The Air We Breathe || JUNGKOOK

Chapter 9

I pace around my room.  A couple hours later,  nearly creating a dent in the carpet from how much I have been walking.

Jim in stares at me from my bed,  sitting cross cross with his chin in his hand.  "Y/N....you've been pacing for a good 2 hours right now.  What is the problem? " He asks and I stop in my tracks looking at him.

"Jimin what do I do?" I ask as he continues to stare me down in confusion. "Y/N, I don't even know what's going on, so I can't help you." Jimin chuckles holding his hands up. I spent the next couple minutes explaining the situation to him. Of how Jungkook and I made a deal, how he would kiss me before he died and we would slow dance at the dance in a couple weeks. His reaction was nothing that I didn't expect. His jaw was dropped open and his eyebrow raised in confusion. 

"Does this kid live in fantasy land?" Jimin asks. 

"Jimin!" I exclaim angrily. "I'm serious Y/N! It's never been proven that 2 CF diagnosed patients can even get close enough to touch, let alone slow dance! It's science! Unless you got some black magic in you I highly doubt that is going to happen." He says crossing his arms.

"Why are you so closed minded Jimin? This is exactly why Emily left! I'm so tired of people telling me that I can't do something because of my illness! And this is why Jungkook says this stuff too!" I exclaim and Jimin sighs.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know you felt that way Y/N." He says walking over to me, placing a hand on my back in a comforting way as I struggle to keep tears inside my eyes.

"You don't know what it's like when you can't touch someone you care so deeply for. We are humans Jimin! We need human touch! Why is it so hard for me to get it?" I say not crying. Jimin pulls me into a hug and I cry into his shoulder as he places his face into my neck, rubbing his hand up and down my back.

"I'm sorry. It's okay." He says repeatedly as I calm myself down.

He smelled so good. Like fresh laundry and lavender. My breathing slowed down again as my breath hitched a tad, scaring me as I reach for my neck, trying to catch my breath. "Hck! hck." I gasp as Jimin let's me go staring at me with concern.

"Y/N? Y/N breathe!" He says going behind me and pulling my shoulders back, expanding my rib cage. He went into full doctor mode as he laid me on the bed, taking my pulse and pulling my chin down to allow breaths to escape my lungs quicker. "I'm going to apply pressure on your chest to open your lungs okay?" He says while I continue choking on air. He presses his hands on my chest right over my heart and continues until I begin to slowly regain my breath.

"Ok, ok not sit up." He says softly, putting his hand behind my neck, helping me sit up.He puts a bowl in my lap as I puke up the mucus that was settling in my lugs along with a red tint of blood.

I take a deep breath and move hair out of my face as he continues to rub my back. "Are you okay?" He asks and I nod. I tried to hide my face when I saw him looking at me to hide my embarrassment from what had just occurred.

Why was I embarrassed? He was my caretaker, he was supposed to help me when these things happen. Was it because he was a guy? I've never had a guy touch me in a was Emily has before because she was the only caretaker I had known.

"Hey. Don't b embarrassed. I'm here to help you when this stuff happens." He says, as if he was reading my mind. I lick my lip and nod, looking at him. "Thank you." I say and he smiles. "My pleasure." He replies, hooking my oxygen tube around my ears, tightening it under my chin. "You rest for a few, I'm going to call Dr. Su down here to have a look at you. Make sure everything is okay." He says pulling out his phone.

I lean my head against the pillow and find myself starting to doze off, with my head tilting to the side, breathing steadily, before I felt my vision start to blur from my episode.

That was the first episode I had in.......Years.

I can't even remember the last time.

Which makes this, much more scary.

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"Go fish." Jungkook says making Taehyung throw his cards. "Bullshit! I know you have the King of diamonds Kookie! I have the other three!" He exclaims showing Jungkook his cards.

"I don't know what you're talking about Tae. I said go fish, so that implies I have no such card." He says as he silently chuckles to himself, admiring the King of diamonds resting in his hand of cards.

"Is your injection mark gone?" Taehyung asks and Jungkook looks behind his back. Taehyung in the meantime looks at his hand of cards and snatched the king of diamonds out of his grasp. "You liar! See this is why I can't play games with you! You always cheat!" Taehyung exclaims throwing the cards in Jungkooks face. "Don't be a sore loser Hyung. No one likes a sore loser." Jungkook says, adjusting hi oxygen tube.

Taehyung rolls his eyes and stands up. "So did you ask her?" He asks looking down at Jungkook who looks the opposite direction. "Uh.... Yeah I did." He responds, scratching the back of his neck. "Did you tell her some sappy love story as to why she should go with you?" Taehyung says in a squeaky annoying voice. Jungkook stands up and grabs a pillow off his bed, hitting Taehyung right in the nose, knocking him onto the floor.

"Hey!"

"You asked for it by calling me a cheater." Jungkook says. and Taehyung rolls his eyes. "So... if you're taking Y/N to the dance, does that mean you like her?" Taehyung asks.

"Yeah I like her." Jungkook says simply. "Noooo. LIKE LIKE her." Taehyung smiles deviously, making a gesture of putting his index finger in his other fingers which were formed into a loop, indicating sex.

"Hyung! Shut up!" Jungkook yells slapping Taehyung's hand as he starts to laugh uncontrollably. "Yes, okay? I like her. But.... we can't do anything like that." Jungkook snickers, his ears turning a bright red.

"Nothing is impossible Kookie. Keep an open mind." Taehyung responds and Jungkook smiles biting his lower lip. 

A silence took over the hospital room before you hear a nurse come over the speaker, sounding very frantic. "Code Blue! Room 324! Code blue! We need any available doctor to room 324 immediately! CODE BLUE!" 

Taehyungs eyes widen in fear as he looks over at Jungkook who looks equally as horrified. "324." Jungkook whispers.

"That.... That's Y/N's room." Tae says, as Jungkook gets up and rushes out of his hospital room, without his mask.

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To be continued....