We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 101. Nightmare

I was waiting for Hunji-ssi and lay down on the sofa,

and dozed off for a moment.




Then the doorbell rang.




"Ah. That startled me.

Hunji-ssi must be here!!

But why didn’t they enter the password
 
and ring the doorbell?"





When I looked at the wall pad screen,

it wasn’t Hunji-ssi.





"Who is it?"




The person ringing the bell at the first-floor entrance was

none other than Taehyung-ssi.





I first opened the front door for him,

then checked the clock.





It was almost midnight.





'Why is Taehyung-ssi at my place at this hour?

Without even calling...

Is something wrong?'





I left the front door open and went outside,

standing in front of the elevator.





A moment later, the elevator doors opened.





"Oh. Jeong-a."





"Taehyung-ssi. What brings you here at this hour?

Is something wrong?"





"Jeong-a. Put on an outer layer and come out.

I need to go somewhere with you."





"With Taehyung-ssi, at this hour?

I’m waiting because Hunji-ssi said he was finishing filming and coming up...

What is it?"

"I’ll tell you on the way.






Just go get dressed and come out."

Seeing Taehyung-ssi’s hard expression,





I didn’t ask any more and came out with my clothes and bag.

Even on the way down to the underground parking lot,





he didn’t say a word.

As soon as I got into the car, he started it right away.




"Wait a second. Taehyung-ssi.




You should at least tell me what’s going on.

You just show up out of nowhere

and tell me to go somewhere with you?"

Then he turned off the engine.





Slowly turning his head, he looked at me.

"Jeong-a..."





"Why? What is it?





Is something wrong with Taehyung-ssi?

Or did something happen to Hunji-ssi?"

"It’s that..."





I swallowed hard, tense.





"What is it...?





I’m getting more and more uneasy."

"It’s that... on Hunji’s way up to Seoul,





he was in an accident."

My heart sank.





"Was he badly... hurt?





...Is it serious?"

"I don’t know the exact details yet either.





They’re transporting him to a hospital in Seoul right now."

"I met with Hunji’s agency director this evening.


We were about to part ways when the hospital

called the director.

It seems they said he needed to be

transferred to a large hospital in Seoul."

My mind went blank.





"If they called to explain and told you to come,





you probably wouldn’t be able to drive...

so I came to pick you up.

First, let’s go to the hospital and find out exactly what’s going on.

I think we need to check directly

how badly Hunji was hurt."

"Did you contact Hunji-ssi’s home?"






"I think only his older sister was contacted.





She’ll probably let his parents know after she checks the situation."

"Let’s get going quickly..."





The whole way to the hospital, I couldn’t





shake off my anxiety.

"Being told to move him to a hospital in Seoul





means he was badly hurt?

Is that it?"

At my anxious voice,





Taehyung-ssi let out a small sigh.

"First of all, Hunji’s home is in Seoul.





If his condition isn’t critically urgent,

they may have decided to move him to a Seoul hospital.

Don’t worry too much in advance—let’s go first."

"Ah... okay.





That could be it.

If it were a situation where he needed surgery right away,

they would have done it at a local hospital, right?

Since it’s not a major injury...

he should be able to be transferred, right?"

I was too anxious to sit still.





"But...





if they said to move him to a big hospital in Seoul,

isn’t it because it’s hard to treat him at a local hospital?

What if he’s badly hurt?

Is he conscious?

How did the accident happen?"

Taehyung-ssi hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"It looks like a car in the opposite lane, driving drowsily,





crossed the center line.





I only overheard the call from next to him...

The director also had to leave

before he could explain everything to me in detail.

Once I heard the hospital name, I came straight to you too."

"I see..."

I clasped my hands together and prayed again and again.





Please let it be nothing...




Please let it not be serious...



Please let it not mean Hunji-ssi was badly hurt...

As I prayed that way so desperately,

the hospital came into view.




"Taehyung-ssi, drop me off first and park."

"Jeong-a. He may not have arrived yet.




Let’s go in together.




You’re out of your mind right now anyway."

"Oh. Right. Okay.

That would be better."





'It’ll be okay. It’ll be okay...

Nothing will have happened...'





After parking,

we headed straight to the emergency room.





Hunji-ssi still hadn’t arrived.

His older sister wasn’t in sight either.





I felt like I couldn’t breathe.

I couldn’t stand still any longer,





so I paced in front of the emergency room.

About twenty minutes passed.

Then I heard sirens nearby.





Soon, an ambulance carrying Hunji-ssi entered the emergency room.

A little later,




Hunji-ssi, on a gurney, was brought out of the ambulance.




The medical staff waiting there pulled the gurney and

hurried somewhere.

As he passed by me,

Hunji-ssi looked unconscious.




And... his whole body was soaked in blood.

"Haah.... Hunji-ssi..."

I collapsed right there.




"I’ll get examined too."




I’ll get examined too.