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Chapter 35

Grey and I make our way back upstairs just as Jimin is leaving out the front door, seemingly in a hurry.

"Goodbye, Beautiful! I'll see you in a bit?"

"Bye, Jimini," I say, wishing he didn't have to leave, my hand lazily slipping from Grey's to fall at my side.

He comes running back over to me, taking me into his arms before sprinkling my face with tiny pecks causing me to smile involuntarily. Then grabbing my cheeks and making me look at him, he kisses my forehead and reassures me that he won't be gone long, sealing this sweet goodbye with a kiss to the corner of my mouth.

"Jimini, huh? That's cute," he whispers in my ear, the smile beaming across his face lights up the entire room and with that, he's out the door.

"Babe, I'm so sorry for intruding. We really should have called before we came, but Grey was adamant about seeing you and really has been worried about you. Thankfully, the guys seem to be taking amazing care of you but they have a couple of concerns, too," John mentions as he places his hand on Taehyung's shoulder with a comforting squeeze.

"Really? But, I've been feeling a lot better. My headache is gone, and I'm feeling so much stronger. No issues with my memory that I'm aware of," I respond, looking between Taehyung and John for reassurance on the memory part.

"She has been doing a lot better. We are just concerned with whether there will be lasting effects from the medicine, her lack of appetite, and the strange bruises that seem to keep showing up on her body."

Taehyung steps closer to me and touches the hem of my top, eyes searching for permission. Nodding, I agree, and he lifts my shirt while turning me to face him, showing a mark adorned with greens and blues on my back, just along my side, that I have been unaware is even there.

"This is the newest one that Jimin discovered this morning when she was getting out of the shower," he voices to John, "but the one on her ankle is nearing a week old, I think. Also, here," he exposes the skin on my left shoulder."

"You haven't been bumping into anything or falling? I have to ask with how clumsy you are," John smiles as he crooks his tall frame down to see my back more clearly and rubs his fingers across the mark. I shake my head, wincing a bit at the slight soreness, trying to replay the past few days in my head. "Yeah, the one on the inside of your right ankle is healing nicely," he glances down, "but the one on the back of your ankle, just above your Achilles, looks fresh."

"Another one?" Taehyung bends down to take a closer look. "Yes, that's a new one, too."

John continues to look at the bruise on my back, "I'm not really concerned as your bloodwork did not indicate any abnormalities, but the location of this one is strange. It's common to bump your arms and legs without noticing, but for one to show up on your torso for no particular reason is odd. With your eating habits being off since you first got sick, it could be an indication that you have a deficiency in vitamins C and/or K, which could cause you to bruise more easily. Try to increase your intake of leafy greens for vitamin K and citrus fruits, strawberries, and bell peppers for vitamin C. Let's give it a couple of weeks or so and see if that helps."

"Okay, I will. It's great to have a doctor that makes house calls," I answer as John and Taehyung pull my shirt back down, both chuckling lightly.

"I know right," Grey agrees, being blessed to have even better accommodations, a live-in physician. "I get so excited for my physical exams, and you sound so sexy when you speak doctor," Grey says to John, lifting himself on his tiptoes to kiss John's cheek, which causes his face to redden. We get a good laugh out of their antics before Grey continues. "But, seriously, T, let us know if there's anything you need or if something else happens. You know we're always here for you...just a phone call away."