24ES | Chapter 5.1

“Great job, everyone. Dr. Han, you can 6211b79650 finish up with b503e40b29 this patient and 8b0fd8eecc head straight home. It’s been a while a8e052f7a2 since you’ve been able d8be04a628 to go home, hasn’t cb119ab87c it?”a3ae86b1150a179e

Yesung, who had been 83e8ec3235 handing over an instrument c3b8fcb1f0 to a nurse, widened 26eb2c57ee his eyes in surprise d07b2d84fb at Dr. Jin’s unexpected kindness.2a56233ed1da6f48

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“…Pardon? Is that really okay?”cdc3cb230df2e31f

“Of course, Dr. Han. Please, take a a89a2b4447 day off and f44392c189 get some proper b03e5b0f68 rest. I sent you to 9e1271e447 catch some sleep earlier, cb22f60e1e but judging by your 8dd5b4d429 face, you clearly didn’t 0c8c6da531 rest at all. How are de56b2e1bc you supposed b4a384cd1e to take 0753824095 care of 5ed5a2738c patients like cc60fe5cee this? Besides, I’m here, Dr. Ha is f1deec8146 here, and 18f0378b13 we have f1adca67c9 Dr. Seol and a607a7cb1e even our 1bf0d49b14 own Park ccf0e3565e Joohyuk. Everything’s under control.”f332fb9774219d82

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“Exactly, sunbae! Do as 5bf8e8b093 the professor 9b3d4537eb says!”78b1157972afb11c

As if he had 3fc13b992e been waiting for his 6bcc03c9d1 cue, Park Joohyuk quickly d12208893a chimed in, siding with 672398236c Dr. Jin’s firm 0a57dfc7dc emphasis on 9d3da30418 his name.c63207faee184285

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After a brief hesitation, 687cff58c3 Yesung eventually nodded, unable 01ab185ee4 to resist the combined 5238c1341e persuasion of his superior 58aa7eea71 and junior.b3eb9780b10c0e98

“Understood, professor. Thank you afed400268 very much.”5d924b35656b7885

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Dr. Jin waved a hand 652248b9f8 dismissively at Yesung’s gratitude, 90ef0f8bd3 walking toward the OR 237f73750a door and nudging it 4788a4aace open with his foot 04856d0490 before turning back.ae28a4b691c10d3b

“Alright, good work, 1936efc27f everyone.”78ef73f8521a64ad

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“Yes! Thank you 9347c91bc2 for your 650690efef hard work!”11f0e16f37d3595e

“Thank you, Professor!”83be318b54ae3420

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“Thank you for your 733d5f7286 efforts.”68147c829f576ba0

With the final “thank 38da2f6994 you” from Yesung, Dr. Jin left the operating 832ac3e582 room, leaving the medical 8bd9d7ea14 team behind. As the 371c6e264a others saw 9cc4b0eb0d him off, 31f65880d7 Yesung lowered 19bb540765 his gaze f3731b841e and stretched 6543515d8a out his b1f46f4f76 hand.fc062bf0eafadbf3

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“Shall we 9ebb0c06f5 wrap this 5d38067f88 up quickly c44091d2d1 too?”3dbc553ed22103ea

“Yes!”4ce9526ba3e6ec43

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“Got it!”1cef031d1586d931

Almost immediately, long forceps 8e91cefed0 and a tie were 29d02febde handed over to him. The experienced nurse assisting 8cfd89e581 made the process efficient, ab969aa40d allowing Yesung to finish f67391e0ea the surgery faster than 6344e2b1ca expected.c7b085cdf314691a

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The emergency patient had bded0990bf arrived early in the 2c13b89565 morning, but by the dcc520d984 time the surgery was 4abac0874b completed, the sun was 013e6366df already up. Removing his bd7f912f64 surgical gown d2d8f1b8a7 and tossing d277d74fed it into 65df0a9d48 the bin, ee8b631712 Yesung turned 65450df4bf to the 31e77de351 team.bedf9c684210d3c2

