Hello everyone! This is my first attempt, hope you guys will like it.
I'm still new to this writing stuff, so... please be gentle. Hehehe... :D
Check Yes, Doctor!
Chapter 1: Introduction
"The Game. They say a person either has what it takes to play… or they don't. My mother was one of the greats. Me, on the other hand, I'm… kinda screwed."
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"Uh…" she grunted faintly when a blinding morning ray hit her face. Shit… I must have forgotten to pull the curtains close last night… She covered her eyes with her right palm as she tossed around.
And her hand landed on something. Her brows twitched slightly despite her eyes were still closed. Pillow…? No. I don't have such a nice and smooth pillow… Her palm trailed down to caress the unknown material or surface… or whatever it is.
She brought up her hand again. What a nice skin… Her eyes snapped open. SKIN!?
She bolted up from her lying position, emerald eyes almost popping out the sockets when she saw what was laid before her.
Right beside her, there was a very naked woman, lying on her futon. Brunette tresses sprawled messily across her bare back and her lower anatomy was covered with light blue blanket. Not really covered because she still could notice the heavenly curves of that brunette's butt~ OKAY!! What the hell!?
Her cheeks slowly flared up. Her brain started to recall every possible event that occurred last night which involved her and a certain brunette who was still in the slumber land.
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She sat there alone on the bar counter, a bottle of beer in her hand and there were about another 7 empty bottle lined up in front of her. In short, she was drunk.
Her head tilted backwards as she chugged on the bottle. She let out a sigh, lowering the bottle to the counter top again. Her cheeks were slightly flushed, thanks to the amount of alcohol she took.
"Ara… I wonder why such a lovely lady having a drink alone…" a deep accented voice came from behind. "…and she deserves a company, if she didn't mind." the voice added.
She didn't bother to turn around to look at the person behind her, "If you're trying to hit on me…You better move now before I kick your ass…" she spoke with a low, dangerous husky tone.
Soft giggles came as the response. She could see through her slightly blurred peripheral vision that a brunette haired woman slowly moved to take a seat on the vacant stool right beside her.
"I wonder if you had a bad day… Such an angry threat you gave me… It makes me want to talk with you more…" the brunette smiled. Her hand held up a glass of red wine.
She brought up her bottle and she took another chug. "I don't talk about how bad my day is to a stranger…"
"A beautiful stranger actually…" the brunette countered.
Her brows twitched tightly when she heard it and she spun her head around. She stunned. She's a beautiful stranger indeed…
Though her eyes were starting to blur, she could still distinguish an exact image before her and it was a very beautiful brunette haired woman. Eyes were red as the wine in her hand. She was wearing a casual light purple blouse and a pair of light brown pants, fitting perfectly her curvaceous figure.
Her eyes trailed up to meet the crimson orbs. She frowned when she saw those eyes were glittered mischievously as the brunette took a sip of her wine.
She eyed every movement the brunette made with intent eyes. Starting from the rim of wine glass moved to the luscious lips, the red liquid flowing into the cute pouting mouth and a tongue poked out, licking the remaining drop of wine in a way she assumed as… seductive.
A strong rush of heat started to race towards her face. She quickly spun her head to look on her beer bottle. Geez! Did I just stare at her!?
Soft giggles broke her out the reverie. She slowly tilted her head to glare at the woman beside her.
"Ara… I wonder what was in your mind when you're looking at me like that just now…" she chuckled.
"Like what…?" she asked back, frowning again.
The brunette just arched her thin brows, slowly leaning closer. Their faces were merely inches away.
"Like I'm naked…" the brunette whispered hotly. Her breath was sweet, kind of a mix between the red wine and something pleasantly distinct scent. I wonder what it is… I never smell something like that…
She slowly distanced herself as she leaned backwards, "No. I'm not looking at you like that~" But she was silenced by a pair of wet lips, pressing hungrily on hers.
