Stay alive

Chapter 4

"Hyung I'm back" Taehyung said as he let himself fall on his knees next to Hoseok. The dancer slowly turned his head towards him and smiled weakly before he shut his eyes tight and gritted his teeth when his stomach sent him another wave of pain.

"We - we need to stop - stop the bleeding" Taehyung mumbled nervously to himself while he was searching through the medical box he had brought along. He had seen the box many times before because the staff always carried them everywhere they went, but fortunately they barely needed to use it. Only once when Jungkook had cut his foot, and maybe a few times when one of them had a paper cut or something like that, but then the staff would take care of them.

The staff...

Like the two dead managers in the back of their plane. A cold shiver went through Taehyung's body as he could clearly see their broken bodies in front of his eyes every time he thought about them, so he tried to keep his focus on his members. And especially Hoseok who was bleeding out in front of him.

Gauzes, bandages, band aids, skin alcohol, everything was inside the medical box and the large amount of it made Taehyung actually only more nervous. He wasn't a doctor, so how would he know what to use? Would you need something special to dress a gaping wound on someone's stomach? There were so many different things, but also in different sizes and even multiple kinds of tapes. Where to begin?

Another painful moan coming from Hoseok made Taehyung less picky. He figured out he just needed something to hold against the wound and then something to hold in in place while keeping pressure on it. So he grabbed the first package of sterile gauzes he saw and then the biggest role of skin tape he could find and moved closer to Hoseok. He dumped the medical stuff next to him on the ground and with shaky hands he carefully lifted the soaked sweater from Hoseok's stomach.

"Di-did y-ou fin' the oth-ers?" Hoseok asked

Taehyung grabbed the package with gauze and tore it apart, and grabbed the white cloth and pushed it gently but firm against the exposed wound. Thankfully the wound wasn't too wide, but it seemed quite deep and blood kept streaming down from it. The wound was even small enough that he could fold the gauze in half so the layer was doubled and then Taehyung grabbed the tape to secure tight.

"Tae?" Hoseok asked again, causing Taehyung to snap out of his focus when he ripped another piece of tape from the role. The younger one quickly placed the second piece over the gauze and once he was satisfied with his bandage, he turned to Hoseok's face. "What's wrong? Are you hurting somewhere else?"

The rapper shook his head, but winced when his stomach protested violently. He tried to look around but every single movement made his wound hurt even more, so he stopped and looked at Taehyung once again. "Where - where 're the others?"

"Jimin and Kook are behind you and hyungs are in the plane. We're all here Hobi" Taehyung said and focused back on the stomach wound as he didn't want to tell more about the rest. Hoseok was already badly injured and in no shape to worry about the others right now. So hopefully the dancer would just lay back down and let him take care of him....

"Are th'y hurt? Take - take me to th'm Tae"

Taehyung sighed and stopped his hands where they were hovering over the bandage. Of course Hoseok wouldn't just lay back and let the topic rest. Even when the boy himself had literally a hole in his stomach, he would not back down. But it wasn't a surprise and 100% understandable. They had been in a plane crash that could have easily killed everyone onboard, so it would actually have been worrisome if Hoseok hadn't asked about the rest of the members. But it would have been so much easier for Taehyung. The second youngest was already struggling to decide who he should help since multiple members needed help right now, but he could only be at one place at the time.