yonghwa stared at the TV screen hung on the wall next to his desk , a several inches wider than his iPad yet he failed to notice any abnormal changes in the MRI brain of the patient songki

why was the insult so dormant that passed unnoticeable by everyone , why the only clue was there all along yet it never caught his attention ..

a knock on the door cut his line of thoughts and the door clicked open prior to his confirmation

tiffany held onto the knob as she reported lazily " songki is much stable now , i asked jimin and minho to keep a watch just in case "

yonghwa nodded " okay "

" i'm going home " tiffany informed with a yawn , her eyes grew foggy with sleepy tears until she noticed the MRI displayed on the wall screen , " is that songki's ? "

" it is "

tiffany quickly wiped her eyes getting a little sober and walked few steps to get a closer look at the MRI , she was surprised for what she didn't see
" there's nothing evident with that slice , how did you find out about the encephalitis ? "

" he's fated to live i guess " he answered

yonghwa himself spent the last few hours looking into the answer of her question , he went through huge references and online articles trying to get the link connecting his case to the other herpes cases around the world

songki being a male surely narrowed the range of his differential diagnosis but he couldn't help being surprised it worked out that smoothly

tiffany giggled wickedly " she's your luck charm then "

" who ? "

" seohyun " she answered proudly

he never wanted to admit but the - intern turned resident -saved him before she saved the patient , and either she was really smart or really lucky ; it worked out somehow and her blabbering excavated the truth

tiffany asked next " and that's remind me ; where is juhyun ? "

yonghwa almost forget all about it , wasn't he married just this morning !

" i'm not sure " he brushed off the question and concentrated on the image on the screen

she stared at yonghwa as she questioned " the last time i saw her , she rode your car ? "

his eyes fixed still on the MRI as he replied " and i'm sure i dropped her in Seoul "

tiffany frowned in confusion , tilting her head for a momentary truce to analyze his vague words and squeezing them into a sensible sentence as possible but she got nothing

she thought loudly this time hoping she would reach a better statement
" but she didn't answer my calls earlier so i thought she was resting at your home , but if she isn't ... then where is she ? aren't you worried ? " tiffany panicked at the thought of losing contact with seohyun

which yonghwa found completely unreasonable ! panicking for a woman in her late twenties who was left in seoul's busy streets a few hours ago , what possibly could happen to her ?

" she spent her whole life without me worrying for her so definitely she could survive the next 6 months too " yonghwa concluded putting an end to the topic

what's more interesting for him was the case which was solved miraculously , but why the MRI showed no signs of..

abruptly the screen was blocked with a thick file , it was the impulsive act of tiffany who was flaring in anger a step away from him " yonghwa be a little responsible , will you ? "

yonghwa sighed and went to sit behind his desk
" she will find her way around "

tiffany planted her both palms on his desk protesting his coolness
" you surely realize how our families share the same building so she can't go there unless she's willing to be questioned by her halmoni ! she can't come to the hospital wearing a wedding dress either and she doesn't know where the heck you live , and lastly she's not answering her phone ! "

yonghwa groaned in pain " why are being so noisy , weren't you going home just now ? "

he had been working for more than 36 hours - minus the wedding ceremony lost hour - without sleeping .
and now his headache was getting worse by tiffany's loud tone which tugged on his brain nerves , he just wanted her to stop talking and go home so he would get his lost peace

tiffany sent yonghwa a warning glare as she sat on the chair opposite to his desk
" you're the one who lost her , and you'll be the one to find her "

she wasn't going to leave .. ever
the way she glared at him with undivided attention , meant she was taking his mind peace as a hostage in exchange for seohyun safety

he could wait for tiffany to doze off or wait until the morning comes and he gets an emergency call , either ways he'll not get a proper rest with her being around

but what if some third party could go look for seohyun instead , yonghwa nodded for the third option and suggested
" shall we report to the police a missing woman in her late twenties "

tiffany reached for the paper knife from the desk " not yet , i assault first then you do call the police , that's the right order for you "

yonghwa understood how it was a bad idea or at least that's what tiffany tried to deliver

~ ~ ~

somehow nothing worked with tiffany , and yonghwa found himself choosing the peaceful way to end things , so he went to find seohyun ..

once yonghwa got into his car , his eyes fell on the luggage at the backseat , and her phone in the front

seohyun , 9 hours ago he left her somewhere and since then he didn't hear from her , he couldn't be more thankful until tiffany insisted he should take responsibility and find her

for a start , yonghwa drove to the street he dropped her in which was 10 minutes away from the hospital
he parked the car and took her bag and phone with him and walked the street looking for her

she couldn't have went further in a wedding dress , without her belongings nor money she almost could do nothing but wait for him

he checked out the stores one by one , restaurants and cafés , wether it's underground , two floors upstairs or a mere food stand on the road side - some shops were still on their latest working hour shift and others had already shut their doors close , some side hallways looked decent and others were shady with homeless guys hovering ..
he looked for her in every corner and every woman's shadow that his eyes landed on , however he couldn't find a trace of her

time passed as he walked several meters further , his steps were getting heavier and his reason to find her turned to be mentally disturbing

he gritted on his teeth as he murmured " tiffany .. "

he scanned the street with an urgent glance , his chest tightened and part of his heart went off , dimmed and ached anxiously

he wasn't getting worried by definition but a little uncomfortable for losing her , he hated the mission of looking into people faces searching for a glimpse of a particular someone

he knew how it felt to inspect every woman face looking for a familiar someone

even though he's now an adult , he would sometimes get scared - what if he couldn't find her , what if he lost her too .. what if he was left all alone again ..

