Heart Me

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Sometimes, love isn't enough to keep someone close.

Chapter 42

"Jungkook!"

Taehyung's yells echoed throughout the hospital room. Jungkook, who has been sitting and waiting for Taehyung to get conscious was surprised by Taehyung's sudden outburst.

"No! Don't leave!" Taehyung was having a bad dream.

Jungkook stood up from his seat and attempted to get near Taehyung, but his sister, Taniya, went there first and tried to wake him up.

"Taehyung, wake up! What's happening to you?!" she shook Taehyung's body gently since she had to be careful, Taehyung was still healing from his wounds. "Help, please help us here!" Taniya yelled to get the nurse's attention.

Taehyung opened his eyes, looking like he was panicking. His body was still trembling because of fear while looking at his sister.

"Taehyung, calm down, will you?" Taniya said calmly to her brother.

As she attempted to touch Taehyung, Taehyung jerked her hands away from him.

"No, don't touch me!" Taehyung scoots away from her.

Well, what he was seeing was not Taniya but the figure of Jimin instead.

"Leave me alone! Leave!" Taehyung shouted, covering himself with his arms as if protecting himself.

The nurses and doctor arrived inside the room where Taehyung was confined. Taehyung was still shouting, shooing everyone away from him. The nurse prepared a sedative injection while the other male nurse held Taehyung to keep him still, but Taehyung was unbearably strong to push them away. He was persistent to get them away from him.

"Just keep holding him," the doctor flicked the injection first, but Taehyung was frightened seeing it.

He doesn't like that. Being stabbed again, he hated it.

"I said let me go!" Taehyung used his whole body to push them away and smacked the doctor's hand with an injection.

Jungkook stepped in and grabbed both of Taehyung's hands while Taehyung was still trying to get free from him. He felt like he had to step in because they were being aggressive to Taehyung, but he understood them. However, it seemed like whatever they were doing was not working, so it was somewhat like they were a threat to Taehyung.

"Taehyung, baby, it's me, can you hear me?" Jungkook's voice was calm and gentle while his thumb was soothing the back of Taehyung's hands.

Taehyung seemed to hear him and looked at him with teary eyes.

"Jungkook?" Taehyung uttered weakly while slowly calming down.

"Yes, baby, it's me, can you see me now?" Jungkook asked him.

"Jungkook..." Taehyung hugged him tightly. "you're alive... you're alive," he sobbed on Jungkook's shoulder while gripping the back of Jungkook's shirt.

"Yes, love, of course I'm alive." Jungkook maintained his calmness while caressing the back of Taehyung's head.

"Don't do that... don't leave me like that." Taehyung cried, seeking the warmth of Jungkook's touch. "please, please, please, make them leave, they'll kill me, they'll kill us!" he seemed still traumatized by the event that happened one week ago.

"I'm not; I'm not going to leave you, shush, calm down for me, yeah?" he let Taehyung cling to him almost like a koala hugging a tree trunk. "don't worry, everything's fine now, you're safe." Jungkook kept caressing Taehyung's hair in order to calm him down.

"Just stay here, please," Taehyung's voice was shaky but this time, it was low and calm than earlier.

He snuggled his face in the crook of Jungkook's neck as if his life depended on Jungkook now.

"I won't, I won't leave you, I'm here. I'll be here on your side, okay? Calm down now." Jungkook pecked the side of Taehyung's forehead.

Taehyung's cries slowly died, turning into sniffles, while Jungkook was humming a calming song, which somehow worked when he couldn't hear Taehyung's cries. He was relieved when he heard him snoring lightly now, but the grip on Jungkook's shirt hadn't loosened yet.