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“Okay Mrs. Kri do you have any other questions or concerns? Before we set you up for your next routine checkup?” Dr. Fahlada asks the middle aged woman before her.
“Thank you doctor,” Mrs. Kri gratefully replies. “I’ll see you next time.” If she notices the way the doctor’s smile is wider and that she is sitting up straighter, she doesn’t mention it. Probably had something to do with the text message she just received.
“Take care!” Fahlada says as her last patient before her lunch break makes her way out of the room. She picks up her phone and starts to type a reply to her girlfriend, Earn. They haven’t seen each other in two weeks because the latter was filming overseas for her newest drama. Fahlada was this close to booking a weekend trip to Japan, just because two weeks was too long for her to go through without seeing her girlfriend (whipped). But Earn persuaded her not to since her schedule wasn’t concrete and she wasn’t sure if she would have time to spare. Which was met by resistance and lots of whining from the doctor but she eventually gave in, because she knew that Earn’s reasonings held some truth and she also didn’t want to show up and pressure her into spending time with her after a long day of shooting cause she would need to rest too.
So like a puppy waiting for its owner to come home, she held back. The past two weeks were grueling for Fahlada but the texts and selfies Earn sent her whenever she had the chances to helped keep her at bay. Sometimes it would pictures of the sky or pictures of herself in her film outfits. Fahlada loved those because she got to see her gorgeous girl but she had a special fondness for the random silly ones just a bit more: like the picture of how the bottom of Earn’s bowl had leftover pieces of food that resembled a smiley face or the picture of P’ Suzie asleep on the couch with her tongue out. Doesn’t P’ Suzie look so cute heehee :P don’t tell her I showed you this or she’ll kill me! was the message it came with. It warmed her heart that Earn would send her mundane things too. It made her feel like they spent their days together even though they were physically an ocean apart. Fahlada responded in earnest to everything her girl had to say and also gave her her own updates as well.
P’ Mor I’m stopping by the hospital, let’s get lunch. I miss youuuu :( was the cause of her sudden uplifted mood. She figured that Earn would want to rest at home after landing back in Thailand and that they would see each other at home for a nice home cooked meal but Earn was always full of surprises.
I just finished with my last patient honey~ are you waiting in my office? What would you like to eat? Fahlada replies and starts to make her way out the room. Before she could even grab the door handle, it opens, startling both her and nurse Rose.
“P’ Fahlada…” Rose starts with an apologetic sheepish grin. “I’m sorry but an emergency patient just walked in. Second degree burns on her forearm, they just finished with her in the ER.”
Fahlada stands there, phone in hand and just blinks at her before she starts to pout and say “Khun Rose~ could you see if anyone else is available? Earn is here to get lunch and I haven’t seen her in two weekssss.”
If this was past Rose, she would be shocked by the way Fahlada was acting. But after hearing the news that the doctor was dating again, this has become a usual occurrence she got accustomed to seeing. Rose learned quickly that Fahlada never had any resolve when it came to things related to Earn.
Can you tell the department that lunch is on me today? Please help me order some haidilao hot pot to go, they’re doing a collab with popmart and Earn loves labubu.
Khun Rose do you know any good neck massagers? I want to buy one for Earn.
Please help promote Earn’s new movie to all the patients that come in!
Earn this, Earn that. Earn Earn Earn. It was amusing to see her coworker fall head over heels for the actress but she was genuinely happy that the two found each other again.
“I’m sorry… I just checked and none of the other doctors are available right now.”
“But… but…” Fahlada looks at Rose’s set of puppy eyes and begging hands and sighs. “Okay, bring them in.” she reluctantly agrees.
Rose immediately grins and goes to usher the patient in. How Fahlada survived the two week Earn absence, was beyond her.
Baby, I’m sorry I have an emergency case right now. If you’re hungry you can go grab something at the canteen first. I’ll meet you when I’m done :( she sends a quick message before going back into professional doctor mode.
“Hello nice to meet you, I am Dr. Fahlada” she greets as her patient walks in.
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33 minutes (not that Fahlada was counting) of examinations and treatment passes before Fahlada is finally finished. She leaves the home care instructions with the nurses and picks up her phone and exits the room. Rose smiles to herself as she watches the eager doctor speed walk to the nearest elevator and pressing the button multiple times, as if it would make it come faster. “Enjoy your date!” she shouts and catches the surprised expression of the doctor just as the elevator doors close. Must be nice to have a love like that she thinks as she sits back down to process the patient’s discharge.
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Fahlada wants to groan because today of all days the elevator decides to be packed. It’s stopped at every floor since she first got on it. She just wants to reach her girlfriend and tackle her with hugs and kisses already. It’s okay P’ Mor, I wanna eat with you♡ I’ll just wait for you in your office su su na. Fahlada taps her finger against the railing impatiently as she watches the elevator finally ding at her floor and she rushes out in record speed. She is thankfully not interrupted by anything else on the way to her office and she takes a moment to calm down a bit before opening her office door.
