• INNUENDO • [ Taekook ]

9. Innuendo

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I didn't remember coming back.

I probably didn't even remember the first awakenings.

The first thing I remembered was the feeling of floating between layers of fog with a feeling of nausea because of the black tunnel and the basement of the museum. And then I was covered in thick sweat and fatigue again, and again I was lost somewhere among the white sheets of unconsciousness.

"Kookie!"

And I finally heard Jimin's voice. Where have you been until now? Why did you leave me? I wanted to ask out loud but nothing came out of my mouth. It seemed to get worse, I was tired and I woke up weak.

Somehow I opened my eyes, which seemed to be burnt from lack of sleep. I tried to rub them but in vain, my hand didn't move.

So after I was blinded by the sunlight from the window on my left side, I realized that the whiteness around me wasn't heaven or some supernatural place. I didn't die.

It was a hospital.

I wanted to rise a little, I didn't succeed in that either. Severe pain in the pelvic area overpowered the pain I constantly felt in my head. Was it possible that Taehyung pushed me that hard? And where is he? Shit! I threatened him with a knife! Is he okay?

I looked around, ignoring Jimin's tugs and failed attempts to hug me. Taehyung didn't even have enough mercy in him to visit me in the hospital.

"You finally woke up!", Jimin exclaimed, while I looked at him surprised. I kept silent.

I saw out of the corner of my eye how Jimin reached for a glass of water which had a tube and put it under my nose, probably expecting me to sip from it, which I did. In the blink of an eye, the entire hospital room was filled. There were several doctors around me in white coats and two nurses in blue uniforms who were watching me carefully. The doctors were talking and looking at some papers, but I couldn't hear anything. Nor did I honestly want to.

"Where...", I tried. All eyes were on me, I swallowed the lump in my throat and took off the oxygen mask that I put back after drinking water. They gave me time to finish the question and I appreciated that.

"Where is Taehyung?"

Jimin's eyes widened and his eyebrows almost disappeared into his hair as soon as I said that name. What? What was strange that I asked about my boyfriend? He didn't end up in prison, did he?

"Kookie, Taehyung is on his way to the hospital. I told him that you woke up, he will come soon... but you rest until then.", I looked at him with a frown, and he pointed to the doctor next to the bed and continued. "Doctor's orders."

I turned my head towards the window, trying to understand what part of the day it was and how long I had been here. I saw that it was slowly dawning, I probably lost the whole day in this bed.

Window in the room was open and I could see myself in it as if in a dim mirror. I could see my pale face and bloody lips. At that sight my throat tightened as if I had swallowed ice.

After a few pupil examinations and a few more needle in my arm, the doctors left me alone. Jimin was still there, he didn't leave me. I renewed my speaking skills so I could ask everything I was interested in.

"Jimin, you know you didn't have to come all the way here because of me."

"Of course I had to, Kookie, you have no idea how worried I was for you.", I could have sworn I saw tears in his eyes.

"But what about Busan, I know you had responsibilities there...ahhh!", I moaned when I felt a strong pain on my hip. Jimin immediately jumped up from the chair and gently caressed me.