3 days after the business meeting with an actor. Mole was getting ready for work. He went to the hospital peacefully, greeting every staff that he knows.
Being polite and warm to the relatives who knew him as he passed by the hall.
He heard muttering near the office, thinking some nurses just having a small chitchat. "Morning guys! What's up?"
Everyone in the room smiled suspiciously as they secretly talking about him. "what's with the fuss?" he wondered.
As soon as he went near his desk, he saw a chocolate bar with a written note saying "Have a nice day Nurse"
Touched by the note, he impassively asked "Guys,I think someone misplaced this. Who owns this one?"
No one claimed, he repeatedly asked but they replied to him saying "We thought that it is for you." They teased.
He hit the chocolate bar but threw the note on the trash bin, thinking that someone might claim it.
Suddenly, a gullible man who wears a white coat showed up in very enthusiastic way.
"Is Nurse Mole there?" He asked. Everyone greeted Dr. Phun as he joyfully greeted the nurses.
"Here" Mole raised his hand , showing his presence.
"Good! Did you receive my note?" He shouted.
The people around cheered teasingly as they remembered the note that they saw on Mole's desk before he comes in.
They thought that someone is pursuing their beloved nurse.
"What Note?" He asked.
"The note that I send to you earlier?"
"On my desk?"
"Of course not!" As soon as Dr. Phun said that, they were all dismayed.
They thought that it was the lovely handsome pediatric doctor who left the note on Mole's desk.
"On your email! You silly" The doctor giggled, as Mole made haste to look at his inbox.
"Ah~ you mean the commission for the annual community health check ups!"
"Do you have time? We need to discuss this matter."
"Be right there, after this endorsement."
The jolly doctor left the nursing office making Mole wonder. "Who on earth would send this note and a chocolate bar?"
After the endorsement, he quickly meet up with doctor Phun in his clinical room. "What's with the ruckus out there?"
"A nosy doctor now?"
"You know me, I should know 2 or a 3 about my friend."
Dr. Phun said, temptingly making Mole to spill the tea. He wrapped his arm around his neck, warmly prying Nurse Mole.
Unbothered, he looked at the doctor straight in the eyes and raised his one eye brow.
He pushed away the doctor's arm and grinned. "It was all about the community service to be done."
The doctor frowned, not convinced with what the nurse said. "Oh come on! aren't we friends?"
"For a few days in this place, you easily made this as your comfort zone." Mole replied.
The doctor slouch on his chair. Sulking, he crossed his arms and making some 'hmph' sound.
Getting the nurse's attention. But it seemed that Mole doesn't give in.
"Stop acting like a 4 years old." He said as he rolled his eyes, examining the list of nurses that will be working as a team for the upcoming community health service.
"Why do you have to be so mean? No wonder why children hate you."
"Fine we're friends" after hearing those words, the gloomy face of the doctor brightens.
"But! Correction, they don't hate me. I don't like them. That's all."
"Whatever, let's go back to the upcoming event. What's the idea for that?"
"you mean the main highlight?"
"yeah~"
"Well, according to the scout team, the place is a rural place. 125 hectares away from the city. There were reports of low health care resources and prone to dengue outbreak."
The doctor was dumbfounded, hearing those intel from a nurse. He was hoping for a detailed explanation from the staffs rather than a nurse.
"what's with these data?"
Mole looked at him and smiled. "Let's just say I made few friends with the scout team."
"Impressive, and this is funded by one of the richest patient admitted here, right?"
"Patient?" Mole looked at his data again but there were no sign of the sponsor's name.
Dr. Phun seemed to find a hole to a brick wall nurse.
"you didn't know?" he giggled.
"I really don't care of who funded or sponsored it. As long as the health of the community is our top priority."
He smoothly covered, knowing that the doctor will tease him again if he knew that he accidentally slipped out some information.
"what about the accommodation for the team there?" the doctor changed the topic, knowing that Mole will probably deny if he kept on teasing him.
"There are camps nearby, 2 people are allowed in one room. There are 2 beds each but there's a catch"
"what's the catch?" curiously asked by the pediatric doctor.
"Of course! It's a rural place. What do you expect? Electricity? Wifi? I think we'll have a problem with that."
Mole laughed how ridiculous the doctor is.
"Then… let's be partner! I'll team up with you. I'll bring my guitar and let's jam!"
"Quite an enthusiast, I hate to break it to you but the team is not just purely doctors and nurses. there are other people too.
They'll be sharing rooms too. In addition, I'm not the coordinator so we don't actually know what will happen." Mole explained.
Convinced, the doctor sighed deep as he face the ceiling out of distress. "Are you in?" he asked.
"of course I am!, I will help out with recreational activities for the student nurses who will be participating."
