Wait

Day two

The beeping of the heart monitor echoing around the otherwise silent room gradually awoke Taehyung again. He opened his eyes slowly to see that the room was dark now, meaning it must've been nighttime. Sitting up, he winced and wrapped his arms around his stomach as the dull ache returned. A sigh escaped his lips as he carefully scanned the room for a clock, finally seeing on the wall across from him he realized that it was four fifteen am. Nausea held its grip on him, along with the ache in his stomach and back. He scratched his head trying to recall the events before he passed out, and remembered the nurses rushing to his side. Suddenly, a wave of emotions hit him and he inhaled shakily. He realized that he couldn't feed himself, couldn't even walk to the bathroom to throw up without having help. He grit his teeth, growling "why am I so useless???" To himself. He closed his eyes for a moment to calm his nerves, inhaling and exhaling deeply before snatching his phone off of the nightstand. He turned the screen on, noticing texts from his members and smiling as his fingers typed responses to them all. However, one member hadn't texted, Jimin. Sighing, Taehyung texted him a short message that read 'I'm sorry about what happened to kookie. I know you're mad at me, but I didn't mean to hurt him' then he put his phone back, snuggling into the covers and falling into a restless sleep.

A few hours later Taehyung was awoken by a woman calling his name and shaking his arm. His eyes opened groggily and he stared at her for a few moments before he recognized the woman, she was one of the nurses from the previous night. One of the few people who'd seem him that vulnerable... He remembered her voice, trying to keep him from falling asleep and he cleared his throat "sorry I couldn't keep my eyes open last night." He joked sleepily, causing her to laugh "oh it's fine, can you sit up for me Mr. Kim?" She smiled as he sat up slowly then checked all of his vital signs. Once she was finished, she prepared to inject yet another needle into his arm "I'm going to need to hook this up to you alright? It's to feed you, since you can't keep any real food down." Taehyung nodded slowly, looking away as she stuck him with the needle. He leaned his head back with a sigh "what tests are they going to run? I need to be finished by five." She started cleaning everything up, talking as she worked "well I know they want to get you in for an MRI but other than that I'm not sure. I'll be back to check on you in a few hours, oh and your manager wants to talk to you. Can I send him in?" Taehyung nodded with a small smile "thank you.." She waved and left the room.

The next thing Taehyung knew, his manager had rushed in and pulled him into a brief hug "Taehyung! I was so worried, are you feeling ok? What's the diagnosis? Do you need medicine?" He rambled on causing Taehyung to chuckle "I don't really know for sure. The doctor thinks it's more serious than just exhaustion though. He's running some tests today, hyung?" The manager listened intently, and hummed out a "mhmm" for Taehyung to continue. The singer gazed down at his hands "I need you to promise me something. No matter how bad things get, you can't tell the others what's wrong. Promise me." The manager blinked in surprise, reluctantly agreeing "I guess I promise. You must have your reasons..." The manager sighed, patting Taehyung's hand before leaving "I'm going to go talk to the doctor about what's going to happen today." Taehyung nodded slowly, watching the older man retreat back out into the hallway.

A an hour later and Taehyung was sitting in a wheelchair awaiting his turn for an MRI, he continuously chewed on his lip out of nervousness. Finally a male nurse walked over to him with a smile "ready to go Taehyung?" The singer nodded stiffly, clearing his throat to speak "I guess so..." He was then wheeled into the room to prepare for the scan and after a few minutes he was laying down on his back as he was told not to move. While the machine scanned his body, he fell asleep, drifting off to dream land.

The dream felt so real, adrenaline pumping through his veins like fire as his legs carried him away from the police. Glancing back with a grin was none other than Namjoon shouting to run faster. Taehyung smiled widely, noticing the environment changing around him rapidly. His eyes wandered around as he ran noticing that he was now in a field running with his friends. He couldn't stop smiling despite the voice in his mind whispering to run faster. His pace slowed, watching his friends run ahead towards some birds. Slowly coming to a stop in his place, he noted that they looked angelic almost. The instant his legs stilled, everything went black for a few moments and when he could see again panic gripped him. Taehyung couldn't breathe. Water surrounded him, with no end to be seen. Thrashing around, he tried to swim to up for air, but there was no end to the water. Bits and pieces of visions flashed in his vision as he drowned, he and his friends dancing and having a pillow fight. Yoongi and Junkook fighting, followed by Jimin being playfully splashed in a bathroom and finally them running down a tunnel. Taehyung's lungs burned, he couldn't breathe, his head hurt from the visions or.. Were they memories? He couldn't tell. He just wanted to wake up. Unable to bear the pain any further he opened his mouth inhaling water and his vision fading to black.

Ears ringing and heart pounding, Taehyung's eyes shot open to reveal the bright lights of the machine scanning him. The nurse from earlier powered down the scanner, worriedly checking on Taehyung "are you ok?" The singer wet his lips quickly and coughed "yeah, bad dream that's all." The nurse didn't seem convinced, but helped the brunette back into his wheelchair "it'll be a few hours before we're able to analyze the scan and make a diagnosis." He spoke as he wheeled the boy back to his room. Once Taehyung was back in his bed, he thought over the things he'd seen in his vivid dream. It felt so real, like it happened but he knew it hadn't. Shaking his head he snuggled into the covers and fell asleep again.

Thankfully this time his sleep was dreamless, and he was awoken by the sound of someone quietly moving around the room. Cracking one eye open, he saw Hoseok setting up several stuffed animals in the spare chairs aligning the wall. Smirking, Taehyung closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, mumbling Hoseok's name softly. It must've caught the dancer's attention, because the room grew quiet. He shifted around slightly, whining the dancer's name a little louder. When Hoseok still didn't move, Taehyung moaned softly and mumbled "oopa~" the last comment had Hoseok eyeing the brunette nervously and his feet carried him to Taehyung's bedside. The singer hummed softly, rolling onto his back, mumbling Hoseok's name once more. But he never could've prepared himself for what his best friend did next.

Taehyung felt a pair of soft quivering lips press delicately against his own, and instantly reacted to the kiss by pulling Hoseok closer. His arms wrapped around the dancer's neck to hold him in place, and his fingers shyly combed through the black hair belonging to the man above him. Taehyung shivered from the tingling sensation traveling down his spine and he couldn't hold back the soft whimper the escaped his parted lips. Hands held his face gently and the moment he released that sound, Hoseok nervously slipped his tongue into Taehyung's mouth slowly exploring every inch causing the brunette to moan quietly. Unfortunately both required pesky oxygen, and parted slowly, Hoseok resting his forehead against the younger's as they both panted with closed eyes. Hoseok was the first break the silence by apologizing "Tae, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.. I thought you were asleep but, wait this isn't helping my case is it?" He continued to ramble on about how stupid he was and apologizing until Taehyung giggled "Hyung, it's ok. I was trying to get your attention. Seems that it worked huh?" Before leaning up to peck the dancer's lips once more.

The rest of the day passed by in a blur, all of his friends had stayed with him until visiting hours ended and the were regrettably forced to leave. As the other members shuffled out, Hoseok pecked the top of Taehyung's head softly with a blush "see ya tomorrow Tae.." The younger blushed as well, nodding and watching the group leave one by one.

Thirty minutes passed before the doctor and the groups manager walked in silently. The manager looked as though he'd been crying, but Taehyung shook off the sinking feeling in his gut settling for a smile "what's up with the two of you?" He joked, but it fell on deft ears. The doctor took a seat, looking over his clipboard notes nervously "Taehyung, it's worse than we thought. I'm afraid you have Hepatoblastoma."