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"memory loss? what do you mean? w-what does that have to do with this?"

"it... n-nevermind..."

"no namjoon, tell me."

"i refuse to tell you anything, taehyung."

"tell me, now, namjoon, please.."

he gulped nervously, not knowing what to do. was it better to tell him or not to tell him? namjoon was scared for his life, he was sure of it right now.

not knowing what to do or say, namjoon began to fake being too ill to be there. "i-i don't feel so w-well right now actually..."

"what happened namjoon?" youngjoon asked, patting the younger friend's back gently. "are you okay?"

"n-no... could i-i be um... taken to the b-bathroom for now, please..?"

"yes yes, we can go there for now.." youngjoon uttered to him before helping him with walking out. before leaving through the door, namjoon gave a signal to the other boy in the room.

"tell him about hoseok," is what he mouthed to jimin, the kid gave his elder a thumbs up and slight nod before he left and the door closed shut.

"h-hey um, so t-taehyung?"

"w-what's going on right now jimin? why is namjoon acting to strangely today? even youngjoon is... a-and it's extremely rare for him to act so suspiciously around me..."

jimin huffed, and breathed softly before he grabbed the youngest by his shoulders and gripped him firmly into place, focusing into his eyes steadily. "taehyung, i have to tell you what's happened. it's important, very important, okay?"

"w-what is it..?"

"do... do you really want to know?"

"y-yes, i want to know about it..."

"okay... um so, you know about hoseok right?"

"y-yeah, of course i-i do..."

"well, he acted differently when he got discharged. because of his abnormal behaviour, we let him go home, with a taxi in front of the hospital to guide him on his way home..."

"wouldn't he know where his own house is already?"

"i'm sure he knew where his home was... he just couldn't get his mind to act properly, resulting in him acting very different around namjoon, young and i..."

"okay, i get that part... b-but why am i not allowed to see him? i-is there something that you're not telling me, jimin?"

jimin looked down at his feet upset, preventing himself from shedding any tears. he rubbed his eyes to clear his face and lifted his head back to taehyung, with a big, happy smile worn on his face.

"no, everything's gonna be okay! hoseok just isn't feeling like himself right now, that's why we thought it'd be better for you not to see him yet!"

taehyung acted suspicious, for as he felt like his elder friend wasn't speaking with certainty. he knew jimin quite well and whenever his tone of voice changed and smile grew wider than ever, he knew something was wrong. but he didn't want to go against his friend's words, so he kept it like that.

"o-okay jimin... if you say he is okay now, i-i believe you..." he said gloomily, trying to avoid jimin's positive and confident gaze.

his friend nodded happily before loosening his grip on taehyung's shoulders, giving them some air to breathe. "ah, that's the spirit! just be a little confident until the time comes, you know, when we'll be able to see hoseok again, okay?"

"y-yeah, okay..."

with that said, the two joons walked in through the door. namjoon made eye contact with jimin, and gave him a thankful yet regretful smile.

"oh, h-hyungs..." taehyung mumbled.

"namjoon, are you feeling any better now?" jimin looked at him, playing along with his whole act.

"he's better, i handed him some water and medication."

namjoon hummed and nodded his head, nervously.

"did anything happen while we were gone?" youngjoon asked looking at the two younger boys who were once standing in front of each other talking about hoseok.

"well... yeah, just some small talk. nothing that big, you know." jimin responded, motioning his hand. "right tae?"

"y-yeah, just small t-talk.."

"ah, okay." he said nodding, before looking down at his watch.

"oh, it's getting a little late you three, don't you think?"

namjoon looked at the clock that laid directly above the door, shocked.

"wow, it actually is getting pretty late... we should head home guys..."

"yeah, you should. do you want me to call you three a taxi?"

"no no! it's okay... don't worry, i can drive jimin and taehyung home. b-but thank you for the offer, hyung."

"ah, okay. well, you boys arrive home safely." he waved goodbye, as the three boys headed out the door.

taehyung looked back at youngjoon with a look and just waved back slowly and sadly. "b-bye..."

the eldest smiled until he couldn't see them at all as the darkness was covering most of the hospital.

"ah... i just hope he doesn't find out about hoseok-ah..."

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