Chapter 125 - Unsolved Issues 3

Minwoo looks at his watch - he has another 30 minutes of break left. Cracking his head, his body sore from last night's action, the young medical student makes his way towards the northern staircase. For some reason, not many people use it, so he found it to be the perfect place to be alone – his secret place.

Stretching his body, calculation how long he can have his nap before having to rush back to the ward, Minwoo is about to push the door open before, 'Minwoo-sshi!'

The alpha closes his eyes in annoyance, cursing under his breath. An omega nurse is now standing making her way towards him. Minwoo recognizes her – one of the nurses from his past department who always showed an interest towards him. Even after telling her he had a lover, she was relentless. Of course he had no ring back then, but that shouldn't have mattered.

While waiting for her to reach him, the alpha scans their surroundings, noticing that there are only a few patients walking and a few nurses helping some of them. He just has to wonder what she is doing in this floor, it is not her department. If she is here to pursue him, Minwoo swears he will throw a huge fit.

'Ahh, thank god you're here.' Yujin folds her body, her hands on her knees to support herself. Minwoo just waits, not wanting to say anything. He doesn't want to enter the stairway either, not wanting to expose his sacred place.

'Minwoo-sshi.' She repeats in between her breaths, and Minwoo only replies with a sigh. He then looks back at the watch, trying to recalculated the time it will take for him to take the elevator to the floor above and make his way back to enter the stairway. He will lose ten minutes, including trying to get away from here. Tsk, this is annoying.

'That, a kid. Help me find a kid.'

'A patient?' Yujin nods aggressively, still gasping for air. How far had she run to be this exhausted? 'Brain surgery.'

Minwoo takes a deep breath and sighs. Just his luck.

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Rushing through the halls, trying not to run and startle the patients, Minwoo scans around quickly trying to find a male teenager with a bandage wrapped around his head. There is really not much to go with, because his face has no prominent features. In other words, he looks like every other patient in the hospital. Having swiped three floors and is now on the 10th floor, Minwoo stops right at the door towards the sealed section of the hospital. It is under renovation in preparation for a new department. The whole section is sealed off by a wooden wall, with only one door to go in and out.

And the door is unlocked.

'Fuck.' He curses for the umpteenth time today. The place is so dark. And creepy. And where are the workers? Aren't they supposed to complete this place? Or are they playing hookey?

Owh shit, this place feel like the setting of a horror movie. Which means he is the dumb guy who will get killed by the fucking crazy ghost.

'AishhH!' Minwoo shakes his head, reminded of the horror movie about the haunted asylum that he watched with Wonho not so long ago. Just why the hell did he agree to that knowing that he works in a fucking hospital??

'AAAhh!!!' He whispers, frustrated with himself. He just smelled something aromatic, something flowery. Isn't that supposed to mean some ghost lady is near? Damn, he feels cold right now. Why the hell did he come in here in the first place? He should get out. Before he dies being strangled by crazy ghost lady.

He should run!!

'Alphaa…' Minwoo breathes heavily when he heard the whisper. He hears sounds of footsteps, slowly making it's way towards him. For a moment, he was really convinced that a ghost was chasing him. But when he focused towards the sound, it sounds desperate. And weak.

And the smell… this is an omega's scent. A fucking omega in heat.

Feeling a hand on his arms, Minwoo pushes the omega away, irritated at the situation. Disgusted. He just walked into an omega in heat and now that person wants to have sex with him. Minwoo makes his way towards the door, completely ignoring the call of the omega. It is a male, based on the hoarse voice. A young male.

Closing the door behind him, Minwoo is about to continue with his task of finding the missing patient before a thought disrupts his steps. That omega only went into the place because he thought it is safe, because nobody is inside. But the construction workers will be back to do their job. If not today, then tomorrow. Or at least, Minwoo is sure they won't leave this place for a week. Which means that omega will be in huge trouble because, god knows how many of those workers are alphas.

'Goddammit. Fucking omegas.' The noble curses out loud, suddenly reminded of an equally frustrating omega of his. No, his omega was even dumber than this guy, at least this omega cared enough to find an isolated space unlike Wonho who wanted to spend his heat on a rooftop and at the lake.

'Hey, come here.' Minwoo calls out, strengthening his pheromones to lure the omega out. He swears if the guy turns out to be an ugly old man, he will have to shower and scrub all over, and have sex with Wonho multiple times tonight to get the image out of his system. If it turns out to be an okay man, he will have sex with Wonho multiple times, minus one.

'Alpha.' He hears the heavy footsteps and remains in his place, holding the door open. And slowly, the figure steps out towards the light.

'The heck.' He found the patient.

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Minwoo sits at the bench, looking at his watch. He should get back to his current department. He forgot to tell anyone where he went after his lunch break. He doesn't want this to affect his evaluation, if there is any. Before he can even get one step away from the bench, a familiar voice calls him. 'Thanks for bringing him here.'

Minwoo nods, not really think it is a big deal. He just didn't want to leave a vulnerable omega out in the open. And a patient who need medical care, alone. He is a doctor, or doctor-in-training, it is the right thing to do. 'You didn't tell me he is an omega.'

'It didn't matter.' Yujin answers, her smile sweet. But Minwoo disregards that, he does not want to be in her presence. The sight of her always angers him. 

'Could've help me identify him.'

'You want me to describe his scent? I don't know what he smells like.' Yujin laughs softly and Minwoo sighs, realizing how stupid it is. How stupid HE is, to suggest that. Because he has no clue either.

'Fair enough. I won't know what most flowers smells like.' He replies.

'Owh, I think his scent is a type of fruit.' She states, and Minwoo only nods, leaving her alone.

He cannot wait to get home and wash today's incident away from his memory.