1:31 Am

Chapter 16

Youngjae stayed in the room, watching a drama with coco sleeping on his chest. "No! Yoo Si-Jin You need to staY!!! MO-YEON LOVES YOU OKay DONT GO YOU'RE GONNA GET KILLED!!!" Youngjae yelled as quietly as he could at the tv screen as he watched the really handsome captain leave the doctor behind. "This show is rigged i swear to god coco... the ending is probably gonna end with him being dead and then them having a funeral for him." Coco gave a soft huff as an answer and youngjae smiled softly. He heard someone trying to come in and he quickly paused the drama and switched it to something else. "Youngjae.... you in there?" Coco perked up, his head turning towards the door. "Yeah... who is it?" .... silence...... "it's uh... it's me.. jaebum can i come in?" Youngjae's attitude went down and he sighed. "Yes hyung. Come in" Jaebum came in, a frown on his face. He avoided eye contact with youngjae and his body language was very awkward. Youngjae got up, placing coco on the bed and walked up to jaebum. "What is it hyung?" Jaebum sighed. "I wanted to apologize for how i acted earlier. I was just worried that something bad had happened and-" "My eyes are up here .... jaebum." Jaebum's head shot up, his blood running hot as he heard the younger speak informally. "I am your hyung you dont talk to me like tha-" "Until you earn my respect back i wont be speaking formally so get used to it. Now if thats all you have to say-" "it's not..." Jaebum looked at youngjae and suddenly the aura changed. Jaebum could feel those beautiful brown eyes beating down on him as if youngjae was cursing him in his mind. "I just want us to be okay. I know I shouldn't have reacted the way i did and i'm sorry. I really... truly am." Youngjae relaxed, his facial expression going from defensive to neutral. "Thank you hyung. I accept your apology. " jaebum sighed in relief, putting his hands on his hips. "Is it true you cried hyung?" "What?" "Is it true you cried because i was no where to be found?" Jaebum cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well i mean yeah-" youngjae smiled widely and hugged jaebum. "AWWWW HYUNG YOU'RE SO CUTE I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MISSED ME SO MUCH" Jaebum groaned and squirmed in youngjae's grasp. "Youngjae-ah! Im not cuteni was just worried for my fellow member is that a crime?" Youngjae snorted and rolled his eyes, letting go of his hyung. "Right because you would cry for anyone else if they went missing." Jaebum scoffed. "I would!" Youngjae shook his head and looked at the leader. "Would you cry for yugyeom?" Jaebum was about to say something and then shut his mouth. "Ha. Told you." Jaebum rolled his eyes and smiled. "Fine. But don't tell the others that i said that." Youngjae nodded. There was an awkward silence for this first time since their debut stage. "So...." jaebum started. "You still need help writing the song?" Youngjae looked at the leader giving him a defeated nod. "Well you're just in luck. I have more lyrics that will go great with the song."

The two were found in the new piano room, the yamaha piano glistening under the studio lights. Youngjae was pretty sure he found his soulmate, and he didn't complain at the fact that it was a piano and not a person. Jaebum watched as the boy rushed to the piano and began to play such beautiful music. The leader closed his eyes and listened toyoungjae play and was immediately brought into a whole new world. He opened his eyes to see that youngjae had been playing with his eyes closed. He watched as the singer played with such passion and such perfection, he never missed a key. The way the chords and single notes would blend to sound so dark but so warm, jaebum suddenly had a stronger appreciation for the instrument. Jaebum found himself staring at the singer, who let out a small sigh as if had been hold ing his breath that whole time. The lights were doing the thing that made youngjae look like god himself. Jaebum cursed the lights for making youngjae look so good but he realized that youngjae looked at him and smiled. "Shall we get started hyung?" Jaebum nodded, still at a loss for words.

The two of them had skipped out on practice, writing this song and putting their blood sweat and tears into it ((if yall make any bts jokes i swear to god)). Youngjae yawned and looked at the time. "Damn we've been going at this for almost 12 hours now hyung. Maybe we should take a break." Jaebum nodded in agreement. "Yeah i could go for a break" jaebum began to stretch out but a sharp pain quickly engulfed his body causing him to yell out. "Hyung! Are you okay?!" Jaebum's face was contorted in pain and he nodded. "Y-yeah...... it's just... my back." Youngjae looked at the leader, worry and anxiety starting to flood his head. "Hyung i'm going to get jyp." Jaebum sighed and nodded, knowing that he wouldn't be able to argue his way out of this one.

"How long have you felt this pain?" Jaebum looked down and swallowed thickly. "Since our if you do comeback..." the doctor sighed and shook his head. "Well thank god you came in when you did. If you had waited another day you could've possibly been paralyzed from the waist down. " Jaebum stared at the doctor and then looked at youngjae. "So.... what can i do about it?" Doctor thought for a bit. "Well we could put you through surgery. Your recovery would be a little slow but with a lot of rest as well as physical therapy, it could be quick. But the surgery for this kind of stuff is tricky. One wrong move and you could be paralyzed. Another wrong move and your life could be in danger." Jaebum sighed. "What's the success rate of the surgery?" "Its about a 75% success rate" jaebum nodded and looked at his manager and youngjae before looking back at the doctor. "What's the earliest i can go into surgery?" "Tomorrow morning. Around 1 am." jaebum nodded and hopped off the examination table. "Alright. Put me in to surgery schedule" the manager stepped forwards defensively and shook his head. "Hyung.... what about the rest of us?" Jaebum sighed and looked at youngjae. "Come here..." youngjae walked over to jaebum and hugged him as gently as he could. "Youngjae-ah... i want you to take care of the boys while i'm gone. I want you to be in charge or im appointing jackson." Youngjae nodded and looked down. "Hyung... i'm gonna wait till you come out of surgery." Jaebum hugged youngjae, giving him a little squeeze. "Alright.... just .... make sure to call jackson. Tell him that you wont be coming for however long you need..." youngjae bit down on his bottom lip to keep himself from crying. "Don't worry youngjae... everything will be fine... i promise " jaebum planted a soft kiss on the singer's forehead, before going with the doctor to get prepped for surgery.