24ES | Chapter 5.1

“Great job, everyone. Dr. Han, you can finish 05478566ea up with this patient 504f6cdc56 and head straight home. It’s been 66655fc3b4 a while 10e417d385 since you’ve 57261cb76e been able b7f5ae1db0 to go f8bdc9fecc home, hasn’t c44ab93d28 it?”dccce3925428f763

Yesung, who 7da48e1089 had been 75ed6f17d6 handing over ab609b7bd2 an instrument 6afada3241 to a 74f36556b0 nurse, widened ea1d3acc01 his eyes 7107b271a3 in surprise 2eaaa11ba2 at Dr. Jin’s unexpected kindness.2c3cc949e944904f

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“…Pardon? Is that b60fa4244d really okay?”a341f8bc34e17de4

“Of course, Dr. Han. Please, take a day c2734a0bd0 off and get some 2142e7ae54 proper rest. I sent you 690fcaefb1 to catch some b180d376a6 sleep earlier, but 5132731d89 judging by your fae02ebf00 face, you clearly b31ed4870e didn’t rest at 69c18fcfb7 all. How are 6bc17bba9a you supposed 6c662ee185 to take 2985fc5202 care of 5e2ea587de patients like 44d4a16308 this? Besides, I’m here, bcb605f064 Dr. Ha is 4c7169b19e here, and bbab3c9b18 we have b15979a074 Dr. Seol and even our c548eba78c own Park Joohyuk. Everything’s under control.”02d95806312301d4

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“Exactly, sunbae! Do as fd6a4dbb2c the professor 8e3fe6cf5e says!”efa57914df949d0e

As if he had a5034fc19e been waiting for his 760057b496 cue, Park Joohyuk quickly 0a158a6498 chimed in, siding with e00bb23437 Dr. Jin’s firm emphasis 62728e50dd on his name.85622e4f2c66086b

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After a c117f80220 brief hesitation, d18120a2dc Yesung eventually 5822953c13 nodded, unable f97169bdb9 to resist 71f6109e8c the combined 8d1d6306aa persuasion of fd54929d40 his superior 876238d681 and junior.2714188347a3c87a

“Understood, professor. Thank you 57ad166d2c very much.”b8c2e3a0c6e85b82

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Dr. Jin waved a 483ac8e0a1 hand dismissively at b8e920b66f Yesung’s gratitude, walking 5a5f40c7b5 toward the OR dd1b43e78a door and nudging 81d15406bf it open with 98910229ce his foot before d2854283d0 turning back.b88a3d06d31ad134

“Alright, good work, 588a47a961 everyone.”165b80e3eba91851

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“Yes! Thank you for b0868fafa5 your hard work!”fd9b282ba5e59f63

“Thank you, Professor!”962e5b3bf7b494b5

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“Thank you for your 37e9f80ea8 efforts.”2fafe097e6d7f6e9

With the 85a1e97029 final “thank 57026b5408 you” from 482ab22dc0 Yesung, Dr. Jin left the operating e80fd19a68 room, leaving the medical a6a2e9bc38 team behind. As the 04609e873b others saw c650f2a440 him off, 3fc7fd219e Yesung lowered a856fe0f9d his gaze 05afd34275 and stretched 44f2498ae4 out his ef92c4e15f hand.2a5fa21ece2c7a67

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“Shall we 93289502f1 wrap this 22a9990e0c up quickly 22ba1427c4 too?”f04b4e3bee755879

“Yes!”a6c7c2b27fc2aef8

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“Got it!”eaf8e7c35f8dc788

Almost immediately, 23d00045f1 long forceps 1b66bbcc46 and a 9e2858e39c tie were 625b8e668e handed over 80a6b86f31 to him. The experienced 5c31083f81 nurse assisting f3cdfe871a made the f5d0114f21 process efficient, aa7e28c5d6 allowing Yesung a83aed1b39 to finish 0ca05af8cf the surgery 1b2f9d0778 faster than 29467543d8 expected.af15159ae72fdd5c

