I'll Protect You, Maknae||TaeKook FF ✓

Chapter 21.

"H-hyungie?" Jungkook smiled from his place on the floor. His body felt broken and bruised but he felt his spirit being lifted as soon as he heard his hyungs voice. It had been days since his hyung had initially been beaten into oblivion.

Jungkook waited for Taehyung's voice to come from his spot on the bed, but it didn't. Not until instead of replying with words, Taehyung replied with a whimper and groans of pain. Jungkook gathered the tiny drop of energy he had left to grab onto the side of the bed and pull himself up into a sitting position to look at Taehyung. Taehyung was facing the other way and curled up in a tiny ball, holding his knees to his chest. He was softly crying.

"Taehyungie," Jungkook whispered. "You're awake." Jungkook was able to pull himself up onto the bed and curl his body right up against Taehyung's. Taehyung tried slowly turning to face him, but Jungkook could see the absolute pain on his hyungs face when he tried to move. Tears slipped out of Taehyung's eyes.

"Don't move. You're too hurt. It's okay," Jungkook said. Taehyung finished facing him anyway, and when he did he saw how bad of shape his dongsaeng was in too. He didn't exactly remember what happened to him, and he didn't know why Jungkook was hurt.

"What...what happened?" he whispered. It hurt to speak. It even hurt his ribs just to breathe. His body was so exhausted.

Jungkook started crying and kissed Taehyung's forehead. "I thought he killed you," he whispered. "I really thought you'd never wake up. That bastard! He can burn in hell for what he did!" He saw Taehyung's bottom lip quiver with sadness, but his hyung didn't say anything.

Jungkook slowly explained the entire incident, and reminded Taehyung of how The Master had dragged him away and beaten him half to death for one of Jungkook's mistakes. Taehyung lay there dazed for a moment as he tried to recollect his memory. Bits and pieces of it came back, but he couldn't remember the whole picture. He remembered being dragged out of the room but as hard as he tried to think about it, he didn't remember even being beaten. He thought maybe that was a good thing.

"You?" Taehyung whispered.

"What?" Jungkook replied.

"You're hurt. Why?" Taehyung was concerned.

"Because he's a bastard!" Jungkook cried. "Don't worry about me, I'm fine! But you've been out for over two days and I thought..I really thought.." Jungkook stopped to take deep breaths before he completely broke down sobbing. "I thought you were dead." His tears flooded over as he gently put his arm around Taehyung and cuddled his head against his hyungs. "I was so scared. So scared, hyungie." He kept repeating how terrified and heartbroken he was.

"Over two days?" Taehyung asked confused. He felt like he had no concept of time anymore. He never knew what hour it was and he didn't even know how long they'd been in this terrible place. He just knew it had been light and dark over and over. And apparently it had been dark for him for over two days straight.

Jungkook apologized a billion times for the fact that The Master had hurt him so badly. Jungkook completely blamed himself, because it was his own mistake that his hyung had taken the punishment for.

He then started telling Taehyung about a nice man he met, named Cyun, who snuck him medicine. He told Taehyung how he drank some first because he needed to make sure it wasn't poison. Taehyung made a face at Jungkook, like he was silently asking him are you crazy?!

"But hyung it's working!" Jungkook said. His voice was quiet and soft but Taehyung could hear the hint of excitement in it. "And I think...I think if I can just get more from him it will help you feel a lot, lot better. I'm going to help you get a lot better."