Chapter 7 Unsuccessful

The sound of the machines hook up to the love of his life, kept him awake all night. The ECG to monitor her heart rate and the oxygen to prevent hypoxemia, although Ji Hoo had briefly explained to him the reason for this entire machine connected to Ga eul, he still could not help but to always call the nurse whenever it makes an alarming tone. It has been 20 hours since the operation, Ga eul is now stable. YI jeong never left her side the moment the doctors allowed him to see her. He missed her so much; he just wanted to hold on to her. He told the rest of his friends to go home and to rest. They assured him; they will come back in a couple of hours. Although Yi jeong's entire body is aching from exhaustion; his eyes yearning to close on him; he shove it aside. He want to be the first person, Ga eul sees when she wakes up. Yi Jeong was now holding Ga eul's right hand, fingers intertwined; he can see how perfectly their fingers fit together; it's as if the God of hands crafted them for each other. He can't help but admire it. The feeling of her hand on his sends electrical impulses that warm his entire being. He could not help but to kiss her hand. He caressed her fingers, her knuckles and her soft palm. He loves every inch of her.

"My love, if you can hear, this is your soul mate, waiting for you. This is your soul mate holding on to you, not letting you go. I love you. I love you very much, my air."

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"My love, if you can hear, this is your soul mate, waiting for you. This is your soul mate holding on to you, not letting you go. I love you. I love you very much my air."

Her heart skips a bit; the moment she heard those words. "I know that voice! I've heard that voice before. The voice of an angel, the voice of her soul mate, the voice she hold onto for a very long time; the voice she long to hear. That is the voice of her one true love. SO YI JEONG. Is HE here? With me? Yi Jeong! Yi jeong! Where are you? It's me Ga eul! Yi Jeong! Yi jeong! YI jeong it's me! Where are you? I can't see you! Where are you? I am so sorry! I am so sorry!

Beep… Beep … Beep … The oxygen was going ballistic, So YI Jeong briefly closes his eyes when he realized that was the oxygen alarmed. He panic and press the help button. Ji Hoo with the other 2 nurses came rushing to Ga eul's side. Shocked, YI jeong stood frozen at the sight of Ga eul's limp body rocking back and forth. Panicked, Yi jeong rushed to her aid when another nurse stop him and drag him outside. "No! Let me go! Let me go this instant!" Yi jeong demanded.

"Sir, we need you to stay here, please!"

Yi Jeong sighed. Hisarms resting on the glass window from Ga eul's room; eyes clouded with tears, afraid of the current situation. He looks to his left side and found his friends rushing to his side. "What happen YI Jeong?" Woo bin now asking him. "I don't know, I didn't mean to close my eyes, it gave up on me. When I open my eyes, she was.. She was.. She seems out of breath. I don't know! Oh God!" Yi jeong was now sobbing.

Finally after a couple minutes, Ji Hoo emerges from the room, forehead sweating, probably from running; he took a deep breath and calmly told them. "It's okay, her breathing was just uneven, she is short of breath, the oxygen was set to alarm if a patient suffers from Hypoxia, which had transpired earlier. Yi Jeong did you talked to her?" Ji Hoo asked Yi Jeong now smiling.

Yi Jeong nodded without seeing his best friend's reaction.

"Okay, where you holding her hand?"

Yi jeong again nodded.

"What else did you do?" Ji Hoo now smiling.

"Okay, you know what Yoon Ji Hoo, why you are asking this kind of questions?" Asked Jae Kyung.

"Oi, Ji Hoo did you see Yi jeong right now? What are you doing? We are all worried in here." Jun Pyo added.

"Answer my question Yi jeong" demanded Ji Hoo although the smile in his mouth didn't disappear.

"I was holding her hand when that thing came off" answered Yi Jeong, still not looking at Ji Hoo.

"Are you sure that's all you did?" Woo bin now added. Seeing the look on JI Hoo's face made him think that everything was okay.

