𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 || 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘞𝘪𝘯

Chapter 1

*beep beep beep beep beep beep*

The sharp sound of the pager woke up a first-year resident internist, Win Metawin. He quickly hopped out of the bunk bed, grabbed his white coat next to him and rushed out to the ER. The ER was noisy and chaotic as always. "It's a heart attack!" the EMT yelled as they brought the patient inside.

Win then checked the patient thoroughly and yelled, "EKG!" The nurses set up the EKG and came to the conclusion the patient wasn't looking good. "BP 170/110! She's crashing! Page Dr. Tawan to OR, STAT!" Win yelled to one of the nurses.

That is how the daily life of the hectic emergency room looked like. Win hasn't even slept for two hours the past 36 hours. He was on-call duty was 96 hours long.

***

"Did she make it?" Win asked to one of the surgical resident, Thannam.

"Yeah, barely. She's in the ICU, we have to observe her over the night," she replied. "She was an AVR patient."

"Oh, that's bad. But I believe Dr. Tawan is a very skilled doctor," he agreed, "and I should go back to sleep even if it's just 15 minutes. I have a 96-hour long shift."

"Good luck, N'Win. I feel like I need a long shower after a 9-hour long surgery too. I'll see you later," Thannam left.

Win was walking towards the on-call room where he noticed two doctors whispering.

"Have you replaced the original file?" one of them asked.

"Yes, and I already changed the records as requested."

"Good."

"What if others find out? We both might get fired."

"Only that way, Vachirawit will be kicked out of the team."

"Ok, fine."

"Where did you keep the original file? We should shred it."

"Yeah, it's in my office. I'll do it once I get there but I need to check on one of my patients."

The two doctors were about to leave so Win quickly pretended he was trying to buy a drink from the vending machine and put on his AirPods. He recognized one of the seniors, it was P'Dim, a senior resident from cardiology. Win just pretended he never heard anything.

After a lucky 4-hour sleep, he came out of the on-call room and headed to the ER until he heard a bunch of nurses crying at the nurse station. "Ladies, are you alright?" he asked. Jennie, the head nurse turned around, drowned in tears, "It's Bright Vachirawit! He's upstairs."

Win was a bit confused so he kept quiet. "Look, he's the striker of Bangkok F.C. He was found guilty of substance abuse. I can't believe it's happening!" one of the nurses showed the picture of Bright on her phone.

"Huh... you all like football? I never knew," Win asked.

"No," all the nurses replied at once.

"Then how do you know him and even cry for him?" Win asked back.

"Of course it's because he's handsome! How do you not know Bright Vachirawit!!!" Jennie almost yelled too loud.

Win just scratched the back of his head. "Wait, did you say Vachirawit?" Win suddenly recalled that name in the conversation he eavesdropped earlier.

"Yeah, Bright Vachirawit, why?" the nurse asked back.

"N-nothing. I should go," Win then left.

***

After checking on the patients, Win started feeling a bit thirsty so he headed to the vending machine to get a drink. There was a guy buying so he quietly waited. However, the guy was staring at the vending machine blankly without doing anything.

"Excuse me, are you going to buy or not?" Win asked.

The guy turned around with a pissed look on his face. He didn't say anything and pressed C1 and simply left before the drink came out. "Ao, sir, excuse me? Your drink?" Win grabbed the guy's arms and tried to stop him.

"You take it." he murmured and left. Win grabbed the Pepsi and sighed, "I don't drink gas drinks though. But... thanks."

***

"N'Win, can you go to Dr. Chanagun's office and grab the file on the lap appy patient?" a senior resident internist asked Win. He nodded his head and headed towards Dr. Chanagun's office. When he got there, he knocked several times but there was no answer. When he tried to open it, the office was unlocked. He knew that if he went back barehand, the senior resident will definitely scold him so he decided to just go in.

On the table were a bunch of case files. As he tried to file the lap appy patient's file, one of the names on the case files caught his eye: Vachirawit Chivaree. Not being able to control himself, Win decided to open the files. The information inside shocked him. The substance use test came back negative, meaning he never used it. He quickly took photos of it as proof since there was not enough time to photocopy it. After that, he grabbed the right case file and rushed out of the office.

"N'Win!" someone called out of his name. He felt his soul left him as he dropped the case file in his hands. He turned around to see Thannam.

"Are you ok? You look like a ghost. Did I scare you that much?" she laughed as she helped him pick up the case files. "Lap appy patient? Who's operating?" she asked.

"Dr. Vorakorn is taking the case," Win replied.

"Oh... okay. Are you sure you're okay? You look a bit shaken up." Thannam asked again.

"P'Thannam, I have a question for you," Win took a deep breath. "So... this is my friend's situation, alright. He-" before he could continue, she cut him off.

"It's your situation, who are you trying to lie," she rolled her eyes.

"Ugh, fine. I- I... I just wanna poop." he blurted out.

Thannam went speechless and stared at him for a few seconds before leaving.

He just sighed. Maybe the best situation right now is to go and talk to Vachirawit and tell him the truth before it's too late. He walked towards the nurse station to get the room number only to find the nurses crying again.

"What's wrong again?" he asked.

"What's wrong? You could ask what's wrong? Everything's wrong! N'Bright is mysteriously discharged and he posted an official announcement he is leaving Bangkok F.C." Jennie, the head nurse explained.

"He left?" Win was shocked. All the nurses nodded.

He then pulled up his phone and looked for a phone number from the case file picture he took. But his hands were so unstable, the last digit of the phone number was cut off. The only usable information left was the physical address.

"Hia!" Win murmured.

*****

Hey guys! I just started the 2gether series and BrightWin were just so lovely I couldn't help but write this fanfiction for them!! I know it's a bit sloppy and I haven't gone through proper editing but I just couldn't wait to upload it! I hope you guys enjoy!