When Your Pain Becomes Mine

Eunwoo was caring for the animals, looked out of the window whenever he could. The nurse who was cleaning up the medication asked him curiously,

"Are you waiting for someone?"

"Oh, no, I'm not waiting for anyone."

"Then why do you keep looking out the window?"

"Oh, it's because the weather is getting better. The air seems cleaner since the rain, heh heh."

Eunwoo smiled awkwardly.

However, the nurse still looked outside in the direction of Eunwoo's gaze, as if she were still in doubt.

'Ring, ring.'

Then, with the sound of the doorbell, Sun opened the door and entered.

"Welcome."

The nurse greeted Sun with a warm smile.

"Hello."

"Are you here for the first time? Is your pet sick?"

"Well…"

"Oh, she came in yesterday. I'll talk to her."

Eunwoo quickly intervened.

The nurse took a step back as she looked at both Sun and Eunwoo.

"Hello Sun, shall we take a look? "

Eunwoo looked at Labong, who was in his bag and asked.

"Actually, I'm Cheonson... and he's Labong."

"Oh... Right. Hahaha. The name is so unique. I'm sorry."

Eunwoo smiled awkwardly and examined Labong's wounds. It didn't take long to disinfect the wound.

"Well, it's done. The edema has subsided a lot, but it will take a few more days for disinfection. You'll still need to come in a few more days."

"... Okay."

She answered, but Sun hardly left.

"Well, is there anything else I can do for you?"

Eunwoo first asked if she had something to say.

"I'm sorry..."

After contemplating for a moment, Sun began to speak,

"I have to go to work, so can you watch him here while I'm at work?"

"Sorry?"

"I didn't want him to be alone at home."

Eunwoo smiled as he saw her.

"Of course. Sometimes we hold the puppies at the veterinary clinic."

"Oh, really? I'm glad you do."

"Well, you told me your name, yesterday, please leave a contact number here."

"Sorry?"

"If something happens, I'll get in touch."

"Ah..."

Son left her cell phone number.

"Thank you very much."

"Don't worry about him."

Although they just became familiar, Sun lingered as she said goodbye to Labong.

"Rruf, ruff"

When she was at home, Labong had never approached her, but he looked at her with terrified eyes.

Sun came to him and looked at his eyes.

"I'll be coming back soon. I'll definitely come back. Okay?"

As Sun stroked him, Labong lowered his head.

"Don't worry about him. He'll be fine."

"Thank you."

When they said their goodbyes, Sun finally stepped out of the hospital.

"Hah..."

When Sun went out, Eunwoo exhaled a long sigh as if he was nervous.

Then, the nurse walked up to him and jabbed him in the side with her elbow.

"Since when do we ever watch the puppies for free?"

"Well."

Eunwoo smiled awkwardly, but he couldn't say anything.

"You waited for her, didn't you?"

"... Can you tell?"

"Absolutely. It's amazing how beautiful she is. She looks like a nice person."

The nurse looked at Sun as she moved away from the window.

"Do you think so?"

Eunwoo's face had a warm smile on it as he watched Sun depart.

"It's a great time to be in love."

The nurse smiled as she avoided walking in his line of sight on purpose. Looking back at her, Eunwoo recalled the memories of the day he saw her at the Church of Santa Maria.

She was crying like a child as she stopped on the stone staircase.

Even after a few months, he could not forget it easily.

"... What's going on with her?"

As he whispered to himself, she disappeared down the alley.

Eunwoo, who was left alone, squatted and stroked Labong.

"By the way, Labong... When will your owner recognize me? Huh?"

Eunwoo smiled and moved his eyes to the alley where she had disappeared.

***

As she walked down the stairs of the office, she was struck by the dizziness she had suddenly felt.

"Huh..."

Barely keeping her balance, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that she had a severe cold. She should have rested, but she couldn't.

Eunyoung and Ari were already sacrificing themselves for her.

She had to do something to help them.

"Good morning. Good morning."

When she entered the office, she greeted them loudly on purpose.

"Wow, you're here!"

However, Ari seemed quite embarrassed when she heard her greeting.

"What is it? Why do you have such a long face this morning?"

Sun looked at Ari's hardened face as she asked in wonder.

'Sun, your cell phone...'

Ari pointed to her cell phone while mouthing her words in silence.

"What?"

Sun looked in doubt and pulled out the cell phone from her bag.

There were ten missed and dozens of hastily cut-off messages.

'Where are you?'

'Don't come to the office.'

'I'm with the President of Consencio.'

When she saw the message, Sun's eyes shook. Sun was walking back unknowingly.

"Good morning."

The man's low sinking voice was heard from behind. Based on the calm, s.e.xy tone, she could tell who it was without looking.

Sun slowly turned.

He looked down at her with a condescending air.

"... What's up?"

"Come out."

He turned his back on the command.

"... No."

She barely uttered a word with all her power.

When he heard her speak, he slowly turned. His expression was cold.

"Come out."

"Why are you doing this?"

"I just need to talk to you. Come out."

"I don't have anything to say. Get out."

It was hard for her to look at him. Eventually, she turned around.

He reached out and grabbed her left wrist.

"Let me go..."

"Do what I say!"

At the same time, Gyeonhui twisted her wrist and pulled it.

Her wrist swelled, and she tried to pull it away from him.

She knew she wouldn't be able to resist the power of his grasp, but she had to. However, against her expectations, his hands were loosened too easily.

"Ouch..."

He turned towards his left wrist while frowning. A little surprised by the sight of him, Sun stared blankly at him.

"... Follow me."

