I slowly cracked open my eyes but instantly closed them with a groan as I was met with a bright light. I could hear movement around me, but I couldn't tell where I was.
"She's waking up," I heard a worried voice yell next to me. I felt a hand grasp onto mine, "Go get Jin, he needs to check on her. You're ok now just take your time in opening your eyes." The last part was whispered in my direction. Gripping the hand back I opened my eyes to see I was on a bed in a white room. My eyes traveled over my body noticing I was in a white over-sized t-shirt and that was it. My eyes then traveled to the hand on top of mine and to the culprits face, J-hope. He looked at me with a worried smile as I tried to sit up. I groaned as a shooting pain went up my side.
"Oh no, stay laying down, don't hurt yourself more." J-hope exclaimed as he pushed me back onto the bed, his eyebrows furrowed. I lifted my shirt up not even caring that J-hope was sitting right next to me staring at me intently. I saw a large white bandage with blood seeping through it on the right side of my ribcage. A hiss of pain escaped my mouth as I carefully pulled back the bandage to see I was all stitched up.
Collapsing on the bed I groaned "Why did this have to happen to me?" I whispered. Suddenly Jin burst into the room with a first aid kit in his hand. Running over to the bed he sat on the edge and slowly helped me sit up.
"I'm so sorry Mara," He said to me as He lifted my shirt and ripped off the bandage, "I never meant for this to happen, No one saw it coming." I let out a small shriek as Jin spread some alcohol onto the wound and put a fresh bandage over it."You're very lucky the stab didn't go any deeper," When he was done he stepped back and gave me a sad smile. "Sorry." He whispered once again as He left the room.
I slowly tried to get up to use the bathroom I saw across the room. I gasped and fell back onto the bed. I felt J-hope put a hand around my shoulders as the other one found its way to my waist. He helped me walk over to the bathroom saying nothing. I looked at his face to see a worried expression where his smile once was. "I'm fine really," I whispered. His gaze shot over to me and he glared a little.
"No you're not, there's no need to lie to me it's obvious you're not ok."I shivered a little at his tone of voice. We made our way to the bathroom and I told him to wait outside while I did my business. He agreed but told me to yell if I needed any help.
When I came back into the room I was surprised to see all of the members in my room. I looked around, some looked worried while others kept a cold poker face.I made my way back to the bed and sat on it, the pain in my side slowly easing away.
"I can't believe you got stabbed," Monster said with a glare. "Because of you we couldn't get the information we needed out of him." I glared right back at his comment. Before I retorted someone butted in.
"YAH, It wasn't her fault," Jimin said obviously angry with Monster, "It was her first job and we honestly didn't have the best control over the situation." Monster stood up at this information obviously irritated by Jimin's claims.
"What the Fuck do you mean you didn't have control of the situation?" He yelled taking large strides over to Jimin gripping him by the front of the shirt and lifting Jimin's feet off the floor. "And who are you to talk to your leader like that, huh?" Jimin just grunted in response as Monster threw him away. Jimin stumbled a little but didn't fall. A deafening silence fell over the room, a thick tension hung in the air.
"Umm," I whispered, unsure if I should speak or not. Monster looked at me and raised an eyebrow urging me to talk so I went on. "What's gonna happen now? Am I done with jobs now or what?"
"Well," Monster said looking around unsure of himself, "You seemed to walk out of the bathroom fine, but I don't want you to get worst just yet so I think you should work with J-hope a little bit." J-hope's face brightened at the mention of his name. he looked at me with a large smile. It was funny to see him smiling as a large studded mask hung down around his chin. I returned the smile and stood up.
"Ok when do I start?" I stood up and stretched totally forgetting that I wasn't wearing any pants and totally just gave the 7 guys a peep show of my underwear. I instantly put my arms down as I felt the stares on my legs. "Damn," I heard Jimin whisper. "I'm gonna go get dressed" I whispered as I ran to my closet. I turned around with clothes in my hands expecting all of the boys to leave. When they didn't I raised my eyebrows and cleared my throat. Monster seemed to get the hint and ushered all of them out, trailing behind them and closing the door as he left.
Sighing I slipped on the black leggings and a poofy cream oversized knit sweater. I ran my fingers through my hair not even caring what I looked like. I walked out of the room and realized I had no idea where the guys were. I made my way down the hall towards the stairs. As I reached the top I heard voices and realized they were in the same living room as before. I walked in and just sat on the floor in the middle of the room as I didn't want to look for a seat.
"You're going to leave with J-hope today," Monster grunted as he looked at me, "That is if you're feeling up to it." I nodded in response. Just after J-hope walked over and grabbed my hand pulling me up from my spot on the floor.
