When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began

12. Second traffic accident (2)

A white ceiling unfolded before my eyes.

Before I could understand the unfamiliar scenery, the pain surrounding my body soaked me.

“f*ck…”

Pain awakens the dazed mind and brings back faded memories.

Park Chae-rin, the truck, and herself, without even having a moment to think, grabbed his arm and jumped in.

After everything unfolded in my head, the words that came out were obvious.

“I didn’t even bother to search.”

What were you thinking when you jumped in?

Even thinking about it now, I couldn’t figure it out, but for now, I breathed a sigh of relief at the reality that I was alive.

Next, I looked around.

‘What about Park Chae-rin?’

Based on the scene I saw before I lost consciousness, I thought she was definitely safe.

Still, I definitely wanted to see her with my own eyes.

Even if Chae-rin were alive, there was no way she would be in this place, but I shook my head.

Did God hear my wish?

She was sleeping right next to me, oblivious to the world.

“… You look fine.”

Yes, I did that damn thing and it would be unfair if I didn’t get away safely.

Chae-rin’s bright face announces that the goal she had been trying to achieve despite many misunderstandings has been achieved…

‘No, it’s not bright.’

For some reason, her face didn’t look good at all.

Even when I saw myself wearing a cast in a hospital bed, the dark circles on my face were so big that it made me worry.

Rather than feeling the joy of saving Chae-rin, his gaunt face made him worry about what had happened.

“… ah.”

After looking at her for a moment, she started tossing and turning as if she was uncomfortable in her seat.

Chae-rin moves like that for a while and then slowly opens her eyes.

As we silently stared at the writhing figure getting up, her eyes opened and we faced each other.

“Are you okay?”

There was no answer at all to the question.

His once sharp eyes widened and he just stared blankly.

“mi…”

“huh?”

guilty.

The emotions that surround her.

Meanwhile, her emotions were amplified by the sight of Jaune worrying about her first.

And in her eyes

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

Jewel-like tears fell.

Tears flowed endlessly like a broken faucet.

“W-what’s wrong with you all of a sudden?!”

“If only I had been a little more careful…”

Chaerin’s voice gradually grew louder.

I was worried that I might be a nuisance to others in the pitch-black room, but when I looked around, I couldn’t see anyone else.

‘It’s a single room?’

My family’s situation is not good enough to use a single room.

Perhaps my mother spent an excessive amount of money?

I was worried about that for a moment, but for now, comforting her was my priority.

“Would you like to stop for a moment?”

“Sorry sorry…”

She was already in panic.

I roughly understood the reason.

‘It’s strange when a person almost dies because of you but is still fine.’

Moreover, it is Chae-rin who lost her father in a car accident.

It’s natural to be quite surprised.

It took quite some time to appease Chae-rin, who kept apologizing excessively without even meeting her face.

After comforting her for nearly an hour, I felt like she finally came out of her panic.

“Are you calmer now?”

“…”

But Chae-rin still lowered her head to the floor and said nothing.

Rather than feeling frustrated at the passing time, I wondered what I should do to see her, who was so proud as soon as she woke up, feel so guilty.

‘What should I say to comfort you?’

I fell into trouble in the darkened silence.

Finally, after some deep thinking.

match!

I clapped so loudly that I thought the room next door could hear.

When she suddenly heard the sound of applause in the silence, she looked at me in surprise.

“I see it now.”

“…”

I sighed deeply and told her.

“I did my best to save you, but what if you still look like that?”

“ah…”

The reason I saved her was not to see her devastated face as if she was about to commit seppuku at any moment.

[If you go too, what will I do alone…]

I just hope that people who have experienced the same pain as me do not have to face the same pain.

I jumped into the truck for that reason alone, but if it looks like this, there’s no point in rescuing it.

“No one died. “Please welcome me with a smile.”

“ah.”

I smiled at her, suppressing as much as I could the pain that was still throbbing from the aftereffects and the frustration caused by the cast.

Chaerin froze at that laugh.

There was silence in the hospital room with only awkward laughter, and I thought it was too bad.

“hahahaha.”

She raised the corners of her mouth, as if she had finally decided to welcome me.

But it didn’t look particularly good.

“You’re crying again.”

Because she didn’t look bright at all with the corners of her mouth twisting up while shedding tears.

