Needed // Jikook [✓]

03

A wide smile stretched across Jimin's face as he sang into his mic, his melodious voice filling up the stadium. As he finished his part, he did a little dance and that's when his eyes fell upon Jungkook.

Jungkook who was facing the opposite direction, hunched over in his seat.

Fear flashed in Jimin's eyes and without wasting a second he broke into a run, from one end of the stage to where Jungkook was seated.

Was the younger throwing up?

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

His feet thumped against the stage and as he reached the younger, he crouched down to get a look at his boyfriend's face, pure concern written all over his expression. He felt slightly relieved when he realised Jungkook wasn't throwing up, instead he was crying.

Jimin at once cupped the younger's cheeks, putting on a fake smile to not worry armys, the freaking Sherlock Holmes that they were.

"Aish, baby. You scared me. Cheer up," he mumbled, suppressing the urge to pepper kisses onto the younger's face.

He turned Jungkook's stool so that the younger was now facing the crowd. Jimin gently wiped away Jungkook's tears that lingered on his flushed cheeks. He stayed beside Jungkook as the younger reached for a towel to wipe his face.

Jimin felt his heart clench. He couldn't imagine what was going through the other's head right then and he knew he couldn't do much to comfort him. Not right then at least while they were on stage.

But for now, he decided to stick close to Jungkook and let him know he was right there with him; that he wasn't going anywhere. He ruffled the younger's hair gently just as Taehyung approached the two of them, his own expression reflecting the same worry and concern as Jimin's did.

Jimin softly rubbed Jungkook's back, a non-verbal way of promising the younger he wasn't alone, that he was by his side and would remain by his side through it all.

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22 March, 2023