Hospitalized Again

Even while eating breakfast before going to the hospital, my body felt like it was creaking here and there. It wasn't my joints creaking from pain; I was feeling unexplained aches all over my body.

"Are you okay?"

"My body hurts in a few places..."

"Really? That's worrying..."

I wanted to lie and say I wasn't in pain, but there was nothing to gain from lying. If I claimed I wasn't in pain and my condition worsened to the point of endangering my life, there would be no taking it back, so I simply admitted that I was hurting.

After breakfast and washing up, I tried to put on something light and head out, but Unnie seemed not to like the outfit I'd chosen and recommended something else. In the end, I couldn't bring myself to ignore her kindness, so I changed clothes and left the house.

"Unnie, who are you waiting for?"

"Oh, Minsu said he'd drive us."

"Minsu oppa...?"

Unnie said nothing more, merely telling me to 'wait a little.' But what could I do? She always acted with good intentions, and things always turned out well, so I figured she must have had a reason for calling Minsu oppa. I didn't want to show oppa how sick I was, but... this wasn't an ordinary illness, nor one that showed on the outside like a cold. Since even I didn't know what was wrong with me, I felt that way all the more...