Her brain was too intoxicated to think reasonably whether to push away the offending lips or… Damn… She's a good kisser…
After a few seconds, the brunette haired woman pulled away with ragged breath. Her cheeks were slightly flushed. She trailed a finger down the blunette's chin and she tilted the cute face up. "Want to get the hell outta here…?" she whispered to her lips.
Without a second thought, she nodded her head like an obedient child.
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So… that does explain why I'm also naked… Then her eyes trailed down to her own body. Her cheeks started to burn. S-shit…
She sneakily pulled the only blanket there because she didn't know where the hell her clothes were. As she pulled the cover off the brunette, more skin was presented for her pleasurable view.
Damn it… She averted her eyes, cheeks blushing furiously. After taking the whole cover to wrap around her naked body, she picked up one pillow. She carefully placed the soft material atop the brunette's naked butt. Hell… She got the nicest ass I ever seen~
"Hmm…" the brunette stirred when the pillow touched her back.
Shit!! She quickly stood up, pulling the cover tighter around her naked body as she took a few steps backwards. She saw that brunette slowly turned her head around. She could feel her cheeks heated up again. How the hell she managed to look damn beautiful with her hair like that!?
Crimson met the startled emeralds. Her lips slowly curved up into a smile.
"Good morning…" the very same accented voice she heard last night greeted her.
"G-Good morning…" she stuttered, earning another wide grin from the other woman.
The brunette slowly lifted her naked body, displaying the perfect mound of her chest. Her smirk widened as she rested her face on her palm. "Why don't we pick up where we left off…?" she eyed the startled navy haired woman before her with hungry eyes and a suggestive smile spread across her beautiful façade.
The blunette blushed. "I-I don't think so… Y-you should leave…" she stammered.
"Ara…? It's still early." The brunette grinned again.
"No. Today is my first day at work and I don't want to be late…" she retorted with a stern voice despite her face was red like it almost erupt in any second. "A-and put some clothes already!!"
The brunette tilted down to look at her lack of clothing, "Ara… You don't like it…? But you sounded differently last night when you trailed your hands all over my body~"
"OKAY!! I don't wanna recall everything we did last night! Just get your ass off that futon and put on some clothes!" she barked while her face blushed into the deepest shade of crimson. The brunette haired woman burst into giggles and she slowly got off the futon. Her brunette tresses cascaded to her shoulders and down to cover upper part of her chest.
"By the way… It's a very nice house you got here…" she said as she spun around, crawling to the pile of clothes near the futon while displaying a perfect view of her naked butt to the other woman.
Damn it! Does she even know the words decency among each other!? She had to tilt her head up to look at her ceiling. "Y-yeah… It was my mother's. I just moved here 3 days ago. I'm going to sell it anyway…" she retorted, looking at everywhere but not at the naked figure before her.
"I'm sorry…"
She frowned slightly as she looked at the brunette who already put on her last night purple blouse. "For what…?"
The brunette raised her brows in confusion, "You said 'was'…" she slowly stood up to put on her pants.
She blinked as realization hit her, "My mother is not dead yet and she still in~ Okay! We don't have to do the thing." She waved her hand.
The brunette arched her brows again, stroking her disheveled hair to tidy it up. "What thing…?"
"The thing. Exchange the details. Pretend we care to each other." She said nonchalantly, earning another wide smile from the brunette.
The brunette haired woman got this aghast yet amused look on her face, "Okay…" she retorted, followed with soft chuckles. The blunette just rolled her eyes as she sighed.
"I'm going to take a shower… And make sure when I come back, you're already out of this house…" she was about to walk away, but then she turned to face the brunette again.
"Goodbye… miss…?"
"Shizuru…" the brunette offered a hand and a soft smile formed on her red, luscious lips. The navy haired woman seemed dazed for a moment and she slowly retrieved a hand out from the blanket around her.
"Natsuki…" and they shook hands. They stared into each others' eyes for a few good minutes.
