08 Patience

Snowy Day at the Bakery
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Genre: Comedy, Crack, Fluff, Medical, Romance

Summary: Honda Hitomi has a very short temper, and it's surprising that she still has a job and is even excellent at it. But when Kim Chaewon suddenly came into the E.R. with wounds scattered around her body, the nurse is too sure she'll get fired soon.

Word Count: 12999

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Patience

 

So far, Honda Hitomi is loving her job. After all, it’s her dream ever since childhood— to help and treat people with injuries or illness because of one certain incident that happened thirteen years ago when she ‘saved’ her friend, Nako, from dying, as Hitomi would like to believe until now.



 

(But actually, Nako just tripped and bled quite a little and Hitomi wrapped the bleeding wound with her handkerchief, like what she just watched from a medical drama two days ago. Hitomi felt like she became a superhero and swore to God, her parents, and Nako that she will be the greatest lifesaver in the world.)



 

Being a nurse isn’t easy, nor studying to be one. Hitomi suddenly had a flashback— the time when she was still in her first year, she would always cry everyday because of pressure and for the reason that she couldn’t properly pronounce the scientific name of certain plants and medicines.



 

Now, now— that’s good enough for a flashback. So, let’s go back to the main thing: Hitomi loves her job, it might get a little bit difficult and disgusting but to be honest, being a nurse isn’t all that bad if you’re determined and passionate enough.



 

Hitomi is both determined and passionate, working her off diligently to help and treat people. She gets paid well, yes, but it’s not the money that makes her happy— it’s the way whenever she sees patients feeling all good and better after Hitomi and other medical professionals helped them. Seeing them recover fast and going back to normal after suffering from injuries, illness, etc. makes Hitomi’s heart swell.



 

And for someone who has a short temper, she’s really doing a very great, great job controlling herself. Never in her life she snapped because a patient was being stubborn, she managed her temper quite nicely and professionally. She’s so proud of that.



 

Hitomi is a proud nurse of Stairway to Heaven Medical Hospital or, STH Medical Hospital, for short— as they are more known.



 

(But actually, after encountering those stubborn patients and inconsiderate people, she would kick the trash can near their locker room, pouring her anger towards that poor, poor can.)



 

It was all going well, not until this patient named Kim Chaewon entered the Emergency Room one fateful night— it made Hitomi question her professionalism, and think of the possible hospitals where she could apply onto after getting fired from her current one.



 



 

Hitomi was assigned to the E.R. once again, not like she’s complaining— it’s just that, people will suddenly barge into the room by kicking the door and would shriek, then wail— Hitomi couldn’t even count the times when she almost suffered from cardiac arrest for that sole reason.



 

It’s almost eleven and Hitomi is dozing off, alongside her workmate, Yuri, on their desk. They don’t have any paperworks to do, they already did their rounds too so they’re just chilling at the E.R., waiting for emergencies.



 

Hitomi snuggled on her pillow. It’s no wonder that she likes to sleep, she’s just simply getting the rest she lost from working too much— even though she loves her job, she wants rest too. Once, she fell asleep in the middle of the hospital hallways after an overtime, oddly enough, no one bothered her and just let her sleep peacefully on the cold tiled floor while drooling.



 

She was so sure she was about to drift into slumber when the door of the E.R. suddenly got barged open with a loud thud, making Hitomi jump from her seat, almost falling on the floor. Yuri, unfortunately, jolted backwards and fell into her seat out of shock along with the chair.



 

“There was a car accident near Incheon! The ambulance is on it’s way here!” The guy announced, shouting with all his might to alert them. The patients who are staying in the room and are resting, hissed at him but he just gracefully walked out of the scene.



 

Hitomi huffed, fixing her hair and carefully placed the pillow on the chair as she walked to Yuri, who’s still laying down on the floor while talking with someone, looking serious. The blonde snorted, nudging the gray bob haired woman with her crocs on her face.



 

Yuri turned to her, glaring at her as she ended the call. “Doctor Song needed me for assistance because this certain patient from 272 is raging and doing a backflip every time someone goes near him because he doesn’t want to be taken to get surgery.” She muttered, groaning as she stood up from the floor and fixed the chair properly.



 

Hitomi crossed her arms, humming, not even wanting to imagine if Doctor Song asked for her assistance. “Alright,” She said as she watched Yuri dust her white uniform. “Besides, the one who got involved in that car accident is just one person so I think you could handle it alone.” She informed her workmate after hearing it from the doctor that called her recently, walking towards the exit after giving the blonde a goodbye wave.



