Chapter 12
"Saw the articles?"
"About what?"
"About us coming in public with our relationship, they all came out yesterday after my company released a clip of us…"
"Yeah I saw them…"
"They're all positive! Even the comments… And we suddenly became a power couple… A surgeon and an idol… I like it…" he said
"Tccch! But I'm actually really thankful for people who supported our relationship… Wait I think I'm receiving a call from my friend…"
I answered the phone
"Arry!! Hi!! You called, what's up?"
"Ya!!! What's up?!?!" Maybe she already saw the articles, I put her up on speaker mode so Brix could hear her reaction too…
"Articles are all over my feed!!! Is this true??"
"Hello this is Brix nice to meet you Arry!" Brix suddenly spoke to prove her it's true
"What the?!? Xia!! What's that?? You're playing a prank on me, right?!?"
"No! she's not playing a prank on you… Hahahaha!!" he answered again while I laughed while listening to her epic reaction.
"Oh my Gosh!!!! So, it's true?!?!"
"Yeah, Arry…"
"How long have you been dating again??!"
"It's almost 3 months"
"What?!?! And you haven't told me?!?!"
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to tell you earlier…"
"I couldn't believe it!!!"
"Maybe you should believe it now Arry…" Brix spoke again
"OMG!! Is that really you Brix-nim??" (Nim- used for formalization)
"Nim? Hahahah! Yes it is.."
"OMG!!! Ya!! Xia!! You're really amazing!! Anyway, I'm going to the OR in a minute, I need to hang up now…"
"Oh really? Good luck with the operation!!"
"Thanks! Oh! and Brix-nim take care of my friend and congratulations guys!!! Bye…"
"Bye!!"
And the call finally ended.
"She's a surgeon too??"
"Yeah…"
"Same field?"
"No, she's a Neurosurgeon, we just met during our Med-school days that's why we're close but she took a different field from mine…"
"I see… She's quite energetic huh?"
"Her? Yeah… She's kinda talkative too…"
"Anyway, after the Successful tour Abbeoji decided to give us a 6-month vacation."
"Uwaaa! That's great! Good for you, you'll be stress free, meanwhile, I can't escape from the hospital…"
It's already a week since their tour, and we're having a talk while having our breakfast at the café, since I couldn't go home for 3 days due to left workloads and operations lining up since I came back from Japan.
"How's Snow?" I asked
"Mmm?? Oh! he's fine… Anyway, can you make time this weekend??"
"Weekend? Hmmmm… It's Saturday the day after tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah…"
"Yeah! I'll be free this weekend, why?"
"I wanted to go somewhere…"
"Really? Where?"
"You'll now if you come with me…"
"Oh!! Sooo childish!! But anyway, I'll come with you…"
After our breakfast I came back to the hospital and went for rounds. I had one operation today and that concludes my schedule… Another day passed until weekend came…
"Snow…" I carried him right away when they entered my unit…
"You ready? It's already 8:30…"
"Yeah... I just filled the feeder with cat food and left water… are you sure we're gonna leave snow in my unit? Can't we just bring him?"
"You won't enjoy our trip if we would bring him…"
"Where are we going anyways?"
"You'll see…"
We went down to the basement, this time I told him to use my car.
"Oh!"
"What?"
"I thought your car would have some girly stuffs like… pink pillows?"
"OMG!! No pink pillows… Of all color don't mention pink…"
"Hahahah!! You hate pink?!? Like seriously?!"
"Yeah… I don't think it suits me… and definitely not my taste…"
"I'll remember that… No Pink!"
He began driving… I actually like the atmosphere when we go for driving, after we became a couple he boldly holds my hand every time he drives, he steers the wheel with one hand which I found very attractive, and he never forget to take care of me, he always makes me comfortable whenever I'm with him…
We traveled for an hour, there's quite a traffic leaving Seoul.
"Gongju-nim…" he wakes me up
"Hmmm??"
"We're here"
"Okay let me fix my hair first…"
"Let me comb it for you"
I gave him my comb and starts combing right away…
"Okay there you go…"
We came out of the car and saw the huge signage on the entrance 'Everland Amusement and Themepark'
"Waaaaa!! It's an amusement park!"
"I already predicted that expression… Come" he held my hand and pulled me…
"So, what do you want to ride??"
"I want them all…"
"All!!!???"
"Yeah!!!"
"Even that Huge Roller Coaster?!?!"
"Yeah!" I nodded happily…
"Hey… that's the highest roller coaster in the whole country… you still wanna ride it??!"
