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After 10 minutes the doctor entered the room, he didn't look worried.

"Hello," the man said and took out a pen from his chest pocket, "are you Miyeong, the patient's sister?"

"Yes, yes, it's me. I came here as soon as possible...What's wrong with him? Should I be worried?"

"His condition returned to normal, so you don't need to worry, but..." he adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat, "we have a question for your family. As you know...your father doesn't visit your brother anymore. And his condition hasn't improved over these years. And..." he hesitated, "we're not sure if he can wake up...You need to make a decision whether to turn off the equipment or to continue to hope for a miracle. It's really a miracle. I think, right now the chances are much higher..."

"How can you say that? You're a doctor!!! My brother is strong, ok?! He'll survive, he'll wake up!!!" I was shouting, my body was shaking again. We had never thought about turning off the equipment...He had to fight. He had to...

"I said everything as it was. We don't want to give you false hopes, that's why...Think about it. If your decision doesn't change, I'll be waiting for you to call," the man held out a card with a phone number, and I didn't know if I should take it...I was completely confused and devastated...

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Walking out of the room, I saw Taehyung who was waiting for me. He got up and walked up to me.

"Is he your brother?" Tae asked immediately, and I just nodded my head in agreement. I didn't have energy to say a word, because my brain was only occupied by one thought, "So that's why Mindo, am I right?" he tried to cheer me up somehow, I got that he'd heard everything.

"Yes, my whole life is dedicated to my brother. That day I asked God to be in his place...I wanted to be there, on the floor, instead of him, bleeding...I'm ready to do anything for him and even more," I smiled sadly. I really missed my older brother, with whom I was all the time... "But instead of taking care of him, I have to be a boy...And all because of my dreams. Taehyung, I'm really sorry for lying to you, but now you see the situation I'm in...and I didn't have a choice..."

"Now I understand everything. I'm sorry for what I said earlier..." he smiled with his square smile, "If everything is so bad, we could go and eat some cookies. Jin-hyung is working not far from here."

"Yeah, sure. It'd be nice," I understood that I was no longer a boy. My brother didn't like when I dressed up like a boy, so I wore a dress before entering the room, "But...I'm not a boy," I said out loud.

"There won't be any people we know, so no need to worry, and Jin...we'll tell him you're his twin," I just nodded my head and followed him.

The cafe was really not that far from the hospital. There were few people here and no familiar faces. Only Seokjin was working and he noticed us immediately.

"Hey, hyung, hellooo!" Taehyung shouted and waved his hands. The older one smiled.

"Who's this?" Jin's mouth started opening slowly when we came closer to him, "Why is Mindo wearing a dress?!" he almost shouted. His face showed a clear misunderstanding.

"T-T...This is his sister. Yes, his twin sister!" Tae explained the whole situation. It sounded very believable, though it was a lie. Perhaps, it was a white lie...

"I didn't know he had a sister. And...they look alike!!!" he looked at me from head to toe, "So what's your name?" he asked when he was more chill.

"Miyeong. Yoon Miyeong," I answered quietly. I didn't think Seokjin was so dumb to believe me, but...I hoped...

"Hm, you're both very similar," Jin stated, "But, I think you are more beautiful," he smiled brightly. It'd be nice if Miyeong and Mindo weren't the same person.

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"See," Taehyung started as soon as we left the cafe after an hour and a half, "even Jin-hyung didn't figure it out, so no need to worry. Now you can search for your writer in peace. I think, it'll be easy now as you're a girl and nobody will think of Mindo as a gay," he laughed and put his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah, it'll be different from now on...But living two lives is very difficult. I don't know if I can get through his, but...thank you for helping me, anyway," I looked at him and the corners of my lips stretched into a smile.

After 20 minutes we drove up to the dorm, and I was Yoon Mindo back again. An ordinary boy with an unusual secret, that only Taehyung knew about!

Yoongi was sleeping and snoring in the room. He never looked so calm before. At night he always tossed and turned and made incomprehensible sounds, shuddered and fell asleep again. Living under the same roof with a guy I didn't know anything about, I knew a lot at the same time.

I stepped in quietly and closed the door, trying not to make a sound. I was very tired today. I just wanted to lie down and sleep peacefully, just like my roommate. But my thoughts haunted me. How could a doctor say such a thing?! And why did my father stop visiting my brother?

"You're too noisy," Yoongi mumbled and opened his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I tried to be as quiet as possible...I didn't want to wake you up..."

"If you didn't want to wake me up, you wouldn't come," he cursed and turned on the other side. But, apparently, he couldn't sleep, "You left all of a sudden. Something happened?" Yoongi asked, but I heard uncertainty in his voice. Maybe he wanted to hide his concern, but it didn't work.

"I got a call from a hospital. One of my friends was there, and I decided to go see him," I was lying. I was lying again. It felt like an endless lie, that would swallow me completely...

"I see," he spat out and got up from the bed. He stepped into the bathroom slowly and closed the door after him.

Meanwhile, I decided to turn on my laptop and check the site. That...was unexpected. One notification? I clicked on it and I saw:

"You have one reply. Read it!"

I clicked twice.

'Sole' replied to you...

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