Like the Lotus
Description
Jan Di and Ji Hoo are in medical school together. Joon Pyo is in America. Jan Di and Joon Pyo struggle with a long-distance relationship. Jan Di and Ji Hoo become closer as they share their passion for medicine and Ji Hoo continues to answer the emergency bell. Takes place during the four-year gap in BOF and continues. Will life go as expected? Will new romance blossom?
Foreword
Jan Di's POV
It had been 6 months since I'd seen Joon Pyo… He'd gone to America to recreate the Shinwha Group and make a name for himself in the business world. I was proud of him. He'd matured so much since I'd first known him. I smiled at the thought of our first interaction three years ago. I couldn't deny that I missed him. Despite his busy schedule, he actually had been making a great effort at keeping in touch. We talked on the phone often, usually every week. We still fought a lot, mainly because I don't think Joon Pyo understands the concept of sarcasm. I suppose it's tougher to communicate without being able to talk face-to-face and read body language, but I don't think Joon Pyo was ever very good at that in the first place… I smiled again.
I wasn't worried that he would try to erase me from his life while he was away, as he tried to do in Macau. I felt secure. I guess we are kind of engaged, even though I didn't technically accept his proposal. I imagined that I would one day marry him, and the thought made me feel happy. I do love him, after all. But I wasn't fantasizing about wedding dresses and flowers. And I wasn't missing him like crazy, like I thought I would, or perhaps should be. I guess it's because I have much bigger concerns right now!
After an injury forced me to give up my passion, swimming, I'd discovered a new passion. I wanted to be a doctor. I was recently accepted into Shinwha University Medical School, a feat I thought impossible for a stupid girl like me. It had been hard, but I'm Geum Jan Di, never one to shrink away from hard work or a challenge! I couldn't take all the credit for it, though. I don't think I ever would've made it through the entrance exam without the help of Ji Hoo Sunbae. As always, he'd supported me the entire time, with words of encouragement, late night study sessions, and he still responded to the emergency bell every time it rang. Lately, that mainly consisted of my freak-outs about making mistakes or failing a test. I didn't think it was possible to become closer to my firefighter and soulmate, but I had. I felt even closer to him than Ga Eul.
Initially, I worried that he would hate me after rejecting him when he'd found me and confessed his feelings. Or, at the very least, I worried that things would be awkward. That wasn't him, though. He continued to be the same Ji Hoo Sunbae I'd known. I'm sure he's focused on more important things, anyway! After all, Sunbae is also studying to become a doctor. However, he entered on time and is further along than me. It's so nice having him as my sunbae, officially, again! There I was smiling once more…
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