Part 57

DESTINY

Changkyun open his eyes, feeling anxious and almost drenched in sweat. Someone is hugging him from behind. He can tell it wasn't his boyfriend, Lee Jooheon, from the breathing.

"It's ok. I am here" 

Changkyun recognized that whispering voice. It belongs to Hyungwon. He scans the ward and see Jooheon is sleeping on a reclining chair, at the corner of the ward. 

"You are safe, Changkyun. Go back to sleep" 

Changkyun obediently tries to fall asleep again. 

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"So, what if you can't talk properly yet or remember who you are? Recovery takes time... and you can take all the time you need. Let them talk, but you are going to be excellent eventually" Hyungwon said while patting Changkyun's head as if he is talking to a preschooler. 

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"Did you notice that?" Hyungwon asked excitedly. 

Changkyun frowned at the sudden reaction.  

"You are just talking in a proper sentence!" Hyungwon stands up to hug Changkyun tightly. "I told you nothing is unfixable. Not giving up on you is the best thing I have ever done" he kissed the latter forehead, hard. 

"Changkyun-ie" Hyunwoo waves his hand in front of the Neuro. "What are you thinking?" he asked. 

"Nothing. Just some old memories with him" Changkyun replied as he smiles a little at the trauma surgeon. "You are not on duty today. What are you doing here?" he turned back to look at Hyungwon who is occupied with his drawing. Changkyun believes the drawing is Hyungwon's homework given by his counselor. 

"To visit him. Kihyun is giving me a me-time" Hyunwoo answered. 

"The older your marriage ages, the sweetest you guys get" Changkyun replied. "You are going to spend your me-time here? In the place where you come everyday to work?"

"Why not? I come to hang out with my friend today" Hyunwoo replied. "It's been two weeks since he is transferred here. Any progress?" he asked. 

"You ask about my surgery preparation or about his improvement?" Changkyun asked as he takes a look at the trauma surgeon. "The surgery preparation is going well. The nano device will reach today, probably at night. Then, we can schedule the surgery. Speaking of which, I should go practicing" he sighed. "About him, he is no longer scared of strangers. The walking in and out nurses doesn't bother him anymore. He still have difficulty to make harder sentence, but he speaks well now. It's not much, but a great improvement" 

"Considering he was in an induced coma for quite some time, it is a great improvement" Hyunwoo agreed. "Are you ok with all of this?' he suddenly asked. "I mean, what happened to him and what happened to you is almost the same. I bet this bring back some bad memories" 

Changkyun smiles a little. "No, it's not. I was shot by a criminal and left to be death on the street. It's a warning to never mess with them again. For Hyungwon, the chances he was hurt by someone he know is very high likely- and, you know... I remember what happened to me is because Hyungwon's open my pandora box, which mean I watched it - not experiencing it. In other word, I don't actually remember what happened back then. It was scary and terrible, but I can't really relate to it. People don't relate to things they don't experience" 

"Speaking of which, that pandora box is sure a scary thing" Hyunwoo commented. "I heard a lot of psychiatrists implanted a fake memory on their patient's mind to make them forget the bad stuff. But, he is completely opposite. He brings forward what is hidden in the subconscious, unconscious mind. I have to agree that Chae Hyungwon is a very scary person" Hyunwoo said. 

"He used to know everything just by listening to our tone of voice, the word we choose. He can't even recognised himself now. Personally, I think he seemed to be going back to when he was Chae Si Woo" Changkyun added. 

"Why do you think like that?" Hyunwoo is curious. 

"I don't know. Just look at that body language, that's not Hyungwon. Chae Hyungwon is a very self-centered person. Not in a negative way, of course. What I mean is, he knows what he wants and act on it without caring what other people think. The person inside there is completely opposite. He listens to people very well. He looks up to doctors, surgeons so much" Changkyun reasoning. 

"Chae Hyungwon is a doctor himself, though"

"I know, but this man, Chae Si Woo put us on a pedestal. It kind of pressuring me, you know. He keeps telling me story how his sister's doctor creates a miracle to save her life... and he trusts me that I can do the same. But, he forgot. He was the miracle that saves his sister's life. He was the reason why I am here today too. Not the surgeons"

Hyunwoo pull Changkyun into a hug. "You are tired. You have been practicing and preparing for the surgery everyday. You should go home and sleep" he said as he patted the Neuro head gently. 

Changkyun hugs back. "Do you know that your hug radiates a healing energy? I feel refreshed already" he said. 

Hyunwoo laughed a little and release the latter. "Go to sleep" he said. He watches over the disappearing Changkyun for a while before going into the ward. Slowly walking toward his friend. 

"Dr. Sohn" Hyungwon greet the doctor. 

"I told you to call me Hyunwoo, did I?" Hyunwoo replied as he takes a saet in front of Hyungwon. "What are you drawing today?" he frowned when he sees the once white paper is now black. "Are you not in the mood today, Si Woo? Why are you coloring the paper all black?" he asked. 

"Just feel like it" Hyungwon replied. He put the paper away and starts drawing on a new paper. 

Hyunwoo pick up the stacker drawing and look at them one by one. It seems like Hyungwon is simply colouring the paper instead of drawing on it. Then, he stopped. A pattern. He notices there is a pattern on the paper. He stands up and goes to place the paper on the bed one by one. He fix the sequences of the paper as if he is playing a puzzle. He takes a picture of it once he think he have placed them according to their correct sequence.

"You can just take it if you like it that much, Hyunwoo" Hyungwon said. 

"My son is into abstract art recently. I want to show him what you draw" Hyunwoo replied as he send the picture to his wife. He return to the table with the drawings.

"You have a son?" Hyungwon sound surprised. He meets Hyunwoo almost every day here since he got discharged from the Hope Foundation, but they never really talk to each other. Hyunwoo usually will come and sit with him to read book or watches him drawing. He suddenly feels bad for never paying attention on the surgeon. 

