"Teacher Yeoju.. Are you really going..?"
"I told you, I'll clean everything up when I get up there."
“I didn’t know it would be like this...”
“Well, I really thought I would quit.”
“You know that you were a great help in writing this resignation letter, right?”
“Haha.. Bye. Don’t change your contact information.”
The first thing I did upon arriving in Seoul was resign. More precisely, I changed jobs. I'd leave this damn hospital behind and start over. If I were a professor, I'd open my own practice.
Unfortunately, the professor couldn't follow through, so he'll rebel like this.
Normally, it would be customary to submit a letter of resignation to the professor in charge or the chairman, but I chose a different path.
Swish,
" what's this? "
“Please repair it quickly, Professor Yoon.”
“..Kim Yeo-ju”
"Please don't call my name anymore"
"I'm really serious.. "
"So, that's why I came to this conclusion"
" .. what? "
It was my conclusion, knowing your heart was sincere. It was an unchanging truth that your light was still dazzlingly beautiful. However,
I also dared to be certain that that light was not the light that could shine on me forever.
That's why I decided to go halfway around the world, very far away.
I choose my light
“So, Jeonghan”
“ … ”
“Let’s really stop now.”
” … “
"Take care. Don't come back again."
So, I've finally left that hospital. Now, I'm going to work towards a fresh start. I hope I can secure a professorship there!
Two years later,
" .. under "
slurp,
"Why on earth are you calling me to a bar in Gangwon-do?"
“I changed jobs and became a professor, but why isn’t my life going well?”
“Anyway.. what’s the problem again?”
“..The director is here again”
No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't get a satisfactory answer from any hospital in the Seoul area. Of all the places I tried, only one gave me an answer: the hospital I currently attend, located in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.
“Tell them to step down right now.”
"How could that work?! How could I have changed jobs..."
“Why are you mad at me? Huh?”
“Oh my goodness..!! Who called you here to ask for advice?! To comfort me!!”
Do you think I called you out tonight to give you advice like that..?! I know that too.. But how can you say there's no other answer besides that? I even graduated from a good university..!!
“.. Captain Kwon?”
".. why is that person's name here again"
“Did you really break up back then?”
"Oh, that's not it.. how many times do I have to tell you"
"No, then what?! Are you saying we're going to have some kind of platonic love thing?"
” … “
“Really..?”
“Hey, senior..!! I called you for nothing.. for nothing...”
I deliberately tried not to think about it. I promised myself that if I ever saw him again, I would be true to my feelings at that time.
But I guess I can't help but want to see him... No, seriously, that senior is no help at all!!
Let's just drink some alcohol... I'm sorry, my liver.
After drinking my second bottle, I was, as expected, a total idiot. When will this chick's tolerance level ever reach the level of a chicken?
"No, so what did you really decide to do with Captain Kwon at the end?"
"..I don't know, really"
at that time,
"Wow... it's snowing. I really can't go up here."
" .. it's true "
White snow began to fall, signaling the start of deep winter. Ha, I'll have to clear the snow in front of the hospital again...
I thought I had endured it well for two years, but I don't know why I'm thinking of him so much today.
That day felt like that, somehow. As if he knew my fate.
I really wanted to see you.
Senior Choi slept in my studio, and I headed to the hospital's on-duty room. I bought a house just in case, but I only slept there a few times. I was so used to the on-duty room life...
The next day,
“Ahhh.. I’m dying.”
As expected, my liver, which had been swollen the day before, hadn't recovered and quickly drank the contents of the refrigerator in the thoracic surgery department. Ha... I'm finally starting to feel better.
“I wonder if my senior is still alive..?”
Well, that senior was famous for being a weekly drinker since college, so he'll probably still be alive... If not, that's a shame.
at that time,
“ ? Mr. Kim, didn’t you get off work yesterday?”
That guy is the director. That crazy director who forces me to do all the work at this hospital.
If I get caught drinking, I might have to postpone work again...
"Oh, Director...! I came back because I had some work to do."
Okay..! That was a good joke..
"..Please sober up before you see the doctor"
" .. All right "
I should have hidden my condition and lied to you.. What will happen to my image when I have to deal with that kind of director.. Yeah, it's my fault for not being able to control my drinking at this age. No, but yesterday..!!
at that time,
"Oh, right. They said there wasn't enough hands in the emergency room yesterday morning, so please go to the emergency room after you finish your appointment this morning and help me."
"Oh yes..!"
".. I don't usually ask this of someone who is a professor, but"
” ..? “
"I'm ordering you to do it because it's written in the introduction. It's dog-like labor."
"..yes, I know"
This is one of the reasons I'm considering changing jobs again. All the dog-shit work is being thrown at me.
thing
I should have thought about it and written the introduction then...
After all, I went down to the emergency room right after finishing my morning appointment, but I definitely felt more relaxed than when I was in Seoul.
But there's a common jinx in the emergency room: the moment you think you're feeling relaxed, something big happens.
That jinx has never been inaccurate
This place was no exception.
“The ambulance will arrive in 5 minutes..!! Everyone, please get ready..!!”
" under.. "
A short while later, as scheduled, an ambulance arrived, and quite a few people were brought in. Judging by their clothing, they didn't all look like ordinary people. Suits...?
And the gunshot wounds surrounding his body. No, how can gunshot wounds be a thing in Korea? Even in Uruk, I've never seen gunshot wounds...
"Teacher Yeoju, please look at the third bed first."
" yes "
Swoosh,
” ..!! ”
” … “
I couldn't help but be astonished. The person lying on the bed was none other than this boss, covered in blood. What on earth happened... But this boss is here...
" no way.. "
at that time,
“.. I guess we really are destined to be together”
“ ..!! ”
“..How have you been?”
" .. lie "
We met, it was like a lie. It was as if it were fate, no, it couldn't have been, in a situation and time that couldn't have been anything but fate. This time, it wasn't your world, but mine.