Purple Blood

Chapter 42

"Why did you make me imprint on you?"

"The first time I gave you my blood was when you insisted on feeding everyone. I got you back to your room, and you were so pale, deathly pale. I was afraid for you."

His tears were falling freely now, "Then you got drunk; you drank so much that you were open about enjoying my scent. It made me so happy; you wanted me as much as I wanted you. I know it wasn't real, but it made me so happy. I gave you my blood because I didn't want you to have alcohol poisoning. You drank way too much, you barely had any food in your system, you fed Yoongi, and you drank enough to bring a horse down."

He reached for her hand, but she pulled it back. "I deserve that. After that, the imprint was complete. But you were resisting. That's never happened before. If my blood wasn't in your system, you wanted nothing to do with me. I wanted to see you happy; I wanted to make you happy, even if it wasn't real."

"Why did you remove my implant?"

He looked up and breathed, "I'm so sorry I did that. I've never given you a choice. I took so much from you I forced myself on you. I'll be honest; the blood made me crazed, but I'm nearly a millennia old; I should have been able to control myself."

Vi frowned, "I thought we agreed that I prefer you being like 25 Seokjin?"

He smiled, "I missed that; I missed your wit and smart mouth. Please come home, come back to us."

"I can't, I'm not ready."

"I'll leave if that's what you want. I don't have long anyway."

"What do you mean, Jin? What's going on?"

"I haven't eaten since you left, and I won't." He smiled softly at her, and then he grimaced.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm weak, and keeping this image up is hard."

"Then don't, let me see something easier."

He clutched his stomach, "I'd have to take you to my room since that's where I'm at; it would be the easiest. But I don't want to take you there; it holds nothing but bad memories for you."

He was sweating bullets, and his teeth were clenched. "Jin, it's fine. Bring me to your room. I'll be okay."

She blinked, and then she was standing in his room; he was lying in his bed, groaning in pain. "Are you okay? You look alright for someone who is starving, you just look like you have to poop badly."

He laughed, "I look like utter hell, and so does my room."

He spoke in a whisper, "If I see what is actually here, what you actually look like, will it be easier on you?" He nodded his head, "Then show me."

"I'm scared, too," he cried.

"You forced yourself on me multiple times, and you bit out my implant; I might be pregnant with your child right now. You can, at least, do this for me."

He took a deep breath, and then she saw him. Vi gasped. He looked like he'd lost about 20 or more pounds; his skin was practically grey. His cheeks were sunk in, and his room was destroyed. All of his furniture was in pieces. The mattress was ripped up, but he was lying in the middle of it, barely moving. "Well, here I am, Princess."

"You look like hell, Jin. Has anyone told you that?"

He barked out a laugh, and then he started coughing, "Please come back; I know they can make you happy. Hobi was good to you, right? And Joon? Didn't you have fun with Tae and Jimin?"

"I did, and they were."

"Hobi hasn't smiled since you left. All Jimin does is drink, and Tae cries all day, every day. We never even see Joon anymore; he stays in the library, looking out the window. I'll leave tomorrow if you come back. They need you."

"What about your baby?"

"They'll be great Dads, I promise." Then he started coughing again. "I can't keep this up much longer; I'm sorry for everything. I love you, Violet. I know you don't believe me, but I do. I wish we could have met at the coffee shop."

Then he was gone, tears were falling down her face. Oh Jin, I believe you and I wish we could have met at the coffee shop too. She grabbed her pillow and cried so hard that she ran out of tears. 

"Yoongi, I think I found her."

Yoongi jumped up and looked at Tae, "what do you mean?"

"She used my card today; she withdrew another $1,000 from an ATM."

"You never canceled it?" 

He shook his head no, "She had no money, no way to get money. I wasn't going to cancel the card; she'd need it. Plus, if she ever used it, then I would know. She's here, on the other side of the city."

"We have to tell him I'm going to get Jinnie. This is the only thing that will get him to eat."

Yoongi ran to Jin's room, which smelled like death. His room was destroyed. "We found her; she's here in town. If you want to go with us to get her, you must eat."

"I told her I'd leave if she'd come back."

Yoongi sighed. He couldn't imagine his life without Jin; they'd been together for 800 years. "Then come with us and say goodbye to her properly." When Jin nodded his head, Yoongi tossed him several blood bags. "We leave in two hours. Be ready."

Vi woke up, and it was nighttime. She hadn't eaten anything earlier, so pizza it was again. 

"Thank you." It was the same guy as last time; where did she know him from?

"Have you seen this woman?" Yoongi asked the uninterested desk clerk. 

She glanced up at the picture, "No, I've never seen her before." Something flashed across her eyes. Yoongi didn't know what it was, but she was lying. 

"Yo, what did you guys do to piss her off?"

"Hey, Dean, what do you mean?"

"I just delivered pizza to your girl. She looked like she had been crying. You guys better have brought some flowers or some jewelry."

Jin stalked towards him, "You've seen Vi? Where?"

"Your girl, that pretty blonde from your house. She's in room 218, she's been there for a while, this is the second time I've delivered her pizza."