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Chapter 14

The next few days passed like a blur to Jungkook. He spent all his free time in the dance studio practicing so hard he could feel the tiredness in his bones as it ached badly - but he'd rather feel tired than the heartbreak in him. He was the first one in at 6am, and the only break he took was a short 10 minutes water break throughout the day, only leaving at 12am in the middle of the night.

He avoided Taehyung as much as he could, the only time they spoke was during official schedules or dance practice which required interaction. The two boys who used to be as thick as thieves seemed like strangers who didn't know each other. It didn't help that Taehyung felt a burning rage in him whenever he saw the younger, and upset over the fact that he had treated Jihyun badly.

Jungkook tried his best to take his mind off Jihyun, but she was always there. Whether he was dancing his hardest or singing in the studio - she was constantly on his mind. The members were starting to notice it, and all of them - excluding Taehyung had asked him to slow down, but he refused to listen.

He had thought of calling his old flames for rebound sex and a casual fling, but he knew it'd backfire and cause more trouble. Jihyun was already mad at him - this would cause a whole war.

And that was how he ended up in the studio again at 1am on a Saturday night as he used dance as a refuge to take shelter from the pain.

Dance practice had ended an hour ago, but he stayed back to continue because he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep even if he got home. However, the tiredness was starting to sink in, and he quickly clutched onto a chair as he felt his vision blurred.

Attempting to drink a sip of water to hydrate himself, his hands went weak and the bottle fell from his hands while he held onto his head tightly as a sharp pain shot through his body. Trying to steady himself again this time, the fatigue from the past few days settled in and this time, he failed to grab onto the chair as he collapsed onto the cold wooden floor.

"Jungkook, are you leaving-" Jin called out as he opened the door to the practice room - he was worried for the younger and had come from his schedule to check on the boy, only to find him lying motionlessly in a puddle of water.

"Jungkook!" He screamed and ran towards the boy, attempting to shake him awake. "Wake up, Jeon Jungkook!" Blood drained from his face when the boy laid motionlessly on the floor while he shook him - he wasn't responding. He pulled out his phone and called the ambulance first, before sending a text message to the group chat to tell the members - there was no time to call.

With every passing minute, fear trickled like ice water through his veins as he tried to wake the younger while he remained motionless. When the ambulance finally arrived, he stayed by the bed as they rolled him away in a stretcher and entered the vehicle with him.

Sighing to himself when they finally placed a ventilator on Jungkook, he checked to see the group had been spammed with messages from the boys and just as he was about to answer, RM called again.

"What happened to Jungkook?!" He shouted into the phone and Jin drew in a stuttered breath as tears stained his face, "I don't know... I went into the practice room and wanted to ask him to come home, but when I arrived, he was already lying motionless on the floor. He wouldn't respond when I tried to shake him awake." A loud gasp was heard from the other end of the line, "We'll be right there."

"Hold on, Namjoon. Get Taehyung on the phone." Jin said and Taehyung responded, "You're on speaker."

"Ask Jihyun to get to Seoul Hospital right now." Jin said firmly and he could tell that the boy agreed with him this time. "I will."

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Jihyun was finally having a better night in days - she had spent most of her break spending time with Junghyun in the day. They spent most of their time playing in the park while Jihyun read a book as the young girl ran around with her new friends, reading Junghyun more books, and watching movie marathons with both her mother and the young girl.