Author's Note: This is the final chapter! I know this one took a little longer than the last one, but when you feel like you're dying you tend to take more breaks than you would when you're well. I hope you enjoyed it. Again, if you want me to do a sequel, give me ideas! I will gladly attempt one! Thanks for your patience and your reviews. If it wasn't for those, I don't think I would have been able to write these.

Also in this chapter, I made up another family member for Woo Bin since the show doesn't explicitly name his family members.

To my Guest reviewer: Do you want it in this series or a different one?

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"No, I'm not leaving." Those words were punctuated with severe hand signs.

Yi Jeong covered his mouth and laughed, trying his best not to be too loud. Ji Hoo and Woo Bin shot him a scathing look then turned back to the obstinate woman sitting in the bed.

Three days had passed since the night of the car accident. Woo Bin had been discharged and put on two days mandatory rest until his hand was better. So he spent every day at the hospital with Eri. They had been given permission to go into the NICU. Their son was healthy, having to only stay for sixteen days until he could breathe on his own.

François and Ka Lee had been coming frequently as well. Woo Bin's mother had been slightly offended in the beginning but after sitting and talking with the mother of her grandchild she had calmed down. Woo Bin's older brother, Woo Ahn, was even there, which made Woo Bin a little perturbed. He and his brother weren't on speaking terms. They had all put aside their traditions for the woman Woo Bin would one day marry.

Everyone was putting aside their strict Korean traditions. Like usual, Yi Jeong was at the hospital every day. He brought fresh flowers that he put in a vase he had thrown. The last couple of days he had been later because Ga Eul had been with him. Jan Di stopped by every couple of hours while she was working and Jun Pyo had made an appearance as well, stating he would take care of the hospital bills. Woo Bin had objected but once something was stuck in his head Jun Pyo was a runaway train. He wasn't going to take no for an answer.

Today Eri was supposed to be discharged but she was throwing a tantrum, something so unlike her that Yi Jeong was laughing.

"Erica Genevieve Choi," François scolded.

Even the use of her first and middle name wasn't enough to make her move. She crossed her arms like a petulant child and stared at them. Ji Hoo was really wishing at that moment they hadn't pushed her into showing her emotions. She was doing a very fine job of doing it right now.

"Eri, they need the space in case another person gets sick. You're a doctor. You should know how valuable space is when you don't have it," he argued, hands smacking so hard together it stung.

She looked at him. "Tell her."

That's the only thing she had been saying all morning. Tell her. Tell her. Tell her. It was really starting to piss him off. Not because she kept repeating it but because he knew what she was talking about. But he had to play due to save face.

"Tell her what? What do you want me to tell her?"

"Tell Kyu Lee that you like her!"

Every head swiveled around to look at him. He could feel his face heating up as he tried to keep his temper and embarrassment in check. She was very good at nitpicking him. Why couldn't she just go home and sleep? If she went home, she was going to be at his house annoying him until he yelled at her.

She finally sighed. "If you won't admit it to her, at least admit it to me." He clenched his jaw so hard his teeth screamed in pain. "Yoon Ji Hoo!"

She used his full name. "Fine! I like Kang Kyu Lee! But there's no way in hell it would work out. She's pushy and arrogant and egotistical. She thinks the best at what she does and she doesn't apologize unless she's pushed against the wall."

Yi Jeong glanced at Woo Bin. "Does that sound like someone we know?"

Woo Bin nodded. "Yes, but unfortunately he's not here at the moment."

Ji Hoo sat down on the bed beside her and ran his hand through her hair. "Eri, I haven't pushed you with your emotions. Don't push me in this."

"I've watched you for six weeks run around that woman. Yes, she's all those things you mentioned, but she also watches you the same way you said Woo Bin was watching me. Once told something emotional, I never forget it. I saw her face the night she came to apologize. Hoo, she meant everything she said. The face may lie, but the eyes can't."

Once again she was spouting words he had said to her in the past. That particular one was from when he first met her. She'd been the topic of gossip at the hospital and it had only been her first week there. People were talking that she was already sleeping with the man who had hired her. Nothing had shown on her face about what she was feeling.

At the time he hadn't known her very well. But once he found out she lived next door, he had done everything he could to get her to open up about what she was feeling. That's when he had noticed that she didn't show anything she was feeling on her face but her eyes had expressed everything. When another rumor started that she was only half Korean and therefore not qualified to do her job, he had taken her aside.

"Eri, what's wrong?" he had asked.

She had shaken her head at him and tried to walk past him, but he had boxed her in. When he had reached for her face, she had pulled it back ever so slightly so he couldn't touch her. He then had tried to meet her gaze but she had averted it once again.

"Did they say something again?" he had pressed.

She had kept her deathly silence still. It was then he had realized that she hadn't looked at his mouth but continually over his shoulder. He had poked her in the ears, finding that his finger went straight in instead of being blocked. He had sighed then made her face him.

"Eri, you can't just ignore what you don't want to hear. You have to put your hearing aids in if you want to work. When those idiots upset you, let me know."

"No one had upset me," she had finally answered.

He hadn't believed her. "The face may be blank or lie, but the eyes can't. And right now yours are full of thunder and lightning." He'd grabbed her face, thumbs brushing delicately under her eyes. "Whenever things get too hard for you, I'm right here. You can always talk to me."

