not your typical love story // 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓷. (EDITING...)

CH.36

"by the way," that doctor said, "i believe i should rephrase your earlier comment; it was supposed to be, i finished my session with him later than usual."

he was the new doctor who arrived last week and promptly took over soonyoung's care from doctor lee. he was not a full time employee in the asylum but rather a visiting doctor, just like jihoon used to be.

his thick maroon locks fell softly across his forehead, concealing half of his dark and profound orbs.

"by the way," the doctor inquired, "who were you chatting to earlier?"

jisoo questions, "who? you mean the one who just left before you came?"

"yeah, him," the maroon-haired replied.

jisoo said, "Oh, it was only doctor lee."

the other asked, "doctor lee? by the way, who is this doctor lee?"

"oh, right," jisoo said, smiling, "he was the last doctor that took soonyoung's case before you."

"oh, do you mean lee jihoon?" the maroon-haired doctor said, serious in his tone.

"yeah, i was talking about him," jisoo replied as he flashed the doctor his trademark smile like the gentleman that he is.

the said doctor's visage darkened as a result of the latter's response, his interest piqued by the mentioned individual.

"but why did you asked, doctor?" jisoo asked.

"oh. it's just, he's the person i've been telling you about," his attitude quickly changes as he flashed jisoo a lovely and friendly grin, completely tricking the said man.

"oh, you mean he's the doctor that you wanted to meet the most before you came here, and is the reason that you chose this hospital?" jisoo asked, shocked at the sudden revelation.

"yeah."

"actually, i've been looking for him for such a long time now," the doctor added, barely audible.

jisoo then asked, "oh right. aren't you mingyu's cousin?"

the maroon-haired man smiles and nods. "yeah, i am," he says.

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like dandelions blown away by the harsh wind, the night goes by.

jihoon had not expected to be awoken by the loud sound of his obnoxious ringing phone, which he'd been hearing for about a minute now.

saturday at seven o'clock in the morning.

and it was undeniably a surprisingly freezing and cold morning.

the doctor's pale and slender fingers wander over the nightstand, searching for a certain small item with his eyes still closed tight, and he surprisingly succeeds in one go.

he slipped the phone open and picked the call up without bothering to looked at the identity of the caller or even opening his eyes for a second.

"hum, what is it?" he asked, voice raspy from just waking up.

"oh hey, good morning," said the bright tone from other line, "i believe we've discovered something extremely important just this morning."

as jihoon reads the caller's name, his eyes flickers opened.

it was, of course, the same old cop from before.

before rising up upright in his bed, he questioned, "hm, yeah? what is it?"

"we were able to determine the identity of the person you described before," the officer said.