He brought the phone out and picked it up after checking the ID and finding out it was an unknown number.
"Hello. This is Da won speaking. Who am I speaking with?" He asked out of professional courtesy.
"Won, this is Nina," Nina said over the phone and her voice was so weak that it was obvious she was crying and had cried a lot.
"How may I help you? Are you calling because of your car? Ohh! Don't worry, I will bring it soon. Ok?" His voice suddenly changed from nice to harsh immediately he found out it was Nina on the line. He hated her and felt angry when he heard her voice. He believed she was the main cause of all the problems and the one behind his trouble of looking around for his friend.
"I won't forgive you! You this evil woman!" He cursed inwardly and waited for her to reply but seemed she was almost choking on her tears. So he waited a little bit more.
"It's not that Da won..." Nina replied amidst tears.
"Then what is it? How do you even get my line in the first place? Who gave you my number?" He asked angrily.
"I... i... I got it from Kim's secretary... I must tell you something."
"Kim's secretary? He really must be out of his mind to have given you my number and he will suffer for that!"
"Kim met with an accident, Da won and he is in your hospital right now," Nina said and sobbed louder.
Da won staggered and nearly fell down out of shock. He was lost for a while but when he snapped out of it, his eyes glowed with immense anger. He was gritting his teeth in anger. He put the phone back to his ear and sighed to calm down a bit
"What? He had an accident? Are you crazy??! Ya! Are you really crazy? Which Kim had an accident?! You! You really need to see a psychiatrist! You evil woman!" He screamed in anger. Took his phone away from his ears as he was breathing too hard and had to calm down. He breathed in and out for some seconds before he finally was okay "You know what? You are really crazy and you should really get treated. So it doesn't get worse!" He said and ended the call before Nina could say another word that would annoy him more.
"That crazy psycho! What does she really want?! She must really be crazy!" He said. Sighed and kept his phone back in his pocket.
Da won breathed in and out again to calm down before he walked to the hospital.
He walked into the hospital when he calmed down only to see many doctors standing inside the hospital and they were all staring at him. Some were even crying. He wondered in confusion. "Why on earth are they staring at me this way? Some are even crying?? Wait!.... Did I lose my patience? The one I just did surgery for?? Or that little boy I operated on three days ago?" He thought but his heart was beating fast. So fast that he feared that his heart might pop out of his chest.
"Did that little boy die?! Or is it the one I just operated on yesterday?" He asked with a shaking voice.
The intern at the front shakes her head and wipes her tears "No, professor Won. None of the people you mentioned died . All your patients are fine." the intern explained.
Da won breathed in relief "Thank Goodness! I'm so relieved! If none of my patients died. Then why are you all so sad? Or did the board transfer me? Wait.... am I fired?" He asked but he was no longer scared but curious. He thought nothing could make him sad as all his patients were saved. About work, he was even thinking of leaving already. So it would only make his work easier if they fired him. So he feared nothing now and just curiosity was the one getting to him.
"No professor. But your friend was brought here?" One of the professors replied and wiped away his sweat with his handkerchief.
"Which of my friends?"
"Your friend, Mr. Kim," The professor replied.
Da won couldn't believe what he heard. No matter how he thought about it, he just couldn't believe that they were talking about his Kim. So he thought he had heard wrong.
"You don't mean it right? Kim can't be here! He can't have an accident! You really don't mean it right?" He asked with the hope that the doctors would laugh and tell him they were only playing pranks on him but all of them were dead serious! And he could only look into their eyes!
"He is here," another doctor said and they all parted ways for Da won to see Kim's corpse on the emergency bed as they were yet to move him. They had to wait for Da won before they could do that.
They all parted and in their middle was an emergency bed and in it was a body. The body of someone Da won wished he didn't know. The body of someone Da won wished he never met.
He rushed to his side as his whole body trembled. He uncovered his head and with a trembling hand, touched his face gently "Kim, you... you are sleeping right?" He asked with a smile.
He brought out his right hand under the cloth and pressed it softly "Your hand is so cold. You are not feeling well, Kim... quickly stand up now and let me treat you." He said and waited for him to stand up or at least reply but when he noticed he did not, he shook his hand "Kim stand up! Wake up now Kim.".
Kim still didn't even shake and Da won continued staring at him without saying anything.
One of the doctors who was close to Da won came to his side and patted his shoulder. "Professor Da won..." He said calmly "He is... he is dead " he tried to console Da won but Da won pulled his hand away and pushed him off him.