What did you just call me...?

"BUM CREAM BUN!!! HEAR ME OUT!!!"

"... what did you just call me?"

Oops.

"Em...! I didn't call you that. I called for my maid asking for another cream bun! That's it! Jin Sia! Give me one more bu- I mean cream bun!!!"

"You just called me Bum Cream Bun, didn't you!?"

"Nooooo!!! This is a huge misunderstanding! I... I... I... Ah... Ah... Um... Em... Do Re Mi Fa So... Bad Internet connection here... Ssssss! Crrrrrks! Lo-crrrrf-J-shsck- Ma- 'BEEEEEEEEEEEEP'!"

That was the phone disconnecting. I just got myself knee-deep in HUGE trouble. What I'm trying to say is... I'm dinner. I mean I'm doomed. And maybe his dinner too. DARN IT!

Just so you know, I suck at lying. I'm pretty sure he guessed THAT by now. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I HATE ME!

The next day, when I entered my office. If someone saw my office the way it was, they would have thought a tsunami happened to pass by my office. On my chair sat Louis. Bum Cream Bun to be exact. He looked like he wanted to strangle me, chop me to pieces, make me the main ingredient for his soup, and eat me.

"YIKES!!! MYEONG SEOK, HELP ME!!!", I cried.

"You did call me Bu- I mean a few swear words right?"

"Those were not swear words! Those were very sweet words! I CALLED YOU BUM CREAM BUN!!!"

"So you did call me those horrible words."

"!!!""

Did I just ADMIT THAT?

I'm really an idiot.

"Ha ha ha... It was a joke... Don't take it too seriously..."

"That, my dear, was very... insulting."

"I'm very sorry if it was, sir."

"I can now guess what was the question you wanted to ask me."

"You can?"

"I'm pretty sure you wanted to ask me if I was gay."

"!?"

"Am I right?"

"..."

Silence... That was what gave away what I had in my mind. Suddenly, I felt embarrassed. I finally understood what he felt when we were interrupted by a loud noise.

*GRUMBLE*

He must have felt as hungry as I was when the waitress left us in that room.

I feel sorry for the poor soul.

"Sorry... You must have felt really hungry when the waitress left, which made you rush out of the room. I'm really sorry."

....

More silence.

"... Are you serious?"

"What?"

"Are you acting or are you really just downright stupid?"

"The latter."

"...."

"....."

"How do plan to make up for your mistake?"

"I'll stop calling you Bum Cream Bun. Maybe. Just maybe. Old habits die hard after AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Something happened... My brain couldn't exactly process what it was. The shelf I stood in front of suddenly broke a leg and it came crashing down on me.

All I could see was a surprised expression which made Louis look very handsome. 'Damn! How could he be so hot!? No wonder women fell for him that hard.'

All these thoughts ran wild inside my head until the very moment I blacked out.

I could hear a faint voice calling out for me.

"Ughhhhhh....."

....

....

Before me seemed to be a vast land filled with flowers. You know the usual dreams that actually happen only in comics or novels? That one. I saw a woman with long black hair holding the hand of a small girl with blonde hair. The girl pulled the lady down and said something to her when suddenly a man who appeared out of nowhere hugged the woman tightly and kissed her on the cheeks. The man had tanned skin and beautiful blonde hair that matched that of the small girl. I figured the three were a family. The woman turned towards him and hugged him. Then kissed him deeply. MAJOR CRINGE. But they seemed to be a very of pair. The man was tall and muscular, not that much but that just made him perfect. The woman parted from him and said words which I never heard all my life.

"I love you, honey."

"....."

"Awwwww... You don't love me?"

The man laughed quietly (which made me realize that he had this very deep and sexy voice with a French accent that sounded all too familiar... Huh...) and looked at her gently and said

"I love you more than you love me."

"I love you most."

Then they started fighting. Huh. COUPLES.

I woke up with a horrible headache. I felt something wet on my head. I suppose the liquid which made my head feel moist just happened to be red.

This place looked too clean and white to be my office or my room. My room is designed Gothic style with not a hint of white in it. I picked up my phone which lay close to me and without a thought called the first number on my contact list.

Unfortunately, I heard a voice that just gave me a bigger migraine.

"Hello?"

That strong French accent made me feel like I was forced to fall overboard a pirate ship.

I answered in a small voice,

"It seems you haven't stored my number."

"..... Do you know how worried I was!? You should have bought a shelf of good quality! You fool!"

"YOU were worried? Stop joking around."

"I'm serious."

BA-DUMP.

My phone received a text. Who was it from?

ba-dump! ba-dump!

More texts. Yes. THAT was not my HEART. It was the love of my life. MY PHONE. My phone... I missed you so much...

"I'm fine. Stop worrying. It's weird and VERY DISGUSTING."