 

Yuri didn’t even notice the obvious dust stains covering her whole back. It didn’t help that their uniform is white.



 

Readying her equipment and other things she might need later, she couldn’t help but to laugh to herself, earning weird stares from the people who were staying in the room. However, that wicked laugh didn’t last as she could hear the siren nearing.



 

After heaving a sigh, she did some light stretching as she waited for the new patient to arrive, praying to the Lord above that it’s nothing that serious and gruesome. She’s still having a problem dealing with the sight of severe injuries. She literally puked before when she saw the patient’s terrifying injury in the leg, the poor man accidentally slipped on a random chopstick, resulting for his leg to get extremely twisted that his bone popped out from his flesh.



 

No longer than a minute, the door was opened again and Hitomi noticed the collective screeching noises around.



 

Because she was too preoccupied, the stretcher got almost shoved into her. “What the!” The petite nurse exclaimed in surprise, thankfully, the paramedics managed to stop the stretcher on time, just when its end was about to hit Hitomi. “Sorry, Miss Honda! Why are you standing in the middle anyway?” One of the paramedics who helped asked, a little bit annoyed and Hitomi swore she almost put him into a chokehold.



 

When Hitomi realized that she was just wasting her time and had a job to do, she then proceeded to check the patient, who got into a car accident. She circled around to get a better view, scanning her from head to toe. Fresh bleeding wounds are scattered all over the patient’s once smooth and pale yet slim legs, not all too big but painful enough to make Hitomi hiss like she's the one who got those injuries. She then saw that there's blood on her torn white shirt, oh, wounds and bruises near her ribs too—



 

“Are you checking me out?”



 

Hitomi raised her head, instantly frowning when she heard that very feminine, smooth yet strong voice. She met gazes with the patient— who’s a woman, obviously— and wow, the nurse almost lost herself for a moment there. She panicked a bit after she saw the patient’s sharp doe eyes. “Uhm? I’m checking your injuries?” She answered, not really knowing what to say too.



 

Okay, this fiery patient might be pretty but there’s no way Hitomi would do such a thing. She’s professional, why would she ogle—



 

“The hell, you’re checking me out!” The patient angrily insisted, trying to sit up and winced a bit when pain started to attack her body. Hitomi got alerted, immediately moving to help her but the woman just shoved her away. “Go away, you ert nurse!” The injured patient with pretty doe eyes, long silky jet black hair, hissed, glaring at Hitomi.



 

Hitomi blinked, her brows forming into a deep furrow. “What?” She asked, narrowing her gaze towards the woman. “Girl, I’m not checking you out for god’s sake. I’m checking your wounds!” She exclaimed, getting annoyed as she shook her head, trying to get closer but got shoved by the woman away again.



 

“I want a doctor, I demand a doctor to treat my wounds, not you.” Demanded by the angry and dumping patient, making Hitomi huff in disbelief. “Sorry but we’re short of staff right now, our doctors are all busy so I need to treat you—”



 

“I said, get me a doctor. A freaking doctor,” The woman stubbornly insisted, gritting her teeth in annoyance as she tried her best not to look in pain. “Not a ert uneducated mere nurse like you.” She insulted which made Hitomi’s jaw drop on the floor.



 

The blonde could feel gazes on them, the patients are silently watching the interaction, finding it amusing and entertaining but Hitomi… she could feel her blood boiling after this patient suddenly lashed out to her and insulted her greatly.



 

“Miss, I don’t know what your deal is but I’m not a ert and I’m educated.” Hitomi annoyingly fired back, walking closer again and held the patient’s arm, tugging it closer to her which earned a yelp from the latter, out of pain and surprise. “And like I said, there’s no doctor available right now so you have to bear with a mere nurse.” She added with a firm tone before damping the cotton with alcohol to the wound on her arm.



 

A scream could be heard on the E.R., almost breaking the people’s eardrums because of how loud and annoying it is. Literal shriek, it made Hitomi wonder, is this woman a banshee or something ‘cause, holy !



 

“Oh my god, woman! Are you going to give birth or what!?” Hitomi asked, wincing because her ears rang. The patient just hissed at her, her eyes sparkling with tears.



 

The jet black haired woman sniffled, glaring at her. “I-It hurts,” She muttered, wiping her tears as she bit her thin lower lip. Hitomi snorted, not saying anything and continued to clean the patient’s wounds— but elicited another pained screech from the other woman.



