#sudong

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Sometimes, being clumsy isn't all that bad - that's at least what Yoohyeon's ex-girlfriend Hyuna always said to her when she did something awkward. "You're so adorable when you drop something and get mad and pouty!" Well, she did until it changed to "God, you're behaving like a toddler. Can't you watch out? It's so annoying that you constantly run against stuff and break things." And shortly after, Yoohyeon found out that she cheated on her with a man. A man. Yeah, that was the moment she decided that being clumsy definitely wasn't a good thing and will most likely never be.

Especially not now. Laying in a hospital bed, she tries her best to listen to her sister Sua who's been raving for what feels like hours about how she tripped while they were crossing the street, how the driver wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings and how he ultimately  hit Yoohyeon(thankfully at a very low speed). How SuA immediately called an ambulance and her girlfriend Handong got after the man before he could drive away as if nothing happened.

And that's why she's here, in a hospital bed, unable to move because of her pounding head and her left leg in a cast. Yoohyeon is glad that her sister is here, really, but no matter how much she tries, she can't focus on what she's saying.. A knock on the door interrupts SuA's torrent of words and a nurse steps in, closely followed by Handong who squeezes through the door right before the nurse can close it.

She looks at SuA and opens her mouth, but before she can say something, Handong scurries past her and takes her girlfriend's hand. "Come on, babe, Yoohyeon needs to rest and the nurse to run some tests. Let's go home."

The nurse smiles in surprise. "Indeed, I have to check on her and visiting hours already ended as well. But you're more than welcome to come back tomorrow when visiting hours start at 12pm!"

Handong nods and reads the nurse's name badge before she looks at Yoohyeon. "Well then, sweetie, I'm sure nurse JiU will take great care of you. We'll see you tomorrow, yeah? Sleep well!"

Sua follows her girlfriend's lead and bids her sister good night as well before they both smile at the nurse and leave the room. JiU turns to Yoohyeon. "Your sister seems really nice, she stayed here the whole day, even when you were asleep. You must be really important to her."

Yoohyeon nods and immediately regrets it - the pounding in her head has yet to subside. Talking works though, at least now, that it's quiet. "She is, I'm really glad to have her. But I wouldn’t try hitting on her, she and Handong have been dating for ages - they're even engaged now, finally!"

JiU turns bright red and fumbles for the pen in her pocket, then she pretends to write something on her clipboard. She clears her throat. "I.. I wasn't hitting on her, don't worry. She seemed really in love with her fiancé and to be honest, I prefer taller girls. Usually. I mean, it's not a deal breaker, smaller people can be great too, of course, it's just a preference, but yeah, as I said-"

With every word her face turns redder until she gives up. Yoohyeon is confused. Why is the, admittedly very cute, nurse so insecure? It's not an issue to like taller people, and as long as she wouldn't start thirsting after SuA, it's all good. She smiles at her - hopefully reassuringly. "Oh, no worries, I just wanted to clarify that my sister is not available. A lot of people want her, so I just got too protective I think. Sometimes that happens, even though I'm the younger sister."

Nurse Jiu's face slowly turns back to a normal colour and she writes some things down before checking Yoohyeon's blood pressure. The latter watches her while she checks a few other things and she's nearly sad, when JiU puts away her pen. "Everything seems in order, no values are concerning. Have a good night and if you need something, just ring the bell. I'll be here all night."

Yoohyeon feels a bit sad, she enjoyed the company of the woman. "Will you be here again tomorrow, too?"

JiU nods. "Yeah, I have the night shift again, so I'll be here again from 10pm tomorrow."

That slightly lifts the younger girl’s mood, but she’s still bummed that JiU wouldn't be there throughout the day. Still, she smiles at her. "I'm glad."

The nurse blushes again, and Yoohyeon doesn't really understand it either this time, but she waves at her when she leaves the room.

Nothing happens throughout the night and when a different nurse - her badge says her name is Iree - wakes her up and brings breakfast the next morning, she's only a little sad, knowing she will get to see JiU again in the evening.

Iree seems very energetic, given the fact that it's just 7:15am, but seeing her fiery red ponytail swishing around the bed to do a few check ups was enough to fully wake Yoohyeon up. Her stomach rumbles and Iree gives her a radiant smile. "It's so good that you're hungry! You should eat enough, so that your body has lots of energy to heal. I'm really happy that everything seems fine though, your vitals are perfect! I gotta leave, but if you need anything, just ring the bell and either I or my colleague Solar will be right with you."

