New Beginnings- Jicheol

Chapter 13

"Yoon Jeonghan?" the nurse opened the curtain. Seungcheol and Jeonghan both looked up.

"You must be Jeonghan. I'm Doctor Lee," a young doctor with a gummy smile said, shaking Jeonghan's hand.

"Uh, so is there anything wrong?" Jeonghan asked nervously. He never liked hospitals. They were full of bad news.

"Well, I took a look at your X-ray and... you have a mild form of scoliosis and that fall didn't help. Have you had pain already?" Dr Lee asked Jeonghan, sitting down.

"Uh, yeah," Jeonghan responded, looking at his hands.

"Okay, it's only mild, so I will prescribe you some pain killers for the fall and I will refer you to a chiropractor. You'll receive a call about setting up an appointment in the next couple days," Dr. Lee said, handing Jeonghan the prescription. Jeonghan nodded and thanked him.

"Oh, also, don't take part in any strenuous activity. Be gentle and be careful, because even though the fall didn't cause something serious, we don't know about next time. So, be careful," Dr. Lee suddenly turned around and told the two. Seungcheol responded with, "Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't do something dumb."

"Are you two together?" Dr. Lee smiled brightly.

"What? No, no. I'm just his friend. His boyfriend wasn't able to come," Seungcheol explained with Jeonghan shivering at the thought.

"I see. Well, I hope I see you again. Actually, no, I don't want to see you again because that means that you're hurt. Just... stay safe. You can leave after the nurse comes by with some paperwork," Dr. Lee rambled before leaving. The nurse walked back with some forms to sign and in a couple minutes, they were back in Seungcheol's car, heading to the pharmacy.

"I guess we should call the kids to tell them that you're okay," Seungcheol said softly before patting Jeonghan's head. He always did that to calm him down, ever since they were children. Jeonghan sighed.

"I guess," Jeonghan responded, taking his phone out to group call them. He felt a little shocked and upset. He felt bad for Jisoo that he would have to take care of him. He didn't blame Jisoo's dad. He was angry. He just wanted to take a break. He wanted to take away Jisoo's burdens, but he knew that he couldn't. He pressed the group video call button. Right away, Seokmin picked up.

"HYUNG! I HEARD YOU WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL!" Seokmin yelled.

"Aish, Seokmin, you can speak to Jeonghan, but can you please be quiet? The professor told us to start to work on this damn case and we've been working 15 hours on it and I don't know how we can prove that he was innocent and I can't fail this assignment," Luna snapped, which made sense because she'd been awake for over 24 hours.

"I'm fine. I just need to be careful and take some painkillers. I need to visit a chiropractor," Jeonghan said, trying to smile at Seokmin.

"What's this about a chiropractor?" Mingyu asked from Wonwoo's phone.

"I have to go to a chiropractor because they found that I have a mild form of scoliosis," Jeonghan murmured.

"Oh. We were going to come to the hospital, but Seungcheol told us to wait," Wonwoo butt in. Jeonghan mouthed a quick thank you to Seungcheol. Seungcheol knew how Jeonghan was. He liked taking care of others, but he didn't like when others saw him when he was hurt. Jeonghan would feel defenseless and he hates pity. Even though they were all his best friends, he only let Seungcheol know that.

"We're at the pharmacy, so just pass on the information to the others," Jeonghan hung up and Seungcheol came around to open the door.

"Are you sure you want to come in?" Seungcheol looked worried, still giving Jeonghan his hand.