It's 5:30 in the morning.
Young-choi was sitting on the chair next to Kim out of exhaustion and had fallen asleep with a tired and sad face.
She doesn't sleep peacefully or comfortably.
Pain and worry radiated from her closed eyes.
In that moment, an image from the distant and bitter past quickly flashed through her mind.
The movement of her eyes is clearly visible from behind the eyelids.
Kim is still in a deep sleep.
Without any tension, shaking or panic attacks.
Completely calm.
His breathing is calm and deep and he no longer needs a respirator.
A harsh snoring sound echoed in the room.
Every sound has a strange resonance!
[Who can sleep next to this?]
Maybe it's about Young-choi!
No.
A little further away, Ae_ra is lying on the sofa.
Her body is shaped like the curve of a sofa.
Her body was strangely sunk into the sofa.
She is also like Han Gi-soo in sleeping.
She is no less than him.
It might even be worse.
The style of the soul.
Even the fish in the aquarium all gathered on the opposite side of Ae-ra.
Apparently she is dreaming.
Suddenly, she kicks the sofa below with a hard kick.
The sofa is moved.
[She's probably dreaming someone was trying to steal her food!]
Young-choi wakes up to the sound of the sofa scraping on the floor.
She checks Kim's status on the device screen.
She stares at Kim.
This is the first time she sees Kim in this state.
It is sad for her to see this scene.
Even in those hellish conditions that began 10 years ago, things were never this bad.
He lay in front of her like a lifeless, lifeless object.
Even in those hellish conditions that began 10 years ago, things were never this bad.
"What should I do now?"
Tears gather in her eyes.
10 years ago, a tragedy occurred in which each of these people experienced pain, wounds, and darkness to some extent.
Everyone went through a difficult time and maybe they don't want to revisit the past.
Young-choi involuntarily took Kim's hand and squeezed it.
At that moment, her whole mind was occupied with many questions, but she had no answers to them.
Her angry voice echoed in the air. "Wake up, boy. You came after all this time, in this condition!?"
[Even this sound doesn't block out Ae-ra's snoring.]
Young-choi notices the snoring and looks in the direction of the sound.
She looks at Kim again.
She takes a deep breath.
Suddenly she remembered that she had to make an important decision.
Last night, Hyun-ho told her that if this situation continued until morning, she should definitely call Sun-hee and let her know.
Young-choi knew that this news was like severe torture for Sun-Hee, which was tormenting her.
Young-choi takes the cell phone out of her bag.
She takes out the piece of paper stained with Hyun-ho's blood, on which she wrote Sun-hee's number, from her pocket.
She distances herself from Kim and unintentionally walks towards Ae-ra.
She calls Soun-hee.
Ae-ra is still sleeping in the same curved position, like the crescent moon.
The first ring of the call is heard.
Suddenly, Young-choi notices the time. "Wow, it's 6 am!"
Young-choi hangs up on the second ring.
She becomes flustered and puts the phone under her arm.
Ae-ra is still sleeping, shifting on the sofa, when she suddenly falls off the sofa onto the floor.
'The sound of Ae-ra falling to the ground is heard.'
"Ouch." Ae-ra involuntarily lets out a cry of pain with her eyes closed.
There is a lot of noise.
Young-choi stares at Ae-ra in surprise.
Ae-ra wakes up.
She looks around, confused, and her eyes fix on Young-choi.
"Hello, Dr. Da. What happened? What was that sound?"
"Good morning. I don't know. You tell me."
"How is Mr. Kim? Is he awake?"
"You see! Not yet."
"He's fine. Look how tired he is and how lucky he is to be sleeping so soundly."
Young-choi looks at Ae-ra in surprise. "You're lucky too."
"Me! No. I still haven't been able to sleep comfortably, Doctor. I swear, I'm so tired. I don't know, maybe someone is working me hard in my sleep?! If I knew who it was, I wouldn't let it go, I'll take revenge."
Ae-ra stretches her body a little, relieving the fatigue from her body.
She yawns long and long.
"Then why is Mr. Kim still asleep?"
"You just answered your own question a few moments ago!"
"Me?! … What did the doctors say? Did anyone come in last night?"
"No. No one has come yet."
"What?!! No… why?"
"I don't know. Maybe they came and we were asleep and didn't notice."
Ae-ra gets up in a hurry. "I'll go find them now. Hopefully they came while we were sleeping and we didn't notice. If not…"
Ae-ra leaves the room.
The sun is rising.
Young-choi's cell phone vibrates.
She looks at the mobile screen.
Unknown number.
It's probably the same number as Soon-hee.
She matches the number with the number on the paper.
"It's her, it's Sun-hee."
Young-choi answers hesitantly.
"Hello…"
Sun-hee's sleepy voice comes in, soft and clipped. "Hello. Excuse me? You called a few minutes ago."
"Uh… I'm… um… calling from Dr. Jung's hospital." Sun-hee's voice comes through. "Hospital?!"