Yoohyeon, who already started opening the little package of butter, nearly drops it and rushes to speak up. "Wait, Iree-"

The nurse, who was already halfway out the door, turns back around and walks to the bed. "What's wrong, dearie?"

Yoohyeon stutters a bit before she reminds herself that Iree is a nurse and that's her job. "I- I really, really need to pee."

"Of course, sweetie, I'll just grab a wheelchair real quick and then we can go!"

Nearly half an hour later, Yoohyeon is back in her bed. She would've never thought that going to the bathroom could be such a difficult task but the cast really caused issues. Thankfully, nurse Iree was very careful and gentle with helping her into and out of the wheelchair.

Just a few minutes after Solar brings lunch, the door to her room opens again and Handong and SuA step in. Her sister walks so hastily towards the bed that Yoohyeon is worried something happened.

"Yoohyeonie, who is that adorable nurse out there? She's so cute, Dongie and I would love to ask her if-"

Handong slaps her arm and SuA immediately shuts up. Yoohyeon swallows a spoon full of mashed potatoes.

"I thought you already knew nurse JiU? She was here yesterday evening and she's actually not supposed to be here again before the night shift starts."

SuA shakes her head. "No, no, not JiU. Why are you even thinking about her? No, I mean the one with the brown hair. Do you know her?"

Yoohyeon's face turns slightly red, but she internally blames it on the hot food. Her sister is right, why did she immediately think of JiU? "Oh- uhm, that's Solar. But if you wanna ask her what I think you will, maybe don’t. When she brought me lunch, she told me all about her wife and how happy they are that the doctors managed to create fully working sperm cells from Byul's - that's her wife - stem cells and now Solar is pregnant. Or something like that. It was a lot of info. But if you’re really looking for someone, the other nurse here, Iree, is very sweet as well, and I don’t think she told me anything about a partner. She has red hair so you can hardly miss her."

Handong walks to the door and looks around before she suddenly moves back into the room, closing the door behind her. "Babe, she's really pretty. And adorable. I would do so many... I'll be right back."

And before any of the sisters could say something, Dongie is out of the room.

"Well... I guess I'll wait for her to come back. How are you, Yoohyeon? You seem a lot better already."

About 10 minutes later - Yoohyeon has just finished her lunch and fails to open the pudding she got as a dessert - Handong barges in again, triumphantly waving her phone. She closes the door thoroughly before she walks over to the bed where Sua now opens the pudding pod for her sister. "I got her number and asked her if she wanted to meet up with us and she said yes! She's such a cutie, I'm telling you babe, she'll look gorgeous in between your legs."

Yoohyeon drops her spoon on purpose. "I'm really trying to enjoy my chocolate pudding and I would prefer if I didn't have to think about my sister and her fiancé in a threesome with one of my nurses while I do so!"

Handong waves her off. "Pfff, don't worry sweetie, you're just sad you aren’t getting laid. When you can walk again and stuff, I'll help you find someone. What about Vivi? She's been single for a while, I bet she wouldn't say no to some fun."

Sua elbows her side and Handong looks at her with a confused expression, but Sua just shakes her head.

The rest of the afternoon goes surprisingly smooth. SuA's jaw fell when Iree came to check on Yoohyeon and take the lunch tray, her eyes falling suspiciously low anytime she turned around. But of course, Handong was as elegant as ever and smoothly flirted with the woman while she was working.

Five rounds of UNO later, the couple decided that it was time to leave - visiting hours ended 20 minutes ago and Handong stated she wanted to go to the gym before it was too late because she also needed her beauty sleep.

After bidding each other good night, Yoohyeon looks at her phone. 7:23pm, still two and a half hours until Jiu's shift would start but she was so tired already, even though she didn't do anything today besides going to the bathroom three times - once with Iree in the morning and the other two times, Sua helped her since the nurse left the wheelchair next to the bed. Maybe she could take a nap and then she would wake up when nurse JiU was there already.

When she wakes up, she feels like she slept the whole night but a look at her phone tells her that it's only 9:48pm. Scrolling on Instagram for a few minutes, she remembers that earlier, Solar told her about a change of the medication she has to take before bed.

