One day, my heart said it was dying.
02 | Escapism
Stop-.
전 정국
Su-ah...-
한 수아
huh..?
전 정국
What did you just say?
For a moment, was my hearing wrong..?
Yeah, I guess I misheard... That's what I wanted to think.
So, even though I had heard her correctly, I tried hard to deny the fact, so I asked her again.
한 수아
Oh, that... I have glioblastoma.
한 수아
Even if you have surgery, the pain can be reduced, but they can't guarantee that you'll survive.
한 수아
Have you already missed the opportunity?
전 정국
… No, don't joke around.
한 수아
I used to think that the pain was nothing serious and just let it go.
한 수아
If I had known this would happen, I would have listened to you and gone to the hospital sooner.
It's my fault...
It's all my fault.
Even if Soo-ah said she was fine when she said she was sick, we should have taken her to the hospital.
I should have taken him there and had him tested...
All of this happened because of my negligence…
전 정국
Let's go to another hospital.
한 수아
Another hospital, Jeongguk? What do you mean?
전 정국
That hospital might be wrong.
한 수아
What is that...-
전 정국
It must be a misdiagnosis... It must be-.
한 수아
…babe..-
전 정국
Something... must be wrong with the diagnosis.
So I left the cafe, took Sua to another hospital, got checked out, and waited for the results.
I wanted to believe that the doctor at that hospital was a quack and that's why he made the wrong diagnosis...
however..-
담당 주치의
As you were diagnosed at your previous hospital, it is glioblastoma.
전 정국
…-
Even though I heard it clearly with both ears, I couldn't believe it.
No, it would be more accurate to say that I didn't want to believe it.
담당 주치의
It would be best to get admitted as soon as possible and set a surgery date.
I cut off the doctor's words, stood up, grabbed her wrist, and left the examination room, leaving the doctor's call behind.
한 수아
J, Jeon Jungkook..! What are you doing!?
전 정국
No.. that won't happen-.
전 정국
Let's go to another hospital... another place and get tested...
한 수아
…-
전 정국
Something is strange... No one is in their right mind-.
I tried hard to deny that reality and took Su-ah to every big hospital I could find.
But... the diagnosis didn't change. No matter where I went or which doctor I saw... they all said the same thing, like machines.
It felt like everyone in the world was playing a terrible prank on me to steal you, the most precious thing to me.
Right now, I want to deny this cruel reality.