They continued small talk on the way back to the camp. Butterflies dancing inside of Hawkeye until the moment the car came to a stop; he was back at the 4077th. He of course didn't mind, as he planned to stick to his promise and return to the estate the next day. "Thank you for coming, Doctor."
Hawkeye smiled. "Hey, I never got your name..."
She smiled shyly. "My name is Kyong Soon."
"That's a beautiful name."
"Thank you. And you, what is your name.
"Benjamin Pierce, but everyone calls me Hawkeye." He sighed, knowing he shouldn't keep her waiting. "I'll be there tomorrow." Hawkeye smiled as he opened the door and stepped out of the car.
B.J. and Colonel Potter both noticed the chief surgeon wave farewell to Kyong Soon, and continuing to do so as she pulled out of camp.
"Nice lookin' taxi driver." Hawkeye turned around to see B.J. and Colonel Potter standing beside him. Hawkeye grinned and walked along with the other two.
"She's a fantastic woman." He pointed towards the silvery-grey car driving off. "You know she has taken in a bunch of widows and kids to live with her?"
Colonel Potter turned to Hawkeye. "That's why I put her at the head of the line." Hawkeye stopped walking. "Why didn't you tell me?" Colonel Potter also stopped and then pointed to his head. "Because, when they make you a colonel, they take the bone out of your head that makes you explain orders." He rested his hand at his side. "We're going to go drink your whisky. Wanna join us?"
Hawkeye chuckled. "Only if you're paying."
The three of them headed into the Swamp. "You think she'll be willing to see me again? And again, and again, and again?" Hawkeye said with a grin as he sat down on his cot and plucked his martini glass from off the table. B.J. also picked up his glass. "Is this your heart going thumpity, thumpity, thump?"
The Colonel sighed. "Do yourself a favor Hawk, don't fall in love."
B.J. sat down and began to fill his glass. "Why shouldn't he?"
The Colonel's words seemed to go right over Hawkeye's head. He stared off to the other end of the swamp with a slight twinkle in his eyes. "You think she'll want to have dinner with me?"
Colonel Potter sighed and turned to the post. "Love and war just don't mix. The rocket's red glare is no candle lit supper..."
B.J. looked up to the Colonel with a confused face. "You do realize you're talking to the post, right?"
The Colonel turned around and pointed to Hawkeye. "I might as well... I'm not getting anywhere with him."
"Colonel, don't you think there's a chance you might be wrong?" Hawkeye asked genuinely as the Colonel raised an eyebrow.
"Sure, there's plenty of ways that this could go wrong, but... Kyong Soon... she's something special. And I'm not talkin' about some fling with a nurse... I mean it."
The Colonel shook his head. "You do you, but don't come sulking around if things don't work out." He walked out of the swamp but stopped before he left. "And B.J., we need you and Hawk on post op as soon as you two can bust your butts over there."
B.J. sighed. "Oh the price of fame..." He too began to make his way out of the swamp, following Colonel Potter. "You comin' Hawk?"
"Yea, I'll be there in a sec."
As the two left the swamp, Hawkeye sat his glass down, he could only think one thing. "She sure is..." He repeated only one other word in his thoughts. Special.
