To Kiss An Idol

190 The Police Station

Kyung-Soo was getting jealous after reading the exchange between Jae-Hwa and Korain. He was getting furious with Jae-Hwa for suggesting that her brother too wanted to contribute to buying the phone for Nivritti.

He wanted to give her something on his own, but she outright refused. What was wrong with giving her a gift? He was proud that she was an independent woman, but such a woman too is entitled to receive gifts.

He was even angry at his Korain hyung for saying yes to Jae-Geun. He kept murmuring profanities at Korain and slapping his bed in anger. He grabbed his pillow and screamed into it.

Message after message kept chiming.

“Which phone are you thinking of, NK Hyung and how much we will have to pay?” messaged Jung-Hwa.

Kyung-Soo immediately read the message and opened the search engine and searched for the latest phone. The foldable phone was the newest one on the market. He copy-pasted the link for that phone in the group. The price was about 2,000,000 won.

“Woah!” messaged Thae.

“I will pay 1,000,000 won, the rest of you guys can pay equally,” messaged Kyung-Soo.

“Do you want to get a scolding again?” messaged Young-Chul.

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“We all will pay equally. As Jae is earning less than us, we can give her a discount. Let her pay the least, rest we will pay proportionally,” messaged Korain.

“Aww… thank you, Coin. You are the best,” messaged Jae-Hwa.

“Okay, so I am ordering the phone now and will give the address of our dance room. She would get the phone by noon. Jae! Make sure she does not go to buy a new phone by then,” messaged Kyung-Soo.

“Done!” 𝒇𝐫ℯ𝑒𝒘ℯ𝑏n𝑜ѵ𝐞l.c𝗼𝗺

“NK Hyung! Send the breakup of the money,” requested Him-Chan. Kyung-Soo calculated the least amount for Jae-Hwa and then broke the remaining amount into eight equal parts. He messaged his calculation to the group.

“We are sending the money now. Send your ID for everyone’s convenience,” ordered Korain.

Kyung-Soo obliged and sent his online payment ID to the group. Within seconds, Kyung-Soo’s phone started chiming with the message for receiving money in his account. The moment he received money from everyone, he placed the order for the phone.

Everyone said good night and went to sleep.

The next morning, Jae-Hwa and Jae-Geun woke up early as they had to go to Nivritti’s place and then take her to the police station. Both brother and sister got ready and left home early without even having breakfast. They didn’t even tell their parents and left before they could even wake up.

Nivritti was still asleep under the influence of the medicine when the light from the window streamed in. She groaned and looked out the window. As she only had a clock in her living room she had to walk to that room, half-asleep. It was only six in the morning. She went back to bed and fell asleep instantly.

Her stupor broke when she heard the alarm. She patted all over her bed to find her phone and shut off the alarm, but she could get a hold of her phone. She groaned when she realised that her phone was lost and the sound she heard was not her alarm but her doorbell.

“Who came so early in the morning?” she groaned and lifted her blanket. Squinting her eyes as she was unable to open them all the way, she got off her bed and moved to the living room. She glanced at the clock it was seven in the morning.

“Ritti? Are you awake? Open up,” Jae-Hwa’s voice came in from the door.

Nivritti opened the door and looked at the brother and sister. “What are you doing here so early?” asked Nivritti.

“Get ready, we have to go to the police station and then the office,” ordered Jae-Hwa.

“But I am still sleepy,” groaned Nivritti and rubbed her eyes.

“It’s the pain medication. You will feel groggy. Just take a bath, that will help you a bit,” suggested Jae-Geun.

“I will make coffee and breakfast and then we will leave. Go, hurry,” said Jae-Hwa.

Nivritti hung her head to her side and nodded at Jae-Hwa with her eyes closed. But she didn’t move an inch. She just stood there with her head hung to her side.

Jae-Hwa clapped before her face and woke her up, “wakey-wakey! Go, bathroom, get ready.”

“Hmm.” Nivritti walked to her bedroom, took out her clothes and crawled to her bathroom. In the meantime, Jae-Hwa and Jae-Geun prepared breakfast. Nivritti made sure to shower from her head. The lukewarm water hitting her head made her wake up a little, but her toe kept tingling as the water kept hitting her exposed skin.

