It Was Me

Chapter 1

"We need to move him there. It's been months and his mental state has still yet to improve"

"I agree, he needs special care. But, what about his relatives?"

"We waited for months for any of his relatives but none came forth, sir. They are either deceased or cannot be contacted"

They didn't know that Little Ggukie could hear them. They think he's crazy but he is not. Ggukie knows that as well as his roommate Jiminie.

**

When Ggukie woke up after the crash when he heard voices as well as the door slamming, he realized that he was in a hospital bed with strings connected to his body and something was covering his mouth. He immediately thought about his mommy and daddy.

When he turns his head, he saw the boy that ran up to him earlier at his car window. He was sleeping and he has strings attached to himself just like him.

"Psst!"

Ggukie calls at the kid who slowly opened his eyes and turned his head towards the doe eyed kid.

"Hey, have you seen my Eomma?"

The kid shakes his head "no" before groaning and sitting up. He removes his mask and strings to himself much to Ggukie's surprise.

"You're not supposed to remove those, the nurse will get mad at you"

"Don't worry, she won't. Hi, I'm Jimin"

The kid smiles at him as he climbs down his bed and slips on his shoes. Suddenly, a nurse came in with a wheelchair. She smiles at Ggukie and greets him.

"How are you, Jeongguk? Feeling better?"

"Yes"

"Come with me, we'll go check if you really are okay now, yeah?"

The nurse coaxes the child and Ggukie obediently followed the nurse and sat on the wheelchair, before he left the room he didn't forget to say goodbye to his new friend

"See you later, Jimin!"

When he got wheeled away, he saw people in white clothes with face masks, running into his and Jimin's room right before they rode the elevator.

**

"Who is this Jimin? Is he your friend?"

Dr. Kim asks Ggukie who was sitting across the table, playing with an action figure.

"Yes, he is very nice. I've told you about him before"

"Oh, I have a bad memory, can you tell me again what he looks like?"

"Small. Chubby. umm...and small"

Jeongguk giggles as he could not think of another way to describe his friend.

"Where does he live?"

"In my room, he stays in my room. And we always play together"

"Oh, I see.."

Dr. Kim writes something in his clipboard- he sighs.

"Alright, it's time to go, Ggukie. Let's go to your room so you can play with Jimin"

Dr. Kim smiles at the kid that he has been observing for months.

**

Jeongguk and Jimin had their bags packed, the doctor said they were going somewhere far. He and Jimin were sitting side by side, waiting patiently for the nurse to come back.

"Where do you think we'll be going, hyung?"

"I don't know but I think it's going to be fun, we'll go there together"

The nurse came back..

"Come now, it's time to go"

**

Water splashed on the floor harshly as he washed away all the years of medications and treatments as if he was a lunatic, off his skin. The water cascaded down the outlines of his body, streaming down his feet. He stood under the harsh showerhead reminiscing his years in this institute.

He was finally getting out. After 15 years, 15 long years, and thanks to Jimin those years weren't as horrible as he thought it would be. Jeongguk now, 21, was finally getting out.

"Jeongguk! Come on, Dr. Kim's here, he wants to check you up before we leave"

"Coming!"

He turned off the shower as he stepped out to dry himself. He saw the clothes that were ready for him, normal clothes. Not a white jacket and pants.

After he got dressed in his blue button down shirt and a pair of black pants, Jimin insisted that he stayed in their room so Jeongguk went down to the lobby himself to meet Dr. Kim, who continuously visited him for years, he treated Jeongguk like family, Dr. Kim never made him feel like he was a patient.

"Oh, Ggukie! Good morning!"

"Aish, Namjoon-hyung! ..Jeongguk, Jeong-guk"

"Okay, okay. So, how are you feeling? Excited to meet your uncle?"

Jeongguk sighs as Namjoon mentioned his uncle who decided to suddenly show up after years. Jeongguk knows his parents are dead, took a long while to let it sink in to himself. He knows that none of his relatives came to take him in.

"Look, Jeongguk. You have to understand your uncle, you do know that your family runs the oldest and richest insurance firm in Korea, right? And you also know that your father was supposed to take over your grandfather's business but then a tragic acc-"

"I know, I know. He had to run the business that's why he couldn't take me."

Jeongguk dismisses, Namjoon nods silently fixing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, habitually.

"It's going to be okay, I'm going to visit you, of course, you ain't getting rid of me that easily"

Namjoon rubs his fist on Jeongguk's head causing the both to erupt into laughter. A nurse steps inside the lobby..

"He's here, Dr. Kim"

Namjoon nods at the nurse and waves her off.

"Go get your things, I'll be going now. I'll see you around"

**

"Jeongguk?"

A familiar voice calls, a voice that Jeongguk has not heard for years, he thought his ears were playing a trick on him. It couldn't be his father, right? When Jeongguk looked up to the source of the hauntingly familiar voice.. just as he thought, it wasn't his father, it was his uncle.

"Uncle?"

His smile, his voice as well as his face. He looks very identical to his father. The man comes up to him and engulfs him in a warm embrace. Jeongguk felt like crying, like a child once again, he felt like it was his father that was hugging him. He let his arms wrap around his uncle's body tightly as he cried, feeling light-headed.

"Shh, Ggukie, it's okay. We're going home now, okay?"

**

one, his father whistled a tune as he waited for the green light, the sweet tune filled the small space.

two, his mother talked on the phone, before looking back at Ggukie to remind him of his seatbelt

three, Jimin ran beside his car window flailing his hands, just as his mother let out an ear-piercing scream before everything went black.

Jeongguk suddenly fell to the ground, his seizure attacking him once again.