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

37. Demon visiting and requesting

Jungkook keeps Jimin in his embrace, resting his jaw on his head. The gigantic and worrying horde circles outside. The only thing they could do about the unfinished wall was to put large logs in front of it. There are so many trees around that making them a cushion to prevent total approach worked as a good barrier to the barrier.

However, now the center of attention is Matthew along with Jiwoo, Somin and Taehyung, the four of them hugging and welcoming the missing room. He tightens his grip on Jimin, considering that, just like him, he got people who needed to get to their loved ones and he's relieved that was the case! That he got someone reliable who hadn't mentioned anything about the approach.

Beyond the kiss they gave each other, there's no sign that Matthew is interested in Jimin in that way. He just loves him. He's a dear friend because of what they went through together. Still to come is the famed "Weene. "The confidence that he will arrive and meet him grows by the minute.

The impossible is that they would still be alive and they did it.

Why not achieve it again and meet him here?

"I'm so sorry for taking so long," Matthew laments. "The whole tour sucked. It got worse as soon as I was alone again, my fucking leg started hurting, I almost got crushed in a car. I'm alive by pure miracle and because I crawled here."

"But how did all that happen to you?"

"That thing was following me!" he turns to Jimin who is shaking all over, Jungkook lowers his gaze What's wrong with him? "I don't know how or why, but it was following me. It stopped when it thought I died in a landslide. Even I thought I had died, but I'm worse than hungry."

"I don't understand what are you talking about?" asks Jin and looks towards Jimin, waiting for him to say something.

"There's a huge Yagtalja following us from Seoul," Matthew reports. "We thought it would be impossible, but-"

"Is it a redhead?" asks Taehyung abruptly. Matthew shakes his head.

"He has black hair. He's taller than me, maybe he reaches the ceiling" he grumbles in disgust. "Whatever it is, it's a fasti- Nono, don't lean too much."

"Matthew, your leg."

"I think I broke it again."

Until now they hadn't realized how hard Matthew tries not to use his right leg, useless without a crutch or place to lean. Going into such serious and worrisome issues, it only causes stress and that, produces pain in the affected area. Jimin rushes to help him, not giving anyone else time to do so. He looks too small in comparison.

Jungkook holds Matthew's other arm to help him get to the infirmary. It's fortunate that he decided to put it so far away from the entrance. It can be used without the risk of the heat it generates plus the possible sound.

. . .

"There's an awful lot of trauma here.... Did anything happen before?" asks Chaewoon, surprised. Matthew has the area so numb that it doesn't even hurt to have his leg opened up to check. Not only does his bone expose that serious damage happened, so do his nerves and muscles.

"I broke my leg about two months ago," Matthew answers, gritting his teeth. It scares him that he can't feel anything.

"But... broken Isn't it broken?" stammers Boom in surprise.

"There's nothing broken here apart from some nerves and that there are lots and lots of cracks in the bone" Chaewoon reports. To the naked eye he can tell. "What did you do, how could you...?"

"I had to open up the leg, remove all the little bits of the splintered bone; put it back in place and after cauterizing all the affected nerves I closed it back up. It didn't leave such a bad scar because of the immunity it has."