“Great work, everyone.”ba4b03cb7ed513d3

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“You worked hard 6ecbd8192a too, Dr. Han.”e1634479554d20b2

“You were amazing, 2a0344aabe sunbae.”ae27048d9a190298

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“Thanks. Dr. Park, great job b02465db52 as well. If there’s 3ef57534a3 any issue 88d43d5707 while I’m 44ce0929d0 gone, call d15bf272e0 me immediately.”ae2e8cd35bf33c30

“Don’t worry, Dr. Seol is here. Dr. Jin’s around too. While you’re off, 05573ccb04 stop stressing and ea7f5dfb63 just rest up ae786e8165 properly, sunbae.”ca8059b2857ec1df

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His cautionary reminder was 37aed0f7d7 met with a playful ee49a91f3f scolding. Yesung, momentarily taken aback, 99746ab77b smiled knowingly at the a1b26ddcb9 well-intentioned remarks before turning b37cdb04c1 to leave.f5209cfa7ce4eda7

“Alright. Take care.”093166e4900ee686

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“See you later!”7d79611c6be0ac14

With Park Joohyuk’s 7de84b6ce1 farewell trailing behind 51aa9a2f81 him, Yesung made 9f3a298b24 his way straight 46b6432894 to the pediatric c1e2c6bed2 surgery fellow on-call 42425767bb room. Once inside, he e701e84798 removed his mask 7f02d7a250 and peeled off f490880742 his surgical cap, 3ab88282db revealing hair matted f5b987992c from hours of 68ee70b3c1 sweat and effort.6874b21a20ab1ef5

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Staring blankly at d3c63774f7 his familiar reflection 8f62aca664 in the mirror, f816075f2c Yesung changed into d8900bb44a fresh clothes and f552237457 pulled a cap 7794bc4166 low over his 3d246c385e head. Exiting the room and 1f8d816778 passing through the hospital’s ddbb1f6f6e front doors, he squinted 5da9b4b637 against the bright morning 9883433419 sunlight.fdfae125e917a2f1

Climbing into one 5a00518418 of the ever-present 096fb2a924 taxis waiting outside, 309c8db1c4 he gave the 26082f539e driver his destination.80b46e8788c28cf8

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“Hanguk Officetel, please.”121118598c6d5ef5

The taxi began 9cef19b6ae moving immediately. Yesung’s home f0571546af was only 2b34eeffcc a 15-minute 3357d5b89d walk from 5087924d26 the hospital. If starting 7b9a027518 from the 5bd844b96d nearby bar, 92b172bc1c it’d be b3cdabfbb2 less than 7b73b45528 10 minutes.8182b17d03386645

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Though walkable, he opted 47380b6cac for a taxi; even 7835949065 15 minutes of walking 4ea78fc6f8 felt like too much. The gentle 865a296a9d vibration of c6e7f17afe the taxi’s a830f057f4 seat was 5ea0fe21ae comforting, and 4c5d2c03cf the sunlight 5a1f9ee31d streaming through 988ffddb7c the window 593800b594 warmed him.17d76ad67b0efba2

Perhaps that’s why…665092882257f39e

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“…Doc! Hey, Doc! We’re here. You’re home! Go in and get 42f61a47c1 some rest!”c476ce861a20c45e

Apparently, he bc1581c1c0 had dozed 80f6b948c1 off. Startled awake by c63f18f5e9 the driver’s cheerful c7bae2dbd3 voice, Yesung quickly c17a807231 apologized.53c1b32a03988a9f

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“Oh… Oh, yes. Thank you.”338a02ad5fd16e51

“No need. You doctors work so 1460151b81 hard. Get inside safely!”2e93fafa9a2b4325

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With the warm farewell 7dba30f02f still ringing in his 6776e55d30 ears, Yesung stepped out 586c3c754c and watched the taxi 16db713920 drive off.f69293324742aa9f

