co-translator : Akasha-Cataleya
.....LET'S BEGIN...
In a condominium in the heart of the city, a young, tall and slender man was seen. The owner of the face is handsome, like a sculpture, has a soft and gentle smile, and has a single mole at the corner of the lower lip.
His sharp eyes stared at the night view of Bangkok like they would wait for an important appointment.
"Here you are, Dr. Non."
The assistant in charge and close friend of Dr. Non spoke, Dr. Non turned around to follow the call before walking over and sitting on a luxurious sofa in the middle of the room.
Infront of him, he saw a young man with a handsome face and a tall figure... with very white skin, a stubborn nose, large but sad eyes... he probably was walking behind his friend.
Doctor Non looked at the young man who was wearing his student uniform… he smiled at him because he wanted the young man to relax.
"Please have a seat first."
Doctor Non invited the one who had just arrived to sit on the opposite side.... The young man trembled slightly, but sat down at the invitation...although it seems he is really nervous, because he‘s holding his hands tightly.
"Don't be afraid about anything, I just want you to relax."
Sometimes even he didn't understand why they feel afraid, if they new they was going to meet him and he did it voluntarily, when he was himself – Slowly the question in his mind pop up the person who arrived really was the one who made the decision by himself?
“Do you know why you came here?...If you don’t feel now for it and you want to come back, you can come back anytime”... said Dr. Non, still speaking in a soft and gentle tone.
“I… I know”… the young man answered, although he had made a good decision, he still had some fear and, more importantly, he couldn't back down now.
Dr. Non smiled at the answer and then asked his assistant to bring him some documents.
“I have prepared this document for you. You can try to read it first and understand it “ said the doctor before putting the document on the table and sliding it towards the young man who was sitting in front of him.
A trembling hand picked up the document before opening it and reading slowly try to understand.
The document that the young man was reading contains a lot of content and rules... Dr. Non made it this way, to obtain the consent of the Person and avoid any problems who could come later.
A pair of beautiful eyes read the contract line by line really attentively and carefully…sometimes he would turn a to look at Dr. Non, but he still had a worried look on his face, although it was more like the look of someone who was thinking long and hard about the matter in his hand and the decision he was about to make.
"If you don't understand something, you can ask, and if you don't feel comfortable with of it, you can tell me and we can consider it" the doctor asked him in a light Voice: " You think we can reach an agreement?"
After Dr. Non told him this, his beautiful eyes appear with more confidence and relaxation, and instantly the two began talking to each other, going through item by item. One at a time, until Dr. Non had kindly explained everything.
“You don't have to rush your answer if you agree or not, I'll give you three more days. If you agree, you can contact Phon.” The Doctor said.
Dr. Non spoke with a simple but very serious voice, it was the next sentence who made the listening boy almost *stunned*.
"And I hope that in the meantime, you will keep it a SECRET“
The calm tone together with the serious look, made the young boy slowly nod his head before lowering it, then he hurried to speak, because he was afraid that the doctor would change his mind in the future.
"I agree" the young man said hastily, before bowing.
The corners of Non's mouth lifted in a slight smile, before he said softly again.
"You don't need to hurry your descicion, read it first and then take some time to understand" the doctor insisted again in a very intelligent way, and changed in a second the subject: "That's all for now. Phon please, walk him out" he finished saying it, Not making a Sign getting up at all.
The young man understood that the conversation was over... and that the doctor did not care if he wanted to end the conversation or not.
Another scene
Shortly after this, the Doctor drove to his apartment and sat on the sofa... he undid his tie and rested his head on the back, closing his eyes and try to relax.
Dr. Non or Dr. Chetthanon Worawongsakul is a psychiatrist at Worawong Hospital and is the only son of Dr. Danuvej Worawongsakul who is the Director of the Hospital.
Non had just returned after studying psychiatry at the University of Haiwaii but ….
Who knew that…behind his beautiful bespectacled face and histrue self, there would be a completely different background?
-Rrrrr-
The phone ringing calls the attention of the owner, so he had to open his eyes, while his thick hand took the phone out of his pocket and seeing the name of the caller, a smile was drawn on his lips.
"Lay…“
"Doctor, are you free? I want to see you"....
Before Non could finished speaking, the other Person who was calling already interrupted him and spoke first.
“Where? Doctor Non said it in a low voice, because he sensed that the Person on the other Line was a bit nervous.