"Bye!" Natsuki quickly turned around, walking to the stairway. Before she climbed up the stair, she took a peek at the brunette in the living hall. Shizuru chuckled as she waved her hand delightedly to the blunette. Natsuki blushed again.
Damn it! She stormed up the stair towards the second floor.
Shizuru just watched the blanket-clad figure as Natsuki ran up the stairs. She slowly bent down to pick her car keys and purse that scattered on the floor. She stared longingly at the jumbled futon and pillows on the tiles. Last night event quickly replayed inside her head. Her cheeks started to heat up.
Ara… What a great night… She curved up a satisfied smirk as she walked out the house.
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She ran down the stairs and she found the living room was empty, no sign of a certain brunette haired woman inside that house. Phew… Thank god she's gone…
Natsuki walked along the corridor towards the kitchen. "Damn it… Why the hell this house got to be so damn big!?" she grunted as she yanked the refrigerator open. The fridge was almost empty since she just got into the house 3 days ago. Only few bottles of drinking water and milk. Geez… I need to do some shopping soon…
After taking a bottle of milk, she closed the fridge and she walked out the kitchen. She peered at her wrist watch,
"Shit!! I'm going to be late!!"
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She walked along the hallway then she spotted a group of few men and women gathered near the counter. Natsuki narrowed her eyes as she jerked her head slightly, trying to look beyond the group. She saw a shoulder length brown haired woman, standing in the middle of the crowd. Found her!!
Natsuki sneaked into the group and she stood there silently as she listened to the briefing.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen… I'm Dr. Youko Helene… a.k.a the Chief for those who sneaked into the class just now…" her violet eyes fixed directly to a certain navy haired woman at the last line of the assembly.
Natsuki flinched when she saw Youko's eyes fixed on her, "Shit…" she muttered softly.
"Just got here, eh…?" a whisper came from her right. Natsuki spun her head around and she saw a boyish looking woman with short dark hair grinned widely at her.
"Chie Hallard… Nice to meet you…" she offered her right hand to the startled blunette. Natsuki took the hand and she shook it firmly.
"Kruger… Natsuki Kruger. Nice to meet you too…" and she received a loud gasp from the other woman. Natsuki frowned slightly.
"Kruger…? You mean you're the daughter of Saeko Kruger…?" Chie asked with her face was somewhat a mix between surprise and disbelief.
Natsuki just raised her brows, "Um… yeah?" she replied hesitantly.
Chie gasped again, "Oh my god… I've just met a royalty!!"
"Royalty!? What the hell it supposed to mean anyway!?" Natsuki twitched her brows in annoyance.
"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE…?" a loud voice quickly interrupted their conversation. Chie and Natsuki silenced themselves as they lowered their head from Youko's enraged eyes.
"We're screwed…" Chie muttered faintly and she laughed. Natsuki just grinned, shaking her head slightly.
Youko took a deep breath to calm down, "Each of you comes here today hopeful… wanting in on the game. A month ago you were in medical school being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors…" she turned around and started to walk towards one operating room. The group of young interns quickly followed the brown haired chief.
"The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the worst and the best of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you…" Youko said again as she gestured at the operating room where few medical attendants and doctors were performing a surgery.
"Say hello to your competition. 8 of you will switch to an easier specialty. 5 of you will crack under the pressure. 2 of you will be asked to leave…" she added as she stopped walking, slowly spun around to look at the group of interns behind her. "This is your starting point. This is your arena. How well you play? That's up to you…"
Natsuki bit her lower lips slightly as she glanced around the busy hospital. Oh boy…
Youko beamed a wide grin to them, "Welcome to the real world, dear interns…"
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20 interns were gathered inside the locker room, changing into light blue scrubs while waiting for the next program.
Natsuki shrugged off her leather jacket and she shoved it into the locker. She pulled out her own scrub shirt and she put it on.
"Oh my… We barely have any man in our batch…" a soft voice came from the woman beside her. Natsuki tilted her head slightly while pulling the scrub down to her stomach. She closed her own locker and she found an orange haired woman grinned widely to her.