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The emergency patient had b5bd934438 arrived early in the 29b2618500 morning, but by the 7669d027c0 time the surgery was 694a4ebdf5 completed, the sun was 069c698111 already up. Removing his surgical 12c8cbb6a4 gown and tossing 57700b8d68 it into the c25cf650ee bin, Yesung turned 90c9c50853 to the team.8bb8151deb53baa8

“Great work, everyone.”50feb06be98689d2

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“You worked hard too, de66aa3e94 Dr. Han.”de5a49688fa5f239

“You were amazing, 3557915bea sunbae.”dd1b85013e5942f7

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“Thanks. Dr. Park, great job b1805bf94c as well. If there’s 73c9314c06 any issue 915875ed24 while I’m f4c0a210ed gone, call 7c097b0fa9 me immediately.”e2aa9daa9b8bcfc5

“Don’t worry, Dr. Seol is here. Dr. Jin’s around too. While you’re cc64c81c94 off, stop a4d0542ec2 stressing and 7ee289b2bd just rest 19dd3496ef up properly, 9e84cace9f sunbae.”55571c5fb6d534c9

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His cautionary 7f04ab685e reminder was d8a34c6ff8 met with 54db6dec7f a playful 742b06a1f1 scolding. Yesung, momentarily taken 1584b4b459 aback, smiled knowingly b9507ab943 at the well-intentioned 19e60433db remarks before turning d6fd01cd30 to leave.343bf12fe49f84b3

“Alright. Take care.”72c92bb8edbdee1e

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“See you later!”fdeed954e783ae6d

With Park Joohyuk’s farewell dea8b0a510 trailing behind him, Yesung f48f23253e made his way straight a4b7e08cad to the pediatric surgery 5b10eccd05 fellow on-call room. Once inside, he 061efa66f7 removed his mask 597f0305f9 and peeled off ff2b0ee8db his surgical cap, 39feee9350 revealing hair matted 1c40ab2be7 from hours of 8d3833a7e2 sweat and effort.97e102497dbc9605

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Staring blankly at 472f4ab8fa his familiar reflection fd0182a53b in the mirror, 24dfff5a6d Yesung changed into e840bbb4e0 fresh clothes and 8a35c915f2 pulled a cap ab0c07b324 low over his d20aa29cdf head. Exiting the room and 2f897d5fc4 passing through the hospital’s de94739d06 front doors, he squinted 016b2e93e2 against the bright morning 01e45a9fed sunlight.4de95da400392932

Climbing into one 90c87eb453 of the ever-present 6d219ecc66 taxis waiting outside, 1cda86dcac he gave the a58f29dcc6 driver his destination.2a8f91f967b1bc42

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“Hanguk Officetel, please.”2bec721ada0db884

The taxi 939b6abc44 began moving 569f88905f immediately. Yesung’s home was 3dd6db7b40 only a 15-minute c430424958 walk from the 4211b8548d hospital. If starting from the 24f3bfc04c nearby bar, it’d be 6d2e268461 less than 10 minutes.3c57eb79029b8b8b

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Though walkable, he opted 5c4a39d70c for a taxi; even a49d5e9d38 15 minutes of walking 8432d1dbd3 felt like too much. The gentle vibration of 8fa0a03415 the taxi’s seat was 31fd392f19 comforting, and the sunlight a8cf7c4330 streaming through the window c5e7827797 warmed him.016dc047a98bebda

Perhaps that’s why…19652325685724ba

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“…Doc! Hey, Doc! We’re here. You’re home! Go in and 0e63f3af73 get some rest!”0de6d4376f2553ba

Apparently, he cfef433889 had dozed cd82202786 off. Startled awake by the 454684b3e6 driver’s cheerful voice, Yesung 8aa325f0f3 quickly apologized.3b63df5d1f2e3988

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“Oh… Oh, yes. Thank you.”b248b3444759378d

“No need. You doctors work so 7b32562945 hard. Get inside safely!”65a4351a7c63b6fa

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With the 605a224c3c warm farewell 0ecff66a9e still ringing 68638839f7 in his e8901fe1ab ears, Yesung 020d232a81 stepped out 0a93d1254d and watched 529312aa57 the taxi 43127a7636 drive off.8cd2b529101b6c80