"Yeah… Why? Can't we??"
"W-well…" He buffered
"We'll take the 'all-ride' bracelet"
"Oh yeah!!" I was so happy and gave him a hug from the side…
He reacted by tapping my head sweetly…
"So, what are we gonna ride first?"
"Istead of having the rides can't we go to their Zootopia first?? Let's go see some animals."
"Ok…" he smiled, he put his hands in my waist and so did I…
We walked side by side to the Zootopia area… and we rode a bus to tour and see the animals… I sat down near the window to get a close look, we saw bears at first in the forest and they were so cute one bear even went near the bus because he was being fed by the driver. We also had the Safari Tour we rode an open bus and we were able to see different animals like lion, elephants, rhinos, and we were able to feed some giraffes too… After taking the Safari ride in The Lost Valley we went to see pandas, as expected from Pandas they were so adorable!!!
"Jagi! let's have lunch at the Café Panda World…"
"Okay…" he smiled at me and we ate there…
"Now that we just finished eating shall we take the rides now?"
"What do you want to ride first??"
"Can't we do the Double Rock Spin Ride first??"
"That one?" he pointed out a ride that's spinning the passengers 360 degrees in the air.
"Isn't it what Xian oppa rode on one of your reality shows?"
"Yeah… You really want to ride that?"
"Yeah!!"
We went and line up and wait for our turn for about 3 minutes…
I sat down first at the chair and the operator went to me to fix the safety belts…
"Hyung… is that already tight?? It will not get lose right??" he's asking the operator about my belts… Oooooh he's worrying about me huh…
"Jagi! Why don't you mind your own belts? I'm fine… you're more nervous than I am just look at that pale face of yours… Hahahaha!!"
He sat down and the operator did his belts too… In just a moment the ride started
"Ommo!! I didn't think that it was this hi~~~~~~~~~gh!!!! Ahahahahahah!!!"
I shouted on the top of my lungs and laughed because I feel scared but I'm enjoying it the most…. I looked on my left and saw Brix almost crying…
"Hahahahaha!!! Jagi!!! Are you okay?!?!"
He just shrugged his head and the ride continued to spin us 360 degrees in the air! Drop and spin us, raise and spin us again…
I laughed at him the whole period of the ride…
"Wangja-nim… Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah… I'm fine…" he said while he touches his trembling knees
"Ahahahaha!! You sure?"
"Yeah…"
"Well if you say so… Then let's ride the Hurricane…"
He just followed me well and ride the hurricane, It's a ride that will swing you from side to side just like the Vikings but the twist is that it's in circular form and when it tosses you high from the side the whole thing turns like a disc…
He survived the ride maybe it's within his tolerance I told him I'll give him a break and said we'll be riding the Columbus Adventure, well it's a Viking, just with a different name it goes and tilts up to 75 degrees…
"I thought you were gonna give me a break?!?"
"Hahahaha!! I thought you can tolerate that since it was the simplest ride… well for me…"
And I laughed again…
"Jagi!! Shall we try the Rolling X-Train??"
"That one?!?! But that has loop turns…"
"Ah~ah~ah~ah…." I faced him and complained with a cute expression
"Fine…" he stroked my hair and smiled me
We rode it and it had 2 loops which will make the coaster turn at completely 360 degrees after you descend. It was short but fun for me.
"Omma~~~" (Mom) Brix said while going out of the booth…
"Jagi… Ahahahahah!! Can you still do it?"
"yah! Don't laugh! Where do you want to ride next?"
"Shall we dare the highest? Let's go ride the T Express"
"What?!?!"
"Yeah~~~ ahahahaha!!"
Even though he looks like his soul left his body he still rode with me, this is the steepest ride in the world with a top speed of 104km per hour at a 77-degree angle. It's also the world's superb wooden roller coaster… After the ride Brix couldn't handle the adrenaline and he went to the washroom…
"Wangja-nim…. Are you okay? Should we rest??" he looked so pale…
"No, I'm fine… since I listened to your request to ride those things… I hope you'll grant my request too…"
"Okay… What's it?"
"Promise me first that you'll really come with me…"
"Okay promise…"
"Let's go to the Horror House…"
"Wait what?!!?"