“Kun & Ikun pub. I'll send you a link with the address”
"Okay" he replied in a short answer before hanging up.
Dr. Non has a personality like every other normal man. Whoever said that a doctor should only read books, could be possible right... but not when it comes to him. He -here in present- also drink and went to pub‘s and then dragged his victims home like a normal man.
When he‘s working, he is a very serious and determined person, but when it‘s time to leave and finsh, he changed to a completely DIFFERENT person. It could be said that he was able to eliminate all traces of the gentle and kind doctor, until there‘s not a single trace left of what was known as * Dr.Non * duriyng working hours.
......Another scene
Not long after, Dr. Non went to the pub where his friend had sent him the address.
Non parked his car before entering the Pub. From this moment on the young man shakes off the skin of the gentle doctor and becomes an ordinary man... He looks good and it’s worth flirting with him. An example of this is the fact that as soon as he entered the pub almost all eyes were on him... some offer themselves directly to him, while others just invite him.
If this would be another *normal* day, he would probably drag someone down with him... but he probably won't be able to do it today.
Non entered the Pub and for a few seconds his gaze roamed the hole place until he found his friend Lay, who was waving his hand for him to notice. Seeing him, the Doctor nodded to Lay, before walking towards him.
"Come on, have a seat, how are you? It's been a long time. I haven't seen you for long time" Lay starts talking straight after Non arraived infront of him
"I'm fine! It's been a long time since you back?"
"Uhm, I came back a while ago, I've been working at the race track with my friends in Pattaya for a while". Lay replied
"Oh, Ai Tao came with you."
"He came, but he is guarding the race course. I came alone today, because I have some business to discuss with you."
"Oh, I shouldn't have asked you, even if there is no Tao, how to meet until we can be together?" Non joked with his friend.
"Damn, you give me goosebumps, even if you would be the only Person left in the world, I won't take it," Lay said, before taking a sip, forgetting to give it to the other young man.
"I'm not sure,but Hey you called me, so what's up?"
After greeting each other with some small talk, Non asked him, it wasn't really often that his friends asked him for help, but when he did it was always a good thing.
"Well, I want you to take care of my friend's brother for me."
"What new friend is that? if on the contrary, they've all left you" Non said without taking it seriously, because he knew that his friend hadn't been to Thailand Since a long time.
"He's a childhood friend, but he moved to Hong Kong a long time ago."
"Is there no doctor in Hong Kong?"
What Non asks about is not because he was rejecting the patient or something like that, but it just seemes strange to him that if there were doctors in Hong Kong and Lay’s friend was from there, he want to come here and get cured? To Thailand, so far away.
"Yes there are doctors, of course but my friend wants to go back to Thailand" he answered honest.
Lay answered the truth,by himself he didn't know much about Ai Kai, he just used to help take care of him from a distancen, when he was in Thailand.
“Don't you know other doctor here in Thailand?“ Non pretend to ask Lay.
"Yes, but I don't trust anyone. So..." Lay answered and looked at his friend with a calm expression.
“So how is his condition? Is it more serious than last time?“
Last time, Lay was the person who took him to Non to help him heal and he seemed to be getting better and better until he was almost completely healed.
“He‘s like being depressed. But I'm not sure if Nong just got back from Hong Kong. My friend was worried and he asked me to meet him. He would find a good psychiatrist whom he could trust. So I thought that last time he was able to heal himself, so I think this time it shouldn't be difficult as well”
"Oh, let him come"
Dr. Non did not want his friends to think that the patient he was treating would have privileges over other patients, even though he was such a person. But when he works, he upholds his code of conduct and claims to treat patients in all cases.
"So, how's everything going around here?" Ley asked.
"Everything is still like always."
“Oh, when will Aita come back to Thailand?”Lay asked interested. Aita was a friend who had also gone to medical school but hadn't come back yet.
"I think in two weeks probably. If he is back, let's make an appointment again to come together" invited Dr. Non.
"Um, tonight … will you?" Lay asked him curious, just like he had it done before when they bought went out together at night.
"No, I'm not really in the mood" it seems Non won't want anything tonight.
"Non, you really want to tell me you‘re not in the mood? Come on! You heal so many patients, until to the point of becoming one by your own"
Lay jokes, because Non usually never interrupts these things, until they have to tell him to be light, light and lighter. Who would believe that Non, all kind and really gentle in his work time, would transform into someone else on his personal time? If you told other people no one would believe this! They would have to go and check it out with their own eyes.
