You Seem Like You Were Mine

A girl running fast with her hand busy tying her hair, a roast bread stuck on her mouth and she tries to digest her food while running. When she arrive at the emergency door room she stop and pause for a second, try to catch her breath, put the bread in a plastic bag and put that in her doctor gown then she press the open door sign and walk casually, while her eyes searching for particular person that will put her in hell today if she caught for being late again.

“Looking for something miss Ji-A?” a voice that she avoids so much comes from her back.

“I’m dead meat now” said the girl regretting the drink party she had last night with her friends.

“Yes you are, I will surely put this late on your performance chart. If you ever try to be late again tomorrow that means 2 times late for this week. And that means I can score you 1 in your monthly report attendance, then that means you can have a pay cut in your next month salary. Do you get me?” Na Sung-Ryung pointed her finger to the girl's face.

“Can my dad waive it?” said that girl in a very careful tone.

“YA!!! Baek Ji-A!!!! Even your name is Baek but your dad specially asks me to not give you any special treatment ever. And if I report this to your dad right now he will be very happy for waiving all your salary to zero this month!!” the head nurse threatened to creep the girl.

“I understand, I’m sorry I will behave starting today.” The girl express her sorry and bow quick before running to avoid more yelling from the nazi head nurse.

“Nazi catch you again?? Heol... you will not be able to live in peace today...” Kim Hyeon-U patted her head.

“Oh God.... why did you ask me for beer last night, beer night only applies when we have holiday the next day..” Ji-A mumbling while receiving a patient chart.

“It was you who asked for beer and soju last night..” Hyeon-U remembered how nagging she was asking for a beer buddy yesterday afternoon. The man that she dated for 6 months is going to London to pursue his business master and he said he will not be able to continue their relationship due to a long distance relationship. So Ji-A was practically dumped by her boyfriend, a term that she insisted denied by saying she is not being dumped. It's just that he had to make a choice and he chose his education first.

“Then why didn't you stop me...” Ji-A keeps chattering.

“Coz Siwon dumped you... we pitied you yesterday,,” Han Mi-Yeon showed up suddenly and took the chart in her hand.

“This is my patient, I need to move him for an inpatient process..” said Mi-Yeon.

“YA!!!!!” Ji-A screams after hearing Mi-Yeon say that to her. Then she glares at Hyeon-U, while Hyeon-U is leaving her with both of his hands in front of his chest.

“I’m not saying anything.......” he whispered to her while giggling.

“I must betray a king in my previous life so I end up with pathetic friends like them in this life” said Ji-A to herself.

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 “At 1PM we have a CF concept meeting with the director, we will meet at La Pomme in Apgujeong. Then at 7PM you have to attend a dinner meeting with director Choi and Writer Kang at Philkyungjae in Gangnam for your next movie project.” Goh Beom-Sok read the list of today's schedule that he already memorized.

“So the meeting will probably take about 2 hours. Then I will have free time from 3 to 7 right? I want to take a nap...” Park Hui-Jun talked with his eyes still closed.

“After the meeting in Apgujeong we need to go to the agency, the CEO wants to meet you for Chinese expansion project and some issues related to your news lately and also discussed your upcoming fan meetings schedule...that’s why we set the dinner meeting location near to our agency.” Beom-Seok told everything that he already memorized again.

“Aiisshh.... I need few hours for sleep. Can’t he wait until tomorrow? For this meeting? The CEO??” Park Hui-Jun open his eyes and talking in annoying tone.

“You will be leaving for Bangkok tomorrow for your upcoming fan meeting. The plane schedule is the first flight and the airport will be packed too so you need to be there early.” Beom-Seok reminds him.

“The fan meeting is still 3 days away, why should I fly tomorrow?” ask Hui-Jun.

“You will have some plans with the CEO of the Thai agency that sponsored this fan meeting, also some photoshoot and interview with local television and tabloid. Also the Prime Minister scheduled to meet you also coz he was a fan of you too since the drama aired. We will stay in a very nice resort, you can enjoy the nice view and do swimming while you are there. Consider this as a vacation too..” said Beom-Seok.

“Any new articles about me lately?” ask Park Hui-Jun.

“Nothing bad.... but there was a picture of you and a girl dating in a cafe and the photo was taken like 8 years ago.” Beom-Seok told Hui-Jun about the hot news lately.

“Really?! What picture?” Hui-Jun asks for the tablet that is held by Beom-Seok and searches for his news.

He can shortlist the girls that might appear in the picture but how come they ever find that. A wild thought kept popping in his head. There he found the news, the picture has his face holding a girl that got blurred in her face. Hui-Jun felt upset, it was Song So-Ra, the girl he dated while he was in college.

“How come they ever find this..” said Hui-Jun. His face looks so sorry, he looks out the window and is lost in his thoughts “Has the agency taken care of this?” Hui-Jun asked.

“Don’t worry the CEO took care of everything already, Ah .... the rumors about you and Min-Soon noona really dating are going more wild these days” Beom-Seok laughed while reading some forum comments.