 

“I-I couldn’t handle the p-pain! Can you inject me some anesthesia or something, so I wouldn’t feel pain?” The patient suggested with a hopeful gaze and the blonde nurse’s face dropped, feeling herself deflating.



 

With a huff, she continued damping the cotton on the wounds. “Didn’t you hear me, you nurse!?” Hitomi just rolled her eyes, not even bothering to look up to the annoying woman and continued doing her job. “It’s not how it works, woman. Bear the pain and after I clean your wounds, I will call a doctor so keep your mouth shut.” She answered seriously.



 

“How did you even get into an accident, anyway?” Hitomi asked after, still occupied cleaning the fresh wounds and the patient suddenly started to go red in too much anger. “Someone ing did something weird to my car, …” The black haired woman grumbled under her breath, glaring at the anatomy of a human poster glued to the wall near her. “They will never see the light of the day tomorrow.”



 

Hitomi should be scared of the threat but instead, she found it harmless even with the dark aura emitting from the woman and just hummed, focusing on her job. “Oh? Where did your car hit?” She threw another question and as expected, the woman is now distracted by her questions and not even minding the pain anymore.



 

“On a freaking tree,” The patient answered with a hiss, venom laying in her tone. “God, I will make them pay. It’s one of my favorite cars…” She added, growling and Hitomi just nodded.



 

“Uh huh, that’s too bad.” Hitomi said, and finally wrapped everything up, ready to call a doctor that will handle this annoying woman because she might really stab her with a syringe’s needle. “All done.” She plainly announced and walked to the telephone.



 

The patient blinked, feeling her arms and legs go numb but… a little bit clean. She looked at her wounds and they are all clean now and she didn’t even notice, and the nurse cleaned it in a span of short time too which caught her off-guard. Well, this petite blonde nurse is surely skilled.



 

“You still have a lot of bruises, scratches, and wounds on your face but I think you wouldn’t appreciate me touching and cleaning it,” Hitomi said, eyeing her from the desk, holding the telephone near her ear and before the patient could even say anything. After the short call, she went back near the quiet patient.



 

“I called a doctor, as you requested, they will handle you instead.” Hitomi said, tiredly heaving a sigh as she slumped over the seat. The patient just pouted and sulked while still on the stretcher.



 

Not long after a doctor came in, immediately walking in the room, looking like he ran towards here before walking to the patient. “Miss Kim!” He suddenly exclaimed then bowed, surprising Hitomi a bit.



 

The black haired woman rolled her eyes, laying down to the stretcher properly as she groaned. “Ugh, make it fast, I want to sleep.” She demanded with an attitude that Hitomi didn’t like, the nurse almost shoved the clipboard towards her face because of her disrespectfulness to the doctor.



 

Doctor Lee immediately bowed his head as a sign of apology. “I did hear from one of your bodyguards about the incident! I just came from the surgery room that was why I came late,” He reasoned out and the unknown patient just groaned, hissing at him. “I do not care, just get my wounds patched up. My father will freak out twice harder if he sees me in such a state,” She huffed and closed her eyes, trying to relax.



 

The doctor immediately complied, “Yes, Miss Kim,” He muttered before asking the other nurses to move the stretcher into another room but before he could even exit, he walked towards the confused blonde nurse. “Miss Honda, I would like for you to follow me to the office after Miss Jo comes back.” He instructed and walked away, leaving Hitomi bowing a bit and dumbfounded.



 

“Now, who the hell was that woman?” The blonde whispered to herself, curious because of how Doctor Lee literally shivered in fear when he saw her. The male doctor is one of the best and known doctors in STH and an executive too but he acted so weirdly to that patient and he only acts like that with the VIPs.



 

Hitomi snorted, shaking her head as she cleaned the bloody cotton balls she used and placed them all in a bag. “Heh, must be someone really important.”



 



 

Well, Hitomi wasn’t surprised when the annoying bratty patient she just encountered yesterday, is actually indeed an important person. She didn’t care actually, she just heard some gossip from the receptionists when she passed by on her way to Doctor Lee’s office— that a current heiress of a certain big company got confined here after a tragic car accident.



 

There are a lot of reporters scattered around the hospital, trying to get some juicy details— the blonde nurse actually encountered one, blocking her way and bombed her countless of questions then proceeded to bribe her.



