her mother was shocked to see her awake. She slowly approached her and hesitantly touched her arms and her face, as if assuring herself that she was not hallucinating.
"I knew it," she cried as she tenderly took Hae Soo in her arms. "I know you will wake up. I never lose hope that you will, Ha Jin. Thank you for waking up, my daughter..."
Ha Jin...
The name sounded strange to her. She had not heard that name for a very long time that it felt like she was hearing a stranger's name.
She really was back to her true body...
"Ha Jin, why are you crying? Are you in pain? Wait, I'll call your doctor."
"Mom, I'm fine," Hae Soo said, grabbing her mother's hand. "What happened? Why am I here in the hospital?" she asked as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"You don't remember?" her mother asked, worrying. "What else don't you remember?"
"I remember everything," Hae Soo... no... she was Go Ha Jin now... her mind should go back to being Ha Jin... "I just..."
"What is it?"
Go Ha Jin suddenly remembered that day when she jumped on the lake to save a man that fell off the river.
"I drowned..."
"Yes," her mother confirmed. "The rescuers managed to bring back your heartbeat but you were not waking up. You had been sleeping for a year now. They were saying that I should let you go..." her mother cried again as she took Ha Jin's hand and held it tight. "But I could not. I know that you will wake up. I always believed that you will wake up... I prayed for it ever day..."
"Mom, don't cry," Go Ha Jin said, embracing her mother. "I am fine now."
"You should not have done that," her mother said looking a little angry. "You almost died saving a stranger."
"Did I save him?" Go Ha Jin asked, getting a little curious.
Her mother sighed and said, "You really could not stand aside when someone is in need. You will die because of that attitude."
"Mom, I'm still alive," Go Ha Jin smiled confidently at her mother. "I still need to help a lot of people."
"Ha Jin!"
"Mom, I will be fine," she assured her mother. "I always feel good whenever I help people. I saved that man, right?"
"I don't know," her mother said still angry at her stubbornness.
"Why, Mom? Did he..."
"Both of you had been comatose," her mother said. "I don't know if he had already regained consciousness. They transferred him to a different hospital. But his family is extremely grateful to you for saving his life. They are the ones who are paying our hospital bill ever since you had been confined here."
"I hope he is also awake," Ha Jin prayed, also grateful to that man. Because of that incident she had met not only handsome princes but also the finest friends and the greatest love of her life.
So...
Her eyes filled with tears once again and she quickly shook her head to stop the tears from pouring.
"Ha jin..."
"Mom, I want to go home. Can we go home now?"
"I'll ask the doctor first."
Go Ha Jin nodded and her mother walked out of the room.
"Go Ha Jin..." she whispered to herself. "Hae Soo..."
She took a deep breath and shook her head again.
"I am Go Ha Jin now..." she whispered and her tears began to pour again. She was having a hard time controlling her tears as her longing for So intensified.
His absence in her life left a big hole in her heart. She felt empty going back to her true body.
The only thing that could give her comfort was the memories that she had never forgotten. She could still remember everything about So, his face, his eyes, his scar, his voice... every little thing about him...
Will we meet again, So? Will our fate let us meet again?
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Go Ha Jin went straight into her room and looked for her phone. She was surprised to see that everything in her room was still on the same place as she had left it... a year ago...
Her mother was only dusting off her things but she did not change the placement of her things. Her mother was really the greatest mother on earth.
She took her phone and her charger and went to the kitchen were her mother was busy preparing dinner.
"Mom, what happened to the loan sharks?" Go Ha Jin asked, remembering the reason why she left that phone on her room.
"That man's parents paid your debt," her mother answered.
Go Ha Jin blushed with embarrassment.
"They really did that?"
"They are that grateful to you," her mother said. "You should be careful the next time. Don't go in a relationship with a scammer."
"I will," Go Ha Jin said.
After loving So that deeply, she doubted that her heart could ever beat for another man.
"See, Mom, I am free from those loan sharks because I saved that man," she said as she charged her phone.
"Fine," her mother said, shaking her head with a smile. "Go and save more people, Ha Jin."
