Before you disappear

Chapter 24

RM's eyes burned on me. I could feel them even though I wasn't looking at him. "What language are we speaking?" he repeated slowly.

"I already said it's a stupid question," I whispered. "But can you just humor me and answer it? I really need to know."

Part of me already knew the answer, but I needed RM to confirm it. I didn't understand or spoke Korean, so the fact that I could now understand and converse with RM and Jimin was completely wild to me. Still, I had to know the answer from RM because the other part of me couldn't shake the feeling that I must still be dreaming. This was just too wild to be real.

"Korean," RM answered my question. "The language we always speak."

"Okay." I felt myself becoming small under his gaze. "I knew that of course, I just needed to make sure because it just sounds differently." Well, that wasn't a lie.

RM tapped my hand. "It must be because of what you went through," he stated. "Perhaps it's just getting reacquainted with our voices and the sound of our language."

That sounded pretty smart. I smiled as relief washed over me. But this was RM. The man with an IQ of 148. Of course he would be able to come up with the perfect reasoning for his strange question.

"I guess so," I agreed as I looked up at him, feeling grateful. "Thank you for answering my question. I know how it must've sounded, but I don't want you to worry, okay? I am fine. Just... readjusting."

RM nodded. "It's okay." He seemed a little hesitant, but then wrapped his arms around me and held me close. "I'm just glad you're okay, JK. I've been worried sick these past few days."

"I'm sorry." My voice sounded muffled against his shirt and my mind was going nuts by his masculine scent. Keep it together. You're JK. Not a fangirl.

Even though inside I actually was.

"Don't be. Just promise me from now on you don't push yourself to the edges of what you can handle. You tell me when you're not feeling fine, okay? We can't have this again."

"I'll try."

Just then the door opened, and Jimin walked in. Seeing him made my heart flutter. He truly was remarkably handsome. My friend, whose bias was Jimin, had tried to convince me of Jimin's beauty time and time again, and it wasn't that I didn't see his beauty... I just never really felt my heart flutter whenever I saw him in a video or during an online concert.

Well, things certainly changed in that department.

I swallowed as I looked away, unsure if my face would show how I was feeling.

"I just spoke to Tae," Jimin said as he came to a stop next to my bed. "They all want to see you. So, him and the boys will be here shortly."

I nodded, unable to speak at the thought of what would happen. I just had to remain calm. Even though everything in me was fangirling. I was JK for the time being. At least, until I found the real JK and we could sort out how to reverse what had happened.

A water bottle appeared in my view. I looked up at Jimin, who then waved the bottle before me. "You should drink some more. Your throat must be so dry from not drinking these past few days."

RM tapped on my knee. "Do as he says," he ordered when he noticed my hesitation.

I didn't have to think twice and took the bottle.

"Perhaps it's wise to get the doctor here, just to have you checked out," RM continued. "It might be best to do that before the other guys get here."

I nodded again.