Just as she thought about it, someone knocks and Jiu steps in. Immediately, Yoohyeon's face lights up and she's glad that the light is off - it would be embarrassing if the nurse saw how happy she got simply at her sight. On the other hand, JiU looks happy as well - for what Yoohyeon can see with the light coming from behind the nurse.

"Yoohyeon? Are you awake? Is it okay if I turn on the lights?"

Yoohyeon nods, for a moment forgetting that JiU could hardly see her, and adds a verbal confirmation. The room lights up and the nurse walks to her bed, some blister packs in her hands.

"Those are your new drugs for the night, nurse Solar should've told you about it?"

The younger girl nods again, this time JiU can see her after all. She wants to say something but for some reason she can't, she just stares at the nurse. Her black hair is halfway up in a bun, the other half down and reaches just above her shoulders. Brown, friendly eyes and a heart-shaped mouth... A mouth that's moving, forming words-

"Yoohyeon? Are you okay? Why won't you say anything?"

"I- Solar- no, yes, yes, the meds did tell me about Solar. No wait, I'm sorry-"

JiU carefully takes Yoohyeon's hands in hers, either not aware or not caring about the effect that has on the girl, and squeezes them. "Hey, take a deep breath. Everything is okay. I'm sorry if I took you by surprise or something, I just wanted to check in if you were told about the change of medication already. I'll switch out the pills so you can take them soon and then I'll let you sleep okay?"

Yoohyeon's breath is a bit too shallow and fast to be considered normal; the cute nurse is holding her hands and apologizing even though she did nothing wrong, and it feels like Yooh's heart is beating five times faster than usual. She's so overwhelmed by her own emotions that she can't stop silent tears from running down her cheeks.

JiU gasps when she sees them and squeezes her hands tighter before she grabs a tissue from the night stand. Yoohyeon takes it and dries the tears, but more keep coming. She sniffles and blows her nose.

"Can- can I hug you?"

Jiu's eyes soften up even more than they already are and she nods vigorously. "Of course, Yoohyeon, come here!"

She takes a step closer to the bed and takes the girl in her arms, holding her closely but carefully to not put pressure on one of the many bruises that decorate her body. Yoohyeon hugs her back, her head on her shoulder and slowly, the tears become less and her breathing slows down again.

"I'm so sorry. I think I'm just a bit overwhelmed, so much has happened in the past two days and I can't really do anything besides laying here and thinking and maybe that's just not good for my mental health. And today I realised that I haven’t showered in four days already but Solar and Iree were so busy today that I didn't wanna bother them with helping me shower and my sister is scared she'd hurt me, so she doesn't wanna do it either and Handong - I guess I'd prefer to not be naked in front of my sister's fiancé."

JiU stands there and listens to everything attentively, carefully drying new tears whenever necessary. When Yoohyeon finishes, she gives her a little smile. "I only have four hours of night shift today because Yuqi, one of my colleagues, needed to switch her shift tomorrow afternoon with someone to go to an appointment. So if you want, I can help you shower then?"

Yoohyeon nods, sniffling only a little bit, and forgets for a moment what it means that JiU will help her take a shower. For now though, she decides to just take the meds and go to sleep.

When she wakes up the next morning, Iree is about to bring her breakfast again and after a trip to the bathroom, she checks some values while being even more chirpy than the day before. Yoohyeon feels like she also asks suspiciously many questions about her sister but she doesn't feel too concerned about it.

"How do you feel today, love? Did you sleep well? It seems like the different drugs helped you rest better, I'm glad about that!"

Yoohyeon agrees, she feels very relaxed and while still a bit drowsy, not uncomfortable. Iree leaves, so she starts reading the book that Sua brought her yesterday. It's a captivating crime; she only notices how much time has passed when Solar knocks and brings her the tray with lunch. This time, the young girl asks her for help with the bathroom and she has to admit that the transition from bed and toilet to the wheelchair and back was by far the smoothest of them all.

Her sister and Handong told her yesterday that they wouldn't be here as early today because - well, they were there, Yoohyeon saw Handong's Maserati in the parking lot and a few minutes later, her sister and Handong walked from the entrance of the hospital back to the car, a girl with fiery red hair in a high ponytail right with them.