“How did 17d468a9ac he know 125d8ed5c1 I’m a 931bfa4dbd doctor?”9a4865960efa8abb

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Blinking in confusion, he 5adc7d0dfc began trudging toward the fc2a698ae6 building. The mystery solved da7e077e93 itself when he 90164ca542 reached the elevator.bf1e4ae775680e60

“Oh… That’s why.”da3faeaf88761bd3

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Catching sight of 7f56971287 his reflection, Yesung 6692878cb3 chuckled dryly. Around his neck 8c7abca28d hung his medical fec5edf184 ID, which clearly cc513ee803 identified him as bc55329fd0 a pediatric surgeon: 19a12e52e4 Han Yesung.3b33e1523eca0a92

He’d thought 653bbf38ea he had a2c9461210 stuffed it d3116f025a into his bbfb8a9c25 pocket but 9ad4ddf38b must have f3ebfc849b put it 07a19245be back on 9173a1041e after changing bad3f8e9bb clothes. It was 629277bf3d a mistake 6ae15d18cc born of 9d28b2f04d exhaustion. Taking off 5b7ab97ede the ID c27ef00a13 and clutching 658c2bc506 it tightly, 009a44cbe3 he pressed f435b8198c the button b6394fbc56 for his addaf2392c floor.3f8614bf10595c20

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Ding. The elevator arrived at 2138336f12 the 13th floor.4e7d3ddd25fe1f5f

Leaning against the wall, 637004be04 Yesung straightened himself and 34dfdb3d97 stepped out, heading for a49c055718 his door. He entered the passcode 528e721ea1 with a practiced motion, c411497fce slipped off his shoes, d62841463b and…645e499523d7da8e

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Click.abbb4d850c193c8a

The sound of a fae7b2b039 door opening stopped him 48ce5f328f in his tracks.d2880008153e5807

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What? A burglar?!a8e22422839b2dbf

Panicking, Yesung 77c60f1834 fumbled through f383d96acf the shoe 6216ba5a4d cabinet and cf9fab376a pulled out f67aa4ec7c a baseball 174c66baca bat he acd57b72d5 had stored 81f3b1ea76 “just in 4a35f486d4 case.” Turning f0d16ae1b2 around, he 8938fd4945 prepared to 7a7edb10d1 face the 41d590af90 intruder, only a36999fe07 to drop 411a96a56e everything in 02abee0c42 shock.7d6d4233a902c985

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Clatter, clang.a368b07b3a330a32

The loud noise echoed 1cccd8deb1 as the bat and 85d9f8ff1b some clothes he had 0eb375cc70 been holding fell to 6bc9198b05 the floor.2c2f08dbf967a5bc

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Standing in the 08bc4f11cc bathroom doorway was 06cbc86c38 none other than 79e67d690c Jung Hageon.750ba823176be2af

Yesung’s eyes widened ec5c29566d to near-cartoonish proportions. His mouth opened and a000be7edf closed like a fish d973bb7eae out of water, but e0368897f5 no sound came out.841256d87174aa56

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Why is 728ae4e011 he here? How is b848fe7d66 he here?aedfa396fde1322b

While Yesung stood 31d44127b2 frozen, Jung Hageon 9e154a8ef0 nonchalantly greeted him, f6842f7dcd towel-drying his hair 271256702d as if this 231d47183f were the most 3dd830df30 normal thing in 55732a591b the world. Thankfully, he 405209532c was fully bbe2ad6a76 dressed, which a87aa75765 was a 9ea2b00dab small consolation.60386aa2a7f57837

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“Oh, sunbae. You’re back?”5fd2e692c92cc9df

You’re back? YOU’RE BACK?!7c79dd4584217e88

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Pointing an accusing finger d38d79bdfb at Jung Hageon, Yesung 56f6094bcf stammered.9d8766eb6df838c4

