Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 10

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#Episode 10

“Me? No, I’m not.”

“Then why are you acting like that.”

In the end, she’s planning to stubbornly deny it.

Since Da-som couldn’t win against the professor by arguing, he decided to let her win.

“…Now that I think about it, I do seem drunk.”

“Right, you’re drunk. There’s no way you’d look at that like that unless you were drunk.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

This is what wise social life is about.

“Can you get home?”

“Yes, I’m not that drunk.”

“But Jeong Da-som.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“I can’t just let you go like this. If you’re not drunk, follow me.”

Don’t tell me he’s planning to kill and destroy evidence.

She looked up at Kang Hyeok with the most pitiful expression possible.

What did it matter if she was called ugly.

When she stretched her philtrum long and rolled in her upper lip, a shocking sound burst from Kang Hyeok’s mouth.

“Do you want to be told you look like a proboscis monkey?”

A dark and quiet night.

Aside from the occasional passing cars, there were few people around.

Da-som followed behind Kang Hyeok while secretly searching for proboscis monkeys on her phone.

She’d been told she looked like a squirrel before, but proboscis monkey was a first.

“Did Eun Hyeok leave first?”

Startled by the sudden question, Da-som quickly threw her phone into her bag.

“Yes. I sent him off in a taxi with Han Byeol.”

“He’s developed a damn bad habit. Those who carelessly drink and get drunk need to be taught a lesson.”

Does it feel good saying such things with that handsome face?

Da-som put strength in her legs and tried hard to walk straight.

“Look at this. Once you develop bad drinking habits, this is what happens.”

It was the same place where Kang Hyeok had been having his romantic encounter earlier.

Oh! What to do about this.

The person lying quietly asleep in a corner of the dark alley, using his shoes as a pillow, was Professor Ma who resembled Ma Dong-seok.

But was it okay to keep leaving him on such a cold ground?

“Should I put him in the indigent ward?”

It looked like he might actually do that if push came to shove.

But unlike his mouth that was cursing fiercely, Kang Hyeok’s appearance as he ran his hands through his hair and sighed in the dim light was as magnificent as a scene from a movie.

As she stared up at him in a daze, Kang Hyeok’s thick eyebrows slightly raised.

“What.”

“Oh, no. I mean, at this rate Professor Ma’s mouth might get crooked.”

“Is that all you have to say?”

“Should I call 119? Or should I contact the hospital Emergency Room?”

“Not that.”

“Oh, what did I say? I don’t remember at all.”

Though she wasn’t unaware of Kang Hyeok’s feelings as he chased after her, getting heated after hearing her mutter “what perfect timing,” it seemed like he’d get even more heated if she babbled about it being a misunderstanding here.

When she tried to make the proboscis monkey expression again, Kang Hyeok quickly said.

“Don’t do that.”

“Yes.”

Kang Hyeok took off his jacket and entrusted it to Da-som, then carried Professor Ma on his back.

Wow, he’s incredibly strong.

To carry Professor Ma, who’s quite hefty, so lightly like that.

Da-som picked up the shoes and followed behind him.

As they approached the Emergency Room entrance, Kang Hyeok stopped walking and turned around.

His sculptural face shadowed by the light came into view.

Beads of sweat had formed on his forehead as he exhaled heavily.

Having carried Professor Ma, who seemed to weigh about 0.1 tons, why wouldn’t he be like that.

His loosened tie swayed precariously over his shirt that was stretched taut as if the buttons might pop off at any moment.

“It’s late. Give me those things and take a taxi home.”

“Oh, understood.”

She handed him the jacket and shoes she’d been holding.

Though it looked inconvenient to hold them while carrying Professor Ma, his large hands grasped them without difficulty.

“Well then, I’ll be going now.”

When she bowed her head in greeting, Kang Hyeok nodded briefly then turned around and headed toward the Emergency Room.

It was a touching friendship.

Not recognizing that.

“Professor, I’m not someone who has misunderstandings like that.”

After shouting loudly, she turned around cheerfully.

It was a perfect night for getting drunk.

***

Kang Hyeok, who came to work before 7 AM as usual, opened the Research Lab door and entered.

Seong-ho, who had been lying on the sofa, raised his disheveled head and sat up.

“I heard you carried me here. How can I keep being indebted to you like this?”

Kang Hyeok asked while taking off his jacket and hanging it on the coat rack.

“Are you completely sober now?”

