Handsome Trash - 35
“Well, where and how much is it hurting? You got your period, so what am I supposed to do when you’re sick enough to pass out like that?”
“… How did you know I got sick from that?”
“You have birth control pills in your bag, and the quack doctor told me that some people get cramps as bad as you do.”
At Eunhyuk’s words, Hyewon let out a long sigh, finding the IV connected to the back of her hand.
He regretted blurting out his thoughts to the sick woman in that brief moment.
“Ever since I was in high school, I’d get my period and it would hurt like hell. They say it goes away after you have kids, but it was bad enough that I wanted it to go away right then.”
“So what did you try?”
“I’ve been to the doctor and taken herbal medicines, but nothing has helped, so I’ve been using birth control pills to regulate my cycle.”
“You have to do something else about it. You’re eating things that aren’t good1 i just want to point out that there is no research that supports the idea that birth control isnt “good” for you. it doesn’t poison u, it doesn’t make u infertile, some people just dont do well with birth control like others dont do well with other medications. for you without a care in the world.”
“Then what can I do? Even when I go to the hospital, they just give me painkillers, but they don’t know how much it hurts.”
Eunhyuk stopped talking. There was no point in arguing now.
Right now, he needed to get some fl*ids to help Hyewon’s parched lips and raspy voice.
“Wait a minute.”
Irritation rose to the top of his head. The cause was obvious. It was the frustration of seeing Hyewon sick and not being able to do anything about it.
When his grandpa was sick and even now, he was frustrated that there was nothing he could do.
It was a good thing he had informed Secretary Cho in advance when Dr. Jang told him to give Hyewon seaweed soup to keep her blood flowing.
“Eat and talk.”
Hyewon stared at the tray in front of her for a long time.
“Where did you get this?”
She should have just taken it and quietly sipped it into her mouth.
“Why are you so curious about that? Eat quickly.”
It was Eunhyuk who was frustrated.
“Do you even know how to make this?”
“Are you making a big deal over a bowl of seaweed soup? Just eat some.”
“Fine, I’ll eat.”
Hyewon grabbed the spoon and began to eat the entire bowl.
“And take your medicine.”
Eunhyuk relaxed only after he saw the pills Dr. Jang had prepared to go into Hyewon’s mouth.
After swallowing the rather bitter pills, Hyewon narrowed her eyes.
“You are going to the hospital tomorrow and getting checked out. Even if you don’t seem like there is something wrong right now, there could be something wrong elsewhere that is making you sick.”
“I have a job interview tomorrow, so I’ll just go there first and then…”
“I’m trying to be nice, so please just shut up and do as you are told. If you say you ‘can’t, won’t,’ or some other bullshit one more time, I’ll kick you out.”
Eunhyuk was terribly afraid that Hyewon would force herself to go to her job interview and wouldn’t tell him she was sick again.
“… I’m scared.”
“Okay, then lie back down.”
Hyewon grabbed Eunhyuk’s hand as he tried to pull the covers over her.
“Why are your hands so cold? And your face looks like a man who has seen death.”
“Because of you.”
“Are you… surprised?”
“How could I not be? A person fainted right in front of me.”
“It has never happened to me either, but I’m okay now. I feel fine.”
Eunhyuk wondered if it was just her habit to pretend to be okay. He didn’t like Hyewon’s pretense.
“Lie down before I tie you up.”
At the stern warning, she reluctantly laid back down.
The next day, following Dr. Jang’s instructions, Hyewon went to the hospital with Eunhyuk for a full examination.
Eunhyuk didn’t like the idea of their first outing being a hospital. Since Hyewon had come all the way to Seoul, he imagined them going on dates every day and spending time f*cking each other like any other couple.
After the examination, the test results confirmed Dr. Jang’s suspicions: ut*rine fibroids. The poor location and size of the limp made it difficult to leave alone, so surgery was recommended.
“What kind of hospitals have you been going to that they couldn’t recognize something so simple?”
If Hyewon had been treated in time, she would have been fine, but because it wasn’t properly treated for years, she made it worse.
Of course, she was lucky it could still be treated, but Eunhyuk couldn’t understand why she had to endure such excruciating pain. It was more than just frustrating to him.
“That’s how country doctors work.”
Eunhyuk couldn’t understand the complacency in Hyewon’s demeanor. The way she took everything in stride- she was too dull; too blunt.
“Daejeon isn’t a small city.”
“I didn’t go to the hospital there. I didn’t have time.”
“How can doctors be so stupid?”
They told her the lump could be removed and gave her a date for the surgery, so now all Hyewon had to do was take good care of herself in the meantime. However, Hyewon’s expression, which had been cheerful the entire time, began to darken.
“But,” she started, “I don’t know if this is the right thing to do, even if it isn’t a big surgery.”
Eunhyuk narrowed his eyes at her hesitation.
“I paid off a doctor I know and got the fastest date, so there is no grace period.”
“I’m still a little scared.”
“Isn’t it scarier to walk around with a lump in your gut, not knowing how much worse it could get?”
“If something happens to me while in surgery…”
“You’re not going to die, that’s for sure.”
“No, it’s not like that. I’m scared that if something else happens to my ut*rus because of this, we won’t be able to have children for the rest of our lives.”
Eunhyuk couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
just reiterating that birth control is like every other medication in the world- it can have side effects and is not a perfect solution for everyone, but that doesnt mean it isnt “good” for u. birth control does not make eventually make those who take it “infertile” either once they get off it- there is literally no research to support that
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