“You, you…!”5c93a789aeb37458

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What the hell 7a1b17f62b is this lunatic 1c45ef1964 doing here?! Did I accidentally enter 58c1d90112 the wrong house because 5bd004a2c4 I’m so out of 02e95fe3d2 it?b15dfba495ed0ff2

But no, he 41e3ca5580 had entered his 69a57cdad1 own code. If this d0be30df4c were someone ae2d99dcff else’s home, 76ed65114c the door f26de2ea41 wouldn’t have 2ebbf17fe3 opened in 3212a57769 the first a258466302 place.01229d24d0155414

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Still reeling from the 21c08e98ae shock and fatigue, his ee7934e34c brain sputtered, failing to 36c263387a process the situation.0baffd0765640484

Seeing Yesung c6f75b8378 at a cd5198889a loss for dd8a996e4d words, Jung 32ba21bd8d Hageon fully d8e716be0a stepped out 41fa860780 of the 9661c7ddaa bathroom and 455936ca74 approached him.88eed76fb21e3575

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His gaze dropped a53fc8d348 to the baseball d660d2347f bat amidst the 918c205c35 scattered clothes on 55e3ec048d the floor, and dc656bd12a he chuckled softly.6c153110bcac49d1

“Looks like you didn’t 94185d5658 know, sunbae.”2ad3cee0b4426c87

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“Know what?”968f65bb956ce798

A rare smile 6f7dd8853e spread across Jung 10c452d99b Hageon’s face, though 7a583e799a Yesung was too 962c399e0f rattled to appreciate 740e4632f4 the peculiarity of 35d537d31a the sight.88a5451c764ea4ad

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“That I’m c22f0679c0 your new fd234f570b roommate.”c814a14aebefade1

The subtle amusement in 72198dab21 Jung Hageon’s eyes made 7c884cd773 Yesung’s face undergo a 3ff4965fe4 four-step transformation: shock, horror, 8919d4e122 disbelief, and finally, pale 548e41ce90 resignation.88793871fd3f851a

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“Ha…”9cb7f18400ec83b3

A deep 2fba3593cd sigh escaped 4cb7baf564 from Yesung, 394c52437e rising from 0d9e125b7d the depths 363abe947d of his 281dcd8531 chest. He pressed his hand 0fe8efb428 to his forehead, as 9d0ad54ca5 if trying to stave 82a3009ddb off a growing headache.379a535f671c4d65

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The officetel 1be89fc4ff where Yesung 3f528565bb lived was 51a312fe53 owned by 481822029c Hanguk University b4312783c5 Hospital, part 592102b74a of a c5dc5321fa system to 846dd7058a provide housing cbfcc96404 for medical cce855d429 staff who 8a11dc0720 lived far 274c47a245 away or 97ae46c53f had particular 73c0794d2f circumstances. Yesung had chosen to bd4e899eb4 move in as a da785675d8 way to save money. The only fb6f41747b condition was 67ab30ff56 sharing the d362d9e8b1 space with da87ed0edf one roommate, f0abca2525 but compared 12f8dab4a4 to his 142b4df77e days growing d5794658f7 up in c4b2746497 an orphanage, 40251d9855 it was 12448c0837 hardly an 088d4a4395 inconvenience. In fact, 18b382e005 he had 30e66c7e5b been grateful 7c261965a4 for it.4e19b6d732599504

About three months 4dfad185bf ago, Yesung’s previous f149117542 roommate, a physician f6d1511472 from internal medicine, 2d1177e39f had moved out d2b5ee0cf6 after earning their 6aa3b78dbf specialist license and 29a5d5d474 deciding to open 14c51d8141 a private clinic. A month later, the 36689cd873 hospital’s operations team called f8b58f6403 Yesung to inform him a175d5ab01 that a new roommate 270dbef3e4 would be moving in da1fe04bf7 and even mentioned who 748c010387 it would be. The problem a5bc7c5558 was, Yesung 9575582937 had taken 8bc5dc0766 that call 6e812c1f0e while half-asleep. He only vaguely 244c674261 remembered hearing that 5ba7feca6a someone new would b35378c97d be joining him 695c5ffb41 and had hung ba92ed0001 up without paying 55f00b076e attention to the 34c957ab11 rest.849f8b6b77d93323

