Sunshine Someday // A BTS Soulmate AU [UPDATES SLOW]

Two

* A/N: A SAFE is a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam, also known as a rape kit. *

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Zanna's pretty sure her head is going to split open. She's got the biggest migraine she can ever remember having--the ridiculously bright lights in whatever room she's currently in are not helping--her mouth feels like a desert, and she's pretty sure someone has stuffed cotton into her ears which, believe it or not, is helping with the migraine. The metaphorical cotton seems to be slowly dissipating, however, and Zanna is becoming more and more aware of her surroundings.

When did I lay down? She frowns as she realizes that she's in a bed. Like, an actual bed with blankets and pillows and everything. What the hell?

A semi-familiar voice breaks through the last of her grogginess, but she can't place where she knows it from.

"Miss? Can you hear me?"

She hisses softly in pain as she tries to open her eyes. It takes her a few tries, but she brings her hand up to shield her eyes from the light and finally manages to get them open. The moment she does, she realizes exactly where she is.

A hospital.

"Shiiiiit," Zanna groans, still blinking against the harsh light. She was not in a hospital before she passed out. Not that she remembers passing out, but she does remember running from... something... and that she'd kept running long after she'd run out of air.

What was I running from?

"Miss?" The familiar voice calls again, so she finally turns to look at its owner--and nearly chokes on her tongue. "Shit, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you--"

"No, no, it's okay..." She coughs and, after catching her breath, looks up again to stare at the man standing next to the bed. She can't make herself meet his eyes, but there's no doubt in her mind as to who he is.

"Are you okay?" Kim Taehyung--yeah, that Kim Taehyung, the Kim Taehyung--asks, frowning at her. She swallows hard and nods slowly. "I'm sorry for scaring you."

"You didn't scare me," she says quietly, admittedly gaping now. He smirks at her. He freaking smirks at her. She thinks she might pass out again. Taehyung seems to notice, his smirk disappearing, but he misunderstands the reason.

"I'll get the, uh, doctor. Be right back."

He disappears before Zanna can protest being left alone in the room. Thankfully, he reappears only moments later with a nurse.

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Unwilling to leave the room while the nurse does his job, Taehyung sits on the chair in the corner of the room and listens to the girl answer questions. He learns that her name is Zanna Plant—a gorgeous name if you ask him. She's 23, the same age as Jungkook (No, wait, that's her American age. She's a year older than JK, then. A year younger than me and Jiminie). Her birthday is August 8th, and... he's not 100% sure of a few of the English words she used, but he's pretty sure she said she's homeless. He types the words he's unsure of into the online dictionary, practically praying he's wrong, but the translator tells him those words mean exactly what he thought they did. Well, shit.

He also learns, part-way into trying (and failing) to explain in English how he and Jimin had found her, that she speaks Korean.

"Taehyung-ssi, you don't have to speak to me in English," Zanna says with perfect intonation as he struggles to figure out what a doorstep is called in English, startling both he and the nurse into silence. She gives a small smile at their stunned faces.