Chapter 4

I kept my eyes shut tight. Tae Woo starts speaking in Korean. I realized just how much he had been putting up with when I couldn't understand a word he said. I really need to take some refresher courses. How did he even understand me? I am thinking, my head still laying on the bed facing away from the doors. I opened my eyes and stared at Tae Woo. I was amazed to hear him just speaking like that, he looked majestic. I can kind of understand that he is telling this person what happened, he is sorry and won't ever do this again, and then all of the treatment he has had so far. While he is asking where his hyungs are he catches my stare. A smile brightens his face as he looks at me with tender eyes. He then pats my head and says,

"This is Rina, she works here and speaks Korean so has been helping me, Say Hi Rina." I shot a look at him and mouthed that I hated him in English and sat up straight, bowed my head and introduced myself. The man who Tae Woo has been speaking to was Woo5's manager. I imagined him to be extremely angry and disappointed at Tae Woo. I really don't know how Tae Woo got here but he was apologizing like he ran away. To my surprise he also was crying? I have come to the conclusion that crying is not my kink, because this man crying did nothing for me. He was a large man with a thick frame. He was wearing a dress shirt and slacks. He had his hair shaved, and was wearing thick glasses.

"Thank you so much for taking care of my baby. He must have been so scared here alone. I don't know how I can ever thank you." A pang hit my chest, he shouldn't be apologizing. I practically left this kid for the wolves a few hours ago. "You're welcome, but I didn't do anything special." Tae Woo looked at me and smirked, "She was incredibly helpful, I heard she is a big fan, we should send her all of our limited edition merch." I rolled my eyes at Tae Woo, "I am flattered, but that is absolutely not necessary."

"No, No, I insist, Hyung get her address."

"That is not necessary, I only did what anyone would do."

"I will repay you how anyone would."

"I respectfully decline"

"There is nothing for you to decline, just throw it away when you get them, don't refuse my goodwill."

"I will send them back, Sir, please give me your address for the return."

"Hyung do not give her that address"

After our spat of banter we both turned our heads to look at the manager who was extremely uncomfortable. "Tae Woo, I'm going to ask you this once. I won't judge you, just tell me." The manager took a deep breath and flatly stated, "Are you two married?"

"NO" "not yet" I said no but am I hallucinating? Did Tae Woo say not yet? Internally I was screaming, not yet? What does that mean? Am I not understanding Korean? Is this a joke? Is he making fun of me? I shot my eyes at Tae Woo, he shrugged and smiled back at me. My heart hurt even more. I hope tonight doesn't end and tomorrow when I wake up I'll forget. The perfect man is looking at me, only me. I want to feel his eyes on me more, but I can't allow it. He is a K-Pop idol who basically has no autonomy in his life, lives in another country, and has millions of girls who feel the same as I. I can't be hurt. Not again. My mind is running so fast that I barely heard the knocks at the door.

The door opens and just by his hair I can tell it's Dr. Hart. He keeps his long straight hair pulled into a bun. He has a thick well groomed beard that matches his hair. Caramel. It looks like caramel. Dr. Hart is definitely my type. He smiles and nods at everyone in the room. He notices me, "Rina, you're here? Do you know the patient?" He is speaking in English so the manager and Tae Woo just stare at me. "He speaks Korean, and I speak Korean. I was helping him translate." He nods his head, "That is extremely kind of you, I appreciate you helping us on a busy night. I guess I don't need to call the translator phone then. I think I need you to sign a form though, can you speak with registration after this?" I nod my head in return. Dr. Hart begins again, this time looking at Tae Woo.

"We have gotten the results of all of your testing. I can confidently say that you have a kidney stone. Your lab levels are normal, which is good. We don't see any kidney disease or failure. The good news is this, the stone is too small to need surgery. I will give you medication to help you urinate but all you can do is wait for the stone to pass. The bad news is that in your situation and with the location of the stone and its size, I highly advise you not to fly until it passes. I suspect the stone should pass on its own any day now but could possibly take a few weeks. If you get on a flight the stone could pass and you might have complications, it could get stuck, and cause acute kidney failure. In my opinion, I think you should just hang out here until it passes. I can give you proper paperwork for your passport if necessary. I would like you to follow up with a Urologist here in two weeks if it hasn't passed."

Dr. Hart stared, as I clumsily shared the bad news with the room. He asked if there were any questions and they both shook their heads. He smiled at me and said goodbye. The manager said he needed to make some calls to figure out what to do. I grabbed Tae Woo's hand, trying to do that comfort thing I am not really good at. He squeezed it and said, "This is totally my lucky day."