"You promised~~~~"
"I'm taking it back…" I said
"Oooops!! That's too unfair" he pulled me back as I tried to walk out
"I'm here, you could trust me" he said while he touched my face…
"I'll go there if you won't let go of my hand…"
"I promise…"
We went inside the horror house around 7 pm after we had our dinner, at first it wasn't scary at all but as we go inside even more…
"Ahhhh!!!!! Huhuh!!!" I was startled by a white lady
"Hey! Hey! It's fine it's gone now… We're almost outside…"
At the last course there was an ugly ghost with a knife stuck on his heart and suddenly held my arm…
"Ahhhhh!!! Oppa!!! Huhuhuhuh!!"
"Hey… we're already outside"
But I was still crying because the face of the ghost was really scary that it would freak you out…
"aaahhhh~~~~ huhuhu~~" I was holding tightly on his arm…
"Shhhhh~~~ It's really fine now" he comforted me until my shock was gone…
"Let's go ride the carousel and the Ferris wheel" he held out a hand and I took it.
We rode a carousel and there was Brix's fan who saw us.
"Oh!! Oppa you're on a date with Xia today?"
"Yeah" he answered as he assisted me on riding the horse
"Oppa can I take a picture of you both? The fan asked
"Sure" He smiled while standing next to me since he hadn't climbed up to his horse yet, I also posed so the fan could take a photo.
"Can you take a photo of us using my phone?"
"Sure oppa…"
We posed again but…
"Eyyy… give me something sweet" she said
"Oppa you should face Xia as if you're going to carry her down"
"Oooooh!!! You're indeed my fan! I like the idea"
We did what his fan said, she counted from 1 to 3 and took the picture but Brix Kissed me right after she said 3…
"Uwaaa!! This photo is so good!! It's so sweet" she said as she hands the phone to Brix
"Wow you got that?!?" he meant the kiss
"Of course!"
"Thanks, let's take a picture together…" we took a picture together with the fan.
After riding the carousel, we went to the Ferris wheel to ride it, he sat beside me …
"In just a minute the fireworks will start, we'll see it well from here especially when we're at the very top."
"Really??"
Just like what he said after a minute when we're exactly at the top the fireworks began…
"Xia look…"
"ommo! It's so pretty…"
"Indeed, very pretty"
I looked at him after he said that and I caught him looking at me… he stared at me dearly and he held my face in his big manly hands… our face went nearer and nearer to each other and then he kissed me, everything was magical, the place, the time, the ambiance, and the mood. Our kiss lasted for about 15 seconds… That was our most romantic kiss…
After the Ferris wheel ride, we went to the Plantopia, where you'll see the romantic lighting roses at the Musical LED rose garden, we also took several photos there.
"Gongju-nim come here let's take a picture…" He gave me a back hug and took a picture
"Let's take a picture here too" he put his arms around my shoulder and stole a kiss while taking a picture…
"Ya!!!"
"What?!? We just kissed in the Ferris wheel even longer than I did just now…" he smiled slyly
"Let's set this as our Wallpapers…" he sent it to me
"Okay…"
"Ooooh I like it!!" he said
We walked around watching colorful lights from the roses and other lights from the decorations…
"Gongju-nim, I'm really thankful you came into my life…"
I stared at him and smiled
"I promise I will take good care of you…" he said and then he gave me a tight hug…
After strolling around we decided to go home, I'm so glad I'm with him and that he'll be driving, because it's already night and its dark outside…
"Right!! I remembered… you can't drive at night, right?" We're at the parking lot he's about to start the car but he asked me this question.
"Are you still afraid of it?"
"A little"
"Okay, let's swap…"
"Huh??" he went outside immediately to go to my side and opened my door…
"A-ah… I don't think this is a good idea…."
"Let's conquer it completely, Trust me…"
I transferred to the driver's seat and began driving…
"I'm actually fine driving in cities…"
"I could see that… You're actually a smooth driver…"
But not any longer as we entered the highway back to Seoul, I feel like I'm slowly getting dizzy…
I stalled the car at the side…
"What's wrong?"
"I can't…"
"Just slowly try…" he held my hand and kissed it.
I began driving again… he kept telling me to just relax and forget the thought from my accident while driving like this at night. And slowly I became confident and comfortable until we reached home.
"See??? You finally conquered it…" he said while taking off his seat belt
"Thanks…"
We went inside my unit and he took snow and said goodnight…
Sunday, early in the morning I went to his unit to cook for breakfast…
"Wangja-nim!! Let's eat!!" I called for him
"Oooooh!! Gongju-nim your cooking improved a lot!!!"
