FORGOTTEN

Chapter 13

RM's head was spinning. So many emotions ate away at him. Guilt, remorse, hope, and love... oh so much love. And as much as he hated keeping secrets from his bandmates, this was one he needed to keep to himself. If Ji-hoon were right, it wouldn't be long at all. He arrived at the house and had to compose himself. Hopefully, he was a good enough actor to pull it off. RM entered the house and slammed the door as hard as possible. His face was forced into a scowl just before the other five reached him.

"Joonie -hyung," JK reached for his boyfriend's hand. 

"Not now, Kook," RM snapped and pulled away from JK before stalking toward his and JK's shared room. 

"Joon, what the hell is wrong with you?" Jin reached out to the seemingly furious man.

"Let it go, hyung," RM sneered at the oldest. "I have to talk to Bang P.D. about something urgent." He stormed into the room, slamming the door. The others heard the tell-tale click of the lock being engaged. RM wasn't lying about having to talk to Bang P.D., but it wasn't as serious as he'd made it out to be. Outside the room, JK's face betrayed every emotion he felt. 

"Why don't we go on and head to the hospital," Suga pat JK on the shoulder. "Give him some time and space. I'm sure everything will be fine when we get back." JK nodded and looked longingly at the room he and RM shared before leaving with Suga to the hospital.

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I hope you enjoyed the food I brought better than the hospital food," Ji-hoon grinned at Jimin as he cleaned up the remnants of the lunch spread he'd brought.

"I did," Jimin rubbed his belly with a grin.

"Good." Ji-hoon clapped his hands and smiled. "Now, I hope you like dessert." He reached for a cooler box Jimin hadn't even noticed. 

"What is that?" Jimin's jaw dropped.

"Hello?" Suga's unmistakable voice called through the door.

"Yoongi-ssi?" Jimin gasped. 

"The one and only! And I brought someone along who is dying to see you."

"Jimin-hyung!" JK enthused then stopped. "May I call you hyung?" His energy was more reserved. 

"That's fine, Jungkook-ssi, I don't mind." Jihoon scoffed, but Jimin paid him no mind.

"Thank you, hyung," JK bowed deeply. "Jin hyung and RM hyung have advised me not to talk about the past few months, but I think it is important because that's why you are here in the first place." Yoongi jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow. 

"Not right now," Suga hissed.

"No, let him speak," Jimin interrupted. Suga sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose, and sat in a chair.

"Thank you, hyung," JK bowed again. "We screwed up. Plain and simple." 

"Glad you realize it," Ji-hoon growled. JK ignored him and continued.

"I can't speak for anyone but myself. I had a crush on Namjoon-hyung since I joined BTS. You knew how I felt before anyone else. But I was so young back then. He never even gave me a second glance." Jimin nodded. It was true. 

"I remember how often Tae and I comforted you over him."

"Yes, I do too, and it is embarrassing. But I never gave up hope. When he finally asked me out, I lost my mind. I was so excited. I remember telling you about our first dates!" Jimin nodded again. 

"We stayed up way too late most of the time those nights." Jimin chuckled then sighed. "Then things changed."

"Namjoon-hyung asked me to move into his room," JK said sadly. Jimin nodded. 

"Do you think bringing up old love stories is going to make this better?" Ji-hoon snapped at JK. "That's why you forgot about your friend." Jimin wasn't sure if he'd actually heard Ji-hoon call JK a whore or not, but he left it alone for the moment. 

"Ji-hoon, hyung, please." Jimin pleaded with the manager, who crossed his arms and looked away from the maknae.

"I never meant for us to drift apart that way. I was just so in love with being in love that I lost sight of our friendship." 

"How convenient." Ji-hoon scoffed. Yoongi clenched his hands into fists, but JK continued to ignore Ji-hoon.

"When the others started dating, it just seemed normal for us to go out and do couple things after work. I, for one, thought you would feel strange or out of place going out with couples, but I never once thought of doing something as BTS to include you. The kind of things we did at the beginning when it was the hyungs and the maknaes."

"Is he supposed to applaud you and pat you on the head for realizing you weren't acting like a human being?" Ji-hoon burst out in rage. 

"Motherfucker, I've kept quiet, but if you don't stop fucking attacking JK that way, I'm gonna beat the ever-loving shit out of you," Yoongi lunched at the manager.

"Yoongi-hyung! NO!" JK jumped between the two men. He managed to stop Yoongi, but Ji-hoon somehow punched JK in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. JK's head bounced off the tile floor with a sickening thud. Jimin screamed, and Yoongi scuttled over to the maknae and gently flipped him onto his back. Blood poured from a cut on JK's forehead.

"Is everything-" A nurse burst into the room and froze when he saw JK on the floor in Yoongi's arms. He ran back to the door and yelled. "I need help in here!"

"Are you happy now, Ji-hoon -hyung?" Yoongi snarled at the stunned manager. "So eager to have Jimin to yourself?"

"NO!" Ji-hoon gasped. "This wasn't; I never wanted to hurt anyone. Jimin, please, you have to believe me!"

"Ji-hoon-hyung, please leave," Jimin sniffled. 

"Jimin, please let me explain," Ji-hoon pleaded with the younger. 

"Not now," Jimin shook his head. "You've been goading people and provoking them all day. Now JK is hurt." Several people had entered the room and lifted the unconscious man onto a stretcher, wheeling him out with Yoongi right behind them. 

"I can't talk to you anymore right now," Jimin turned his back on the manager and buried his face in the pillow.

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"Joon," Yooingi spoke rapidly into the cellphone pressed against his ear. "You gotta get to the hospital as soon as you can!"

"What's wrong?" Joon asked, his blood running cold. "Did something happen to Chim?"

"No, it's JK. He's been injured."