Love Redefined

Chapter 28

Tae was sitting on the bench outside of the emergency door at the hospital, with blood all on his hands and all his body. He could only looking down on his bloody hands while keeps on praying for Copter's life. For Copter to come back to him alive. For Copter to never leaving him behind. For Copter to be beside him for a long long time ahead. For Cop.....

He was looking down and he couldn't stop crying. The visual of Copter lying unconscious on the road making his heart and his whole body shaking. Just thinking about it makes his heart died. if Copter died, he will die for sure. 'Baby, please.....I love you, Cop. Please....love you...please don't leave me....please....'

He keeps chanting it, mumbling or in his heart...it doesn't matter.

Park and Lam who were sitting both on his side trying to calm him down, but they too knew that nothing could help their friend calm down no matter what they said or did.

All of them were still in front of the emergency door, their posture tense with anticipation and Tae still couldn't stop crying. Their eyes darted back and forth, searching for any sign of movement beyond the sealed barrier. 

Each passing second felt like an eternity as they anxiously tapped their foot against the ground, a nervous habit betraying their inner turmoil. while sometimes Tae waould raking his hair trying to suppressed the depressed of waiting and praying, couldn't even do anything, even to wash the blood off his hands, he wouldn't care. 

Times ticking by, and it had been hours Copter was in there with no sign of any news. With every passing moment, the need to act grew more urgent, yet they remained rooted in place, consumed by the anxious wait for what lay beyond the door.

They were waiting some more with the same position when suddenly the emergency door had been opened, reveals a few doctors coming near them.

"Mr. Copter's relatives?" ask the doctor that was on the front than any other doctor behind him, making Tae, Park and Lam fast coming near him.

"How is he, doc? How is my Copter?" Tae were asking, trying to control his emotions, so that he could understand every words the doctor had to say.

"The patient injury was quite bad when he enters the operation room. But luckily, he was out of danger for now. His major injuries were on his head and he had fractured arm along with a lot of minor injuries that covered his left side body. We will be watching him in I.C.U and only one person was allowed to get inside with a proper procedure. But the time is limited. I will update to you from time to time. Hope you could be patient for the patient to be stronger. He needed his family and friends."

The doctor was walking away right away after conveying the message, leaving weak Tae who falls on the floor, feeling relief, for at least Copter didn't left him. Copter is still here, Copter is still alive. That was all that matters. His Copter is still alive. He couldn't help but to cry his heart out of relief making Park and Lam hugging him trying to calm him. It took him quite some time to be able to calm down and head to the toilet before heading to ICU.

Inside the ICU, Tae couldn't help but to shed tears again when he saw Copter was lying on the bed unconscious, with the tubes and wired all over his body. He came close to the bed, taking Copter's right hand that was free from wires, kissing it and suddenly his knee got week, and he kneel right away while still holding Copter's hand on his forehead.

'My baby, thank you for coming back to me. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm sorry. I love you baby, so so much. Thank you baby. Thank you. '

Tae could only said this in his head while he couldn't stop crying. When he was a little bit calm down, he was standing up, pulling the nearest chair, and sit on it, while his eyes couldn't dart away from his baby's face. The bruised and bandaged face and body. He sit still in that position until the nurse came telling him he needs to wait outside the ICU, until the patient is stable enough to be transferred to the normal ward.