A Simple Mistake Changed An Entire Life

Holding on in the Darkness

It had been thirty minutes since Namjoon arrived when he heard a soft knock on the door and then it cracked open showing Taehyung's usually happy face frowning as he looked at his brother laying in the hospital bed. Joon started to stand but when Tae held his hand up for him to stay where he was, he took Jin's hand in his bigger one and watched the younger one's eyes glisten with the sadness of what had happened to his brother. "Wha... how did this happen Joon? He is usually so safe.." Taehyung sniffled and wiped his own eyes with the back of his hand before tracing his own fingertips along Jin's cheek that he could reach without touching the bandages. "I don't know Tae, I wish I did but he wouldn't want us sad for him. We need to be brave so when he wakes up and he realizes that..." Tae's sad eyes looked at Joon, "Realizes what?" Namjoon let out a small sob and looked at Jin, "That he won't be able to see anymore..." Taehyung's eyes went wide and they filled with tears, "He.. it took his sight..." Tae couldn't form a proper sentence, he looked wildly back at Joon trying to piece together what was happening. The door flew open and Namjoon saw Kookie walk quickly to his boyfriend and wrap his arms around his waist at the perfect moment when Tae legs went out from under him and he started to sob from the realization of what his brother had lost in a moment.

Kookie held his boyfriend close to him as he rocked the sobbing man back and forth, his own eyes filled with tears but like Joon he needed to be strong for his lover. Kookie's eyes met Joonie's and he let out soft whimper before burying his head in Tae's hair letting them both cry softly from what had happened to their hyung. Namjoon fought his own tears before looking back at his soulmate that had not moved a single inch from when he first came in the room. His trembling fingers moved on their own accord and smoothed back a piece of the rich black hair that he had loved so dearly. "You will be okay Jin, when you wake up we will all be here for you." He just prayed that it was true.

It had been a few moments before they heard another knock on the door, when Joon looked up he saw Yoongi, Jimin, and Hoseok slowly poke their heads in. He waved them in before standing, he helped Kookie move Tae to the chair he was sitting in before he went to the rest of the group to tell them what had happened. Jimin held his boyfriend's hand, trying to find strength but he was hurting from just seeing his best friend so grief stricken. Yoongi held tight to his boyfriend before looking at Joon. "He..." Namjoon cleared his throat trying to fight his emotions, the group needed to know what was happening. "He was walking to his class like any other day when a driver missed a turn, over corrected and slammed into him." Jimin gasped and his eyes filled with tears, his free hand covering his mouth as he fought the tears that were trying to spill out. "Will he be okay?" Hoseok's normally cheerful voice was sadder, but they needed to know. Joon nodded his head before letting out a slight whimper, "The doctors believe he will heal and get better but..." His thumb wiped the tears that were threatening to spill from his eyes, "He won't be able to see anymore.. the way he impacted messed something up and they can't fix it." Each of them looked shocked, Jimin was the first to break and wrap himself around his boyfriend sobbing into his chest.

Yoongi was fighting his own tears before nodding once and wrapping both arms around his lover, Hoseok's eyes filled with their own tears but he slowly took steps towards their elder who laid in the bed. He sniffled and went to Taehyung and Kookie, wrapping his arms around the both of them and allowed them all to cry together. Namjoon walked to Jin's other side and kissed his forehead gently, he was their leader and he needed to be strong because Jin would need him to be strong. As each member let out their own grief, some of the staff brought chairs in the room for all of them to stay together, knowing they needed each other.

Some time had passed, and each of them finally calmed down enough to try and figure out what to do, "This is something major, and I know we all want to stay with Jin but he will need help.." Yoongi's raspy voice came out, he was holding Jimin's hand and Kookie's who was still attached to Taehyung. Joon nodded his head and licked his lips, "We will need help to redo the apartment to help him, he will need to have things changed to get used to what has happened." Hoseok who was running his fingers through Taehyung's hair while he still sniffled nodded, "I can take care of that if Jimin and Yoonie will help me. Your apartment isn't that big so it shouldn't take long." The other two nodded their heads so Joon handed over his keys which Hoseok put in his pocket of his jacket. They continued talking when they heard a soft groan and Joon felt the fingers he was holding move slightly.

His gaze whipped around seeing Jin's eyes twitch and him groan, "Joon..." Jin's usually soft voice was raspy from the accident, each member sat straight up but before anyone could say anything, Hobi flew out of the room to go get the doctors. The elder groaned again before his fingers held on tight to Namjoon's, when his boyfriend looked over at him, Jin's eyes were open but he couldn't see anything. "I am in pain Joonie.. I don't like it... what happened? Why can't I see?" Joon's breath left him but before he could open his mouth to tell his love, Hobi returned with the doctor and Jisoo trailing behind him. "Mr. Kim, I am Dr. Kwon, I am going to need you to remain as calm as possible while I go over your vitals. Once completed, I will inform you about what had happened." Jin nodded his head once but he gripped Joon's hand tighter out of fear that was going through him. After he was checked out, and the doctor was pleased with who he had improved, he made notes before placing his notebook down and turned back to Jin. "Seokjin, you have been in an accident, on your way to your school a car missed a turn and ended up hitting you. You have a broken arm, two broken ribs, and a broken ankle but those will heal. Now I am going to have your brother and your boyfriend stay close to you when I tell you this next part but please try to remain calm."

Kookie let Tae go so he could move where the doctor was standing, and he held his brother's other hand. When the doctor spoke again, all they could hear was a broken sob that came from the man in the bed. "I... I am blin..." Jin's own gasps came out as he fought the sadness that threatened to come out. Joonie and Tae held his hand tighter as they fought their own grief. The doctor and nurse left them alone, Jin was sobbing loudly which caused each member of their circle to come closer to the bed and curl around their elder who was trying to come to terms that one mistake by someone else, could have taken one of the most important things in his entire life. What was he to do now? What was he going to do now?