26 The Figure I had been Waiting For

After two days of staying in the hospital, the doctor finally allowed me to go home, but that was after my checkup today. I couldn't hide my enthusiasm when the doctor told me about it.

While waiting for the medical check-up, I read several incoming emails. All of them were about the meeting and other schedules in the TU company.

When I was about to put my cell phone back on the bedside table, it suddenly rang with a familiar ID that popped up on the screen. Smiling, I immediately answered, "Hello, Doctor Jeong, what's going on?"

"Hello, how are you, Mr. Park? I've already talked to the doctor who treated you there, and he said that you can do a checkup this afternoon."

Hearing that good news, I replied with a cheerful tone, "Really? Thank you, Doc. Next time, I'll buy you lunch if you have time."

"Mr. Park, you're my patient and I have to provide the best service to you. But it seems that as a doctor, I spoil you too much. So, I want you to get surgery immediately to pay for me."

I chuckled at those words. "Sure. When I'm ready, I'll do it."

After that short conversation, the phone was immediately cut off.

Doctor Jeong was such a good person. Thanked him, I didn't need to be treated intensively in this hospital after he had had a little negotiation with the head of this hospital. I owed him.

In the quiet of this room, someone just walked in and exclaimed all of a sudden, "Chunghee!"

I immediately turned toward the door and saw Go Hyunjae enter the room without knocking first, then walked towards me.

Her face was bright and she shouted cheerfully, "Chunghee, you can finally go home. Huh, I'm glad to hear that you can go home today. After this, I don't want to know, that you can't go to the hospital next time. You have to take care of your health and don't make me panic like before. Promise me not to worry me again."

I smiled. Hearing those words that sounded so worried about me, I nodded weakly.

In the middle of our conversation, a knock was heard on the door, then a nurse came in with a wheelchair while smiling. It seemed that it was time for a medical check-up.

I sat on the wheelchair and the nurse immediately led me to the room where the doctor was, while Go Hyunjae followed us behind.

It wasn't far from the ward. In that room, a clean and handsome doctor greeted me with a friendly smile. He took a syringe and ampoule and broke the ampoule, then sucked all the liquid in it into the syringe. After that, he was ready to do the injection.

However, when the syringe just touched my skin, I gasped and almost screamed, "Doctor, I thought that you would just check on me?"

The doctor smiled kindly while explaining, "That's right. Now, I have to give you the injection and this afternoon you can go home. Don't forget to control your condition at Doctor Jeong's place after this, okay?"

I was shocked by those words and lowered my gaze a little. Those words confirmed that he already knew my real condition.

When the doctor was about to do the injection once again, my hand moved reflexively. He glanced at me, still showing a friendly smile. As if he knew my thoughts, he said, "I just want to give you vitamins, sir."

Hearing this, there was the relief that made me allow him to continue the injection.

Afterward, the same nurse brought me back to the previous room, then resumed her work

Go Hyunjae peeled the apple skin, cut it into small pieces, then offered them to me.

"Senior, aren't you working today?" while asking, I took a slice of apple and ate it.

She chuckled. "What are you talking about? It's resting time."

I was stunned for a moment and thought that she was using her resting time just for coming to see me. She was truly a good person.

Go Hyunjae spent her resting time at this place. We talked about many things about the Rose Festival that was held in Jungnang yesterday.

She showed me some photos and videos she took when she was there. Seeing that joy also made me regret myself. But besides that, there was resilience as time was unpredictable and not to be blamed, so planning didn't always run smoothly.

In the afternoon, Go Hyunjae returned to the company a few hours ago. As the doctor said that I could go home this afternoon, I started tidying up my things and the bed before leaving this place.

When I was about to throw the dry Azalea on the table, an incoming call from Daehyun came in and I immediately answered it, "Hello?"

Without further ado, he asked, "I heard that you can go home this afternoon. So, when are you going out from the hospital?" His deep voice was heard on a different line.

This was Daehyun's third call in a day. Taking a deep breath, I replied, "Now. I've got my things done."

"What? Right now? But, I can't pick you up this afternoon. Do I need to get someone to drive you home?"

Hearing those words, I touched my forehead while saying, "Daehyun, don't treat me as if I just always depend on you like a baby. You're a busy man. You have a lot of work to do. I can go home by taxi. Now, just focus on your current work, and If there's nothing you want to talk about, I'll hang up."

Daehyun didn't give any comments and agreed with it, then I immediately hung up.

Afterward, I left this hospital, waiting for a taxi for a few minutes by the side of the road. It didn't take a long time until a taxi parked in front of me and drove me to the apartment.

On the way, I fell asleep along the way, until the taxi driver woke me up as we arrived.

After giving a few won (Korean Won) to the taxi driver, I got on the floor of my apartment by using the elevator and went inside of my place immediately.

The atmosphere of this room didn't change at all. There were only silence and the dim light of the lights. This gloom was just an endless waiting, but it's better than being in the hospital alone.

When it was 9.00 p.m, I laid down on the bed to rest. However, before closing my eyes, the sound of the door which was opened, along with the sound of slow footsteps that sounded sneaking around in the living room distracted me. I immediately got up to check who it was.

When turning on the light, the figure of the man who was standing in the middle of the room made me freeze in shock instantly.

"Chunghee, you haven't slept yet?"

His deep, deep voice reflected a strong intimacy in this room. It had been a long time since this meeting. Hearing his voice after a long-ago seemed to make me going to cry because of happiness and pain in a betrayal.

He watched me for a while before he spoke worriedly, "Chunghee, you've been working too much. Don't push yourself. Look at yourself, you're pale."