“Heh.... should I really date her to create a scandal?” Hui-Jun smiles remembering the beautiful Min-Soon noona, his pair in the drama. No one deny the beauty of the South Korean goddess, and it was his honor to be her pair in that drama.

“Haha...maybe you should..” Beom-Seok and the driver are laughing.

“We already arrived at the place, but we arrived 30 minutes early. Do you want to wait here or inside?” Beom-Seok asked.

“If I wait inside, will it be safe? I mean there will be no crowd especially looking for me? ..” ask Hui-Jun.

“Nothing... It's a very nice place. You haven’t had your lunch too right? They said the food is good... I’m starving too..” Beom-Seok opens his door then goes out first.

They have burgers for their lunch, then the CF director and his team come join them, the shoot will begin after he comes back from his fan meeting schedule in Thailand. The meeting went very well and they enjoyed their food too. The moment Hui-Jun and Beom-Seok are about to leave the cafe, some fans approach them and ask for his signature and picture. Hui-Jun tries to serve his fans very well, but the crowd causes some people to push here and there. A girl beside Hui-Jun is about to fall and Hui-Jun quickly grabs her but then a second later he feels his skin sting very bad. His hand is bleeding due to the sharp edge of the table, the wound left a cut that looks deep. Blood starts running, and people are shocked. Beom-Seok and the CF team rushly break the crowd and take Hui-Jun to the car.

“Can you bear it?” Beom-Seok looks terrified looking at the blood that infiltrates the white towel that is tied in Hui-Jun's hand to stop the bleeding.

“Is the hospital still far away?” Hui-Jun asked the driver.

“In 5 minutes hyung..” the driver runs the car very fast.

They arrive at Baek Hospital emergency door. Beom-Seok dragged the wheel chair in a rush then took Hui-Jun at lightning speed into the room.

“Can someone help us!!!!” Beom-Seok shouting for help.

“What happened?” Ji-A runs approaching Beom-Seok and Hui-Jun.

“He got a wound cut in his hand and it keeps bleeding..” Beom-Seok explained in panic.

Ji-A looks at the wounded hand, and takes a glance at the patient, “hemm I think I saw him somewhere” Ji-A thinks when he looks at Hui-Jun.

“Nurse Min... can you help me move the patient?!” Ji-A calls for her nurse to help.

Ji-A, nurse Min and Beom-Seok move Hui-Jun to the bed and start her treatment.

“The wound needs to be stitched so it can heal properly, are you okay with it?” Ji-A asks Hui-Jun after examining the wound.

“Is it serious?” Beom-Seok sounds very worried.

“No..there’s no major wound to the nerve in his hand. But I need to stitch it to close the wound and it will be good as before.” Ji-A is smiling, and Hui-Jun kinda likes her eyes when she smiles like that.

But there’s another thing that catches Ji-A attention. Few nurses start to gather in front of Hui-Jun bed, all of them holding their phones right in front of them ready to capture. Also some patients are making a hard effort to get up from their bed and lengthen their neck just to peep into him. Ji-A looks at him, and she can feel that he is very uncomfortable.

“Do you know everyone here?” ask Ji-A to Hui-Jun.

Hui-Jun looked at Ji-A with a shocked expression, “You don’t know me?” Hui-Jun asks in a very low and careful tone.

Ji-A thinks and sees the crowd that happens in front of the patient bed. Suddenly she saw Mi-Yeon jumping at the back of the crowd showing the tablet and kept pointing to an image in that tablet. Ji-A look at the image and then she surprise,

“AH..RIGHT!!!!” Ji-A now can identify her patient. She looks at the nurses that gather in front of her patient, she puts her hand on her waist and blows her pony hair.

“I just need nurse Min, what are all of you doing here??? Don’t you all have other work to do??? Should I call nurse Sung????!!!!” Ji-A scolds them.

In another second the nurses ran back to their post. Ji-A think of something.

“I think you will not be safe here. Everyone seems to be very excited seeing you here. The wound will be just fine but I’m afraid you will create another one if you stay in this room. Lets move!” said Ji-A, and somehow Hui-Jun wished she would show her smile again.

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Ji-A then moves Hui-Jun to a VVIP room, and treats his wound there. Now only two of them are in the room, Beom-Seok is doing the administration process while nurse Min goes to the pharmacy to collect medicine for Hui-Jun.

“Does it sting?” Ji-A asks while stitching the wound.

“A little...” said Hui-Jun, “Do you know me already?” ask Hui-Jun.

Ji-A smiles and nods her head.

“Joon daewi...” answered Ji-A and stopped her work for a while to look at Hui-Jun, smiling. And Hui-Jun loves her smile.

“Are you going to die? In the last episode?? Or will someone die???”Ji-A looking at Hui-Jun with her eyes shows curiosity and it’s interesting for Hui-Jun.

“The drama has already ended...did you not watch it??” Hui-Jun felt a little disappointed.

