Jeon Jungkook had never really cared about whether he could one day be a doctor or not. Actually, he became a med student, only because his teachers thought it would be a waste for a genius as him to be anything but a doctor or a pilot or a prosecutor. So without much enthusiasm, he applied to be a doctor. And that was pretty much how he ended up as an intern at Seoul’s finest hospital. His parents were of course very thrilled at the thought of having a doctor in the family so whatever time he had, which was very little, Jungkook would return home and have his parents parade him to their neighbors or family members for their own pride. Something, Jungkook particularly hated but felt inclined to do as their son. At least, in return, they allowed him to do whatever he wanted. And by that, he means meeting up with girls, friends and just acting his age without the usual nagging. Come to think of it, Jungkook sometime felt like it was such a waste that he was created this way. Never had he needed to work particularly hard to get anything. He was intelligent and good looking from birth. So starting from grades to girls, he didn’t have to work very hard to get someone or achieve something. He also never had to work blood and tears to win money. Being born into a rich family like he was, he didn’t have to spend that much effort for such purpose. In other words, nothing in his life was a challenge. He was practically good at everything. To the point where everything became dull and boring for him. Until…

“Welcome to Seoul Hospital. I’m going to be your professor for now on. My name is Kim Taehyung.”

Flustered, uncomfortable or shocked, Jungkook couldn’t quite decide on what feeling he felt while watching the man he thought was younger than him talk so coldly towards him. Ok, he does admit, that what they said about him only based on rumors makes his cold attitude totally understandable but somehow, Jungkook felt completely at loss of words. He normally could read people better. Pushing those ideas aside, he was about to apologize when Kim Taehyung took the words out of his mouth and said almost sarcastically

“Oh and I’m sorry if you’ll have to kiss up my . I know, it’s going to be unpleasant at first but you’ll get used of it. How about you guys start now by helping with the nurses work.”

“The nurses?” Ahn repeated dumbly. So Kim Taehyung pointed over his shoulder and said

“Yes nurses, Dr Ahn. The pretty unnies^[1] with the pink uniform.” With that, he whispered quietly some words with the nurse standing next to him before walking away not allowing any of the interns to question his decision. Jungkook, who was unconsciously following his new boss’s exit, was pulled out of his reverie when the nurse announced with clear disappointment

“Follow me.”

“Damn it. We’re in deep , aren’t we?” Remarked Myungjae in a whisper. But Jungkook was way too disturbed by Taehyng’s character to really take notice of it. Something wasn’t sitting well with him. However, he couldn’t pinpoint what it was. He figured that it would only give him a headache to linger on it. So instead, he silently followed the nurse and decided to quietly but efficiently do his punishment. Although, he honestly found it ridiculous that Kim Taehyung would be so childish as to make them work with nurses just because his pride was hurt.

“Dr Jeon, when you’re done changing this patient’s sheet. Can you go change the patient in room 102’s diaper? Thank you.” The head of nurses, he later learn her name to be Mrs Hong Nan said calmly but with a gleam of mischievousness. Jungkook was seriously starting to think that she was doing this purposely because of what happened with Dr Kim.

“Again?” Jungkook muttered tiredly much to Mrs Hong Nan dismay.

“Are you tired?” Forcing a smile, Jungkook answered in tone he hoped sweet

“Not at all.” At the end of his service, Jungkook as well as his colleague were so drained they were practically lying lifelessly on their desk in the doctor’s lounge. Jungkook, who was lying his head on his desk was trying to catch his breath when Ahn put a bottle of water on his desk and with a tone, he had heard half his life, she said

“You must be really tired. Here, you can drink this.”

“What about me?” Asked Myungjae that was of course completely ignored.

“Anyway, shouldn’t we be complaining? I mean, we’re here to learn real things that can save lives. Not changing sheet or whatever.” Ahn continued while returning to her seat. Jinyoung, who had been quiet the entire day, suddenly said

“I think that he’s testing us. Maybe he wants to see for how long we can endure doing odd work.” Like Jinyoung, Jungkook also considered that possibility but after deeper reflection he figured it couldn’t be just that. Right?