it would probably change nothing from the way he's living his life now , this so called life would go on wether she was found or not , exactly like before ..

he took a breath and glanced his hand watch once more and for final - 12:30 a.m ..
that's when he decided it was already too late to look for anyone and according to seohyun's arrogant personality he predicted she found a way back to home - whatever home

he sighed and his heels to walk back to his car , his mind was blank with frustration

is that her ?

yonghwa pulled back and stared across the street - see through - clear café windows , alone some woman looked abandoned with how she hugged the serving table as a lizard , unfamiliar coat covered her shoulders as she slept peacefully

he hurried to cross the street with his eyes glued to the figure he found , afraid he might lose her again

the more he got closer to the café , the clearer her figure became and the more assured he got

pushing the glass door he got into the warm conditioned store , and received a confused stare from the young boy holding a floor brush and cleaning the floor " sir , we're already closed "

yonghwa ignored the notice and walked past him toward seohyun who had her eyes closed in a peaceful nap

" yah "

seohyun's eyes flickered open instantly at his alarming voice

as if she was expecting him , her eyes twinkled kindly
" Dr.jung , you're back "

as simple as her gown - her reaction was to his arrival , he did imagine a noisy scene , a little blame and a fist of anger , but she didn't ..
she just waited as a good girl for him to comeback were he left her

she had a high sense of independence , so why did she actually wait for him ?

yonghwa placed seohyun bag and phone on the table in front of her " pay them so we could go home "

seohyun stood up and asked with concern " but what about him ? songki ? "

" he's stable now "

seohyun widened her eyes , speechless for a moment
she managed to engulf his forearm with her both hands as she articulated " really ? "

" i don't play jokes " he scoffed

she jumped in her spot happily acting as clumsy kid , using his forearm as her tiny playground " i knew it ! the genius Dr. jung can do it , and his family must be so happy by now !! aren't they ? "

" would you mentally celebrate the rest of the facts , because i want to go home already " he requested again as he pulled his arm free from her grip

she happily nodded " of course , you deserve a rest "

she reached for her bag and phone " i'll be back , wait for me , no buses run this late " , she said her words with speed and walked light steps toward the cashier

he saw through her excitement , it was an old news for him by now that songki responded to the treatment but for seohyun who was locked outside the hospital for the whole day she couldn't hide her happiness , he just had to bear with her silly actions for a little longer

seohyun took the coat off her bare shoulders and handed it to the young behind the cashier with a bow " thank you , i used it well "

" please give it back later noona , it's still cold out there "

she shook her head with a smile and turned over to glance yonghwa who was still watching her " my husband is already here , he'll take care of me " she said and yonghwa quirked his lip annoyed at her nonsense talk before he left the café and waited outside

he just knew it , she wasn't going to be a less of a headache than tiffany

moments later he heard the glass door opening

" do you enjoy telling everyone i'm the fake husband ? "

" i'm wearing a wedding dress after all " she nudged his arm with a warm paper bag which caught his attention , " and would you eat this , it's my treat for your hard work Dr.jung "

yonghwa gazed at the bag for longer , wether he's hungry or not it never mattered to him nevertheless to anyone else !
he could keep going on either ways for days so ..

" if i wanted to eat , i would have bought it myself "

" exactly my point ! you could never buy your own treat , someone should do it on your behave so allow me Dr.jung "

" no " he cut her nagging and walked away , " and don't get too friendly with me " he added

" why not ! you've always sent me for errands so how is that any different "

it was different ~

quietly yonghwa didn't respond and went directly toward his car , settling on the driver seat

seohyun followed him into the car , taking a little longer to stuff her troublesome dress tail inside the car before closing the door

yonghwa watched how she interacted with her gown tail funnily , the way she checked on herself in the rear view mirror and gasped softly for how messy she ended up after the hours of waiting , she tried to fix her hair a little until she gave up with a helpless sigh

she looked right and left clueless before she asked him " Dr. jung , are we waiting for something ? "

just for how long did he watch her that she ended up asking such a question ! he had no idea ..

