Chapter 88 – Chapter 88
A few more days after that.
“The recovery is very fast. As long as this condition persists, you can be discharged next week.”
When the doctor who was examining Eun-seol’s condition said that with a look of surprise, Do-gyun moved his gaze toward Eun-seol.
It sure seemed to be on the fast side. That’s how you get discharged in three weeks even after your leg is broken.
Even Do-gyun, who didn’t know much about medicine, could tell that it was generally nonsensical.
The physical ability that comes out of admiration every time I see it.
As her do-gyun stared blankly at her, she, who had finished talking with her doctor before she knew it, looked back at her and opened her mouth.
“Let’s go.”
“Ah yes.”
Her head nodded at her words, and Do-kyun pushed the wheelchair she was riding in and left the clinic.
On the way back to the hospital room through the hallway.
When Do-gyun saw her staring blankly out of her window, he followed her gaze and turned her head.
A sight of bare trees standing in a row on both sides of a well-polished road.
Somewhere desolate and desolate, it was literally a landscape that suited winter.
You can see people walking under the trees in the wind blowing, and cars coming and going along the road. There were cars, big trucks, and an occasional ambulance.
Do-gyun, who had been watching him all along, shifted his gaze again and spoke to Eun-seol, who had been looking out the window until the day before yesterday.
“Do you want to get some fresh air?”
Since she was only in her hospital room, she wondered if it was cramped, so I handed her a question, and she continued her worries for a while, then nodded her head.
“Yes. Let’s get some fresh air.”
“Then let’s go to the hospital. Shouldn’t you bring a coat?”
“I get it.”
Saying that, he shuts his mouth again.
Do-gyun looked at him for a moment, then closed his mouth and pushed the wheelchair.
*
As I left the building entrance, a cold wind enveloped my body.
Do-gyun secretly shrank her body from the cold air that tingled at the tip of her nose, then looked down at her and continued her words.
“Aren’t you cold?”
Since her first outing had shown her getting cold, she asked her question, and I saw her curled up in silence.
Even wearing two layers of coats, he is still cold.
Other personalities didn’t seem to get this cold, but she especially hated the cold wind.
While Do-gyun continued to think, she shook her head and answered Do-kyun’s question.
“Done. Let’s take a spin to cool her head.”
She answered in a calm tone.
Do-gyun nodded his head and walked along the promenade built inside the hospital.
It was a place he used to see from a distance on his way to and from the hospital, but when he passed by it, a different impression came to his mind than when he saw it from afar.
Unlike the main road, perennial trees were planted on the green promenade, and the surroundings were opened so that the sun could shine through, giving off a very cool feeling. It was mid-winter, so the flowers weren’t blooming, but the high-stretching branches created a landscape that would feel lively enough without those things.
In addition, it was obvious that a large hospital was different, and that it paid much attention to the aesthetic aspect. The decorations placed here and there and the path covered with bright colors erased the cold feeling unique to artifacts.
“You’ve done very well here.”
When Do-gyun, who had been looking around her promenade for a while, said that with a sneaky admiration, she glanced at Do-gyun and spat out an answer.
“Don’t be like a country boy. I’m ashamed to go out with you.”
It’s been a while since I heard the words of selling.
Do-gyun, who shrank slightly at the answer he heard, spat out grunts in a voice that oozes embarrassment.
“Why do you look like a country boy with something like this…”
It felt like being stabbed somewhere.
It was true. Although he came to Seoul after college, Do-gyun was a country boy who had lived his whole life in a mountain village in Gangwon-do.
When I first came up to Seoul, I remembered the time when I was afraid of the noisy atmosphere and walked around, so when I answered so gruffly, she burst into laughter and scolded Do-gyun again.
“Sorry. It wasn’t like a country boy, but a country guy.”
“Something…!”
If you talk kindly, where will it go? Her teasing words narrowed her eyes and glared at her, but she had already taken her attention away from me and cast her gaze away from her.
I looked around to see what I was looking at, and there were just hanging trees and small birds flying between them.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
“Tree.”
Short answer. When Do-gyun, questioned again, tilted her head, she blankly continued her words.
“I was just watching.”
“Ah yes…”
Do-gyun said that, and before she shut her mouth again, he remembered the thought of not interfering with her, and then closed her mouth.
For a long time after that, she blankly cast her gaze in the direction of the tree and suddenly said her words.
“Birds are annoying.”
“Yeah?”
“It’s bouncing around. It’s annoying.”
Do-gyun followed her gaze, wanting to know what it was all about, and saw birds flying in a line through the trees.
“Isn’t it cute?”
“A horn.”
Do-gyun, who was looking at her at her spiky words, felt her eyes narrow when he saw the expression on her face.
‘It’s annoying.’
Eyes roll around. The brow, which had always been frowning, was slightly straightened.
A face that anyone can tell you like.
If you like her, you’ll be fine. If you dare to say that, you want something from her.
Are you doing that because you’re ashamed? No, the reason for her shyness was that she wanted something else, so while looking at her, she felt her first glance at her, and she opened her mouth, frowning at her.
“What.”
“Oh, no…”
The eyes that cause PTSD.
Do-gyun, who slightly avoided her gaze, closed her mouth and pushed the wheelchair again.
Her unfair feelings welled up a little, but she couldn’t find anything to say, so she kept her mouth shut and moved on.
“Ah~.”