She came out fully dressed in a white shirt and brown trousers with a towel on her head.

Jae-Geun just glanced at her and his heart stop. She had no make-up on yet was looking beautiful. Her hair was completely covered with the towel. Her faint pink lips had a tint of brown in them. Without any make-up the most prominent feature on her face was her big eyes. Jae-Geun could spend all his life looking into those eyes.

“Feeling better?” asked Jae-Hwa.

“A bit, but my toe is aching. I think getting water on it was a bad idea,” replied Nivritti.

“Let me look at it,” offered Jae-Geun.

“No, no, it’s fine,” said Nivritti.

“Oh, my God! You are hurt, I am a doctor. What is your problem? What is wrong with getting help?” scolded Jae-Geun.

“What? I always ask for help. You have already looked at it and gave me medicine. Why do I need to keep showing you, my wound?” protested Nivritti.

“So, you get a medicine one time and then don’t follow up with your doctor?” rebuked Jae-Geun.

“I… I didn’t…” Nivritti had no reply to his question.

“Just sit down,” scolded Jae-Geun.

“Okay, doctor!” Nivritti saluted him, mockingly making Jae-Geun smile at her naughtiness.

Nivritti sat down on the couch. Jae-Geun grabbed her leg as softly as possible and placed it on the table. The skin of her toe was bright pink. He pressed the joint of the toe and Nivritti flinched in pain.

“You are putting pressure on it. You need to stay off your leg and always keep it elevated. Where is your first-aid box and the medicines that I gave you?” he asked after checking on the wound.

“I will get it,” said Jae-Hwa and went to Nivritti’s bedroom. She brought the first-aid kid that had all the medicine in it.

Jae-Geun first dried the wound with cotton and applied the antiseptic cream he brought for her. He covered the wound with a bandage and then wrapped the compression bandage on her foot.

“You should take this medicine with you. If you can’t tolerate the pain, take one after lunch,” suggested Jae-Geun.

“Then I will feel sleepy,” protested Nivritti.

“Yeah, I know. That’s why I said if you cannot tolerate the pain, then only take the medicine. But keep it on you and when you come back, apply a cold compression near the wound, that too will ease the pain,” said Jae-Geun.

“Okay,” nodded Nivritti.

Jae-Hwa brought breakfast for all, and they ate together. After having a cup of coffee, Nivritti was feeling way better. They grabbed all their bags and their coats and came out of the house. Jae-Geun drove Nivritti to the nearest police station, and she filed a complaint about losing her phone and losing her sim card.

The police asked her a series of questions and after they were satisfied, they gave her a copy of the report. Nivritti thanked the officers, and all left the police station. The time was racing by and it was almost time for the office.

Nivritti wanted to buy a phone, but Jae-Hwa informed her that no phone outlet would be open so early in the morning. She offered her help to look for a phone during lunch hours and then afterwards Nivritti could pay her. Nivritti liked that idea and Jae-Geun drove them to the K&Q building.

“Walk as slowly as you can, don’t put pressure on your leg,” warned Jae-Geun.

“Yes, doctor,” replied Nivritti and she got off the car. Jae-Hwa too walked slowly with her. The guard greeted her good morning as always and after seeing that she was walking slowly asked her about her health. He also said that he didn’t see her yesterday. She replied that her foot was hurt but it was nothing serious. She thanked him for his concern, and they walked to the lift.

Finally, they reached their department where only a few had arrived. Chung-Ho was sitting in his seat editing some script on his system.

“Good morning, CH!” greeted Nivritti.

“Good morning, Choi-ssi,” said Jae-Hwa.

“Good morning, Jae-Hwa,” replied Chung-Ho.

“What? Nothing for me,” pouted Nivritti.

“You don’t reply to me, I don’t reply to you,” snapped Chung-Ho.

“Huh?”

“I sent you messages asking about your foot, but you never replied,” scolded Chung-Ho.

“Hello, everyone,” interrupted Dae.

“Hello, Dae,” said Nivritti. Jae-Hwa didn’t even open her mouth.

“What is happening?” asked Dae with a smile on his face. Jae-Hwa glanced at him and lowered her head, in shame or fear, no one could tell.