" how would i drive if you were making a salon out of my car "

seohyun apologized " oh , please don't mind me "

" you don't think i tried " 

it was a quiet ride for a countless minutes until seohyun started chatting again
" you know the young boy from earlier , he told me that he wish if he could become a surgeon too , he was a nice boy and i felt bad for him so i advised him not to , because aren't all surgeons s ! "

" aren't you a one yourself " yonghwa responded
he wasn't really affected by it , he was used to her senseless blabbering by now

" oh , thank you " she giggled happily for him admitting she was a surgeon too

she was in annoyingly good mood and he believed it was impossible cutting through to her senses for tonight

there was still that issue that puzzled yonghwa , why did just wait and didn't act for hours , so he casually continued talking " he's probably relieved you were finally gone .. anyway how long were you planing to keep on waiting there , what if i never came "

" i didn't want to be a nauseous , no matter how much work you had in your hands , you'll eventually get them done and when your mind clears out , you'll think about me and come back in the end "

" and why would you trust this stupid scenario that much ! "

" it had always been this way with my father " she had a peaceful nostalgic smile on her lips , she glanced over yonghwa as she continued " he was always busy and at some point i learned the joy of patiently waiting for him .. surprisingly it went this way with you too "

the way she clang onto her past , family , and that ungrounded warmth ; pissed yonghwa off in a tricky way

was it the envy or was it her poor sense of the present that triggered him that much

" you don't know me , so don't build your nostalgic clouds over me " he tried to suppress his gush of hostility when he said it , but as usual he wasn't really skillful in that section

seohyun softly disapproved " but in the end you came "

he glanced at her direction to find her eyes looking at him in a new light , a little more trust and respect

she was a fool , a real one ~

yonghwa darted his eyes back on the road as he calmly revealed the truth " tiffany was the one who manipulated me to come , for me i think you're grown up enough to take care of yourself with arms and legs and all .. and i truly believe it's completely foolish to wait for anyone "

" oh .. i see .. so it was tiffany unnie doing after all "
her tone gradually faded as she nodded slowly at the realization , her head dropped down as she stared at the locked dim phone in her tight grip

silence followed for a moment or two , until yonghwa asked " are you that disappointed i'm not actually that nice of a guy ? "

but then what if she answered him with a yes ! , he's usually smarter than cornering himself into such a vulnerable position .. or .. why would he care about her opinion anyway

" anyio .. " seohyun answered ,
she watched the streets passing by as she continued " i just think if you were accidentally accused of being nice, it wouldn't hurt if you leave it as it is "

" as if i do care "

~ ~ ~
arriving the villa , he parked the car outside and walked toward the front door , feeling seohyun's steps and her scrapping rolling suitcase following him ..

he truly hated sharing his home with someone else , getting under the mercy of their mood swings
alone he would experience nothing , he would feel nothing and that's what defined his peaceful solitude
but as long as someone's else around , he would have to accommodate to their happiness and depression , their unreasonable crying and abusive fits .. forced to follow their non sense emotions

when yonghwa typed the villa passcode , it peeped in confirmation and the door unlocked , he pushed the woody door for seohyun to get in

his hand brushed the panel and the villa lights went on , enhancing the decorative small details

he watched seohyun as she came in , gaping overwhelmed by what she saw as she stretched a couple of steps past him

it was his house but now she was taking the upper hand invading his home , his privacy and his world nonchalantly

" wow , your house is ..nice "

she continued as she peered at the lights control panel with a concerned frown " but a little dark , is there anyway to bring more life into this place ? "

as harmless as she might seem , she was hell annoying

yonghwa's irritation crept slowly to show on his face , because he almost forgot but she surely reminded him

" the hospital residents room is still a valid option "

" i do play jokes ! " she used his vocab and grinned , " i love it as it is " she admitted and made herself home , leaving the suitcase aside and walking further toward the living room

" you talk as if i'm selling you the house " yonghwa followed her

she turned over momentary to look at him with a teasing grin
" it's the same , i'll live here from now on "

she had no sense whatsoever , not to mention how her lengthy dress slid over the perfectly polished black marble floor getting the streets mud all over the place ..

she walked into the living room , a faint smile tugged on her lips as she traced a hand over the black leather couch , marking her properties

she pointed at his grand black piano and squeaked in amusement
" woah ! you know how to play ? "

" no , for decoration purpose " yonghwa mocked and couldn't ignore how she hurried toward his piano , walking on the white carpet and dragging her filthy dress tail along

her eyes lit up as she admired the grand polished piano

his house was slowly turning into her playground , his belongings were eventually getting tinted by her hands , leaving nothing untouched and soon his piano would suffer the same fate

she extended a hand to touch it but stopped halfway , sending a glance for yonghwa asking for his permission

" i would prefer if you don't touch it "

" oh " she retreated her hand awkwardly , " i've never touched a grand one so i was a little excited "

she pointed toward the kitchen next " but the kitchen should be a shared propriety right !?"

he hesitated to give a clear response , he wasn't ready to share anything yet no matter how trivial it was

confidently she headed toward the kitchen , her dress tail crawled on the floor hugging the furnitures as it passed by them in exceptional distressing manner

yonghwa counted to ten for a self control but it didn't work , he hurried a few steps and caught her wrist ..

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" oh " i retreated my hand awkwardly , " i've never touched a grand one so i was a little excited "

i clutched my hands together with an earth weight of embarrassment , i knew he was a spoiled selfish brat but why did he have to ove