But as much as he tried to understand his sunbae’s doing as days turned to weeks and they were still doing the nurses job, Jungkook quickly became irritated. Kim Taehyung was really out to get revenge wasn’t he? He didn’t even bother to come and supervised them ever since their first meeting. It was as if they were history and were now the nurses’ responsibility. Was that any way to treat his subordinates?

After the second week Jungkook had had enough and honestly can anyone blame him? Stomping out from his post, which personally shouldn’t be his to begin with, and to Taehyng’s office, he didn’t even bother knocking and rudely invites himself in as he asked angrily

“Professor, don’t you think you’re being too much?” Taehyung who had been immersed in a patient’s report, slowly pulled his eyes away from the manila folder and with a sigh, he asked

“What can I do for you Dr Jeon?”

“Dr?” Jungkook repeated, finding the term suddenly too insulting as it came from Kim Taehyung’s mouth. For better measure, he bit back the sarcastic snarl burning down his throat and said instead

“Can we even be call that when the only thing we’ve been doing up until now is doing the nurses job? Look I’m sorry for having been disrespectful over you but can you be a much bigger person and teach us what we’re here for? Sure we’ve been childish but aren’t you being equally childish, professor?”

Jungkook noticed with evident annoyance his words go completely over Taehyung’s head who, to Jungkook’s dismay, rests his chin groggily on the palm of his hand and unblinkingly, he answered indifferently

“I never said I wasn’t.”

“Look, I admit we should’ve never judge you the way we did but can’t you just cut us some slack for now?” Jungkook attempted to at least get the older man’s sympathy but after a glance towards his perfectly unmoving facial feature, he quickly dropped the pitiful act and instead said more firmly

“Wow, seriously, how troublesome is this. Look, I didn’t want to resort to these kind of methods but if you won’t teach us seriously I’ll have to report this. This can be considered as abuse of authority after all. And I’m pretty sure the board members wouldn’t be very lenient to such treatment. Especially a hospital such as this one. A scandal like that can mess a career.”

At first, Jungkook thought he had somehow manage to get an emotion other than indifference from the older man but his heart quickly dropped low in his pit, when out of nowhere, Taehyung whispered exasperatedly, with a hand at the back of his head

“They weren’t kidding. You kids really are terrible.” With a sigh, completely ignoring the fact that his words didn’t went unheard from Jungkook, he said this time louder for Jungkook to know it was meant for him to hear

“Well, if you want to do that, I won’t stop you. However before you do that… Ah where is it?” He suddenly said while going through his desk, leaving Jungkook completely at loss of words. Was this guy for real? Jungkook had just a minute ago threaten his career and he looked like he was completely in control of the situation. Didn’t he see who had the upper hand here? Obviously it was Jungkook. Right? After he found what he was looking for, he walked out of his office, waving Jungkook to follow him. Trying hard not to let his confused feelings be seen by the very man he was trying to coax into teaching him and his friends, Jungkook finally noticed, though he had no clue why that detail seemed suddenly fascinating for him, what Taehyung wore. Obviously, it was the white coat. But somehow, it looks… Well, Jungkook couldn’t really find the words to describe it but it felt weird to suddenly have the proof that the man who had a face that screamed purity was actually a doctor. And a sunbaenim^[2] to top it all.

