HOPE

[3.1.2022], Gyeong and Alyssa arrived to the hospital, Alyssa came out from the car and started running toward the hospital and she called her mother asking if she is in the hospital, Gyeong parked the car and followed Alyssa inside, when he went inside he found Alyssa and her mother crying, he couldn't say anything, he went there and stood beside her, Alyssa saw him and looked at him wit a sad eyes filled with tears, Gyeong asked if she met her father, Alyssa told him that he is inside the emergency, she told him that his stat became unstable that's why they took him inside, Alyssa mother didn't know who the guy was but she didn't ask Alyssa who he was due to the situation, when the doctor came out, he went toward Alyssa and her mother and told them "you need to get yourself ready he is in the last stage you can go see him when they transfer him to his room, then the doctor turned back and saw that Gyeong was standing there, when he saw Gyeong, the last got surprised then Gyeong said, "Yeong Il hyung are you Alyssa's father doctor", Yeong Il told him that's right and asked him what brought him here is he related to him, Gyeong answered him saying that he happens to know about the situation and he had to bring Alyssa here, then he asked him if he can talk to him in private, Gyeong followed Yeong Il to his office and then he asked him, "can you tell me about the situation is her father going to die soon", he said that with a fear in his words, Yeong Il told him that's true since her father has brain cancer and it's in the last stage so they have nothing they can do, and that the signs just started to show up fo more than two weeks now, Gyeong asked him about how much time her father have, Yeong Il said "he mostly have two or less than two months left, can I ask you something, are you her boyfriend it doesn't matter if you are a friend or boyfriend, what I want to say is that I've known her since her father was admited to the hospital, she is a nice girl but when her father go, she will need someone by herself because she may seem strong since she most act so in front of her mother, to cut the point just make sure you'll stay beside her", Gyeong was stunned by what Yeong Il told him he said, "I am neither a boyfriend or a friend I am only a classmate, I just happened to learn that her father does not have a lot of time and she needs to see him, I had no option than bringing her here", "look Gyeong I've known you since you were a kid I know that at this moment you are not the Gyeong you were, if it was Gyeong from last time I saw you, he wouldn't care a bit about some classmate, you didn't even care about the ones close to you, but look at you now your more friendly and caring, maybe this is the effect of love at first sight, but I hope you'll let those things away for now since your aware of the situation, and I recommend you to call her friend since she is like a sister it will be better", Yeong Il told Gyeong this with a serious look on his face, Gyeong asked if the friend he mentioned is Ryu Ki, he told him that's right, Gyeong took his phone out and called Ryu Ki and told her about the situation. On the university where Ryu Ki was, at that moment she was standing beside Richard, when she finished the call her face expression changed, she showed signs of fear, she told Richard that she needs to go somewhere, Richard stopped her and asked her where is she going to, "it was Gyeong who called what happened", Ryu Ki told Richard she doesn't have time for that and she needs to go to the hospital now since Alyssa needs her there, she needs to be by her side, when Richard heard hospital he told her that he'll go too, Ryu Ki told him that he can do whatever he wants, when Ryu Ki went to the car Richard told her that he'll drive since she can't drive in that stat she is in, Ryu Ki asked him what is he saying, Richard told her to see her hands, when she saw them they were shaking badly, she was in a deep fear and frustration, she gave Richard the keys, then the two went to the hospital, at their way there Richard asked Ryu Ki what is going on, Ryu Ki told him everything, when Richard heard that he increased the speed of the car, when they entered Ryu Ki went directly toward Alyssa, Richard was behind Ryu Ki he was surprised to see Gyeong there, he went there. Alyssa saw Richard and then she asked him why he was there, he told her "I had to come I couldn't let Ryu Ki drive in the state that she was in, and obviously to be here aren't I a friend for you know", Gyeong looked at Richard when he said the friend word, after what Richard said the last went toward Gyeong and told him he wants to talk to him, then the two went out, when they were out Richard asked Gyeong what's her father situation, Gyeong told him that he doesn't have much time left, Richard got frustrated and asked him did he met her father doctor, he said that he did and that the two of them knows who he is, he told him that the doctor is Yeong Il. Yeong Il is one of the best doctors in South Korea and he is popular in the health industry because of his age. When Richard knew who the doctor was, he felt more frustrated since those words came from him, the two went in after their talk, at the same moment from far away, Yeong Il was looking at the two from his office window he happened to see them from there, at first he didn't believe what he saw, the two boys who he thought will never be at the same place again and have the same thing, are now talking to each other and feeling sad and frustrated because of a new person they knew, "this is interesting, who thought that this scene will appear again, let's hope it last long" then he started smiling alone until a nurse that was there asked him what made him smile like that, he answered her saying it's just that the weather today is nice and refreshing.

It's almost night, Alyssa started feeling sleepy, she was sitting beside her mother and Ryu Ki in her father's room in the hospital, Richard and Gyeong went back, Richard told Alyssa and Ryu Ki to not worry about the classes, he told them that he'll give them a note about it, while Gyeong told Alyssa he'll go cause he have something to attend, when Alyssa was in her father room her mother asked her who were the two boys, before Alyssa answering her the door opened it was Gyeong who came in, he answered her mother saying he is a friend, Alyssa looked at first because of what he said, her and Ryu Ki were shocked by his answer, after that she asked him why did he come back, he told her that he brought some food for them since they seemed like they didn't eat nothing, "I brought some food for you, you seemed out of energy so I thought that you may need to eat", behind Yeong Il was standing, he was smiling since he noticed the food bag that Gyeong brought, he let Gyeong finish what he was saying, then he told him to move aside so he can enter to take a look at the patient, when Gyeong saw Yeong Il he moved aside and he hid the bag behind him, Yeong Il smiled at him and told him that it's good that he brought food with him for them, Gyeong didn't say anything and he gave the bag to Alyssa, when Gyeong was going out, Yeong Il told Alyssa and her friend that they should go back too, "Alyssa you should head back too, do you think your father will be happy if he saw his daughter sitting here while she has classes to attend, I know it's frustrating, but remember that you can't help your father when you're just sitting here", when he said that her mother too, told her to go back to her house since she need to study, at first Alyssa didn't want to, in the end she told them that the buses are not working at this hour, Yeong Il smiled and told her she can go back the same way she came here, Alyssa told him that she came with Gyeong and he already went back, Yeong Il smiled and told her that Gyeong is outside waiting since he text him, Alyssa and Ryu Ki got shocked to the point they yelled "WHAT", doctor Yeong Il laughed at their reaction and told them to have a safe road, the two went out and it was like the doctor said, Gyeong was waiting outside beside the car, when he saw them he told them to get in the car, when the two entered, Ryu Ki asked Gyeong how does he know the doctor, "he is an old friend of my father and he is like a second father for me", he said that with a brief smile on his face.

At the hospital when Alyssa and Ryu Ki went out, Yeong Il looked at Alyssa's mother and told her, "mam, you don't need to worry the boys aren't bad boys, I've known them since they were a child, in a matter fact I wished I could thank Alyssa because she brought them back together,", Alyssa mother told him that she is more thankful that her daughter seemed to have a lot of friends to stand beside her, "I am just thankful, that Alyssa has a lot of friends that surround her, I don't want her to be alone when I and her father are gone, and like always please don't tell her", Yeong Il changed his expression and told Alyssa's mother, "you need to go back to your room since you've been out for a long time".