Stay alive

Chapter 9

The sun rose early the next morning and provided a welcoming blanket of warmth for the members who had a rough night. Yoongi had probably suffered the most since he had been awake for hours despite his own exhaustion and his attempts to keep the others as comfortable as possible. But thankfully Seokjin and Namjoon had taken over from him about two hours ago, giving the second oldest a well-deserved rest.

But his rest was of short notice when Yoongi started to stir as a sunbeam was shining directly in his face.

"Hmmpff"

"Yoongi? Are you awake?" Seokjin asked. The second oldest hummed annoyed and tried to roll over but stopped when he noticed that someone was lying next to him. Oh right, he had fallen asleep next to Jungkook. The maknae was asleep and didn't look any different the last time he had seen him

"Did he wake up when I was asleep?" Yoongi asked as he sat up. The eldest shook his head and looked at Namjoon, who also shook his head. "We should try and wake him up though. He probably has a severe head injury, even though he doesn't have a wound or bump"

"Yoongi, you should drink and eat something first. You said he fell asleep right before we woke up, and that's only two hours ago. Jungkook can sleep a little longer before we try and wake him up" Namjoon said, but the older rapper shook his head

"No but in the hospital they always wake someone with a concussion every two hours"

"I know, but he can wait a few more minutes. You need to take care of yourself first"

"But-"

"Listen to Namjoon, Yoongi" Seokjin intervened, but softened his voice when he noticed the doubt on Yoongi's face "We need you. You and Tae are the only ones that are mobile. If you don't take care of yourself, you will get sick and then everyone will be worse of"

Yoongi hated to admit it, but Seokjin was right. This wasn't the time to ignore his own well-being and get lost in fussing over his members. They were heavily relying on him, and Taehyung, but Yoongi didn't want to pressure the younger one and decided to make sure that he was available for the injured ones at all times. It did work during the first few hours, and some more hours after that but in the end he needed to rest and sleep. Which he did, for two hours, and while his mind was telling him that he already rested too long, his body was telling him otherwise. He felt lifeless and needed a lot of commitment to make himself stand up to join the others near the fire that was almost dead.

"How are they?" he asked and gratefully accepted a bottle of water and some snacks from Seokjin. "Any changes on Hoseok?"

Namjoon sighed and shook his head "No, no changes. He's breathing steadily and Seokjin had checked his wound earlier"

"He's a bit warm. Not like feverish warm, but we decided to not take any chances and remove his blanket and make the fire smaller"

"If he's getting a fever..." Yoongi said anxiously, but he was quickly shushed by the two others and Namjoon signaled to him that Jimin was awake next to him. The rapper immediately felt more awake and moved next to the oldest maknae.

"Hey Jiminie" he said as he said down next to the boy's head and gently patted his hair

"Hyung" Jimin breathed out. The boy looked exhausted. It was clear that he was still in a lot of pain and on his cheeks were dried tear tracks seen. The poor thing probably didn't have any tears left after crying for so long, but he silently wished that that Jimin hadn't been awake this whole time...

"Hoseok, will he die?" Jimin suddenly asked

"Jimin..." Namjoon warned him, and Yoongi could only guess that the two already had this conservation when he was sleeping