 

Hitomi felt offended and pissed off because of that, she is professional at work, she’s a proud nurse and she will never exchange a confidential file of a patient exchange of money. She’s not that low.



 

Then, as she expected when she got inside of Doctor Lee’s office, she got assigned to assist their new and important patient— exactly the same bratty patient she just dealt with earlier.



 

Hitomi’s face dropped, wanting to deflate but work is work, she couldn’t reject that even if she begs on her knees. And hey, she will receive a bonus so it must be not that bad at all. Handling a VIP has its perks.



 

Apparently, this heiress is named Kim Chaewon— and is actually a very, very big shot in the business field. She will soon handle one of the most prominent companies in this country. Eh, not like Hitomi cares. A patient is still a patient.



 

“You are so lucky,” Yuri immediately greeted her, draping her arm around her shoulders and Hitomi just rolled her eyes, shoving her friend off her. “You will assist Kim Chaewon, hello? The Kim Chaewon! The future chairwoman of TITTY Company!” She hissed, holding both Hitomi’s shoulders and shook her lightly.



 

The blonde nurse glared at her, slapping her hands away and continued walking, pocketing her hands to her uniform. “I see no big deal to that,” She answered plainly which made Yuri gasp in surprise. “They are all the same, patients.” She added and took a turn, the woman with a bob cut narrowed her gaze on her.



 

“It is a big deal! Look at those reporters swarming around this place, trying to get a detail about Chaewon. She’s seriously an important figure here in this country yet you’re thinking of her as a normal citizen. No, Honda! She’s above us mere humans,” Yuri exclaimed, clasping her hands together, using a tone like she’s worshipping Kim Chaewon which made Hitomi throw a weird look at her.



 

“God, if you just know, Yuri… If you just know,” Hitomi whispered under her breath, heaving a sigh as she tirelessly dragged herself to the locker room to finally wrap up and go home, take a very fulfilling rest because tomorrow will be hell for her.



 

Hitomi went home after that, yawning and very sleepy but when she reached her apartment, she decided to have a research about this ‘Kim Chaewon’ and her drowsiness almost faded away when she saw better pictures of the said woman and her achievements in life.



 

Currently, she’s working as the CFO of the said company and soon, most likely in the next few years— she will be the boss of the bosses after her father retires and passes his position to her.



 

Until now, the petite blonde still couldn’t believe that that bratty woman is a very important figure in this country, many fear and worship her for her sharp tongue and intelligence, strategic mind— a woman who’s known for being very intimidating, authoritative, and charismatic, and smug yet elegant— when she’s just literally an annoying bratty woman who acts like a spoiled five-year-old kid.



 

Hitomi shook her head, eyeing the picture that the screen monitor is showing her. It showed her a half body shot of a woman wearing a black blazer, pencil skirt, and fitted turtleneck while looking— glaring directly at the camera with her sharp honey orbs. The blonde woman snorted, closing her laptop before settling on her bed, tucking herself on the comforter.



 

“Heh, she looks nicer without those dirt, bruises, and wounds all around her doll-like face, to be her.”



 



 

Tiredly walking towards Doctor Lee’s office, Hitomi couldn’t help but to worry for herself. Hopefully, Chaewon will now cooperate with her and realized how unprofessional she looked and acted last night towards the blonde woman.



 

Doctor Lee discussed some important things with her and gave her some instructions. After that, they went to the exclusive floor of the hospital— where VIP rooms are located.



 

When they reached the VIP room number 10, she could hear some muffled noises inside and Doctor Lee became tense for a bit and before they could even enter, a frantic head nurse exited the room. “G-Good morning, Doctor Lee… Miss Kim won’t eat her meal for today and kept insisting that she should go to work… She’s currently on a phone call with her father.” She reported, a little bit terrified and Hitomi’s lips twitched.



 

The doctor heaved a sigh, just nodding before gently sending the woman off. “We’ll handle it,” He said with a small smile before gesturing for Hitomi that they should enter. And the moment they enter the luxurious spacy room—



 

“What do you mean, two weeks!? I just got into a minor accident, father!” Chaewon’s angry voice boomed through the room which made the two newcomers flinch in shock. The heiress did not pay mind to them and just continued bickering with her father.



 

Obviously, Chaewon is in a very foul mood, and for a while, Hitomi got intimidated but heh, she knows Chaewon won’t do anything that might harm her anyway. Upon hearing the conversation, she suddenly recalled what Doctor Lee said to her earlier.



