It has been nearly two days, since I've came in India. In these two days, I haven't really visited anywhere, I stayed at home all day long.
At the moment, I was in video a conference with the other doctors of my department. We were discussing about an important case, which they were having a hard time to deal with.
Even on my vacation I can't relax.
"So, someone was gonna send me the report of the tests through fax. Why haven't I, got it yet??", I asked.
Silence!! No one replied.
"You guys are not deaf I guess", I said looking at all of their faces, everyone had their heads down. "Guess like, you guys are really deaf. Fine then, stay at home until you get better and then only come", I said in a loud voice.
"Oh! And I'm gonna report about this 'DISEASE' of yours to the management also", I said and stretched my hand to hung up the video call.
"Chief, we're sorry!", someone said quickly before I could hung up the call.
"We havmen't yet done the tests, you asked us to do", someone else said.
"Why didn't you do it??", I asked calmly.
"Chief, the patient seemed stable, so we thought that we can skip the tests for the time being".
"You-", I put my hand on my forehead to control my temper.
I let out a sigh to calm my mind.
"You don't need to act by yourself. Just do as I say! And for your knowledge, we do tests to ensure the patient's condition, that he/she is fine or not, the faster we know what happened to the patient, the faster we can act", I said in a calm voice.
"Yes chief!", everyone said.
"Good! The meeting is over for now and I should get the tests by tomorrow morning", I said and hung up.
Phew!
'I need to go back soon or else this guys.....I don't know what will they do', I thought to myself.
I looked out of the window, it's was a bright day today. The temperature here is warmer compare to that back in Seoul.
Today was the last day of the year, there's not much celebration about it here in Kolkata though. Back in Seoul, the street would be lightened up with lights, snowing falling slowly and people enjoying themselves in resturant, bars and clubs.
If I was back in Seoul now, I might have been working right now, seeing patients, making rounds in wards and in evening most probably going to a nice restaurant with Minho and Junsoo.
I started to think about my friends I have here, Mai, my best friend here, she's going to get married soon, most probably this summer only. I don't think I'll be able to make it to her wedding, as I had an important conference at that time.
And there's another friend of mine, her name is Sreya, she's also close to me like Mai. Actually, Sreya is already married, I went to her wedding though, she was looking very pretty on her wedding day and she had the most brilliant smile on her face. I could tell that she was very happy. Her husband was a nice man, he loved her very much. I was happy that she found a nice guy for herself.
"Is your meeting over??", My mom's voice made me come out of my daze.
"Yeah", I replied.
"Why do you have work on your vacation also??", mom asked.
"I'm doctor and doctors have to work 24/7", I said still looking out of the window.
"What are you guys talking about??", My dad's voice came as he entered into the room followed by my brother behind him.
"Nothing special", I said looking over to him.
"Dear, me and your mom wanted to discuss about something important to you", dad said as he sat on the chair.
"Yeah!?", I said, as I looked at them seriously.
"It has been a year since you got settled in South Korea. Your job is going well and you also have your own home and car", dad said.
"So, what about it", I asked raising my eyebrows.
"So....we wanted to ask when are you going to get married", mom said nervously, she knew that, it was not a good topic to discuss with me.
"GET. MARRIED", I said each word with pressure.
"Yes! Get married!", dad said looking at me sharply.
"I won't get married", I felt a sudden pain in my heart when I said that.
"May I know the reason??", dad asked sounding a bit angry.
"I just don't want to get married, that's all", I answered and got up to leave.
"Isn't it for that korean pop star", he said suddenly.
As soon as he said that, I stopped. Facing my back to him, I stood there quietly without saying a word.
"I was right then", my dad roared.
"What's so good in him?? He just sings , dances and wear fancy clothes, that's what you like so much. What you say love, is not actually love! It's just mere obsession, hoping for something you can't get", he said.
"Hey! Don't be so tough on her", mom said to dad.
"You stay out of this! It's all because of that female looking pop star..... he's in show business, he definitely had many affairs also! His voice is also not that good. There are also rumours in the past that he's gay-".
"ENOUGH!", as dad said that, I slammed the table hard.
"Whatever you want to say, you can say it to me. Don't you dare to say a single ill word about him", I shouted.
"You're shouting at me", dad asked looking shocked.
"I'm not shouting at you, I'm warning you", I said coldly.
"You-".
"I'll go back to Korea the day after tomorrow only", I said and left.
I got inside my room and locked the door. I sat on the floor, as I leaned my back on the door.
'I won't cry, I won't', I said to myself.
Suddenly, my phone started ringing. When I saw the caller ID, I was a bit taken aback. Ho-Jun was calling me.
I quickly picked up the phone and answered.
"Hello Ho-Jun", I said over the phone, my voice a bit hoarse.
"Minji, are you ok??", Ho-Jun asked.
"Yeah, I'm totally fine! Why did you ask??", I answered softly.
"I don't know but I had a feeling earlier that I should call you", he said softly sounding a bit embarassed.
I let out a giggle when I heard that.
"No, I fine! You don't worry", I said.
"Good to hear that", he said.
"Umm.... Ho-Jun".
"Yes!?".
"I'm coming back the today after tomorrow", I said.
"What!? But didn't you say that you will stay there for few days", Ho-Jun asked.
"Yeah, I said that but I'm missing Seoul, my job and you guys too", I replied.
"Oh I see".
"Can you come and pick me up from the airport??", I asked.
"Yeah, why not. Let me know when should I come then", he replied.
"Yeah sure".
"Ok, then I'm hanging up. Talk to you later. Take care of yourself", he said.
"Yeah, talk to you later", I said and he hung up.
I don't know but for some reason I felt better talking to him. I placed my phone on charge and laid on my bed.
Tomorrow, I'm going to visit Mai and Sreya and after that, the day after tomorrow I will head back. As I was thinking about meeting my friends tomorrow, I suddenly fell asleep.