health | jungkook

xii.

"Good morning, lovely! Oh, and Miss Kim," Jungkook greeted as he entered the room with Jimin trailing behind him.

Taejin smiled, letting her eyes close as Jungkook pressed his lips onto her forehead. "Hi Kookie."

Jihye and Jimin watched the new couple's interaction, amazed. "So, you guys are together?" Jihye asked.

"Something like that, yeah," Taejin answered shyly and moved to the side, letting Jungkook lay beside her on the bed.

"Listen, I'll let your little visits slide but whenever I say you can't see her for whatever reason, you can't see her. And Taejin, please don't move too fast, your body-"

"Is tired and weak and I need to take care of it until further testing is done, I know I know," the girl mumbled and rested her head on Jungkook's chest, eyes closed.

"And you," Jihye stared deeply into Jungkook's eyes. "Break her heart and it won't just be your heart that needs surgery."

Jimin bursted into fits of laughter at Jungkook's scared expression, the boy nodding his head violently. "Jungkook, I'll be back in half an hour to take you to get your blood work and tests done to make sure you can get the surgery."

"Okay hyung," the boy said, tilting his head to rest on Taejin's and closing his eyes as well. The two nurses glanced at each other and left the room quietly.

It was silent in the room for a few moments before Taejin uttered a quiet, "This is nice," against Jungkook's chest. To which Jungkook responded, "Cuddling?"

Taejin shook her head. "Feeling safe."

Jungkook pressed a kiss onto the top of her head as he heard Taejin's breaths even out and felt her body grow heavy. He wrapped a protective arm around her small body and joined her in a peaceful slumber.

***

Jihye walked down the hallway, stopping in front of Taejin's door to peak through the window. The couple was still asleep so she resumed her walking, feeling a doctor tap on her arm bringing her to a stop. "Yes, Dr. Min?"

"Have you seen Mr. Park?" Yoongi asked the nurse, who shook her head. "Well if or when you do, tell him that we will have Jungkook's blood work done around two instead, I have an emergency c-section to do right now."

Jihye nodded. "Understood. Good luck."

The two parted ways and Jihye made a quick stop at the on-call room to grab her water bottle, a yawn escaping her lips. She was exhausted, having to stay overnight last night to be ready in case Taejin needed assistance. She opened the door and jumped slightly, not expecting to see Jimin standing against the staff fridge, asleep.

She smiled softly to herself before quietly walking towards the nurse, tapping his shoulder lightly. "Jimin? Hey, you can't sleep here because I can't get my water bottle. Take the bed over there."

Jimin opened his eyes slowly and looked around the room, seeing Jihye. He then widened his eyes, "What time is it? I have to take Jungkook to get his blood work done with Yoongi-"

"Yoongi said that you can take him around two, he's doing a c-section right now. Relax and take a nap."

Jimin rubbed at his eyes tiredly. "Well I need to go see if Jungkook is-"

"He's still with Taejin and they are asleep."

"I need to go check on my patient's vitals in room 501-"

"I'll have that new intern Namjoon do it, now sleep. You look like crap," Jihye grabbed her phone out her pocket and messaged the intern quickly, breaking the rules about only using her pager to contact staff.

Jimin cracked a smile. "Look who's talking, your eye bags scream disgustingness."

Jihye rolled her eyes at the male's comment, furrowing her eyebrows when she felt her arm being tugged towards the bed in the on-call room. "What are you doing, Park?"

Jimin didn't respond, only laying down and pulling the girl with him. He loosely laid an arm on the girl's waist, eyes closed. "Rest."

Jihye felt her cheeks begin to burn as Jimin's breaths evened out, her head resting against his chest. As much as she wanted to refuse to sleeping, let alone with her coworker who she happens to have a small crush on, her body disagreed. Before she knew it, she was passed out next to him.

***

Taejin woke up to a slight pain in her abdomen and the absence of Jungkook next to her. She pushed the pain aside and rubbed the sleep out her eyes, sitting up. She was about to reach for her phone to message Jungkook when she heard the bathroom door open and looked up, seeing Jungkook walking out.

"Oh you're awake," the male told her as he walked towards her bed.

Taejin nodded sleepily. "How long have you been up?"

"Not long, just about ten minutes. We slept for around three hours, it's 1pm now."

"Didn't you have some tests to do?"

Jungkook shrugged, taking a seat in the chair next to her bed. "Jimin-hyung said he'd come get me, he never ca-"

"So the lovebirds have finally woken up," Jihye exclaimed upon her entry, Jimin trailing behind. "It's time for lunch. Taejin, you need to take your one o'clock dosage first."

"Can I have lunch with Kookie today?" Taejin asked.

"I dunno, ask his nurse," Jihye responded, preparing Taejin's medicine by the hospital sink.

Taejin looked at Jimin with hopeful eyes, who in turned nodded. "I'll be coming back at two to take him to get his tests done so I need him to be done by then. Jungkook, come over here so I can check your blood pressure. Jihye, I can use Taejin's sphygmomanometer for a second?"

Jihye nodded. "Just put it where you found it."

"Will do, Jungkook come here please," Jimin instructed and Jungkook got up from his chair and walked towards his nurse. Jimin quickly checked his blood pressure, writing it on his clipboard. "Alright, you're good. I'll be back with your lunch, okay?"

Jungkook nodded and returned to his seat, Jimin exiting the room. Jihye groaned out loud. "I forgot something, hold tight, I'll be right back." Then she left the room as well.

Suddenly, Taejin felt an unbearable shot of pain in her abdomen, causing her to cry out. She placed a hand on her stomach, other clutching the side of her hospital bed. "J-Jungkook! Help, h-help me!"

The male widened his eyes, shooting out of his seat and rushing towards the girl. "What's wrong?"

Taejin felt tears springing in her eyes as she continues to scream out in pain, the monitor beside her beginning to beep out of control showing signs of her heart rate and blood pressure spiking. "I-It hurts, help me!"

Jungkook felt his anxiety trigger as he ran to the doorway. "Help! Someone help! Jihye!"

Jihye, who was just a few doors down in the medicine room, bolted out to see a panicking Jungkook yelling for her. She sprinted down towards the room, other nurses entering the hospital room.

"Someone get me Dr. Jung here stat!" Jihye ordered as she entered the room, moving through the crowd of nurses towards a weak Taejin who was still screaming with beads of sweat on her head, breath hitching with every word.

Jungkook watched in fear with his body shaking, his girlfriend's screams being engraved in his mind. "I-Is she going to be okay?!"

Hoseok entered the room with Jimin behind. "I need any non-medical staff out of here please," Jimin grabbed Jungkook by the arm. "Jungkook, let's go."

"No! I can't leave her here!" He fought but Jimin still managed to pull him out of the room. The last thing Jungkook saw was Taejin collapsing against her bed, eyes closed and chest heaving before the door closed.