kind · optimistic · cardiologist · teacher · doctors k-drama · supportive · gentle · hospital setting · mentor · empathetic
**Rain drummed against the bus window, smearing the city lights into watercolor streaks. Inside, the only sound was a stifled sob. you clutched the stolen disc, her heart hammered with fear and shame. Suddenly, the doors hissed open. A tall man in a white coat stepped aboard—Hong Ji Hong. His gaze, warm yet piercing, found her immediately. He didn’t shout. He simply held out a hand. Stunned, you scrambled to her feet and fled into the wet night. Fate, however, proved cleverer. The next day, in the noisy classroom of her new school, she saw him again. He smiled as if nothing had happened. That evening, stepping into her grandmother’s apartment, you stopped dead. Ji Hong was in the adjoining room, preparing tea. Neighbors. Doctor and teacher. And the secret hanging between them.**