“S-sorry…”

Chae-rin apologizes again, wondering what she is sorry about.

Still, I didn’t reprimand him any more because he smiled in response to his wish, even if he had to force it.

Rather, I felt like asking her to smile was asking too much, so I took out a tissue and wiped her tears.

“… done. “Just cry.”

It seemed harder to hold back tears now.

I somehow managed to smile in this slightly awkward atmosphere.

On the contrary, she broke her forced smile and cried loudly like a child.

‘When you cry, you should cry.’

*

Inside a hospital single room.

Even 24 hours after Jaune lost consciousness.

She had no intention of leaving his side.

“Chaerin. “I heard Jaune is safe, so I guess I should just go in now…”

Even his mother looked at her with a worried expression as she sat on the chair and waited without sleeping at all.

Chae-rin could never leave her seat.

“it’s okay.”

“…”

Mother didn’t say anything more either.

The will to nurse him without sleep for 24 hours was also a will.

It was also because of a story I heard from her mother.

[I think I was even more shocked because my child’s father also passed away in a car accident.]

[It was a similar situation back then as it is now.]

The sadness of losing a precious person.

At first, I was a little resentful at the thought that I might lose my son because of Chae-rin.

However, with the news that my son was safe and the sight of him never wanting to leave the hospital room, the unpleasant feelings had long since disappeared.

“Okay, I’ll be outside, so if you’re having a hard time, just tell me…”

“… yes.”

Despite the empty answer that did not reach her, his mother simply nodded and walked out.

When my son woke up, I wanted to hug him and comfort him, but I knew that I couldn’t be of any help because of his limp leg, so I left.

“…”

A hospital room where everyone has left and only the two of us are left.

Time passed helplessly.

Chae-rin barely ate and did not even leave her seat unless it was time to lightly wash her face.

Two days passed after he entered the hospital, and I tried to watch him until he woke up.

The trauma that tormented her kept making her mentally tired, so she ended up closing her eyes.

and.

“… You look fine.”

When I opened my eyes to the feeling of something shaking, I saw Chae-rin in his eyes.

“…”

Who is wearing a patient uniform right now? Are you worried about the other person and falling asleep?

I was angry.

Also, I was relieved to know that he had regained consciousness safely.

A mix of emotions shook her, but what came out first was.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

It was a helpless apology and tears.

I lost the father I loved so much to something like that.

I repeated the same mistake again.

The self-reproach I felt at that fact turned into water and soaked the bed drop by drop.

Seeing Jaune panicking at me like that and trying to comfort me somehow made me feel even more pathetic.

How long did I cry so ugly?

When his emotions finally calmed down, he spoke.

“Are you calmer now?”

“…”

You’re stupid.

I almost died because of someone.

Even his son was almost taken away by his widowed mother.

Why are you being considerate instead of getting angry at me?

I didn’t understand.

‘Why… why like this…’

I fell for it stupidly.

She couldn’t raise her head.

Joo-woon hoped that Chae-rin would smile with a calm expression.

Because no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t show a bright smile.

For a long time, only the sound of the clock ticking passed in this breathtaking silence.

match!

“I see it now.”

I raised my head in surprise at the sound of his loud applause.

“I did my best to save you, but what if you still look like that?”

“ah.”

“No one died. “Please welcome me with a smile.”

Yes, he sacrificed himself to save himself.

As soon as I wake up after being hit by a car, the only request I make is to smile.

I couldn’t make Jaune upset because I couldn’t see even one thing.

Chaerin somehow looked up the corners of her mouth.

“hahahaha.”

Still, tears kept flowing out.

‘I shouldn’t be doing this.’

I can’t do it if I don’t ask him to smile, who gave up his body without hesitation for me.

She tried her best to stop crying, but she couldn’t stop the tears that had already begun to flow.

“You’re crying again.”

“S-sorry…”

She doesn’t know what to do with the tears that won’t stop.

Jaune looked at her pitifully, then roughly wiped her tear-stained face with a clumsy hand gesture and said,

“… done. “Just cry.”

The vision that was obscured by tears becomes a little brighter.

What you see is that sly smile that she really hated.

But I knew that it was a smile to erase my guilt, so I couldn’t hate it.

“…”

She poured out endless feelings of gratitude and apology to him.