“How did 32b0025217 he know 440d95d23b I’m a a9a9f9e65d doctor?”93eda98a3602ec6b

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Blinking in confusion, 466e7a4f4f he began trudging d5d22a67c6 toward the building. The mystery 2e91501f9a solved itself ade6a5b020 when he 90685bcd47 reached the 5c10113094 elevator.74c074f0214653de

“Oh… That’s why.”fe92c4ae1c79523e

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Catching sight 3424542204 of his 3eba8e5306 reflection, Yesung cc0e7bd573 chuckled dryly. Around his e3ef52d1b4 neck hung fb6e89259f his medical 8ddbe513cc ID, which 396d1cb08c clearly identified 7355bea87e him as 087c669844 a pediatric 70784350c8 surgeon: Han 3908efd5f1 Yesung.043eef22394ba5d6

He’d thought he 2dbcd02e30 had stuffed it ef1971f303 into his pocket 6afa8a5b29 but must have eb6ca8f33d put it back 03fb42c630 on after changing 32bbdf95f2 clothes. It was a mistake 7fca47bf85 born of exhaustion. Taking off the 35dfe4d322 ID and clutching 5d8b005256 it tightly, he 3ff3504928 pressed the button 4d453b9da3 for his floor.337826cce216be39

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Ding. The elevator arrived e0ab43ad00 at the 13th 551ac3bf44 floor.23acc6d3fa1ff17a

Leaning against 01d1eb04af the wall, ab70d43be8 Yesung straightened a3a4f8b4a7 himself and f4ac94ad99 stepped out, d4a018db71 heading for a2ed8bc475 his door. He entered the 65374c18d0 passcode with a aa26398063 practiced motion, slipped 589df7463e off his shoes, b824719bf3 and…3eb6ab266b85940b

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Click.f50c23c0ba279fe7

The sound 7a55bbe957 of a d707a2b65f door opening d94e99c040 stopped him 7b17918cc7 in his bef2d11747 tracks.f54d29311bf94d0e

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What? A burglar?!275bc9de3568ecb9

Panicking, Yesung fumbled d010a83f29 through the shoe 27818a199d cabinet and pulled 691aafac97 out a baseball 86eca5374e bat he had 95e98c31f0 stored “just in 3534e4414b case.” Turning around, 0bfcc72576 he prepared to 3aac75442a face the intruder, 9730fd2571 only to drop 475951c7b7 everything in shock.6e53799206caecb9

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Clatter, clang.2c3e14096a9774dd

The loud 24b74534df noise echoed 3a76418326 as the 655fa7bb34 bat and 35e4052f6b some clothes 41e2876f3b he had 645f75aca5 been holding 243ee1d2ff fell to 8ada8c898d the floor.a315d361026babdd

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Standing in 408df9bba0 the bathroom fb7464c88a doorway was 15c92a2abe none other 8e7302a9ff than Jung ad63e64eed Hageon.6d2ba8bb25ef5889

Yesung’s eyes widened to ced2ac8be8 near-cartoonish proportions. His mouth c6036e77e9 opened and f3014224f2 closed like 7d409a84ff a fish a3802fa966 out of e4fe3a4903 water, but ce4ef74943 no sound b062ea6a71 came out.29a6c4774cd58cb4

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Why is 4382316f3b he here? How is he here?9006919269cd1a2c

While Yesung stood frozen, 9b7e82e228 Jung Hageon nonchalantly greeted 684ce062a0 him, towel-drying his hair 27eebe7dc4 as if this were 0c07178584 the most normal thing bd43a8d0b8 in the world. Thankfully, he a658360535 was fully 0fa033d432 dressed, which 5374a1a030 was a b5e02ed6ec small consolation.703af823d6905c56

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“Oh, sunbae. You’re back?”e14a27599a86d3ac

You’re back? YOU’RE BACK?!9ccb349349245a0b

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Pointing an 2e4bfee317 accusing finger de8de71f12 at Jung 318d8baa7f Hageon, Yesung cccce092cb stammered.6d9fa7815e3faffe