She shakes her head, trying to get the thoughts out of her head and thankfully, she doesn't have too much time to start getting lost in thought before it knocks on the door. JiU steps in, two towels over her arm and a shampoo bottle in her hand.

"Hi Yoohyeon! How are you today? You seem to be doing a lot better today, I'm so happy!"

Yoohyeon beams at her, she nearly forgot about the shower - or at least she did in between the 86 times she thought about it from the moment she woke up until now. JiU brings the shower utensils into the bathroom before she helps Yoohyeon into the wheelchair.

In the bathroom, it thankfully isn't too complicated to take off the hospital gown, but suddenly Yoohyeon realizes that she's naked, in front of the woman she most definitely has a crush on. But for some reason, she still feels rather chill and doesn't even flinch when JiU helps her sit down on the chair-like thing in the shower - those new meds are really great.

Earlier, the nurse had wrapped her cast into a plastic bag so that it wouldn't get wet and as she now takes the shower head, she watches out to not point the water too close to the wrapped in leg. Yoohyeon closes her eyes, the water feels so good on her skin and she hums quietly. JiU takes the shampoo bottle and squeezes some into the girl's open hand so that she can clean her hair.

After washing it out, Yoohyeon continues to wash her body, slightly insecure when reaching her intimate parts, but JiU professionally looks to the side. Once she's done, the nurse helps her wash everything off. She grabs the smaller towel and helps her dry her hair a bit before she puts it into a turban. Then she brings her the bigger towel and carefully supports Yooh shakily standing on one leg while the girl dries her body.

Under the towels lies a fresh hospital gown and a new pair of underwear and Yoohyeon thinks she's never been so thankful for something before. Feeling fresh and clean, JiU brings her back to the bed and even gives her a mini-bounty she snatched from the employee's room.

They're still tucking everything back in the way it's supposed to be when it knocks on the door and Sua and Handong step in. If Yoohyeon was more mentally present, she would've noticed the hickeys on her sister's neck and that Handong's outfit is a lot more elegant than a visit to the hospital would require. But the afternoon drugs she just took and the relaxing shower are enough to make her feel drowsily content and blind to even the most obvious things - such as the heart eyes that JiU has whenever she looks at the patient.

Sua waves. "Hi nurse JiU! It smells nice here, what is it?"

Before JiU can open her mouth, Yoohyeon blurts out, "Sua! JiU helped me shower and she's soooo nice and careful and gentle all the time! Last night she hugged me when I felt overwhelmed and she smells so good, I wish I could bottle that scent up... I just wish she could take care of only me, she's so sweet and cute, I like her sooooo much. But she has to help Seonghwa with so many other patients around, so I get that she has to- hey, what are you doing??"

At some point , Sua had taken out her phone to record her sister’s ramblings about the nurse, who gets redder by the minute and Handong probably doesn't make it better when she winks at her, subtly pointing between them.

Before Yoohyeon can jump out of the bed to grab the phone from SuA's hands, the door slams open and Seonghwa looks around as if searching for something. When he sees JiU, his stressed face relaxes a bit. "JiU, there you are, I need your help in room 46, Mrs. Hwang's condition suddenly deteriorated drastically, please come quickly!"

And he's out again before anyone could even react - anyone but Jiu, who mumbles a quick "Sorry, gotta go" before she runs after her colleague.

Handong tilts her head at the rather confused looking Yoohyeon. "Do you, perhaps, have a big, fat crush on this nurse?"

Yoohyeon nods, her whole face beaming. "Did you see her? She's so cute, her hairstyle today is adorable and she smells so good. Her hands look so delicate but still strong and-"

"Yeah, we know, sis, no need to start again. So what are you gonna do about it? Are you gonna ask her on a date?"

The girl shakes her head. "No, definitely not! Did you see her? She's a gorgeous goddess and I'm a clumsy fooll who got hit by a car, no way that she's even interested in me."

This time, Handong shakes her head. "Bullshit. I watched her during your speech. That girl is head over heels for you, sweetie. The last thing you have to worry about is a rejection. Promise me, before you get to leave the hospital you at least have her number, even better if you arranged a date already. You got me?"

Yoohyeon doesn't look very convinced. She just wants to open her mouth when-

"No buts, Handong is right. Get yourself together and her number and you'll see that we were right."

