Sempiternal: •D.E.A(live).D• || BOOK 4#

32. 나는 보고 싶었어

"Uh! He's responding!"

"I thought he wouldn't for a couple of days."

"He's determined to be the most particular patient? Very good morning Jimin How are you feeling?"

The way he winks exposes total discomfort. He can't stand the light. He has no pain in body beyond the weight of exhaustion. He stirs a little, not understanding where he is. He does not recognize either of the two people in front of him. The woman in a medical gown as well as the man next to her. Although his vision is slightly blurred, it is nothing that makes him see creatures that are not there.

Everything looks normal, there is less buzzing in his head, less pressure throughout his body. He babbles, not quite responding. He is not tied down and this place is nothing like the ones he occupied in Gimpo. Even seeing a female face brings him relief.

"You're still a bit dazed," the woman supposes with a weak smile. "You've been unconscious for a few hours" she reports. "Let me introduce myself, I'm Dr. Chaewoon and this is my partner, Dr. Boom Do you have a problem?"

"I'm... hungry." admits Jimin quietly. Chaewoon nods.

"Okay, you have an appetite.... I'm going to check the bullet wound. Make sure it's not getting infected-"

"It can't get infected. I heal very fast." mutters Jimin under his breath.

Chaewoon pulls down the sheet and the stretched sweater they put on him, finding that, upon pulling the bandage aside, he barely has a measly trace of blood on him. Otherwise, it is as if there was no wound weeks ago. A faint trace of scarring barely. Jimin lets out air between his lips and makes an effort to sit up. Taking the time that passed, he shouldn't be able to move yet. Be it pain or tiredness. Nevertheless, Jimin defies either of those accuracies.

He feels his head pounding. He doesn't remember anything. When did he get here? At what point did he reach a place with doctors? He vaguely remembers the shot in the shoulder, but not much else. So overloaded and horrible that it's simply a sort of blob inside his brain.

Loud barking that makes him cringe with a pained expression, bringing his hand to his right ear. Both Chaewoon and Boom exclaim somewhat aghast. Being that Bam climbed onto the stretcher and now with his paws on Jimin's shoulders, he licks his face enthusiastically. The man wrinkles his expression and then laughs, not avoiding petting him as he is wont to do.

"Y-you're going to wear my face out." he whines under his breath, but without making him stop. Bam pulls away a little, still with his tongue out and long tail wagging.

Jimin looks to the right and bows his head. Jungkook stands there, opening and closing his hands, holding back the purest thrill of seeing him looking so good. A sharp change from how he was in the morning when he almost accidentally walked into the school. Bam barks towards Jungkook and fidgets a little uneasily. Chaewoon and Boom decide to withdraw for the sake of the atmosphere, there is a very strange feeling in the air. One where they are clearly left over. Being alone Jungkook air, a big, excited smile on his lips.

Jimin's lack of reaction is very simple: he is not sure that this is not a dream or that he is simply hallucinating it and it is not him. At the same time, he reasons that he has no way of thinking about this specific aspect. He has never made variations to the Jungkook he remembers. Hair down his cheeks, tattoos on his hand, body in his regular size.

Nothing extravagant.

Right now his hair is below his shoulders, braided and somewhat loose in his face; taller, more muscular, more adult. Aside from the scar on his cheek, he has some sort of mark on his collarbone. A cut left from the beating he got and the mark remained. Jimin opens and closes his mouth What am I supposed to do to make sure it's real? How does he find out this isn't a dream?