the loud and molesting noise of a ringing telefone cut through the quiet air of the station until hyunjoo finally answered it.
"is jung jaewon a patient of the closed station nr. 7?" asked the doctor on the other end of the line.

for the split of a second the nurse gasped, trying to keep a clear head. "yes he is."

"okay, we were finally able to find him and fixed him a little. a nurse will accompany him back to his station." stated the other in  a calm and focused tone.

meanwhile hyunjoo didn't feel calm and focused at all, but managed to remain professional. "alright, is there anything we need to observe? any medicine?"

"we gave him strong sedatives and you should change his band aids tomorrow morning." and with that the doctor hang up.

although the other nurses had told hyunjoo that one of the patients was missing, she paniced more than she thought she should.

only minutes later carer rang the bell to the station, since it wasn't open to visitors. the nurse, who hyunjoo shared her shift with, opened him while hyunjoo stepped into the hallway; nauseously.

"holy shit!" she gasped quietly, as she saw jaewon being carried in a wheelchair, bruises all over his face and huge parts of his body covered in band aids.

"doctor han told me, that nurse min would be the one in charge of him." said the carer and looked back and forth between the two nurses.

"that's me, doctor han spoke to me on the telephone." answered hyunjoo and went to jaewon's side in order to take the wheelchair. "i'll bring him to his room first."

the carer bid his goodbye and the second nurse went to take care of the other patients, while hyunjoo gently moved jaewon to his room.

there she first attempted to lay him on the bed, but when she saw he had band aids all over his torso, she decided it'd be better to let him sit in the wheelchair. "jaewon, where do you want to stay?"

he batted his eyelashes, as if he didn't understand her at first. "i wanna see the stars."

so she shifted the wheelchair over to the small window. "this okay?"

but he simply nodded and quietly mumbled "don't be mad, joo."

surprised she raised her eyebrows. "why would i?"

"i didn't mean to get lost, i just wanted to buy coconut water."

"coconut water?" aksed hyunjoo even more confused. out of all the reasons for him missing that she had thought about, this seemed way too trivial.

"i remember liking this before i came here." ashamed he covered his face with his hands.

"i'm not mad, just worried." she took a deep breath, before she continued saying "the next time you want to buy something, just ask me or another nurse, so you don't get hurt again."

"it makes me feel alive."

and what jaewon said next made it even worse.

"i don't mind getting hurt."

when hyunjoo finally left him alone, she leaned against the door to his room.

seconds later she found herself in the restroom, splashing her face with icy cold water, while feeling her heart ache for no valid reason.