Title; Forgotten
Fandom/Pairing; SM Family - TaeSu, SuYin
Rating; PG-13
Summary; When Kim Ju Su looses his voice and his memory, Tae Yeon is determined to find a way to bring it back.
©Liinax3 @ soompi.
Prologue. Talking.
The first time I saw him, I thought I was in love.
I had been sent to the hospital to get something form Lee Soo Man. I wasn’t sure why I had been the one sent, I never understood what it was that they needed - he never actually gave it to me - but I was always glad I had gone.
He was lying in one of the beds, in a room all to himself. He was unconscious, his body so perfectly still that I thought he was dead. I was afraid for a second - there was no way that he could be dead. No, no, not him.
Then, slowly, I saw his chest rise as he lied there. I sighed in relief.
I walked into the empty room to get a better look at him. He looked a few years older than me, but not much. On top of that, he looked familiar, as if I knew him from somewhere. Maybe he was a SM Trainee as well? I planned on asking Soo Man when I found him.
I continued to look at the boy, studying every part of him. I never thought that there could be a person that was so peaceful and so beautiful at once. I prayed that what forever reason he was there - unconscious, unmoving - that he would be all right, that I would see him again.
I leaned my head close to his, our faces so, so close to touching. My hair fell down, framing his face as I looked at him. He had the stubbiest eyelashes, but the most beautiful lips. Part of me wanted to lean down and kiss him. But it would be kind of weird, no?
Soon, I made my way towards the door. I had a job to do and I wasn’t going to risk getting in trouble. Right as I was about to step out of the door, I ran into a larger figure.
My eyes drifted upwards and saw that I had run into Lee Soo Man. He was looking down at me very sternly. It took me a few moments before I realized that I needed to move out of the way.
“I’m so sorry, sir,” I said, moving out of the way while bowing down at the same time. He entered the room, followed by another man, who appeared to a doctor. I made my way towards the door once more, determined to make it out this time.
But before I did, I turned around and asked, “Ajusshi, who is that?”
“Kim Jun Su,” he replied. His voice was so low, so tired. He obviously had gone through a whole lot.
“Oh, all right,” I replied. I knew that I knew that name, I just couldn’t recall from where. As I stepped outside, the two began talking.
Although I knew I shouldn’t, I couldn’t help but listen in. It was hard to make out exactly what they were saying, but I didn’t care. I just wanted to know what was wrong with Kim Jun Su.
“Did you figure out what’s wrong yet?” Soo Man’s voice was no long tired, just angry.
“We… we don’t know what happened. Everything was going fine. And then, well, someone made a mistake.”
“It’s more than a mistake. Do you not understand that, you incompetent imbusul? It’s someone’s life we’re talking about. Do you understand so much he’s going to hate everything now? Do you? At all?” There was a loud crashing sound from inside the room. I couldn’t help but worry that someone in that room was going to end up dead.
It just had better not be Jun Su.
Or Soo Man. ‘Cause then I think I’d be forced out of SM.
But there are always other doctors, right?
I shook my head, trying to get the thoughts out of there. No one was going to die. And I definitely shouldn’t be okay with any deaths.
For minutes on end, I heard nothing. I wasn’t sure if they were talking, if someone was dying. There was just nothing. I couldn’t chance looking in the room and getting caught.
Then, suddenly, Lee Soo Man spoke again.
“Fix it,” he declared. “I don’t care what you do, but you had better fix this somehow.”
And then he stormed out. I was surprised he didn’t see me crouched against the door. But I didn’t care, I was just happy about it.
I quickly made my way back into the other room, determined to find out what exactly was wrong with Kim Jun Su.
The doctor was standing over the boy, not saying a word, not moving a muscle. He looked almost as dead as the boy on the bed did. I walked over and stood at the other side of the bed. Maybe if I looked hard enough as well, the two of us could figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. Maybe everything would be okay then.
Suddenly, the doctor looked up. Noticing me there, he smiled. “How do you know the patient?”
Instead of answering, I just looked up, locked eyes with the man, and asked, “Whaa - what’s wrong with him? What happened?”
The doctor sighed, his eyes drifted down again. “In the middle of his surgery, something happened. We still don’t know what. Which kind of means we don’t know how to fix it. Even though some people don’t understand that.” Realizing that he had just gone on a small rant, he coughed and then continued, “As I was saying, because something happened, his vocal cords no longer work.”
I stood there, still, letting the words sink in. I didn’t say anything for a while. I didn’t understand why such a horrible thing could happen to such a beautiful person.
The doctor, who obviously thought my silence meant I was stupid enough to not know what vocal cords do, added, “Which means he can no longer speak.
“Which means Kim Jun Su will never sing again.”