Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 31
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#Episode 31
“No, look at me.”
As he cupped Da-som’s cheeks and met her gaze, her heated eyes stared into his pupils.
“…Where are you going?”
Her husky voice was strangely alluring.
Should he just abandon everything and take Da-som home with him?
“To the family home. It’s probably because of the hospital opening anniversary event.”
“Ah… Then have a safe trip.”
“That’s all?”
He knew Da-som wasn’t the type to cling to him, begging him not to go and to stay with her instead.
In this relationship, the one who was thoroughly weak was himself.
He was always the one clinging, wanting to be together even a little bit longer.
Da-som rolled her eyes to the side as if she didn’t understand what Kang Hyeok’s question meant.
Then a moment later, she rose on her tiptoes and kissed Kang Hyeok’s lips with a loud smack.
“Is that good enough now?”
She gave him a clumsy kiss like she was pacifying a child, then smiled happily.
At that bright smile, Kang Hyeok couldn’t help but smile along.
He gently pressed his hand against her swollen lips that had been sucked and bitten to wipe away the saliva, and smoothed down her disheveled hair.
“Haa…”
He watched Da-som from a step away as she let out a heavy breath and patted her cheeks with both hands.
“Well, I’ll leave work with my friends. We’ll have dinner together on the way.”
“Will you?”
“Yes.”
“I have plans with the Head Nurse tomorrow too, so I’ll have to go alone.”
He wanted to cancel all his appointments, but they had been scheduled weeks ago and couldn’t be undone.
“Ah, it can’t be helped. I can use this time to study.”
“Right, then be careful going home.”
“Yes. Have a safe trip.”
“When I get home, I’ll tell them the truth, so don’t worry too much. As I said before, I’ll handle it well.”
Da-som slowly nodded and looked at him as if she had something to say, then brushed it off with a smile.
“It’s still chilly in the mornings and evenings, so dress warmly.”
“Yes. Then I’ll be going now.”
Da-som gave her characteristic eye-smile and waved her hand slightly.
Hiding his desire to grab that fluttering hand and lock it in his embrace, Kang Hyeok smiled back.
Da-som turned around and left the research lab, and the door closed.
Kang Hyeok slowly closed and opened his eyes as if searching for Da-som’s figure that had already disappeared.
***
After leaving the research lab, Da-som looked around the hallway just like when she entered and headed toward the emergency exit.
Taking the bright elevator might expose her still-unsubsided heat to others, so she had come up with the method of going down the stairs.
As soon as she opened the heavy iron door and entered the stairwell, Da-som leaned against the wall and let out a long breath.
“Haa… I’m going crazy.”
If Kang Hyeok hadn’t pulled her away…
She always left the research lab with a nonchalant smile, but she wondered if she could continue doing so.
They say a needle thief becomes a cattle thief.
At first, just entering the research lab made her heart flutter, but now she was swept away by Kang Hyeok without even thinking about where they were, wanting even more.
Even though he had locked the door, wasn’t it still a place where anyone could visit?
Moreover, it was a space shared with Professor Ma Seong-ho.
Kang Hyeok had become a man she couldn’t be satisfied with just looking at, unlike Han Bin.
And she, who desired such a man so much, was already in too deep to escape.
She simply liked Kang Hyeok, who cherished and loved her.
Surely that’s how it was at first…
Thump thump.
Her heart, which wouldn’t calm down, was beating fervently as if speaking those unspoken words.
When she entered the on-call room with a slightly haggard face, Han Byeol, who had been lying on the bed, suddenly sat up.
“Why did you come back? Didn’t you leave saying you’d go home with the professor?”
Da-som shook her head.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen? Hey, cotton ball! Aren’t you going to snap out of it?”
As Da-som kept her mouth shut with a half-dazed expression, Han Byeol jumped down from the bunk bed and approached her.
“Han Byeol.”
“Yes, yes. Tell me.”
“I think I like the professor. What should I do?”
Han Byeol’s expression rapidly soured. She snorted with a face that said ‘what kind of nonsense is this?’
“Are you calling that a proper statement?”
“Huh? You knew? That I like the professor?”
“I don’t know how you and Eun Hyeok got into medical school with those brains. Well, Eun Hyeok is rich so let’s say he got in by laying down money. But you don’t even have that.”
“Does it show? Did it show? Does it show that I like the professor?”
Whatever Han Byeol said, Da-som grabbed her arm and shook it while asking back.
