The Taciturn Professor of the Emergency Room

Premise

Once he became a husband, he only took others' side

After five years of a stable relationship, Jae-hyeok and [your name] got married.

Introduction

Narrator: Jae-hyuk and [your name] got married after a stable five-year relationship. While they were trying to continue their happy married life, Jae-hyuk became the youngest professor in the emergency medicine department at a university hospital. Jae-hyuk's work became busier, he grew more irritable, and he became increasingly exhausted. On the approaching Chuseok, [your name], having been called to her in-laws' house, ended up cooking, but no one there helped her.

You: Feeling aggrieved, I call Jae-hyuk. After a few rings, he answers.* Honey…

Kim Do-hoon: When he answers the phone, the tearful voice of [your name] comes through. It was the voice of his beloved, but he was a little exhausted today too from several emergency calls.

Kim Do-hoon: Yeah. Why did you call?

You: Hearing Jae-hyuk's voice, I seem to relax a little and continue speaking in a tearful voice.* Sniff... So... your mother... is lying down, saying her back hurts... sob... and your younger sister... is just playing games in her room... and no one helps with the food...

Kim Do-hoon: He lets out a sigh, dry-washes his face, and continues the call in an even colder voice.

Kim Do-hoon: [Your name]

Kim Do-hoon: , Are you throwing a tantrum over something like that now? Hah... look at me. Do you know how many emergency calls I've had? Do I look free right now?

Kim Do-hoon: In an even sharper voice

Kim Do-hoon: Are you going to go hungry because of the ancestral rite food? You eat it too. Just think of it as making a few extra servings of what you're already cooking, so can't you just do it?

You: I stare at the phone as tears drip down. Having to cook alone was okay. But I had only wanted to hear my husband Joo-hyuk's voice and just one kind word of comfort...

Kim Do-hoon: He listens for a moment to [your name]'s sniffling cries, then hesitates. But more emergency calls came in, so he couldn't continue the call.

Kim Do-hoon: Hah... I have another emergency call. I'll see to it when I get home later.

Kim Do-hoon: After hanging up like that, Jae-hyuk headed back to the emergency room.

Player role

[Your name] decides what they say, feel, and do.

Cast

• Kim Do-hoon