Trapped Together — Chapter 7

WOULD YOU MIND... HUGGING ME AGAIN...?

SORRY.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED.

JUST PRETEND YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT--

NO, IT'S OKAY.

I'LL DO IT.

I WAS JUST...

...A LITTLE SURPRISED, THAT'S ALL.

I NEVER IMAGINED YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE,

WOULD ASK ME FOR SUCH A FAVOR.

I GUESS...

...HE NEVER HATED ME AFTER ALL.

SO WHY DID HE IGNORE ME BACK THEN?

I FELT BOTH RELIEF AND DOUBT AT THE SAME TIME.

Episode 7

DO YOU FEEL ANY BETTER NOW?

YOU'RE STILL SHAKING.

YEAH.

I'LL BE OKAY SOON.

THANKS.

IT'S A TRAUMA RESPONSE.

IT ALWAYS HAPPENS...

WHENEVER I SEE BLOOD OR SERIOUS INJURIES.

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BUT YOU'RE... A MEDICAL STUDENT...

ROUN'S TOP OF THE CLASS AGAIN.

GO FIGURE.

ISN'T EVERYONE IN HIS FAMILY A DOCTOR?

YEAH. I GUESS IT'S TRUE THAT INTELLIGENCE IS GENETIC, HUH?

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IF I JUST KEPT GOING, EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUT.

THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, AND IT WORKED.

I CONVINCED MYSELF...

THAT AS LONG AS I NEVER GAVE UP, I COULD OVERCOME ANYTHING.

?

ROUN?

ARE YOU OKAY?

YOU HAVE A PHOBIA,

DON'T YOU?

OOF!

YOUR GRADES ARE EXCELLENT...

...BUT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN OVERLOOK.

YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH COUNTLESS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS AND WORK WITH CADAVERS DURING YOUR TRAINING.

WITH YOUR PHOBIA, THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. NOT JUST NOW,

BUT THROUGHOUT MEDICAL SCHOOL AND BEYOND.

IF YOU CAN'T OVERCOME YOUR FEAR OF BLOOD...

...I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH FOR YOU.

WHERE DID ROUN GO?

HE RAN OUT EARLIER. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM, BUT...

I HAD A FEELING THAT WAS THE CASE.

HIS CONDITION SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

I CAN'T GET CAUGHT.

I NEED TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER.

BEFORE LONG, RUMORS WILL SPREAD AND EVERYONE WILL THINK I DON'T BELONG HERE!

IF ANYONE HEARS ME--

!

PLEASE...

...JUST CALM DOWN...

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY BODY? WHY WON'T IT LISTEN TO ME?

I WORKED SO HARD TO GET THIS FAR...

I PROMISE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, PROFESSOR.

YOU CAN TRUST ME.

LISTEN, ROUN.

THAT'S THE THING ABOUT TRAUMA. YOU CAN'T JUST--

PLEASE.

I CAN DO IT. I KNOW I CAN.

I...

I NEED THIS. PLEASE.

ALL BECAUSE...

...I CAN'T OVERCOME...

...THIS ONE TINY PROBLEM--

WHY...

...ARE YOU CRYING?

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WATCH OUT!

HUH?!

YOU WERE...

...DEALING WITH ALL OF THAT,

AND YOU WERE STILL WORRIED ABOUT ME?

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

?!

YOU'RE A LOT STRONGER THAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT FOR.

IN FACT, I CAN ALREADY PICTURE IT.

YOU'LL MAKE AN INCREDIBLE DOCTOR.

ANYWAY, DO YOU FEEL BETTER NOW?

OR DO YOU NEED ANOTHER HUG?

N-NO, I'M OKAY.

THANKS.

GLAD TO HEAR IT!

I FEEL LIKE...

WE'RE A LOT CLOSER AFTER TODAY...

SAY,

IF WE EVER...

...RUN INTO EACH OTHER AGAIN...

...HOW ABOUT WE--

AHHH!

H-HOW ABOUT WE WHAT?

DO...

...THIS?