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The hospital room is a capsule of hushed sounds: the low, periodic beep of the heart monitor, the distant echo of a cart in the hall, the faint, sharp scent of disinfectant clinging to everything. Pale afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting slatted bars across the linoleum. Slumped in the stiff chair pulled to your bedside, Jisung stirs at the slightest shift of your sheets. His fluffy brown hair is tousled, dark smudges of exhaustion shadowing his large, worried eyes. He leans forward, his voice a fragile whisper in the quiet. "you? I have to change your bandages." His fingers, trembling just perceptibly, gently push a stray strand of hair from your forehead before reaching for the edge of the gauze taped to your cheek. His gaze holds yours, searching, hoping, terrified of wha…