"I have four sons and a daughter, to be more exact" Hyunwoo replied as he smiles at Hyungwon shock expression. "My eldest children is a twin. Sohn Sang Wook and Sohn Dasom. My second children are a triplet. Sohn Hyunsoo, Sohn Hyunki, and Sohn Hyunsik" he added. 

"I feel like I have heard those names before" Hyungwon frowned a little, try to remember if they ever have talked about this. 

"Want to see a picture of them?" Hyunwoo asked. If Hyungwon is familiar with the names, his memory might be triggered when he sees their picture. He pulls out his phone again and open his gallery for Hyungwon to see. 

"The eldest is a carbon copy of you" Hyungwon smiles at the picture. "This one must be taking after your wife. He doesn't look like you at all" he said while pointing at the baby, which look bigger among the three. 

"That's Hyunki. I do agree he took after my wife. I think all three of them is taking after my wife. Aren't they are cute?" Hyunwoo sounds like a proud husband and father. Hyunwoo slides to the left and a picture of Kihyun holding Chessa pop up on the screen. 

"That's your daughter?" 

Hyunwoo instantly feel upset at the question. Hyungwon is Chessa's favourite father. Chessa listen and play well with her Baba more than her pappy and daddy. Seven months have passed since Chessa saw her Baba. However, when she is asked about her favourite father, her answer still the same. "She isn't my daughter, Si Woo. My daughter passed away a few hours after her birth. This girl... " Hyunwoo lean closer to his friend. "Her name is Lee Chessa. She is a unique girl. Do you know why?" 

Hyungwon shakes his head as he keeps looking at the girl picture. 

"Her biological parents passed away in a storm and Lawyer Lee Hoseok adopted her" Hyunwoo said while looking for Hyungwon's reaction. Nothing. "Well, actually... Lawyer Lee is adopting her for Dr. Lee Minhyuk - and Dr. Lee has a best friend, more like his soulmate - his name is Chae Hyungwon. So, all three of them are Chessa's father figure" he added. "Do you want to know how did she got her name?"

Hyungwon nodded.

"Chessa is actually a mix of 'Chae' and 'cheonsa' which also happened to mean peace" Hyunwoo said and Hyungwon didn't say anything. The latter just keeps staring at the picture blankly. "Doesn't Chae Hyungwon feel familiar to you?" 

Hyungwon shakes his head. "Who is the man?" pointing at the man who is holding Chessa. 

"This is my wife, Yoo Kihyun. He is an inters-ex" Hyunwoo realized that Kihyun haven't come and visit Hyungwon yet, too busy investigating what happen to Hyungwon the night he left the hospital. "I will bring him next time to see you, ok" he said. 

"He give birth to your children?" Hyungwon asked. 

"Yes, Si Woo. He is an interse-x. He might look like a male, but he can function as a female too. Amazing, isn't it?"

"Why do I feel like I have seen him before?" Hyungwon frowned.

"It's ok, it's ok" he says as he hold Kihyun hand tightly. "You have done a great job by putting them behind bars. Thanks to you, they can't hurt people anymore" 

"Let me fix you. I know you were done fighting, but I'm a doctor. I was trained to not give up"

"Breath out... breath out..." he remind as he tries to stop Kihyun from squirming away. "Do you hear that? Keep breathing the baby is almost here" he said. 

"I don't know, Hyungwon. But I choose to stay and I lost pieces of me every single day" Kihyun said. 

"You have a heart and it still cares very much" Kihyun said. 

"Are you ok?" Hyunwoo asked, worried. 

Instead of answering, Hyungwon stand up and moves away from Hyunwoo. Away from the table, he stands at the corner of the room. 

"Are you feeling unwell?" Hyunwoo stand up, but he didn't go to Hyungwon. The latter is closing his ears and eyes as if he wanted to disconnect himself from the world. So, Hyunwoo choose to wait and watch. 

Hyungwon can feel his heart beat against his chest, fast. His head starts to pound. For unknown reason, he starts tearing too. 

Minhyuk just entered the ward and shocked by the scene. He wanted to go to Hyungwon, but Hyunwoo stopped him. 

"I showed him, the children picture" Hyunwoo whispered. 

Minhyuk just look at Hyunwoo with a disbelief stare. 

"Am I him?" Hyungwon asked after falling down on his knees. Looking disoriented. 

Hyunwoo slowly approaches Hyungwon. "Who?" Hyunwoo asked as he kneels in front of his friend. 

"Am I Chae Hyungwon?" 

Hyungwon question makes both Hyunwoo and Minhyuk froze.

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hazhatt #1
Chapter 98: male population is increasing thanks to hyunwoo and kihyun
yellowtulip123 #2
Chapter 98: aaaaa kinda sad when the baby was not a girl, but the last sentence really make it up haha. finally dasom is back. thank youuu for the update
Sunflower_Heart
#3
Chapter 98: Yeay!!? The baby is here!!!
hazhatt #4
Chapter 97: Thank you for the updates XD
Sunflower_Heart
#5
Chapter 97: I'm so happy while reading this chapter. Thank you so much for your update
Neny_haneul
#6
Chapter 96: thank you for the update!! another baby is coming yeayy 😁
yellowtulip123 #7
Chapter 96: omg omgg there's an update and is the baby girl's coming??? thank youuu so much for the update. really need to re-read again so i remember the feel haha anyway thank youu so much for coming backk
Grabila #8
Chapter 96: Can't believe it that there is an update in 2023! Welp yaye I missed it and very happy you're back
Sunflower_Heart
#9
Chapter 96: Yeay you're back with new update.

Yeay too for the new baby
Yha-mhine #10
So touching.. ❤