over his course of his visits, dowon had easily memorized the path to nari’s office. yet he still allowed her to guide him, though, as he’d comfortably fallen into that routine. on their way to the consultation room, he politely greeted a couple of staff members he recognized. it wasn’t a weird occurrence for him to be entertained by other nurses while waiting for nari to finish whatever she was doing, as it was common knowledge amongst them that he refused to be treated by anyone else.
‘ well, you see, i was hoping it might work on you ? ’ he mentioned, sounding rather hopeful. ‘ i have a couple of others, though, in case the first pick up line didn’t convince you yet. ’ only when he was reminded of his other purpose for the impromptu visit, he quickly sat up straighter. ‘ oh, i have a paper cut, actually, ’ he announced, holding up his thumb up for her to see. the wound was barely noticeable, however, so dowon winced for good measure. ‘ i was thinking maybe you could kiss it better ? or at least disinfect it. ’
it was hard to recall just how many times she’d tended to dowon recently and even harder to figure out why he’d singled her out specifically . not when there were plenty of other well experienced doctors and even nurses who could easily see to him . still , admittedly , he made her smile even on days where there was nothing to smile about and it seemed he had that affect on her colleagues too as he greets anyone who passed them on their way to her office — only leaving nari to shrug it off and focus on doing her job .
looking up from his notes , hues meet his gaze as if to wait for him to tell her he was only kidding — the moment never comes however and she sits not knowing what to say . sure she’d had others try to flirt or hit on her but they tended to be drunk or concussed and dowon was currently neither . choosing to focus on his finger for now , she reaches to put some gloves on before sliding her chair closer to his . “ you know , a paper cut doesn’t warrant a trip to the hospital , i can write down what you need to disinfect for next time or in this case — the name of some good plasters to put on paper cuts . ” she half jokes , taking his hand into hers and inspecting the very minor cut before looking to him , “ kissing you anywhere wouldn’t be very professional , not to mention this isn’t the time or the place . ”
releasing his hand and standing from her seat , nari reaches round him for the tray of necessary supplies and pokes around for a plaster . unwrapping it in a matter of seconds , she holds out her hand for his , carefully securing it round the barely visible paper cut . “ i’ll give you some spare plasters for next time , if there’s any problems regarding .. — this issue though , well , you know where i am . ”