The Crow (Kim Taehyung Hybrid Au)

chapter 16

"Bruising."

The next day Mirae woke up on the couch again, she frowned and noticed the soft thick blanket from her bed now covering her body instead of the thinner one from the couch. She sat up, her eyes puffy and slightly red from all the crying, she'd look around and find nothing but solitude and the door of her bedroom closed. She sighed and looked over at the time;

2 pm.

She stood up and walked towards the bedroom door and knocked gently against the flat wooden surface. The door opened, revealing a messy haired Taehyung with black feathers poking out of it, the metal collar around his neck flicked a crimson colour.

But one minor detail grabbed Mirae's attention, the upper part of his neck that would meet with the collar looked bruised and a little purplish. Mirae frowned and looked up and him then back at the collar, it didn't look right.

"Is your neck okay?" She raised a brow at him.

Taehyung gave her the usual blank expression and gave no response whatsoever. Mirae sighed.

"Nevermind, you hungry?" She crossed her arms over her chest. Taehyung tilted his head while staring down at her, she rolled her eyes and turned around to make something in the kitchen.

Taehyung closed the door behind him and made himself comfortable on the couch once reaching the small living room. His head slightly moved to the side when hearing the girl's phone ring in the distance, a little while later she dried her hands and accepted the call.

"Mr.Kim? Is everything okay?" She asked once recognizing the caller.

"Ah, Miss Kang! I'm fine I'm fine, just wanted to check up on things." He said.

"Oh erm...yeah everything's fine." She looked over her shoulder, Taehyung was simply staring at his feet, so she decided to give him his noodles as she spoke.

"You've been getting the money, correct?" Jin hummed.

"Yup, everything's good." She replied, "I actually need to talk to you about something though." She added while walking towards thr bedroom. She locked the door once inside.

"Oh? Is it in regards of the project?" He asked.

"Yes, I think something's wrong with Taehyung's collar." She said, sitting on the edge of the bed while tapping her index finger against her thigh.

"The collar? What do you mean by that?" Jin questioned.

"Something's wrong. I don't know what exactly but there's something."

"Well, I can't really help you without some other detail than that." Jin responded smugly.

"The upper part of his neck, right next to the collar, it's turning purple and looks pretty bruised. " She explained, biting the inside of her cheek when waiting for the man's response.

"Have you suspected any anomalies? Perhaps some part of his system is glitching, not sure though, I need to speak with Namjoon to be sure."

"I already told Namjoon about it, basically his collar, instead of flicking red, sometimes starts flicking a little green light instead." She said

"Sometimes? You mean this has happened regularly?"

"Not exactly but yes, and I think it's harming him some way." She added.

"Can you try bringing him back to the clinic?" Jin hummed, Mirae blinked and her breath hitched inside her throat.

She opened the bedroom door after unlocking it and peeped through it for Taehyung, he seemed to have finished eating and was currently just looking down at his feet again.

"I'll try."
"Good luck then."