chapter 45

                                1Zaini followed Ji Hoon and Kim Jae joined her."Are you feeling pain there?"Zaini was looking down feeling unable to look into his eyes."No, I am not like your female leads in your dramas. My pain-bearing threshold is quite high", said Zaini looking away."She seems mad at me", thought Kim Jae."I am sorry for what happened earlier. It was by mistake. I have no intentions of...", said Kim Jae but Zaini interrupted."I know it. No need to recall it again", said Zaini as her heartbeat raised thinking about the liplock."Don't know why she is mad at me? I scolded that girl and the others. I protected her head from bumping into the ground too. Is she mad because she got hurt?" thought Kim Jae. He kept on looking at her face from the sides of his eyes. Zaini was looking serious. Kim Jae couldn't understand that Zaini was feeling embarrassed. A liplock with her crush in front of her classmates!!                                2At the door of Ji Hoon's roomJi Hoon stopped at the door. He looked back at Zaini and Kim Jae. He saw Kim Jae looking at her from the sides of his eyes and Zaini looking straight down. "Pervert!" uttered Ji Hoon.As Zaini and Kim Jae also reached the door, Ji Hoon said, "Mr. Kim you can go inside the department. Zaini, you come into the room. I will do dressing."Kim Jae looked at Ji Hoon with suspicious eyes. "What is going on in his mind?" thought Kim Jae. "I will stay with her. That's my job here", said Kim Jae unable to find any other excuse. "She is not at her job right now. She is herself a patient. You don't need to follow at all places. Let her breathe!!" said Ji Hoon looking deep down into Kim Jae's eyes. Zaini was looking at both of them and feeling more embarrassed, confused, and uncomfortable. "I don't need any dressing. It is just a minor scratch. I can clean it and apply some ointment to it by myself. Thank you for caring for me!!" said Zaini in clear words and went to the department."It is because of you. You keep on nagging!" said Kim Jae and went to the department too.Ji Hoon clenched his teeth and hands.                                3Zaini entered the bathroom before Kim Jae could see her. She exhaled to calm down."Oh My God! OMG!!!! What is happening!?? I am going crazy. It was Kim Jae", shouted Zaini looking at herself through the mirror. She touched her lips. Her heartbeat raised to its maximum limit."I will die of a heart attack today!! Gosh!!! I never prayed for this. I just wanted to meet him once and tell him that I am his huge fan. Oh, God!! It so felt like living in one of his dramas. He is so cute, caring, and brave enough to take a stand. He yelled at them for me. He is worried for me. He makes me laugh. I was so sad when I entered the hospital but as soon as he joined me, I have been smiling since then. Life feels like a small adventure to me right now. But what is with Dr. Ji Hoon!?? He behaves a little differently. I am unable to understand him. Although I am unable to understand Kim Jae too!!" said Zaini and smiled.Zaini washed her hands and then cleaned her elbows. She patted them dry. She looked at her face once and came out after making her heart calm.Kim Jae was standing a little away from the bathroom looking here and there. As soon as Zaini saw him, her heart started racing again."I need to stay away from him. Otherwise, I cannot work", thought Zaini and slipped away.Thoughts of Prague and Huma were not haunting her right now. She had forgotten about them for the time being.Zaini went into the room where the kid was admitted. She met him and his family and then she went into another room to see other patients. After a while, she started feeling hungry as she had not eaten anything since yesterday evening. She could hear rumbling sounds coming out.                                4Kim Jae looked for Zaini but could not find her."Ahh... She hides daily. Why does she always run away from me when she is a huge fan of mine?  I cannot even call her", thought Kim Jae. Finally, he called Leo and asked him to call Nazma to find out where was Zaini. Leo just needed a reason to call Nazma. He immediately called her. Instead of coming to the main point he kept on talking about random stuff. When almost 15 minutes passed by, Kim Jae called him back. Leo saw his incoming call and asked Nazma about Zaini."I don't know. She was tired yesterday. She slept without having dinner and then in the morning also I guess she left without having breakfast. I came out after her and I didn't see any used or washed utensils in the kitchen. Why are you asking about her?" said Nazma. "Amm... She is your friend. And, we are also kind of friends now", said Leo.Nazma laughed."Mr. Kim wants to know about her, right?" said Nazma."Amm... Yes. You caught me", said Leo and grinned."Why doesn't he call her?""Obvious, he does not want to look like a stalker", said Leo."Ohhh... Fine. Let me call her", said Nazma.She called Zaini. Zaini received the call. She wanted to tell Nazma about Kim Jae but she controlled her emotions and just told Nazma that she was in the Pediatrics department and attending the patients.Nazma transferred the same information to Leo and Leo to Kim Jae with an extra dose of Zaini working empty stomach."Why she is working empty stomach? She was upset after talking to her boyfriend yesterday. It looks like something serious. She was smiling when she met me today. I thought whatever the issue was, must have been resolved. I need to find her and feed her something", thought Kim Jae.