Haneul looked back towards Yeom Tae by turning her head slightly. He had held the corner of her sleeve tightly, while his eyes were still squinted shut. She couldn't help but smile. It reminded her of the babies under her care, who would hold her sleeves like that, stopping her to leave.
Then she noticed his eyes moving a little so she sat down beside him and leaned towards his face. She pulled her sleeve out of his grip and put her thumb above his eyelid. She grabbed her torch, pulled his eyelid up and tried to check him. As soon as the light from the torch struck his eyes, he tried to squint them shut, meaning he was finally conscious.
Haneul let go of his eyes and called him out, "Yeom Tae? Can you hear me?" She asked.
Yeom Tae slowly opened his eyes, still squinting them as he reacted to the lights around him. It took him a while to fully open them.
Haneul quickly held her fingers in the air and asked, "How many are these?" She asked.
