The Second Counseling Session

Minsu oppa placed the drinks he had bought and the other things beside the refrigerator in the hospital room, sat down in a chair, and carefully began to speak.

"If you need anything, you can tell me, and you can also ask Subin."

"Yes."

"If anything becomes uncomfortable, tell me right away, and I'll take care of whatever I can. Do you need anything right now?"

"Not particularly... I don't think so."

"I'd like to stay with you longer, but I'm busy, so I think I should get going."

Shouldn't I tell him now? I needed to say something, because he wouldn't know how I felt if I didn't, but I simply couldn't get the words out. It was even harder to speak because I thought that if someone whose gender had changed confessed their feelings to me, I wouldn't be able to accept it easily either.

"If anything happens, just use what Subin gave you to send a signal. Then I'll be going, okay?"

"Yes... Thank you for looking after me..."

Oppa looked at my face and hesitated slightly, but perhaps he really was busy, because he merely waved once before leaving the hospital room. It had seemed like the perfect moment to speak, but I had missed my chance again. Perhaps Subin had switched shifts with him, because she came into the room ten minutes after he left...