Before The Storm • Chansoo

*4*

I wake up to the horrible sound of the alarm clock. No matter how many times I hear it, I can never get used to it. I clean myself up and eat the breakfast Eunji prepared before putting on my work attire. In a rush, I grab my keys and bags and headed to the hospital. Only after a few minutes of driving, I clock in and find Yeonghui's name on the patients' board.

"Room 283", I keep his room in the back of my head as I started my rounds. I didn't happen to check all the patients I had before starting, so when I ended up at Yeonghui's room about an hour later, I was surprised to see him as my patient. I walked in to see Junhui sleeping peacefully in the chair next to the bed.

"Hey, Yeonghui. How're you feeling?" He turned his head and smiled, noticing a familiar face.

"Hi, Kyungsoo. I feel fine at the moment, but earlier I had a headache... I don't know if that means anything or if I should tell you that", he mumbled, looking at his hands.

"If you keep having headaches or if they happen to get worse, let a nurse know so they can give you some pain medications." I then began to change Yeonghui's IV.

While changing the IV, Junhui had stirred in the uncomfortable chair.

"Kyungsoo... you're here", he finally spoke after blinking around the room and shifting his eyes towards me

"Good Morning."

"Everything looks as it should, right? Nothing out of the ordinary?" He looked around the hospital bed.

"Yes, everything looks good. From looking at the previous notes from Dr. Song, it seems that he'll be discharged in just a few days", I said as I flipped through the papers on the clipboard.

"Sounds good, thanks Kyungsoo", he rose from the chair to slip on his shoes and jacket. "I'm hungry and I'm sure Yeonghui is as well", he looked over at the bed expectantly. Yeonghui nodded with a smile on his face.

"Oh..! That reminds me. I have a break in a little bit, we could go get something together, yeah?"

"Yeah, let me just get myself situated."

"I'll meet you at the front desk", I gathered my materials and left the room, off to ensure I'd finished all my rounds and drop my bagging off at my locker.

After about 15 minutes, I headed to the front desk to clock out and leave with Jun. "Hey, you ready?" I heard a voice behind me.

"Oh, hey. Yeah, where do you want to go eat?" I asked Jun.

"Anywhere is fine, but I have to get something Yeonghui can eat", he explained.

"I'm sure we can find something. Let's go", I took out my car keys and went outside, where Jun followed me.

...

We quickly found a booth to sit in once we walked into the Subway store. "I'll go order for us", Jun said, setting his things down to order at the clear window. When he came back, we quietly enjoyed our lunch. I looked up at him, who was beginning to speak. "I've been meaning to tell you something. I waited to tell you because I wanted to make sure it was definite before I got anyone's hopes up, but do you know the Choi Enterprises building?"

I nodded. "What about?" I took a sip of the soda he'd brought me.

"I got an internship there. I'm an assistant for the CFO."

My eyes widened in shock. "Really?" My mind whirled to the fact that the one and only CFO at that company was Chanyeol.

"Yup. I'm excited to work there. And between you and me, he's kinda hot, too."