I depict the girl in this story to Miss A's Suzy, but I do not ship them. It's just that for me, Suzy in my opinion is the prettiest girl near V's age. Either way, if you don't want Suzy, I recommend Sowon, Irene, IU, Tzuyu or Hyeri. Oh wait, I ship Hyeri with Bogum but it's up to you.

Enjoy the chapter!

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"Miss, may I ask what drugstore or medicinal branch did you get this bottle of pills from? It's unlabeled unlike most prescribed medicine." The doctor suddenly asked.

"It was given to me, is something wrong with it?" I said blatantly, though I perfectly knew that something was definitely wrong, and that fact made me filled with rage and turmoil.

The doctor gave a sigh, holding the bottle in his hands. "I'm afraid so. Your friend gave me permission to further diagnose this pills, and if it's mixed with water or eaten whole, it may lead to severe health consequences."

My eyes widened, ushering him to continue with V, sitting there in shame as if he's not telling me anything or to scared to do so.

"May I?" He alluded to use some of the pills as I gave a curt nod. He tapped the bottle as five pills fell from the bottle to his hand. "I will demonstrate the the consequences you ask of." He poured the pills to a glass of steaming, hot water for it to mix faster. I gulped in anticipation, watching them one by one decrease in size, replaced my acidic bubbles floating to the surface with a sizzle. Once all of it was nothing but solvent, the doctor gave it a quick shake to furthermore mix it while walking to a potted plant that served as an aesthetic to promote healing, or so medical employees say. The doctor with no sense of reluctance poured the glass of medicine into the plant.

Our eyes widened at the result, or only I did, he only watched like he's seen this a million times before. My heart began to hastened its normal pulse, watching the plant slowly lose its lush green leaves, slowly shrivelling within seconds. Its stem slowly curled downwards, the remaining shades of green was completely wilted. The soil turned hard, its healthy brown soil flattened and began to corrode. The plant was dead. Just by the five pills churning in its system.

"That's what happens when this gets into your system. Since, the human body has a more stronger immune system than plants, unlike what happened earlier, a human will die more slowly than a plant as it will slowly destroy your liver. And I instructed one of the nurses to give me a sample of the chemical components present in the poison extracted from your body and it had the same properties. It's irrelevant, but I felt the need to let you know " The doctor said. Everything around me turned dark. I've been feeding those to Min. I never knew her own aunt, no matter how selfish, no matter how power hungry has turned her soul to shit, the thought didn't cross my mind that she would deceive my younger self, into making her drink this. So, if I trusted my gut and denied her offer, there's a chance Min would still be alive. I wouldn't go through all those self made scars I purposely applied over my body. I wouldn't spend two years trying to commit suicide!

"That asshole ruined my life....." I murmured to myself, and glared at no particular person in extreme indignation.

"Sinon," V said in a firm tone, berating me of my profanity.

I glared at him, showing that nothing else matters.

"You don't have anything to worry about, miss Jung. You we're unconscious for three days, and in that time, your friend explained everything to me and the local police department, and she's being hunted down as we speak, and her coworkers will also be put to trial for being part of a murder." The doctor stated, but to no avail, it didn't make me feel better whatsoever. The action has been done, with my reason for living being its unwilling victim. No trial that may be bestowed upon her when guilty will ever satisfy me. Doesn't matter if a death sentence will be her trial, now matter how much pleasing the sight of her deserving death and her tortured expression will bring.

It won't bring Min back.

"But, you'll have to wait until we remove the cannula that's removing the poison in your blood stream intravenously. You will be out by the afternoon. Until then you may be free to rest. I may advise that you use prescribed and branded medicines for the ill. I'm sorry for your loss, if it makes the situation lighter, I'll be more than happy to serve as witness for your friend's aunt's trial." He bowed in consolation.

"I'll keep that in mind, thank you." I softly murmured, feeling V's hand rest on my shoulder as his fingers glided in the crooks of my hair as he stared at me in solace. I took no notice of his actions, usually, I'll scold him for no granted permission to touch my hair. But, I believe now is not the time to do so. All the bewilderment, all the confusion, now replaced with emptiness. I felt my heart, my heart which was used to be filled with love, turned to a black hole, devouring any unwanted feelings by command. Then as the years passed, I felt my heart regain, the pain felt washed away, gradually molding into acceptance. Now, all those progress were gone. Vanished. I felt empty, I don't feel the slightest anger or the urge for vengeance. Just empty.

After the doctor has ensured that all the poison was out of my system, he gave another apologetic bow and excused himself out.