"Mai Tokiha…" the orange head offered her right hand. Natsuki smiled as she took the hand.
"Natsuki Kruger…" and she received the exact gasp just like Chie made during the briefing. Natsuki frowned slightly.
"What is so shocking, Tokiha…?" a red head came from behind Mai when she heard the orange head gasped.
"T-this girl here…" Mai pointed at Natsuki's frowning face. "She's a Kruger!! She's Natsuki Kruger!" she exclaimed somewhat delighted making the others interns turned to look at them.
Natsuki twitched her brows with a slight annoyance spread across her face, "Ooookayyyy. Yes I am Natsuki Kruger… but I don't think it's something you need to be happy about, Tokiha-san…"
Suddenly, the door of the locker room was being open. A mousy haired woman came into the room. She was wearing a dark blue scrub and her hand was holding a piece of paper. She pushed her spectacles slightly, "Okay… Attention, interns. You guys will be split into four groups of 5 people. Each group will be assigned to a resident. When I call your name, please move to find your respective resident immediately…" she trailed down her index finger on the paper.
"Woods, Adean, Soir, Clochette, Alter… You guys are assigned to Dr. Steinberg… Go find her. She probably in the ER…" the mousy haired woman said. The 5 mentioned interns quickly stormed out the locker room to find their respective resident.
As the calling continued, Natsuki leaned closer to the orange head beside her.
"Hey, Tokiha… Why did you have to be that surprised when you heard my name…?" she whispered. Mai just chuckled and she leaned closer to the blunette.
"You're being modest, Natsuki-san… You're famous! You know that yourself…" Mai grinned as she nudged the taller woman beside her.
Natsuki frowned again. Famous? What the hell is she talking about…?
Suddenly, "Kruger, Tokiha, Zhang, Hallard and Takeda… You guys are assigned to…" she trailed her eyes on the list and her lips slowly formed a wide smirk. She tilted her head up to look at the remaining 5 interns in that locker room.
"You guys are assigned to Dr. Armitage… a.k.a The Lion." She chuckled.
They turned to look at each other. "The Lion…? What the hell is that?" the red head exclaimed. The mousy haired doctor just giggled.
"Anyway… You guys can find her right down this hallway… She will be waiting for you guys there…" and she walked out the locker room.
Mai beamed the blunette beside her a happy smile, "Looks like we're going to stick with each other for a looong time…" she giggled. Natsuki just smirked.
"Oh, by the way Kruger… It's Nao here… Nice to meet you." the red head suddenly came forward and she shoved her right hand to the navy haired woman. Natsuki grasped the hand firmly and she nodded.
"Likewise…" she smiled.
Nao grinned, "Nice hair clip…" she pointed at Natsuki's thunder-like hair clip. The blunette just laughed.
Chie suddenly draped her arms on both women, "Shall we go find this 'Lion' now…?" she grinned.
Nao just smirked, "Sure thing… Let's go before she eats us later~"
"H-Hey…" suddenly, a male voice came from behind them. They spun around at the same time and they found a spiky haired man stood there, fidgeting somewhat nervous. He brought up his stiff arm and he offered his hand to the blunette.
"T-Takeda Masashi… miss…?" he stuttered.
The other three women there just raised their brows to the stuttering man. He only offered a hand shake to Natsuki…? They grinned.
Natsuki slowly took the hand and she gave a firm shake. "Yeah. The name here is Elizabeth Taylor… Nice to meet you, Takeda." She said nonchalantly. Mai, Chie and Nao already laughed.
Takeda blinked in confusion, "B-but I've heard your name was Natsuki Kruger…"
Natsuki rolled her eyes and she started to walk away, "Duh." And the other women laughed again. They walked out the locker room, leaving a certain spiky haired man in stupor.
Takeda quickly rushed out the room. "Hey! Wait for me!!"
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They headed out the locker room and down to the hall to meet 'The Lion'.
