MERCENARY 3: Descent into Madness |BTS JIMIN FF|

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All three of us turned to Taehyung, who was mumbling at us in a tired, hoarse voice, clearly awake, but his eyes closed.

'Tae??' Namjoon called his name as the three of us rounded his bed. 'Can you hear us?'

'Yeah.' He mumbled once again and swallowed harshly before giving a weak smile. 'Hard not to hear you yapping.'

'Okay. Let's take him back where we found him.' Jin jokes, making him smile a bit more and making Namjoon chuckle

Hella scared the shit out of everyone by nearly jumping on the bed. Well, we were scared she would jump and squash him, but she only stood up like she's standing on two legs, hanging her paws over the railing of the bed and panting at Taehyung. She shook the entire bed as she leaned on it, the big musle monster she is.

'You've got a new visitor, Tae.' Namjoon chuckled

'Is it Jungkook? I really can't handle him first thing out of a coma.' He joked, slowly opening his eyes, blinking around until he saw us, and then he saw Hella. 'Am I hallucinating, or is there actually a dog?'

She tilted her head, panting and wagging her tail as she stared back at him.

'Tae, meet Hella. One of your saviours.' Namjoon smiles at the dog while she just barked at Tae

'I have so many questions. Where did the dog come from? When did you find me? How? And... what happened to you?' He looked at me, scanning me slowly from head to toe.  'Your hair and... you've lost so much weight-' He stopped talking, his eyes widening in realization, and then he quickly started blabbering. 'Shit. I'm- I'm sorry-I-'

'How are you feeling?' I truly did not want to talk about this. I did not want to break down here and cause a scene. And I am tired of thinking about it because there is nothing else that I can think about.

Picking up on my switch, he went with it, composing himself as quickly as he could. 'I'm... okay. I'm not tied up and getting beaten. Nothing I could complain about.'

'What happened? How are you alive?' Jin asks, but Namjoon cut in with low whispers

'Let's leave that for home. We don't know who could hear, and I would like to keep all of this to ourselves.'

'Honestly, I'm good to go home. I just need to eat and rest. I think I can manage that.' Taehyung adds

'Are you positive?' Namjoon asks, just making sure

'There's nothing they can do anymore. And if I'm gonna lay down and do nothing, I'd rather do it surrounded with people who I actually trust.'

Namjoon smiled and nodded at him. 'I'll let the doctors know. We're taking you home.'

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'What kind of welcome is this?'

Taehyung wasted no time in teasing the rest of them the moment he stepped inside of the house. Gyumin and Jungkook were playing some racing game on the PlayStation, while Hoseok was laughing at them for pushing each other as they played, both of them cheating.

'WHAT THE FUCK?!' Jungkook jumped up and ran over, stopping himself last second from tackling him. 'You're awake!'

'Hyung! How are you home?!' Gyumin yelled from the couch, and Hoseok looked about ready to cry as he stood up and stared at him

'I woke up a few hours ago, and now I'm back.' Taehyung smiles

'Come on. Sit down. Relax a little.' Jin carefully walked beside him, letting him sit on the sofa

He slowly sat down, melting into the sofa with a heavy sigh. 'Damn, I missed this.'

In a way, it's almost like he was never gone. It feels like he was away for a few days or so, but the way everyone is looking at him, and the way he is so run down, you can clearly tell it's been a long time.