"Hahaha! Thanks…"
We ate and watched a movie the whole morning…
"Snow's really getting bigger each day…"
"Yeah.. Aigoo!! Our Snow's getting bigger…" he said as he pat Snow
"Anyway… I saw at your room when I woke you up earlier… You have a lot of game consoles including VR consoles…"
"Oh you saw… I love playing games that's why…"
"Wanna play with me?"
"Really?!?!"
"Yeah! Besides we can't just do my stuff always, we should try yours too…"
"Oooooh!! I've been wanting to do this with my girlfriend… just wait here I'll get them…"
He went out of his room in a moment carrying all stuffs…
"Ommo!!" I went to help him immediately
"It almost fell…" I said as I caught the headset.
"Nice Catch! That could've been a big trouble…"
"I know right…"
I watch him set up the console he looks so bright doing it…
"Here wear this…" he helped me wear the Head gear
"Ok… this is used to move and this one to fire…" he taught me every detail on how to play the game…
I started playing and it was actually really fun, you can't help yourself move along because it looks so real, it's a virtual reality, well that makes sense… Hahahaha!! While I see it through the head gear, he monitors my move through the TV.
"Oh!! Go down!! Left!! Left!! Okay! Okay Fire!!" he was coaching me… Despite that I lost…
"How about a duel??"
"You sure?! I'm going to beat you…"
We had a duel and we enjoyed the game… we played games until lunch…
"Gongju-nim!! Lunch…" he called as he laid out the food…
"Snow… you should eat your meal too" I laid him on the table with his bowl filled with cat food
"After lunch, we'll go to the training center, right?"
"Yeah…" Yes!! Sparring is still our thing every Sunday afternoon when we're free…
We went to the training center to spar, when we go here it's always just the two of us around.
"Can't we try Judo today??" I said
"Okay!! Go!!"
Well judo is all about bringing your opponent down, you need to have a good balance, leg strength, and arm strength… When we spar, we actually don't mind our gender and our relationship, we just go all in!!
We grabbed each other's uniform trying to bring each other down… he suddenly was able to flip me…
"Ahhh!!"
"Ya… are you okay??!! I'm sorry I didn't mean to…" He rushed into me I pretended to be in pain and suddenly I did a triangle choke…
"Ya! Ya! T-that's cheating!!" I released him from the choke…
He was catching his breath…
"I won!!"
"You cheated!!" he protested
"I didn't!! You just lost your focus…"
He went near me with a strange look…
"Okay… I'll let you win…" He said as he attempts to kiss me.
I covered his mouth with my hand and pushed him…
"No…"
"Can't I?" he asked so cutely!!
"No…" he turned his head, but attempted to kiss secretly…
"Ssssssss Oho!!" I reacted immediately
"Like I said no…" he said while turning his head again…
I stood up… but he grabbed my wrist, I lost my balance and fell, he caught and kissed me…
"Okay!! I lost!!" he said after he stole a kiss…
I just pouted and smiled… He helped me stand…
"Awww!! So pretty!!" he said
"You're so sly…"
"Hahahaha!!!"
We returned home… we were talking a lot as always even at the elevator…
"I should never let my guard down when I'm with you, you thief!" I said talking about the kiss.
"Well… I'm a very handsome thief…" he said and hugged me tightly…
"I'll call the police…"
"They won't catch me, I'll flip them over…" we were teasing each other until we reached our floor, he had his arms around me while walking in the alley to our units.…
"What should we eat for dinner today…" he asked
"Can you cook Jjampong for me??"
"Okay…"
"I think I should pay attention on my foot work… don't you think so??" I returned to our topic earlier
"Well it's fine… focus on your balance more…"
"Is that what I'm---" I was about to answer when someone called me…
"Xia…" I turned around…
"Gongju-nim… Who's he?"
"Brix this is Joshua. Joshua this is Brix my boyfriend…"
"Oh… you're Xia's Ex right?" Brix said as they did a handshake…
"Well…" I found a tension between the two so I just cut them off.
"How did you find my place?" I wasn't happy to see him at all, we ended really badly and we haven't been talking since then…
"Well, I asked your address from Arry…"
"Why would you do that?"
"Xia, I brought my mother in your hospital…"
"ahhh… Jagi, why won't you talk inside?"
We went inside my unit together with Brix…
"I see you're living a good life here…"
"yeah…" I answered coldy
"Sit…" I offered
Brix brought 3 cups of coffee to the living room and he sat beside me with his arms at the couch just behind my back. I could feel he's being quite possessive.
"So, what about your mom?"
