High-Level Emergency
Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic continues...
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Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional.
Running Commentary — Mr Ahn's Cold, continued
Jennie:
XIX. Suho?……SUHO?! If Mr Ahn's big cough sets off his nerves this much, if Suho fell off a ladder at work... sigh. Si-eun's neurosis totally exploded here, oh no what do we do???
Asuka: I know haha.
XX. "Si-eun-ah… Help me…" Come to think of it, their breath would smell the same from toothpaste. Is it bamboo salt toothpaste by any chance?
XXI. Fuck! It's His Heart! I'm crying as a customer who entered a 5-star hotel Michelin kitchen without paying, seeing Dr Yeon's emergency protocol I'd always imagined unfold before me. It's heartbreaking because of the neurosis but why does Dr Yeon love Suho so desperately? I love it so much.
Asuka: I know, right? If he wasn't a doctor, he'd have been on the floor in a dead faint at the slightest cough.
XXII. High-Level Emergency How could this be explained to anyone? If not each other, it's something they'd keep in their hearts alone until they die, like how Armstrong kept his neighbor's secret alone until they died.
XXIII. Suho Playing Around I started coughing while reading this part and had to get water hahaha. Is Suho insane? Why would he play like that hahahaha. Why not the armpit but 'there' with the thermometer hahahaha. Isn't this basically not a newlywed couple but Dr Yeon's 'childcare diary'????
Asuka: HAHAHA childcare diary!! I'm going to use that. And yes, poor, curious Suho. He had the equipment and the privacy, and one thing led to another…
XXIV. The Defibrillator Emerging from the Drawer Did Suho play around just to make Si-eun laugh? Too funny. Why on earth do guys play like this???? I'm genuinely curious, gonna ask GPT hahaha.
Asuka: I don't think he planned it hahaha. He's just like that. A very big, very curious, very physical puppy. He probably thought he could manage it himself. He was wrong.
XXV. The Two Stark Naked Friends Stared at Each Other This is my expression right now.
Asuka: Mine too hahahaha. What a sight. Toothpaste moustache, fallen towel, defibrillator in hand. We truly live in the best timeline.
XXVI. He Frowned, He Laughed, He Started Crying All at the Same Time Isn't this basically not a newlywed couple but Dr Yeon's 'childcare diary'???? Si-eun's face — he frowned, he laughed, he started crying, all at once. We've never seen that expression and probably never will. Only Suho gets that face.
Asuka: There's still so much to learn about him, thought Suho. He wished he could take a picture of the scene. This line always gets me.
XXVII. These Cases Are Fairly Common Did Suho play around just to make Si-eun laugh? Oh my god, how deep did the thermometer go into Suho hahaha. Why would you take temperature 'there' in the first place ahahaha.
Asuka: He just wanted to try it. He was curious. Suho has always been very... hands-on.
XXVIII. High-Level Emergency — The Operation High-level emergency hahaha. How could this be explained to anyone? If not each other, it's something they'd keep in their hearts alone until they die, like how Armstrong kept his neighbor's secret alone until they died.
Asuka: This is the kind of story that would get told at their deathbeds, with great hilarity.
XXIX. No Bleeding, Good No way, this thin stick couldn't have torn up Suho's insides. Because even when Si-eun tears it up during rare fun time, it's fine according to brain-canon. See, I had this brain-canon that in actual practice with toys, Suho would be the shy one.
Asuka: Oh but of course. Suho may be the one who picks up the truncheon and waves it about, but when it comes to the actual moment, his face goes crimson. Meanwhile Dr Yeon becomes very focused and businesslike. It's their dynamic.
XXX. Asuka, Do You Have Some Medical Knowledge Too? Such a cheeky, funny, and delightfully perfect ending ahahaha. Asuka, as always, it's such a shame that only I and the hot country unnies get to enjoy this feast. As we keep laying bricks little by little when we have time, you'll make a whole book. Whenever you feel like it later, I hope you can post it on a bigger site so other people can laugh reading this delightful omnibus fiction too. It's really so delightful that my headache completely disappeared!
Asuka: I'm so glad the soup cured what the hanbang couldn't hahaha. And yes, I do have some medical knowledge! Not a doctor, but I've picked up quite a bit over the years. Enough to know that what Suho did is more common than people think, and that Dr Yeon would have handled it with the calm of someone who has seen everything. Which he has. Mostly because of Suho.
Blue Light Therapy
Asuka: Ahhh… nice! Yeah, in "Blue Light Therapy" — the Sofa Ritual chapter — after Si-eun tucks Suho safely into the nook of the sofa, he has whispered into Suho's ear more than once "Stay with me."
There is a lightness to Suho, a cheekiness and a playfulness that is so effervescent, it's like he might just float away anytime. Si-eun loves this side of Suho, but it feels hard to grasp, hard to control, hard to plan for. It is unpredictable, uncertain. What if he just left one day? Loss can come with no build-up, no portents.
Beomseok's words "what would you do if something happened to Suho?" had echoed endlessly in Si-eun's mind. Uttered in desperation, they were never meant as an accusation, but over the years they had hardened into one.
And Si-eun had long decided on his answer: I will die.
(I might lift this into the dark arc haha)
So whenever Suho comes pattering to Dr Yeon with some kind of phantom pain, I think it is highly possible that there is a secret part of Si-eun that breathes a sigh of relief. "He's still here. And he still needs me…"
There's Always Something to Unpack
Asuka: Fans must have freeze-framed his schedule for analysis. I shall check it out myself too hahaha — there's always something to unpack. The original filmverse Weak Hero is still the finest, thickest, richest soup there is. I shall drink it till it leaks out of my pores.
This cutie isn't particularly used to cramming in dry facts. I mean, we've all seen him in deep thought at Byeoksan… Right in Ep1, after he passes the test papers backwards to Si-eun, he just deforms into a mound of pure relaxation. Like, it's a continuous camera shot, so this means in less than 15 seconds after receiving his test paper, he goes to sleep hahahaha. The only preparation he does is bringing his sparse stationery, probably just to write his name.
I remember your clear cultural explanation, that they were seated according to their surnames. So this was a sight Si-eun must have seen all the time during tests — it was his turn to look at Suho's back. Little would he know that seeing Suho sleep could also bring him so much pain… But in deluluverse, seeing Suho sleep brings him so much peace.
Oh he totally does. This is really believable to me hahaha. He couldn't resist. Dr Yeon had to administer hard punishment immediately.
Indeed, thanks for your fine architecture. You've made for our soldier-doctor a forever home. I have very conveniently housed him there now haha. Oh this stuff scratches a lot of my own vulgar itches hahaha.
Who is Jennie? Bricklayer. Local correspondent for the Yeon Clinic deluluverse. A sous chef who checks whether the soup actually tastes like Seoul. A specialist who designs this kitchen to hold more than Suho's coma — philosophy, history, society, culture, stacked one recipe at a time.
Who is Asuka? Head nurse and main chef of the Yeon Clinic. A Scheherazade who sings the Song of Achilles she found shelved next to a book on Zen Buddhist masters. Fluent in several languages, conversant in single malts and the precise emotional damage of Weak Hero Class 1. Signs off as ASL. (Always starch linen.)
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This post was originally published on Jennie's blog in the autumn of 2025. The original blog has since moved to Blogger due to hosting changes — welcome to the new home.
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