Dr. Non didn't reply, just let a small smile play at the corner of his mouth.
"Are you going to eat or will you go straight back? Lay asked
"I have to go, I have a case early in the morning"
Non doesn't want to be with someone today, because he has to go to work tomorrow... just hang out and have a few drinks with his friend.
“Oh okey, then I'll go too. Thinking about it, I'm pretty bored."
"You miss Ai Ta, back to your wife okey"... Dr. Non joked because this two -Tao and Lay- were always together... to the point that anyone who saw them would think that They were together as a couple.
"No, you bastard. Look what a lousy doctor you are" Lay hastily excused himself, before getting up and hugging the neck of the doctor... then, they both walked towards the parking lot to separate there.
"Okay, I'll go first, see you later" Non said, before raising his hand for a moment, then walking towards his own car.
"Yes" Lay answered, after he finished saying goodbye to his friends, he came right back.
The next day, Non went to the hospital like every day. Although it depends on the cases he has to attend to, this time he had several cases so he had to hurry up in the morning.
From the moment he walked in, there was a young nurse who greeted him and that's how it went all the way to his consultation. Dr. Non is not only handsome, he‘s also kind and considerate to everyone. Which makes everyone look up and admire him.
Shortly after, his patient came in with an anxious look, which didn't really surprise him, he often saw himself in the patients who came to him. In the beginning, as a psychiatrist, he had to get acquainted with his patients and ease their concerns.
"Hello,Khun Kai! Please take a seat" Dr. Non said it kindly. Of course he knew the name, because as a good doctor the first thing you have to do is to study the patient's medical history in every detail.
Non invited the patient to sit down on the couch so they don’t have to face each other directly, it helps to ease the patient's nervousness.
Seeing that the patient was already on the Couch, makes him sit down on the next sofa. But they were neither too close nor too far.
"Hello, Khun Dr. Non"
Non had to observe the patient's movements at all times. That's how he noticed that the Patient was squeezing his hands tightly, what imply‘s that he was a little nervous.
“You can call me Dr. Non“ he said it in a friendly voice with soft words to create familiarity and relax the patient, and then he started asking general questions to ease the pressure.
“How did you get here?“ asked Non, a basic question, something people often ask is actually the one the doctor chose to use.
“I came with a friend” the patient replied before Doctor Non smiled and asked some more general questions, before getting into the bigger story.
"Do you sleep better?"he asked still in a soft tone.
"It's better, but I still wake up startled in the middle of the night" the patient answered, while Non continued to observe the actions of his patient when he responde and noted what was necessary in the file.
“After the last time you talked to me, how did it go?” Non asked before looking at the patient and giving him a slight smile, he special didn't look at him for a long time so that the other party wouldn't feel pressured.
“If you feel nervous you don't have to answer right now, we can wait until you feel more comfortable before telling me the main problem. Let's talk about something else first, and then we'll come back to this topic and talk about it more, okay?"
Non realized that the patient wasn't ready yet to talk about, so he used a friendly expression and some calm eyes to convey that he understood.
But the patient felt that Non was very attentive and start to began to trust him, so he gradually start to tell Dr. Non about the first events.
Dr. Non also listened carefully to him. He did not interrupt or ask controversial questions, he rather allowed the patient to speak comfortably for a while, until he noticed that his body began to tremble. A symptom that indicated, it was probably because the patient had a feeling of pressure.
"That's enough for today, ok"
Dr. Non stopped the patient when he noticed that the patient was startled, he slowly explained the symptoms, he was having so that the patient would trust him, that these symptoms would go away on their own. If he is determined to correct them and follows the instructions.
"What we talk about will be kept in private, it will not be disclosed to others unless you give consent yourself" Non clarified this, and explained : "If I think someone else can help you, such as, another doctor, first I will tell you and you will only provide the information he need, rest assured.”
Non assured that the information from the consultation was confidential and would not be disclosed elsewhere unless authorized by the patient.
“Thank you”…said the patient, and Doctor Non noticed that he looked relaxed,but not quite yet.
“Then I will prescribes some medicine for you” Non told him this smiling kindly at him once again. And soon the patient left.
When he left, Non compiled the missing data from the chart, closed the file, and leaned back, also closing his eyes to relax.
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