"She had stage 3 lung cancer, we're here to get the cancer tissues removed…"
"You could've done it in the Philippines…" I said
"My mother knows you're a thoracic Surgeon, she insisted that you should operate on her, well I tried to contact you before you left the country, and contacted you again even when you're already here"
"So you were the one calling my old number…"
"Yeah…"
"We just came in today, my mother's at SSMC, please operate on her…"
"It's my job as a doctor, you don't actually have to come here to ask me personally, anyway I'll be reporting to the hospital tomorrow, and since you brought her to the hospital, she'll eventually fall under my department…"
"There's another reason why I came to see you personally here…"
"What's that?"
"My mother originally doesn't want to get an operation but she says she'll allow it if I could win you back and be my fiancé"
"Are you crazy!?! I can't do that!!"
"Man! I'm so sorry to butt in… I know it's your mom but she's my girlfriend!" Brix said
"Besides, you have your girlfriend!!!" I said
"I broke up with her… My mom doesn't like her"
"I won't allow this Xia!" Brix protested…
"I know… Oppa, please stay at my room for a moment…" he left my living room and did as I said
"I could operate on her without that condition…"
"If you do that, she'll resent me…"
"Josh!! I have Brix in my life… why do you have to do this!?!? Don't be selfish! You said she'll resent you? What about me? Everyone knew I wanted Brix in my life even before, I was only dreaming for him as a fan and now that it has come true, why would I dare to let go of him?!? We already took a shot of our relationship before and it didn't end well, so how do you expect for us to go well??"
"Xia, please…"
"No!!!"
"She was like your mom too…"
"I know! That's why I told you I'll operate on her but without that condition!!"
"Fine, at least let's just pretend in front of my mother"
"Pretend as what!?! As fiancé??"
"Yes…"
"You want to give her a false hope? You want me to hurt Brix?!? No!!! Not a chance!! Brix went through a lot when I first met him here… I wouldn't dare hurt him…"
"Please Xia…"
"Leave Josh!! Just try to convince her to have the operation, tell her I'll do it but without her condition, tell her the truth that we can't be back together…"
"You heard her, I think you should leave…" Brix came out and told him to leave too…
He finally left…
"Xia, are you okay?"
"Yeah…" he went to give me a hug, he held me in his arms firmly and I feel so loved…
"Thank you for not agreeing with him…"
"How could I? I don't want to be like your ex…"
"saranghae" he whispered into my ears…
The night went by and I'm about to set to go the hospital.
"I'll walk you to the hospital…"
"Thanks"
"What will you do if you meet his mom…" he asked while we were walking
"Disappointments are better than false hopes… I'll tell her myself and convince her to get operated and to have the therapy…"
"That's good…" he patted my head…
My team's currently doing our rounds at the ward, after this I'll see Josh's mother…
"Doc, the next patient is also from the Philippines, the guardian of the patient said he knows you…"
"Yeah… he is my Ex… where's her chart??"
"Really??"
"Yeah… Chart?" I asked her for the chart again…
We entered Tita Dorothy's room, that's Josh's mother's name.
"Xia…" Josh saw me enter the room
"Oh…"
"Xia…" Josh's mother greeted me
"Tita, it has been a long time since we last saw each other…"
"Yes… I miss you! You never visit our house since you two broke up…" tita said
"Ahhh… I couldn't visit you because I was busy with school…"
"You became even prettier with the doctor's gown, what a charismatic surgeon you've became…"
"Oh... thank you…"
"Anyway, tita I saw your lab results… I still can't schedule your operation since your lab results weren't as good as I expected, I suggest you should take a rest here until we can get a good lab results so there'll be no complications during the operation…"
"Ahhh.. Josh… Haven't you told her about my condition for the operation?"
"I did--" I cut him off
"He did tell me tita…"
"So, you'll marry my son??"
"I'm sorry tita, I can't"
"Why??"
"I-I actually have a boyfriend now…"
"Really!?"
"Excuse me Sunbaenim, Brix hyung is outside this room…" Donghyun informed me
"What?!"
"Ummm.. Please excuse me for a while"
I came out of the room immediately
"Jagi!! What were you doing here?!?"
"Don't you need a back-up??"
"For what?!?"
"You told me you're going to tell her you have a boyfriend, that's why I came to show up…"
"You don't have to…"
"This is how I show that you're mine now… Plus I bought her some fruits so she'll soften up…"
"You really sure about this??"
