September 1st, 2022

4:15 p.m.

"The peripheral nervous system is like a tree branch; it spreads and reaches different areas of the body to lead to one specific area, the root. The brain. It's everything that connects to the - Excuse me, Mr. Choi."

Jeongguk shifts his gaze from taking notes, looking to the head doctor of the Neurology department, Dr. Jung Hoseok. The man is fiercely glaring at the man besides Jeongguk, Choi Yeonjun, who was in the midst of yawning while looking down the hallway to a nurse that passed by.

His gaze abruptly snaps to Dr. Jung, blotchy cheeks blazed red, clearly embarrassed before peeking out a hesitant chuckle, "Sorry, continue."

Dr. Jung remains with a stern look on his face before turning around, "You two have been selected to work in this specific department and have already went through various of training and clinicals for months in this hospital, from here on out you will be the one attend patients with a specialist monitoring you, and give a diagnosis to what they may possibly have and discuss it with a doctor from that point on."

Immediately Jeongguk's eyes flashed with a wide smile in excitement bubbling up in his body. After months and years of studying this, going through training and various of clinical experiences, he can finally be able to put his knowledge to the test and be like a real doctor!

And today just so happens to be his birthday, so he definitely couldn't ask for a better gift than this.

"Jeon Jeongguk," Immediately Jeongguk steps forward like a soldier, anticipated with his wide doe glittery eyes. Dr. Jung can evidently see his excitement and that gives him a sense of pride for the young boy. He has watched him be in this hospital for the past six years, working through his bachelors, masters and now doctrine degree as he elevates up - growing wiser and definitely a name for himself within the community here.

And what makes it worthwhile is his excitement to learn.

The want to be here.

To help people.

His passion for this job.

He'll definitely make a great neurologist for sure.

Twitching a smile, Dr. Jung stops in front of a door and knocks on it, eyes still at Jeongguk, "Unfortunately I won't be working with either of you, but for you Jeongguk, you'll be shadowed by Specialist Kang Yeosang and Dr. Lalisa Manoban."

Right on queue, the door opened and Jeongguk eyes immediately settled on the guy that opened the door.

Who seemed far too young than Jeongguk expected.

Even younger than him.

Taken off guard by this, Jeongguk cocks his head slightly to the side, just as a female comes up behind him with glasses over her wide eyes.

Now Jeongguk has seen her before.

During his pursuit for his Bachelors degree, he would be assigned as a nurse to patients. During those moments, he would see Dr. Manoban on a few occasions entering in and speaking with the patients.

Very clever, bright and has a soft voice when talking to the patients that immediately eases them down and feel this sense of trust with her.

So Jeongguk is pretty excited to be able to work with her and learn more through her learning.

Meanwhile for Dr. Kang, he sure has never seen him before around here.

With just one glance, he looks more monotone compared to Dr. Manoban - Kind of directly to the point kind of guy. It still doesn't wrap around Jeongguk's head that he's a specialist while appearing so.... Young.

Or maybe he is old and just appears younger?

"Hi! Jeongguk is it?" Dr. Manoban immediately greets, "Hi I'm Dr. Manoban, but I'm sure you already know since we definitely has seen each other around."

Blushing now, Jeongguk smiles widely and gives her a bow, "I'm very excited to be working with you."

The woman smiles adoringly to him, glancing to Dr. Kang - Who eyed the intern with a blank expression, but nether the less introduced him.

"Dr. Kang, work close as a specialist with Dr. Manoban," He introduces himself calmly, "I guess we'll be working closely together. How are you with pressure?"

Jeongguk quivers a little to the man's heavy voice, unlike his youthful features.

He's definitely intimidating.

Wonder how patients see him approachable....

"I work well under pressure, I believe," Jeongguk did the mistake in saying that nervously, but immediately hides it back with a smile, "But hey, learning with the experience yeah?"

Dr. Kang was not amused.

Shit..... He'll be a tough one to work with.

Dr. Jung looks between the two and faces a smile, "Well, I'll leave him to you guys. Don't worry kid, you're in good hands," The doctor encourages with a pat on his back, nodding for Yeonjun to follow him - Who does while sending a grin to Jeongguk.

He knows damn well Jeongguk is screwed with Yeosang, no doubt about that.

The second the two were gone, Lalisa beams at him, "Well, for today we have four patients coming in to see me. Dr. Kang will demonstrate what to do for the first two, and then the last two you can try giving it a go! Feel free to ask any questions, but I'm sure you'll be fine!"

Her words and spirits were so encouraging that it practically deflated Jeongguk's heart.

She's the sweetest.

Feels like it's going to be very exciting working with her.

"With that being said, I'll be going over some data analysis. Dr. Kang, mind giving Jeongguk a few pointers until the nurse comes in to fetch you?"

Yeosang gives her a brief not, looking at the intern now as the doctor walks back into the room.

His gaze alone is like piercing glass.

Sharp and cold.

"Alright Dr. Jeon, follow me," Yeosang waves as he walks down the hallway, leaving Jeongguk abruptly dazed.

Dr. Jeon??

Did he just call him-

Did he-

Oh-

Immediately a wide smile twitches Jeongguk's lips, running after him enthusiastically.

Within that time, Yeosang only showed Jeongguk more within the department - where to get supplies, more tips on the computer system, who to call in for nurses and basic things like that. Jeongguk took everything into account, jotting it down with his uttermost care.

Until Yeosang showed him down to the lower level, or the basement as he likes to call it, where unlike the supply closet has more of the larger supplies - beds,  blankets, dividers that appear like book shelves stacked up beside each other with tools run by specific names and medicine.

This place is the literal treasure of this entire facility.

"I won't usually ask you to come here, but if we ever need any additional supplies that we can't get from the supply closet," Yeosang pats one of the shelves, "We get it here. Your ID should let you pass through here with ease, so there shouldn't be any issues."

Jeongguk smiles from ear to ear as he looks around, liking how advanced this place appears  to be despite the lights from the ceiling needing a bit of readjustment.

Feels like a nice place to come down to and study.

"This is cool," Jeongguk murmurs, looking back to him, "It'll take me forever to find anything I specifically need though."

Yeosang twitches a smile to this and nods, looking around, "You'll get use to it," And he pushes his body off the stall and walks back to the exit, waving a hand for the intern to follow.

Giddily Jeongguk follows behind him, but stops in his steps when he noticed something down the pathway of the dividers. It's a door sealed shut, barely even visibly by the shadows of the corner of the wall.

So Jeongguk pointed it out, "What about that door?"

Yeosang whirls his head and looks to where Jeongguk is staring at, his features remaining as monotone as it is, "Don't know. Never bothered going to it. Likely has additional supplies excluded specifically for surgeons. They tend to keep that separate."

The intern remain with his gaze stiffly on the door, not liking how weird the vibe it's giving off.

So he turns to Yeosang and smiles, "Well, I think we have a patient coming in soon, should we start going?"

Without another word Yeosang leads the way, all the while Jeongguk have the door one last final stare before following after him.

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A/N:
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