Most Beautiful Moment in Life: An Epic Jikook Love Story ✔

Chapter Eight: Collapse

Trigger Warnings for this Chapter:  

Anorexia (weight loss, food avoidance) 

Adult Language (as always)

A few days later...

His head was pounding, his eyes swam with tears. Jin noticed and put his arm around him, wordlessly leading him to the green room.

What had happened? He thought.

"Alright, guys," said Namjoon, "Come on, everyone gather up." He gestured for them to come and sit close together in the green room, "What happened to Jimin?"

They had all seen it, seen the same thing. Everything had been fine, they were at a fan sign, promoting The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Part 2, playing a game of... trying to look angry...Jungkook thought in disbelief...it all seemed made up....and then in slow motion Jimin had been falling forward, hitting his head, being helped off of stage and then to the hospital with Hudak (Their Dance Instructor/Manager). It all had seemed to happen at once, Jungkook had no idea what had happened.

"He fainted, right?" Jin offered the obvious. Everyone was quiet for a minute.

"Okay guys for real, has Jimin been eating?" said Namjoon seriously. The members all looked shocked at the question, though everyone knew certain habits of Jimin..

Initially Jungkook offered up a yes, as did other members... "Are you sure?" said Namjoon. "Like, did he eat with us at lunch?" Big Hit had ordered sushi from a prize winning place in Osaka for the members that day.

"Well, I fed him a sushi roll myself!" said Taehyung.

"Yeah, he had a sip of my miso soup," said Jin seriously.

"Okay guys, did you see him actually eating a plate, though?" Namjoon paused but no one said anything. "What about breakfast?"

"He never eats breakfast," muttered Hobi, and several members nodded affirmation.

"Alright, dinner last night," Namjoon pressed on, even more concerned, his face tight.

They had performed, and gotten food after. "He said his stomach was off from the performance," said Suga. "He didn't take a plate."

"He made me feed him some of mine," said Jin, "But only a few bites, really."

"He had wine," Jungkook pointed out. "And champagne."

"Okay but drinks aren't food, though guys.." Namjoon's voice got higher, "Lunch yesterday?"

Taehyung shook his head. "He never eats before we perform because he doesn't want to look bloated," he said, his voice was so low and gravelly now that it threatened to break into a sob.

"And no breakfast, you are telling me, never any breakfast? The night before that?" The leader's voice hinged on anger. Deep concern, thought Jungkook, feeling it, too. "Dinner the night before that?"

Several members shook their heads. "He came in after we had dinner, and only had wine."

Namjoon looked around at all of them. "Are you telling me Jimin lives and works with us and surrounded by staff all the time and somehow no one realized that he hasn't been eating?" Namjoon ran his hand along the back of his neck. "Seriously guys, we have gone back three days and Jimin ate about 5 bites of food and a lot of wine, is that seriously the truth?" He kicked a chair angrily. "Are you kidding me? Who remembers Jimin actually eating a meal, like what's the last time you remember Jimin eating?" Namjoon's voice was panicked now.