 

Chaewon will be confined in the hospital for two weeks when actually, after four days to one week, she will be discharged already— Mr. Kim Wonjin, Chaewon’s father and the current head of the TITTY Company, requested the hospital to do some magic and let Chaewon stay here for more than a weem with the reason that she could get some rest because he knew how much his daughter is pushing herself to the edge and overworking.



 

This is the chance that he should take advantage of and let his daughter rest. Of course, the hospital immediately accepted the offer, after all, they will get a lot of benefits.



 

“I’m not a fool, father, I might not be an expert in the medical field but I’m no stupid.” The woman with black jet hair firmly remarked, tone ice cold which made Hitomi shiver a bit. The latter’s eyes then went to Chaewon’s face, seeing that her small face is now patched up with bandages and all, she looks better than last night.



 

Doctor Lee also started to sweat bullets since he’s one of the masterminds involved in this ‘business’ and he literally jolted out of shock when Chaewon’s piercing gaze landed on him, eyeing him with full of annoyance as she ended the conversation with her father.



 

“You,” The woman pointed out, tilting her head a bit to look more intimidating and Hitomi was quite sure Doctor Lee already pissed on his pants. “Y-Yes, Miss Kim?” He asked, gulping as he trembled in absolute fear. Chaewon huffed, crossing her bandaged arms, gaze remained sharp.



 

“Just what is this crap? Two weeks?” Chaewon asked in a very dark tone, a very cold tone that will make one shiver in fear except for Hitomi who remained calm, hands on her pocket as she silently observed the woman sitting on the bed.



 

Doctor Lee cleared his throat, flipping his clipboard and confidently strided towards the intimidating woman. “W-Well, I will explain Miss Kim…” He started off then tried to explain her terrible current situation, which is an absolute lie because of how exaggerated it is.



 

After rounds of explaining, Chaewon became silent, just staring at him with an unreadable expression which made the doctor feel relieved, thinking that they managed to fool Chaewon or so he thought— “Bull.” She cussed, eyeing the man who started to shake again. “Get out of my sight.”’



 

Doctor Lee immediately fled off, giving Hitomi a look as he exited the room in a hurry, scared for his life— leaving Hitomi with the woman inside the room. The blonde nurse just gave Chaewon an amused look, even daring to snort which made the latter glare at her.



 

“What are you doing here?” The woman hissed, Hitomi did not react, just walking to the table and then checked the clipboard with reports before pushing the tray closer to Chaewon’s bed. “Doing my job.” The nurse dejectedly answered as she prepared the meal.



 

Chaewon’s brow arched up, narrowing her gaze on her with a huff. “Get out,” She demanded but it didn’t faze Hitomi who just silently prepared the food to be eaten by the patient. The black haired woman was in awe because the nurse didn’t even react or anything, it made her a little bit more annoyed. “I told you, get out, you ert nurse.”



 

Hitomi finally looked up at her, frowning. “I’m just doing my job.” She stressed out, snarling a bit as she pushed the tray near Chaewon. “Now, as instructed, please do eat your breakfast because you will be drinking your medicine after this.” She added, sitting on the chair nearby as she watched Chaewon from there.



 

It caught the other woman off-guard, scoffing in disbelief at the attitude. “Who do you think you are?” She asked, almost growling. Hitomi picked her ears. “Honda Hitomi, a nurse who works here at Stairway to Heaven Hospital.” She responded.



 

“And I’m Kim Chaewon, the current CFO of TITTY Company and the future—”



 

“Look, woman,” Hitomi cut her off, giving her a smug look. “I do not care. In this place, you are my patient, unfortunately— and I’m the assigned nurse to you, unfortunately. So technically, you will follow my instructions and not the other way around.” She hissed, standing up to go closer to Chaewon, having a staring contest with her.



 

“Just so you know, I’m not scared because I’m just simply doing my job,” Hitomi added out bravely which made Chaewon’s eyes twitch. “So, please, Miss Kim. Eat your breakfast before I shove it to your mouth myself.”



 

Chaewon gasped at that, throwing daggers at her but never said anything, just grumbling something under her breath and stared at the food presented in front of her. Hitomi smirked in triumph, walking back to the seat and sat there, watching Chaewon from there. Heh, Chaewon might have power but Hitomi… she got the guts, she’s not afraid of death, she will bravely face it.