“It’s not that I did not watch it, but I haven’t finished it.... I just finished watching episode 8, and don’t tell me anything about the ending. I am having a hard time watching your drama due to my job... “ Ji-A look at Hui-Jun. Hui-Jun finds Ji-A very attractive in his eyes. He laughed hearing her answer. All this time he thought he was the only one who didn’t have time to enjoy a private moment but it seemed the pretty doctor in front of him was also having a hard time only to spend time watching his drama.

“I see you everywhere, store banners, television CF, magazine stall... that’s why I thought I had seen you somewhere before when we met at the ER..” Ji-A giggle.

“So you don’t need my picture then..” Hui-Jun smiled.

“I think I already have one, your face in the sportswear catalogue. I bought a new jacket last week..” said Ji-A with her eyes fixed on stitching the wound.

“Want me to sign the jacket??” joke Hui-Jun.

“Of course not.... It’s white so it will be hard to remove the stain from your pen..” Ji-A glares at him.

Hui-Jun laughed when he heard the answer. This doctor is really peculiar, he thinks.

“Make sure you watch my drama till the end..” said Hui-Jun.

“Understand Joon daewi..” Ji-A smiles, and Hui-Jun likes to see her smile again.

Hui-Jun looks at Ji-A, he feels curious about this doctor. Then he catches something in her doctor coat pocket.

“Is that bread?” Hui-Jun looked at the pocket more closely.

Ji-A looks at her pocket....

“AH!!! You found it!!!! Assaaaa!!” Ji-A looked so happy.

“I’m searching for this before you come, I missed my breakfast and haven’t had my lunch too. Thank you!!” Ji-A smile.

Hui-Jun laughs seeing Ji-A's reaction.

Thanks to his wound, Hui-Jun did not have to meet his CEO but he got a 2 hours sleep at Baek Hospital as Ji-A recommended. When he left the hospital to meet his other schedule he did not meet with Ji-A again. He tried to look around while exiting the hospital building but he couldn’t find her.

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“Is that the actor?” Baek Ji-Yeon looked at a man with a baseball hat, face mask covering his lower face and bandage in his hand walking exiting the hospital lobby.

“Yes madam director..” answer her secretary.

Ji-Yeon smiled, “Ji-A must have been dreaming of meeting a dragon last night so she is able to treat his wound today..” today all the girls in her office went crazy with the news that the famous Park Hui-Jun is in their hospital and has been taken care of by Ji-A for his wound. And Ji-A kicks all the nurses that fangirlings into him at the emergency room. Not to mention the PR team and Security department busy with sudden visitation from several entertainment reporters and paparazzi asking about the actor's condition.

“CEO Ryeo-Uk called while you were in a meeting, he said he will be late tonight. He has a dinner meeting with the Japanese representatives.” Said Ji Myung-Soo.

“Have you called the nanny?? Seo-Jun and Seo-Eun okay?” Ji-Yeon keeps walking while reading some emails on her tablet.

“They are having their dinner right now madam director.” Said Myung-Soo.

“Okay.... is my car ready?” ask Ji-Yeon.

“Yes madam director, your car is already waiting for you at the lobby.” Said Myung-Soo.

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Ji-A peek into Baek Jae-Hwan's office, but then suddenly someone hits her head.

“OUCH!!” she turned her head and found her brother standing behind him.

“What are you doing?” asked the genius and most handsome Baek as he entered his room. Ji-A followed him behind while pulling his doctor coat.

“What??” Jae-Hwan keeps walking, dragging his little sister behind.

“Oppa..I’m hungry, order me some food...” Ji-A persuades her brother.

“Go to the cafeteria, you have free food there..” said Jae-Hwan, putting his book down and unlocking his computer.

“I don’t like the menu, I skipped breakfast today because I was late... and I skipped lunch too because of a seizing boy....and my bread was too hard to chew because I kept it since morning from home.... “ Ji-A shows a very cute face to her brother.

“Why don’t you ask noona?” ask Jae-Hwan although he knows that rather than asking for Ji-Yeon help Ji-A will go to him. Since Ji-A considers Ji-Yeon as her rival and Ji-Yeon always beats her in everything.

“Eonnie already left when I looked for her.... appa said let’s eat at home now coz he was about to go back home when I asked him.” Explain Ji-A.

“Then you eat at home... your shift is over already..” Jae-Hwan played hard to get to his little sister.

“Oppa.... I really don’t want to eat at home today. Appa showed me omma’s text, she said she is cooking dinner tonight because today she learned a new recipe..” Ji-A seems very desperate.

Jae-Hwan looks at her and laughs. He took out his wallet and handed the same cash to Ji-A.

“I already have dinner. I cannot accompany you to order the food since I have surgery in 1 hour, I need to prepare myself. Go home and buy food on your way home.” Said Jae-Hwan.

“Thank you Oppa...” Ji-A kisses her brother and runs with the money she had from Jae-Hwan.

“Don’t stay out late!!!! Be home soon!!!” Jae-Hwan shouted.