This time, he grabbed her arm and began to drag her outside.

She couldn't resist his power, so he pulled her away.

"Hey, Sun! Argh. What do I have to do..."

Ari, who was left alone, shuffled her feet with her hands moving wildly.

A short time later, Eunyoung had come to work and entered the office.

"What's wrong?"

"What do we do?"

"What?"

"Mr. Woo from Consencio dragged her out."

"What?"

Astonished, Eunyoung hurried up the stairs and looked out.

However, she could not find them as if they had already left.

"Hah."

A deep sigh leaked out of Eunyoung's mouth.

***

In Gyoenhui's car.

Sun fixed her gaze outside of the window without speaking from the passenger seat.

After seeing Sun, he reached out and grabbed her left wrist.

"Ah..."

She m.o.a.n.e.d low and tried to pull his hand away from her.

"What are you doing?"

"... Confirming."

After all, he felt her pain as well, and he pulled out his hand, scowling.

Sun's firm face moved her gaze out of the window again.

'I'm sure that I feel her pain.'

He looked at his wrist, squirming.

He was the one who grabbed her wrist, but he could feel the pain on his left wrist, where nothing happened to him.

Things that were uncertain became clear at once.

When he turned his head to her, he saw that Sun was massaging her wrist. Every time she did that, he felt pain in his wrist.

'What if she has a heart attack...'

It was terrible. He didn't know what pain would bother him next.

"Hah."

He suddenly turned the steering wheel.

'Eeeek.' The car made a U-turn with a loud noise.

"Why are you doing this? No, where are we going?"

"To the hospital."

He replied with a sinking voice.

"... Why?"

"You shouldn't get sick."

His unexpected answer opened her eyes widely.

15. Go. You can

At Dr. Seo's office.

Dr. Seo continued to explain while looking at the ultrasound photographs.

"The ultrasound test showed that there was nothing wrong with the heart."

He frowned at Dr. Seo's answer.

"That can't be true. I had terrible pain in..."

He responded, recalling the heartache he had felt the day before.

"If you want to, we can check it out in more detail, but well, she's healthy enough."

"So what about her head? Sometimes I have dizziness and headaches."

"I also had a blood test, but there are no strange signs..."

"Awh. Forget it all."

He cut Dr. Seo's words off.

"... Are you done now?"

Sun, who was sitting silently, rose from her seat at the same time as his words.

"Hey, hey!"

Despite him calling her, she didn't stop and exited the room.

"... This seems familiar…."

Dr. Seo looked at Sun as she left the room and shook his head.

After thinking for a moment, Dr. Seo still didn't understand and again shook his head.

"I must be getting older."

Dr. Seo sighed and gave up remembering.

Gyeonhui didn't hear what Dr. Seo was muttering to himself. He looked at Dr. Seo with a desperate expression,

"Is there really no abnormality? Are you sure?"

"There's no certainty when it comes to medicine. In many cases, anomalies happen."

"Is there any other cause besides the heart?"

"Well, sometimes you have aches over other parts of your body, or muscle problems can cause c.h.e.s.t pain. In such cases, we need to do more testing..."

Even before Dr. Seo's words were out, he hurried from his seat and went outside.

He had to do everything he could.

"Cheonson, Cheonson!"

After coming out of the hallway, he hurriedly looked for her. However, he couldn't find her. She had already disappeared.

"Shit."

He quickly stepped forward after struggling.

The only place she could go to was the Kids Fan Office.

***

When she returned to the office, she pretended to act casual.

"You should take a break. Otherwise, you're going to fall down."

Ari asked with concern, but Sun shook her head with a smile.

"We came in the afternoon today. I've been out of work for such a long time that my hands are cramping."

"... Alright."

Ari came to Eunyoung's seat without stopping her any further.

"Is she okay?"

In a small voice, Ari asked.

"Would you be okay if you would take her place?"

"... It's not like that."

"She wouldn't speak. How can she begin to handle this? It must have been excruciating for her."

Eunyoung sighed sadly. Two whispers came into Sun's ear as she cut the paper with a box knife.

Nevertheless, she pretended that she couldn't hear them. When somebody asked her what was going on, she felt like tears were pouring out.

'Screerk'

She cut her finger on the box knife.

"Oh..."

Son frowned and s.u.c.k.e.d on her fingers, which were covered in blood.

'Bang.'

Then she heard the door opening and closing roughly.

It was him.

As he approached at a sharp pace, he grasped her hand and checked the wound on her finger.

"Aha."

He checked her throbbing fingers and her wounds. There were no cuts on his hands, but the area where he felt the pain matched.

"Come out."

He shouted.

"Mr. Woo! What are you doing?"

Eunyoung approached and asked, standing between the two.

"You should go back."

Eunyoung spoke as calmly as possible.

"You still don't know when to keep your mouth shut, huh?"

"That's what I see. Stop what you're doing and go before I call the police."

"What?"

"I know how important you are, but when the police come, you will be sorry."

Eunyoung had already lifted her phone and pressed the numbers.

Eunyoung's words were right.

If it were up to him as the CEO of Consencio, then it would just be a simple report, but it was clear that it would be more difficult. Nevertheless, he still didn't move.

"I'm really going to call."

Eunyoung stated again.

"I know it's going to be troublesome, but this is more urgent."

He turned his attention to Sun.

"I will take this call..."

Eun-young tried to press the call button.

"... Knock it off, Eunyoung."

Sun rose from where she was sitting weakly.

"What?"

"I'll be out in a moment. I'm sorry."

Since Sun stepped outside, he followed her. Anxious, Eunyoung bit her lower lip.