Reminisce || K.S.J.

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"Mr. Kim..." Hyejin tutted at her patient.

Her shift was nearing its end and she just can't wait to sleep back in her dorm. But the embarrassed look the young boy was sporting on his face made her think less of her comfort and more of his hand's condition.

"How did you get your wrist injured?"

"I fell during dance practice and... I don't know...I guess I fell on my hand and it got twisted." The pink-haired boy spoke honestly, and his companion shook his head, as if he's resigned from this happening.

"Well, you're lucky it's just a sprain. " She smiled, turning to take her clipboard and pen. "You need to have it bandaged it until it heals. So you're not allowed to use that hand on straining activities."

"Thank you." He smiled warmly. "What's your name, by the way? I haven't got the chance to ask you earlier."

"Jung Hyejin at your service." She nodded at him. "I just started my internship and you seem to be one of my first patients, Mr. Kim."

"You can call me Namjoon, Dr. Jung. My friend, his name is Seokjin." The boy responded, pointing towards his friend to introduce him as well.

"But you can call me Jin." The brown haired boy smiled at her as he held out his hand, making her smile back unconsciously as she shook hands with him.

"I know.. You're both quite popular anyway . I really love listening to your songs as I study." Hyejin confessed. "Anyways, I hope to never see you here as patients. Please... Well, I don't mean to kick you out of here, but, I don't want to see you getting injured and, ummm.. You get what I mean right?"

"I understand." Namjoon chuckled. "But I can't promise that though."

"Well, I guess we need to be fully stocked with first aid here as always." She tutted. "You're free to go, then. Have a nice day, the two of you."

"Thank you, Dr. Jung." He replied, standing up to leave with the brunet. "We hope to see you again, just not in a hospital though."

"The same with me. Oh, and if we do see each other again, refer to me as Hyejin." She sighed, shaking her head as the two boys left with smiles, going back to the remnants of her work.

Jin came back minutes later with two cups of coffee from the vendo nearby.

"Uhmm, Dr. Jung... I mean, Hyejin? I wanted to give you this." He gives her one before leaving again, and she notices the sticky note on the cup sleeve. His personal number.

Hyejin sighed with a smile, pulling off the note and placing it on her breast pocket before she drank the free coffee in hand.

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She sighed, pulling off her surgical gloves after the long surgery. It was a really long time to hold your emotions at bay, and so she sobbed heartily on the plastic chairs outside the operating room.

Ji Eun passed by her as she threw her gloves as well, embracing her junior in a tight hug, as she was the only one in the hospital that knew so much about her relationship with the patient they had just operated.

"Hye... It's okay to cry. You've been strong enough today. I'm proud of you." Ji Eun rubbed circles on her back as her shoulders rise and fell from crying so hard. "You need to hold on for the both of you, okay. Just be hopeful."

"Unnie..." She sobbed. "I was so hurt at his state.. And I am so freaking scared I'll make his condition worse.. I'm scared."

Ji Eun's eyes softened at her small and cracked voice. "But you are so brave. And times like these, you'll need it more. I'll be here for you when you need me, Jin-ah. But now, go to rest. It's already 2am and you've been up since dawn as I recall."

Jieun stood up and patted her junior on the back and headed towards the staff room. She breathed, as she walked towards the vending machine that's nearest to the ICU, where he lies unconscious.

She sipped her cappuccino as she stared at the window of the ICU, seeing Seokjin in such a state made her lose her appetite on the sandwich Bomi had given to her along the way.

Just how and why did thid happen?

Hyejin's mind is in shambles as she kept her sight on her lover, that she didn't notice Jin's manager and the Bighit CEO approaching her until Mr. Bang had cleared his voice.

"Dr. Jung." He coughed silently. "I didn't expect you would be Seokjin's doctor here..."

He offered a tight lipped smile at her for comfort as she nodded.

"I am, Mr. Bang..." She silently answered, pocketing the sandwich in her doctor's robes and tossing the empty cup of coffee in the bin nearby. "Are you hear to ask for his injuries?"

"That, and I needed to talk to you, Hyejin." He said.

"Why don't we go to my office?" Hyejin nodded, leading them the way.

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