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Ji-A, Hyeon-U and Mi-Yeon are now having their dinner at a restaurant in front of their hospital. The food is good, the ambiance is very nice too. This place is always packed with visitors, Hyeon-U said all the men coming here not only for food but also for the owner. She is indeed very beautiful.

“So what do you want today doctors??” ask Min Han-Nui, the restaurant owner.

“waahh I really hit the jackpot today... I got to treat a famous person and now the owner served me personally...” Ji-A smiles at Ha-Nui.

“You must have dreamt of a dragon last night then..” said Ha-Nui while laughing. She always loves these 3 young doctors.

“No Eonnie... she dreamed of being dumped last night...” cut Mi-Yeon and drank her tea.

“YA!!!” Ji-A glance at her mad.

“Hahahahaha.... it’s true right... crying and kept asking how many miles from Seoul to London....how many hours to fly....the time difference.... you are awful when you’re dumped” Said Mi-Yeon.

“Eonnie do you have tapes??? I need to shut her mouth..” said Ji-A.

“I will serve 3 of you nice food so she can stop dumping you then...” Ha-Nui laughs, “Oh my mistake...so she stops talking..” Ha-Nui laughs hard followed by Hyeon-U and Mi-Yeon while Ji-A pouts her lips.

“So is he very handsome in closer range?” Mi-Yeon asked with full curiosity about the famous Park Hui-Jun.

“He has very smooth skin..not like him...” Ji-A pointing her spoon to Hyeon-U who is busy chewing his bulgogi.

“I am busy saving people’s lives...while he is busy pleasing people... so I don’t need high end skincare treatment...my lotion is enough for me...” Hyeo-U defended himself.

“Yes, it's true... no wonder he still doesn't have a girlfriend until now...” said Mi-Yeon.

“The last time was Jung-Ah right??? The dentist..” said Ji-A.

“Jung-Ah rejected him... the last one is Eun-Mi.... our highschool friend, the cheerleader.” Said Mi-Yeon while chewing her carbonara pasta.

“Isshh ... Hyeon-U ah that’s ages already. Can’t you get a girl now??? You lost your mojo??? Do we have to help you???” ask Ji-A while taking a full spoon of bibimbap and put it in her mouth.

“Getting help from the losers like you....equal to welcoming my single life forever. Everyone is never good for me in your eyes. The pediatric nurse who is very cute, you said she is childish.” Hyeon-U pointing his spoon to Mi-Yeon

“The stewardess that I introduced to you was very high maintenance you said..” Now the spoon has moved to Ji-A.

“I will have a nice dream at night if I see Ji-Yeon noona at the hospital...that’s enough for me. I will look for someone like her.” Hyeon-U talks proudly to himself.

“Crazy..... looking for someone like Ji-Yeon eonnie then you have to be as rich as my hyeongbu....” Ji-A shook her head. She knows how Hyeon-U adores Ji-Yeon very much.

“With the bread store owned by your family... I think you will be rich like him in another life..” add Mi-Yeon.

“I don’t know why I keep hanging with witches like both of you...” Hyeon-U pity himself.

“Did you get his signature??” ask Mi-Yeon.

Ji-A shakes her head.

“Did you take a picture together?” ask Mi-Yeon again.

Ji-A shakes her head again.

“So what did you get?” ask Hyeon-U.

“The money he paid for my treatment..” Ji-A smile.

“Stupid..” Hyeon-A and Mi-Yeon said together.

Hyeon-U took the girls home, Ji-A was the last since her house is close to his. And her mother always orders bread from his parent shop. Hyeon-U's parents run a bread shop in this neighborhood and the shop is quite famous since it has been running for 3 generations. His brother will be the successor of the store. He is never interested in baking, he always runs away to Ji-A house if his parents ask him to look for the store. He has always wanted to be a doctor since he saw Ji-A dad save an old man at the train station. It was a very cool moment for him ever since. Then he told his parents that he wanted to be a doctor. Mi-Yeon entered medical school because the senior that she crushed on was studying in the medical school, even until now she never dated him. While Ji-A, even the doctor's blood runs in her veins, she chooses medical school not because she is good in her grades but because the two of her best friends were applying for medical school. So if she chooses another field she will be left with no friends.

Ji-A walks into her house and bumps into her dad who just got out of his room.

“Where were you? I thought you were hungry..” ask Baek Jae-Dok.

“I was having dinner with Hyeon-U and Mi-Yeon near the hospital.” Ji-A answers her dad.

“Is it good?” ask Ji-A in a very low voice.

“What?” Jae-Dok didn’t understand his daughter's question.

“The food that mom cooked for dinner..I saw mom text at the hospital” Ji-A whispered while looking around her, afraid her mom suddenly showed up and caught her conversation.

Jae-Dok laughs when he hears his daughter's question, none of his children are fans of his wife cooking.

“It was good..” Jae-Dok smiled and patted his daughter's head.

Ji-A looked at her dad with an unbelievable look...