 

After a while, Hitomi noticed something. Chaewon is struggling— she couldn’t pick up the utensils at all. She almost facepalmed when she realized that Chaewon had injured hands and arms so she couldn’t move it much.



 

Dejectedly, she sighed and brought the chair closer to Chaewon’s bed, the latter gave her a sharp look but she didn’t mind it, picking up the spoon and took a spoonful of the hot soup— even blowing it a bit then placed it near Chaewon’s lips.



 

“What are you doing?” The woman asked, hissing at her, the tips of her ears are red as she leaned away from Hitomi. Scoffing, the nurse just huffed. “Feeding you, obviously. You can’t feed yourself yet. So, here I’am.” She answered then brought the spoon closer to Chaewon’s mouth again.



 

Although Hitomi doesn’t like to do this, she needed to— this is her job, to help patients. She actually pitied the woman because she looked very hungry but because of her whale-sized pride and ego, she didn’t ask for help and tried her best to take a hold of the spoon. Plus, the woman feels embarrassed being fed by a nurse.



 

Chaewon glared at her, still not taking the soup which made Hitomi groan. But the grumble of her stomach made everything more awkward than it is, the nurse just stared at her with a pointed look.



 

Finally swallowing her pride, she parted her lips with full hesitation and when Hitomi spotted the chance, she shoved the spoon inside Chaewon’s mouth. Trying her best to hold back her laugh when the black haired woman drank it and started to cough, obviously flustered and surprised.



 

“What the hell! You freaking evil nurse,” Chaewon exclaimed after she calmed down. Hitomi raised her brow, scooping another spoonful. “What? It’s your fault, take it properly.” She rolled her eyes and brough the spoon near Chaewon’s thin and swollen lips again and this time, the latter actually let Hitomi feed her without much hesitance.



 

The nurse continued like that, feeding Chaewon like a child and would even wipe her lips with a tissue whenever it got stained by the food. Because she’s too busy feeding her so gently, she didn’t even notice that Chaewon is blushing all along. Never in her life, she thought she would be fed like this.



 

“Okay, good girl,” Hitomi praised, tidying up the tray and went to the table where the medicines are located, picking up the capsules that she will take today. Chaewon almost choked on the piece of apple she was chewing, face flaming.



 

“Here, drink these together,” Hitomi instructed, giving her the capsules and brought her a glass of water— she also supported and helped Chaewon to drink it. “Now, we’re done. I’ll be back later at lunch to check on you. Please just press that red button near your bed if you need anything, see you in a bit, Miss Kim.” Hitomi said, pushing the tray along with her and exited the room, heaving a sigh as she went downstairs— feeling so drained already.



 

Kim Chaewon is surely quite handy. She almost lost her professionalism, oh god, she looked so brave earlier— face death, my ! Once she gets fired after Chaewon told about her attitude, she’s done for!



 

Hopefully, God will bless her more strength throughout assisting Chaewon.



 



 

As she promised, and because of her duty— Hitomi went back to check on Chaewon after getting some paperworks done.



 

Yuri mostly followed her around, trying to get some gossip about Chaewon and Hitomi didn’t say anything, she never told anyone how Chaewon treats her and how she treats the black haired woman. Yuri kept saying that she’s terrified for Hitomi’s life because the heiress might really strangle her at some point.



 

More like— Hitomi will strangle Chaewon if she continues being an .



 

Grumpily walking towards the VIP room where the black haired woman stays, she kept groaning and regretting some of her life choices. And when she opened the room without knocking or anything, she got surprised when it’s not just Chaewon inside— an unfamiliar yet familiar person was right beside the said woman, looking at her because of the sudden entrance.



 

Hitomi gave her an apologetic smile, striding towards the table. “Sorry to bother but I’m here to check on Miss Chaewon and make sure she eats her meal,” She said, grabbing the clipboard and frowned when she saw the untouched food resting on the table.



 

“Oh, it’s alright, go ahead! I won’t stay for long,” The woman with beige hair said, smiling at her and Hitomi was swoon, familiarity striking her like a ten wheeler truck. “Omo!” The blonde nurse exclaimed, pointing at the pretty lady in front of her. “Aren’t you Kim Minjoo? That rising actress?” She whispered, trying not to shake in excitement and nervousness.



 

Minjoo smiled brightly once again, nodding to confirm it and Hitomi almost fainted on the spot— but no! She must be professional, she’s inside the hospital for god’s sake. “Yes, hello. Nice to meet you, you must be Nurse Honda.” She said, even stretching her hand for a handshake and the petite nurse immediately wiped her trembling hand to the side of her pants before shaking hands with the actress— she tried her best not to squeal.



