𝒟𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒯𝑜 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈

61::Restored

"There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help."

-Fred Rogers

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Taehyung heard knocking from the door of his penthouse and quickly decided to ignore it. But a minute later, more urgent sounding knocks resonated through the living room and he sluggishly headed for the door. He swung it open to find a concerned looking Yoongi and Hoseok on the other side.

"Taehyung, how are you doing?" Hoseok worriedly asked.

Taehyung shrugged and walked away from the door, allowing his friends to enter. The youngest shuffled back to his spot on the couch, the elder two hesitantly watching him. Yoongi and Hoseok slowly followed after Taehyung and sunk onto the couch.

"I just want you to be happy." Yoongi suddenly spoke, breaking the awkward silence that was settling over the group.

"You don't get to make that choice." Taehyung's eyes flicker towards him.

"You're human," Yoongi continues, "your heart is there to love. Sometimes the heart breaks and becomes numb, but damn it Kim Taehyung, yours is not broken yet. I know it isn't. You crying right now is proof that it isn't. So cry all you want because I'm here for you. And all I want you to do is talk to your boyfriend, there are millions of reasons why he was there and working."

"Maybe I don't want to know. Maybe I don't want to because if what I hear breaks my heart I don't know if I will ever be able to fix it." Taehyung replies, making Yoongi's heart break when his voice cracks.

"But you need to know." Hoseok says.

"Huh? Do you know why he was working there?" Taehyung looks up almost furiously.

"No but I have an idea, but I'm not saying anything. If you want to know you need to talk to Jungkook." Hoseok lies to make the other calm down. "Otherwise you'll both be miserable."

Taehyung groans, "I don't want to do it right now."

"Tae, Christmas Eve is in a day and he was planning something big for you. Don't give up on him." Hoseok explains before leaving.

Taehyung groans again, wiping his tears and standing up smoothing his sweater.

"I'll drive." Yoongi states.

Taehyung almost, almost, laughs.

They get in Yoongi's car and head to Jungkooks apartment, Taehyung biting his nails the whole way there. He walks up the stairs warily, staring at the door for a while before knocking. He hears someone stand up.

Kai opens the door with a scowl on his tired looking face. "Fix him." Kai whispered, stumbling to the side to let Taehyung into the apartment. Taehyung started to walk through the door, only to pause when Kai fell onto him.

"Oh my god, Jungkook!" When he doesn't hear a response he yells again, "Jungkook I know you're in there and I know you probably don't want to talk to me but Kai just passed out and I don't know what to do!"

Jungkook came running out, pajamas and tear stained face on full display "Oh shit, we have to take him to the hospital!"

"What? I'm sure he's fine, he was probably just tired." Taehyung tries to rationalize. "I've done this plenty of times after long performances."

"He doesn't perform."

"I'm sure he's-"

"He's not fine, Taehyung! For fucks sake, he has leukemia and it's getting worse. If you want him to die just keep telling yourself that he's fine! But I know he's not and I'm taking him to the hospital!" Jungkook shouts tears falling from his eyes with every word he says.