Death and Dying (A~ Got7 Fanfic)

Chapter 20 // Jackson

Jackson sighs to himself. He feels as if he should have done something more to help Bambam.

The members of Got7, minus Youngjae, along with their manager, Jimin, Kevin, and, Eric were currently sitting in the hospital waiting room waiting to see what news the doctor would bring about Bambam. Nobody knew where Youngjae was and it was slightly worrying. As soon as they got to the hospital rather than wait with them, Youngjae disappeared. Nobody bothered to stop him, assuming he just needed time to think and process what had happened on his own.

Jackson sighed to himself as he got up from the uncomfortable waiting room chair and stretched. He was tired and felt like if he had informed their leader of what was going on earlier, he could have prevented this. Jackson fishes in his pocket for his phone and dials Namjoon's number. Namjoon is the one person he can count on to make him feel better.

Jackson walks further away from the weary group of idols and waits for Namjoon to pick up his phone. That is, if he's going to. For some reason, Namjoon never answers his phone. Jackson doesn't really give a damn that he is a busy idol. He should answer his phone when Jackson calls and that is that.

Of course, Namjoon doesn't pick up his phone. Jackson leaves a voicemail.

Jackson walks back to the group and angrily flops back in his seat next to Jaebum. Jaebum raises his eyebrow at Jackson's behavior but doesn't comment. Jackson just continues to pout.

Jackson doesn't remember falling asleep but he wakes up to Jaebum shaking his shoulder. He must have been asleep for a while because the rest of the groups is no longer in the waiting room.

"What's going on?" Jackson mumbles sleepily to Jaebum.

"A nurse came by, she said they finished preparing Bambam for surgery. We can visit him before it starts," The leader replies. "The others already left to go see him"

Jackson stands and stretches again. Hospital waiting room chairs aren't the best place to sleep.

"Come on," Jaebum says as he begins walking out of the waiting room and in the direction of Bambam's room.

The two walk down the hallway in silence. The reality of the situation hitting them full force. Bambam had nearly died. The only thing they could hope for was a successful surgery to save Bambam's life.

As the two slowly approached the hospital room they could hear voices from down the hall.

As they get closer to the source of the sound, they hear Jinyoung and Yugyeom screaming at each other.

Eric and Mark watch on with worried eyes.

"I'll get Yugyeom if you get Junior," Jackson says to the leader of Got7.

Jaebum only nods his head in reply. His weariness is tangible.

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Jackson swiftly moves behind Yugyeom. He puts his hand over Yugyeom's mouth silencing the younger's shouts and drags him down the hallway and away from Jinyoung.

As Jackson drags a thrashing Yugyeom down the hallway, he can hear Jinyoung's shouts. He briefly wonders what the two of them were fighting about before he realizes Jinyoung has had a bad attitude for the last few weeks. He's been angry and irritable so it doesn't surprise him that he and Yugyeom started fighting.

Yugyeom eventually realizes that he has no chance of escaping from Jackson and stops struggling. Jackson releases his grip on the younger's head and grabs his wrist and drags him to the cafeteria.

Jackson seats the younger at a table and sits across from him. Yugyeom pouts and crosses his arms. Jackson sighs. He hopes that Jaebum is okay dealing with Jinyoung on his own. Everyone knows that Jinyoung has been particularly cold to Mark these past few weeks. Mark won't be any help in calming a raging Jinyoung.

"Yugyeom explain yourself."

"Explain myself?! Jinyoung started it."

Jackson rolls his eyes.

"I told him I wanted to speak to Bambam privately before everybody else. He's the one that started yelling!"

Jackson raises his eyebrows at Yugyeom's confession.

"Why did you want to see Bambam before the rest of us?"

"I don't want him to get the surgery. I don't want him to lose his feeling for me."

"Why didn't you say anything yesterday? He told me he told you how he feels. Why didn't you do anything?"

"He ran away. What was I supposed to say? I never really thought much about my feelings for Bambam. At some point I realized my feelings for him changed but I never thought he could like me back. I need to see him. I need to know it's not too late to tell him how I feel."

"Come on let's go," Jackson says getting to his feet. "Hopefully, JB has managed to tame the beast."

Jackson leaves the cafeteria with Yugyeom. They walk in silence towards Bambam's hospital room.

Approaching the room, Jinyoung and JB are nowhere in sight. Mark and Eric are sitting on the floor next to the door. Yugyeom approaches the door and steps into Bambam's hospital room, closing the door behind him. Jackson slides down the wall and sits down next to Eric and Mark.

The three of them sit in silence. Jackson hopes that everything works out between Yugyeom and Bambam. He can't imagine them without each other.

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Author Note:

This chapter was written by GDragson (http://archiveofourown.org/users/GDragson/profile)