This time, a cat’s cry was heard.
A sound coming from very close by. When Do-gyun turned her head to where the sound had come from, she saw a chubby cat popping out from among her bushes.
A cat with yellow fur all over and white on the muzzle and four paws.
‘It’s just a tiger.’
Looking at the weight up, it looked like a cat eating hospital jjambab.
Do-gyun, who looked at him for a moment, shuddered at the thought of her military life, then turned her head toward her at the jolt he felt at her fingertips.
At the end of his gaze, he could see Eun-seol, whose eyes were stolen by the cat, with his hand twitching.
A snowball fight with a cat with its eyes wide open.
Do you like cats too? Do-gyun, who had been looking at him with his eyes narrowed, stopped saying something, closed his mouth again, and looked at the cat and Eun-seol alternately.
Is there some kind of telepathy that only you don’t know about? There is a sense of tension somewhere in the way they stare at each other.
I hope my eyes don’t sting so I can continue the confrontation without blinking for a while.
“Aww.”
After declaring defeat, the cat disappeared among the bushes again.
“Ah…”
A sigh that followed.
Then, when her Do-gyun looked at her, she saw her staring at her bush, where her cat had disappeared, with a look of pity on her part.
His mouth started to itchy, and Do-gyun, unable to bear it, spoke in a coy tone.
“You seem to like animals.”
“No.”
Again, the denial that came out.
Do-kyun was playful again in her attitude, which seemed to be somewhat resolute, but he spoke up again, and he kept her mouth shut and endured it, thinking that he did not know what kind of disaster he might face.
Do-gyun, who recalled the situation just before that, suddenly remembered the cat from his hometown and opened his mouth with a smile.
“Seeing that cat just reminded me of Porong. He’s got a lot of weight too.”
Flinch.
Again, her fingertips tremble. Immediately after, she clenched her fists and moved her gaze, and then she spat out her words as if tossing them.
“What’s good about blowing that hair…”
It was a word that was handed over with a slight snort.
‘I think he likes his body.’
I wonder if you should hide that hand.
Of course, he didn’t say it out of his mouth. Humans are learning animals, and Do-gyun was a very good student.
It’s time to move on like that again. As Do-gyun observed her behavior, he suddenly felt something he had forgotten come to mind.
Holidays are just a few weeks away.
‘If this…?’
Wouldn’t it be possible to take her to her home?
When I asked her before, she hadn’t heard a definite answer since.
He felt really sorry for Eun-seol, but he was also in a desperate situation.
It was a mistake made in anger, but it could not be undone.
Due to my mother’s personality, I would have spread rumors all over the town that I was bringing a girl for this holiday, and all the village elders would come and see it.
I already get goosebumps at what her mother would look like if the elderly people who saw me returning home alone said something like, “Yes, that’s right.”
The situation of default payments.
I didn’t want to hear about how long I was going to be wrung alone.
Gulp.
Her dry saliva went down the back of her throat, and Do-gyun, who secretly moved her gaze toward her, opened her mouth, hiding her trembling as much as possible.
“Eh, is it still a little cute?”
“…We respect your taste.”
“It’s a bit self-indulgent, but if I feel like it, I’ll come to meet you at the door, sit on your lap, rub my head on your arm, and so on.”
Flinch.
As she continued to speak, her fingertips trembled more and more strongly.
‘Do! This works!’
Confidence came to his mind again, and Do-kyun continued with a brighter voice than before.
“I also have a dog in the yard. But Porong has such a nasty temper, that whenever he sees the dog through the window, he cries and gets on his nerves. Then again, the two of them fight for a long time, and that’s the taste of watching it again.”
The trembling that started at her fingertips had spread to Jeje and her shoulders.
A ripe situation. Do-kyun felt that it was time to get to the point and cautiously opened his mouth.
“Hey, would you like to go see it?”
The words he gave while hiding the tension as much as possible.
At that, her fists, which had been shaking until the day before yesterday, clenched tightly.
Then, her eyes turned to me, and she gave me the answer with her teeth clenched as if she was suppressing something.
“Don’t be shy…!”
Bulging eyes.
Do-gyun felt his body shrink.
After all, is it unreasonable in this way? After coming up with such a thought, Do-gyun avoided her gaze and spit out her words.
“Sorry…”
Opened. When I think of him, I hope a sigh comes out for a moment.
Her mouth was open
“I meant to go, so I was saying don’t talk nonsense about it.”
“Yeah?”
At the words he heard, Do-kyun’s head flashed. If she didn’t hear it wrong, the answer she gave was definitely yes.
“I will go. You can’t go, can you?”
The words he sighed again and handed over. The moment Do-gyun’s expression brightened up, she hardened her expression and continued talking as if she was shooting at him.
“I’m telling you that the timing of what I’m talking about is a bit so I might be mistaken, but it’s not because of that cat. I was thinking of going.”
The tongue was long.
I don’t know what kind of excuse he was making, but Do-gyun, satisfied that he had heard her definite answer, answered with a big nod.
“Of course. What do you see me as?”
“Fuck you.”
It’s the most straightforward curse word I’ve put in lately. As Do-gyun shuddered at him, she looked at him and immediately shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“Let’s go in slowly. Cold.”
“Ah yes.”
She secretly looked into her eyes, and after recovering her original complexion, she took her gaze away from me again.
A long breath came out of her.
In any case, it was really fortunate.
