24 visits || SOOSHU

Visit Three

Reason: Check up

Symptoms: Slight Fatigue

Time in: 10:00 am August 3rd, 2014

Okay, so yes, Shuhua went back to Dr. Seo.

At first it was because Minnie and Miyeon gave her no choice since she was the doctor who did the blood work (Shuhua tried to argue that it was technically a nurse, but - of course, she was outnumbered).

So she went to the practice, attempting to act as disinterested as possible. And that's when Dr. Seo got interested. And interesting. So even though Dr. Seo is what others might call (or whisper) a b.i.t.c.h; she's one who totally checked out Shuhua. And that was enough for Shuhua to come back.

The practice was nice enough. Small, with a few other doctors Shuhua had seen the names of on the outside of the building.

Inside everything was very woody, lots of redwoods. The chairs, the tables, the ticking clock in the corner of the waiting room. If Shuhua breathed in hard enough she could smell lemon polish.

At the front desk, a woman was sitting next to a jar full of lollipops. She had one in her mouth, the white stick peaking out. She took it out, revealing a bright blue tongue. "Yeh Shuhua," she called out.

Shuhua stood up, smiled at the woman. She was there last week too, another person who worked under Dr. Seo and was way nicer. Shuhua looked at her nametag. Yerin.

"Hi!"

Yerin returned her smile, then said, "You can head on back now. Yuju will take your weight and stuff."

Shuhua looked to her side and saw the familiar face waiting for her. She'd figured since Yuju was there last time, the nurse just worked under Seo. Shuhua wondered if they were friends, if Seo talked about her, or complained.

"Hello," Yuju said, bowing her head a little.

"So do you just work for Doctor Seo?" Shuhua asked.

Yuju guided her to a scale while nodding. "I work both here and at the hospital, like Dr. Seo. The practice and hospital are connected and Soojin - I mean, Dr. Seo likes to have me around." She chuckled at that, then wrote down Shuhua's weight.

They headed into the office, white walls with a few pamphlets on the counter. Shuhua sat down on the exam table, the wax paper crinkling below her butt.

Yuju was mostly quiet as she got out the blood pressure pump and wrapped it around Shuhua's arm. "Legs uncrossed," she said.

The cuff on Shuhua's arm tightened, and Shuhua watched as the velcro seemed to split, making a light scratching sound in the silent room.

"So, how have you been feeling? Any spells?"

Shuhua watched the monitor as it beeped. "Uh, tired? I think I've been more tired."

Yuju sucked in her bottom lip while looking at the readings, all numbers Shuhua really didn't get. "Hmm...okay. Dr. Seo will be with you in a bit."

And as it turned out, it was more like 30 minutes of waiting. Shuhua swore she was doing that on purpose. Her phone battery was already at 50% from the practices shitty reception and her own everlasting boredom. She could only check her twitter timeline so many times. Maybe she should have tweeted something like Seo's practice sucks.

But as it stood she had 13 million followers, and even she had her limits when it came to being petty.

"Ms. Yeh," Dr. Seo greeted.