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Chapter 8

"Who wants their pudding?" Jungkook said walking out of the bedroom. "Me!" I yelled as I ran past him to grab the pudding. He raced me to the pudding and won. "Haha I win." he smiled before sitting in his usual spot near the door, or next to my seat.

I rolled my eyes and sat next to him. "Ok, you better eat your food." I looked over at him. "You too, come on let's take bites together." he faced his entire body towards me and grabbed a spoonful of the vanilla pudding.

We eventually both finished our puddings and Loki applauded us. "Good job you guys." she smiled at us. I smiled back, it was the first time someone, an adult I should say, has complimented me on eating. It was one of the best days of my life.

"Alright, welcome back everyone." Loki said as the rest of the kids walked into the unit. Kaide glanced at me and then Jungkook before sitting away from me. I was happy he wasn't talking to me, otherwise it would've made things worse.

I know, I'm a big baby about this whole Kaide thing. I've just had really bad and toxic relationships in the past. So, I wanted to stay away from him, or at least he learns not to flirt with me so I don't have breakdowns.

Jungkook was currently sitting on the floor in front of the main desk on the phone with someone. I kept my focus on him because he seemed frustrated with whoever he was on the phone with. He then stood up and walked over to a corner where many couldn't see him.

He sat down and broke down. He was talking while tears were streaming down his face. Noone heard him, because he was quiet and I was the only one who noticed him. Instead of just watching him cry and be upset, I decided to give back to him for all the times he's comforted me and to comfort him.

I got up from my seat and walked towards Jungkook's direction and walked past him, making it seem like I was walking down a hallway to a few bedrooms. Once noone was paying attention, I went down to the ground and slid myself close to Jungkook.

I opened my arms to see if he wanted a hug. He gestured for me to come to him and I immediately scooted towards him and embraced him in a hug. He talked into the phone crying and talking to someone who I later figured out was his mom.

"M-mom, can y/n speak to you? I-i really can't t-talk right now." he asked as tears streamed down his face. He handed the phone to me and asked if I could talk to his mother, which of course I said yes. What he needed right now is comfort, and that's what I'm going to give him.

Once he handed me the phone, he pulled me onto his lap and hugged me tightly. I hugged him back and rested my head on his shoulder as I talked to his mom.

"Hello, Mrs. Jeon. This is Park Y/n I go to Jungkook's highschool." I explained. "Oh you must be Jimin's sister." his mom said from the other line. "Yes that's me." I responded quickly. Jungkook hadn't calmed down much at all so I rubbed his back with my free hand as my other hand held the phone.

"I want to thank you for talking to me. I wanted to talk to Jungkook, but he is not in a good place right now to talk." his mom explained. I talked with his mom for around 10 minutes as she talked about Jungkook's hospital situation which was similar to mine. He also attempted to overdose which is why he is here.

"Alright, well we have to go to the court yard." I told Jungkook's mom. Which was a lie, Jungkook just needed comfort where he couldn't here his mom's voice I could tell. "Alright, have fun. Bye." she said and hung up the phone.

I tried getting off Jungkook, but he didn't want to let go. "I have to put the phone up so your mom still isn't on the line." I explained. "Come back when you're done." he sniffed. I quickly put the phone up and sat back down on Jungkook's lap.

He hugged me tightly again and cried lowly into my shoulder. "Want to go to the fishbowl?" I suggested, since it would be quiet and people won't see or interrupt us. He nodded into my shoulder in response. I stood up and asked Loki to unlock the fishbowl door and told her Jungkook and I were going to sit in the closet. She took a glance at Jungkook and immediately unlocked the door. "Just leave the closet door open a bit so I know you're in there, okay?" "Yes ma'am." I responded before Jungkook quickly dragged me into the fishbowl and then into the closet.

He pushed the door just so it was open a crack before sitting down and pulling me onto his lap. He hugged me tightly and began to cry into my shoulder again. I hugged him back and slowly rubbed his back. "Let it out." I patted his back gently.

20 minutes later, he took his face out of my shoulder and looked into my eyes. His eyes were puffy and tear stains were all over his face. "I-i'm sorry I got your shirt all wet." he apologized. "Don't worry about it, I got extras." I chuckled.

He didn't say a word and stared off into space as I scanned his face. I picked up my hand, afraid to wipe his tears off his face. Eventually, I got the courage to a placed my hands on his face. He looked into my eyes with his puppy dog doe eyes.

I wiped his tears and caressed his cheeks and near his eyes since they were really puffy. I saw him smile a bit which made me smile. "Better?" I asked. He nodded. "Wanna go back to the dayroom?" I asked. He shook his head as a no.

"What do you want to do?" I asked tiliting my head. "Can we talk?" he asked. "Of course." I smiled to him. "What do you want to talk about?" I asked to break the silence. Although it was a comfortable silence, I knew it wasn't the time to sit in silence and not talk or do anything.

"Can I talk to you like you're a therapist?" he asked. "Of course. Free therapist right here." I pointed to myself which made him laugh. "So, I'm assuming my mom told you about my attempt." he started off and I nodded in response.

"She just gets so worried and then she seems to get over it so fast. Does she really want me to stay if she just makes it about her all the time?" he asked himself. "You know my mom is the same way, so selfish. When I attempted, and you saw me in the hospital not this one, you know a regular one." I chuckled to myself. "She said, how dare you scare me like that. Instead of saying I'm happy you told me and that I didn't lose you. Or at least something comforting." I explained.

"Ugh parents." Jungkook looked at the wall. "They are so stupid and need to think beforer they say like they tell us kids." he rolled his eyes.