"so, jungkookie, do you think any doctors in this hospital are cute?" taehyung, jungkook's best friend, asked. the small boy choked on his water and began coughing, "absolutely not"

taehyung chuckled, "c'mon. what about that one gastroenterologist?" he asked, "i don't talk to anyone from gastroenterology ever since one of their interns didn't close a urine sample correctly and it got in my eye and i had to go to the eye wash station" he dissapointedly spoke, "i forgot about that" taehyuung chuckled, "i didn't!"

jungkook sighed, "what about you?" he asked, the slightly older boy hummed, "i guess that one guy from hematology?" he spoke, "absolutely not"

"what's wrong with him?" taehyung squeaked.

"his scrubs are constantly sagging! i didn't even know that was possible!" jungkook exclaimed, earning a whine, "i'm feeling judged" he pouted and grabbed his stethoscope, "anyway, gotta go!"

jungkook nodded and looked at his computer to see what he needed to work on.

—

seolhyun
cashapp me

namjoon
AFTER YOU DIDNT LET ME SEE MY DAUGHTER??!!

seolhyun
yes pls

namjoon
u can't be real

seolhyun
am i that gorgeousssssss

namjoon
are you drunk

seolhyun
man taking care of ur daughter is exhausting

namjoon
who's going to pick her up from school if ur drunk??

seolhyun
uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
idk

namjoon
i'll pick her up

seolhyun
man idc no more

—

"appa!" yuna giggled and jumped into namjoon's arms with a huge smile, "hi, baby! i'm so sorry i didn't see you this past weekend! it was your mom's fa—" he stopped himself and just caressed her hair, he didn't want yuna to think badly of her mom.

namjoon put her in her car seat, "we're going to grab something quick to eat and then we're going to go to my workplace" he spoke, "where do you work? eomma said you work as a garbage man"

the boy blinked, "not that it's an unrespectable job, but i'm a doctor who specializes in the function of the brain" he spoke, "oh wow! that's so cool!" the girl giggled, "yup! i work at a hospital" he smiled, just wanting his daughter to think he was cool.

"is it scary?" she asked, "not for me, but i imagine it could be scary for some people" he answered, making her hum.

—

"doctor kim— oh sorry, i didn't realize you had a patient" jungkook chuckled upon barging in through his door, "this is my daughter" he spoke with a smile. yuna waved, "i like your spiderman thing!" she said and pointed to the stethoscope that swung on his neck.

jungkook smiled widely, "wow, doctor kim. i didn't realize you were married" he spoke, "appa and eomma are divorced" yuna corrected before her father could answer. namjoon turned red.

"i'm divorced" he sadly smiled, jungkook froze for a second hearing the two, "i'm so sorry, i didn't mean to—" he breathed in, "i'm going to just leave" jungkook panicked, "don't worry about it, doctor jeon. it's been a couple of years, it's not a touchy subject" namjoon reassured the boy, "oh"

"mister doctor, are you a brain person too?" yuna asked, jungkook felt a wave of relief when fhe subject was changed, "i'm a cardiologist! i focus on the heart. this is my stethoscope so i can listen to the heart!" he smiled and pointed to it, "woah! appa, do you use one too?"

namjoon smiled, "not a lot" he answered, "that's sad. doctor jeon, can i use it?" she asked the cute man, "just for a little bit" he smiled and helped her put it on.

"do you want to listen to my heart?" jungkook asked, "yeah!" she giggled and let the man help her with that, "what do you think, doctor? does it sound normal to you?" jungkook asked with a bright smile and he chuckled a bit, "yup!"

the girl's father couldn't help but be endeared by how gentle jungkook was with his daughter and how playful he was, "yay! i'm glad to know!" jungkook exclaimed and put the stethoscope over his neck again.

"do you have any consultations soon?" namjoon asked, "not for an hour, unless the emergency department pages me. why do you ask?" he responded, "could you.. watch her for a bit whilst i work?"

jungkook nodded with a smile, "of course, doctor kim. your daughter is absolutely adorable" he spoke, "c'mon, do you want to see the play area?"

she eagerly nodded and made grabby hands towards jungkook, "yuna, you can't ask him to pick you up" namjoon said, "doctor kim, it's okay" the man reassured and picked up the girl who was oddly light, but jungkook disregarded it.