“Liar.... I will report to grandma that you lied a lot to me...” Ji-A shakes her head and walks through the stairs to reach her room.

Baek Jae-Dok only laughs hearing his daughter mumbling.

“Don’t be late again tomorrow!! Or I will cut all of your salary this month!!” Jae-Dok shouts to his lovely maknae.

Ji-A turned her head and shouted in a very frustrated tone.

“Appa!!!!”

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While at the Nam residence, Ji-Yeon just puts the twins to bed after reading them bedtime stories, the routinity she always does every night for her boys. She goes to the kitchen and meets with her mother in law who is preparing some snacks for her husband.

“Is Ryeo-Uk still out?” ask Hong Ye-Jin.

“Yes Oemmoni, he said he will be late. Maybe he has some drinks with them.” Ji-Yeon understands the things that are handled by her husband tonight.

“Have you eaten? I don’t see you eat when you come from work. You just went directly to the twins room.” Said Ye-Jin.

“I already grabbed some snacks at the car, I will eat with oppa if he wants some food later tonight.” Said Ji-Yeon.

Ye-Jin smiled, she liked her daughter in law from the moment she met her.

“Okay....then I will be in my room. Your dad wants some snacks...” Ye-Jin leaves Ji-Yeon.

While walking to her room Ji-Yeon hears someone in the living room. She rushes to see whether it’s her husband. It turns out the maknae of this family who’s at the door, Nam Dong-Hyeok.

“Wow hyeongsu-nim.... I feel I just won a lottery having you welcoming me home..” Dong-Hyeok smiled so big seeing his pretty sister inlaw.

“I thought my prince was coming... it turns out the frog who's at the door.” Ji-Yeon turns back and walks to her room.

Dong-Hyeok put his hand at his waist, he never believed that his charm would ever work on his sister inlaw.

“Is marrying my brother making her become sarcastic like him too..... Heol marriage can transmit bad attitudes also...” Dong-Hyeok talks to himself.

Later at night Nam Ryeo-Uk arrived at his home. Ji-Yeon was reading a magazine in her bed when her husband entered the room. He looked drunk, because he drank a lot with the Japanese guests tonight. Ji-Yeon rushes to her husband, takes his coat and walks him to the bed.

“You haven’t slept?” ask Ryeo-Uk, trying so hard to handle the dizziness in his head.

“I am waiting for you...have you eaten?” Ji-Yeon asks him while loosening his tie then pulls his shoes and socks.

“I don’t want to eat. I just need sleep...” Ryeo-Uk closed his eyes.

“Do you want me to change your clothes?” Ask Ji-Yeon but Ryeo-Uk was too tired to answer that.

Ji-Yeon carefully changes her husband's clothes, she tries her best to be a good wife for Ryeo-Uk. She met Ryeo-Uk through a blind date that was set by her aunty. A week later after the meeting, Ryeo-Uk came to her house and introduced himself to her family. It was her mother in law who insisted that Ryeo-Uk must marry her. The next thing she knew, her mother asked her whether she would accept the marriage proposal from the Nam family. Ryeo-Uk parents and the elders from Nam family came officially to meet her parents and propose for Ji-Yeon to marry Ryeo-Uk.

“I don’t want to push you into this decision, since once you marry it is a one time promise. There’s no way you can betray your vow, since when the marriage is held, God also gives the blessing to both of you. Me and your dad never want a particular type of husband for you, he doesn’t have to be rich...from a wealthy family....has an amazing job....but what we want is you and him to live happily and full of love like me and your dad. He seems like a good man, he comes from a very nice family too. But I only hear it from people I never knew about them very closely before. So think about this carefully.”

But her aunt tell her the opposite,

“Just marry him, where else can you find a decent man like him. Nam Ryeo-Uk, a billionaire in his youth, handsome, a very kind man, never created a scandal. He was telling his mom that you are very pretty and  a wife material for him also his mom love you so much. So follow my suggestion, I will not throw you into some bad life decisions..”

And Ji-Yeon really took a deep thought about what her mother said to her. And a few days later she accepted the proposal. Then a big wedding was held a month after that. She knew that she and Ryeo-Uk never started this marriage with love or fling between them. But as the time goes by, and the twins come into their life, she feels her life complete and works even harder to love Ryeo-Uk. Ryeo-Uk is a very good husband too for her, and the best dad for the twins. He sometimes comes home with flowers in his hand for her. Or preparing some surprise trip for two of them. Ji-Yeon is happy with her life right now.

Ryeo-Uk opens his eyes when Ji-Yeon leaves him to put the dirty laundry, he feels so sad for Ji-Yeon's kindness to him. It is worse already to hide the guilty feeling inside of him from Ji-Yeon. He can only pray that Ji-Yeon never found his secret.

Park Hui-Jun is packing for his trip to Thailand tomorrow, he heard someone pressing the code lock of his apartment door then he heard someone coming inside. He is wondering who is coming late at night like this. No way if that is his mom, and Beom-Seok is already home since he left the dinner venue.

