The Odd Doctor Out | A Drama | S. 1

92 🩺 Out Of Touch

Mingi sat at uni in the library in a secluded little booth in the far corner on his phone. Content with AirPods in his ears, he was FaceTiming with his Seonghwa and San as though he were sitting at the table with them.

And so as one might have expected, he almost jumped through the roof when a hand came down on his shoulder.

Glancing up, his gaze met Yunho.

'Oh?' He took his left AirPod out and moved over for him to sit if he wanted to. However the moment he remembered that he and San were best friends, he immediately took a put from his ear and put it in his hand, pulling him down to sit beside him.

Frowning in confusion, Yunho put the ear pod in and looked at the screen. It took a few seconds for him to process, but suddenly, his face went a little pale, and his eyes widened. 'Shit, San-ah, are you okay?! What happened? Why do you look so upset and why are you at the hospital this late at night?'

Mingi positioned the camera so the both of them were in view, Yunho shuffling in so their arms touched to make it easier. On the other end of the phone, Mingi could see his friends sitting in the mess hall, San tucked in against Seonghwa's arm.

'Wooyoung isn't well...'

Yunho frowned. 'That guy from the dinner the other night?'

San nodded. But apparently deciding to hold his tongue, Mingi tried to help him. 'San and Woo bonded really quickly, and a few nights ago Wooyoung got sick.' He gave Yunho gentle, concerned eyes as he added somewhat softly, 'San feels bad for not bringing him to hospital sooner... Wooyoung's pretty unwell at the moment...'

Yunho looked between San and Mingi, processing. The genuine worry in his expression was impossible to miss. 'How bad is 'pretty unwell...?''

Mingi shook his head, indicating that wasn't  a good question to be asking. He covered his mouth from the camera view and mouthed pretty bad, before changing the subject altogether. 'Hwa, how's Yeosang and Hongjoong doing?'

But San groaned, pushing into Seonghwa's side in hopes of a hug. 'I don't think either of them are doing any good,' San said sourly. 'Yeosang is his legal brother. Did you know that?'

'Shh,' Seonghwa hushed, reaching an arm around him and rocking him a little. 'They're both doing really well. Yeosang looked after San while they were waiting for him to come out of surgery,' he said, and Yunho's eyes widened a little at the mention on surgery, his gaze lifting to Mingi in worried surprise. 'Yeosang eventually fell asleep at the bedside, and while San was with him, Hongjoong slept a bit. They're doing the best that they can be.'

'That's good,' Mingi breathed. He couldn't even imagine what it would feel like if it had' ve been one of his own friends in that bed, and he'd only known them since high school... Hongjoong and Yeosang had known Wooyoung all their lives... 'Wait... I thought Yeosang and Wooyoung had different surnames,' Mingi wondered aloud.

'They do. Jung and Kang. I'm not sure why, but they're legally family apparently, so Yeosang's been speaking to the doctor,' Seonghwa said, stroking San's shoulder calmly. 'San-ah, if you finish your sandwich, then we can go back to his room if you like.'

San nodded, but didn't seem particularly excited to finish his meal.

'Guys, I'm going to finish dinner with San. I'll call you again tomorrow morning Min.'

Mingi shook his head. 'Don't worry about it, Hwa.' Leaning right up to the camera, Mingi met his eyes with San's. 'San-ah, I'm gunna come in tomorrow. I'll bring you a change of clothes and your toothbrush. Okay?'