✈ hospital.

@✉ ⋮ seo donghwa haera-hwa starter.:

In the quiet of the night, Haera was gripped by a terrible nightmare again. She found herself once again a helpless witness as her father, a man she should have been able to trust, committed the most heinous act imaginable. In her dream, she could see every detail vividly: her father's hardened eyes, the gleam of the sword in his hand, and her beloved lover's face, frozen in shock and pain as life ebbed away from him. She could hear her own screams echoing in her ears, the deafening thud of her heart, and the chilling silence that followed the dreadful deed.

Suddenly, Haera woke up with a start, her body drenched in a cold sweat. She found herself in her room, safe and alone, yet the memory of the nightmare was too fresh, too real. She could still see her lover's lifeless eyes staring back at her, and her father's blood-stained hands. Haera started to sob uncontrollably, the image of her lover's death in her past life replaying over and over in her mind. She hugged her knees tightly, rocking back and forth as she let out her pent-up fear and sorrow. The tears that she had held back in her dream now flowed freely, staining her pillow.

The following day, she accidentally sprained her ankle when she stumbled over her slipper while heading towards the bathroom. Initially, she believed there was no urgency to visit the hospital, but her friend insisted. Consequently, she now stood in front of the hospital building, cautiously making her way inside due to the lingering pain in her ankle. Initially unsure of where to go, she eventually located the registration counter.

Just then, she noticed a few nurses and doctors are urgently rushing in with a patience with blood on his body. Haera's eyes widened at the sight and suddenly, she was no longer in the clinic but back in that horrifying moment from her past life. She saw her father, his hands stained with Yul's blood, standing over his lifeless body. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she started to tremble uncontrollably.

"Yul..." she murmured, falling to her knees as the room spun around her.