Trust The Fate

Chapter 8: Ugh!

30 minutes later, a dishevelled male walks into the lobby while putting on his white coat and straight to Minseok who is waiting patiently by the counter. "Minseok, this better be important enough to take my vacation away from me." "Yeah, I'm sorry about that Joonmyeon. Come here, I need your help in examining my patient." "Excuse me, did you lose a limb or what? Why can't you examine your patient?" "Well, I would if she wasn't so traumatized by hybrids and unstable to think rationally." "...What?" "Just come, we don't have much time. The polices had been waiting." "...Wait, hold up. What police?" Minseok doesn't reply and starts dragging a confused Joonmyeon to Youngmi's room. Joonmyeon is busy greeting the policemen as Minseok knocks on the door before going inside, dragging Joonmyeon along. As expected, Youngmi immediately stares at him before switching her gaze to the doctor next to him. "Hey there. Um... This is Dr Joonmyeon. He is a friend of mine that I talked about earlier. As you can see, he's a human." Minseok then nudges Joonmyeon to say something. Bowing, Joonmyeon says "Hello there. I am Dr Joonmyeon. Nice to meet you." He flashes her a warm and gentle smile but Youngmi simply stares at him before looking away. Minseok and Joonmyeon look at each other briefly as Minseok simply looks at him with an 'I told you so' look. Joonmyeon nods in understanding before looking at Taeyeon who is standing awkwardly not so close, yet no so far from the patient's bed, not knowing what to do. "Um... Dr Joonmyeon is going to do some physical examinations on you. Nothing much, just to check on how you are doing," Minseok explains. "Right. I promise I'll be gentle and keep my hands away whenever they are unnecessary. Now, will you let me?" Joonmyeon asks, speaking in the gentlest way possible as if he is talking to a child. Youngmi starts gritting her teeth as she thinks about it and thus here is where her angel and devil debate against each other. 'Well, at least, they are asking for my consent.' 'Consent or not, they are still going to touch me and I don't like that.' 'But they're doctors, that's what they do.' 'Well, not only one of them is a hybrid, both of them happen to be males.' 'The one that is going to examine me is a human though.' 'Doesn't matter. They're both MALES. I hate males.' 'I thought I hate hybrids?' 'Excuse me, keep yourself updated, please. I hate both males AND hybrids.' 'But they are doctors.' 'I don't want them touching me.' 'Well, at least think of it this way, the sooner they check on me, the sooner I'll get out.' 'Well, that sounds like a great idea. The sooner I'll get out, the sooner I'll go home.' 'Well, what am I waiting for?' After a heated discussion with herself, Youngmi allows herself to nod before adding "Only him," as she points to Joonmyeon. "Sure, I'll stay here. I just need to make sure that he is examining you correctly," Minseok states, ignoring the look Joonmyeon gives him. Joonmyeon and Taeyeon then proceed to check Youngmi's condition. It was too overwhelming for her but she could stand it, as long as she's going home.

After around 15 minutes, Joonmyeon is done with his job as he jots down everything on the clipboard. "Well, I am done here. Your condition is alright for the time being. Thank you for your cooperation," he says and as expected Youngmi doesn't even bother opening her mouth. "Well, we'll be taking our leave now. Rest well," Minseok says, bowing before he ushers the others to get out. "How is she?" Jongin asks. "She's alright for the time being, however, she was not responsive. So, you might have a harder time asking her questions," Minseok replies. "It's okay. We weren't expecting her to cooperate instantly after all. We were just planning to ask her a few basic questions. Is it okay if I come in now?" "I think it's okay. But you gotta be gentle with her. We don't want her having a seizure again." "Again?" Joonmyeon asks. "I'll tell you about it later." "Okay then, I'll go in now." Jongin knocks on the door before letting himself in. Minseok and Joonmyeon soon leave the area, leaving Sehun in the waiting area, to go to Minseok's office because Joonmyeon keeps on pestering him to talk about the earlier incident.

"Hyung, hurry up! You're taking forever," Jungkook yells. "Wait a minute! Okay, I'm ready," Jimin yells as he runs out of his room. The rest is already in the car, waiting for the cat to come in before Jungkook hops in. "I'm sorry guys. I couldn't decide whether to wear yellow or white," Jimin sheepishly says. "Right. So you decided to wear blue," Jungkook mocks. "Hey, this is my favourite!" "Okay, boys. Buckle up. I am not getting sue by the traffic polices just because you guys love bickering," Seokjin reminds. The two then quite down as Seokjin starts to drive. It is supposed to be a 30-minute drive from their house to the hospital.