Ch 1: A New Chapter
Y/N
″S-She is not breathing!″ I tried to push the woman as quickly as I could. My eyes fell on the young girl that lay unconscious on the floor. Dust and rubble surrounded us in de midst of chaos. I had trouble concentrating, the screaming, the shouting it was hard for our team to remain in order with all the panicking civilians.
She is the 5th one already.
I crouched down beside her, a few of my men kept the female away allowing me the space to concentrate. Bending over I checked her breathing just in case, it wasn’t there anymore.
″She is suffering a cardiac arrest.″ My comment alarmed the woman into hysterical screaming while the medical team found itself beside me.
Looking at the young girl it seemed she was suffering from a wound to the head as well, probably caused by the collapsing of the building. I acted quickly tearing the buttons of her shirt to reveal her chest. When I placed my hands down I could sense it, her life energy slowly draining. If I mess this up.....she won’t survive.
So I closed my eyes feeling the heating sensation in my core spreading to my palms and gradually to my fingertips. I felt myself connect with her energy, it was a weak flame flickering its last waves.
A familiar throbbing sensation started to develop in my head. As if I was splitting apart, but I forced myself to ignore the pain. I mustn’t lose concentration. And so I started to chant, with slow and low breaths. With careful words under my whispers and my vision, her flame started to grow. The more it grew the weaker I started to feel.
″Y/N...You’re bleeding.″ A teammate whispered. I have done this too much. I could feel a warm liquid dripping out of my ears and nose.
″I’m fine.″ I could endure it longer if that meant that this girl would be able to survive.
″S-She is breathing!″ The medical team had everything ready and when I removed my hands and opened my eyes the girl slowly came back to consciousness.
″You guys take it from here,″ I spoke. I stood too hastily making me lose my balance for a moment but I corrected my form just in time. There are still a lot of people that need my aid, but right now I too was aware of the fact that I pressed myself too much.
″Out of the way!″ A familiar voice rang through my head and the moment the owner came into my vision I released myself from the energy I put into trying to stand on my legs. Just in time as I was caught carefully and securely.
″Seriously, you’re going to be the death of me.″ It wasn’t his usual happy-to-see-me greeting, but his nagging was able to make me smile.
″Just hold me properly,″ I commented resting my eyes. My feet got lifted off the floor and rather quickly I found myself in a comfortable carried position. As I was carried away from the dangerous zone Jungkook his nagging didn’t stop. However, it soon faded away as I found myself falling into a slumber.
When I awoke I was in a familiar room, laying in a comfortable bed I longed for.
How long was I unconscious?
Seating myself up I noticed my injuries already tended to and a delicious smell swarming the air. My stomach acted accordingly growling for what was waiting in the other room.
″You’re awake,″ Jungkook commented with a grim expression. I nodded, trying to get out from underneath the warm sheet, but he quickly tugged me back in.
″Rest some more. I’ll bring dinner when it’s ready.″ He isn’t looking at me.
″What is it?″ He sighed upon my question. Before sitting on the bed and pressing his head on my lap rather quickly. Once again I placed myself straight only to get a better glimpse at his face. Which he tried hard to hide.
″I keep telling you to stop exerting yourself. Why can’t you just for once listen to me?″ He wasn’t mad I could hear it in his voice. It’s because Jungkook knows that being angry about this won’t help.
There was a sudden attack on a mall. When the explosion occurred there were a lot of wounded once, some people even died on the spot. I was able to save 5 people, without me pouring life energy into them....they would have died. It’s not something he can scold me over and it’s not something...I can pass by. In those moments I don’t overthink my state. If I’m not dying then I want to help others...even if it means giving up a part of my own health.
″You know I can’t just turn a blind eye when people need me.″ I carefully brushed his long locks away from his eyes but he still wouldn’t look at me. Instead, he turned his face away from me sighing deeply as he did.
″I know but please think about my feelings a bit.″ He replied agitated. It wasn’t the first time we had this conversation. As a matter of fact, I can’t even count how many times we discussed this but we can’t seem to see eye to eye.
Ever since Zinon escaped it seemed cases kept piling up. While he was captive he didn’t speak even once, not even a sound. We couldn’t extract any information from him and now with society changing it seems to capture him once more will be more difficult.
Humans are now aware of the existence of vampires we co-exist. This means that vampires no longer need to hide in the shadows and the crime rate has steeped high. Not even just that...we might be colliding with another supernatural race soon. When I was first introduced to this hidden side of the world Mr. Lee told me about the fact that werewolves are also a part of this society. Only they live away from the city and places like this, they associate with their own packs and live in pieces like this for years. The ones that do live among us, never show their shapeshifting side.
Now that the vampires have come out to the light it seems like their numbers are growing and we have heard about several conflicts between vampires and werewolves. After all, they are known to be sworn enemies of one another. Packs are spreading more towards the city due to this and it might become another problem for us.
″I’m sorry....″ I don’t know what else to do than apologize.
He lifted his head seating himself on the bed when I said that.
″You always apologize but it’s not like you actually make a change.″ It was hurtful to hear him say that..but it is the truth.
″Let’s just drop this I don’t want to argue right now.″ And with that, he stood up. His eyes locked with mine and a forceful smile crept on his face.
″Come, let’s have dinner. I’ll set the table.″ He left shortly after leaving me alone in the dim room. Jungkook hates the fact that I do this as a job. It’s dangerous and I get hurt a lot due to my recklessness and need to save people. I tend to forget and care about my own health.
It’s normal for him to be frustrated about this...angry even cause no matter how many times he asks me to take better care of myself...I just can’t seem to listen.
It’s because if I see people in need...knowing that I can help them. I can’t just sit around and do nothing! I slightly groaned feeling my body ache as I slumped my way to the door, entered the living room, and saw the gracious meal he prepared stung my heart even more.
Despite my stubbornness, he always....takes such good care of me. When he glimpsed back at me I found himself beside me rather quickly. His hands carefully held onto my waist while the other supported my arm.
″The doctor said you need to rest a lot and eat well to replenish your energy.″ I weakly nodded at his comment. Every step I took made my bones feel like breaking, it was the first time I felt it this bad in my body. Finally, after what felt like ages I sat down at the table, seeing all the food and the tasteful smell that filled my nostrils made the pain almost fade away.
″It looks great, thank you.″ Jungkook was quick to shove the main dish along with some side dishes toward me. Almost as if he wasn’t planning on eating himself.
″Eat a lot, I also got an herbal medicine that would be very effective. They say it tastes really bad but you just need to put up with it.″
″Yay, I love herbal medicine,″ I replied with a grim face. It allowed us both to share a laugh which made the room feel at ease. Jungkook his hand reached for mine slightly clenching it.
″When you’re done eating go straight back to bed okay? I’ll give you a massage to help with the pain in your body.″ Moments like these make me realize that... meeting Jungkook actually became a blessing to me.
″You’re not eating with me?″ I asked.
″No, of course, I’ll eat! Let’s see...What should I eat first?″ Raising my chopsticks I took a piece of grilled meat holding it in front of his face. The way his eyes softened when he looked at me made my heart flutter.
″You should eat first, why feed me before you.″ Even though he said that he opened his mouth to receive the meat I gave him.
″Just checking if you didn’t poison it.″ I joked. Thanks to that he leaned over sinking his teeth lightly into my cheek before kissing it.