Sempiternal: • A.L.I.V.(d)E(ad)? • || BOOK 7#

8. Stopped time

"Isn't it weird that he keeps sleeping?"

"From what Matthew and Wonho said at some point... No. He stays asleep for a long time himself."

They thought that eventually, Jimin would wake up, but he hasn't and it's morning again. There's nothing wrong with him. His pulse is back to normal, he's opened his eyes a couple of times, but he's actually still asleep. As they were warned, he suddenly started bleeding and they had to put a mattress pad on the mattress to make it less uncomfortable.

Plus it didn't smell bad. Change him, put him back to bed and watch that he doesn't hurt himself when he wakes up. In conclusion, it's standing guard to make sure he's okay. it's the easiest thing so far, which is comical in itself. It used to be the hardest thing.

No one has tried to come and bother me.

Not from those who did at some point.

The General has been kept at bay, just amused at the way Namjoon and his little group got what they wanted.

The doctor in charge hasn't shown off or tried any stunts either. The biggest relief they could have.

After all, none of them would stand to see her and not hit her at the slightest hint that she's going to say something stupid. Namjoon resists the urge to bang his head against a wall. He still can't come up with any logical explanation to the blood collector or why he had half-empty things. Where did he throw them? Did he eat them? From what he's heard, nothing happened to him other than getting hysterical in a cell.

He's not interested and that he stays there as long as possible. On the other hand among something he has heard, is that the doctor in question has become seriously ill and must stay in bed. For today, Friday, it is a curious detail. There are no signs of infection despite the bite already exposed.

Her arm is rotting. Full of black, decaying flesh that stinks. He is being considered for amputation to try to save his life, as unlikely as that is.

"Should we worry that it's poisonous and that if it bites us it will happen to us too?" asks Taehyung quietly. The nurse concludes her examination. Jimin has been more asleep than awake. To such an extent that he has barely eaten twice in these three days.

He drinks a lot of water.

Which is enough.

"Study his saliva and blood a bit... Apart from being immune he has nothing in particular" she assures. She kept Jin aside while she was doing the test. That way they made sure he wasn't going to keep anything and that it was just that: an exam. "It's very strange. I still don't know what he did."

"As long as he doesn't do it again and it's not infectious, it's all good." Hoseok winks at her and the woman looks away soon, somewhat embarrassed.

"Can we go get something else to eat?" asks Jungkook with a full cheek and not knowing how to eat anything from that plate. "This tastes...really bad."

"Does it taste? That's already a miracle!" Yoongi scoffs. He picks up one of the dishes Namjoon brought and crumples his face, pushing it away. "It smells pretty bad. What's it supposed to be?"

"It's a meat pie." says the nurse and Yoongi follows in judging the food. It smells terrible.

"Maybe it's rotten... Let's go get some other dishes." he proposes to Taehyung who nods and jumps down from the bed. Jungkook spits out what was in his mouth and leaves it in the trash along with everything else.

He didn't think this place was bad enough to serve rotten food. He is confident that this will be the last night they spend in this dump and they can go to their true destination of salvation. This was one more hellish stop.