The Falling Petals...🌺

Expect-the-unexpected....

W-H-A-T-?" Something struck my heart. I jumped off my bed.

 "ACCIDENT?" I rechecked. 

"While coming back from office, her cab met with an accident..." My heartbeats increased. Pil-woo then rushed off to see someone, probably a doctor and passed that call back to Guen.

"Guen, tell me the truth. What has happened to her? Is she alright?" He was silent.

"Speak up! Goddammit. She is fine right?" I shouted at him. I could feel my feet shaking, losing their grip on ground. And I started rushing here and there in my room.

"I don't know, Hoseok."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

He answered softly. "The cab got hit by some giant truck. The driver... the driver... he..."

"What happened?"

"He died on the spot."

"Oh God!" That scared the hell out of me. "Guen. For heaven's sake tell me about Dae. Please Guen... Please."

"Dae is in the ICU. The doctor's haven't confirmed anything. She has suffered a lot of blood loss...."

I started screaming.

"Was there anyone else in the cab?" I further asked.

"Yes, one more guy, who was sitting next to the driver. But he is fine. He has gotten some minor scratches. The car was completely smashed from the right side, leading to the fatal injuries to the driver on the front and Dae who was sitting just behind the driver." Guen replied.

Moments later, Pil-woo returned and comforted me, saying that the doctors were taking care of her and they felt they would be able to get the situation under control.

"All of us are here, Hoseok. Don't panic. She will be alright. The doctors are positive. I have just talked to them."

"Yes, Pil-woo. She will be fine. I am sure she will be. She has to be," I whispered, praying that my words would come true.

"Listen, I will call you up soon to update you on her condition. Right now I have to go and check out her medicines and other things." 

"Yeah... yeah... ya... You just go ahead with what's required. I'll... I'll wait for your call."

Back in my room, I was still in shock, wondering if all that was real or just a nightmare and that when I woke up I would find Dae was well.

But, unfortunately, it was real.

I felt suffocated. I was trying to breathe in as much air as possible. I opened all the windows, trying to make contact with the world outside my home. I was alone in my house. And that terrible shock was tearing me apart in my loneliness. I called up my parents but disconnected the call before anyone took it, wondering how to give them this news. I wanted to get a grip on myself first. So many fears crowded my mind. I didn't know what to do, so I rushed to the other room, to my worship- place. With my hands joined, I said to God, "No! Don't make these bad thoughts come true. Please God. Not her. PLEASE."

Later that morning, I called my family to tell them. They did not believe what they heard first, but later helped me, saying she will be fine. I told them I was going to book the next available flight. For the rest of the day, I kept calling her family members. I was restless. I got my flight confirmed.

Before the day ended, I wrote an SMS and forwarded it to all my friends who were about to attend my ring ceremony.

Friends, there is bad news.

Dae has met with an accident

and everything else stands postponed.