172 The ssages
Jae-Hwa was lightly snoring next to Nivritti. Last night she kept tugging away at her blanket, so Nivritti brought out another blanket tonight, well, Jae-Hwa brought out. For the whole day, she didn’t let Nivritti do any work except read scripts.
Nivritti was staring at the ceiling begging for sleep to co. She was envious of Jae-Hwa as she fella sleep right after coming to bed. As her leg was on pillows, it was uncomfortable to sleep but the whole day Jae-Geun kept giving instructions to Jae-Hwa to take care of her and Jae-Hwa obliged.
Nivritti sighed and closed her eyes thinking that if she might close her eyes, she would sohow fall asleep. The mont she closed her eyes her phone chid with a notification. She grabbed her phone and saw that ssage was from Jae-Geun.
“Are you okay?” he ssaged.
“Yes, everything is fine,” she replied.
No pain?
No, everything is fine.
Where is that annoying girl? Is she taking care of you?
Sleeping. And she took great care. Thank you to you both.
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It’s nothing. Just rest well. Good night.
Good night.
Nivritti locked the screen and lowered the phone to her chest and sighed, “I should have taken the painkiller. At least I would have slept well. Why can’t I sleep? Pain is not that bad.” She facepald when she realised, “shit! I didn’t send a good night ssage to MY. Maybe that’s why I am unable to sleep.”
She was in the middle of sending a ssage to Young-Chul when her phone chid with multiple ssages. Frantically, she put her phone on silent, not wanting to disturb Jae-Hwa’s sleep. She checked the ssages. It was from every mber of ASD, except Young-Chul as usual.
Everyone asked her if she was doing okay and how was her pain. “It would have been so much better if we had a group chat. That way I would not have to send ssages to everyone individually,” she pondered.
Jung-Hwa being the youngest, she ssaged him first.
“How is the pain? Did you take any dicine?” he asked.
“Everything is okay, JJ. I am fine and pain is at the minimum. Will see you tomorrow. Thank you for asking. Good night,” she replied.
One by one she replied to everyone that she was doing fine. Finally, she opened the ssage from Kyung-Soo.
“Hi! Sorry for causing you pain,” he said in the ssage.
She read the ssage and suddenly was angry. “What is he talking about?” she mumbled to herself. “Pain? How did he cause pain?
She imdiately replied to him, “what do you an?”
You ran after and stubbed your toe. Sorry for telling everything to Jae-Hwa.
Well, if you would say it like that. I will have to agree with you.
You are so bad. Here I am apologising, and you are making feel bad.
I am kidding, NK. It’s nothing. It was just a broken nail and a few drops of blood. You have no idea what I saw when I ca to the hospital that day.
What? What did you see?
A hand. A bloody, severed hand. Oh, I still shudder thinking about it.
What? Why didn’t you tell before?
We were busy with MY’s condition.
Oh right!
How is he doing?
He is fine. How are you?
I am fine too.
Any pain?
Almost none.
Will I see you tomorrow? Can you walk?
Of course, why would you think that I was taking leave? SJ ca and checked up on my leg. He said I can walk but have to put less pressure on my toe.
SJ?
Oh, Jae-Geun.
He ca, again?
Yes, again. He checked on my wound and tied the compression bandage.
Well, it’s a good thing, a doctor ca to see you. Take rest. Goodnight.
Okay, goodnight.
Nivritti looked at the whole chat and contemplated, “what happened to him? He was chatting normally. Suddenly he says good night. Well, it’s late. Maybe he is feeling sleepy. Everyone is sleepy except .”
Finally, she opened her conversation with Young-Chul and completed the ssage she was already typing, “it was great to see you sitting and eating and walking. Would love to see you dance tomorrow. Make sure to sleep well so that your body is well-rested. Rember that you are loved and adored by all. And I am always here. Good night.”
She sent the ssage and placed the phone on the nightstand. She shifted to her side and covered herself with the blanket. She closed her eyes and tried not to think about anything so that she could fall asleep soon.
Suddenly, her phone chid again. She was surprised as everyone who knew about her injury had already sent her ssages and she replied to everyone. Then who was ssaging her at this ti? Her heart sank with fear.
“Is he…? But how? No one has this number? He doesn’t even know where I am? He could never get this number,” she thought and with shivering hands reached for the phone.
She gulped and pressed the power button. The screen lit up and the notification appeared before her eyes. She could not believe what she was seeing. She sat up with a jerk, shocked. Frantically, she unlocked the phone.
For the first ti ever, Young-Chul ssaged her back. She had no idea whether to cry or dance with happiness. All she could do was cry and she could not dance on the injured toe. She clapped in tiny because she didn’t want to disturb Jae-Hwa’s sleep.
Imdiately she opened the conversation.
“Is your foot, okay?” ssaged Young-Chul.
I am fine. How are you? Did you eat well, rest well?
Don’t think about . Think about yourself. Take leave for tomorrow and rest.
Oh, don’t worry, I am fine. There is no pain at all.
Are you sure?
Yes, MY. I am okay. Are you okay?
Was unable to sleep. I was waiting for your ssage. Now will be able to sleep.
You wait for my ssage?
For almost five minutes there was no reply. Nivritti kept closing and opening the app thinking that sohow the app froze, or her phone was unable to receive signals. But everything was fine. Then why did Young-Chul stop ssaging her abruptly? Did she make a mistake? Was that question too much to ask?
Suddenly her phone chid.
“Don’t take this any other way. If I say this to any other person, they might think I have a crush on them. I don’t have a crush on you, I can never have a crush on you. Still, your ssages are like drugs that are making better. Your affirmation tells that I am still loved and have a lot of talent. Your ssages make smile. I am glad that Thae scolded you. If he would not have done that, we would not have beco friends. If we would not have beco friends, you would have no idea that I was depressed and no one like you would have helped . When first you talked about ntal health, I was skeptical, I was struggling. I had no idea that I could get help. I never thought that it was not sothing you have to be ashad of. I was always afraid of talking about it. I was afraid of people judging . I was afraid of living my life on my terms. I have been living my life for my fans, my mbers, my family since I was young thinking that if I speak up, they will reject . But now I want to live for myself, just like you do. I want to do things that make happy. I know you say that you will always be there for . But if I do sothing stupid, will you still be there? Or would I lose you?”
Tears started streaming down Nivritti’s face. Young-Chul was being vulnerable. He was talking about living his life on his own terms but was still afraid that he might lose people close to him. She has been assuring her for days and finally, he opened up.
“No matter what happens. I will always be there for you. Even if you murder soone, you can call and I will help you hide the body,” she joked. She would have given anything at that mont to see a smile appear on Young-Chul’s face.
As if you have experience with hiding bodies.
Why do you think I ran away from India? I am a serial killer and the police were about to find .
You know two serial killers can never be friends.
You are a serial killer?
I kill fans every day with my talent and good looks.
Right. That is true. And you are not even getting punished. Lucky!
I am very lucky. To have found you at the ti that I needed soone. Thank you.
MY! Talk to your mbers. They love you. They too need to understand what you are feeling.
I am not comfortable. I am trying to open up to them, but I need ti.
If you need ti, tell them that. They will wait for you, just don’t leave them hanging.
I will try. Now go to sleep. You need rest.
You too. Rest well. See you tomorrow. Good night, MY.
Good night, Ritti.
Nivritti had a sweet smile on her face. She placed the phone on her chest and suddenly her face contorted, her eyebrows knitted themselves, her lips pursed, and tears again started flowing from her eyes.
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