"Yeah…"
"Fine"
I entered the room again…
"Tita… I'm sorry but my boyfriend wants to meet you…"
I let Brix in…
"Good Morning ma'am I'm Brix Xia's boyfriend…" they did a handshake…
"Ah! I also bought you some fruits…" he added
"Thank you" tita replied
"Tita, I'd be willing to do your operation and I'll do it very carefully and perfectly… So you don't have to worry"
"Xia… I want you for my son…"
"Tita, there's no longer a chance for us…"
"I'm sorry but, Brix?? Brix, right? Can you give them another chance? For me?" Tita begged Brix
"Ummm… I understand where you're coming from, I also have no control of Xia's heart, she's important to me more than anything, if she chooses your son what can I do?? But to let her go… But I'm confident she'll choose me. Ma'am she saved my life twice, she saved my mom's life too… I owe everything to her… That's why I won't let her go…"
"Brix…" I held his arm
"Brix, Xia… I'm sorry about my mom…" Josh said
"Josh… Don't you like her anymore?"
"Ma we can't force people…"
"If that's the case… I'll just do the operation… But I still believe that the both of you will still end up with each other…"
"I'm sorry tita, I'll just come here often to monitor your condition until we could set a date for the operation…"
Brix and I came out of the room…
"That sure was nerve wrecking…" he whispered into my ear
"I know…"
I thought that, that was the only problem we had. It was just simple to solve… A week after I have been busy at the hospital there were a few days when I haven't got home. I'm at the exit of the hospital to head out for lunch.
"Ah… Xia…"
"Josh?"
"Do you have time? I want to treat you to lunch…"
"She'll be having lunch with me…" Brix suddenly appeared form nowhere and hurriedly put his arms on my shoulders.
"But I wouldn't mind if you come…" he added
I don't know what's up with this two but they're neither friends nor enemies… I don't know what's going on…
"Fine… I would like to join you two…" Josh said
We went to the parking lot of the hospital where Brix parked his car… They both attempted to open the door for me… In the end, Of course my boyfriend had the door opened for me…
"Seatbelt…" Brix took charge of my seatbelt…
*Cough *cough Josh was coughing at the back…
"You're sick?" Brix asked him in a cold tone
"Nah, my throat just caught something…"
The whole time he was driving Brix held my hand as if to show Josh that 'She's mine! Back Off!'
We ate at a beef grilling restaurant around 30 minutes away from the hospital using a private car.
After eating… Brix dropped us off to the hospital, he came with me to my office for a brief moment to hang out for a while…
"Don't be too close with your Ex…" he said while sitting in front of my consultation table
"I'm not…"
"Anyway… I think Snow misses you a lot… you haven't been home for 3 days already…"
"I have more operations this week it'll be hard for me to go home… I miss him too…"
"You only miss him?" he suddenly held my hand
"Of course, I miss you too…" I smiled at him
"Oh! Wait a minute… I'll just answer this call…"
He went outside my office to answer the call… I opened the blinds of my window to see his back…
"Oh! He seemed worried what could be the problem…"
I went outside to ask him
"Jagi… I need to go…" he hugged me and left immediately
"O-oh!! Josimhae!!" (Be careful)
I went back to my office and studied some of my patient's cases, those patients I'll be operating this week…
*Knock *knock
"Sunbae…"
"Oh! Donghyun… problems??"
"No, but I have Mrs. Rodriguez's new lab results and CT Scan"
"Sit for a while… let me see…"
He handed out his tablet…
"Her, hemoglobin and platelets are too low, we can't have her scheduled for the operation unless everything's normal"
"I do agree sunbae…"
"Thanks for bringing the result… tell them to send it to me too…"
"Yes Sunbae…"
*knock *knock
"Yes come in…"
"Xia…" It's Josh
"Sunbae I'll head out now…"
"ok…"
"Mr. Rodriguez… please sit…"
"ha! What's with that 'Mr. Rodriguez'? ��
"You're my patient's guardian…"
"Just call me comfortably"
"I won't… Anyway Mr. Rodriguez we can't schedule your mom's surgery yet her hemoglobin and platelets are too low… we nee-"
"Xia your intern has already explained to me those things and that's not what I came here for too..."
"Then what is it Mr. Rodriguez?"
