The Odd Doctor Out | A Drama | S. 2

192 🩺 Friends

Finding the correct door and double checking it with his phone group messages, San pushed open the door to a tea room in the hospital to find Mingi and Seonghwa sitting at a table with steaming cups of ramen in front of them.

'Ya, you should have started eating!' San scolded, seeing they had waited for him. 'What happens if you get paged?!'

'Stop complaining and come and sit down,' Seonghwa said, rolling his eyes. 'I just a came off a double so no one is paging me, and Mingi's preceptor is doing training or something. It's fine. How was class?'

Relieved, San groaned as he thought about class, sliding into the seat opposite his friends. 'Fine. It's kind of hard to believe I'll be graduating soon. Shit. I haven't even been practicing for my recital. Fuck.'

'You should probably do that,' Mingi said, picking up his chopsticks.

But as he did, San looked at him, tilting his head to the side. 'Min, are you okay?'

Mingi frowned, glancing up to look between him and Seonghwa who looked up to see what was wrong. 'Yeah, why?'

'I don't know... You just look... I don't know.'

Mingi touched his own forehead with the back of his hand, glancing at Seonghwa. 'Do I look sick?'

Seonghwa tilted his head a little, feeling his forehead as well. 'Not exactly. Maybe exhausted? You look a bit pale. Do you feel alright?'

Mingi nodded. 'Yeah I feel fine? Maybe just because I've been inside so much I'm getting paler again?'

San gave him a concerned glance before letting it go, picking up his chopsticks. 'Guys I was thinking, if we all put out availability on that spreadsheet, I was going to see if I could try work out a night to have dinner once you finish placement Min, and I have graduated. Thoughts?'

Smiles emerged from behind cups of ramen.

'Better to work something out in advance,' Mingi said, glancing at his phone as it lit up.

'Agreed. You deserve to get lit after four years of uni,' Seonghwa said before picking up ramen with his chopsticks.

San rolled his eyes. 'It could have been less if I didn't swap to part time.'

'Ya, you were working yourself into the ground. Don't even say that,' Mingi scolded, poking his chopsticks at him.

San laughed. 'Jesus, don't attack me, I was just stating the fact.'

Laughing along with his friends, San listened to the stories that they were telling about their days and teasing Seonghwa about his upcoming date, and as he sat back and appreciated the time he was getting to spend with his friends, San smiled to himself.

I have missed these guys.

I've missed this.

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