"Yes. Last night my friend and I were walking. We saw a man lying on the street corner. At first we thought he might be drunk. But when we got closer we saw that he was apparently just lying on the ground."
Ae-ra enters the room. "Doctor…!"
She notices that Young-choi is having a conversation and interrupts.
Young-choi continues, "I shook him, but he didn't respond. We brought him to the hospital. He's under observation now. Your number was in his pocket. Sorry for calling at a bad time."
"Is there a dragon head tattoo on his hands?"
"yes.."
"Which hospital did you say?"
.
At the doctor's house, the hour is slowly passing.
Hyun-ho is in the kitchen, standing in front of the refrigerator, the door of which is open.
He is very hungry.
His stomach was howling with hunger like a storm. Last night's sandwiches, ah-ra, took up two floors of the refrigerator.
Hyun-ho tries to pick one up and eat it, but the fingers on both hands can't hold the sandwich.
The sandwich falls to the floor.
He goes to Han Gi-soo.
Han Gi-soo was in a strange situation!
He has fallen headfirst to the floor, but his feet are still resting on the sofa.
He opened his hands and placed them above his head.
"Gi-soo... Gi-soo... Han Gi-soo," Hyun-ho says softly at first, then loudly.
But Han Gi-soo is still asleep.
The extreme weakness is pressing harder on Hyun-ho every second.
Especially since he had lost a lot of blood and the fact that he has managed to survive so far is a great stroke of luck.
Hyun-ho shakes Han Gi-soo's body with his foot, but it's still no use.
Out of frustration and weakness, he puts his foot in front of Han Gi-soo's face.
Just when he thought no one and nothing could wake this person up, Han Gi-soo reacted to Hyun-ho's action.
This time, Hyun-ho puts his foot in front of Han Gi-soo's nose.
Suddenly, Han Gi-soo jumps out of his sleep and, with great stress, quickly stands up and shouts, "No…".
Hyun-ho quickly takes a few steps away and looks away.
Han Gi-soo looks around with worry and stress. "Ah… I got lucky… it was all a dream!"
He took deep, irregular breaths, and in a moment, his mind drifted back to last night.
He remembered what happened that night.
There was nothing but shame and embarrassment in him.
"Are you finally awake?" These are the words that Hyun-ho said to him.
"Where are the others?"
"I don't know. I was asleep like you. Of course, I woke up half an hour ago. The doctor wrote a letter on the table."
"Letter?"
"Yes. A note."
"For me?"
It's past 6 am.
Hyun-ho's stomach grumbles, which Han Gi-soo also notices.
"Are you hungry, Bro?"
"So much… Gi-soo, I really need your help. If my hands weren't like this, I would have made a delicious meal by now. Your kids might come downstairs at any moment. The two of them…they're hungry too."
Han Gi-soo changes the subject out of embarrassment. "Is there anything left in the fridge or did that fat woman eat it all?"
Han Gi-soo opens the refrigerator door and says in surprise, "Wow… how much did she eat to have so much extra food?"
"Tell me how much food you brought that there is so much extra!"
Han Gi-soo takes out a few plastic bags of leftover food from the refrigerator.
He takes them out of the envelope.
A few chicken fillet sandwiches.
A sausage sandwich with hot sauce.
A whole package of fried chicken.
He puts everything on a tray in the microwave and turns it on.
They are both standing in front of the microwave, staring at it.
There is a knock on the door!
"What is that sound?" Hyun-ho tells Han Gi-soo.
"The sound comes from inside your stomach, Bro."
The sound of knocking on the door can still be heard.
"The sound is from above."
An Gi-soo stares up at the stairs in surprise.
"Oh my brain, the kids are inside the room and I locked their room door from the outside last night."
He runs upstairs.
…
Han Gi-soo and Hyun-ho are sitting across from each other on chairs at the dining table.
They are staring at each other.
The tray of food that Han Gi-soo had put in the microwave is between them and empty.
Two children are sitting next to them.
A little girl and a little boy.
They sat on two chairs next to each other and ate all the food.
The last piece of food is a fried chicken thigh, which they both stare at.
Apparently, both have eaten enough and are completely full.
Without saying a word, they both get down from their chairs and head towards their own room.
Hyun-ho and Han Gi-soo both stare at the fried chicken thighs.
Hyun-ho tries to pick up the fried chicken, but he can't get it between his fingers.
Han Gi-soo acts like a man and picks up the piece of fried chicken and holds it in front of Hyun-ho's mouth.
Hyun-ho wants to bite into the fried chicken, but Han Gi-soo pushes it away from his mouth.
"You know what, buddy? You need help."
He points to Hyun-ho's hands.
Hyun-ho tries to grab the last piece of chicken with his mouth.
But Han Gi-soo again takes the chicken away from his mouth.
"You know, buddy, I need to eat so I can get over my weakness and help you."
Han Gi-soo puts the last piece of fried chicken in his mouth in front of Hyun-ho's eyes.