She looks around and spots the object of her affections curled up on the couch, eyes closed and mouth slightly open. She smiles softly and allows herself to take the sight in for a few seconds before stepping into the office and quietly closing the door behind her. She tiptoes over to the love of her life and drapes her doctor’s coat over her before kneeling down, gently caressing Earn’s head and planting a soft kiss on her forehead. She must really be tired she thinks since Earn doesn’t even stir. Fahlada lets herself admire her peaceful girlfriend for a few more moments before standing up and quietly leaving the room. I’ll let her sleep for a bit more while I go grab us some lunch.
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Earn hears the crinkling of plastic bags being shuffled around before she’s hit with the smell of something delicious. As she opens her eyes she’s met with Fahlada’s back and she can see her taking out containers and rearranging them on the coffee table. She looks down and sees that she’s covered in Fahlada’s coat and softly smiles at her girlfriend’s thoughtfulness. Earn stretches slightly before getting up and reaching out to pull Fahlada into a backhug. Fahlada turns her head back and her cheek hits Earn’s waiting lips. MWAH Earn giggles and says “P’ Mor! I missed you.”
Oh how Fahlada missed hearing the endearment. She puts down the last container she was still holding before loosening Earn’s grip on her midriff and turning around to fully kiss her. They break apart after a few seconds and grin happily at each other. Fahlada moves her hands to cup Earn’s head and peppers her face with kisses. High pitched squealing fills the room and Earn tries to free herself. “P’ Mor! P’ Mor stop!!” Fahlada gets a couple more in before pecking Earn on the lips twice, finally pulling back with the biggest smile on her face. Sighing contently she replies “I missed you too my princess.”
Earn beams in return and goes back in to tightly hug Fahlada, releasing her own sigh of relief. She catches the array of food on the table and detangles them, pulling Fahlada down with her onto the couch so that they could start filling their stomachs. The couch was large enough to seat 4 people but Earn and Fahlada refuse to leave any space between each other and are huddled together on one end. They take turns eating and feeding each other as Earn animatedly retells parts of her trip abroad. Fahlada adds her own comments here and there but mainly listens as Earn speaks excitedly and chuckles at her girlfriend’s waving arms.
Lunch finishes sooner than Fahlada hoped and she gets up to dispose of their takeout containers. When she’s done, she plops back onto the couch next to Earn and wraps her arms around her in a side embrace. “Should I just call off the rest of the afternoon and we can go home early and relax?” she suggests.
Earn turns and pecks Fahlada’s nose. “P’ Mor as much as I would love that, what about your patients?”
“mmm, we could reschedule them” Fahlada innocently says.
“Sometimes I think you’re naughtier than me!” Earn laughs. “That would be unfair to them. They’re here to seek medical help so be a good girl and go save some lives.”
Fahlada pouts dramatically. “I knew you’d say that.”
Earn giggles at her big baby and plants a few kisses until the pout disappears. “I’ll wait for you here until you’re done and then we can go home together okay?”
Fahlada looks at her confused. “You’ll wait for me?”
Earn nods. “I’m pretty sure P’ Suzie needs a little break too after looking after me for two weeks so I let her off for the day already.”
“Don’t you want to go home first and rest up some more? You just landed like 2 hours ago no?” Fahlada says with concern etched in her voice.
“I’m okay.” Earn reassures. “I’ll just get a couple of things done on my phone here and then take another nap on the couch.”
“Oh honey, you could’ve went home first then. Did you come straight here from the airport?”
“Yes…” Earn gives her a sheepish smile and looks down at her fiddling fingers. “I had P’ Suzie drop me off here and she’s taking my luggage home first. I wanted you to be the first person I see when I came back.” When she looks back up she’s greeted with Fahlada’s tender gaze already on her.
“I’m so so lucky to have such an adorably sweet girlfriend.” Fahlada says as her eyes turn into her signature crescent smile.
Earn blushes slightly. She brings a finger to her chin and jokingly says “well actually you’re probably not the first person I saw.” She sees the slight tilt of Fahlada’s head and furrow of eyebrows before continuing. “There were fans at the airport and then I also stopped by to say hi to Khun Rose and there were also some patients who recognized me while I was on the way here. Oh and what abo-“ she’s cut off by a pinch to her cheek and she knows Fahlada’s caught on now.
“My naughty girl!” They both share light laughter at Earns silliness.
“You may not have been the very very first person I saw, but you’re definitely my favorite.”
Fahlada reluctantly goes back to finish the work day, not willing to leave without a few more hugs and kisses from Earn which she gladly gave. True to her words, Earn updated her social media accounts and checked up on her upcoming work schedules before laying back down for a mid afternoon nap. Fahlada wakes her up softly and they go home together, hand in hand, happy to be reunited with each other.