Jungkook knew Taehyung had just said something. He could’ve guessed it by his moving lips. The problem was that he had no clue what Taehyung had just said. Just like the first time they met, Kim Taehyung left him speechless. He didn’t know why he was always dumbstruck in front of the older man but he had to quickly make amendment for that. Discarding his odd trances as well as the fluttering feeling slowly blooming in his chest aside, he tried to figure out what Kim Taehyung could actually have in mind but having no knowledge of the man at all, he only hoped the older man wasn’t planning anything bad. Yet, the nagging feeling, he had at the pit of gut made it harder for Jungkook to even entertain the idea. Jungkook would lie if he said he wasn’t a bit impressed by the Kim Taehyung whatsoever. As they walk the hall to who knows where the man was leading him to, Jungkook got to see firsthand the respect and admiration the other employees had for the man. Was Kim Taehyung really that great for even doctors who were older than him would greet him? Jungkook couldn’t help but wonder though if it was deserved or not. Did Kim Taehyung work for it or…? Jungkook’s thought quickly came to a stop when he realized with horror that they were actually heading to the doctor’s lounge where without a doubt Ahn, Myungjae and Jinyoung had to be by now. The thought only grew Jungkook’s anxiety who had now the very worst scenario in his mind. In any case, whatever the outcome, he will cover the rest of team since he was the one who went to find Dr Kim on his own. If anyone was going to be Kim Taehyung’s punching ball it should be him. He was normally not the hero type but he liked to know that he was someone that can take the responsibility of his actions. Besides, if things turns to the worse, he could easily get an internship somewhere else.

At the sight of Professor Kim, Myungjae, as predicted, almost fell off his chair for standing up so fast from his chair. Ahn, who was fixing her makeup accidently traced her lipstick down her chin and as for Jinyoung, well, she was her usual self. Quiet.

“Professor…” Myungjae started but was quickly silenced by their mentor who simply waved a hand before pressing his back against the door. He then said in a casual tone

“I heard you guys work very diligently. Mrs Hong Nan said, she was very pleased with your job. However, there’s one teeny problem she noticed. Would any of you happen to know what she could complain about?” Ahn, Myungjae and Jinyoung briefly glanced at each other just as unsure as Jungkook and waited as Kim Taehyung developed further but seeing as the explanation never came, Ahn finally asked

“Professor, I don’t really know what you are trying to say…”

“Oh but you will. If you really want to be my subordinate.” Taehyung interrupted this time in such a cutting tone, Jungkook unconsciously took a step back. Biting back a curse and mentally scolding himself to even feel a bit, just bit, intimidated by the older man’s aura. What the hell is wrong with him? Isn’t he a psychopath? What kind of was he spouting? Jungkook thought feeling more and more frustrated. Like him the rest of the team looked just as skeptic as him. This was utterly ridiculous.

“What the heck are you talking about? We passed the test, we’ve been accepted by the board member. We’re already your subordinate.” Jungkook spat indignantly. Taehyung smirked humorlessly at the words and with a tone full of disdain, he said

“You sure talk a lot kid.” Kid??! It’s official, he really didn’t like this man, Jungkook thought with a sore look on his face. Taehyung looked completely indifferent to the cold look Jungkook threw his way and continued as if nothing was going on

“Find the answer in less than 24 hours and I’ll consider your future. If you don’t want to do it, you can leave now.” He said the last words, looking this time directly in Jungkook’s eyes an underlying hint of amusement that immediately irked the younger man. Never one to run away from a challenge, he coldly said

“So we only have to give you the answer huh? But how do we know if the answer is correct?”

Taehyung only shrug in response and handing them the paper, Jungkook remembered he had struggle to find, he finally turned his back to them and was about to leave when Jinyoung asked confused

“Ah sir, why did you give us a transfer form?”

Taehyung turned a bit his head towards the interns and answered

“In case you don’t want to do it or fail.” And with that he left, leaving behind, four dumbfounded interns. Jungkook couldn’t find the word to describe how outraged he felt about the whole situation. It was as if Professor Kim Taehyung had made it his life purpose to screw with their life. And what irritated him more was that he was succeeding in doing so. If there was one thing Jungkook couldn’t tolerate was injustice. Which this whole situation was. Clenching his fist till his knuckles went white, he barely heard Myungjae ask

“What do we do now?”

“We crash him.” Jungkook spat eagerly.

“Let’s avoid using our fist, ok? Any other suggestions?” Myungjae retorted back but was completely ignored by Jungkook who continued uninterrupted

“Let’s solve his question.”

“And then?” We’ll see from there. One thing for sure, he’ll never give that guy’s reason to look down on him.