"I have a lot of work to get done so let's get going," He said with an eager smile, "It'll be nice to have someone around to help me for once." I smiled back as he drug me out of the house, a chorus of goodbyes coming from the other guys. I was lead to a black Impala and allowed to sit in the front seat.
I settled into my seat and tried to relax even though It was hard with the aching pain in my side. I must have drifted off as the next thing I knew I was being shaken awake by J-hope. I opened my eyes and stretched before getting out of the car. I followed J-hope into a little house. It was fairly clean but only had like 4 rooms.
"It's not much but I get by", J-hope said as He walked to his desk, "Can you put one of those masks on?" He asked as he pointed to a box on a shelf next to his desk. I nodded and grabbed one of the dispossable masks and looped it around my ears. That was when I realized J-hope already had his studded mask up covering most of his face. I sat down in a chair and looked around the room. I realized it wasn't as clean as I had first realized. There were papers and drawings everywhere, It was a lot but it felt organized in a messy way if that makes any sense. I let out a sigh and let myself relax into the chair.
J-hope's eyes snapped up at the sudden noise I made. "Do you need anything?" He asked me "I can make you some tea If you want, is your side bothering you badly?" I was about to reply but he was already running off into the small kitchen probably making tea. As he was doing that I noticed some of the drawings on his desk. I picked them up and looked at them. Most of them were landscapes, but as you went deeper into the pile there were portraits. I instantly recognized all the members and a smile spread across my face."this boy is really talented," I thought to myself, "It's a shame he has to be in this gang." As I kept looking I found one that was unfinished but whoever it was had long hair. I jumped as J-hope cleared his throat behind me.
"I have your tea," He said to me while handing me a black mug with a chip in it, "If you need anything else you can go and get it, make yourself at home. You're family here now." J-hope grinned and I smiled in reply.
"Did you draw these?" My question must have took him by surprise as he choked on the tea he was sipping.
"Oh yeah," He replied with a smile after his coughing fit went away. "Do you like them?"
I saw a flash of happiness go through his eyes as I responded with a nod and a smile, I couldn't see his mouth but I was sure he was smiling. I watched J-hope as he leaned over his desk scribbling stuff onto a piece of paper. He rolled his chair back and forth, going to a shelf and grabbing large binders before taking them to his desk and flipping through it. he quietly muttered to himself about how he couldn't get this one explosive down.
"Do you need any help?" I asked him. He looked up and then back down at his binder with a blank look.
"Oh I'm just having trouble with this one formula." He responded, "I'm sure I'll get down," I nodded and tried to stifle a yawn. J-hope obviously noticed this yawn of mine. " If you're tired you can go to sleep."
"Oh no I-" He cut me off before I could continue.
"Come on you can go sleep in my bed," He grabbed my elbow and ushered me into a room, I saw a mattress pushed into the corner of the room. "Go ahead I won't mind. You've been through a lot." He pulled the blanket back and patted the mattress. I nodded and laid down on the mattress. J-hope looked at me one more time before leaving the room and getting back to his work.
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I jolted up in the bed I was on as I heard a yell come from the other room. I ran into the other room to make sure everything was ok. I saw J-hope had his fists up in the air and his head back like he just won a marathon or something. He looked over and noticed me in the doorway.
"Oh did I wake you up?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his neck. I just shrugged and came into the room. I looked at the clock and noticed it was 2 in the morning, I had slept the whole day away. "Oh sorry we should probably get you back to the house now. I'm finished with my work so let's go."
We walked out to the Impala parked in front of the house and drove back to the Mansion. I didn't fall asleep and realized the ride was maybe 5 minutes at the most. I stretched my arms up above my head as I got out of the car and walked towards the house. I got in and noticed everyone in the living room. It was silent as they stared at me and J-hope.
"Mara why don't you go to sleep for now?" Jin said to me with a questioning tone.I looked around and realized I just walked into something I probably wasn't supposed to.
"Why? What's going on?"
"We'll explain it to you tomorrow," Monster spoke up. "We still have to get everything straight between us. Don't worry about it and get some sleep, you'll have a busy day tomorrow." I didn't even question anything after that. I nodded and walked up the stairs towards my room.
I quickly changed into an oversized t-shirt and fell on my bed. I sighed as I thought "What did Monster mean by tomorrow being busy?" I tried to ignore the thought but couldn't I slowly fell into an uneasy restless sleep.
"What will tomorrow bring?"
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Ok so I realize that this chapter was fairly boring and had a whole lot of J-hope in it. But I promise the story is about to pick up so don't worry.
Sorry if there are any mistakes for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to write this at 1 in the morning.
Don't forget to comment and tell me how I'm doing.