Tightly

CRACK!

"Get out, I don't wanna talk, just GEEETTT OUTT…" ZouMi screamed on top of her lungs, when she saw policeman coming near her, and started throwing whatever came in her hand.

"ZouMi calm down, please just let them ask you some questions…"

"NOO, JUST GO AWAY…GO" following this ZouMi passed out, and collapsed.

"Sir, we are sorry, but you need to wait for a long, till she accepts the reality. She is not in a good state to ask. I request you not to come again, if not she will be in danger" The doctor said, while checking ZouMi.

ZouMing's brain burst out, as the shocking incident came back to her mind along with the policemen, which caused her a severe mental breakdown, and also damaged one of her brain nerve's, and was rushed to the operation theater.

After 6 hours the light of the operation theater turned off, which felt as if a year has passed, for the Sid family.

"Her brain nerves have weakened and one of the nerve just burst out, which was connected to her legs. I'm sorry, she may not be able to walk and is in a vegetative state, she may wake up or may be not, so you decide to keep the oxygen cylinder or... "

With a THUG, Mrs. Sid fell on the ground, bursting into tears. This news was terrific for the entire Sid family, and the three teens.

From the corner of the corridor, a voice came, "Don't you even dare to do that." Mr.Sid's voice was low, but that send chill down the doc spine.

The precious daughter of his, was in this state and the doc dare to say that, right in front of him. He is her dear father, after all. The feeling of not having his daughter around him was suffocating him already. He still would be able to see her.

Mr.Sid entered into the room, seeing his daughter lying unconscious on the bed, made him uncomfortable and blamed himself for not protecting her properly. He walked to the bed, stood for quite sometime, and then bend down a little, kissing ZouMi's forehead and said, "Dada, is really sorry, don't punish me more, I'm already too old…" a drop of tear fell from his eye on ZouMi's forehead.

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9 MONTHS LATER...

"XauXau be calm we have to be strong, we are her pillar of strength, how can we break down, come on champ, it's just a matter of time." Su Chen hugged, Sid Xau tightly to console his best friend, less brother.

Though ZouMi gained her consciousness and was out of vegetative state, but was still the same, neither did she talk nor did she ate properly. ZouMi soaked herself in water for hours and hours until forcefully taken out of the bathtub. Her room was completely dark, and she was paler than before, her bright face seems like it have been aged over 2 or 3 years in just a matter of month, due to lack of sunlight.

"Enough of her now, how long is she planning to stay like this, is she not willing to fight? That's totally not her kind. She has to come back as the fighter, the fearsome human, she is." Sid Xau said, as he dashed towards ZouMi's room, and was followed by Su Chen and Lui Bai. He opened the door, switched on the light's and saw ZouMi on the corner of the room and went near her.

"ZouMi get up, talk to me." no response.

"ZouMi I said, GET UP." Xau raised his voice, yet no response.

Xau hold on to her hand tightly and gave a jerk to her hand, yet no response. He forcefully made her stand, and said, "ZouMi can you hear me" no response.

SLAP!!

A crispy loud sound of slap echoed in the silent room, followed by the uproar of Xau.

"You are not my sister, you can't be ZouMi! My ZouMi was never like this, a rebel who stood and support the right one, yet here she can't take stand for herself. What are you planning to do, huh? Just want to stay here, and set free the one who did wrong to you? You're going to spare them? Is that what you want to do? Torture yourself for the mistake you didn't do? This is not what you used to say, rather you taught us to fight for the rights we have, if the opposite one is wrong, yet blame you, don't show mercy and haunt them down. And look what you are doing, blaming yourself, torturing yourself. This is T.O.T.A.L.L.Y N.O.T Y.O.U ZouMi."

ZouMi held on to her cheek, which was paining from the slap, yet was nothing compared to the pain she was feeling in her heart, listening to her brother's word. She looked up to face her brothers and burst in to tears, while hugging them. 

Seeing her in this state, it felt as if something was stabbed into their heart, and felt difficult to breath, hugging her tightly.

They cried for who knows how long, and was distracted by the knock on the door. The maid entered, with food in her hand.