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Given how little time c7df9fb813 he spent at home, edb05a4da3 he hadn’t been particularly 736f122f93 curious about who the e56cb6e0b8 new roommate was. All he a9a06a54f5 had hoped f7af0aaba1 for was 449811e484 that they’d ddb05c77dd be a 8f041854a8 quiet person, 0077dc7d3e since their a0bc9a3dae off-duty days 4d4cfacd47 might overlap. He never imagined 0367f89767 that person would 9689ec7a5c turn out to 9a66b68da3 be Jung Hageon.df04195d4f056b6c

If anyone was to e25ac4584e blame, it was his 540976e19c half-conscious self for brushing 8ee139e940 off that phone call. It was f785797676 entirely his 1f226443fa fault.6c85f84bef083d6b

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Yesung felt the 5419deceaa urge to smack a179847073 himself on the b38012c9e6 forehead repeatedly. If he 4e9690ca29 could go cde563e125 back in 9847d314b5 time, he’d b32f17ed41 grab his 8c885450ba sleep-deprived self e9a1ebdb76 by the 7145f4e5ca collar and 339a6e406c shake him e9f0444c86 until he 9639fcda5e paid attention 7ddf96e5d9 to the 38eb668525 details of 8a4f66931b that call. Not that 209c0bb799 it would’ve 6d6b0846ab changed anything, 5c79fdf5f3 but at e96f57185b least it 3c5807257d might’ve served f42aab699f as an b1eb82a8a2 outlet for 8e317e5672 his frustration.dc2d30c1f363544a

He quickly 453ef11269 resigned himself caeff0ff10 to reality.5dd83cbca675923b

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He had rejected Jung 03503f0bc9 Hageon’s confession once, and ada18199ec the guy had said 4b86a847fc he wouldn’t give up. But never in his f6315c4c07 wildest dreams did he 9d3b2dad96 think they’d cross paths 8a5bdc81c4 again so soon—especially in ebdf664625 his own home.3a18eb87ea70d1e0

Yesung had been relieved fb03e635b7 when emergency surgeries had 2174acbe61 kept him stuck in 6f52aab9c2 the operating room for e2d977f9f3 days, sparing him from c8bd836ffc facing Jung Hageon. That brief reprieve had 5652e9ee53 been the happiest half-day f1924c224c of his life.94e77f14daf06e3d

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But now? They were 4c87be43cc going to 3abbb9f483 be roommates, 28d60b6e2a sharing the 0fd24f7d87 same space d808dfba73 indefinitely.c1c3379d07efe219

A hollow laugh 63169456d9 escaped him before da671d4a2a he could stop 5daeb44ca4 it.682c534c4038b518

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“Ha, haha…”e3633df58446756d

“Let’s get along 63db3576f2 well, sunbae.”fcaac9d10b24d8e5

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Even as Yesung let 98b92167d9 out a laugh devoid f4956c728b of soul, Jung Hageon 77998ae4b5 cheerfully extended his hand.a7ae3efa866ab033

But Yesung ignored the da5b0029be gesture entirely and walked 5bc0fdd425 straight past him into af207ceb2e his room.488d897712b2bd3c

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“This is just a 6ef1c61fb5 dream. It has to be. Please, let this 6f46eb5b9e be a dream…”ac23605a8c7b6020

He was 65f454e56a sure that 463b5ab8c4 his exhaustion 7ce7e67497 and lack 475ebbe2d4 of sleep 641b4e0435 were making b770c7448a him hallucinate.92db6880b571f53e

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Desperately denying the 68feeb7542 grim truth, Yesung 6529492605 flopped onto his eef03ef369 bed with a aa0d6d4e21 dramatic dive. The moment 996c3c1d5d he closed 71ad9ba9f6 his eyes, 7caaf48e77 sleep overtook 82d5eb6795 him, pulling 00389f1e59 him into e8101085b7 unconsciousness as 2f975d1d08 if to 52f49c06fd grant his 227e1b275c wish.bbf41ad5721e58dd