Da-som had only clearly recognized her own feelings today, so she was curious how Han Byeol, who wasn’t even herself, had figured it out.
Han Byeol, who had been swaying like a reed as Da-som shook her, tensed her body and held firm.
“I’m getting dizzy. Stop shaking me. If my arm gets dislocated like this… Well, putting arms back in place is your specialty, so you could just put it back for me.”
“Did it show?”
“Do you think there’s anyone as good as you at pushing people away and drawing lines while pretending to be sociable? You, who were famous for being an iron wall since school, would run off like a crazy person at one call from the professor.”
“…I did?”
“Look at this. Really.”
Da-som quietly moved away from Han Byeol and plopped down on the bed.
It was natural.
Since she liked him, of course she’d want to hug and kiss him.
Even though she knew this obvious thing, hearing it from someone else’s mouth was like having cold water poured over her – it brought her to her senses.
Was it okay to just keep liking him like this?
Then what would happen later?
Should she just surrender herself to this feeling for now?
“Did you suddenly enter sage time?”
“Han Byeol, I’m hungry.”
She felt like her brain would work better if she put something in her stomach first.
When Da-som looked up at Han Byeol with pitiful eyes, Han Byeol narrowed her eyes and looked down at her.
Seeing Han Byeol’s expression, she was definitely scheming something.
“I’ll buy you food. Teach me how to relocate joints.”
“Suddenly? Right now?”
“Yeah.”
Han Byeol sat next to Da-som and grabbed her arm, feeling around the radius bone.
“Here, how do you grab here and do it?”
“Ow, that hurts. Let go of this and let’s talk. I’ll show you a video and explain.”
“I’ve watched it more than a hundred times. More than thousands of times.”
Looking at Han Byeol whose eyes had turned red, Da-som quietly extended her arm.
Fine, do whatever you want.
***
After leaving the hospital, having dinner, and parting with Han Byeol, Da-som headed to the officetel.
Habits were scary like this.
Having become a precious body that rode in Kang Hyeok’s car, walking alone felt incredibly awkward.
They say if you sit, you want to lie down. How could a person be so fickle?
Da-som chuckled to herself as she strolled down the street. As she walked, carefully observing the stores around the hospital, she found herself in front of the officetel before she knew it.
She went to the elevator and pressed the button, waiting for it to arrive.
Ding―.
The doors opened and a remarkably beautiful woman and a large-framed man stepped out.
But looking closely, the woman seemed familiar.
Da-som, with her keen eye for detail, immediately figured out who it was.
The celebrity of the neurology department. Professor Ahn Ye-sol.
She had briefly stopped by the emergency room during the day before disappearing, but her presence wasn’t something easily forgotten.
Everyone knew about her, as rumors were rampant that she was in a romantic relationship with a resident from the same department.
“Hello, I’m Jeong Da-som, first-year EM resident.”
“Oh my, we saw each other during the day, didn’t we? You live here?”
“Yes. I moved in not too long ago.”
“I see. This is a first-year NU (neurology) resident. My boyfriend.”
The man, whose earlobes turned red at the word “boyfriend,” exchanged a light nod with Da-som before fixing his gaze on empty space.
Despite his large frame, he’s quite shy.
Ahn Ye-sol looked up at him with a smile as if she found him absolutely adorable. Honey was practically dripping from her eyes.
“Well, we’ll be going now. See you at the hospital.”
“Yes. Have a wonderful time.”
Ahn Ye-sol waved brightly at Da-som’s greeting and disappeared.
…They look good together.
Even though he’s a resident, he’s dating a professor.
Being in a similar situation, her feelings were complicated.
Did she and Kang Hyeok look like that to other people’s eyes too?
Just the two of them standing side by side made the air around them seem different.
It seemed like it would only be a matter of time before people in the emergency room noticed what was between her and Kang Hyeok.
Da-som stared blankly at the couple before hurriedly getting on the elevator.
As the elevator doors closed and she watched the numbers go up, she remembered Kang Hyeok’s morning antics and couldn’t help but smile.
His place was just one floor down from the gym, but he insisted on taking the elevator down to the 7th floor with Da-som, only returning after confirming she had entered her home.
On top of that, he wrapped her up completely in his large jumper when they went around together, to the point where she was afraid someone might see them.
When she asked him why he did that, he said something about riding elevators being his hobby or something.
Whether at the hospital or at the officetel, thoughts of Kang Hyeok were increasingly occupying her mind.
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