The Love That Remains

The nurse is cleaning the floor and the doctor is gone. She stares at the wet patch on his shirt.

"Your clothes are ruined. Should I bring a set of clothes for you?"

"Bring food and new clothes." Sung Jun can tell that the nurse is interested in him. This is not the first time. It won't be last time with his unearthly looks. Does it matter to have this face when a certain someone is unaffected? His pride is repetitively shattered whenever she ignores him.

He glances at the bathroom door. Even if it takes a lifetime...

The nurse returns with a set of clothes. She sighs when she finds Sung Jun asleep. For the last four days, they have been harassed by this boy and the girl's father. The doctor is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The boy refuses to leave her room and fiercely guards the room. They are sure that they will lose their jobs if the girl doesn't wake up within a week.

She puts a pair of clothes near Sung Jun and takes another pair to the bathroom. The girl is currently washing her face.

"Miss Fang, I have brought you the clothes," The nurse says with a professional smile.

The girl takes the clothes without a word.

"We have called your father. He will be here soon."

The pink headed girl looks at the nurse darkly. "Is that so? Tell him that I don't want to be disturbed."

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The nurse's ever smiling face cracks down under the pressure from that girl. Why does she have to do this? The nurse calms down when she thinks about the bonus and the trip that the hospital director has promised her and Doctor Li.

"We will do as you wish, Miss Fang." She will only pass the message to Doctor Li. It will be Doctor Li who will take the heat. Nobody can stop Mr. Fang from doing what he wants anyway. If Doctor Li can survive this, she will take Doctor Li on that trip.

After the nurse leaves, Sung Jun opens his eyes and stares at the kid near the bed. The semi-transparent kid is dressed in the hospital gown and there are stitch marks on his bald head.

He doesn't leave her here because of this vexing entities. He hates hospital and cemeteries. He even avoids visiting the beaches. These places are houses of random ghosts and other entities. For the last four days, he has been banishing these ghosts with the only seal that he knows. He deeply regrets not learning more.

He makes the hand seal at the foolish looking ghost kid. Just before the final move, the kid runs toward the bathroom. He runs after the boy, trying to stop him. His hand passes right through him. The kid goes right through the wall. In the next moment, there is a loud shriek.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" There is a sound of falling. After that, there is the only sound of the shower.

He tries to open the bathroom door. He doesn't wait and kicks the door open. He finds Fang Aisa with a towel clumsily covering her in the bathroom's corner. Her pink hair is dripping wet. Her skin is fair and smooth. There are droplets of water on her face and shoulder. He can't move his eyes from her.

"Am I alive again?" He steps closer to her. "I can touch you."

The ghost kid is standing in the middle of the room and making a shocked face. Sung Jun suddenly remembers the ghost. His mood turns bitter when he realizes that the ghost has seen her naked.

"Get out of here." Sung Jun growls at the ghost kid.

The kid doesn't leave. He gazes at him suspiciously and says, "Aren't you the demon who hurt Aunty Zhao?"

"I am not a demon," Sung Jun answers in a low voice. He is running out of patience.

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Fang Aisa stares at the two boys in front of her with wide eyes. One is the ghost and another is human. What's going on?

"You are a liar." The kid points at him with his little finger. "You are a bad man."

Sung Jun is tired. In his eyes, ghosts are just ghosts. There is no kid or woman ghost in his eyes. Why is he delaying the inevitable? So, he makes the seal again and points in the kid's direction. But the kid has done his homework well. He runs away through the open door before the seal can be completed.

Sung Jun curses at his incompetence. The little kids are fast on their feet.

"Jun, why can you see them?" Fang Aisa asks him in a grave tone.