Just A Few Numbers Away

Chapter 20

The Producer's Quiet Observation

After the MRI Scan, the doctor advised Aen to rest well and get a good night's sleep-a necessary change to lessen her over-fatigue and stress.

He also told her that she could get discharged tomorrow after the results came out.

Yoongi felt relieved at that.

Finally, she could go home tomorrow.

While Angel helped Aen with the wheelchair, Yoongi stepped aside to speak to the doctor privately.

He asked him if it was okay if he stayed the night to watch over her, just in case.

The doctor agreed without hesitation.

​"It would actually help her recovery if you stayed close," the doctor noted. "After all, you are her soulmate. The proximity helps stabilize the bond's physical effects."

Yoongi nodded, offering a polite thanks.

Together with Angel, they made their way back to the private suite.

Yoongi noticed how Aen's eyes lingered on the door, as if she were waiting for him to disappear again.

​Once they were settled back in the room, Yoongi announced he needed to head out to buy dinner-for real this time-and promised to be back as soon as possible.

Aen simply nodded at him and said a quiet 'okay.'

To anyone else, it was just a word, but to Yoongi, it felt like a small victory.

It was a permission of sorts-an acknowledgment that he was allowed to return.

He left the hospital and drove home first.

He needed to shower, change his clothes; he didn't want to look like the exhausted, panicked mess he felt like inside.

He also called the members to assure them that she was stable.

He also had a favor to ask them: he needed them to use their resources to look into exactly what had happened during that hit-and-run. He couldn't let it go; the image of her raw, scraped wrist was burned into his mind.

After picking up a variety of dishes, he rushed back to the hospital.

He gently knocked on the door before entering.

Aen stared at him for a moment, her eyes scanning him from head to toe.

Yoongi suddenly felt self-conscious under her gaze.

'Wait. What is going on? Is she... checking me out?'

He wondered if he looked disheveled or if he had something on his face.

​He took off his hat, and that's when he caught her muttering under her breath.

"How nice. Did he take a shower? I wanna go home and take a shower, too."

Yoongi froze.

His face heated up instantly.

She had definitely just checked him out-and apparently, she didn't realize she had spoken that thought out loud.

'Okay, Min Yoongi, let's just pretend we didn't hear that,' he told himself.

He began setting the food on the table, keeping his back turned so she wouldn't see the embarrassed flush creeping up his neck.

"You can, Ate. I bought you clothes." Angel said, breaking the silence.

"What?"Aen blinked, looking confused.