—

"thank you for watching her" namjoon smiled, jungkook nodded, "she's so fun. if you ever need a babysitter, i'm here" he spoke, "i like jungkook! i want to live with him!" the girl squealed, "yuna, you live with eomma, you can't live with him"

jungkook chuckled, "bye, yuna! it was so nice to meet you!" he smiled and waved goodbye to see a patient, "he's so nice" yuna giggled, "he is" the man agreed, "why didn't you pick me up during the weekened?" yuna asked.

namjoon was a bit stunned at the sudden question, "i'm going to be honest, yuna. your eomma didn't let me see you. i don't know why, but we'll figure it out" he reassured, not wanting to worry his daughter.

"oh. eomma said you didn't want to see me" she mumbled, "that's a lie. i want to see you all the time" he reassured his little girl who seemed to be near tears, "w-why w-would eomma tell me that? are you saying she's a liar?" she croaked, pulling her knees to his chest.

"i don't know why she would say that, yuna. i didn't say she's a liar. i love you so much" he said and pulled her into a hug, caressing his child's silky black hair.

—

"divorce?" namjoon mumbled as his wife presented him with divorce papers. yes, he was having some problems with seolhyun, but he didn't think the problems were worth getting a divorce over.

she nodded, "i want full custody of her" the woman spoke, "w-what? why?" he loudly questioned, he had so many questions and all his wife could talk about was custody, "it's not like you're going to have time for her!" she argued, the man sighed and pressed his palms to his eyes, "why do you want a divorce? i know we're going through some things.. but this?" his voice trembled.

"you act like i even wanted to marry you" she said, "you proposed the idea! let's work this out, please" he begged, placing an arm on her shoulder, "absolutely not! get off me!" she gagged and pushed him away, "i don't see a reason to get divorced!" he tried to convince her.

"i do! i want to have a life, kim namjoon! i want to be with other people! will you just agree?" she screamed, the man sighed. he was young, so he did as his wife pleased.

—

"eomma, do you know jungkook?" yuna asked in the car ride home from her appa's place, "no" she simply answered, her head pulsing upon hearing the voice of her child.

"oh! he's nice! he works at the hospital with my appa!" she giggled, "what did i tell you talking about your father when you're around me?" she asked, making yuna frown, "he's nice! he let me use his s-stepocope!" she tried her best at pronouncing the name of the medical instrument, "hm" the woman hummed and didn't talk.

"do you know how to use a stepocope?" yuna asked in a cheerful tone like always, "no" she blantly answered, "is this jungkook guy close with your appa?" she mumbled, "i think so"

"that's gay, i don't want you hanging around people like that" seolhyun grit, "huh?" yuna questioned, picking at the fuzz on her black leggings that namjoon got her

she sighed, why was her ex husband like that?

—

namjoon
are you working a night shift tonight? 😭😭

jungkook

namjoon
me too
im hungry
can i venmo you money so you can go get us some fast food?

jungkook
i'm sorry doctor kim
i don't eat fast food

namjoon
why not?

jungkook
fast food contains a lot of fats that build up over time and become plaque in the arteries which puts you at risk for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke

namjoon
then what do you eat during night shifts?

jungkook
i bring my own food
sometimes i make some in the staff kitchen lounge

namjoon
oh
that's really healthy of you

jungkook
yeah

namjoon
i think i'm okay

jungkook
doctor kim do you not eat healthy meals?!

namjoon
name a doctor who does!

jungkook
me!

namjoon
right
honestly no ever since i got divorced
does your girlfriend make you meals?

jungkook
interesting question
i don't have a gf and i'm not straight
sorry if that's awkward

namjoon
oh no worries im not either

jungkook
oh alr
that's cool

namjoon
yup

—

jungkook cringed at the awkward conversation and decided to get namjoon some food to eat.

gosh, he didn't want to nosy, but he was so curious sbout namjoon's life. the boy looked ao young, but somehow had already been married and had a daughter that appeared to be about 8 years old.

was it weird to want to know? after all, he was kind of close with namjoon.

