Devil's Music

The nurse coming out of the room checked the chart on the questions.

“Name Kim Mi-jin, 36 years old American citizen, suffered aphasia and extreme depression from the shock of losing his daughter in the Mafia shooting in Chicago seven years ago. ”

I was sad to hear her say, and I looked at her through a small window at the closed door of the room. The nurse who saw the look in his eyes smiled and said.

“You know I can't just hand out patient information, right? You're Korean like Kay, and you want to help, so I wanted to make sure you keep it a secret. Or I could get fired, Hoho. ”

“Ah…… Thank you, Lisa. But where are Kim Mi-jin's family? ”

“He's not coming. ”

“Yes?”

“He's not coming. I think my family moved to the United States, but they divorced me after my daughter died, and I don't have a family in the United States, so I haven't had a visitor in four months. ”

“Ah... But there must be parents or brothers..." ”

“I don't know the details, aphasia is a non-verbal disease. There's very little you can know about him because he doesn't answer anything he asks, and his doctors are worried about him because he doesn't have any improvement. ”

“I see…… Lisa, do you need to schedule a visit? For example, only immediate family. ”

“Is this a prison? There's no such thing. ”

“Oh... so I can come here often? ”

“Haha, it would be great if Kay would come here more often, right? ”

“Thank you.”

“Well, I've got to get to work, so I'll go first, make sure I'm not late for radiology. ”

After Lisa left, I looked at her outside the hospital door for a long time and turned to radiology.

When I returned to the twisted psychiatric ward for more than an hour to hear the sound of being stuck in the frame that nothing more than a star had been found, it was after 5 pm that I could not visit.

When I couldn't make it back to the Red Kessle, Bottle Joon was lying on the couch in his underwear as usual, and he woke up.

“Hey, did you go to the hospital today? ”

He waved the envelope with a copy of the CT from the hospital.

“I'm back.”

Byung-jun reached out his hand when he heard that he had been to the hospital.

“Let me see. ”

When I saw Bottle Joon taking out a film of taking out a CT, I sat next to him with a smile.

“Can you tell? ”

“I just thought it would be cool to hold it like this. ”

“Puhaha.”

The gun laughed and Bottle Joon put down the film asked.

“What did the hospital say? ”

“Everything's fine. I'm going to the hospital every day for a while tomorrow. ”

“Huff! What? I thought you said everything was fine. Honestly, where does it hurt? ”

He shakes his head, touching his head with one hand, thanks to the bottle that is shaking his neck.

“I'm dizzy, leave it alone. ”

Byeong-jun, who thought there was a problem with the head of the gun, rushed down his throat and caught the ball of the gun.

“I'm sorry! Tell me quickly, where does it hurt, going to the hospital every day? Wouldn't it be better to be admitted? ”

“Haha, I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to see someone. ”

“Huh? Who? ”

It was to tell the story of Mijin, whom I met at the Lollapalooza Festival, to Byeong-jun with a relieved expression.

“…… this is how it happened. And that's why I'm making the water song. ”

Byeong-jun, who was holding his arms together and listening to the story with a serious face, nodded.

“What a strange fate. Well, I'm glad you're not sick. Ah...... This might be a little offensive. ”

“It's just the two of us. Haha. Thank you for your concern."

“Yes, dinner? ”

“I ate roughly. ”

“Okay, take a break. ”

As soon as I got into the room and lay down on the bed, my old phone vibrated. Kiska, who knew she was going to the hospital today, got tired of waiting and called, smiling heavily and answered the phone.

“Hello?"

“Brother, are you okay? ”

“Yes, I'm home now. ”

“Why didn't you call me? I've been waiting all day. ”

“I'm sorry, something happened. ”

“What's going on? ”

“Well……. ”

“What are you not telling me? Then I'm sad...... ”

“Haha, there's nothing I can't tell you. Actually……. ”

Kiska, who heard from Gun what happened to Mijin, said in a sad voice.

“That's what happened. You're against me. ”

“Huh? What? ”

“I survived losing my mother. She lost her daughter and she lived. ”

It was Kiska who lost her words because she said the old things so quietly.

“I'm fine now. So don't look. ”

“Oh... yeah. ”

“So you're going to see her every day? ”

“Yes, I have to have my face stamped every day at school, so I'm going to come by in the morning and see my face in the afternoon. ”

“Well, I probably won't call you this morning. ”

“Haha, thank you. How's your grandmother? ”

“He's not well. He can't even get out of bed anymore. ”

“Yes... I see. Have you been to the doctor?”

“Yes, I come every night to check on my condition, and they say it's pessimistic. ”

“I see...... There are so many people who are sick. ”

After a routine call with Kiska, I lay down and my head got complicated, and when I came back out to the living room, Byung-joon, who was playing games on his phone, asked.

“How did it go with Kiska? ”

“Yes, brother. ”

Byeong-jun turned off the game and asked.

