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oblivious 🐰⭐️

requested by -Hikachuu

For someone so intelligent, Dr. Minjeong was the most oblivious person Jaemin had ever met in his entire life.

At first he'd thought it was a misunderstanding, so he'd watched human couples interact, read a little about human psychology, and even mimicked some of the flirtations in the human literature, which somehow existed on his dad's book shelf, hoping that, if he wasn't quite doing it right, at least Minjeong might get the idea from the literary reference.

It was late April when Jaemin awoke with a minor headache. He knew, realistically, that he should have just taken a couple of painkillers, drank a lot of water, and gone about his day completely normally. But, for some reason, all he wanted to do was lay in bed all day.

Jaemin doesn't believe in love at first sight, but the moment he saw Minjeong, he knew that he had fallen in love with the young doctor. Since then, he would pretend to be sick just to see Minjeong's pretty face.

And today it happened again, with him completely lying about being sick just to have Minjeong around. Jaemin is under his warm duvet, waiting for his parents to tell his favourite doctor to check up on him. Just imagining her face makes him feel giddy inside.

"Son, Dr Minjeong's here!" His mother announced, opening up the beloved son's bedroom door. Beside her is Dr Minjeong, who Jaemin had been crushing on since the first time he saw her become his family's personal doctor.

Dr. Minjeong enters his bedroom with her medical bag, smiling a little at Jaemin as a sign of greeting. Jaemin tried to hide his grin while watching his crush checking up on him, even though it's a forced one, but he doesn't care, as long as he could see her face that day.

"How are you feeling today, Jaemin-ssi?" She asked while starting to pull out something from the medical bag.

And that was the cue for him to start his acting. "My head hurts. I feel like dying," he said with a trembling voice. Minjeong nods as she listens to him as she puts a thermometer in his ear to check his temperature.

"No fever," she commented.

"Open your mouth." Minjeong ordered, and Jaemin was quick to comply. After doing some basic checks on him, the doctor concludes that he is just having a simple headache. "I will give you some pills to ease your headache. You should be all better by tomorrow. So, I'm going to take my leave now."

Jaemin frowned internally after hearing that she wanted to go already, but he just nodded. Although it was a short time, he was satisfied to see Minjeong's face that day.

"Thank you, doctor." Minjeong hums as a reply as she takes her leave from the Na's residence.

Not long after, Jaemin's mother enters his bedroom again and sits beside her curled up son. She brushed Jaemin's hair gently, saying, "You really like her, sweetheart?"

Jaemin nods in his answer. "You don't have to always pretend to be sick to see her, son. You just have to tell her how you feel." His mother's hazel eyes, so filled with warmth, stared at him with adoration.

"But it's not easy, mom, and this is the only way to get her attention." Jaemin sighed. His mother nods, caring for Jaemin's face with love. "I know, but you can't always pretend to be sick just to take her time coming here every week. Or perhaps you want me to convey your feelings on your behalf?"