Winter Goes [ A Day6 Fanfic ]

Antecedent pt. 6

He heard someone clear his throat. It was the doctor. "I'm sorry to interrupt you," he began, "but I have to check Miss Kim's condition."

Brian closed his eyes and slowly removed Juliene's wrapped arms around his neck. He looked at her lovingly, like he always did.

Like Park Sungjin always did.

"Sungjin?" Juliene asked.

He smiled. "The doctor will check your condition," he kissed her forehead. "Be a good girl, okay?"

"Mm!" Juliene nodded and smiled. She then went to the bed and lay down. The doctor did the usual checking. The male nurses fixed everything that was messed up in the room from the ruckus earlier.

Brian was surprised when Jae grabbed his arm and led him outside the room.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Jae hissed. "Letting her call you Sungjin and kiss you like that. Are you out of your mind?!"

Brian was not surprised why Jae was angry. It was to be expected. "I just don't want her to get hurt."

Jae grimaced. "You're making a fool out of her, Younghyun. You're making a fool out of yourself!"

"I know."

"What if she finds out that you're not Sungjin?"

"Then I will take the consequences."

"Bullshit!" Jae banged the wall and turned around. He took a deep breath and faced Brian again. "Look, we don't know what's going on here, so we have to be careful. Why make such a haste decision?!"

"Because I have to."

"Because you have to?!" Jae repeated. People who were passing by were already staring at them.

"Look, it is possible that she has amnesia—"

"Amnesia with you replacing Sungjin?!"

Brian did not answer right away. "It's possible."

Jae stared at him—more like, glaring at him. "If what you say is true," he paused. "What would you do?"

'What would I do?' Jae's question echoed in Brian's mind.

Brian took a deep breath. "I would do what I have to do."

...

January 10, 2020

"Okay," the doctor sighed. "I want everyone to listen carefully, and I want to make sure that you receive this information calmly."

Juliene was asleep. Brian, Jae, Aki, Dowoon, Wonpil, and the doctor gathered beside the bed.

"After the MRI, I found out some parts of her brain is damaged. Here are the results," he gave them the pictures of Juliene's head. "This part right here which controls the memory is damaged. There is also a crack on her skull in this part," he pointed to the part where it was near the nape, "and here." He pointed at the topmost part of Juliene's skull. "The hypothalamus is also damaged, but not severely, and I think that's where she's lucky. If this is damaged severely, complications will arise like the imbalance of her hormones that will affect her body."

Jae examined the pictures. He kept on replaying the parts where the doctor pointed.

'Right, top, back. Hypothalamus not damaged completely.' He stared at the thin line that represented the crack near the nape. 'The parts that are damaged control the memory.' He suddenly paused before he looks at the other picture. Then, he immediately looked at Wonpil who was already looking at him from behind.