Ready

I'm Home

After the morning of just making out and lying in bed, they both decided to go shower and change the bed sheets. After all was done, Jungkook told Taehyung that he needed a nap since he felt a bit tired. Taehyung thought nothing of it since he could spend the whole day with Jungkook's mother. He was glad that she didn't seem to notice or hear them from this morning. It was about 3pm when Taehyung realized it was time to wake up Jungkook. They boy had been asleep all day and even skipped on breakfast.

He walks into Jungkook's room and sees the boy laying in the same spot where he left him this morning. He was breathing through his mouth, but something was off. As Taehyung got closer he sees throw up on the side of the bed and Jungkook looking very pale. He touches the boy and his skin was ice cold. Taehyung tires to wake him, but the boy was simply unconscious. Panic rose in Taehyung as he screamed out for help. Yeni and Mrs.Jeon rushed to the room. Mrs. Yeni called the ambulance as Taehyung and Mrs Jeon stayed by his side, both in tears. When they arrived at the hospital, Taehyung kept replaying everything in his head, unsure of what could have cause Jungkook to be this sick.

Mrs.Jeon had a guilty but sad look on her face as she ask Taehyung to sit down and listen.

"I'm sorry I kept it from you. That Jungkook kept it from you. But this sickness....he had it since he was a boy. I.... I told him he should let you know, but he said he wanted to spend whatever time he has left happy with you. And he was afraid that you would leave if you knew or worse stay and be sad over him. He loves you so much Taehyung. You have to know this".

"But.... how? Why? He was so healthy and fine..... I don't understand", Taehyung was trying to hold back more tears while letting Mrs.Jeon explain.

"You see, Jungkook has a weak heart just like his father. When he was Younger, we found out they carried the same heart disease. But because we were poor, we could only afford to get temporary treatment for one person. His father of course insisted it be Jungkook, and I agreed. So over time Jungkook did get better as his father got worse and soon passed away. He blames himself for that. But getting the treatment wasn't all that pleasant either. The meds and therapy put a lot of strain on his small body, so most of his child hood he was stuck at home.-

He was finally healthy again around middle school and was able to live as normal as possible, but still I always made sure he was home, fearing that the symptoms might come back. But Jungkook was always hard headed, so he made his own path and when he graduated college he left. He told me he was tired of always being afraid and wanted to live. His other relationships never lasted because every time the other person wanted more from him, like traveling or strenuous things....i wouldn't let him. -

Or they'd find out he was sick, so they were afraid of what that could mean for the future, so they leave. So, he chose to move to Seoul, where nobody knew him. He told me, it wasn't his intention on finding love but just to live on his own and to see what it was like. I agreed to his demand on the condition that he makes it priority to do check up at the doctors and report back to me. The day before he came back, the results came back and it showed that his heart was having some problems again. -

He admits he felt the symptoms but thought nothing of it. I forced him to come back home since we are currently waiting for a heart donor. But they don't bump you up the list until you're actually dying. So this..... this is where we are now. I really hope you aren't angry with him. He's never been good at facing these kind of things head on, and he just wanted to protect you from all this for as long as he could".