"Xia it's not only my mom who wanted you, I also what us to be back together…"
"Mr. Rodriguez…"
"Xia please give me another chance…" he held my hand
"Mr. Rodriguez!!" took my hand from his grip
"I promise I'll never hurt you again…" he tried to hold my hand again…
"Look!! Mr. Rodriguez our relation has already ended years ago, the only connection we have is your mother which is an important person to me too, now if you'd please excuse me I have a lot more things to do…"
I stood up from my chair and tried to leave but he grabbed my hand…
"Xia, I'll make sure you'll be mine again…"
"There's no chance for us again…"
I left my office and head to my operation… It took me 4 hours in the operating room… I went to the garden after the operation…
I tried calling Brix… but he won't answer the phone… I want to tell him what josh and I talked about a while ago…
"Why won't he answer the phone? Is he already in bed?"
I looked at my watch
"I guess he's already sleeping… It's already 1 am…"
I can't reach his phone now and maybe he's already sleeping that's why I just went back to my office to rest.
It's the first time he hasn't come to have breakfast with me without informing me ahead… I'm quite worried…
We had our rounds, I already finished 2 major operations for the day but he hasn't called me yet… I'm really worried!
"Ah… Bora… Do we have any operations tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow… mmm… there's none on the schedule doc… besides its weekend tomorrow…"
"I'll go home tonight, just call me if there are any emergencies…"
"Yes, Doc…"
I went home immediately I pushed the doorbell on Brix's unit but no one answers…
I entered the pass key and went inside his house…
"Wangja-nim??" no one answers
"Oh! Snow…" he's the only one who welcomed me… I carried him and walked around his unit…
"haaa… where could Brix be by now? I kept calling him but he won't answer…"
"Snow… would you like to come over to my house for a while?"
*meow *meow *meow
"Okay! Let's go…"
I went inside my house and took care of Snow… We played until I fell asleep…
*meow *meow *meow *meow *meow
"hehehe! Fine snow… I'll get up"
I went outside my room and I thought I'd find Brix cooking in my kitchen but he was not here… I tried calling him, but still there's no response. It went like this for 5 days already… I took in Snow because he hasn't been home either and no one could feed Snow and take care of him except me���
*knock *knock
"Yes?"
"Oh! Director Jung"
"Doc Xia are you ready for the seminar tomorrow? It's your first to be a speaker for this type of event right"
"Yes director"
"Don't be nervous just relax"
"ummm… Director Jung, have you heard anything from Brix?"
"Why?"
"He hasn't been home and he's not answering my calls and messages too…"
"I haven't heard anything from him… But don't worry I'll try to reach his mother and I'll tell you if there's something…"
"Thank you, director"
"No problem…"
I went out of my office to go home, but it's raining really hard…
"Ah! Of all days why does it have to rain today? Snow must've finished all his food at the feeding machine, I need to refill it…"
I ran under the rain to my house…
"Snow!! I'm home…"
"oh… no… mom's wet… I got rained on… I'll carry you later…"
I changed my clothes immediately…
"Snow let's eat!"
*Achoo! *Achoo!
"Ahh!! I'm feeling bad about this cold..."
I slept early to get ready for tomorrow's seminar at Pyeongchang, I'll be driving there myself so I should get some rest… But around midnight I suddenly feel heavy and I'm shivering from cold It's too difficult to even move a finger, my body's just to heavy! I tried to call someone for help because I feel like dying…
I called Brix…
"Oppa, Jebal daedaphae.." (Please answer)
But he didn't…
I can no longer see the letters on my phone clearly… I just pressed anything
"Sunbaenim?" the other line answered
"W-Who's this?" I said I can't read and I can't recognize the voice either.
"Donghyun… Sunbaenim! Are you okay?"
"Donghyun-ah listen carefully, t-tell Bona to come to my house, b-bring some antipyretics and an IV set ASAP…"
To what happened next… I don't know…
I heard my doorbell rang it's Bona I suppose, I tried to stand up to get the door, I used the wall to help me stand.
"Mwoya!?" (What the?!) I said weakly
"Xia…"
"Josh… Go back to the hospital…"
"I won't" he grabbed my shoulder, hugged and forcefully kissed me…
If I don't have a fever this guy would've come out with broken limbs, of all days why am I weak today!! I began crying… and just a moment someone grabbed him away from me…
"Brix…" I saw Brix punching him and Donghyun came with a medical kit, he called the guards immediately.
"Xia… Are you okay?" Brix called out my name but it doesn't sound right
"I'm glad you came…" He hugged and help me up… but his hug it has a heavy feeling into it… or is it just me because I'm sick?
"Donghyun-ah thanks for calling the guards, but why were you the one who came here?" I said while he set up the IV.
"Bona and Bora Sunbaenim went home, the other interns were watching the patients, and I was just studying in the office when you called, so that's why I came here."
