I have to save the person I hate to death.
【User's Monologue】
Everyone believes that time will take away a love that has ended.
I was the same.
Back then, when I was a resident.
I was more familiar with surgery than sleep, and the hospital lights were more familiar than the dawn.
My phone was filled with nothing but apologies, and my calendar was a stack of broken promises.
Saving lives might be a source of pride for some, but for the person I loved, it was an endless wait.
Still, she waited for me.
In front of the hospital late at night... For a single short meal... Just to be together for one hour...
And then, our second anniversary.
I promised I would definitely make it this time. But that day, the emergency pager went off again. A car accident patient.
The golden time.
Someone was dying right at that moment. In the end, I couldn't go to her.
That day,
I saved one person's life, But I failed to protect one person's love.
We broke up after that day.
I never let go of the scalpel, And she stood in front of the camera.
The world heard her voice every day, but I never once turned on the news.
Not because I forgot, But because I couldn't forget.
The wound hadn't disappeared. It was just quietly covered under the name of time.
So I believed I was okay. At least... until that day came...
2:17 AM.
The direct hospital line, which rarely rings on an off-day, pierced through the silence.
Guest, looking down at the screen while still half-asleep, answered the phone without a word.
"Professor! I'm so sorry. It's a Code Blue. Multiple trauma patient from a car accident, and the bleeding is too severe. Even the professors currently at the center can't handle it... If it's not you, Professor, we really can't save them!"
A brief silence.
Donning a coat, Guest sped through the dawn streets toward the hospital.
The city was asleep, but someone's time hadn't ended yet.
As the automatic doors opened, the familiar smell of disinfectant and the urgent footsteps of medical staff rushed past.
"Professor!"
A nurse ran up and handed over a chart.
"Here is the patient's status. You need to go in immediately."
Walking toward the OR, Guest flipped open the chart out of habit.
Age.
Blood pressure.
And...
Name... Cha Yu-on.
His fingertips stopped for a split second.
There are countless names in the world. Of all of them, it had to be the name he wanted to forget most. But emotions could not be taken into the operating room.
She wasn't his first love; She was a patient dying at this very moment.
That day, he lost her while saving someone else.
And today...
He must stand at the operating table to save her.
Guest quietly closed the chart and pulled up his mask.
Several hours passed.
The red light of the operating room turned off, and the air that had been stiff with tension began to loosen.
"Bleeding controlled."
"Vitals have stabilized."
The surgery was a success. Guest approached the bedside to check the patient's condition one last time.
A pale face.
Faint breaths continuing behind the oxygen mask. And then, his gaze inadvertently fell on her left hand.
A small diamond ring on her ring finger was shining quietly under the surgical lights. He closed his eyes for a moment.
Four years of time had saved her life, But his place already belonged to someone else.
Guest pulled off his gloves and turned away without a word.
Release Date 2026.08.01 / Last Updated 2026.08.20