MERCENARY 3: Descent into Madness |BTS JIMIN FF|

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'Rain? Can you hear me?'

'Mmmm.' She hummed again, blinking a little before looking to the side, her eyes meeting mine

'Jimin.' She just barely whispered my name, and that was all it took for me to break at seams

Tears burst out of me like a damn fountain, my heart pumping in me so hard my chest hurt. Her eyes are on me. Those magnificent eyes I've dreamt of relentlessly. Her voice, even if a broken whisper, calling my name.

'It's me, baby. It's me. I'm here.' I didn't think I'd ever feel any resemblance of happiness again, but my name coming from her lips proved me wrong, and tears of joy ran down my face

She closed her eyes, swallowing slowly, whispering to herself, 'You came to me... Don't leave me...'

'Open your eyes. Look at me.' I gently held her face, her eyes opening at the touch. 'You're awake. You're not sleeping. And I'm not leaving you. Never again.'

Her hand went up to mine, touching it over as if making sure that it's really there. And once she did, her eyes widened and glossed over, her bottom lip trembling.

And then she screamed at me so loudly that I had to cover my ears and take a step back. Her entire body went into full panic mode, and she nearly jumped off the bed, pulling her legs up to herself as if she's running.

This is what I was terrified of, and it seems my every fucking fear just has to come to me.

'Rain-'

'You're not Jimin! Jimin died! I saw him! I saw him! You're not him!' She flung a pillow at me, her tears streaming down her face

'It's me, baby. I swear! I didn't die. I'm here!'

I took a step towards her, but she pulled away even more, nearly falling off the bed as her eyes scanned me in fear. Not to scare her, I pulled back, swallowing down the pain.

'It's me. I promise.' I whispered, raising my hands up in surrender

Her eyes darted over me again and again, but they kept going above me. Not above me. My fucking hair. I forgot that she's never seen me like this.

'I dyed my hair. That's all. It's still me.'

She swallowed deeply, trembling as her eyes jumped around the room, and landed on Hoseok next to me.

'H-hi.' He waved weakly, taking a step back himself as he saw the state she is in

'Hoseok...' she muttered his name, and it hurt more than I'd care to admit. She spoke his name a lot less fearfully than she did mine, and it chipped away at my damned soul.

What do I do? Do I do anything? Do I say anything? I can't figure out my next move.

I just kept watching her as she relaxed at a pace so slow that it was agonizing, and she was still high-strung. She was shaking a lot less, but her eyes stayed wide open, almost like she's still taking it all in.

'We won't hurt you-'

'Stay back!' Another piercing scream rang, directed at me as I took a step and then froze in place

'Okay.' I breathed out, pulling back once more. 'Do you know who I am?' I pushed the question out, my voice cracking with pain

'Are you real?' She whispered back in response, like she doesn't believe her own words and eyes

'I am, baby. I am.' I nod at her. 'I'm here.'

'I saw you were dead. They told me-'

'I know. I thought I died, too. I thought you were gone, too.' Wiping my eyes as quickly as I could, I pulled my shirt down just enough to show the bullet wounds. 'I was shot. See?' I took a hesitant step forward, but she seemed okay with it this time, her eyes darting from one to another, and then freezing in the middle.