Jamais Vu

Tying Up Loose Ends

It's sometime in the middle of the night and Ara wakes up, unable to sleep anymore.

She checks the time on her clock, since she doesn't have a phone anymore, and sees it's only 4 am.

After a few more minutes of laying in bed she sighs and kicks the blanket off of her, crawling out of bed and adjusting her night gown.

"I wonder if soaking in the bath would help me" she whispers to herself, rummaging through her clothes to find fresh panties to change into before walking sleepily to the bathroom.

After carefully closing the door, she strips out of her clothes and draws a nice hot bath before settling into the tub.

"ah" she says softly, putting her hair up before settling back into the nice hot water.

She wishes she had earphones but she isn't sure where they keep them anymore. Nor does she have her phone.

She sighs quietly and closes her eyes, letting the quietness and the sounds of the night be her only comfort.

She can feel the haziness of the heat lingering in her brain but it's still manageable so far.

She uses this quiet time to think over everything Shin has told her when he met her in her mind.

"I can heal you"

"how?" Ara whispers, a bit scared at having a stranger in her mind.

"by giving you a piece of me, of my powers. No, not like a superhero. You would simply have a faster rate of healing than a normal hybrid, but you would not be a vampire, do not worry young one"

"i'm sensing a but" Ara stares at the stranger.

"but I cannot heal your bond, nor can I replace your soulmate bond"

"soulmate bond? My platonic soulmate died" Ara frowns at the reminder.

"I man your true soulmate, little one. You were bonded to him before this"

Ara thinks back to everyone. She looks up at the vampire with narrowed eyes.

"I was bonded to more than one person though"

"true, very true. One of them was the other half of your soul. You're life mate"

"how do I know who it was?" she tilts her head and stares at the vampire, unsure if he is simply playing with her.

"your soul knows it. You can hear him in your head, feel his emotions as if they are your own, feel everything he feels and him you"

Ara's eyes grow wide with shock.

"Jiminie..."

"once you lost your humanity, your bond was severed. That is what this medicine is doing to you, Ara. It is stripping away all of your bonds before it stripped away your very humanity"

Ara feels herself tear up.

"can I get it back?" she whispers.

"i'm sorry.. young one.. I have not the power to restore that which is not meant to be tampered with. I can however, heal you enough to possibly rebond. That is the very least i can do"

"please.. i'll even make you a deal"

Ara sighs and opens her eyes, her heart heavy.

"please forgive me, Jimin-ah.. I didn't know the medicine would ultimately hurt you so much.. even if it isn't my fault.. I somehow hurt you the most" she whispers to herself.

A soft knock on the door pulls her from her thoughts.

"Ara? Are you alright?"

Yoongi.

She should have known he wouldn't be asleep.

"come in, Yoon" Ara says softly. He's seen her naked and besides, she was never one for modesty. Hybrids rarely are.

Yoongi opens the door and slips inside. He walks slowly over to the tub and sits on the floor beside it, his back against the sink cabinet.

"can't sleep?" he asks, even though he knows the answer is obvious.

"I feel.. restless" Ara sighs again, bringing her knees ti her chest.

"if something is bothering you, you know i'm here, right?"
Ara nods, knowing Yoongi can keep a secret.

"I didn't tell you guys everything Shin-ssi told me" she keeps her voice down.

"I sensed that but wasn't going to push"

"He said.. he could see the markings of my soulmate bonding's that were ripped from my soul"

"you mean ours?" Ara shakes her head at his words.

"no that's what I thought, so I asked. He said he couldn't see much but he can see the tearings where they were forcibly ripped from my soul. Bk.. we knew he died.. he said one was my true mate.."

"you believe him?"

"I didn't at first, until he was describing what a true mate bond really felt like and I knew he was right but it was too late to do anything and he doesn't know how or if it's possible"

Yoongi nods, letting her continue.

"he said true mates can feel each others emotions, feel what the other feels.. even communicate mentally"

Yoongi's eyes sadden as he now understands so much.

"when you.. left.. Jimin took it the hardest. Some days he would go into work and be fine, others we had to force him to even eat. We knew he was sad that you weren't here, we assumed he was just mourning the bond breaking as some of were but Jimin.. his laugh never reached his eyes anymore. It was as if a piece of him died when you left. Now I know why.. I'm so sorry I couldn't figure it out sooner to help his hybrids through it"

"hey.. no" Ara scoots closer to Yoongi in the water, reaching a wet hand out to touch his hand. "you did help him. Jimin is here and still alive. You didn't give up on him or let him give up on himself. You did good, Yoongi"

Yoongi smiles at her and places his other hand over hers.

"you ever gonna tell him?"

"when the time is right. I know him and he probably felt like a failure for not being able to control his hybrid. When in fact, his hybrid was just mourning his soulmate."

They sit in peace for awhile before Yoongi starts talking again, updating her on how his work is going and things she missed while she wasn't here.

Ara didn't know her parents. She grew up on the streets alone until she met BK. So the news that her eomma is dead and by her hand, doesn't make her as sad as it should have.

"at least we know one thing for certain"

"hm?" Yoongi says, rising to his feet to get her a towel.

"our bonds weren't messed up or not good enough. We never knew Jimin was my true mate, the other half to my soul. Now that it was taken from me, I will have my revenge and my happy ever after. With all of you"

Yoongi flashes her a gummy smile and holds the towel so she can step out of the water and dry herself off.

Once she is dressed, Yoongi walks her to her bedroom door.

"Thanks for listening to me Yoongi" she hugs him tightly, loving how right it feels to be in his arms again.

"Anytime sweetheart. Try and rest for me, okay? I'll cook you breakfast if you do" he smiles and kisses her head before pulling away.

"you too, Yoon"

Ara slips into her bedroom and closes the door, leaving Yoongi to stare at her door, thinking over everything she said tonight.