You Never Walk Alone

Chapter 19

"Hyung! Hyung! I have got a present for you! Come on, get up! Get up!" Taehyung screamed, Yoongi groaned as he sat up, the younger glanced worriedly at the small cuts on his elder brother's face, it'd been two weeks since they were kicked out of the shed and had to resort to an alleyway where they had unfortunately encountered a gang, the boys of the gang were almost the same age as Yoongi and Taehyung and absolutely loved to beat them up whenever they got the chance, yesterday, Yoongi had taken some blows for his dongsaeng and the latter was drowning in guilt since then, so he had went out on the streets -after treating Yoongi's cuts as well as he could with zero medical supplies and making sure his hyung was fast asleep- to find something to give his hyung as a token of gratitude.

"What is it?" Yoongi grunted, eyes half-open.

The fourteen-year-old quickly took something out from his pocket and put it in his hyung's hand, "I got you an Eternal Crystal, hyung, I have one too! It means you'll be my hyung forever and you'll stay with me forever and I'll be your dongsaeng forever and I'll take care of you forever!" Taehyung exclaimed, diving in to give his hyung a bear hug.

"Aish, what was the need for this, Taehyung-ah?" The sixteen-year-old asked, holding his little brother's gift -a purple coloured translucent stone, kind of like a crystal, about the size of a normal pendant, it was very mesmerizing- and admiring it, after a few seconds he put it in his pocket.

"As a thank you." Taehyung replied, "You always take the hits for me, a-and I-I c-can b-barely d-do an-anything for you..." His voice wavered as his eyes began to fill with tears, "I-I d-don't l-like s-seeing y-you h-hurt, h-hyung...P-please d-don't t-take h-hits f-for m-me, I-I c-can ha-handle a-a li-little p-pain, b-but I-I c-can't s-stand t-to s-see y-you i-in p-pain."

"What makes you think that I don't feel bad when you're in pain? It hurts me too, Tae, that's why I take the blows, and besides, those things don't hurt at al-" Yoongi was suddenly cut off by his own coughs.

Taehyung let his hyung lean on him for support, the younger noticed that the older was a bit paler than usual, his cheeks were flushed and he had some sweat beading his forehead.

"Hyung! You're sick!" Taehyung exclaimed, already starting to panic.

"'M f'neee." Yoongi slurred.

"No you aren't, hyungie! W-we need t-to get medicines, I-I'll go get the-" Before he could complete his sentence, Yoongi's eyes rolled back into his skull.

The fourteen-year-old panicked even more, they had no money, how was he supposed to get his hyung some medicine?

"Missed us?" A voice spoke from the entrance of the alley.

"Frick off, Kyu-chul, I don't have the energy to fight you and your goons today." Taehyung spat, not turning to look at the person.

"Oh, but after that fight with your 'hyungie' yesterday, we didn't get to throw some punches at you because your 'hyungie' drove us off, and now that he's unconscious, we're here to fulfill our quota, it's only fair, don't you think?" The person, Kyu-chul asked.

"I don't care, if you wanna beat me up, come back tomorrow or something, hyungs ill, I have to take care of him." The fourteen-year-old said.

"Aww, poor kid, his hyungie is ill, what if his hyungie dies?" Kyu-chul mocked.

Taehyung got up from his place next to Yoongi and immediately ran forward to punch the other boy across the face.

"Shut.the.hell.up." The fourteen-year-old growled.

"No, I don't think I will." Kyu-chul sneered and then began punching the younger boy without stopping.

Taehyung tried his best to fight back, but unfortunately, the two brothers hadn't eaten anything in two days so he was rendered weak and defenseless.