Monochrome Rumor - Chapter 4-4

Looking down at the man with a face resembling an unknown animal, everyone was turning or lowering their heads to hide the laughter they struggled to hold back. In the meantime, Yoo Chan poured water into the cup silently. Maybe he’s trying to hand it over after the man finishes crying. 

Then Ra-Jun, who barely held back his laughter, opened his mouth. 

“He’s our manager.” 

“When you got into the accident, you took the car key from the manager and left. You went out so quickly that he couldn’t catch you, and a few hours later, the hospital contacted us and because of that, our manager passed out.”

“Our manager is really mentally weak.”

He loosely held Si-Hyun and cried pathetically. If I leave it alone, I think he’ll really just cry all day, so I sighed. I could barely understand the situation, but now I’m tired of someone crying over something boring. 

Si-Hyun, who clicked his tongue, reached out without hesitation. 

He was too natural at grabbing the chin of a man who was crying with delicate hands and pulling it towards him. 

“Okay, you will be the one who will drive from now on.” 

The close distance with less than a inch left, the voice with a slightly tired face was low and soft.

“So stop crying.” 

I’m tired of people crying around me.

As the manager, who was surprised by the sudden situation stuttered, Si-Hyun frowned and opened his mouth again. 

“Answer” 

Only then did the manager nod eagerly at the stern voice. 

“Yes, yes,”

And when he added the last word, Si-Hyun’s hand, which was holding his chin firmly, moved away as if satisfied. 

Not only the manager but also the members looked shocked.

Even Yoo Chan’s eyes were wide open. It was the face of someone that witnessed something unbelievable. 

Suddenly feeling very weak, Si-Hyun said, waving his hands. 

“Everyone go out now, I’m tired.” 

At first, it bothered me like clothes that didn’t fit, but now I’m getting used to this appearance to some extent, except when I look in the mirror in the bathroom.

However, due to the tremendously increased sleep time, I couldn’t adapt to closing my eyes all the time. 

What did this body do to ask for rest? Even though he thought he was weak, Si-Hyun closed his eyes without looking at the members who went out of the hospital room. 

“Hey, who’s that? Did I go into the wrong hospital room?” 

No, Si-Hyun is the only one who doesn’t look like a human being. The manager, who suddenly experienced chaos, muttered frantically, but it was the same for everyone, they were also confused. 

They knew he had changed, but that was a little strange. 

Skilled hands, different facial expressions, and even the way he speaks. Rather than losing memories, it felt like he became an entirely different person. Except for that face, the old Lee Si-Hyun didn’t exist anywhere else.

Lee Si-Hyun was extremely reluctant to let anyone touch him. Except for unavoidable situations such as choreography.

He was in such a serious condition that they wondered if he had mysophobia, which often led to large and small fights with the members. Well, most of them were friction with Kang Eui-Hyun. 

Lee Si-Hyun’s face, which was memorable, was more sensitive than necessary and somewhat dark. 

He looked very tired. 

He had never said it out loud, so no one ever knew what was so hard on him and made him so exhausted.

As if I were living in a different world alone, sometimes I was scared when I closed my eyes with a strange face that seemed to be unable to die. Is that why? 

To the members, Lee Si-Hyun was just like a sore thumb. Sometimes they hate it and get angry, but eventually they wrap it around and just let it go.

Like the contents of the posts Si-Hyun read, the discord between Lee Si-Hyun and the members felt like walking on thin ice. 

However, when they saw Si-Hyun’s face, which came back cold, they had only one thought. Emotions such as regret and guilt were mixed up all at once. The members, who were not immune to the death of a close person, were all shocked by the sudden death of Lee Si-Hyun. 

To the point where the morgue still appears in their dreams sometimes. 

So the appearance of Si-Hyun, who survived, was just like a miracle. Although it was covered by a cloth, all the members had confirmed the cold body. 

However, Lee Si-Hyun returned seemingly as their folie à deux. Just with a light bruise, breathing casually, as if someone had given them another chance. 

They stayed by Si-Hyun’s side, who didn’t open his eyes the whole time. As soon as they saw him being alright, they thought they’d accept it even if he screamed at them to get out of here. They will understand.

And this time, they wanted to protect him from what made him so exhausted. However, Lee Si-Hyun, who opened his eyes, became a completely different person. 

Because Lee Si-Hyun just lost his memory.

As if his old appearance, which used to be cold-hearted, was a ruse, there was nothing much to say even if Ra-Jun, who especially liked Si-Hyun grazed him a little in the past he would make a fuss, but now even if Ra-Jun touched him and held his hands he didn’t say anything.

He seemed to no longer care about San-Yu’s reluctant touch.

It was amazing how Si-Hyun didn’t stand up to them even if they rubbed his head or talked to him affectionately. 

Even if he might say he was out of his mind when he saw the members next to him, he didn’t kick them out, and there was no way for a fight to take place because he didn’t chase Eui-Hyun, who he had a bad relationship with. 

The same was true of Chan’s favour, which had been ignored. At first, he refused as if he felt awkward, now he accepted it quite naturally. Chan sometimes stopped at the sight of not forgetting to say thank you. 

What’s wrong? And he would shake his head saying it’s nothing when asked. 

So they were worried. 

They didn’t hate it, but it was so good that they wished he would stay like this, but when they witnessed someone else’s face just like now, they felt anxious. As if it was a complete stranger. 

The thoughts of wanting him to regain his memories and not were complicatedly conflicting in everyone’s heads. 

It was an issue that could not be addressed yet.