“Packing for tomorrow?” Min Gi-Gwang, his best friend, shows up, carrying a plastic container containing beer cans and chicken.

“You’re not even asking me whether I was okay or not today...” Hui-Jun showed him his wounded hand.

Gi-Gwang smiled and took out the beer cans and chicken.

“I saw the news on the internet...you already have tons of women worrying about your hand. Why should I jump into the crowd...” Gi-Gwang laughed while opening his beer.

“How many days will you be there?” ask Gi-Gwang.

“Maybe 3..” Hui-Jun passed his beer to Gi-Gwan to open it.

“Isshh... Beom-Seok already bragged since yesterday that he is going to Thailand for vacation..” Gi-Gwang remembered how Beom-Seok kept sending him the resort picture where he and Hui-Jun will stay during Hui-Jun's visit to Bangkok.

“Should we go together again?” Hui-Jun reminds him of their vacation to Bali 3 years ago. Hui-Jun, Gi-Gwang and Beom-Seok went to Bali for vacation before Hui-Jun enlistment date. Even though they are the same age, they didn’t serve the military together. They take turns. Beom-Seok's older sister is having a chronic disease so when Beom-Seok entered the military earlier, he went after he finished high school, both Hui-Jun and Gi-Gwang took care of her sister. Even Gi-Gwang took Beom-Seok’s sister to stay with him during Beom-Seok leave, as both of them are orphans. Beom-Seok's parents already died when they were young, Beom-Seo- and his sister were raised by their grandmother, but after their grandmother passed away they started living independently, just the two of them. While Gi-Gwang's parents died because of a car accident. They passed away 6 years ago, Gi-Gwang also has an older sister but they live separately and didn’t have a very close relationship like Beom-Seok and his sister. Hui-Jun is the luckiest between them, his parents still alive and healthy, he is the only son and now has become a Hallyu star. Beom-Seok worked with Hui-Jun as his managers since the beginning of Hui-Jun's celebrity career and Hui-Jun never wanted someone else rather than Beom-Seok to take care of his work.

“When I finish this mall project, I will have lots of bonus and can take a day off too...” said Gi-Gwang.

“Then it will never happen this year...” replied Hui-Jun.

“Why?” said Gi-Gwang.

“Starting this month my schedule is already packed with fan meetings. I will be travelling to Bangkok, Hongkong, China... Then back to Korea I will start filming the movie in Boryeong. I will be there for months. Maybe I will go back to Ilsan sometimes to visit my parents or go to Seoul for some work. But travelling with you guys is impossible for me this year...” Hui-Jun talking while sipping his beer.

“Every girl in my office is always talking about you and Min-Soon noona. They sure you both have a real deal... No one knows that I am your friend so I can listen to it in every version they have...is it true??? Are you hiding something from me? Coz the rumors and the forums jeezz.... I can’t believe that a girl's imagination can be so wild like that. Not to mention many fanfics people create for your character and Min-Soon noona, I feel like I was reading a X-Rated novel.... women can be very dangerous too with their imagination..” Gi-Gwan shakes his head remembering all the stuff he was going through listening to all the rumors spread in his office about his best friend.

“If I were dating Min-Soon noona, tonight with a hand like this and tomorrow I will be leaving Seoul, I will be cuddling with her, not sitting here and drinking beers with you..” said Hui-Jun.

Gi-Gwang looks at his best friend....then raises his beer, “You right brother...” Gi-Gwang said.

“Besides, I don’t want to date any celebrity.... It's tiring enough with my exposure, I don’t want to add another one celebrity in my personal life.” Hui-Jun looked into his beer can thinking about the picture he saw today on the internet.

“Why? Do you want So-Ra back??? Forget her...she’s married already...” Said Gi-Gwang.

“Really?? With whom?? How do you know?” Hui-Jun speechless.

“When I saw the picture on the internet, even though they blurred the face I was sure that it was So-Ra. It was taken when you treated us with your first paycheck right? Then I tried to contact some friends, but it turned out someone was still having contact with her. And she told me that So-Ra is married now, to someone chosen by her family.” Gi-Gwang reports his investigation.

“At least she has a happy life now..” said Hui-Jun then he lost in his thoughts.

Gi-Gwang fell asleep on the couch, Hui-Jun finished packing and went to sleep. He looked into his wound and the doctor's face came to his mind.

“Baek Ji-A....” he read the doctor's name in his medicine paper bag.

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“How many days will you stay in Thailand?” Goh So-Mi helps her brother pack.

“3 days, are you really okay noona? I can ask Gi-Gwang to accompany you here?” Beom-Seok always worries when he has to leave his sister away for days.

“I’m okay... besides the landlord will always check on me if I need anything.” So-Mi comforted her brother.

They only have each other since little. Their parents passed away when they were little. After that they lived with grandmother, but grandmother passed away too. Ever since teens they already live independently.  With money left by their parents and grandmother they can survive even if it is a very simple life. Also with her heart condition they really need money for her health survival too. Fortunately Beom-Seo was asked by Hui-Jun to be his manager, and now things are getting better for them, though they need to save most of the money to pay her health insurance.

