Year One Wrap-Up (Final)

Late December.

The hospital was full of year-end bustle.

But for us, late December meant something else.

‘Announcement of the newly accepted residents.’

The judgment that would determine the quality of my life next year.

Would a new slave... no, a new junior, finally come in to lighten our on-call burden?

All afternoon, Kim Ji-hoon and I kept refreshing the notices board on the hospital intranet whenever we got a chance.

The F5 key was practically worn down to nothing.

“When is it going to be posted already?!”

Kim Ji-hoon bit his nails anxiously...