Soaring (BTS KTH FF)

08. Test Results

The white ceiling illuminated by artificial lights is what Miok opened her eyes to.

Most of her vision was constricted by the green curtain that surrounded her bed. The smell of disinfectant strong and the constant irritating beep of the heart-monitor. However, it was the uncomfortable feeling of the IV drip attached to the back of her palm that really indicated to her where she was.

The mattress crinkled beneath her as she shifted. A mop of cherry pink hair tickling her forearm, drawing attention to the boy fast asleep with his head rested by her hip,  fingers wrapped around her wrist and palm, holding on as if afraid to let go.

Still quite unsure how, or even why she was in the med-bay of all places, she looked around to find a pair of familiar dragon eyes already on her. A slow blink and a lazy smile greeting her to the waking world.

"How are you feeling?"

His voice was soft, accommodating to the late hour.

Miok took a moment to asses herself, before answering. Other than how uncomfortable the IV drip felt, she wasn't in any pain. Her head and body felt fine, she actually felt loads better than she had before she fainted.

Which reminded her ...

"Taehyung!" Miok jerked upright at the memory of those pretty brown eyes that had filled her vision right before everything had gone black. The worry filling them and the hand that had been wrapped around her middle. Protective. The strong chest she remembered her head falling on before all her senses had shut off.

Namjoon was beside her in an instant, gentle hands catching her before she could have tumbled out of the bed. Her movement disturbing Jungkook's sleep. Thankfully, she didn't seemed to have woken him up, as he grumbled incoherently, hugged her arm closer and settled right back into his slumber.

Miok and Namjoon watched him for a moment longer, making certain he was well and truly asleep before turning back to each other.

"Taehyung is fine. His scales can handle the bite of a Chupacabra. If anything, you should worry more about the hound than the Dragon," Namjoon said as he fluffed up a pillow for her so she can sit comfortably. Even tugging the blanket out from under Jungkook and pulling it up to her waist.

As new as someone taking care of her was, it was his words that made her stare at him in confusion. She had been aware there were hound all around the training grounds, they guarded around the whole faculty, keeping intruders out. This didn't explain to her what Taehyung chasing after her had to do with.

Seeing the confusion written all over her face, Namjoon's words trailed off. Brows twitching but not pulling together as he did a mental assessment of what had happened before she fainted. "Miok-ah, what exactly do you remember before you fainted?"

Still confused about what is going on, Miok answered as honestly as she could remember, "Taehyung catching me." It wasn't until the words were already out of her mouth that she realised how unhelpful her words were. Blinking she added, "I was walking across the ground, back to the other Cadet's when Taehyung lunged after me. I remember his tail wrapping around my waist, pulling me back and he must've shifted in that second because I swear it was a human that caught me and nothing more."

Humming, Namjoon sat back on the chair he had just vacated. Settling down before explaining to her what exactly had gone down in the training grounds.

"What really happened is, just as you were crossing the grounds, a Chupacabra broke free from it's handler and went rushing straight at you. Your Wonder was the first one to notice, in fact, him breaking free from his handler had us all distracted until both were already upon you. He pulled you to safety, however, that is not the reason you fainted. or so your doctor tells us." He spoke slowly, like he was aware how much of a mush her brain was in right then. Well, it wasn't like Doc hadn't worn him that her medication was going to be making her lethargic for a few long hours yet.