"HEY! I WAS ONLY HOLDING HER HAND OK? WHAT IS UP WITH YOU ASKING ALL THIS QUESTION YOON JI HOO AND YOU WOO BIN? WHAT ARE YOU A DOCTOR NOW? HA? Yi jeong yelled at both of them, pissed and irritated.

"Hahahahaha! Hey take it easy, no yelling here in the hospital. Okay! Okay! I'm sorry. Ga eul had shortness of breath; it was because her heart skips a beat. She was holding her breath for more than a couple of seconds; I can see you still have the same effect on her as before. You made her heart skip a beat; I can tell you were caressing her ONLY hands? Right? Because serious SO YI JEONG that is considered rape when you do that to an unconsented patient." Ji Hoo explained now laughing.

Yi Jeong blushed. "hahahahaha" Jun Pyo, Jandi, Woo bin and Jae kyung joined Ji Hoo; they were all now laughing really hard. It's been a long time since they felt this way. Although sadness was still in their eyes, still the thought of what had happen made them realized there is still light in the darkness. There is hope.

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Ga eul woke up; feeling a little light headed. She blinks a couple of times before she saw the whole view. She can tell she is in the hospital just because of the machines she saw but the room she found herself into was not an ordinary hospital room. She was on big room, her bed was queen size, in front of her was a sofa that fits up to 5 people; to her right side is a fancy chair, not a regular hospital type of chair but an elegant kind, one can truly sit comfortably; to her left side was a small fridge kind the like the ones you have in some 5 star hotel; to her farther right was a 32 inch LCD flat screen TV; her favorite movie was on "ROMEO & JULIET". She smelled flowers, red roses in particular. Her room smelled so good; she can smell strawberries, oranges and apples; and most of all the scent that she knew; HIS COLOGNE. She slightly slap herself mentally, "Chu Ga eul, stop imagining things, he can't be here, remember Jandi told you he was out on a trip with the F4". Okay, she had hoped to see him, for the past weeks, he was the only one in her mind.

Ga eul sighed; then she rolled herself to the side of the bed; "Urgh! I look so aweful" she said after checking herself out. Her hair is messed up and the gown she was in wasn't comfortable at all. She felt a sharp jab of pain in her lower back but shove it aside. She tried to dangle her feet first, felt the cold hospital floor before standing up. She slowly stood up; and quickly sat down when she felt dizzy. "Urgh, now what? Tsk." She took a deep breath and stood up once more. Before taking a step forward, she made sure the coast was clear, she walks to the bathroom slowly, one step at a time, while holding onto the walls as her guide to prevent her from falling. After it felt like forever she reaches the bathroom door, swung it open and went inside to clean up. The bathroom had a shower on it, she close the curtain and notice an odd plastic white chair with little wheels. "Ah, this must be here on purpose, I remember this from school, this is called a shower commode, nice" She grabbed it and sit on it, she look to her side an found drawers, she reach in and found her favorite shampoo, conditioner and body wash were in there. She also found a set of yellow towels and brand new gowns.

"Hmm, Jae Kyung and Jandi must have prepared this for me. I would have to thank them later." Ga eul set up the water temperature, and started cleaning herself up. She stop to realize that there was a big dressing on her lower back, she panic when she saw blood pooling down to her legs and suddenly grab the towels. The sight of the blood made her feel dizzy; she suddenly turns the plastic chair around press the help button and after that everything went black.

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"Yi jeong, why don't you go home, it's been two days and honestly speaking bro even if you were taking a shower here, eating and sleeping here, it still is not considered a very healthy environment for you to have a full 8 hours of sleep. You need your strength bro plus you want to be the only Apple of Ga eul's eyes bro! You don't want her seeing this Ugly side of yours because it isn't worth it. Now, go home, and get yourself some decent sleep. Jae kyung and I will watch her and then Jandi and Jun Pyo can come by later ok?" Woo bin said pulling Yi jeong up and pushing him outside the door.