Sighing, the youngest in the room nods. "Fine. But if she rejects me, it's on you two to get me transferred to a different hospital so that I don't have to see her anymore and be reminded of the shame, okay?"

The two girls look at each other. "Okay. If she really rejects you, which I doubt, we'll arrange a transfer for you. Deal?"

Handong looks at Yoohyeon expectantly.

"Deal."

Yoohyeon doesn't see JiU again until the night shift starts. Around 6:30pm Seonghwa brings her dinner but when she tries to ask him about the incident earlier, he says he's not allowed to talk about it. But he seems relaxed enough, so she doesn’t worry too much.

It takes another four hours for JiU to show up. Yoohyeon has finished her book by now and thankfully, SuA remembered to bring a new one today. When JiU knocks and steps in, the lights in the room are still on. Yoohyeon looks up from her phone and smiles at her, although she's quite a bit nervous, due to all the things she said earlier that day.

"How are you, JiU? Did everything go okay with Mrs. Hwang this afternoon? Nurse Seonghwa seemed pretty stressed when he was looking for you but he didn't wanna tell me anything when he brought dinner."

JiU walks to the bed and carefully sits down on the edge of the mattress. She absentmindedly takes one of Yoohyeon's hands in hers and plays with her fingers.

"Everything is okay with her. She's often annoyed by the constant dripping of the IV, so she somehow removed the bottle. Seonghwa noticed that she wasn’t complaining as usual and when he checked on her, she just laid there unresponsive because she didn't realize with removing the IV she'd also stop the medication from getting into her veins. But it’s all good, we fixed it!" She pauses. "Listen, about what you said earlier today-"

Yoohyeon interrupts her."I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me. I never meant to make you uncomfortable. Shit, with the drugs and the shower I just… lost all self control. I- I understand if you don't want to take care of me anymore now…"

JiU looks at her with soft, warm eyes. "Oh, Yoohyeon. I wasn't uncomfortable. I just didn't expect you to feel the same. But you're my patient and what I want to do goes against both ethics and morals, but I know I'd regret it forever if I don't do it."

Before Yoohyeon can react, JiU leans down and softly kisses her. Her lips are soft and a bit chapped and the kiss is way too short. At least her arms are fine, so Yoohyeon wraps them around Jiu's neck to pull her back down. Their lips meet again and this time, she can really feel her. The chapstick , that fails to fully cover the slightly rough skin on her lips, tastes like strawberry and Yoohyeon thinks that it goes really well with Jiu's own scent.

The older girl moves away again, but slower this time. "I'm sorry for not talking to you, I wasn't sure how to tell you howI feel but I guess now you know." Yoohyeon just watches her while she keeps talking. "I like kissing you. It makes me want more, but… that would not only be inappropriate, but also get me fired if we get caught."

The younger girl nods slowly. "I understand... I guess it was risky enough already."

"It would be very risky, yeah. But I've never done anything risky in my life before and you're the person I wanna do it for."

And with those words, she surges down and kisses Yoohyeon again. This time, passion takes over where once was sweetness. Her tongue runs across her bottom lip before it demands entrance and Yoohyeon moans. JiU parts slightly from the girl's lips. "You have to be very quiet. If someone hears us, we'll get in big trouble."

The girl looks at her with sparkling eyes. "I always wanted to try a nurse-and-patient roleplay!"

JiU chuckles for a moment, then her expression turns hungry. She shifts until she straddles Yoohyeon's hips - careful to not touch her cast - and kisses and licks her neck. The younger one can hardly swallow her moans but her mouth is immediately covered by a hand. Some more kisses and nips and her eyes roll back, this is better than any fantasy she ever had.

"We gotta be quick, I can't stay in your room for too long or my colleague will get suspicious."

Yoohyeon can't do anything but nod, her mouth is still covered. JiU turns her upper body until she can easily reach between Yoohyeon's legs with her other hand. She teases the hem of her underwear for a moment before she glides under it and feels the pubic hair under her fingers. Yoohyeon breathes faster; even though everything happens so fast, she still feels endlessly teased.

"Well, Ms. Kim, I think I got to do some internal tests to make sure I can help you best."

