Chapter 144 - A Long Night 3 (1/2)
”Don't you know where you hurt your hand?”
While Dr. Kim bandages her hand, Ye Rim just said,
”I had a strange dream while I dozed off. I dreamed that I would go to your room and find a thief there. Or something in these lines,” she couldn't be sure what she had dreamed of after so much alcohol and an unhappy night.
But the doctor stared at her, stopping what he was doing, for a minute. ”Did you dream that you would go to my room and was attacked there?”
”Erm, well… I wasn't attacked. I was the one who attacked, actually. But the thief ran away,” she felt a bit embarrassed. She hadn't dreamed of a human, however. But dreamed of a dark version of Kim Jun Hyeon's sister. But perhaps it would be better not to speak of this detail. This wouldn't do Jun Hyeon any good, she believed.
”Hmm,” he seemed lost in thought, but then returned to the subject, ”And what does that have to do with your injured hand? Are you a sleepwalker?”
”Hmm. Well, kind of. I used to sleepwalk when I was a kid. But not after a.d.u.l.thood,” she confessed. ”But alcohol makes us do weird things ... I bet that if we go to the kitchen, we'll find out I tried to organize your kitchen and cut myself with a bottle of soju, or whatever,” she suggested, when he finished the first-aid care. Opening an extra band-aid, Dr. Kim put it on her nose, smiling.
She also smiled, but saw that Jun Hyeon's eyes were serious.
”What is it, Oppa?”
”I also dreamed that you were in danger. You were upstairs in a house while I was on the stairs. Maybe I subconsciously realized that you were going to get hurt while I was asleep.”
”Wow!” This was a macabre coincidence. Dr. Kim stood up, stretching his neck and looking determined to chase away the ominous mood,
”Fake girlfriend, let's go out for a while to chase away the nightmares. What do you think?”
”I think I'm stinking and feeling awful, I should go home,” she also stood up.
”You can shower here. After all, you're a girlfriend tonight.”
”This is a long night, by the way,” she agreed. ”If the rain is over, let's go for a walk and eat something on the street”, she also thought it would be good for the two of them to get away from unpleasant matters. Ye Rim saw he was making an effort not to be having sad thoughts.
However, Ye Rim's mind returned to the shadow creature. Had it been a dream, or not? Was Jun Hyeon oppa being haunted? Is that why he couldn't get over his sister's death?”
She missed the next events, lost in her thoughts, she had only seen Jun Hyeon leave the room, when she heard him call her name, from his bedroom.
She shivered. She was now sure.
Going to his room, Ye Rim looked at the mess. Rug and bedspread pulled, pillows on the floor, blood and broken glass on the bed. Kim Jun Hyeon stared at her, incredulous,
”Don't you remember any of this?”
Ye Rim took a deep breath. In addition to saying that she had found a thief hidden there, one of the most unlikely things when you are in an apartment on the seventeenth floor, what else could she say?
”Oppa ... I'm sorry. Maybe I was too drunk. I pay for what I broke, ”she shuffled her feet. There was no way she was going to sound crazy saying she tried to grab a demon that looked like his sister.
”It wasn't important, forget it. Just tell me if you really think you saw someone. I'll call the doorman.”
”I'm not sure. I don't remember anything. For real. Perhaps my mind has created things. I just wanted to come back with the comforter and cover you.”
Jun Hyeon came back to her, and Ye Ri waited for a hug, but he stopped himself,
”How can I say thank you? For being like a German shepherd by my side while I slept?”
”HEY! What are you talking about? Are you comparing me to a German Shepherd?”
”Yes. Watching my sleep, sitting, instead of lying in bed and sleeping comfortably,” he smiled, pulling the band-aid from her nose. She had even forgotten about it.
”I came here on a mission!”
”Wasn't getting hurt part of that, was it?”
'Hm, I was defending you from the ghost that chases you, so it was a risk in my mission,' Ye Rim thought, feeling that although things had escalated, she was doing her job. But she wondered if the creature would return.
”Take me out for a little bit of fresh air as you promised,” she asked, wanting to leave the apartment soon.
A little while later, they had stopped by a street stall and had some snacks, and now they were wandering, side by side, close to the river. Leaving the apartment had taken Jun Hyeon out of his shaky mood, Ye Rim noticed.