“Noona don’t forget to go for a routine check up! I already asked Gi-Gwang to take you..” Beom-Seok reminds his sister.

“I can go by myself, Gi-Gwang is busy enough with his job. Can’t you trust me? I can handle it..” So-Mi assured her brother.

Beom-Seok looks at his sister, worried as he describes in his eyes. His fragile pretty sister, 7 days of her week spent at this small apartment. Her sister insisted on moving to this place since it’s on the rooftop and has a small place for her to plant her favourite flowers. The landlord is a very nice lady too, knowing that So-Mi has a weak heart condition, she often voluntarily checks on her when Beom-Seok is away for days.

“Be careful when you step on the stairs okay?? Just stop whenever you feel tired. If you are really tired just call Gi-Gwang to piggyback you to the room.” Said Beom-Seok.

So-Mi was annoyed by what her brother just said. She looks at him angry...

“I will live ... healthy .... until you come back and until my next birthday too.... okay?” She pinch her brother's cheek hard.

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Back at Hui-Jun's apartment, he still cannot sleep. After taking his medicine, he took a script and read it to help him sleep. But then his thought played into the conversation between him and the pretty doctor he met that afternoon.

“How do you feel?” Ji-A asked while finishing the stitches.

“I don’t feel anything...the dope works very well..” said Hui-Jun.

Ji-A raised her head and throw a small laugh,

“Not this...how do you feel to become the center of attention? Your paparazzi are already waiting for you outside...” Ji-A asked again.

Hui-Jun froze for a moment, and he answered, “How would you feel if you were me?”

Ji-A paused, then looked at him. Hui-Jun feels a little nervous when those eyes look very close to him.

“I don’t want attention, especially like that... my mom and sister “attention” is already enough for me...” Ji-A told him in a very serious face.

Seconds later both of them were laughing.

“Is it hard?” Now Hui-Jun asks the question.

“What? Stitching this?” Ji-A finishes the stitches and cuts the cannula.

“Being a doctor?” said Hui-Jun.

Ji-A looks at him and smiles, “I sacrificed my youth and my bed times to achieve this surgeon dress..” she jokes.

“Do you always watch my dramas? Or who is your favourite actor?” Hui-Jun cannot hide the curiosity whether this pretty doctor follows his career.

Ji-A look at him hesitating, and Hui-Jun surprise to see that,

“Never?” he asked.

“Only the last one...that's because everyone says it’s so damn good,” Ji-A confessed.

“And who is your favourite actor? Before you know me..” ask Hui-Jun again.

Ji-A smiles awkwardly, “I don’t have one that I most adore. It changes every time the drama ends.” she whispers.

Hui-Jun looks at her and cannot believe just what she heard, the pretty doctor never watched his other dramas before or even knew about him at all.

“Well I didn't know her before she treated me today...” Hui-Jun comforts himself while looking at the medicine.

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As usual, on the second Saturday every month, all Baek family members gather together and do their activity in Baek Jae-Dok free clinic. Ji-A busy examining the children, Jae-Hwan is busy examining the older patients while his dad chats with some grandparents that come to his clinic. Ji-Yeon is busy with her administration job, while their mother Lee Mi-Na is busy with her grandchildren, Seo-Jun and Seo-Eun, distributing snacks and drinks to everyone in the clinic. After all the work is done, they sit together enjoying a fancy meal that Ji-Yeon brought from her house.

“Eomma, are you still insisting on making this Galbi? It is so salty I told you before to reduce the salt..” Ji-A whining about the Galbi that her mom force to eat.

“It will not be that salty when you eat it with rice..” her mom persuaded her.

“I don’t want rice... I’m on a diet. I won't eat rice for now..” said Ji-A.

“Diet??? For what??” Ji-Yeon is surprised to hear that, nothing in her sister's body that needs to be lost weight.

“Miss Ji-A bought jeans last week, but it turns out the size was smaller than she usually wears. And she did not want to refund it so she insisted on dieting in order to be able to wear it.” Kang Ki-Seon, the maid of the Baek family, answered the question.

“Thank you ahjumma..” Ji-A smile proudly.

Ji-Yeon shakes her head while listening to that.

“She was sleeping again in my office yesterday” Jae-Hwan snitched on Ji-A behavior.

“That was my free time... Oppa I told you already...” Ji-A defends herself.

“She was avoiding you..” Jae-Hwan looks at Jae-Dok.

Jae-Dok stares at his daughter, he remembers that Ji-A never showed up in his office though he told nurse Sung to call her.

“Appa... I was too tired yesterday.That day, I have been having surgery since morning. I was planning to see you after taking a little nap..” Ji-A bowed down her head so she could avoid her father's eye.

“But it turns out she slept the whole afternoon....” Jae-Hwan laughed, adding oil to his fire.

“Oppa.. I really hate you right now...” Ji-A throws a very mad look to her brother.

