Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 66
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#Episode 66
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Whether everyone knew but pretended not to, they treated Da-som no differently than before.
So she could forget everything and focus on seeing patients.
“Good work.”
“You worked hard.”
After finishing the shift handover and leaving the Emergency Room Lounge, Da-som gestured to Han Byeol and Eun Hyeok who were shuffling along behind her.
Seeing Da-som’s reddened eyes, Eun Hyeok and Han Byeol, who had been looking at her with faces full of things to say, had remained silent until now.
They were probably waiting for Da-som to tell them directly.
“Want to have a drink?”
“Oh, sounds good.”
“Totally good.”
They answered as soon as Da-som’s words fell.
“Then let’s keep it simple.”
“Deal!”
Da-som sent a text to Kang Hyeok.
She had heard he would stay at the Research Lab because of his thesis, but if it was something he could do at Home too, she was thinking of telling him to leave work early.
“What, are you contacting Professor?”
While moving to the dormitory with Han Byeol, she typed a text. Seeing this, Han Byeol asked.
“Yeah.”
“Today let’s not just keep it simple, let’s eat and drink ourselves to death. Tell him to go Home first.”
“Should I?”
“Yeah. You’ve been busy dating so we haven’t gathered together much anyway.”
“Got it.”
After Da-som sent the text, a reply came from Kang Hyeok right away.
“What did he say?”
“He said he’ll leave work early. Let’s eat and drink ourselves to death today.”
“What should we eat and drink to death so we’ll be rumored to have died well?”
As Han Byeol said, she had been neglecting them while spending time with Kang Hyeok. Da-som decided to enjoy the feeling of returning to the old days for once.
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“Drink. They say even ghosts who died drinking have good complexions.”
Han Byeol filled Da-som’s glass to the brim.
“You know I’m weak with alcohol. Are you trying to make me eat and die?”
“Eat and kill. You become super brave when you drink.”
“Who am I supposed to kill? I’m not that kind of person.”
Han Byeol was deliberately throwing out jokes to lighten the mood. Understanding her heart, Da-som also played along and downed her drink.
It could be seen as light warm-up before getting to the main topic.
“Well, I think differently.”
What thoughts are different again? Da-som chuckled and looked at Eun Hyeok.
Eun Hyeok spoke while sucking on chicken feet bones. He didn’t eat chicken with bones, but always ate chicken feet with bones. His eating habits were quite peculiar.
“That Person isn’t someone you can kill just because someone says to kill him. He’s fucking strong.”
Why is the conversation suddenly going in that direction again?
It was a jab at Kang Hyeok, but Eun Hyeok’s trauma seemed unavoidable.
“When Jeong Hyeok hyung and I tried to attack That Person to kill him, we all got knocked out. I really got beaten to within an inch of my life then. Our Goh Ah-reum was crying and making a huge fuss.”
Hearing stories about Kang Hyeok’s childhood was always refreshing.
“R-really? He’s stronger than the firefighter uncle?”
Han Byeol asked carefully.
“That’s what I’m saying. Can’t you tell from me calling him not human?”
“So that’s why the chief was trembling so much. He couldn’t even breathe in front of Professor Tae.”
“The chief is just excellent at getting by. When you see him dealing with First-year Residents, he’s not even human.”
“True.”
Da-som weakly agreed and downed her soju. Just look at how he made the First-year Resident who made a mistake handle enemas exclusively.
“But Da-som, eat some food. Should I order something else for you?”
Eun Hyeok, who had been diligently sucking on chicken feet bones while wearing plastic gloves, rolled his eyes and looked at Da-som.
Seeing Eun Hyeok who noticed like a ghost even when her voice tone lowered, Da-som chuckled.
It would be better to speak before getting more drunk.
Han Byeol and Eun Hyeok waited for Da-som’s mouth to open.
“Han Byeol, remember that woman who was waiting in the Waiting Room for no reason last time? Kim Min-chan’s Guardian. She said her husband was a famous businessman.”
“Oh, I remember. …But suddenly why?”
“What do you think about that woman being the person who gave birth to me?”
“What? Really?”
“What is this about? You met cotton ball’s Mother?”
Eun Hyeok put down his chicken feet and sat up straight. Han Byeol was gaping in disbelief.
Their friends’ reactions made her chuckle.
Well, she could count on her fingers the times she had talked about her birth Mother to friends she’d known for over 6 years.
“Ah… So that’s why in the Waiting Room.”
“Isn’t it ridiculous? Being so cold for over 20 years without a single contact, and now what nerve does she have to want to see me…”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah.”
Da-som forced herself to smile as usual.
“Why was there no contact all this time? Did you hear the reason?”
Eun Hyeok asked angrily.
“I cut her off coldly over the phone. I told her never to come see me again. That’s the end.”
“Your heart must be breaking.”
She was furious at the selfishness of a woman who appeared at her workplace causing trouble and doing whatever she wanted.
She was a woman who was selfish and only cared about herself to the end.
“I’m fine. You don’t need to worry. Let’s just drink.”
“Y-yeah. Let’s do that.”
Da-som giggled and tilted her soju glass.
“T-that’s more than five glasses, right? Hey, take away her glass. Stop her from drinking.”
Han Byeol worried and tried to take Da-som’s glass away.
Who’s worrying about whom?
When she wouldn’t let go of her glass for fear of having it taken away, Eun Hyeok clicked his tongue and poured her soju.
