The Odd Doctor Out | A Drama | S. 1

30 🩺 Full of Surprises

Having said goodbye to Seonghwa, Mingi, San and Yunho walked along the side of the street with no general direction having been planned.

Yunho shoved his hands in his pockets as he walked, hyper aware of how uncomfortable San seemed. It wasn't that he was awkward. It just seemed that he didn't know how to act around both of his friends - they were from different schools and friend circles after all.

Glancing over past San at Mingi who was shyly watching his feet as he walked, swaying his hands in his pockets a little as he did, Yunho remembered him from his Bio class... He was unmistakably the boy who sat with a group of girls each class, switching between two mindset functions: 1. Frantically taking notes, and 2. staring off into space...

'San-ah, I think I'm going to start walking home.. you know.. Let you and Yunho chat...' His voice was quite soft and clearly meant for San's ears only.

He turned and put his hand on Mingi's arm just over his elbow, so gentle that Yunho was quite shocked. 'But Min, -'

Yunho had been quite surprised all night with how soft San was with his high school friends. It wasn't really something he saw from him, and it was strange to see him so gentle...

'It'll be fine, San, you should talk with your friend...' Mingi's voice was equally as gentle as San's had been, once again taking him off guard. For a guy who seemed to be surrounded with girls who were all biting at the bit to sit with him, he seemed remarkably soft...

Yunho looked over at him. His black hair looked soft under the streetlights and was unstyled, letting it fall in any way it felt like. His plain dark wash jeans and long sleeved deep red shirt were completely different to his usual button downs, and his navy long coat was equally as plain.

He glanced down at where Mingi's hand was gently removing San's from his arm, and noticed a few decorative rings on his fingers that he hadn't noticed in class. He'd already seen at dinner when Mingi had removed his coat and pushed his sleeves up, that he had a little bracelet of black beads daintily draped around his wrist...

One of his ears had a little cubic zirconia stud in it, and around the back of his neck, he could see a chain that disappeared under his shirt... He wasn't exactly dressed like a fuckboy...

As he saw Mingi pout at San as they had his quiet argument with San. He doesn't act like a fuckboy either...

'San, I think I'm just going to head... You should take Mingi home.'

The both of them looked up, and San looked as guilty as he'd ever seen him. 'But, Yun-ah...'

Yunho gave him a small smile. 'It's okay. Really.'

San looked between Mingi and Yunho, who were both looking at each other. Mingi's eyes were so apologetic...

San wouldn't give up. 'Okay how's this? We take Min home, and then we go for a drink at the Unibar?'

When Yunho didn't answer immediately, his face lit up. 'Good! I take that as a yes.'

And so the three of them started walking towards the university lodge, a comfortable silence between them.

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