Hold Me

Two

Jimin stood there, frozen in place, as his arms tightened around the motionless body. His mind went blank as his eyes took her in.
"Jimin! What happened?" Taehyung asked when he hurried toward his friend.
"I don't know..." he stuttered, "She suddenly collapsed."
"Did she say anything to you?" Hoseok inquired as he took a closer look at the woman.
"She did... but I could not understand her." The woman in Jimin's arms slightly steered, her face contorting as if in pain.
"Hyung, do you see if she is injured?" Jimin asked Jin, not wanting to let go of her body to check for himself.
"I cannot see any apparent injuries," Jin told him when he rounded the couple.
"Me neither." Taehyung confirmed, "Apart from her feet. It seemed that she ran without shoes."
The three friends stopped before Jimin and inspected her woman's body a little more.
"Her... I don't know what it is called ... long socks..."
"Pantyhose!" Hoseok explained to Tae.
"Okay ... her pantyhose is ripped." The second youngest member added to the list of notable things he detected.

"And what are we doing now?" Jimin lifted the body further, opting to take her bridal style to keep her from getting hurt even more.
"There are not that many options," Jin told the group. "Option one: we call the police."
"Not happening. Imagine the press that comes with it." Hoseok objected, shaking his head. "I already see the news on TV. BTS members knocking a girl out."
"Hyung, you are always so dramatic. But I agree with Hoseokie." Taehyung moved closer to look at the woman's motionless face.
"Then option two: We call the managers."
"No, no, no. Bad idea. Don't you remember that we slipped out of the dorm? We are not even allowed to be out right now." Hoseok intervened, waving his hand.
"Yeah. I am already in trouble for being caught twice this month. So not an option as well." Jimin told the group, shuddering when he thought about the punishment that he would have to face.
"Which leaves us with option three. We bring her to the dorm for now." The group nodded at Jin's idea. "But?"
"But..." Jimin looked at the oldest member as they started to walk towards the park's exit.
"We tell the rest of Bangtan too."
"Of course. I don't know how we could keep her hidden from the others." Taehyung looked at Jin as if it were a stupid remark he let out.
"Okay, then we are good to go now. Let's bring her to your car, Hoseok." Jin wanted to help Jimin by removing the girl from his embrace, but Jimin tightened his hold on her.
"It's okay, hyung. She is not heavy. I can take her to the car."
Jin nodded with a smile, seeing that Jimin was super protective of the woman they had just met.

As the group climbed into the car, Jimin ensured that the woman was well secured, and her head rested on his shoulders. Only now, he looked at her attire. Her outfit was disheveled, and as Tae had described, she had no shoes on, and her pantyhose was ripped.
"Hyung? Did you see that she had a purse with her?" Jimin suddenly inquired before they drove off.
"No!" Jin replied shortly. "And nothing was lying on the ground."
Hoseok started the engine and drove off as Jimins' eyes remained on the woman's tears-stained face against him. The streetlight danced over her motionless features as the groups drove to their dorm.

Luckily, the security at the entrance of their neighborhood did not check their car but just let them through when Hoseok gave him a wave with his hand.
"Let me take her up to the dorm?" Taehyung offered after they parked the car in the underground garage.
"No. It's okay. I can do it." Jimin was quick to lift her in his arms.
Jin and Hoseok chuckled when they saw how quickly Jimin dismissed his best friend for taking care of the girl.

"We are back!" Jin shouted when they entered the dorm. Jungkook came running to the entrance to take the groceries bags out of his hyungs' hands.
"What ... Who is this?" He let out in surprise when he saw Jimin with the motionless female body huddled against him.
"Go and get the rest of the group. We have something to inform you about." The oldest member told Jungkook, who hurried to get the rest of his hyungs.
Within minutes of Jungkook spreading the news of Jimin bringing a woman to the dorm, all the members came to the living room.
"Who is she? And why is she sleeping in your arms?" Namjoon asked Jimin in a scolding tone.
"Calm down, Namjoonie!" Jin patted the leader's back before asking him to take a seat so they could explain.
"Jimin. Bring her to our room!" Hoseok instructed the dancer with a grin.
Tightening his arms around her, the latter walked to the bedroom he shared with Hoseok. Gently he let the woman down on his bed, brushing a strain of hair off her face. He did not know if he should change her dirty clothes, but he decided against it for now.