When the sheep walked past them, Se-Young again shouted, “No one can ignore him, how dare you, he will not forgive you. You still have time so come here and say sorry.”
“If anyone was here, they would have thought that I am wandering around with a mental patient.” Dong-Hoon said grimacing and started to walk faster, leaving her behind.
She widened her eyes. “You jerk, how can you leave a girl behind.” she shouted, running behind him and unknowingly she stepped into the flower field after him. The pollens triggered her respiratory system, constricting her airways and she started to breathe heavily. When she looked around her body, she could not find her bag and her inhaler was in that and she just realized that she had left it in the jeep.
Without thinking anything she tried to get out of the field taking a U-turn but her condition did not help her and she fell down still breathing heavily. If she did not get her inhaler soon, she would faint or worse could happen as well.
Dong-Hoon frowned his eyebrows as Se-Young’s shouting died down. He turned himself and found Se-Young taking a turn and going in the opposite direction. He was about to shout to get her attention but before he could do so she fell on the ground.
His eyes widened with shock and he started to run towards her.
When he reached her, he squatted down on the ground, taking her upper body in his arms. She was partly conscious and still breathing heavily. “Se-Young, Se-Young.” he kept repeating her name, shaking her body slightly trying to get her in consciousness, in this chaotic moment, none of them realized that it was the first time he called her by her first name.
Not even fifteen seconds had passed and she fainted in his hands. He could feel the crackle sounds her lungs were making due to the excess mucus production.
He remembered the hospital from before so he got her on his back and ran in full speed towards the hospital.
...
“Why do you guys keep giving me this weird feeling?” Jung-Nan shook her head. “First the clothes and now your hands, what are you both up to?” she squinted her eyes looking at them.
Before the couple could reply her phone rang and she picked it up immediately seeing that Dong-Hoon was calling her. “What is it?” she asked but as soon as she heard his words her mobile slipped from her hand.
Hani and Tae-Hoon looked at her worriedly.
“Se-Young…”
...
Dong-Hoon had caused chaos in the hospital earlier. He was walking back and forth as the doctor who was checking up on Se-Young had kicked him out of the ward.
A ward boy came to him. "Sir, Doctor has called for you but he mentioned that you should stay quiet. We have other patients as well."
Dong-Hoon gave him an embarrassed nod and went into the ward, passing through all the beds where patients and their relatives were looking at him as if he was some kind of joker because of how he was behaving earlier. If they were in the city, he would have booked the private ward but in the countryside, there was none so had to cope with it.
He reached Se-Young's bed and found her sound asleep. "Doctor, how is she?" he asked still looking at her. "Don't worry, we have given her some short-term medications and inhalation therapy is still ongoing. You got her here at the right time. These kinds of matter can be fatal but your wife is lucky." The doctor smiled.
Dong-Hoon gave the doctor an awkward smile thinking about why would he think that she is his wife so not thinking about it much he thanked the doctor and made his way to Se-Young.
Standing beside her he exhaled deeply, he had called Jung-Nan but no one was here still for them. After some minutes, Se-Young squirmed and slowly opened her eyes. Her first reaction was to remove that nebulizer mask from her face but as soon as she put her trembling hand on the mask to remove it, Dong-Hoon put his hand on hers.
"What are you trying to do." he said in a very serious tone and his expression was scary as hell. Se-Young just blinked without saying anything as she did not have enough strength to.
"How can someone who has such a fatal disease, be so careless. You should take care of your inhaler more than anything. How can you be so dumb to forget it? You know how scared I was? Damn, I really want to kick you right now." he kept scolding her and she was just him hearing pursing her lips.
Someone from the bed beside them skimmed the curtain. "Mister, can you guys have your moment at your house. This is a hospital and we need peace." The patient was surely frustrated.
Se-Young and Dong-Hoon looked at him awkwardly and Dong-Hoon apologized to him and after that, he sat on a chair placed beside her bed and sighed. Not knowing what to do she just kept running her eyeballs back and forth and left and right. "Thank you." a whisper left her mouth which not left unheard by Dong-Hoon.
"Did you say something?" he raised his eyebrows and leaned his head near to her acting like he did not hear anything so she slightly lifted her mask and said again, "Thank you."
He smiled to himself but suppressed it, clearing his throat. "No need to say thank you." he said acting all high and mighty and she rolled her eyes, setting her mask on her face again.
…
Soon Jung-Nan came running into the ward along with Ji-Hoon and Yoo-Na.
"Oh, my dear Se-Young, how are you? I was so worried." she had tears in her eyes while Yoo-Na was standing afar with her head hung low, she was feeling guilty for the situation.
Dong-Hoon knowing that he had already disturbed the patients enough and his mother would do so as well told her, "Mom, there are other patients as well, keep it down."