"If you're going, I'll go too!" The doctor took out his pen and encircled the date on his calendar then he took out his phone and scheduled on his calendar for the community health care service.
"By the way, who is in charge of this event? If you happened to know." Nurse scheming his lapses of information to a gullible doctor.
Dr. Phun smiled, knowing how nurse Mole was trying to get some information from him. "I heard from the staff that it was one from the wealthy patient."
"well of course, who would raise such money from the average ones"
"It's from an old dying man."
The nurse was shock from the statement given by the doctor. "What's the matter with you? You should not talk like that"
"What? You mean dying? But it's true. He's half paralysed patient. According to the staff, he's of no help."
"even so, he's more noble than you. At very least, helping other people in need is his legacy. Unlike other people." Mole emphasizes the doctor.
The two of them spent an hour and a half, talking about the event though they teased each other, these two bonded like friends.
Nurse Mole spent his day productively. He rarely stay on one place. Nurse Mole walked back and forth, delivering doctor's order and accommodating the patient's request.
He even visited one of the VVIP as requested by the patient itself.
When he was about to go home, he saw a flower and another chocolate bar on his desk. there was another note saying "Thank you"
Thinking that it was probably one of his patient, The nurse took the chocolate bar that he got from earlier.
He cut the stem of the flower to shorten the size and hid it inside his bag together with the chocolate bar.
After a few farewell, he saw the clear night sky. He closed his eyes and feel the breeze on his cheeks as it passed through. He breathe in the cold air and out a warm air.
He giggled knowing how beautiful the night is. As he was walking , a car met him. Horning and keeping up with his slow phase.
He glared at the car and shaking his arm , pointing the ground. Clearly, showing that he was walking on the side.
The window car rolled down, he saw another annoying handsome face. "Nurse Mole where are you heading?"
Annoyed, Mole ignore the man and proceed with walking. But it did not bother him so he kept on talking to pissed the nurse.
"It's already night, why are you walking?"
"Don't you have better things to do?"
"Look, I don't have an answer to give you yet-"
"so pissing me is your solution?"
"No! what I meant to say is , the train is not working today. There's a system testing that is being held till now"
Suddenly the nurse halted. He was perplexed at the moment. "Haven't you heard the news?"
"Mr. Maximillian, there's plenty of fish in the sea. I can use a grab"
"Oh really? Then use it now!" Tuxedo challenged him.
Knowing that he run out of battery due to phone orders thought of another way.
"On second thought, I'll find a taxi"
"Taxi is scarce in this area. Why don't you ride with me. I'll drop you off."
Mole was trying to keep his pride up but suddenly a loud thunder echoed. He was pissed because of the changes in the weather.
"Why does it have to be now?" he grunted.
"Look at the coincidence" Tuxedo said.
With no other choice, he entered the car and calmly gave his address. "Good thing I saw you or else, you won't be able to work tomorrow"
Tuxedo noticed that Mole was statue-ly behaved. He doesn't talk, doesn't move that much and doesn't change his reaction.
"What's with the behavior? Am I posing a threat? Don't worry, I don't kidnap people." Tuxedo jokingly braking the ice.
"I just don't want to break things here. Who knows the price of almost everything here."
Tuxedo laughed while driving flexing his arms in the steering wheel. Nurse Mole noticed that Tuxedo wasn't wearing a formal attire.
"Mr. Maximillian, did you worked out?"
"Don't call me Mr. Maximillian, just Tux is ok for me."
Tuxedo sniffed himself. "Do I smell?" worriedly asking the nurse on board.
"No sir, I just noticed the GYM bag behind and your outfit."
"Yeah, I work out in the GYM at night and sometimes I do exercises in the morning. What about you?"
"I don't work out"
Thinking for another topic to discuss, Tuxedo opened up about the work. "Say uhm, about working for my dad. Can you please consider it?"
"Again sir, I want to know, why should you hire me?"
"yeah, yeah , I know but he's the only person I have. I want to give him the best as I can give."
"But I am giving you the best!"
"But none of those people are trust worthy."
"And you think I walk in integrity?"
"You will give the best for your love ones, right?"
Mole was eyeing the road. He saw that they were getting near.
"You can drop me there." They parked at a spot and Mole went out leaving Tuxedo alone.
"PLEASE!" Tuxedo shouted. Mole turn his back , facing the car.
"I, too, want to give the best for my loved ones but sometimes, the best is not good for them." Then he walked again.
Dismayed, Tuxedo was left hanging but when Mole was getting further and further
"I'LL TRY TO CONSIDER IT!" He shouted.
At last, Tuxedo has yet again hold on to a small chance of hope.
~END OF CHAPTER