"oh wow, doctor jeon is getting an energy drink?" taehyung teased, knowing how against it the boy was because of how bad it was for the heart, "it's for my friend" he chuckled, turning red as he clicked the options for chips.

"who?" taehyung asked, "doctor kim namjoon in neurology" he responded, "you're friends with nerds in neurology?" the boy scoffed, "we're cardiologists, we're nerds too" jungkook chuckled and put his card in one of the pockets of his scrub shirt, "true that"

"what are you supposed to be doing?" jungkook asked as taehyung followed behind him as he walked to neurology, "i'm waiting for radiology to  complete a CXR to confirm a case of cardiomegaly" taehyung spoke, "oh, i don't have any patients right now, it's boring" jungkook sighed, "next one in is yours because all of cardiology is fully booked" taehyung said, "why not me?" he frowned, "front staff didn't know you were working"

jungkook sighed, "oh well" he mumbled, taehyung pat his back, "see you later, doc!"

—

"i got you some food" jungkook smiled, setting it on namjoon's desk, "don't energy drinks go against your whole field of study?" namjoon chuckled, but nonetheless, opened it and chugged some of it down.

he nodded, "extremely, but you don't seem to care that much" jungkook shrugged, "you're right" the man spoke and opened the bag of chips.

"how old is your daughter?" jungkook asked, starting conversation since they were both not busy, "she's about to be eight" namjoon spoke and watched jungkook's facial expression change.

"really?" he mumbled, "she looks a bit younger than that" jungkook said, "i know. i think it's her mother's genetics" namjoon sighed, "oh.. i'm sorry for touching the subject again" he shamefully spoke, "it's alright, doctor jeon. i totally understand if you have any questions" he sweetly smiled, "are you sure?" jungkook carefully asked.

namjoon nodded, "so, when did you get married?" he asked, "i got married at nineteen" he answered, making jungkook audibly gasp and put a hand over his mouth , "oh my gosh, i did not mean to gasp. i'm just going to leave" he whined after embarrassing himself for what seemed like the millionth time that day.

"no! it's okay" namjoon laughed, "i got married at nineteen after i found out my ex wife was pregnant with yuna and yuna was born when i was twenty" he explained, "wow, i admire you"

namjoon couldn't help but blush a little bit, "oh well, thank you" he smiled, "then, i got divorced at twenty four" the neurologist said, "why?" the man shyly asked, "she wanted to be with other people" he dissapointedly sighed, "i'm sorry to hear that" jungkook frowned, "so, you have most custody of yuna?"

"no, i only see her on weekends. it's a whole legal thing because her mother and i couldn't come to an agreement. weekends is what we settled on" he sighed, biting the inside of his mouth, "oh, i'm sorry" jungkook bit his lip, "don't worry about it"

namjoon grabbed his pager upon hearing it beep and hummed, "i'll see you later, doctor jeon"

—

"i don't want kim namjoon to have custody of kim yuna anymore" seolhyun told her family attorney, "why do you want to reopen a case thay was closed almost 4 years ago?" the man asked, twirling a black pen in his fingers, "i have reason to believe he's harming her"

was that true? absolutely not.

"why do you think that?" the lawyer asked, "i think he's teaching our daughter to be.. gay" she said, whispering the last word of her sentence and sighing, "ma'am, that's not a valid reason to reconsider custody arrangements" he spoke, "i think it is"

"it is not" the man reassured, "damn it! i just don't want him to see her anymore!" she raised her voice, "we can't open up the case just because you don't want him to see her"

"what if.. he's abusing her?" she wondered, "if you believe so and there is evidence, he will no longer have custody and end up in prison. do you understand?"

"yes, sir"

"if you are lying about this, i urge to reconsider your choice about opening this case"

"i am not lying and plan to go through with this" she sweetly smiled.

—

stay safe and healthy! drink water and eat some food! sorry for any mistakes, i love you all! qotd: how do you think jungkook and namjoon's friendship is developing?? do you seolhyun will find a way to support her statement??