My Big Beastie

V

I shot up out of bed, my chest pounding and my head spinning. I felt my hands shaking as I rubbed them over my face. What is wrong with me? My body feels as though it on fire. Like I'm confined and burning up.

I leave my bedroom and into the kitchen for something to drink. I look out the window and can practically feel the cool breeze. As my eyes adjust to the darkness I decided to head outdoors. I'll just sit on the porch for a bit.

The cool air bit at my headed skin as I stepped outdoors. I went and sat down on the steps, leaning my head against the railing pillar.

It's weird. Even when I was having a breakdown I never woke up feeling like that. I felt as though I was on fire. Not in pain but like my body was stinging all over. Maybe it the stress? That's gotta, be it. I have to figure out what I'm gonna do. Maybe I could apply for a job at the local school or something. I could get my teacher certification and teach maths. I have a degree in that.  Or maybe look somewhere down at the rec center or a store. I just needed to find a job as soon as possible.

It's so quiet. Maybe I'll come out here to think more often. There are no farmhands. No cars. Nothing. Just the cool air and the bright sky illuminated by stars. I let out a shiver as I start to feel cold. I dumb my arms as they fill with goosebumps. I head back indoor but as I open the door Yeontan decides to scare the crap out of me. I jump back in shock as he barks.

"What are you doing?" I said to him as if he could have answered me. Of course, he ignores me. And of course, he decided that he would make everything worse.

Yeontan ran past me and down the porch.

Shit.

I slammed the door closed and ran after him. We ran down the dirt road and he ran into the brush. This little rat. I'm gonna end him when we get back to the house. I continue to chase after him telling his name and for him to stop.

"Yeontan get back here right now or I will convince Tae to get you neutered!" I yelled in a lab bored voice. I was starting to run on empty.

I started to slow down as he ran into the woods. Damnit. Why?

I slowed to a jog as he ran through some bushes. Oh no. No, no, no, no, no! Tae gonna kill me. I'm so dead. I run through the bushes and stop to find Yeontan. I look around me to see if I can spot him but he's already gone.

Think, Jimin. If you were a pomeranian in the woods what you do... I'd be dead. Shit. I start walking forward as I call out his name. This brat. The panic really starts to set in now. I'm in the forest at night, I'd dark, I'm alone, I have no clue where I am, and I'm searching for a runaway dog.

My feet start to go numb as I counted to walk on the wet cold ground. I start to shiver again from the cold night. I push on. Out of nowhere, I hear a bark, not just any bark. A jerks bark. I run in the direction I head it comes from. I see Yeontan standing in a thing of brush barking.

"There you are." I walk up to him slowly. I don't want him to run from me again. When I get close enough I scoop him up in my arms, "Ha! I gotcha! Time to go back home." I start to walk away when Yeontan starts to barking again, "Shhhh," I say as I hold my fingers to his lips, "you don't want to be eaten by a wild do you."

He keeps barking. "What?" Then I heard a groan.

I feel my whole body go rigged as my eyes widen. Oh no. I slowly look behind me and let out a breath when there isn't anything there.

I continue to look around as Yeontan shimmies out of my arms. Damnit. "Yeontan!" I yelled but he did go far. He stopped net to a bush and starting barking again.

I walked over to him as my heart hammered inside my chest. What is he barking over?

I gasp as I look past the bush. There is a man there laying with his body covered in dirt and what I think is blood. Oh shit. Yeontan why? Why did you bring me to a dead guy? Is he dead? I hope not.

I get closer and see that he has on only shorts that are tattered. His broad chest is exposed and has a large claw mark across. It was from his right peck all the way down to his left hip. He was covered in scratches, gashes and even a few night marks. I gasp a get on my knees by his head. His hair was marred with dirt and blood that was coming from his forehead.

His face was covered in grime and blood. Between that and the dark, I couldn't see much of it. He groaned once again. I jumped as he did.

Jimin, pull yourself together. Okay, what are we gonna do? Hospital! He needs a hospital. I try to shake him a bit to see if he is a bit concerned. He just lets out another groan with a gruff sounding moan. Kinda hot but he's like dying so not the time. He's not dead!

"Hey, hey, hello! What's your name? Hello!" I kept trying to get him to open his eyes while I tapped his face. That was pointless. I gagged as I pulled my hands away. They were covered in this guy's blood.

I pull him gently up and set him against the trunk of a treat. He kept whining in protest. I let out a heavy breath. He's so heavy.

Adverually I got him to his feet using a combination of the tree and pushing pulling. I pant as I just finished the most intense workout of my life and that's saying something cause I was a dancer all through college.

"Hey. You gotta work with me." We start to stumble through the forest. At that moment I realize I have no clue where we are or how to get back.