“Did you tell your family about Kiska? ”

When I opened the refrigerator and took out the milk, I shook my head.

“No, why? ”

Byung-jun raised his head on the couch.

“You know, the whole family of Kiska, they might want to get to know you. ”

That part of my lip popped out because I hadn't thought about it.

“I'll introduce you when I have time. ”

“Kiska is a young woman. She's delicate. Take care of her. You're too weak for that. ”

“Puhu, what do you mean to a child? ”

After hearing what happened in Georgia, Byung-jun seemed to care more about Kiska.

“Gregory told me to get engaged. ”

“Well, Kiska's still young. Later. That's it. ”

“I'm going to do it anyway. ”

When I drank the milk, I put the milk in the refrigerator and then came to the couch and sat down.

“Even when Kiska was an adult, if she was who she was. ”

Byeong-jun showed his teeth and smiled.

“Look at this guy? So you have a heart, you thief. ”

“Haha, you're beautiful in Kiska. ”

“What are you talking about, you little shit? ”

“Kid, how tall are you? ”

Byeong-jun pushed the case with his foot.

“Why are you bragging about being tall? But I'm 172. ”

Gun smiles, taking Byeong-jun's foot off.

“As I asked yesterday, Kiska is 168. It's only four centimeters different from my brother. ”

Byeong-jun, who was playing a prank, hardened his body. Byeong-jun, who was looking at the incident with a frightening look, raised his torso and shouted.

“What?! That kid is 168?! ”

“Yes, the storm is growing. ”

“You've grown so tall in less than a year? How is that even possible? ”

“Russian kids are usually big, and Kiska was strangely too small for her age. Kids are running late, so I guess Kiska's the case too. ”

Byeong-jun who saw the acceptance without hesitation said,

“But... does this make any sense? ”

“Hehe, it's true. ”

“Damn 168, 168!! You're not gonna let that kid look down on me now, are you? ”

“Haha, maybe? ”

“Rrrrgh!!! Dammit, if I had been born a Russian, I'd be a lot bigger!! ”

When Lucy came up to Bottle Joon, who was grabbing his head and yelling at the whale, she slapped Bottle Joon's head with her front foot as if it were going up, and the angrier Bottle Joon grabbed Lucy's chopped rice cake and shouted, stretching it on both sides.

“What, I'm bigger than you!! ”

I smiled at Byeong-jun, who was fighting with the cat.

* * *

The next day.

Early in the morning, I got ready for school and came to the hospital. After rounds, I greeted the returning doctors and opened the door to room 403.

When she sees if her grandmother Barbara's mind is in perfect condition, she waves gladly.

“You're here again today? ”

“Haha, hi Barbara. ”

Seeing Mijin shaking his head with a depressed expression, she approaches Barbara, and asks.

“You said Kay? Are you sick, too? You look young. You come to the hospital every day. You have to be healthy. Tsk, tsk.”

“Haha, I've been sick before, rather than I've been sick, so I'm coming to get tested. ”

“Eggs, I get these tests a lot because I'm sick, so sit there. ”

Barbara grabs her crooked hand and says, sitting on the couch of her liver.

“How was your breakfast? ”

“Haha, well done for worrying about you. But what's Kay doing here at this hour? Aren't you employed?”

“Yes, I'm still a student. I go to Julius. ”

You mean the school where the musical geniuses go? Oh, you didn't recognize the genius. ”

“Haha, it's not like that. ”

“What kind of music are you doing? Playing or composing? ”

“Do both. ”

“Well, can I listen to music? ”

Barbara, who doesn't know how famous the musician is, asks for the music without thinking about it, and the three nurses who were gathering at the door and watching the case whisper.

“Oh, Barbara didn't even know Kay? ”

“Shhh! Quiet down, we won't be able to see you if you get caught. ”

“You're not gonna turn Fury on in the room, are you? ”

“Hey, you don't think Kay would do that? ”

When you don't know that you have many eyes watching you, you sit on the side bed, looking down at Mijin, then smile at Barbara and take out your cell phone.

“It's still incomplete, and I'll play it to Barbara for the first time. ”

“Oh, it's an honor. Hoho.”

The nurses at the door whisper with their eyes wide open.

“Incomplete songs? Are you talking about a new song? ”

“Of course! If it's incomplete, is there more? Ugh, this is Kay's new song! ”

“You're telling Barbara the story first, so we'll be one of the first to hear it, right? Eek! I'm so excited! ”

Taking the small Bluetooth speaker out of the bag plays a music file of water. A speaker that lowers the volume to avoid disturbance to other patients begins to make a small sound. Barbara closes her eyes and smiles as the beautiful piano wire rings and the bass guitar, which plays without drums, regenerates the wire that holds the center of the piano.

“What a beautiful song. Is it a song?”

The gun smiles and nods.

“Yes, Barbara. ”

Barbara looks dull enough to see that she is focusing her attention on her ears with a big smile. Seeing her blurry eyes with her head bowed, she focused on the changing look on her face.