"I see… Thank you Donghyun you could go back to the hospital now, maybe they're looking for you"
"Yes sunbaenim…" he went out immediately…
"ummm… Xia… I just came here to say if you can watch over Snow while I can't stay home yet…" Brix finally talked after Donghyun left.
"Something came up? Why wouldn't you be able to stay home?"
"Ummmm… There are things I need to do… I can't talk about it yet… Ummm I actually need to leave now"
"Wait… Brix you haven't answered my texts and calls… Are we fine?"
"Huh?? Ummm… Yeah… I really need to go now Xia" he just kissed my forehead and went out… That's odd…
Morning came and even with a bit of fever I still drove to Pyeongchang for the seminar…
I drove for more than 2 hours and as soon as I arrived at the venue, we started the seminar… As the speaker for the event I'm so nervous, I don't know what to feel anymore, I'm sick and I'm nervous…Eventually I was able to finish my task, it was a whole day event, we had workshops and stuffs, I met a lot of good persons from different hospitals and even professors from universities, It was such a good experience for me…
It's already 9 pm and I'll be driving home after having dinner with the people I met on the seminar. Yes! I can now confidently drive at night, Brix made me overcome this phobia of mine…
"Oh… an incoming call…" I pressed the answer button on my steering wheel since my phone is synced into the speaker of my car.
"Sunbae… We have an urgent lung transplant…"
"What?!? Why so sudden? I don't remember any patient from our department who would need a sudden transplant… I'm still an hour away from Seoul… Call Bona she could already handle that…"
"The patient was just transferred from a hospital in Yongin… Bona sunbae has a migraine she can't operate at this rate…"
"Okay, okay can the patient hold on for an hour?"
"I think she could make it…"
"Okay I'll be there as fast as I could, check her vitals thoroughly okay!!?"
"Yes sunbae"
As soon as I hang up the phone my front tire suddenly burst
"Ahhhhh!!" I tried to maneuver the car calmly to the side…
I went out to check the reason why my car burst…
"Glass shard??"
I looked around and saw a broken lamp post…
"Ahhh!! I'm in a hurry I don't have time to change tires!!!!"
I called Brix…
"Please pick it up…"
"Jagi!! Can you help me??"
"Jagi… I have something to tell you…"
"Can you tell me that later? Can you pick me up? My car had a flat tire and I have a patient waiting for me she needs an urgent lung transplant… pl----"
"Oppa…" I heard something on the phone from the background…
"Jagi… who's that??"
"Ummm.. Jagi I can't pick you up I'm sorry…"
"Ahhh.. It's fine I���ll---" he hung up the call without letting me finish what I have to say…
I immediately took my things and my car keys, I already called someone who'll tow my car, I tried to look for a taxi and luckily there was one…
"Ajjussi, take me to SSMC"
Wait… the taxi driver… I could smell alcohol… he's drunk!!! I'm nervous but I think he could manage to drive until SSMC, I'm in a hurry and I have no time to spare to look for another taxi…
30 minutes after I could observe the driver drowsing off…
"Ajjussi!!"
"Ajjussi!!"
I tried to wake him up, we're approaching an intersection he needs to stop…
"Ajjussi!!! It's a red light"
He was shocked! He tried to step on the brakes but it was too late… There was an 8 wheeler truck from the left and he was speeding too…
"Ahhhh!!!!!!"
I closed my eyes and the next thing I saw was the taxi driver with a lot of blood in his head, the truck who hit us has already left, he escaped… I tried to go out to help the taxi driver even I'm dizzy. I touched my head and saw my hand with a lot of blood, I was trembling and remembered the day I got into a car accident and that made me panic, I was fighting with the anxiety…
"Ajjussi!!" I crawled and managed to go to the driver's seat and tried to open the damaged door but I can't, I'm too weak…
"A-ajjuss-ssi wake up…" I tried to shrug him repeatedly through the broken window.
The driver won't move… I checked if he's breathing…
"Ajjussi!!!" he's still breathing but unconscious… I was relieved but with my turning vision I flopped on the ground facing the sky… I'm losing a lot of blood already…
I quickly pulled my phone from my pocket… I tried to dial Brix but he won't answer…
I tried to dial another number…
"Hello?"
"D-Donghyun s-send two ambulance to the highway heading to Pyeongchang… I-It's around 45 minutes away from the hospital, H-Hurry!!"
"Sunbae!!!" that was the last word I heard from the phone before everything completely turned into black