Enveloped with Love! (Taekook)

CHAPTER XL

August 5th, 2022 - Seoul - Asian Medical Center

Yoongi felt numb as he waited in the bland hospital room, on a small couch in the corner. The snow white walls, the smells of antiseptic spirits and the constant but stable beep of the monitor crawled his nerves as more time passed.

It had been 6 days since they had found Taehyung lying in a pool of his own blood in his kitchen. They had rushed him to the hospital and the doctors had done everything in their power to help his baby... They had stopped the bleeding from his head wound and patched him up well, however, Taehyung was yet to wake up.

Technically, he seemed fine. His vitals were good and his body was responding to all medication and stimulants. The only issue was that he had still not woken up. His head was wrapped in a bandage and his hands and legs were filled with little bandages to patch up all the tiny cuts and abrasions he had got from his fall in the mess of glass shards and knives. Apart from that, he looked as if he was sleeping soundly.

The doctors were not worried per se but were also very elusive with their answers and after pestering them for every tiny detail, they had now stuck to a standard response that they won't know anything until Taehyung wakes up!

And so they waited and waited and as every minute passed, Yoongi could feel his anger rise up bit by bit. He had failed his family. He had failed his baby, his Taebear and he just couldn't take it anymore. When Jeongguk had made an appearance in his life, Taehyung was happiest he'd ever seen him and Yoongi, although had reserved his judgment, had eventually warmed up to the fact that Taehyung had finally found someone and was genuinely happy.

Everything that he had told him or had been passed on to him via Jimin, made it seem like a dream come true. The artist had in fact made sure that Taehyung was happy. More than happy actually. It seemed as if the man cherished and loved him with everything he's got. And so Yoongi had lowered his defenses and assumed that all was well, that Taehyung had finally found true happiness and now all will be fine.

But now as he watches his fiancé cry yet again as he sits and stares at his best friend's sleeping face, Yoongi feels like he's capable of murder. He wants to be neutral, practical, logical even but the state of his entire family has spiraled in the last week and it feels like he's on the precipice of losing his baby and in turn losing his fiancé as well. Because he knows that Jimin will be inconsolable if anything happens to Taehyung. The only two important people in his life, his family, were slipping out of his hands and there's only this much consideration he can show before he snaps.

He needed to fix things, he knew. He had earlier waited till now in the hopes that Taehyung will wake up soon and he will hear everything first hand from him. But as days pass, he can't help but wonder what if...

He needed answers to help his family and he could go to any lengths for it. And he knew just the way to go about it.

Breathing deeply, he got up from his seat on the couch and walked to the bed to where his fiancé was sobbing as he tightly clutched onto Taehyung's hand, occasionally pressing soft kisses on it...

Pulling him up and holding him closer to himself, Yoongi brushed his hair away from his face.

"That's enough, babe... You're going to fall sick this way and Taehyung is going to kill me when he wakes up!"

His voice was extremely gentle as he tried to pacify the sobbing man.

"I j-just.. I can't wait anymore, Yoongi. W-why won't he wake up? What i-if... w-what if he never wakes up?"

"No. We can't think like that now. He's going to wake up, okay... I just know it!" Yoongi was not really convinced of his own words but it was important to help his fiancé at the moment.

Jimin sniffled and coughed before he wiped his own tears a bit. Looking up at Yoongi, he spoke.

"I can't stop thinking about those knives! What was he doing with them? I just have a feeling that he was... thinking about...you know?"

Since the time they had found Taehyung, Jimin had been obsessed with the knives on the floor. He was convinced that in his moment of despair, Taehyung was thinking of harming himself but Yoongi was sure that it was not true.

"Jimin, please.. I told you. It must've been an accident that they fell out okay. I'm sure there's an explanation to everything! I refuse to believe that Taehyung would do something like that and put us through the worst pain we can imagine. He loves us too much to even think like that, alright! So let it go... Please."

Jimin looked at him as his tears flowed continuously but held his tongue. He did not look convinced but deflated as if he had no energy to argue his point. Yoongi understood him. He truly did. Taehyung had been walking on a thin line as far as his mental health was concerned and he was not stupid enough to dismiss what was in front of his eyes for so long. But Yoongi was sure, Taehyung sounded okay after he spoke to them... and no matter how bad things get, Taehyung considered them as his family and he won't put them through something so terrible as that!

"Do you want to.. maybe go home, love? I can stay here and I'll be awake I promise . I will keep a constant eye on him. You look too tired and worn out baby and honestly I don't have the capacity to be scared for you also." 

Jimin quickly composed himself as he heard Yoongi who could see the struggle his fiancé went through to control his sobs. All an act, he knew but Jimin had absolutely refused to leave Taehyung's side for longer than the little while it took for him to shower everyday.

They had taken turns to keep a constant eye on Taehyung and they both barely got much sleep for the past few days. Jimin was extremely panicky that if they both slept and Taetae woke up, he'd be scared to find himself here and so it was important that he sees either of them the second he opens his eyes. So Yoongi had agreed to take turns to sleep on the small couch in the room and neither of them had gone home since the time they got here.

But looking at Jimin's dwindling condition as everyday passed, Yoongi had to try to convince the man to take a little break, away from the depressing atmosphere of the hospital.

"No. I'm okay. I don't need to go home... but you can go ahead if you want! Maybe get a few clothes from Taetae's house for when he wakes up? Also, could you call mom? I c-can't speak to a-anyone right now."

Honestly, Yoongi wasn't surprised but he had to try. He'd have to think of a way to get Jimin out of the room somehow but at the moment he got an opportunity to step out. He was planning to do that anyway. But this way he won't have to say anything to his fiancé before he had some solid answers to what he was about to do.

Clearing his throat, he placed a kiss on the man's temple before he walked to the door.

"I'll get you a coffee on my way back okay. Just try not to cry too much while I'm gone and needless to say, call me if anything happens."

The said man nodded and passed a small smile that relieved Yoongi slightly.

"I love you..."

The blond simply nodded at that and Yoongi finally stepped out of the room with a final look at his family. It pained his heart to the point of physical pain to see Jimin stare at Taehyung's face as if afraid he'll miss the second he opens his eyes and he's done nothing else for the past six days.

His anger had grown and he was done with waiting. He needed to find answers and for that he needed to speak to Jeongguk.

Nobody gets away with hurting his family! 

AN: Yoongi taking matters in his own hands... Don't blame him!  

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S