The Odd Doctor Out | A Drama | S. 1

80 🩺 The Beauty Inside

The two pulled up into a small car parking lot behind a doctors family practise, and Mingi was surprised when Yunho took they key out of the ignition and got out.

'Wait -' He quickly got out of the car, chasing to keep up. 'Why are we... are you unwell?'

'No no. I just wanted to show you something.'

'Wait- I don't think this is the front door...'

Yunho took his wrist and led him around the back. He then pulled out his keys, inserted one into the lock, and somehow, the door unlocked.

Mingi's eyes widened.

'Come on.'

Being led inside, Yunho turned only the light on above the door in the hallway, the orange glow the only light source in the now dark practise.

'U-uh, Yunho... A-are we...'

'Are we braking and entering? No. My parents own the practice.'

A wave of relief washed over him, followed instantly by confusion.

'What are we doing here...?'

He let Yunho lead him through some door and coridoors into what seemed like tha back corner of the practice. He then opened a door and peered inside. It was dark, but here, Mingi had been right. There were windows on both sides of the corner room, letting in the moonlight outside.

'What are we doi-...'

As Yunho led him in, he saw a table in the middle of the room, with a dark object sitting atop it.

His heart skipped a beat.

Immediately, his heart rate increased, and his stomach filled with butterflies... I don't want to deal with specimens right now... I can't...

But something was different... The smells were different... The feeling was different...

Yunho slipped his hand into his, and locked eyes with him in the dark. 'Do you trust me?'

Mingi bit his lips nervously.

Yunho smiled. 'Take your shoes off.'

Mingi frowned. 'What?'

'You heard me.' He nudged his shoulder with his own, and so Mingi obliged. He slipped his shoes off, and then looked back.

Yunho took him a step closer to the table, and with that one step, Mingi's grip on his hand tightened considerably. 'Mingi-yah. What's your favourite colour?'

'M-my what?'

'Your favourite colour. Or colours? If you have multiple. That's okay too.'

Mingi, confused, nervously glance from the table in the centre of the room, out the window. 'Midnight blue...'

'That's nice.. Suits you.' He took another step forward. 'What is your favourite season?'

'Wh- what?'

Yunho used his free hand to rub Mingi's arm. 'Trust me. What is your favourite season?'

Mingi gulped. I trust you... 'Autumn...'

'Why?'

'Because all the trees go that golden colour and it's calm and not hot but not cold, and waiting for the first snowfall for the year is like waiting for a surprise gift...'

He didn't know when, or how he'd made it, but suddenly, he was at the table.

'O-oh?'

Holding Yunho's hand fiercely, he reached out his other shakily towards the dark object on the table...