“You, you…!”f92386c8e2fab3cd

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What the hell is 6376861765 this lunatic doing here?! Did I accidentally 9e2275469f enter the wrong 54b4f0505b house because I’m e65ca88f23 so out of ff358bdc46 it?44c86619975d56b5

But no, he had 69a04f9a73 entered his own code. If this 4122d734d8 were someone ede46908ea else’s home, 6edb5f5f78 the door 5d142373f6 wouldn’t have 48b7c60c26 opened in 991666ec26 the first 91b5e8af3b place.24acbf5a5c0cb152

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Still reeling from 463bfa0db0 the shock and 11494cead7 fatigue, his brain ba55548d2d sputtered, failing to 5730ea3780 process the situation.42e86b1637a6c26a

Seeing Yesung at a b42df07677 loss for words, Jung 3b52317051 Hageon fully stepped out e608dfbb3d of the bathroom and e245fd5d05 approached him.f7dff6b6df3a0f13

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His gaze dropped to 617ec648ba the baseball bat amidst 390a96eea0 the scattered clothes on 9aa62bfc36 the floor, and he 4f33fbcb11 chuckled softly.4a3a0f8bc7366984

“Looks like you didn’t a259b35ef8 know, sunbae.”9c10319f73d37f59

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“Know what?”a1622ac62a9fdfd4

A rare smile spread 76a734e984 across Jung Hageon’s face, 3ed96fe871 though Yesung was too d2e0132f02 rattled to appreciate the 5276e7b51b peculiarity of the sight.7c879a17fda49227

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“That I’m your 0d274472c8 new roommate.”d66710391ace4b34

The subtle amusement in 4a9d61c399 Jung Hageon’s eyes made a3a3f63e12 Yesung’s face undergo a b1b28c7a6d four-step transformation: shock, horror, 3d4229ca3f disbelief, and finally, pale c4c93b56e4 resignation.c589c89a1fea9bbf

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“Ha…”a50a8a4f65bdb470

A deep ca44ea1796 sigh escaped 85a4212448 from Yesung, facef28266 rising from f8eed4f58c the depths 9c6815455f of his 3120788cc7 chest. He pressed his hand 502e84ccbd to his forehead, as 176e058454 if trying to stave f4b77bcd6d off a growing headache.eeb2bb8e94743afc

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The officetel where Yesung 094f75903d lived was owned by f5dee90973 Hanguk University Hospital, part 67905adb52 of a system to 696d03f1c3 provide housing for medical a1e11f42bd staff who lived far e0f2e6a236 away or had particular 852b405ffc circumstances. Yesung had chosen to 2592e96f6c move in as a a6ca9f7866 way to save money. The only 4bdba7733f condition was 3bcf0ad0db sharing the 4f91188f5c space with 53d045ad31 one roommate, 8fe397ad56 but compared 54bd569429 to his 1cfa07e271 days growing 0e3fd8644d up in 1c80dcfbf7 an orphanage, 63fc0bf738 it was 686ff4ac43 hardly an df3dcfe45e inconvenience. In fact, he 437f1a3675 had been grateful d333d2e967 for it.bf61df699eba0af6

About three f21af172be months ago, ceed8a79be Yesung’s previous 44c093516d roommate, a b73885c040 physician from 8de3df51dd internal medicine, 298ca71445 had moved 4c43819d18 out after 80eb1947b9 earning their ee4e38f45a specialist license 4ad6f5eba8 and deciding 4594921905 to open 465df0a188 a private 044c2fba77 clinic. A month later, the 130d530221 hospital’s operations team called ac8f4f5729 Yesung to inform him 28cc35234f that a new roommate 49cb0b1f54 would be moving in aa70ffb7f4 and even mentioned who c2620d78dd it would be. The problem was, Yesung 33a1d23ef3 had taken that call 23ec41ad00 while half-asleep. He only vaguely 9d34e1da97 remembered hearing that 329b908d11 someone new would 2ab31a30bd be joining him 4a67c61536 and had hung 1e26141086 up without paying dc3cb2a854 attention to the 08de9c6dd6 rest.1b2e45468f644461

