"Yes, doctor" Alex started. "I want them to stay" whatever the doctor was about to say, he had a feeling that he would need support from his friends.
"Okay then" Dr. Yeob said. He then sat down at his desk, and asked Alex and the girls to sit in front of him. "First of all" he continued, "I have good news for you, Kim Hana. You're perfectly healthy. There's nothing to worry about."
"Oh, this is so nice to hear!" Song Yeon said. "We're so worried!"
Alex was also a bit relieved to hear the doctor's words. Still, he knew this couldn't be all. He had bled through his prosthetic vagina after feeling abdominal pain for several days – That wasn't an ordinary thing.
"But if so, why... well... all this happened to me?" the feminized man asked.
"This is what we need to discuss, miss" the doctor said, taking off his glasses. "I’m going to explain everything. You know, Kim Hana, from the beginning, I got very fascinated by your case. There are many transgenders in the world, of course, but you proved to be a singular individual since the start. You not only deeply wanted to be a woman, as it was clear since I met you, but you also wanted to look like... or rather... to be a Korean girl. Such an intriguing case!"
At this point, Song Yeon and Choi Hyun looked at each other astonished.
"Is that true, Kim Hana?" Song Yeon. "Have you always wanted to be a girl?"
Alex gulped. He was completely screwed. Just then he realized how stupid he had been when he asked the doctor to allow his bandmates to stay in the office. The girls didn't know he had lied about this to Dr. Yeob from the beginning – that had been a Park Hara's plan, after all.
"Yes, unnie" Alex said with downcast eyes. He knew he couldn't tell the truth to the girls now, in the presence of the doctor. If Dr. Yeob discovered that Alex had lied to him all this time, he could get furious, and reveal the feminized man's secret to the record label. And then, he would be in an even worse situation, and would drag the girls along with him into this mess. He would tell the truth to them later. For now, he needed to keep acting.
"I'm sorry for not telling you this before, it’s just… Well, I was afraid of what you girls would think about me.”
"Oh, sweetie, how can you think we wouldn't support you?" Song Yeon said, and then she and Choi Hyun hugged Alex.
"I don't know" he said. "I guess I was just being silly."
He knew that was a temporary lie, since he intended to tell the real story as soon as they left the hospital. Still, he was feeling as if he was trapping himself deeper and deeper. At every moment, it seemed increasingly difficult for him to regain his old self, and he didn't even know yet why he had bled. He felt suffocated and desperate. Then, he began to cry again…
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Hi! I'll try to post more today or tomorrow to finish this chapter! I didn't expect it to get so long! :-p