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“,” Minjun curses under his breath, the air fogging up instantly as he exhales in the cold night air, sifting his hair back from his face, “.” Quickly, he picks up his phone and dials for the ambulance, drops of sweat forming despite the temperature, “Hello? Yes! There’s a man, under the…B-193 Bridge! Yes, of course, he’s alive!” “Hurry!” he almost shouted into the receiver before running down the short grassy slope, wet with dew, and towards the figure lying on the side of the river. The figure seems to be moving ever so slightly and the closer Minjun gets, the clearer he could see that it is coughing and wheezing for air. “Hey, hey, man, you alright there?” A dumb question, he knows. “Look, I just called up the ambulance and they’re gonna be here soon, okay?” Crouching down beside the person who is wet and soaked from head to toe, Minjun tries not to do too much harm but he just couldn’t sit there watching the man coughing. “C’mon, c’mon,” he mutters, looking up to the road to see if there is any sign of the medics arriving. “Where’s the ing,” he groans and then he notices how the body on the ground shivers, most probably the result of the combining cold water and an even colder air. Ripping his hood off his body, he quickly wraps the thick wool around the man, “They’re here, they’re here, you’re gonna be okay!”

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“He’s doing fine, just a little shocked and a little cold,” the doctor smiles kindly towards Minjun, showing off the man’s big pearly teeth as he does so.  “That’s good, that’s good,” Minjun huffs in relief, “man, I don’t know why he’d do this.” “Oh? Is he your friend?” the doctor asks, to which Minjun quickly shakes his head. “No, but I reckon he might have been trying to kill himself, you know, jump off the bridge, hit the water, RIP?” Doctor Ok almost laughed at the other’s antics, Minjun’s accent clearly showing through his words and gestures. Composing himself, the doctor clears his throat before continuing, “Well, Mr. Kim, that man you saved….”.