“Yeah.”

Seong-ho rubbed his round face with his hands, got up from the sofa, and approached the coffee maker.

“Should I make you a cup?”

“If you’re thinking of making do with coffee, don’t even think about it.”

“As if I’d make do with just this.”

Seeing him grin, he didn’t even feel the motivation to scold him.

It was fortunate that he followed Da-som last night and revealed the truth, but if he hadn’t recognized it was Da-som, he didn’t want to imagine what kind of misunderstanding he’d be having right now.

“Why am I like this lately?”

Kang Hyeok, who had been changing clothes, looked back at Seong-ho. Seong-ho straightened his disheveled hair and smiled awkwardly.

“Why, what’s wrong.”

They attended the same university and applied to the same department, coming this far together. Kang Hyeok, who became staff earlier than Seong-ho this year, could fully understand Seong-ho’s feelings.

There was no reason to feel intimidated just because he was a year behind. Seong-ho would definitely join the staff next year.

So he decided not to offer clumsy sympathy or comfort.

“Anyway, I should moderate my drinking from now on.”

“That’s welcome news to hear.”

“Right? Hehe.”

“I almost threw out my back, you bastard.”

“I’ll give you a massage later.”

“Stop saying disgusting things and just drink your coffee.”

“Okay. I’m going down first. Take your time.”

Seong-ho put on his gown, took his coffee, and left through the door.

Thud.

With the Research Lab door closed and left alone, Kang Hyeok picked up his phone to resolve the question that had been plaguing his mind all night.

The substitute blind date woman had appeared before his eyes on her own, so now he just needed to clearly find out about her relationship with Eun Hyeok.

While waiting for the dial tone to stop, he moved toward the window. Standing in this spot in the blue dawn, he recalled the memory of how his insides had boiled over that substitute blind date woman whose name he didn’t even know.

―Hello? What’s brother calling about?

Eun Hyeok’s drowsy voice came through.

“What’s your relationship with Jeong Da-som?”

―What kind of random question is that? What relationship?

“Just answer the question.”

―Why? If I say we’re close, are you going to harass me like you do others? Hyung, don’t live your life like that. Seriously.

Has this bastard lost his mind? What does he take me for?

“Are you two dating?”

―What? Me? With Cotton Ball? Say something that makes sense.

Eun Hyeok shouted as if he was about to jump up. Kang Hyeok smirked and leaned against the window frame.

“So you’re just friends?”

―Yeah, friends. Just like buddies. Same with Han Byeol.

Where is this bastard disgustingly bringing up balls from?

“Hanging up.”

After ending the call, Kang Hyeok rubbed his chin. Now that there wouldn’t be any messy entanglements, he just had to wait for March to come.

“Well then, shall I go to work now?”

Kang Hyeok put on his gown and left the research lab. It was the first time he’d looked forward to a new resident this much.

***

[General Surgery Professor Tae Bo-kyung]

Knock, knock.

Arriving in front of his sister Tae Bo-kyung’s research lab, Kang Hyeok knocked lightly.

“Come in.”

A stern voice came from inside.

When he opened the door and entered, Tae Bo-kyung, who was brewing coffee, glanced back at Kang Hyeok.

Tae Bo-kyung, who was over 170cm tall with a slender figure, had dark shadows under her eyes as if she had just finished surgery and come up.

Of course, that didn’t diminish her striking appearance that radiated intense presence.

“Want a cup?”

That must be just a polite gesture.

Wasn’t she the only princess of the Tae Family and the eldest with absolute power?

Would a princess who grew up so preciously that you’d wonder if she ever poured herself a glass of water personally brew coffee for him?

Just do what you normally do.

“I’m fine.”

After casually declining, he pulled out a chair from the table in the center of the research lab and sat down.

He cast a meaningless glance at the printouts and books piled up on the table and tried to guess why this sister had asked to see him.

Even when they ran into each other at the hospital, they would pass by each other like strangers unless it was patient-related talk.

Well, isn’t that how all real siblings are?

The Tae Family siblings themselves had no interest in each other to begin with.

That was because they had learned well that this was the way to maintain peace among family members.

Now they each lived independently, but when all four siblings lived together in one house, it was no different from a kingdom of animals swarming with predators.

Thud.

Tae Bo-kyung set her mug down on the table, crossed her slender legs, and faced Kang Hyeok.

“….”

“….”

A subtle silence flowed between them.

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