"You okay?" He said out of concern.

"Physically? Or emotionally? I'm pretty broken on both...." I shrugged the throbbing pain on my chest, and hugged my knees in attempt to make it go away, just like the remaining fragments of my humanity. My heart no longer beats for anger and masochism, it even confuses me if it even beats at all. He gave no response, just a quick nod.

"V, tell me everything you heard from her." I demanded, thinking that if I elaborated this situation more further, maybe there's a chance that I'll feel something again. I want to hate Sara. I just can't. He opened his mouth and then closed again. He gave out an exasperated sigh and explained everything. I felt my teeth clench and jaw tighten. But, when I faced him, I immediately regretted it. My eyes refused to rip my gaze from him, watching his slightly chipped lips move, his head lowered in shame, and occasionally wandering his eyes to me and looking away in a split second our eyes meet. My heart started to pump faster and my stiff demeanor soften. Somehow, looking at him makes me feel at peace.

Once he finished, I lowered my head to my knees and squeezed them tighter, before hearing V chuckle. I furrowed my eyebrows towards him.

"What's so funny!? Can't you read the atmosphere?" I snarled as he raised a hand to his face and spread his fingers around his face, turning away from me.

"You really shouldn't do that," he mumbled, raising his hand covering his face to his hair, positioning it upwards, showing his pink tinted cheeks and charismatic smile. I opened my mouth to retort, but he beat me to it. "You shouldn't make cute faces at moments like this."

My heart thumped against my chest, feeling warmth invade my cheeks.

He chuckled again. "You're doing it again,"

"Doing what?"

"You're doing that cute face again. One day, it'll be the cause of a tragedy so as much as possible suppress it." He mockingly remarked.

I knitted my eyebrows together and opened my mouth to retort, but was silenced when he raised his hand and pressed his palm against my head, ruffling my hair, throwing some of my side bangs to the middle. I recoiled from his touch and crouched down, but unfortunately his hand followed.

Once he stopped, he didn't remove his hand, instead tilting his head sideward, in the same level as my face. "Don't show that face to anyone else but me." He sincerely implied, his expression as serious as it is gentle. His stare could melt even the hardest of objects, his caramel brown bangs perfectly cascaded in his forehead, his eyelids batting up and down, his eyelashes perfectly in place to his eyes, in perfect synch with the rest of his slow movement. Unbeknownst to me, I continued to stare at him at an a stilted amount of time. I gave a light gasp and tore my gaze away from him, shaking of his hand in the process.

And so, the rest of the day continued in the same spirit. He went out to buy brunch, and came back with my dad who gave me a tight hug, almost making the wire from the cannula snap. He said that he asked V to take care of me while he went out and sorted out the files for Sara's arrest, and also the paper work for his job. When it was around noon, the doctor came back with a bunch of nurses to remove the tubes in my wrists, since the poison was out of my system and placed medical strips on the punctured area. After that, they let me go from the hospital after a few hours and my dad had an urgent meeting for his job this evening and left before us.

I sat in the edges of my bed wearing a shirt and jogging pants my dad brought, while circling my ankles until the stinging pain was numb and won't drag me down while walking, my back turned from the large window that sat behind me, giving off a bright orange glare from the sunset. V sat in a stool behind me, slurping on a box of chocolate milk with his legs crossed and his gaze locked on the sinking orb for a good ten minutes.

"Let's go." I whispered in a hoarse voice, grabbing the pouch with the clothes I wore yesterday and headed to the door, not bothering to wait for him. A tiny shock of pain surged through a small part of my limb. Although, it's not exactly painful, it caught me off guard unknowingly my whole body tilted backwards, my other foot also felt stingy, unable to support my weight.

I winced before landing on a strong arm, warmth radiated of my back.

"You alright?" He asked with a smile. I nodded and continued to walk, this time with V gripping on my arm.

We took a bus home, the sun was no longer seen, but the waves of light still streaked the evening sky. We walked through the tranquil neighborhood, and stopped once we reached the small gate of my house.

"I'll be going now." I murmured, giving a quick glance back at him.

"I'm sorry all of this happened." He raised his voice.

I stopped in my tracks, turning back at him skeptically.

"Just be happy, Sinon. Know that there is somebody you can trust." He gave me a grin before putting his hands in his pockets and paced to the other side of the road, where his house stood.

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Hey guys!

I had a new cover made by -kwonhoshi so go and check his/her stories. Oh, and if you're reading this, THANK UUUUU!!!!!

Just in case I'll change it, here's a pic of it.