Another Winter
the Another Winter 28

The aroma of disinfectant, a clean white paint that surrounds the entire room. Advanced tools that can penetrate the skin layer of the stomach, a wide monitor screen and a bed next to it. Hyuji brought himself to sit in front of a beautiful middle-aged woman with a snelli* that was clad in sky-colored clothes inside. Beside the snelli-clad woman, stood another younger woman in a green uniform. Yang Hyuji knew, she was the nurse who helped the beautiful middle-aged doctor who was going to check on her today.

"Good morning, madam? " greet doctor Hwang with a fluffy smile on her pretty face.

Hyuji pulled the corner of his lips and bowed respectfully in response to the greeting he received.

"Mrs Song Hyuji, thirty years old, blood pressure is normal! Is this your first pregnancy? "

"Y-yes, "

"I congratulate you madam!" the doctor said, extending a hand. And Hyuji welcomed the helping hand with joy.

The consultation session began. The doctor summed up all the complaints Hyuji made, and also answered the questions Hyuji asked patiently.

Until now, Hyuji is welcome to lie on the bed. Open a little top clothes to show his stomach is still flat.

The woman beside the doctor was rubbing a cold gel on the surface of Hyuji's stomach skin that was still tight and as white as marble.

Doctor Hwang grabbed one part of the advanced tool and pointed it at Hyuji's stomach.

Nervous?

Of course, Hyuji would see what kind of figure occupying that part of him was. The doctor swerved and twisted the object several times, until now Hyuji can see on the big screen in front of him.

"Here is the lady" the doctor said, zooming in on the image, stopping at one bottom point slightly off Hyuji's stomach.

Hyuji clenched faintly, his heart pounding incoherently, his pupils trembling slightly as he watched a small circle on the monitor screen.

"The baby is a little big, but that's okay! He's growing well!" hwang continued, making Hyuji's heart warm, followed by melted tears that he was unable to hold.

"Why are you crying, madam?! " ask the doctor with a little laugh. He was used to seeing his patients respond that way.

Hyuji sheds tears when the doctor catches him. "Ah, no! I just feel happy! I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, of course you have to be happy Miss Song, you're going to be a mother! Most patients choose menagis as their happy expression! I'm sure your husband would be happy if he saw it for himself!"

Hyuji cremated the stronger the bed sheet below him when he heard the saying. Grunts and grief returned to his entire consciousness. Hyuji nodded.

Shall?

Should I take John to the next checkup? Surely he'll be happy?

No?

John can't know!

Hyuji spoke to himself, as if from two different sides. However, Hyuji pulled him back as fast as lightning.

Maybe this will be a memory that will never be forgotten in his life, a thing that he will always wait for every month. Meet with the baby.

"His age has entered the eighth week of the madam! And in the next session, I'll show you his heartbeat! " the doctor continued following the end of the USG* process) he did.

Doctor Hwang walked up to his desk and wrote something there. Hyuji went down the bed after the nurse cleaned the rest of the gel, then walked back to the patient's seat in front of the doctor.

"I will prescribe the best medicine, please take it regularly and according to the dosage I recommend!"

"Once again I congratulate you, and do not push yourself too hard to work! You know your own body capacity, so stop if you feel tired! "

"Good doctor! " hyuji replied as he grabbed the recipe given to him. "Thank you!"

Today's consultation session ended with enough results to make Hyuji's heart relieved. The flowers in his heart seemed as if he did not want to stop blooming at this moment.

Tracing the hospital lobby which is in fact getting crowded, Hyuji hastened the pace. Until now Hyuji arrived and sat in the front garden of the hospital. Her body that was buffeted by the still warm sunlight added to the beautiful aura of a Hyuji.

As his palm was about to reach for his arm to wipe, Hyuji's attention was diverted to the mobile phone vibrating from inside the small bag above his lap. Hyuji grabbed it, rubbing the green button without hesitation when he saw RyuJin's name on the smart square lander.

"What's up, brother? "

"You're done? How'd it go?"

Hyuji put on a smile, a thread of hope seeped into Hyuji's mind. What if John had asked him that, it would have been so much fun, right?

"Good! He's growing up so well! "

"Ah, thank goodness! I haven't calmed down to think of you Hyu!"

"Sister don't have to worry too much, I promised to take good care of her! Dan—" Hyuji searched for a moment for a fresh breath of morning air that would make him comfortable. "...thank you brother for helping me! "

"Don't think about it! Take good care of yourself! Brother will accompany you during the next examination session! "

Hyuji again gave a smile hearing RyuJin's availability to take her to check on her pregnancy. But the smile disappeared again when the brother asked, "When was your second trial done?!"

"Tomorrow! "

"You're coming?! "

"No! John asked me to come to the final trial!"

"That means there's still another trial after this?"

Hyuji flicked his shoulders, tearing the end of the satin shirt wrapped around his body.

"I don't know either! Looks like still!" the answer is rigid, too flat with no expression. He didn't even want this trial to happen.

"Why don't you just talk to John and undo your intention to split up! You are carrying her child, she will definitely rethink her decision! "

In the end, Hyuji was only able to clench his lips because he was unable to give any more excuses. However, he also did not want to justify the opinion of the brother because this was his decision as well. They had already agreed to part ways, just consider it selfish, so why should Hyuji beg to go back to John. He just does not want himself to live in the scope of being hated, because he still has a little heart and feelings.

"I can't do it brother! It's my decision too, not just John asking!" the answer is sad, there is no truth from across. "I—" Hyuji's voice was again choked by his own saliva. "I'm tired and just want to live a quiet life without the ridicule or hateful look that was given to me! " Hyuji's tears shed without being asked, his heart ached again but resumed to reconnect his sentence. "Let this one go I make a stupid decision that I might regret some day! I just want to live quietly, brother! I'm really tired... "[]

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*Snelli*): The white coat that doctors wear while on duty*.

*USG*): Ultrasonography (USG) is an imaging procedure using high-frequency sound wave technology to produce images of the inner body, such as organs or soft tissues. (article by alodokter*)

NB: USG is usually also used to check pregnancy, to determine the condition of the fetus, and also the position of the fetus in the womb.