"Okay, okay! But I'll be back soon. If Ga eul wakes up please call me right away, I will sleep with my phone beside me ok? Bye".

Yi jeong woke up, having a headache, he was asleep for 1 ½ day. He checked his phone twice to see if anyone of them left him a message but to his dismay, there was no message at all. He called his chef to prepare him food and went to take a shower right away; anxious; excited to see the love of his life; not knowing his cellphone was ringing. Ji Hoo was on the other line calling him.

"Yi Jeong, please pick up the phone, we need you here in the hospital right now. Something happen to Ga eul. Yi Jeong! Yi jeong!" Ji hoo's desperate voice scared Yi Jeong. He didn't have time to pick up a suit, he just grab whatever suit he first set his eyes onto, didn't fix his tie, grab his keys and drive fast to the hospital. When he arrive at the hospital, Ji Hoo was not there, he was meet up by Jun Pyo and Jandi faces indescribable. The look on their faces, gave a cold, hollow feeling inside of him. "What happen? Ji Hoo called." He asked.

"Yi jeong! We need to hurry up; Woo bin and Jae Kyung are in the laboratory right now. Come on." Jun Pyo and Jandi pulled him without further explanation.

"Where is Ga eul? What happen to her? Where is Ji Hoo?" asked YI jeong.

"No time for questions Yi jeong, Hurry up, we are needed at the laboratory now." Answered Jandi.

They arrived at the 4th floor where the laboratory is located. He saw Jae Kyung and Woo bin in a side lying position, 2 doctors were attending to them. He looks into the farther right and there he saw 3 more doctors waiting for them. He stops at the sight and search for Jandi and Jun Pyo. Jandi suddenly grab him while Jun Pyo went onto the first doctor and lie down; same position as Jae kyung and Woo bin.

"Yi jeong, it is okay, this is for Ga eul, the doctor will explain to you the procedure, just trust him. Okay? Our bone marrows are going to be tested to see if we match Ga eul. Ok? Now go." Jandi left him and went to the 2nd doctor.

The doctor made a vow and told him to lie down and to relax. The doctor had explain to him that they are going to aspirate a bone marrow cells on his lower back for a testing. "Young Master, as we aspirate the bone marrow cells, you will feel pain, on my mark, please hold your breath while we inject the needle. Now please hold your breath."

It was painful, even with the local anesthetic; but all he was thinking was what had happen to Ga eul. He regretted leaving her side; but as what have Jandi told him; all of this is for Ga eul. The procedure was done after 10 minutes; the doctor had told him to lie still for 4 hours to prevent massive bleeding. He felt the urge to just stand up but he was so weak to do that, the anesthetic was now getting through him. He didn't realize he fell asleep when he was woken up by Ji Hoo.

"Yi jeong, I am so sorry. Ga eul's body rejected her new bone marrow. The transplant was not successful; her body didn't adjust to it. The moment you left 2 days ago, we took her out of the machines because her vital signs were stable already. Yesterday, she woke up and after a couple of hours she fainted on the shower. Luckily she was able to hit the help button and the nurses rush to her. We revive her just in time. But we found out that her body didn't accept the brand new bone marrow. Her good cells were now attacking the new cells we gave for her. It's surprising how she is still holding on; I've seen these cases before Yi jeong and most of them didn't make it. We need to do something right away." Yi Hoo told him the sad news.

Yi jeong look at Ji Hoo with horrified expression. When no words came out from his mouth, Ji Hoo continued."Yi Jeong, the only thing we can do right now is to find another bone marrow donor for her as soon as possible. This is the main thing that I am mostly afraid of. I am afraid we won't be able to find a perfect donor for her. We only have 48 hours to find one, or else she would slip into a coma. The test we made for you and the rest earlier was for a bone marrow testing. The test is made for us to find a perfect bone marrow match to Ga eul. And YI Jeong, YOU ARE THE PERFECT MATCH FOR GA EUL. Your bone marrow cells matches up Ga eul's.