On-Way Passage || ᴠᴍɪɴ

Chapter 2

Jimin was a Beta, and according to his memories, he was still in his second year of university. He hadn't even turned twenty yet. And yet despite all that, his memory truly was a bit hazy. Things that happened yesterday didn't feel like they'd happened yesterday, but rather some time in the distant past. There was a lapse in his memory, but what had happened in that time for him to wake up in a hospital room with a male Alpha who claimed to be his husband?

His head remained in a muddled state. After Taehyung left, Jimin took a nap, and when he woke up again, the room had slightly dimmed, while the world beyond the window had gone dark.

There were people at his bedside; a young female nurse who was adjusting his IV and one other person—Cha Eun woo. Bent at the waist, he was pressing a stethoscope against Jimin's chest. When Jimin's eyes slowly opened, a trace of awkwardness graced his face.

Jimin said, "Cha Eun woo."

Eun woo gave a nod, retracted his stethoscope, and straightened up.

The female nurse wheeled the cart away. Before leaving, she said, "Doctor Cha, I'll be leaving first."

Eun woo nodded, not moving an inch away from Jimin's bedside.

Once they were the only two people left in the room, Jimin asked, "Are you really Cha Eun woo?"

"Of course I am."

Eun woo was Jimin's high school classmate. Like Jimin, he was a Beta.

Despite having been in the same class in high school, their interactions were few and far between. In Jimin's impression, Cha Eun woo was a skinny and delicate introverted boy. Back then, he wore glasses and sat in the front row, always quietly listening to the teacher with his head up. He'd never been able to look anyone in the eye.

The current Cha Eun woo—though he was as skinny and delicate as before—no longer wore glasses and seemed to have stopped avoiding people's gazes. He also possessed an adult's composure.

Eun woo was standing at his bedside, a stethoscope hanging out of the pocket of his white coat. "You're suffering from amnesia as a result of traumatic brain injury," he explained to Jimin.

Jimin had already guessed as much. "Will I be able to recover my memories?" he asked.

"It's possible."

"How did I get hurt?" Jimin had a lot of questions to ask that afternoon, but the middle-aged doctor hadn't provided him with any answers.

At present, they were the only ones in the room; Eun woo no longer evaded Jimin and said, "You got into a car accident."

Jimin lifted a hand, wanting to touch his head, but Eun woo reached out to stop him.

"It's like I've been unconscious for ages."

"You were unconscious for three days."

"Three days..." Jimin was somewhat taken aback. "There's so much I don't remember. It feels like I've aged a lot, too."

Eun woo thought for a bit. "You said that you're in your second year of university this year. Then that would mean... you've lost nearly six years worth of memories."

"Six years?" Jimin's eyes widened.

"We're the same age, if I recall correctly, which means that you're already twenty-six this year."

Jimin tried to digest this information. He recalled Taehyung and said, "That Alpha... This afternoon, he..."

"Mr. Kim?" Eun woo said. "Ah, you don't remember him either—he's your husband."