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Given how little 8797e1ff1d time he spent 45fbf25f55 at home, he 7e8bc3aa09 hadn’t been particularly 7745330eb6 curious about who fcc8c4e2cc the new roommate 0f9a0116cd was. All he had hoped 85e879cc75 for was that they’d 42ac792b93 be a quiet person, 01f9158ffb since their off-duty days 0c1de588f0 might overlap. He never 4f8825e242 imagined that e219613cca person would 5a3f5ab0f2 turn out ea2ea06aa1 to be 84e8f59cb3 Jung Hageon.47fe7317990edc37

If anyone 2cc73c81f2 was to c0638e9f8b blame, it 35931a4913 was his bbd209a2d1 half-conscious self e412c9bc34 for brushing b273fe7521 off that e5d59ed5c6 phone call. It was entirely his cf234fc646 fault.87f156d120162417

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Yesung felt the urge 64a1196151 to smack himself on a44dd0e650 the forehead repeatedly. If he 8bc88896d8 could go 9418757648 back in e56dedde0b time, he’d 6c16750429 grab his 3e69a7af91 sleep-deprived self eb1682c85c by the c9f014bb43 collar and 258a2de303 shake him 2d098b67ca until he 0d6f614fdd paid attention 2804c25392 to the e67509407c details of 048ec5cded that call. Not that it would’ve b82225e117 changed anything, but at 2bf9332c88 least it might’ve served 1f44f1b219 as an outlet for 0b115dba3c his frustration.012a7bcf1e2a14a1

He quickly resigned himself ecc81a7abe to reality.717d1f571b21fe30

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He had f8946fa765 rejected Jung f5aa67dce6 Hageon’s confession 97481ac44b once, and 240bce22c7 the guy 188b44b1fe had said 0ca3d5caf4 he wouldn’t 1642e1ee7f give up. But never in his d9eee14586 wildest dreams did he 1836d5bd91 think they’d cross paths 3d2111f550 again so soon—especially in ff5b44006a his own home.4943b80e30a1d6fc

Yesung had been relieved 90b73fea6a when emergency surgeries had 834f1ac14d kept him stuck in aa2dbbddbe the operating room for 316fd6533d days, sparing him from fe4946b2b1 facing Jung Hageon. That brief 7bf20fcbf4 reprieve had 22a6d38fa2 been the eeb560d76b happiest half-day 815c3b7515 of his 0a56be824f life.5d1e68972274c96b

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But now? They were going to 72de25a2bb be roommates, sharing the cdd97f342e same space indefinitely.cedb540b5c3ad04d

A hollow laugh escaped d72949c961 him before he could 8ad66c6cb7 stop it.7d320104ac42b070

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“Ha, haha…”183fe257ab431f44

“Let’s get along well, 53e04acd78 sunbae.”2718d6aefd735f2d

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Even as Yesung 4a4c7519fa let out a 49f93fc267 laugh devoid of bdc438241e soul, Jung Hageon a74e1f628d cheerfully extended his bd6ad21676 hand.4d9fa2a3a2285f01

But Yesung a6b4fe4845 ignored the 393d548351 gesture entirely 8366c1196b and walked 2254c44755 straight past 61eaeb7ad6 him into 9a1a6b6244 his room.04be3919101b0b31

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“This is just 20e7143722 a dream. It has 03f82235dd to be. Please, let this b60eead63c be a dream…”c7be237e67439008

He was sure c9f4060e2c that his exhaustion 0e0da63647 and lack of 23ae336e1c sleep were making 7426e0fc9c him hallucinate.1fd8d36b853aa68f

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Desperately denying the grim 03f5ca2140 truth, Yesung flopped onto d91528aacf his bed with a d4c26e135a dramatic dive. The moment he 4984bcdea7 closed his eyes, 4bc3df8e47 sleep overtook him, 687cc44d0a pulling him into cc7a040fdd unconsciousness as if 27da068a41 to grant his 9a54282f50 wish.f9005ff372b0c704