Suddenly someone come,

“It seems I am late for the Baek’s party..” Cha Gyeong-Su greeted them with flowers in his hand.

“This one for you Eommoni...” Gyeong-Su handed the flower to Mi-Na.

“You are my favourite son ever....even Jae-Hwan and Ryeo-Uk or even my husband never give me flowers...” Mi-Na accepts the flower and hugs Gyeong-Su.

“I give you flowers every month.... bank interest... no man as thoughtful as I am for you..” Jae-Dok answered his wife. His sentences cause everyone to laugh.

“You bailed on last night's duel..” Jae-Hwan greeted his best friend.

“I have a presentation to make last night....it was over hours after the duel..” explained Gyeong-Su and he took a chair then sat beside Ji-A.

“What are you eating?” Gyeong-Su looks at Ji-A plate weirdly, she only has salad and a small piece of galbi.

“She’s on a diet to look pretty in jeans..” Ji-Yeon replies to Gyeong-Su question.

“Don’t worry even a fat and lazy chaebol like you will have a man marry you via marriage arrangement.... Aunt Mi-Seok will be happy to set a blind date for you...” Ji-Yeon teases Ji-A.

“Chaebol my ***....I am never a chaebol...” Said Ji-A.

“Ji-A watch your language...” Mi-Na scolds her daughter.

“But it’s true.... I am not a chaebol... the heir of the hospital is Jae-Hwan oppa.....the house will be given to Ji-Yeon unnie... me??” Ji-A chattering.

“You will have my car....” Jae-Dok said to his daughter.

“And my silverware..and my jewellery...” Mi-Na added while smiling. They always tease Ji-A like this.

“I can give you my watch..” Jae-Hwan smiles at Ji-A.

While Ji-A looks at each of them feeling betrayed on what she heard.

“I don’t need the house, my husband can give me a nice house..” said Ji-Yeon.

“Then can I have the house?” Ji-A looks happy.

“Of course not... the house will be given to Jae-Hwan... he must provide a house for his wife when he’s married..” said Ji-Yeon. Jae-Hwan nods, and high five with his sister.

“Unbelievable...” Ji-A chew her salad.

“That's true..” said Jae-Hwan.

“Oppa... will you make me a house? Appa already gave me a car... I need a house..” Ji-A looks at Gyeong-Su.

“No... I’m tired of making houses for other people. I want to have a wife that creates a house for me...” Gyeong-Su pinch her cheek.

“Aish...I am surely betray a king in my previous life to have a thoughtless family like this...iissshhh” said Ji-A.

“Don’t worry... I will give you my watch too....” Jae-Dok laughing.

“I heard that Si-Won dumped you?” Ji-Yeon asks Ji-A.

“He is NOT!!!! He just has to make a choice... and he chooses school...” said Ji-A. She will surely kill Hyeon-U tomorrow for leaking this news to Ji-Yeon.

“He chose school...over you...yeah that’s right..” said Ji-Yeon again.

“Does your heart hurt?? Need me to beat him??” Jae-Hwan teases his sister.

While Gyeong-Su smiles and looks happy listen to the news.

“Appa will you accept Ben Affleck as your son in law?” Ji-A asks her father, and shows him the picture from her phone.

“Who is that? I only accept Korean men.” Said Jae-Dok.

“Then you will be okay with one of them?” Ji-A showed him another picture.

“Who are they?” Mi-Na looks at the picture.

“2PM, she went crazy in their concert last month,” answered Ji-Yeon, who knows exactly how her sister behaves in front of her favourite idol.

“Or with one of them...” Ji-A again showed her dad and mom another idol group.

“Now who the hell are they??” said Jae-Dok.

“EXO... she played their song loudly at the operation room last week while she’s doing tumor removal surgery on a patient's brain...” answered Ji-Yeon.

Ji-A only smiles at her dad.

“But she was doing the surgery with me..” Jae-Dok remembers that surgery.

“She played it after you left the operation room and told her to close the patient.” Add Ji-Yeon.

“You are unbelievably crazy..” Jae-Hwan looks at Ji-A. While Ji-A shows her prettiest smile to her father and does the love sign with her finger.

“I already have a headache from having a daughter like you, I’d like a normal man to be your husband. Can you just marry Gyeong-Su??” said Jae-Dok.

Gyeong-Su felt so happy listening to what Jae-Dok said just then.

“Appa... that’s too much. Gyeong-Su is too good for her....” Ji-Yeon smiled.

“Trust me Gyeong-Su...she is crazy.. don’t ever fall in love with her...” Ji-Yeon teases Gyeong-Su. She knows exactly that Gyeong-Su only looks to Ji-A since Gyeong-Su met her in this world.

“Just call aunt Mi-Seok....ask her to set a blind date for you..” Jae-Hwan looks at Ji-A.

“Nope... I will go and search TOP and make him my husband..” said Ji-A.

“Crazy girl..” Mi-Na always surprises her youngest daughter.

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