Jiu's voice is nothing more than a whisper but it's enough to make Yoohyeon's eyes roll back again and intensify her breathing even more. A quiet whimper can be heard from under Jiu's hand when her other one slides in between her folds and rolls her clit under the tip of her fingers. She dips lower after a moment and lifts her eyebrows in surprise.

"So wet from so little teasing? I really gotta do an internal check, Ms. Kim, I don't think this is normal."

The nurse can feel the pussy under her fingers pulsate and slips two of her digits inside with ease. Feeling around, she quickly finds her way and starts finger fucking her patient with a moderate pace. Yoohyeon is pretty much out of it, she has no idea how so few words and touches could make her so desperate and wet but here she is and she loves every second of it.

Her whimpers become louder under Jiu's hand and she's ridiculously close already. JiU seems to notice and slightly adjusts the position of her hand. Now the palm of her hand works some pressure on the girl's clit with every thrust into her greedy pussy. Yoohyeon's thighs start to shake and JiU grins when the girl grabs her lower arm with both hands, looking for any kind of stabilization.

It only takes a few more seconds for Yoohyeon to fall over the edge. She tries her best to not make a sound but some quiet high pitched whining can be heard even through Jiu's hand. Slowly rubbing her palm over her clit, the nurse helps her ride out her orgasm until Yoohyeon stops trembling.

"Such a strong reaction just from an internal check up, that's interesting. I think I gotta run some more tests with you over time. Are you free tomorrow, about 10:30pm? I think this room would be a good location again."

Finally, the hand moves away from her mouth. Still slightly panting, Yoohyeon looks a bit fucked out.

"Yes, nurse JiU, of course I'm free. I'll be here at 10:30pm so that you can do some more testing."

"Great!"

JiU removes her fingers from Yoohyeon's pussy and lets her suck them clean. A look at the clock makes her frown.

"I really gotta go and check up on the others - not in that way, obviously. But I'll be back later to see if you managed to fall asleep, okay?"

Yoohyeon just finished pulling her panties back up and nods. A peck and a minute later, JiU has left the room and the patient decides, she can run some more tests on her own.

The next day, Iree isn't there to bring her breakfast. Instead Yuqi, the nurse that's usually on the evening shift with Seonghwa, wakes her up. That girl must really change shifts more often than shirts. Yoohyeon likes her though and she proves to be nearly as great of a bathroom supporter as Solar is.

Spending time with her book, Yoohyeon nearly misses how Handong's Maserati drives into the parking lot at 1:26pm, about half an hour before the evening shift starts. She's not overly surprised to see Iree leave the car together with Handong and her sister - that explains why Yuqi worked the early shift today. At 2:02pm, Sua and her fiancé come into Yoohyeon's room, a very distinct glow in their faces.

Sua looks at her sister excitedly.

"You have no idea what happened yesterday and last night. So we decided to take Iree out for a date to get to know her better, right? But we didn't even get to the restaurant because Handong suddenly wanted to go all out immediately. We drove to an empty parking lot and..."

Yoohyeon listens to her sister's experiences, stopping her whenever the information become too intimate. All in all, it does seem like Iree has great sexual chemistry with them and Yoohyeon is happy for them; she knows that they were looking for someone to try out things with for some time (obviously completely sexual; Handong is way too possessive to share more than SuA's body with anyone).

"...honestly, whatever happened here in the past 24 hours, it couldn't ever be wilder than that. Although, what could actually happen in a hospital anyways, right?"

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[Note] This fic is locked to account only on AO3 because it contains mature RPF.

Rating: E

Pairing: Sua (Bora) x Handong

Side pairings: Yoohyeon x Handong, minor Siyeon x Jiu (Minji) + Dami, minor Sua x Yoohyeon

WC: 30.7k

CW: a/b/o, g!p, discussions/references to pregnancy and abuse, 1 scene with alcohol.

Summary:

A royal leash and chain is still that, a hindrance.

Maybe Yoohyeon has a sparklingly rosy perception of their "owner" and she hasn't been bad, per say, but Sua's unwilling to trust a royal, greedy, and surely manipulative alpha.

Not even one that snores cutely in their sleep.

Fic link: [Regal]

Sua + Siyeon = Suayeon

Sua + Handong = Sudong

Sua + Yoohyeon = Suyoo

Sua + Dami = Yura

Sua + Gahyeon = Gahbo

Part 1