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< Kooz Animal Hospital >
After clocking in with these troublemakers who are never easy even today,
it was a short lunch break.
Myeongmyeong said, "Yurim-ping ajusshi~!"
Myeongmyeong dashed over and clung to Teacher Yoon Yurim’s leg.
Hana '...Yurim-ping?'
Tatpung said, "Since it’s Yurim, Yurim-ping—like a Tteiniping on TV"
Teacher Yurim said, "Hana, I really like this. From now on, I’m Yurim-ping."
Teacher Yurim said, "By the way, Hana, are you going to open a daycare,, there are so many cute kids getting here?
You’re busy today, right? I’ll watch the kids in the break room~"
Hana said, "Teacher, you’re really an angel…"
Teacher Yurim said, "Then can I tell the kids my jokes?"
Hana said, "...Ask the kids about that"
And just like that, the three little kids were led into the break room by Yurim-ping
Through the crack in the door, the voice of "The poorest king in the world~" leaked out
When lunch break ended and afternoon appointments began, the waiting room was noisy again with talk of that rabbit
Guardian: "Doctor, have you seen that rabbit? The handsome rabbit!"
Guardian 2: "I waited in the park for three hours yesterday~"
Lately, the talk of the hospital waiting room was all about that rabbit.
A white rabbit that showed up all over the alleys of Seongbuk-gu, charmed the neighborhood grandmothers, and
got carrots for treats, and even posed for photos
People called that rabbit the "Seongbuk-gu handsome rabbit."
Teacher Yurim said, "Hana, look at this! This rabbit is really handsome, right?"
Teacher Yurim held out her phone.
On the screen, the rabbit had a round face, black eyes, and was looking straight ahead with its ears tilted slightly.
Hana said, "...This is the first time I’ve used the word handsome for a rabbit"
Teacher Yurim said, "But no one’s seen it for the past few days, so everyone’s been going around looking for it!"
The moment I heard that, I found myself turning toward the break room
Ever since they saw the news that morning, the three of them had been strangely staring out the window nonstop
Hana 'Could it be…'
During the afternoon appointments, I stepped out for a quick coffee.
A fish-shaped pastry truck was parked at the corner of the alley.
Hana 'Should I buy some for the kids… no, coffee first'
Then it happened.
Behind the wheel of the fish-shaped pastry truck, something white was trembling.
Hana "……Huh?"
When I crouched down to look, it was a rabbit.
A white, round face
Black eyes
But its fur was all dirty, and its ears were drooping.
Hana 'Could it be… the handsome rabbit?'
Compared with the news photo, right now it was less a handsome rabbit and more a 'rabbit that’s been through it.'
Then I heard people’s voices from farther down the alley.
People: "They said they saw it this way!"
"Handsome rabbit~ where are you~!"
The rabbit curled in on itself even tighter.
The closer the sound of footsteps got, the more violently the little body trembled.
Hana "It’s okay… come here, noona will hide you"
When I held out my hand, the rabbit stared at me for a moment, then
boing
It jumped straight into my arms.
No matter how much those people called, it wouldn’t come out, but it came to me in one second
I hid the rabbit tightly inside my lab coat and went back to the hospital as if nothing had happened.
In the end, I didn’t get to buy coffee...
When I examined it in the treatment room, there were no injuries.
It was just exhausted from hiding from people for days.
Hana "You must have been really scared…"
The rabbit buried its face in my palm.
But this rabbit was strange.
The TV in the waiting room happened to be showing the "handsome rabbit" news again.
Anchor: "The Seongbuk-gu handsome rabbit’s whereabouts remain unknown"
When its own photo appeared on the screen, the rabbit suddenly lifted its head.
Then it briskly wiped its dirty face with its front paws and straightened its ears.
Hana "...Are you getting yourself ready right now?"
I burst out laughing.
Hana "Oh my, so handsome~ really handsome~"
At my words, the rabbit’s ears turned bright pink.
Hana '...Do rabbits’ ears turn red when they’re embarrassed too?'
I hadn’t learned that in med school.
Just then, the treatment room door flew open.
Teacher Yurim said, "Hana~ next patient… huh? What is that?"
On reflex, I tucked the rabbit into my coat
Hana "Ah, this? It’s a hand warmer. It’s a little cold, so"
Teacher Yurim said, "...Hana, your hand warmer is moving."
Hana "Hand warmers are pretty good these days…"
Every time the rabbit squirmed inside my coat, a bead of cold sweat ran down my back.
Teacher Yurim left with her head tilted in confusion. In this hospital, the secrets keep piling up one by one.
The moment the door closed, little footsteps came pattering from the break room side.
Myeongmyeong: "Nooonaa~!"
The three of them rushed into the treatment room, then stopped at once.
Sniff sniff
The three of them pressed their noses right up to the rabbit inside my coat.
Tatpung said, "...See?"
Ringing said, "...It smells the saaaame as us"
Myeongmyeong said, "It really does! It’s the same as us toooo!"
Hana "Same smell? What smell?"
The three exchanged glances, then clamped their mouths shut.
...It seems like there’s something only I don’t know
After getting home from work, I washed the rabbit and dried its fur, and only then
did the handsome rabbit from the news return.
Fluffy white fur
A round face
The rabbit sat in the middle of the living room and elegantly nibbled on a carrot.
Myeongmyeong said, "Why is it not sitting right? It’s like a prince"
Hana "Yeah, then what should we name it"
Come to think of it, this rabbit had been searched for by people in the neighborhood for three days, and it had never been caught once.
A rabbit that hadn’t been caught even once in three days
Hana "Okay, your name is Samhani"
The rabbit’s ears turned pink again.
Tatpung said, "...Is that rabbit embarrassed?"
When I came out after washing up, the living room was noisy.
And there were four little kids.
Between Myeongmyeong, Tatpung, and Ringring, there was one little kid I’d never seen before.
At this point, I wasn’t even surprised anymore
White hair, a round face
A kid whose dimples popped in when he smiled
The moment the little one saw me, his eyes welled up with tears,
Samhani said, "Noonaa… hic… thank youuu…"
Hana "......"
Seeing the little one crying and hiccuping, I sank down right there.
Hana "No, no, don’t cry… it’s okay"
When I patted his back, Samhani wiped his tears with my sleeve, then hiccupped again.
Myeongmyeong said, "Samhani, don’t cryyy, this is noona’s house, you’re not scaredd"
Myeongmyeong held Samhani’s hand tightly.
Tatpung said, "A crybaby"
Samhani said, "Samhani isn’t a crybaby… hic… it’s because a strand of hair got in my eye…"
Tatpung said, "...Right, the hair"
Ringing wordlessly pulled out a tissue and held it out in front of Samhani.
Only then did Samhani sniffle and smile bashfully, dimples popping on both cheeks.
Myeongmyeong said, "Okay, now I’ll tell you the rules of this house. Since I came first, I’m the older brother"
Tatpung said, "That was Ringring who sorted that out"
Ringing said, "...Sunday is mine"
Samhani said, "Then when do I get to sleep next to noona?"
The three of them froze at once.
...A week has seven days, and now there are four of us.
Hana "You guys, let’s just all sleep together…"
Myeongmyeong·Tatpung·Ringing·Samhani "Waaaah!!!"
This time, there are four.
And outside the window, somewhere in a dark alley, someone shone a phone light and muttered.
"...It definitely went into this neighborhood"
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