Secrets In The Sunset | KTH 18+ ✔️

Chapter Sixty-One

After having all of my vitals taken, the nurse has us sit in a secluded room while we wait to be seen. Taehyung sits on the small hospital bed with me as we listen to nothing but the humming sound of the lights above us. We don't say anything to each other. Honestly, I just want to sleep, but I know I need to stay awake to talk to the doctor or nurse once they come in here. Thankfully, Taehyung had asked for an English speaking doctor to make it easier on the both of us, but apparently that comes with a longer wait time.

Thirty minutes go by.

Forty Five.

One hour and ten minutes.

"Where are they?" He grumbles just before the door finally opens to reveal a tall doctor in a white coat, smiling at me and showcasing his dimpled cheeks. A nurse walks in right behind him and goes straight to the computer.

"Sorry for the wait, Ava Young." The doctor says as he looks back down to my paperwork and back up to me before bowing to Taehyung.

I nod and place my head onto Taehyung's shoulder. Having zero energy for any kind of formality or give a shit.

"I took her temperature at eight this morning. It was 39 degrees. Less than an hour later it was 39.6." Taehyung speaks for me as I close my eyes. The burning sensation being too much for me to bare right now. "She also vomited right before we came here."

"Thank you." The doctor states with a head nod as the nurse takes notes. He walks up to my side of the bed and presses his thumb and index finger underneath my ears to feel my lymph nodes. "Ah, yeah, they're definitely swollen."

A few minutes go by with him checking my breathing and listening to my heartbeat. My eyes flutter open long enough for me to focus on his name tag.

"Doctor Kim Namjoon." I read slowly, testing my Hangul for no reason whatsoever.

Both Taehyung and Dr. Namjoon chuckle at my random translation before I shut my eyes and lay back onto Taehyung's shoulder. He kisses the top of my head and wraps his arms around me to try to help me not feel so cold.

"Has she had a pregnancy test?" Dr. Namjoon asks the nurse and she shakes her head while reading through the notes on the computer.

"I'm on birth control." I groggily mention. "The shot."

He nods and turns back to the nurse, "Have her take a test just in case. Birth control can still fail and I don't want to prescribe her anything that could be harmful."

Taehyung and I glance at each other knowing that it's been a little over two weeks since I got to South Korea. If I was pregnant, the timing would be right and since the shot has caused me to have irregular periods, I can't exactly use that as a good judgement.

"Follow me." The nurse motions for me to come with her towards the bathrooms.

We stop at a bathroom at the end of a long hallway where she hands me a plastic cup after adding a sticker with my name and date of birth on it. She then explains to me that I should place it inside the small door on the wall once I'm done and then head back towards the room.

As I finish handling my business and begin to shuffle my way back to the room, I see Taehyung and Dr. Namjoon conversing in their native tongue in the hallway. Taehyung keeps his hands in his pockets and his brow is furrowed as he nods occasionally at whatever the doctor is telling him. He spots me coming up and smiles over at me, patting the doctor on the shoulder and bowing to him. Jogging up to me, he wraps his arm around me and helps me get back as comfortable as possible on the hospital bed.

"I had them bring you a blanket. The doctor said they'll need to take some blood work to determine what it could be, but he said there is virus going around right now." He mentions as he tucks me in as tight as possible.