#Promise

Meeting Jimin

"So, the two of you finally met again" a familiar voice from behind me said, interrupting our brief staring moment. I looked away and turned around to see Sejin.
" Hi! I'm Jimin." Jimin said rather quickly as if intending not to lose my attention on him.
I instinctively turned to look back at him. He was holding out his hand to shake mine. I took his hand and gave it a firm squeeze. It felt warm and gentle.
                 " Very nice to meet you, Jimin. I am Kate. I will be your private nurse while you are here." I said with a warm smile.
"I'm glad they actually said yes to my request." He said rather shyly.
"They said it wasn't a problem when I asked." Sejin answered.
At that moment, the secretary came and informed Jimin that his doctor was there.
We all hurriedly went back to his room.
                  "Why did they transfer him to another room?" I asked Sejin in a whisper.
                  "Oh because fans found out what hospital he is admitted and some of them actually came up here yesterday trying to look for him. Jimin is just not in good condition yet to meet with them, so we need to hide him for now."

" Jimin, We still don't have an official result of your neck CT Scan. With the pain still being that severe, I don't want to risk giving you the clearance to continue with the concert. It will create more damage to you if we force it. I'm afraid they would have to do it without you, or if you could do it without dancing while wearing a neck brace, then that's the only way."
The room fell silent. I glanced at Jimin and saw him with his head down and tears streaming down his cheek.
"Okay, doctor. Our company will decide on what to do. I will inform them of what's going on and what your advice was about his condition." Sejin said.
" How much longer do I have to stay here?" Jimin asked in between sniffs.
" We'll wait for the official CT Scan result, then maybe you can just continue Physical therapy as an outpatient and continue pain medication.
"Jimin, I know how you boys give your 200% effort for every performance that you do, but you also have to be careful and take care of yourselves. Don't push it to the extremes. You don't want to end up having a permanent injury." the doctor added.
"If the concert is not tomorrow night, maybe you would be in a better shape. 1 day is just too soon." He continued.
The doctor then left the room. I followed him and the rest of the nurses outside to see if he has more orders for his care.
"Are you the private nurse?" The doctor asked me. I nodded to tell him yes.
"Make sure he religiously takes the pain medication on time and that he gets to rest. That's all he needs right now. He just works too hard, that's what it is. Also, make sure he has somebody watching him at all times. He gets really depressed because of this. So, just try and talk to him to keep him busy with other things." He instructed.
"Well, that seems pretty easy to do." I thought to myself. Easy peasy.

Sejin came out of the room after a few minutes, not looking too happy.
"Can you stay with Jimin for now? I have to check up on how rehearsals are going. I have to give them the bad news about Jimin too." He said
"Don't worry about it. " I assured him.

After he left, the other nurses gathered around me. "Doesn't he look so handsome? " one of them said dreamily.
" Who? Sejin?" I asked to clarify who she was referring to.
"Jimin! You silly!" She answered.
"Oh my God! I tried to get tickets to their concert but they sold out in a matter of minutes!" Another one gushed.

I stood there listening to all these fangirl comments and started getting the impression that he must be someone very popular. Why don't I know them then? What kind of hole was I living in to not know? Or are they just over exaggerating all this? They probably are popular, but not like what all of these girls are making it seem. How could they sell  out concert tickets at a stadium in a matter of minutes. It just seems too exaggerated and unreal. I brushed it off and decided to just go check up on my patient as I was supposed to.
"Are you okay?" I asked Jimin who was now staring out the window of his room. It had a beautiful view of the ocean outside.
" The beach looks so pretty" he said, "It's just sad that I am not free to go outside even if I want to. " He added , while still looking out, with his back turned on me.
"We do have pretty good beaches here in Miami." I said. " If you want, when you are in a better physical condition, I 'll take you to visit South Beach." I added.
"That would be very nice. I grew up where there are beaches too. It makes me miss home suddenly." He said softly.
" I promise, I'll take you." I said
He turned around and looked at me. I felt my knees got weak when he did that. I realized that the other nurses were right. He was really handsome. His skin was almost flawless, hair so soft and silky and he stands with a posture that exudes confidence. I can now see him better because he was not wearing that oversized hoodie that he always has on.
"Pinky swear? ' he asked in the cutest way, so I couldn't help but laugh.
He smiled and kept looking at me as if waiting for my answer.
"Pinky swear." I replied.
" Can you also promise to take just me, and not the other members? I know they also love the beach but I want you to take just me, okay? They can go by themselves. You don't have to go with them." He said. For a moment there, he seemed like a child that wanted my attention .
I nodded, even if I had no idea who the other members that he was referring to.
" Do you feel okay right now? Any pain? Are you feeling dizzy? Are you hungry? Whatever it is, you can tell me okay? I asked him.
"Oh! I almost forgot, I haven't thanked you for rescuing me the other day at the garden. Also, thank you for sending the reporters away. I usually don't mind having my pictures taken, but I just don't want them to see me in a bad condition and release those picture in the internet. Fans get worried and I don't want them to worry." He explained.
"Taking photos and videos of patients are against hospital rules. So they really were out of place. And, you should be thinking about you getting better, and not about getting fans worried" I said calmly.
He then looked at me for a few seconds as if figuring out if I have any idea who he was.
"Before you have met me today, do you have any idea who I am?"
"Yes. Your name is Jimin and that you fainted infront of me yesterday and almost gave me a heart attack!" I answered.
He started laughing making his eyes disappear into two little slits. " How did you know my name?" He asked.
"Sejin and Tae told me."
"You've met Tae? He asked sounding so surprised.
"Yes. Last night. We had dinner together at Panda Express." I answered
"Oh, so that's why they brought us food last night. He never mentioned that he has met you. That sneaky guy! " he said almost sounding annoyed.
" Can I ask you one question? But I don't want you to think I am being cocky or something"
"Yes you can, what is it?"
" Have you ever heard of BTS before?" He asked almost with embarrassment.
" Ummm.... I don't think so. Should I know them? Should I begin to know them? " I asked.
I may not be smartest, but I seem to get the idea that BTS might be his group name, and that they could be really famous and I might be the only person who doesn't know them.
He smiled again and asked me a very odd thing to do.
" Since you still don't know them, can you promise me that you won't leave this room and go straight on the internet to search about them, nor ask about them? " he asked.
" The other nurses outside seem to know. They might just tell me.... " I said.
"Then I am not allowing you to leave this room and hang out with them."
"Hang out? We are working here. You don't call it hanging out." I said almost half laughing at this idea.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean it like that." He apologized.
"It's okay. I just don't understand why you don't want me to know about them."
"Because I don't want you to know about them through what the internet say. You'll see them only as celebrities. I want you to know them in a different way. I will be the one to introduce you who they are. " he said.
My heart fluttered inside my chest. What is this man doing to me? He has been attacking me with way too much charm!!! Dear Lord! Help me get through this shift alive!

Later that afternoon, after he received his medication, he felt a little faint so I suggested that he try to get a nap. He readily agreed and dozed off right away. He lay there sleeping so peacefully for a while. I was so tempted to open my phone and start researching about BTS, but I remembered that I promised him, so I need to keep it.