"...."

'BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP'

The call got disconnected. THE NERVE OF THAT GUY! HE DARE CUT THE CALL?!

*After 5 minutes of extreme swearing*

"I'm going home. I ain't staying here. What a bore. NURSE!!!"

After a lot of arguments with the doctors and the pitiful nurses who didn't do anything to deserve that, I just gave up and decided to stay in the hospital.

I called Myeong Seok and told him to take care of my work priorities. He was worried but I told him it'll all be alright.

"I'm so done with this ton of crap. I told him to take care of it! I have to work even when I'm hospitalized! That son of a- wait no aunty is really nice... How did SHE give birth to that PIG!?"

While I was busy contemplating this, I heard the ward door open.

"Who-!?"

I saw the beautifully chiseled face and the shiny blonde hair which I had hoped I would never see again. That Frenchman just gave me a migraine whenever I even when I ever so slightly look at him from the corner of my eye.

"Why are you here Louis?"

"Calling me informally now, are you? Not that I actually mind, but why after all this time?"

"....Maybe I'm just wrong in the head. I mean literally. I can't process what I, myself am saying. I'm trying my best to make out what you're saying."

"... I'm sorry for scolding you."

...

"Don't be. It wasn't your fault. It was not MY fault either. I just.... wasn't in a great mood. Sorry."

"Don't say sorry if you don't mean it."

"Yeah. I'm totally not sorry. It was all your fault!"

"...!?"

"What? I'm not one of those good-for-nothing heroines who apologize all the time for absolutely no reason. And one thing I'm very sure about is that even if I am I should be apologizing to one of the love interests, and I'm pretty sure that YOU'RE not one of them."

"Hey! That's very hurtful!"

"I didn't mean it in a bad way. We're just.... not suited for each other."

"I know that better than anyone. You're a woman who's hard to deal with. I don't like that type."

"I don't like narcissists like yourself ei-"

As I was about to finish my sentence, I heard the door open again. It was the nurse this time. She looked at me and then Louis, then back at me and asked me,

"It's this your boyfriend?"

"WHAT!? THIS ALIEN!? NO WAY! BLEGH!"

Then what she did next was VERY disrespectful. She ignored me and turned towards Bum Cream Bun.

"Sir, I would like to talk to you about the condition of the patient. Please follow me out."

"Sure."

He looked at me one last time and left with her.

"I'M FREE!!!! OH, JOY!!!"

But I guess they were only on the other side of the door, because I could hear them clearly.

"She'll have a concussion sometimes. But that's all. The bleeding will stop after a few days. Nothing to worry about. But sir... I've wanted to say this to you, even though I know I shouldn't... You look very handsome and look wealthy as well. Why would you be interested in a woman like HER?"

'WHAT!? I'M RICH TOO! I'M NOT ALL THAT BEAUTIFUL BUT I HAVE A GREAT PERSONALITY! WHAT'S WITH HER!? And HIM being interested in ME? PUH-LEAZE! EVEN IF HE WAS I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY EVEN IF HE THREATENED ME WITH MY LIFE ON THE LINE!'

"Then should I be interested in YOU?"

"..... T-That would be nice..."

"HA HA HA HA!! Interesting. Then tell me some good points about yourself. Then maybe. Just maybe, I might consider your proposal."

".... Sir. D-don't embarrass me like t-that..."

"Oh.... Sorry. Did I embarrass you? That wasn't my intention. I just wanted to know your hobbies and what you do on a daily basis."

"Oh... I paint and also do ballet dancing... I work here part-time as my uncle is the CEO of the hospital. I also play the piano..."

I could hear her stress in the sentence about her uncle being the CEO. She obviously wanted me to hear this conversation. But I don't think that Louis knew I was listening. But... why didn't he send the fact about his interest in me?

"Okay. So would you date me?"

"!!!"

"Will you or will you not? I expect that it takes less than a second to answer."

"YES!"

"I'm just a random man proposing to you. Why did you accept it? I believe you say the same to all the men who visit the hospital. Isn't that, right? Maybe if you had acted more discreetly about it, I might have taken an interest in you. You can never offer me, what SHE can. She's obviously much better than you who would go so far as to bad mouth your VIP patient to seduce me. And I'm not exactly sure that such an important guest and my girlfriend should be treated this way. Apologize right now. It else your head might be delivered to the CEO of the hospital. But it might be missing the body."

Maybe it was just the brain damage, but I just heard him calling me a girlfriend.

Before I could confirm that I shouted out loudly,

"GIRLFRIEND!?!?"

The door suddenly burst open and Louis stormed in.

"What's going on!? Louis! Expla-!

At that moment, my world turned upside down.

LITERALLY.

Louis had raged in like a storm and had...

THROWN ME OVER HIS SHOULDER!

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!!??"