Law and Love (Showki fanfic)

Ch. 14: Salty but Sweet

Kihyun

"Excuse me," I asked with an eyebrow raised. "What makes you think that it is okay for you to do so," I scoffed.

"It is my job to protect and to serve the people. You are one of them," he says after thinking about it for a few seconds. 

"But...I... you....I guess," I huffed. He rolls his eyes at me and continues on walking while carrying me. My cheeks burned with embarrassment at this predicament. For what felt like an hour but only eight minutes, we finally reached the car. 

"I'm going to set you down now, so I can unlock the car," he announces. I mutely nodded not wanting to talk to him with his face so close to mine. Not that it mattered.... 

*car unlocks*

He opens the passenger side door for me to get in. I got in a bit slowly for my liking due to the injury. "I have to go back and retrieve  the kit back and then we can go," he says before closing the door,  and leaves without waiting to hear my response. 

~five minutes later~

He comes back and loads the kit into the truck before getting into the car.

"Buckle up," he says as he turns on the engine.

"Yes, Sir," I said sarcastically to spite him and I already put on the seat belt. He looks at me with a surprised look, but was quick to school his expression. He clears his throat awkwardly and then proceeded to drive onto the road we took to get to the crime scene. 

~at Kim & Sons' pharmacy and clinic~

*bell rings*

"Hello, is anyone here," Hyunwoo asks.

*thud* *bang* *creek* *thud*

A guy in a white coat that looked around our age comes stumbling out of the door behind the counter. 

"Hello, welcome to Kim & Sons' pharmacy and clinic. I'm Doctor Kim Junmyeon. How may I help you today," the doctor says.

"My fri- my colleague here injured his leg and I was wondering if you can take a look at it," Hyunwoo says before I could.

"Of course. Come on through," he says and leads us to a room. Hyunwoo eases me onto the bed and sits down on a chair next to the bed. "Okay, let's see what the damage is. If I could," he says.

"Yes," I said. He smiles and rolls up my left pant leg up. I winced slightly as his fingers barely grazed my leg. 

"Oh, sorry," Junmyeon says before continuing his examination. He gently grabs my ankle and rotates it slightly. I gasped as pain shot up my leg. "Nothing too serious. Just a few bruises, and sprained ankle."

"Really?"

"Yep. I have seen this kind of injury a lot. My boys love to play fight and run around do god knows what," he chuckles.

"Ahh, it must be tough," I smiled.

"It's okay. They are little brats and always cause me to worry, but I love each and every single one of them....Oh my god. I am rambling again. Sorry," Junmyeon says as he awkwardly massaged the back of his neck.

"It's okay. No worries," I replied. Junmyeon gets up and opens the cabinet next to Hyunwoo to look for something. 

"Oh dear. The ointment isn't here. I will be right back," he says before exiting the room.

Hyunwoo

"Okay," Kihyun answered. Just then, I saw a little boy standing outside the door.  Kihyun noticed him too and smiled at him. Kihyun beckoned him to come in. The boy opens the door wider and steps in. He has the cutest pout and he was holding onto a dark red blanket. "Hi there," Kihyun coos. 

He doesn't reply and steps back when he locked eyes with me.

"Don't worry about that meanie looking ahjussi," Kihyun says. I scoffed and crossed my arms. I am not mean looking. The boy tugs the blanket up closer and walks over to Kihyun. "You are so cute. Are you one of Dr. Kim's sons? What is your name," Kihyun asks in a tone that I never heard him use before.

"Yea.....mi namu ish Kim Jongin. I ish this many," Jongin says and holds out six fingers while still holding onto the blanket. "You huert?"

"Just a little."

"I don't wike it when pepull are huert," Jongin says. 

"Aww, you're so sweet" he says to the kid. " Isn't he so adorable, Hyunwoo ssi," Kihyun asks me suddenly. 

"Yes," I said nonchalantly trying to pretend that I wasn't watching Kihyun being just as adorable with the kid. 

"Jongin, what are you doing in here," Junmyeon says as he comes back in with a small glass bottle. 

"Appah, me gawd. No bahd," he babbles and reaches up to his dad. 

"I know. Jonginie is good. Can you go play with your brothers? Appa has work to do," Junmyeon says after he squats down to his son's eye level.

"But....I wanna plah with Appah," Jongin whines.

"Didn't you say you are a good boy," his dad asks.

"Yesh. NiNi is a gawd boi. Butter than Sehun," he shouts.

"Oh, then will you go play with your brothers now," Junmyeon asks. Jongin nods and runs out of the room with his dark red blanket trailing behind him.

"Did he bother you two?  I always tell them not to come into the clinic," the doctor says.

"It's fine. He wasn't a bother," Hyunwoo replies.

"Good. Okay then," the doctor chuckles. He grabs a cotton ball from a jar on the desk and wets it with some of the ointment. It has a very pungent smell. He dabs it on the areas where bruises were forming and puts some on my ankle. "It will only smell this bad for a day or two. Herbal medicine is like that," he says as if he knew what I was thinking about.

Then, he tosses the cotton ball away and takes a roll of bandages. He wraps up my ankle in it and tapes it closed. "There we go," he hums after he hands Kihyun a crutch.

"Thank you so much, Doctor Kim," Kihyun said as he takes it, and pays for the treatment.

"No problem. Be careful now and don't get hurt again. Have a nice day," he smiles. 

"You too," Kihyun and I said at the same time somehow before exiting the clinic.

"Jinx," I said quickly without thinking.

"What are you like five," Kihyun snorts.