"What do you guys think about this resident that we're assigned to…? 'The Lion'…? I'm sure she has some whiskers on her face…" Nao grinned while the others burst into laughs.
"No… I think she has golden mane… Just like Mufasa in The Lion King…" Chie added, making the whole group to laugh again.
Natsuki smirked slightly and she shook her head. They walked along the hallway and she noticed one particular blonde haired woman, with her back facing them as she talked with the nurse at the counter.
"I think that's her…" Natsuki muttered softly to the orange haired girl beside her. Mai jerked her head up to look.
"Bingo…" Mai chuckled, "Just like what Chie said… Golden mane indeed…" she giggled again. Natsuki just grinned.
They stopped right behind the blonde and Nao pushed Takeda forward. The startled spiky haired boy almost stumbled on his feet and he grunted, making the blonde haired woman to turn around. A pair of piercing violet eyes stared intensely at him.
Takeda swallowed hard, "U-um… I-I'm sorry…" he stuttered.
The blonde arched one brow as she continued to stare at him. She slowly shifted her gaze to the group of 4 girls behind the trembling boy. "Are you the bunch of stupidos that are assigned to me…?" she asked with nonchalant tone.
Nao and Natsuki slowly narrowed their emerald eyes. What the~ Stupidos!? Who the hell she thinks she is!?
"Are you Dr. Armitage…?" Chie spoke to her colleagues' behalf, making the blonde to twitch her thick brows.
"Do I look like some janitors here…? Can't you see this name card here!?" she said angrily as she pointed at the name card which hung around her neck. The blonde's voice was a tad louder, making the entire people in the area to turn and looked at them.
Damn… You don't have to be that cranky… Chie quickly bowed her head, "We're sorry for our ignorance, Dr. Armitage… We didn't notice it…"
Haruka just shook her head and she started to walk away from the group, "Stupid interns…" she mumbled.
Natsuki turned to look at her other colleagues, "Looks like she hates us now… what should we do?" she asked the red head beside her. Nao just shrugged her shoulders as they watched the departing figure of the blonde. Suddenly, Haruka stopped and she turned around.
"Start walking now, interns!!" she yelled, making the group to dash towards her.
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They trailed behind Haruka as the blonde started her lecture, "I have 5 rules. Memorize them. Rule Number 1: Don't bother sucking up. I already hate ya', that's not gonna change. Trauma protocol. Phone list. Pagers." And she tossed each of interns behind her with a dark blue pager. Takeda almost slipped the pager of his hand when he tried to catch the gadget. Nao and Chie snickered at his clumsiness and his blushing cheeks when Natsuki stared at him with incredulous look.
"Nurses will page you. You will answer every page at a run. A run, that's Rule Number 2. Your first shift starts now and last 48 hours. You're interns, grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain. Run labs, write orders, work every second of your life until you drop night and don't complain." Haruka continued as she walked in fast pace, making the girls and a boy behind her had to jog to match her speed.
She showed them an on-call room. "On-call rooms. Attendings hog them. Sleep when you can. Where you can. Which brings me to Rule Number 3: If I'm sleeping, don't wake me unless your patient is actually dying. Rule Number 4: The dying patient better not be dead when I get there. Not only will you have killed someone, you would've waked me for no good reason. We clear?" Haruka halted her advance and turned to face the group. Mai slowly raised her hand.
"Yes?" Haruka arched one brow questioningly. Mai swallowed and she curved up a timid smile when the entire group turned to look at her.
"You said 5 rules… That was only 4…" she asked hesitantly. The others quickly shifted their attention to the boisterous blonde that stood before them. Suddenly, Haruka's pager beeped loudly. She peered at the small screen on the pager and her violet eyes widened. She tilted her head up to look at the orange head.
"Rule Number 5: When I move, you move!"
A/N: So? What do you guys think? The concept of this fic was taken from one of my fav TV Series… Guess which one is it… Haha!
Anyway, thanks for reading and give me some feedback, will ya? Peace out!
