"I'm doing the right thing...right?" Jaehyun asked for the nth time as Areum stepped into the OR, walking over to the operating table where he was awaiting surgery
"Yeah...yeah you are" she reassured, a smile that could be seen through her mask as her eyes lit up with hope, believing he would be okay
"I mean like...I've seen like a good few wake surgeries performed but I've never...had to experience it on this end" Jaehyun said with a dry chuckle, not exactly finding humour in the situation
"You'll be fine...I prom—" she cut herself off as his eyes narrowed at her playfully, backtracking her words as she heard Jaemin step into the theatre as well, getting his gloves put in
Don't make promises you know you can't keep.
"You'll be fine. Now shut up and stop worrying baldie" Areum said quickly and he let out a light laugh, his hand running over his unfortunately shaved head before the surgery
"Why? Is it giving you the ick?" Jaehyun asked with a smirk
"Wow...you're about to get your head cut open and you're worried about giving me the ick" she said with a humoured grin on her lips
"Of course...I can't wait to ask you out when I'm done with the surgery—"
"And I can't wait until you get knocked out from the sedation" she said through a forced laugh as a few of the nurses eavesdropped on their conversation.
"Okay, the tumour is small in this case and shouldn't take too long. If the patient is ready to proceed we can start the operation" Jaemin called out quickly, getting everyone's attention on Jaehyun who took a minute to think in silence before he nodded
"I'm ready" Jaehyun said nervously and Jaemin nodded
"Dr. Kim start the anaes—"
"Wait! Just give me a second" Jaehyun said quickly, causing a slight awkward silence around his table and Areum turned to him as Jaemin walked to his post
"You okay?" Areum asked and Jaehyun nodded slowly
"Yeah just...nerves" He answered, his eyes looking all around the room to try and find a distraction
"Hey, you'll be okay. I'll keep you updated through the whole surgery. Just count down from ten, alright?" She said, making him smile as he remembered it was usually the method he would use on nervous children.
At the end of the day it seemed that everyone was still the same nervous child they were since the beginning.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, yellow...cat...apple"
"Wow" Areum said, stifling back a small laugh as she looked up at Jaemin who wore a smile on his face, causing the nurses to relax in the OR.
"Nurse Shin, can you find my glasses? They should be in my coat" Jaemin said with a sigh, getting everyone's attention towards the nurse who rushed to listen to his command. He was already gloved up and couldn't touch anything else around him except the sterile object.
"Here you go sir" she said politely, extending them out to him as they stared at each other in silence for a second
"Oh..." she trailed off, sheepishly smiling before she unfolded the thin metal bars of the glasses and moved closer towards him to place them on top of his nose carefully. Areum felt a little sting in her stomach at the sight of it although it was a fairly normally thing that usually happens. Still, he could've asked me—Areum focus!
"Can you attach the light?" Jaemin asked again, pointing at the flashlight lens that would usually be attached on top of glasses to make sure surgeons had the best view possible
"Are we ready to start?" Jaemin asked once he was ready to go, looking at Areum to get a final nod before turning to Dr.Kim.
"Pain sedation is successful, waking up the patient now, should only take a minute or two" Dr. Kim stated sharply
"You'll need to stay with us and monitor wake levels, he should be conscious enough to think and move but the motor nerves should be limited still" Jaemin advised
"Starting the incision, Dr. Jung do you want to step in for this part?" Jaemin asked, making Areum meet his eyes as he offered a simple smile but she reluctantly denied
"I think...I'll just stay here with Jaehyun if that's okay?" She asked with a pleading smile on her face
"You're the assisting surgeon..." Jaemin said with a smaller voice, trying to make his point that he couldn't have everything go her way when they were in a room full of nurses
"Y-yes...sorry" she said, clearing her throat and stepping beside him to see the marked incision line along the scalp
"You can do this right?" Jaemin asked with a small voice, eyeing her carefully as he held the scalpel for her with one hand and she nodded
"Yeah...of course" she said confidently, taking the thin blade from his hand. It wasn't long before she had used the skills she had learned from her time at the hospital, successfully cutting the relevant parts open and using the medical drills to get access to the necessary part of the brain.
"Nicely done" Jaemin said, his hands moving towards the smaller needle like tools as he got ready to probe the neurons in the brain, a small tv with a scan showing any activity near him.
"Wake the patient" he said calmly to anaesthesiologist, having done this a few times already
"You have about thirty minutes to operate" the doctor said back and Jaemin nodded, starting the more delicate process of the operation while Areum watched closely
"He's waking up" The nurse called out to get their attention and before Jaemin could say anything further, Areum had already taken steps towards the patient's side, watching his eyes slowly start to move under his lids as he regained consciousness
"Dr. Jung, I need you up here for the brain mapping phase" Jaemin said clearly, his eyes looking up through the metal frames of his glasses as he watched her movements
"He's going to be confused when he wakes up and there's a high chance he'll go into shock. We should rule out any stress responses first" Areum said back, her eyes lifting up to meet his as well
"Do you disagree?" She asked, holding his gaze for another few seconds before he ultimately lowered his gaze back to what he was doing
"No, you can proceed" he said, his lips tugging up behind the thin fabric of the mask that hid half of his face
"I trust your judgement." He said and Areum's shoulders visibly relaxed at the words, they were finally seeing each other eye to eye
"I think the intern just broke Dr. Na" one the nurses whispered from the back of the room, unbeknownst to the two doctors who carried on with one of the most difficult surgeries
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orgasm donor | na // on hold
Fanfiction"I have to do your performance review" "Alright well how about I give you a performance to review?" ________ A book in which, the young and eccentric, Na Jaemin decided to donate something other than his blood to the kind hearted nurse who started w...
