Boss, It's My First Time Being Your Resident - Chapter 67

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Episode 67. Code Orange (1)

“It must have hurt quite a lot.”

A-gang pressed her lips gently against the crooked scar, then withdrew them. She lifted her eyes, glistening with moisture, to meet his gaze and continued.

“Thank you, senior. These are the words my brother wanted to say. Let me say them for him.”

She thanked that young man a thousand times over in her heart and prayed for him.

Though her brother had gone,
she was truly grateful that he’d had a friend at his side during his final moments, so he wouldn’t have to face it alone.

“Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for making sure I wasn’t alone. Thank you for being the first to rush to my side when I collapsed in that cold restroom.”
“…….”
“My brother says you shouldn’t feel guilty. And he wanted me to tell you—you were the warmest, most wonderful person he ever met.”

Before Ha Tae-heon could respond, A-gang pressed her lips urgently against his.

Warm breath moved tenderly between their joined lips.

The night was unusually deep.

Hot water cascaded down inside the translucent glass enclosure.

Ha Tae-heon held A-gang’s slender waist gently, drawing her close as she stood with her back to the stream.
Her small, delicate frame fit so easily into the expanse of his arms.

A-gang trembled, her shoulders shaking slightly.

She caught her breath at the unfamiliar warmth pressing against her, but Tae-heon didn’t let her go—he pulled her even deeper into his embrace.

“Cold? Why are you shaking like that?”
“No, it’s not that.”

As Tae-heon bent to adjust the water temperature, thick steam rose and filled the booth.

“Am I still that frightening to you?”

Instead of answering, A-gang gripped his back hard, a laugh escaping her. Even as warmth wrapped around her, she trembled like an aspen. She felt strange to herself, shaking this way.

She’d forgotten how to breathe naturally. Every sensation in her body—things that had always been so natural—now felt awkward from start to finish.

Her rapid heartbeat, her quickening breath, sudden tears.
Nothing felt familiar.

Every cell in her body was running wild of its own accord.

It was unnatural. As if she’d become a wooden doll in an instant.

“I’m not in any rush.”

Tae-heon slowly brushed the wet hair clinging to A-gang’s cheek away from her face.

From a distance so close they could almost touch, he whispered again, his tone unhurried.

“Tell me if you’re scared. We’ll take it slow.”
“That’s a lie.”

A-gang murmured her small protest.
Even as she spoke, she held him so tightly it seemed her waist might snap, allowing no space between them.

“Isn’t it true that strong denial is affirmation?”

A-gang closed her eyes and rested her forehead against Tae-heon’s chest.

The thundering beat of his heart transmitted honestly through their pressed skin.

“I want to know everything about you, piece by piece…….”

Her shy confession had barely begun

when Tae-heon’s hungry hand wrapped firmly around her shoulder, as if to refute every word of the unhurried tenderness he’d just spoken.

“Take it slow, you say…… Mm.”

A-gang’s voice scattered into Tae-heon’s lips as they met.

Beneath the hot cascade, their warmth mingled chaotically without boundary.

With only a thin sheet of glass between them, time seemed to dissolve—even an hour, two hours might pass unnoticed as every sense drifted far from reality.

The shower booth, though filled with the roar of water striking tile, was overtaken by the wet, tangled breathing of the two entwined figures.

As though the world held only them, they reached urgently for each other’s breath.

Deep heat was burrowing into the depths of her lungs when it happened.

Ring-ring, ring-ring.

A phone’s ringtone sounded faintly from outside the shower enclosure.

“……Is that your phone?”
“Huh? Hold on.”

Having taken emergency calls during showers more than once, Tae-heon hurried out of the booth.

A-gang quickly grabbed the large towel from the shelf and wrapped herself as she followed. Water dripped steadily from her wet body onto the Powder Room floor with each step.

Tae-heon picked up the phone from the marble countertop where it was ringing insistently.

His brow furrowed the moment he saw the screen.

A-gang looked up at him with worried eyes.

The hospital?
A call at this hour, after shift’s end, was never a good sign.

Through the phone came the urgent voice of the on-call nurse, Kim.

—Doctor Ha! Multiple casualties from an apartment fire in nearby H City! Code Orange has been issued!

As Tae-heon continued the call, taking in the sight of A-gang’s flushed cheeks, his expression cooled in an instant.

—The Central Command Center requested DMAT support and Team 1 has already deployed, but we just received a request for additional backup! We need Team 2 to mobilize immediately! Can you come?

“Yes. I’m heading out now.”

Tae-heon wedged the phone between his shoulder and jaw, quickly toweling himself dry.

Simultaneously, he pulled on the pants from the floor and fastened his belt. His hands moved with practiced efficiency, buttoning his shirt as he listened to the briefing.

“I’ll be at the scene by 23:50.”

His movements were swift, yet his voice remained remarkably composed.

The moment the call ended, Tae-heon bent and kissed A-gang’s forehead briefly.

“……I’m sorry. I have to leave you alone.”
“I’ll come with you!”
“You can’t.”

Tae-heon was firm, as if it were unthinkable.

He strode into the living room, grabbed his car keys.

A-gang hurried after him, her small feet quick as she tried to keep pace with his long strides.

“Stay home. It’s dangerous.”
“But it’s dangerous for you too! I know you’re short-staffed. I’m a medical student! I can definitely help with emergency patient triage!”

Tae-heon frowned down at her.

Faced with her resolute determination, which seemed immovable, he finally gave a short nod.

“Let’s go.”

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The wail of sirens echoed from a distance.

Disaster Medical Assistance Team vehicles from various hospitals were lined up at the entrance of the apartment building where the fire had started.

Team 1 from Sae-in Hospital, who had arrived first, were already engaged in the fray in the center of the scene.

“Ha Tae-heon! Over here! Catch!”

A paramedic pushing a stretcher car called out urgently.

“Yes, that’s me.”
“There’s a woman in an overturned vehicle with her thigh crushed. She’s losing a lot of blood—her Blood Pressure keeps dropping, and her Oxygen Saturation has fallen to 85. She’s in critical condition, on the brink of Shock. Can you help?”
“Let’s go.”
“But…….”

“Let’s move first! Get the patient to safety!”

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