Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

Warning: Alternate Universe

Summary: Right after Jun Pyo regains his memory, Yi Jeong loses his in another car accident. But this time, he forgets that he doesn't date nice girls. What happens when Casanova thinks that he's a one woman man, and that Chu Ga Eul is the only girl for him?

REMEMBRANCE

Prologue.

White walls, white lights, staff in white uniforms. Jan Di's voice on the phone, shrill with panic.

"Come quickly! Yi Jeong was in an accident. He's at Shinhwa hospital right now. The doctors are operating…"

She felt like she was moving in slow motion, wading through a nightmare. Where was the intensive care unit? The only sound she could hear was the twisted screech of metal on road as she replayed what Jan Di had told her over and over in her mind. He had taken a corner and unexpectedly, a drunk had stumbled into his path. He had yanked on the wheel and slammed on the brakes. The car spun. It smashed into a lamppost. There had been blood everywhere and he had been unconscious upon arrival.

"Ga Eul!"

Jan Di's shout brought her back to reality and she realised with a start that somehow, even in her disoriented state, she had found them. Cold small hands clutched hers and she saw the silvery streaks on her friend's face. Suddenly, she realised her face was wet too and that she was shaking.

"Where is Yi Jeong sunbae?" she murmured.

"They've just wheeled him in. The operation was a success but there's no telling what will happen." Jun Pyo spoke even as he nodded at the screen before him.

Slowly, Ga Eul walked over and saw that it was a large window. She could see him lying inside, swathed in white and green, looking more dead than alive. "Sunbae…oh no, please…"

"It looks worse than it is," Woo Bin said, noting with alarm the way Ga Eul's face turned even paler. "He's going to be alright. He's got the best doctors and nurses watching him twenty-four seven."

Ga Eul looked at Ji Hoo, wondering if he was going to reassure her too. But he stood there, silent as a sentinel, in a world of his own. Perhaps he was recalling Jun Pyo's own accident and how it had almost been him lying on an operating theatre. Now the nightmare had happened again. Only misfortune had snagged the seemingly carefree and free spirited Casanova.

"If it's okay, I'll wait here too," she said weakly and sat down. Nobody said anything. They all understood. "Jan Di ah, if you don't mind, could you—"

"Sure, I'll call your parents." Sitting down beside her, Jan Di slipped an arm around Ga Eul and hugged her close. She knew all too well the dread of feeling that the man you loved would perhaps slip away.

………………………………………….

For days Yi Jeong lay unconscious in the hospital. His wounds were healing slowly but he seemed to be in a coma. His brain activity was normal though and doctors kept telling them to have hope that he would wake up.

During those days, Ga Eul sleepwalked through her classes and in the night, she sat beside him, holding his hand, begging him in soft whispers to wake up. Sometimes, the nurses would come in and find her, a slender willowy girl asleep on the small chair, clutching Yi Jeong's hand, as though she could keep him there by sheer strength of will.

And then one day, while she was in school, it happened.

"Yi Jeong sunbae just woke up! Jun Pyo just called me. Woo Bin sunbae is coming to pick you up."

Classes be damned. She would go for the detention but right now, the only thing that mattered in the world was to see him alive and awake. Ga Eul grabbed her bag and ran for the school gate. Within a minute a bright yellow Lotus sports car appeared and she hopped in.

"See Ga Eul yang, I told you. He's going to be fine. Everything's back to normal."

She managed an anxious smile and tried not to twist her fingers into knots as Woo Bin raced to the hospital. There was no believing like seeing and she wanted to see with her own eyes that he was alright.

Woo Bin fairly dragged her along and then they were through the doors. The luxury of the private ward barely registered as Ga Eul's eyes zoomed in on the man sitting up in bed. The bruise on the side of his cheek had all but faded and the swelling had disappeared. That cut above his brow was going to leave a scar though.

"Sunbae…" After days of fervent praying and nights of talking to him, now that he was awake, all she could manage to do was feast her eyes on the sight of him and utter one word.

To Ga Eul's astonishment, Yi Jeong stopped talking to Ji Hoo, turning quickly in the direction of her voice. Smiling broadly, he lifted a hand and beckoned her over. "Ga Eul yang, you're finally here."

Even for Yi Jeong, that kind of reaction to her was a little strange. But she chalked it up to his near death experience and eagerly came forward. "Sunbae, how are you feeling—ah!"

For a man who had just come out of a coma, he moved fast. One minute Ga Eul had been by his side, the next she was in his arms and he was…

"Why is Yi Jeong sunbae…hugging Ga Eul?" Normally, Jan Di would have snatched Ga Eul out of Yi Jeong's clutches and beat him to a pulp. But she could hardly do that now. She was rooted to the floor with shock, as were the other three.

He wasn't just hugging her, he was nuzzling her neck. For about half a minute, Ga Eul remained frozen in his arms, her eyes huge with confusion and shock. And then common sense kicked in and she tried to push him away. "Sunbae, stop. You…"

"Aish, there's no need to be embarrassed," Yi Jeong replied but he did loosen his grip on her, not enough to let her get away though. "After all, I've just come out of a coma, or so the doctors tell me. So what's wrong with a boyfriend giving his girlfriend a hug?" He chucked her affectionately under her chin. "Cat got your tongue, Ga Eul yang?" he teased as she gaped at him.

And then he noticed she wasn't the only one. Jun Pyo was actually holding onto Jan Di who was in turn, clutching Ji Hoo. If Woo Bin's eyes got any bigger they would fall out of his head.

"What?" Yi Jeong asked, feeling slightly annoyed. His friends weren't prudes, far from it. Okay, Woo Bin wasn't a prude. Geum Jan Di was one and Jun Pyo was just clueless. Protectively, he pulled Ga Eul closer to him, ignoring her squeal of protest.

"Your… your girlfriend?" Woo Bin finally repeated after a small lifetime.

"Yes, my girlfriend." Yi Jeong turned to Ga Eul, squeezed her hand tenderly and then before she could stop him, leaned forward and kissed her on the lips.

"Oh my God, this can't be happening," Ga Eul thought.

"Oh my God!" Jan Di screamed at the sight of Yi Jeong, the playboy of the group, stealing Ga Eul's first kiss.

"This can't be happening," Jun Pyo muttered as he held onto his furious girlfriend. Amnesia he could understand, he'd been through it. But this? What the heck was going on?