Jimin Protectors ' Book 1 '

Chapter 74 '✅'

Author's POV :

Jin: "I'm sorry, Yoongi..."

Jin's voice broke like glass. His whole body shook with guilt and shame. Yoongi's heart shattered seeing his older brother like this.

Yoongi: "You don't need to apologize, Hyung. We're the ones who need to be sorry for not taking care of you. We all saw how this incident affected you, but we got busy with ourselves and what happened with Jimin, so no one thought about you. But you need to promise me, if you ever have that urge again to hurt yourself, you'll come to one of us. Shout, cry, even hurt us, but never let it consume you like this, hmm?"

Yoongi's eyes burned with tears he refused to let fall. His hands trembled as he held Jin's face, staring deep into his brother's broken eyes.

Jin looked down at his hands, unable to meet Yoongi's desperate gaze. His shoulders sagged with the weight of his pain.

Jin: "I... I will try."

Yoongi's heart clenched. He gently grabbed Jin's chin with shaking fingers, forcing their eyes to meet again.

Yoongi: "No, you will not just try. You will do it, Hyung."

Jin nodded slowly, his head moving like it weighed a thousand pounds.

Namjoon: "You can do this, Hyung."

Namjoon's voice was thick with emotion. He stood like a guardian, his fists clenched at his sides.

J-Hope moved like a gentle breeze to Jin's side. He took Jin's cold hand in both of his warm ones, rubbing soft circles on the back of it. His touch was like a promise - we are here, we will stay.

CRASH! The door flew open like thunder. Everyone jumped.

Jungkook: "What happened?!"

Jin's face turned white as snow. All the blood drained from his cheeks. His hands became ice-cold in J-Hope's grip, and his whole body started shaking like a leaf in a storm. Terror filled his eyes - he wasn't ready to face Jungkook if he found out what he had done.

It was already late, and they didn't expect him to come at this hour.

Namjoon: "Nothing. What do you want?"

Namjoon tried to sound calm, but his voice was tight like a rope about to snap.

Jungkook: "Jin Hyung, why was the cafe closed today? I finished my classes early and thought about passing by, but I found it closed."

The four brothers looked at each other with panic in their eyes. Silent messages flew between them - what should we say? How do we protect Jin?

Jin: "I was just tired, so I didn't open it today."

Jin's voice was barely a whisper, weak and fragile.

Jungkook's eyebrows came together like storm clouds. Something felt wrong.

Jungkook: "But... you weren't here in the morning! Are you sick? Did you go to the doctor?"

He walked toward Jin's bed like a worried puppy. Jin's heart pounded like drums. In a panic, he quickly hid his bandaged wrist under the covers, pulling them up to his neck.

Jungkook reached out with gentle hands and touched Jin's forehead, checking for fever. His touch was soft and caring.

Jin: "I'm okay, Kook. You can go to sleep now, and the rest of you can leave. I'm tired."

Jin pulled the covers over his head like he was hiding from the world. He wanted to disappear, to become invisible.

Jungkook: "You're hiding something. All of you are. What's going on?"