“Yeah, drink up. If not on a day like this, when else would you drink?”
“As expected, our Eun Hyeok is the best!”
She emptied her glass and giggled, but strangely tears came. After crying so much in Kang Hyeok’s arms.
Anyway, that woman’s incident led to her honestly confessing her feelings to Kang Hyeok too, so it was also a meaningful day in its own way.
She decided not to view it entirely negatively.
“Professor said he loves me.”
When Da-som wiped away her tears and spoke, Han Byeol, who was lifting her drink, quietly put it down.
“Well, isn’t that obvious? Would he have acted like that at the Hospital without at least that much feeling? Everyone in the Emergency Room knows.”
“…Everyone knows?”
She had somewhat expected it, but actually hearing it with her own ears was both embarrassing and gave her strange feelings.
“Then what do I do?”
“What do you mean what do you do? Hyung carried you away and disappeared. Everyone who saw that was cursing calling That Person a thief and making a huge fuss.”
“Well, it seemed like more of a fuss than when Han Bin appeared.”
Han Byeol quietly continued.
Oh my, what do I do tomorrow?
When Da-som covered her face with both hands, Eun Hyeok giggled and laughed.
“It’s okay. Whether it’s the Hospital grounds or what, they say a couple emerges every year. So walk around with your head held high confidently.”
Hearing those words was somewhat reassuring, but it was still embarrassing nonetheless.
“I really need to work harder. That way I won’t bring shame to the Professor’s face.”
“How can you work any harder than you already do? Just keep doing what you’re doing now.”
“Right, if you work any harder, what are we supposed to do? That would be the real inconvenience.”
Eun Hyeok nodded his head as he chimed in.
Like that, they tilted their glasses over chicken feet, finding comfort for their wounded hearts.
“Should we order more soju?”
“Stop drinking. Everyone’s drunk.”
When Eun Hyeok grabbed an empty bottle and shook it, he turned his head at the sound that came softly.
Kang Hyeok in a suit was walking in with a wonderful smile.
“P-Professor!”
“…Hyung?”
“Eun Hyeok, take Han Byeol home.”
Kang Hyeok spoke in a low and firm voice.
“W-we were about to get up anyway. Hey, Lee Han-byeol. Get up, let’s go.”
Eun Hyeok and Han Byeol hurriedly got up from their seats.
“Then we’ll go first.”
“Professor, we’ll be going first. Da-som, see you tomorrow. Fighting!”
After the two disappeared like that, Kang Hyeok took a seat across from Da-som.
He unbuttoned his suit jacket and quietly gazed at Da-som.
Looking into those deep, intense eyes, it felt strange to think that this person was truly the one she loved.
It felt like her throat was choking up, and also like her chest was swelling with pride.
Just the fact that she had such a reliable ally in the world made Da-som happy.
She was no longer sad.
“…Professor.”
She called out to him, putting all her inexpressible feelings into that word.
“…Did you drink a lot?”
Kang Hyeok reached out and gently touched Da-som’s flushed cheek. A cool, bitter-sweet fragrance wafted from Kang Hyeok.
“A little, I think. Hehe.”
“Your face is red.”
Kang Hyeok stroked Da-som’s cheek again and brushed back her fallen hair.
That touch was so gentle that her heart melted softly.
When she rubbed her cheek against his large hand and smiled bashfully, Kang Hyeok lifted the corners of his mouth in a wonderful smile.
“Did our Professor get a lot of work done while I was drinking here?”
“What do you think?”
His voice asking with a slight smile sounded pleasant.
Being drunk made it hard to control her feelings of affection.
She shouldn’t be too obvious about it.
“Hmm…, I don’t think you got much done. Because you missed me. Right?”
“I could only think about you. Where did the woman who confessed her love go, leaving me alone in this gloomy research lab? Should I go catch her right now? What should I do? In the end, I came running out.”
“Hahaha, did you come to catch me?”
“I missed you so much I couldn’t bear it.”
“…I’m okay now. Everything’s okay. I’m so happy right now.”
She filled the space left empty by the absence of her mother with Kang Hyeok.
After filling her heart completely with this man who was too big to contain all at once, she felt like she could live.
“Yes, I’ll make you happy for the rest of your life.”
Kang Hyeok got up from his seat and helped Da-som up. Da-som, smiling bashfully with completely relaxed eyes, was quite drunk.
She looked better than he had worried about, which was a relief.
Because it was really hard to bear when Da-som was in pain.
He would rather take on all her pain himself if he could transfer it to him instead.
He put Da-som, who was obediently following his lead with an innocent face, into the car parked in front of the store.
As Kang Hyeok fastened her seatbelt and was about to turn away, Da-som’s appearance in the streetlight looked so tender and heartbreaking that he quietly pressed their lips together.
He bit her soft lips and cupped her warm cheeks.
“Say it again.”
When Kang Hyeok spoke with their lips touching, Da-som opened her closed eyes and gazed into Kang Hyeok’s eyes.
Their dark eyes met.
After looking at each other for a long time as if to engrave each other in memory, Da-som opened her mouth.
“…I love you.”
That confession had been echoing in his ears constantly, making him wonder if it might have been a hallucination he created.
He had been anxiously worried that she might be regretting the confession she had burst out due to intense emotions.
Kang Hyeok felt relieved as he absorbed the sweet confession of love.
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