Ash slowly opened her eyes, ready for the bright lights to hit her eyes but it was dark, she quickly got up and looked around, no one was in the room. She also realized that there was a blanket on top of her and a pillow under her head. Her shoes were off and lying next to the couch, neatly. She scratched her head, not understanding what exactly happened. She looked at the time and it was 3 am! She had decided to take a nap at 8 pm of the previous day..She wore her shoes and walked to the bed, the patient wasn't there.
"oh shoot no! the professor probably saw me sleeping. What if.." Ash covered her face in horror, "what if..the patient .." Ash was too scared to complete her sentence..she rubbed her forehead, worried
"I'm still alive, so don't worry.." a voice said from behind Ash, which caused Ash to let out a tiny shriek
"sorry..I didn't mean to scare you.." the person said bowing slightly. He was holding his drip stand and was in the hospital gown, so Ash figured he must be the patient.
"no! no..it's alright..you didn't please.." Ash said softly, getting out of his way and politely gesturing towards his bed to sit down.
He smiled and for no reason a smile crept on Ash's lips too. She looked at him, like a drunk person.
"is everything alright?" he asked Ash
"hm? oh..yes..I just.." Ash bit her lip shyly, "you have a really cute smile.." she whispered softly, blushing hard.
He instantly blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, looking away, "not as pretty as yours.." he replied shyly. Which hit Ash like an arrow, which was aimed towards her heart.
"oh sorry, my name is Kim Myung Suk..I am 24 years old, I study history..I have a heart disease, which isn't very important right now.." Myung Suk expectantly looked at Ash
Ash had a silly smile plastered on her face, "I..my name is Ash Tuan, I am a medical student, I am doing an internship here, it's a paid internship..what else..oh yes! I'm going to let you guess my age.." Ash said playfully
"Hm..Ash Tuan, that's a very exotic name, it's actually really beautiful..and you look like you're 16 or 17 but you're probably 23 or 24?" Myung suk asked
Ash grinned but didn't reply.
"oh right! the professor..did she see me sleeping?" Ash asked, biting her upper lip and raising her eyebrows, now Myung Suk had a silly smile on his face, "my mom? no, she's still in the surgery room. She must be really tired.." Myung Suk made a sad face as he thought about his mother
"wait what?! MOM?!!" Ash asked shocked
"yes.." Myung Suk replied, but his eyes were on Ash's collar, "your collar.." he pointed out by touching his own collar. Ash tried looking at it, she squinted, closed one eye to focus from the other and tried fixing it but couldn't.
Myung Suk tried suppressing his laugh, he pursed his lips tightly and gestured slowly, for Ash to come near. She scratched her head and bit the inner side of her lip as she walked towards him
He leaned towards Ash to fix her collar, Ash's hair was touching his face now. "there.." he said leaning back and smiling
"th- thank you.." Ash hardly said, he just waved it off and then raised his hands to fix her hair. her disheveled hair. "your hair smells good..but, didn't you brush it after washing?" he asked, running his fingers down her hair
Ash gave an embarrassed smile and tried fixing it herself. "I was..in a hurry.." she said turning around quickly looking for something to do.
Myung Suk softly smiled as he took his shoes off and positioned himself on the bed.
Ash tied her laces and fixed her hair quickly and almost jumped in surprise when she saw her reflection in the glass window, it looked like someone applied current to her hair and she looked really bad.
Then she saw the professor coming to the room, she sighed a sigh of relieve and quickly walked towards the door
"Professor!" Ash enthusiastically bowed, "Ash..thank you so much for looking after him while I was gone..I hope it wasn't much worry.." Miss Kim asked
"oh no no ma'am..it was absolutely no problem..then, I'll be going home now.." Ash quickly bowed and smiled
"wait..doctor Ash.." Myung Suk called, to which both the professor and Ash reacted the same, they were both confused and shocked.
"ye-yes?" Ash asked turning around to look at him
He looked at her carefully, "would you like to have a cup of coffee with me once I get discharged? tomorrow, probably?" he asked innocently
Ash didn't believe him at first, but she saw how his eyes were sparkling..his expressions were genuine. A body never lies and..his pupils were enlarged, he was blushing and was genuinely hoping for a yes. so, she nodded her head, "sure! make sure you get well quickly!" she exclaimed as she walked towards him
He tried getting up but Ash gestured him not to..she took her phone out but before doing anything with it she looked at the professor, asking for her permission.
The professor thought for a minute, she was reluctant but she did allow Ash to share her contact with him.
As Ash was leaving, Miss Kim thought of seeing her off, "Ash..I don't want you to get hurt..that is the only reason I was a bit reluctant..otherwise, I have nothing against you going out with Myung Suk..you know..I always talk to him about you, how you're so quiet and shy all the time but when you're asked to write..it's as if there are not words but pictures on the page.." the professor said rubbing Ash's back
This was news for Ash because she didn't know that her writing was appreciated like this.
"ma'am no one will get hurt, he'll be fit as a fiddle soon! Don't lose hope.." Ash said bowing
the professor smiled upon hearing her words, "thank you Ash.."
