love-struck | winrina

- 5

Minjeong was fidgeting. Hands trembling, nerves shaking. She's nervous.

All she ever did was watch as the children color the give outs she gave them, with different cartoon characters in it. The children were happily doing so and Minjeong really has nothing to worry about, except that she knows Minji has been looking at her from time to time, beaming her cheeky smile, and Minjeong knows it has no double meaning or whatsoever. But, she sees the glint in Minji's eyes and almost the knowing smirk at the end of it.

Now Minjeong is more nervous than ever. She knows it was absurd, acting like a teenager who was caught eyeing her crush. She's an adult for goodness' sake so why is she acting like this?

Totally immature, she thought.

Minjeong proceeds to roam around, checking the children's works and giving them a short smile to show them that they did well. The smile on their faces after makes Minjeong wants to hug them and squish them, "Why are they so cute?" she says in a muttered breath.

She stopped directly on Minji's seat, because of a little hand tugging hers, she has no choice but to bent down and listen to what the child say.

"Teacher Kim, look at this!"

"What is it?" Minjeong took the paper from the child's hands, and she smiled when she realized it was a drawing of her family. Even it was only a stick figure and a bunch of doodles, Minjeong could make it out. Her mother, Doctor Yu, and her little Minji, holding each other's hands. It was an endearing sight for Minjeong.

Minjeong doesn't ask more, and gives a pat to Minji's head. She sees Hanni and almost laughs when she saw how she was drawing her, Minji, and Haerin, playing together. It was great that they all finally got along and how Minji got a little bit jealous at how quick they became close with each other.

"Kids, really..." she mumbled.

—

The last patient who had an appointment for them today had finished and at last, Jimin and Yeji can finally rest. Breathe for a while since they had to work ever since the busy hour started. They really wasn't expecting for the increase to their patients today but had no time to complain and did what they had to do.

Jimin slept for a while, since they still have to do a round-abouts for the equipments later and a report about the clinic today. Jimin was dreaming of something. But it was all cut off when a hand pokes her and she can hear Yeji's voice in the distance.

"Yeji? How long have I slept?"

"It wasn't even sleep to begin with, only for 30 minutes? Anyway I got a call from the hospital a while ago and told us that at night's shift, Doctor Kang and Doctor Bae will be replacing us. We're needed immediately at the hospital Jimin, and it seems important. You still have to pick Minji up from school later. Don't you have anyone who can watch her for a while?" Yeji asks her, worried about Minji's wellbeing too.

"Uhh... I, I have no one. Damn it, when do they want us there?" Jimin starts to fix herself, standing up and arranging the scattered papers that has flown everywhere since she slept. She fixes her coat and smooths out the creases in them.

"Now that I don't know."

—

Minjeong was walking to her desk, holding her students artwork while humming. This is good. Very good. She managed to forget Jimin for a while and it really is good. (Did she really?)