 

“I-I’m a huge fan. You’re really talented.” Hitomi calmly muttered, clearing . Minjoo giggled, she giggled— the nurse almost did a backflip. “Why thank you, Nurse Honda,” The actress thanked her shyly, tucking her hair behind her ear.



 

Then they heard a click of tongue, Hitomi looked over her shoulders and saw Chaewon glaring at them

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kalingling #1
Chapter 40: Rereading this and still got blown away. Time to time I thought about this fic. Thank you author-nim
Aciel257
#2
Chapter 40: This. Is. Beautiful. It's beyond words on how I can describe this feels, you know? 26k of words and I am amazed on how I am LITERALLY there just like Sakura stayed by Hitomi side, witnessing how out Hito grow out to finally become Hitomi again. Such a fine piece, I felt like crying (which I actually do, really). Constantly being remind about the war makes me anxious, afraid even when Hitomi need to risk her life for the sake of saving her country, which is in the war, due to personal grudge between the Lord's (screw the opposing King, really, screw them!) Thankfully, a breeze of spring came in the form of Chaewon who is firm with her feels, constantly remind about her preference until Hitomi revealed her secret. This story have everything that I wish I have as a writer and motivated me in doing better, so that I can achieve this level of satisfaction one day. Kudos to author-nim, thank you very much for this brilliant story. You really make my day brighter and better!
SapphireChou
#3
Chapter 40: Literally, I have no words for this story. I've finished it in one go even if I still needed to some things to attend to 😂 The way of writing of this story, I already know who wrote it. The way the story is well written and how it gives me certain feelings when I read their story, I already know the writer of this story. This was such an amazing ride. I thought having 25k+ words in a story would tire me out. Surprisingly, this story made me begging for more. I was on the edge of my seat, waiting what will happen next every time. Reading this made me remember Mulan of how similar it is, with the being girl part per se. Sorry for my reference since I don't know a lot of stories like this 😆 It was my first time reading a story under the action tag and it was a ssambbang story. How great is that! I've felt various emotions while reading this. I really thought Taewoon was gonna do something bad. I'm just glad he didn't hold a grudge for Hitomi even after being with Chaewon and not really being Hito. The parts where Chaewon and Hitomi were together really made my heart soft. Also, I was holding my tears the moment Chaewon told Hitomi that she has something to go back to now. Really, a remarkable work from you again author-nim. I'm really happy that you wrote this story, thank you so much. I hope to read more ssambbang stories from you in the future ^^ Oh and author-nim, you owe me a nap. I wasn't able to sleep because of this story >< Good work as always author-nim :))
Satanael
#4
Chapter 40: <span class='smalltext text--lighter'>Comment on <a href='/story/view/1468609/40'>Special OS: oh, we talked...</a></span>
This way of writing—we all know who this is. Man, 25k+ words and still able to hold my attention on every word. I just digested a chapter full of financial ratios, and yet I was able to fully digest this OS with an insane amount of words. From their first meeting, to the repeated—forced (from Hitomi’s side)—exchanges, I was hooked. I am glad that they were able to end up together because this normally doesn’t happen. The battle scenes were thankfully not that graphic, and let’s not forget that familiar yet delicious ache as we read and watched the couple get closer. I do hope the author had enough rest for after writing this wonderful spectacle. Thanks for the wonderful special OS... which is almost twice the amount for the maximum word limit—understandable, have a nice day. And oh, thanks for making me feel alive again. I hope this author is having a feast tonight.
Cheeeeeee
#5
Chapter 39: Congrats to all the winners! Deservedddd! 💙
SapphireChou
#6
Chapter 38: This story made me want to read the Hunger Games. I didn't understand it that much since I didn't know the story but this was a good story. Another dystopian fiction that I liked to read. They weren't really shipped in the story that's why it hurt 🤧 But I knew Hitomi did what she had to do to save her brother :,)
Aciel257
#7
Chapter 38: S-shut up! .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·. why oh why this must happen. Gosh, it is so beautiful. I can vividly sees them, through their struggles and all. Whoa, such idea, this is gold! Thank you very much for this story. Hunger Games really held a spot in my heart. Will we have something like a sequel next author-nim? Please please please flip off that vicious fate ( ≧Д≦)