That had been the first time he had actually seen real emotion from her. That anger and burning rage had all showed in her eyes that night. If she said she had seen it in Kyu Lee's eyes the night she had apologized, she was telling the truth. No matter what she did or what emotion was at the forefront, Eri couldn't lie.

Like the night she had fully begun to trust him, Ji Hoo took Eri's face in his hands and pressed their foreheads together with a sigh. She placed her hands over his and let out a deep breath.

"I want to help you be happy, Hoo, just like you've helped me," she whispered.

He smiled and pulled back. "I know. I know. But you have to sign the paperwork to be discharged. If you don't, I won't be happy."

This time she took his face in her hands and searched his eyes. That exotic, stoic, scarred face searched his for answers. He watched her eyes rove over him, beautiful and an odd colored brown.

Without warning, she pulled his head forward and pressed a gentle kiss to his forehead. He let a smile slip over his face at the friendly innocence that had plagued him since their first meeting.

"You are my best friend, Hoo," she whispered so only he could hear.

Before he could think of an answer, there was a knock at the door. Kyu Lee smiled as she came in the room, until she saw the overfriendliness of Ji Hoo and her patient. A little miffed, she looked at Woo Bin.

"They aren't planning on eloping are they?" she asked with mock seriousness.

Woo Bin laughed, his eyes lighting up for the first time in days. "No, I just think they're having a moment. I don't understand what moment that would be but it seems real enough that they're that close."

Putting on a fake smile, she turned to Eri. "Can you please sign this and get out of my recovery room? I have two more women coming in to deliver and I may need this space."

Eri saw the hope in the woman's eyes, and that gave her an idea. She looked into Ji Hoo's face and cocked an eyebrow. His face lightened in shock as he made the connection with what she was saying. Then he heaved an annoyed sigh.

"If I do it, will you discharge yourself?" he asked. She nodded once. Angered, he patted her face once then stood.

He turned to face Kyu Lee, and as soon as he did, his world was flipped. She was haggard looking, like she hadn't slept in a few days. Her hair was pulled up in a ponytail that would make any woman look fierce. This time it made her look tired. There were dark rings under her eyes.

Before he could stop himself, Ji Hoo reached for her, cupping her face gently. He knew if he looked around, his friends would be smiling at how easily he gave in. But truth be told, he was tired of fighting it. His thumb brushed against the darkened skin under her eye.

"You should sleep," he said. Yi Jeong hid a laugh as Woo Bin sputtered. "But before you do that and before I take Miss Stubborn here home, I have something I need to say to you."

"You're stubborn, thick-headed, annoying, a know-it-all, someone who won't apologize unless you absolutely have to save yourself from a lawsuit, egotistical, pushy and arrogant." With every word he said, she winced visibly like he had slapped her. "And yet, through it all I find that kind of endearing. So much so that I didn't even realize it until I was told by someone who has no experience what I was feeling. In short, even though I hate you, I also like you, Kang Kyu Lee. I like you so much more than I should."

He took the clipboard from her and handed it over to Eri. "Now sign the damn paperwork so we can get out of here."

Kyu Lee was in a daze as Eri signed the release paperwork and handed it back. Woo Bin pulled her up as he and Yi Jeong helped her into a wheelchair. It was standard protocol for a patient being released to be wheeled out of the hospital. They were out the door before she even processed what had just happened.

Yoon Ji Hoo, Dr. Yoon Ji Hoo, had just outright stated that he liked her. That was after he stated everything he thought was wrong with her. But the fact was that he had just said he liked her. She wasn't dreaming. He had just said those words to her in a span of two minutes, and then he had left.

Leaving the room to housekeeping and slamming the metal clipboard onto the nurses' station, Kyu Lee took the stairs to get to the lobby. There was no way she could wait for the elevator. It would take too long and they could be gone. She had to catch them under the awning before they were gone. It couldn't wait until tomorrow when they all came back to see the baby. It had to be today.

She was out of breath when she finally hit the first floor and burst through the door. The lobby was full of doctors, nurses, patients, and CNAs as they milled about or talked with each other about their respective illnesses. Some looked at her a she ran by. She was certain they thought she had lost her mind.

"Yoon Ji Hoo!" she called. She saw the light brown head turn at his name. He was standing by a black car. She ran over and threw her arms about him. "Did you mean it? Everything you said up there. Did you mean all of it?"

She felt his chest heave as he sighed. "Do you think I would have said it if I didn't mean it?" His chest rumbled as he spoke.

Shaking her head, she looked up at him. "No. I don't think you're that cruel of a person."

Ji Hoo let out another sigh (he was doing a lot of that lately) and pushed her away only to hold her at arm's length. "I meant everything I said. You're a pain in the ass. You nearly killed my friend only to save her. I hate that about you. And yet, something draws me to you."

She was finally hearing the words she had been dying to hear for the last month. He was actually admitting he liked her. So before he could take it all back, she tossed her arms around his neck and kissed him. He was so shocked he stumbled back but his arms finally tightened around her.

"About damn time," she heard Woo Bin mutter a few seconds before the car pulled away. It looked like he was going to have to have to find another way home.

THE END