Destiny of Love

Kim Taehyung

I turned around to walk towards the admission office but bumped into someone who was the last person in my mind right now.

"Didn't I tell you to wait there?"

 He narrowed his eyes. I shook my head in frustration.

Out of all the police staff investigating Kisa's case, he was the only one left for me to bump into. 

"Do you want me to send you behind the bars?"

He roared when I rolled my eyes.

There was no way I could escape this man now. I looked here and there, seeing the corridors empty I pulled my mask down for him to recognize me.

His eyes widened with surprise.

"You can write the name as Kim Taehyung and the victim is my old acquaintance." 

I smiled while revealing my identity to him. He was so baffled by my sudden appearance that he couldn't speak for a few moments.

"Sir, are you personally involved in this case? I am asking you this because we have already talked with your management team. We weren't intimated about your personal interest in this case." He finally spoke after composing himself.

"Yes, I am directly involved in this case. I would really appreciate it if you share every information regarding the case. "

"Sure sir, the girl has already confessed that she had indeed tried to murder Miss Kisha. I will share the detailed report with you once I record the victim's statement for which I am here." He said professionally.

"I am afraid, you won't be able to record her statement right now as she is taken for a CT scan and she is still under the effect of anesthesia. It might take few hours for her to wake up."

Hearing this, he took out a paper from his diary, scribbled something, and handed it to me.

"Sir, would you please call on this number once Ms. Kisha gains consciousness.

"I nodded and he left. Realizing I might get late to complete paperwork, I ran off to the department.

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Five hours had already passed since Kisa shifted to this VIP room but she didn't open her eyes. She looked so weak in that hospital attire and I decided to make her eat like an elephant once she wakes up from her deep slumber. I don't know when sleep took over me and I threw my head on the bed beside her while sitting on a chair.

I groggily opened my eyes as I felt some ticklish movement on my head. To my blissful surprise, I saw two beautiful eyes looking at me with compassion. I wanted to hug her tight but she was poked with needles and ECG leads so I refrained from doing so.

"Finally you woke up," I whispered to her.

She sighed when I made her sit comfortably.

"I thought I am going to die and land up in heaven but I am still on earth. I think God doesn't like me much"

Her words made me boil with anger. Did she hit her head so harshly with the floor that made her say these words?

"Can you just think before you speak? Are you so eager to die? What do you think of yourself? Who gave you the right to think so irrationally?" I blasted on her.

"Calm down Tae, I was just joking. I wasn't serious." She tried to cool me down.

"Your life might be a joke to you Kisa but not for me. You don't even know that I died every moment seeing you like this. For god's sake have mercy on my heart Kisa...Have mercy."

 Now my anger was coming out in the form of tears. She was so confused unable to decipher my emotions.

" Why...?" She whispered and I looked at her eyes which held questions.

" Don't you know?" I asked closing the distance between us.

She shook her head reluctantly.

"Can't you make out from the way I look at you, from the way my face brighten up when you take my name? Can't you make out from the way I care for you? You know pretty well how I feel about you." I whispered.

Her eyes were closed now and her heartbeats were erratic matching with mine. The peaks of ECG had now increased which made me smile. I bend a little and kissed her eyes. 

"Do you want me to confess my love to you? Do you want me to tell you that I am deeply in love with you and I can't imagine even a single moment without you?" I whispered in her ear in whose response the peaks of ECG flattened suddenly into a straight line making me panic. I got up and stood near the bed to look at her. I was just going to scream and call the doctor when ECG started showing her normal heartbeats. She had opened her eyes now and was staring at the ceiling.

"Do you want to scare me to death, woman?" I released a sigh of relief as I kept my hand on my heart. 

But she didn't respond, Instead, she just stared at the ceiling. My all valor had now vanished as I realized that I just confessed my love to her. My every emotion was now replaced by only one feeling- fear. Would she leave me and block me from her life? I cannot imagine my life without her now. What should I do now? I wanted to time travel and stop myself from confessing my feelings to her.

I reluctantly took my seat beside her.

"I am so sorry Kisa, I didn't mean to say it like this. I want...."

Before I could explain myself, Her soft chuckle brought me to halt.

"Out of all the places on this planet earth, you decided to confess your feelings to me in this hospital." She shook her head and I looked at her in confusion.

"What are you going to tell our kids that you fell in love with their mother when she was lying in the hospital bed adorned with bandages and IV needles?"

 "I have a better story to tell our kids. I'll tell them that I fell in love with their mother when she treated me like a king when I entered her house like a thief....."

Suddenly her words dawned on me...I jumped from my seat and took two steps back... 

"Wait, what?????"I couldn't believe my ears. Did she really confess her feelings to me?

She had now hidden her face behind her hands.

I jumped on a bed a little too excited and placed my hands on top of her soft hands." Look at me Kisa." I whispered.

She pulled her hands a little down only for her eyes to come into my vision before obscuring them again. I kissed her hands and this time she pulled her hands away from her face.

Her face had turned red like beetroot and I am pretty sure mine was redder than hers.

"Do you love....?

Before I could complete, a knock on the door interrupted us.