I love it when I catch you looking at me.

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As soon as I enter my room after completing the mission that has exhausted me both physically and mentally, Gyuri's presence is the last thing to be expected. She jumps on me even before I take a step inside, as I don't get enough time to close the door behind me, we both pass through the open door and are now standing outside of my room with her being clinging to me like a koala.

"Gyuri? What are you doing here this late?" My voice has the very tint of tiredness and confusion. It is nearly 2 at night and all I so want to remove the dirt off my body and cradle myself in my soft and fresh sheets.

"I am happy that you are safe," She probably wants to say this, her face shows those emotions that she is not able to describe in words.

Gyuri stays in the hugging position for countless minutes. I would have been quite grateful and happy if I was refreshed but sadly I am not which is the very reason I am slowly losing my cool.

Somehow I need to maintain it even when death is slowly crawling up and eating away my insides, but I need to keep calm. At least not in front of Gyuri— she will get hurt if I yell at her for no reason.

"Yeah I am alright and the mission is a success too," I pat her shoulder indicating that she can let me go. Slowly withdrawing from me, Gyuri sends me a big wide grin and proudly pats my shoulder as if she is a proud mother of the child who has just returned home after battling with her bullies.

"I know you are proud of me but, Gyuri~"

I whine while making a rather twisted face to show my exhaustion. When she finally gets the indication of how weary I am, she shows me an apologetic face which actually throws me into a bucket of feel guilt. Guilty over how worried and concerned she is for me but my dumb self can't even take this for granted. I am way too grateful to god for giving me such an amazing bestfriend.

She walks towards the door and waves her hands, I throw her a flying kiss to which she dramatically actions like she caught each of them and put inside her heart.

Finally saying goodnight, she exits.

Now I can sleep.

Freely and finally.

It doesn't take me much time to order the room assistant to open my wardrobe. When I feel exhausted enough then all I need to do is order everyone around and that everyone here is literally the room's computer system.

I gather all of my clothes and place them beside the shower wall. Removing my clothes, the second I feel the sharp pain in my back, my mind blows off. The pain is so triggered to the level that I barely am controlling myself from screaming out aloud.

Turning my head backwards, I try peeping at the wound and to my very surprise it is rather bigger than expected— not a normal one, strangely there is a black lining around the wounded skin like it is poisoned.

Eventually the pain subsides, it is supposed to be after all but I know the struggle of passing those very seconds when I barely controlled myself from running towards Jin.

Jin..

He will kill me now.

He probably will, I don't think he will let me live with this strange wound over there. I have made it even more difficult now with it being poisoned.

I should take a shower first right? May be the colour washes off just like that?

I should at least try.

Taking the cotton pad and antiseptic from the corner drawer, I pour some on the cotton swab and try to gently clean the colour off but when the swab touches my skin, I bite my lower lip to the extent that I taste my own blood.

I don't think I can do it— the pain is unbearable, I will ruin it more.

After taking a quick shower, I wear my night gown and scurry towards Jin's clinic.

Not caring if the wound is infected to the level that it is lethal or even if I die any second now, all I am terrified is of Jin's scoldings. I know that I won't be able to stay silent whenever he starts his scolding— I know he is right in his own way but the job I am assigned to can cause life and death situations. It is something that he never wants to accept or hear from anyone.

Feeling highly pessimistic, I start my journey towards Jin's infirmary.

SJSJJSJSJSJSSJJSS.

Whatever.

Turning and turning and twisting and a round about and stop.

I place my hand on the door knob of the room while closing my eyes.

Ready. Set.

Go.

And my first instinct is to peek inside the room to check if anyone is there. Of course I expected nothing but I never did expect him being there with Jin.

"Goeun?"

That oh-so familiar voice calls my name resulting Jin to turn around and look at me with an expression of surprise. His hands are already occupied with his medical equipments as he instantly closes the curtains of his patient's bed— that is Taehyung's bed.

"I am almost done, you can sit on the vacant bed," Jin sounds super professional and sophisticated as if he is completing one of the most crucial surgeries ever.

Getting my way out of my thoughts, I shake my head and occupy a seat on the opposite bed from Taehyung's.

But wait, Taehyung is also sitting on the bed.

It means.. he is injured?

We were togther everywhere and when both of us separated, he looked absolutely fine after returning except being weary. Me too, I am tired too but..

He didn't get poisoned right?

With that only thought, I don't know how but my body reacts without even thinking of the consequences as I grab the silky fabric of the curtains and rip them away from my path— making it clearer for me to check Taehyung's condition.

"Goeun!" Jin screams out of fright, probably shocked by the way I opened the curtains but my eyes immediately meets the boy's who is laying with his head down on the bed, then I look over his back.

The same black-lined wound.

And my eyes widens in shock.

"W-what happened to him?"

"He is poisoned with a very, very lethal substance but thank god it is in less amount— almost negligible. Good thing he came to me as fast as he felt the abnormal symptoms otherwise-"

But may be Jin notices the way my expressions are turning into horrified one or I am not even surprised if he even read my mind— his eyes widens instantly.

"Don't tell me, same with you, is it?"

I want to yell a loud 'yes' but my mouth seems to be tightly shut but when he detects my unusual expressions— his doubt immediately clears away itself.

"Oh my god."

His hands stops midway while working on Taehyung's back as he frantically looks around the room.

"Lara? Lara!" He screams so loudly causing both me and Taehyung to jump away from the sudden raise in the elder's pitch.

"Remove the shirt and lie down on the bed, quick."

Second by second, the urgency in his sound starts reaching the extreme level as Lara finally comes by Jin's side and takes the equipments from his hand. She wears those disposable gloves and proceeds in covering up Taehyung's wound.

At least he is getting treated.

"Did you not hear me? I said lay down!" Jin snaps, basically roared at me.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Jin comes running towards me with a tray filled with medicines as he covers my body while drawing the curtains around the bed. I remove the shirt in an instant.

"Fuck, it is worse."

I swear, I swear I have never heard Jin cursing during his job or say while healing someone.

I don't know if I should smile or cry right now. May be my life is in danger but still my mind is confused over what expressions to show which totally is a pointless thing to think about right now.

"So you think you can heal me?" I ask, unsure if my question can make him angry or disappointed. But the way his face is changing colours per second is now making me scared too.

"I don't know, it was not so difficult in Taehyung's case as it was just a scratch but here it looks like it has been injected in your veins. I don't know Goeun if I-"

"Cool down, I know you can do it."

I try calming him down.

"Is everything alright?"

Lara's almost inaudible sound comes from the other side of the room as Jin gulps down in annoyance— scaring me more because of his temper. He is super worked up and I don't think he would like to get interrupted by anyone during his work.

"It can be painful," Jin sends me an apologetic look as all of a sudden he plunges something in my neck, not giving me enough time to react— a typical Jin thing.

The substance he has inserted in my body brings strong waves of dizziness that clouds me, leading to my realization that he is now going to operate on me.

From the last expression that flashes on his face, it gives me the idea that the condition of the wound is more serious than anything.