Born for This(A BTS Mafia AU)

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Yoongi carried Scarlett to the infirmary room he'd had set up in his house immediately upon their arrival. He'd already had Dr. Kim Namjoon, who had completed medical school, waiting for them.

"Can I?" he asks, gesturing to her thigh once Yoongi sat her up on the examination table.

"Go ahead," she tells him, momentarily locking eyes with Yoongi as the man prodded at her thigh.

"There's no exit wound so you'll have to dig it out," she says, holding up her thigh so he could see.

"Ah, well I have some lidocaine I could use to try and relieve some of the pain," he says, reaching for the needle he'd already pre filled once he'd learned she had been shot.

He looks up, startled when Scarlett grabs his wrist. Even Yoongi warily sat on the edge of his seat, not knowing what to expect.

"No, the pain is the only thing keeping me sane right now. Just go ahead and dig it out," she says emotionlessly.

"You sure?" He asks, dropping the needle when she let go of his wrist.

"Positive," she reiterates, her voice steady and eerily calm.

Namjoon shrugs and shoots a look at Yoongi, who nods, and he proceeds.

"I'm going to irrigate it with water so I can clear away the blood and then I'll disinfect it. It's going to hurt like a bitch but I guess you already know that," he says, grabbing a bunch of gauze to soak up the blood and water.

Scarlett nods in acknowledgment and prepares herself for the pain. Yoongi watches, intrigued as she stares ahead at the wall, not moving a muscle as Namjoon gets started. He'd been shot before and the pain was no walk in the park. It take extensive training of the mind to be able to block it out the way Scarlett was seemingly doing.

Although he knew Scarlett was hiding something from him, he wasn't upset. Even now, he didn't think she had any malicious intent. She was much like himself. He still hadn't directly told her that he was a mob boss so it would be unfair of him to expect her to expose her skeletons when he had his.

"There's actually not much bleeding so I know it didn't hit your artery. I'm going to try to get it out now," Namjoon announces, grabbing some sterilized tweezers.

Scarlett frowns when he starts to dig into her flesh, but was luckily able to focus on keeping her breathing steady. Noticing her hand clutching the table, Yoongi walks over to pry her hand open; slipping his fingers through hers.

He stroked the back of her hand with his thumb, occasionally kissing the back of her hand as Namjoon prodded further.

"Found it," he announces, finally pulling the warped bullet from her wound.

"It wasn't as deep as I thought. I'm going to stitch it up now and bandage it. I know you said you don't want the lidocaine shot, but most of the pain is over now. I recommend the cream so that you can continue to move around," Namjoon offers.

At this point, Scarlett had checked out mentally so Yoongi gave a nod, signaling for him to continue.

"Make those bandages waterproof," Yoongi tells him quietly, looking down at Scarlett with worry.

There was no light behind her eyes and it looked like the mental strain she'd put herself through was starting to catch up to her.

Dr. Kim made quick work of stitching and bandaging the wound and before Scar knew it, she was being scooped up in Yoongi's arms again.

He took her to his bathroom and turned on the shower, stripping her of her soiled robe and undergarments, placing her guns and holster on the counter. He did the same for himself and led them inside the shower where she seemed to "thaw" from her mental state.