Scenery

Prologue

"Hey, Taehyung! How is my favorite patient doing?"

Doctor Kim says as he comes in the room where Taehyung was seated in the bed.

"I've been doing well. What about you Jin Hyung?"

Taehyung said with a boxy smile as he saw the elder coming in with some documents in hand. Seokjin smiled back at Taehyung.

"I've been a little busy but other than that I've also been doing fine."

Jin walked to the chair next to the bed and looked over the documents. It was the results to some tests they had done on Taehyung before. Taehyung was ill, he didn't like thinking about it much but it was something that he couldn't ignore. He's been coming to the hospital for a long time now. Checkups, tests, treatment, yet nothing seemed to be working out. Kim Seokjin, his doctor, had been seeing him since the beginning and have become quite good friends. He admired him and looked up to him since he was very smart, kind, and very handsome too. He liked coming to see him often but this time he didn't come because he wanted to, not that he was mad about coming, he came because they had called him to come in. It made Taehyung a little uneasy since this probably meant results to the last tests he had gotten. He looked at his hands hoping that this time it could maybe be good news.

"So why did you call me in?"

"I got the final analysis from the previous tests and thought we'd see and go over them together," he said holding up the folder with a bright smile.

"Oh alright,"

he said as he clasped his hands together tightly while they rested on his lap. There was a moment of silence as Doctor Kim read over the documents. Taehyung waited in silence patiently waiting for Seokjin to say something. He hoped for the best until he started to see Seokjin's facial expression change. As he read his smile slowly faded going to a small frown. Taehyung started to feel anxious as he waited and knew it was probably not any good news.

"What does it say?"

he said not being able to sit through the silence any longer. Seokjin finally looked up at Taehyung with a sorrowful face.

"Tae, I'm sorry"

was all he managed to say. Taehyung's heart dropped hearing this. He doesn't usually receive good news and it's fine because there is always hope for the next test after new medications are tried. Seokjin always gave him a hopeful smile when giving him news about how medication hadn't worked well but this time it was different.

"What do you mean?"
He asked confused, not knowing what to expect.

"Taehyung the medication didn't work"

"That's okay we can just try other ones"

Taehyung said trying to stay hopeful.

"No Tae, there are no others..."

"Huh?"

"Tae, you only have a couple more months to live. We aren't sure how many but it's not more than a year."

Taehyung's mind went blank when Seokjin finished his sentence. He didn't know what to say or do. What could he do in a situation like this? He stared blankly at Jin, then down, and lastly at the window on the other side.

"Oh.."

He said not knowing what else to say. He didn't know how exactly he was supposed to react to hearing news about him dying in the next months.

"So what do I do now?"

He asked Jin who also seemed to still not believe it himself. He looked at Taehyung and then outside the window.

"What you love most. Enjoy the life you got and enjoy it to the fullest. What is it you want to do that will make you your happiest?"

Jin said holding back tears he didn't want to cry in front of Taehyung since he knew that at this very moment, he needed someone to cheer him on and not make him feel sad. Taehyung thought for a second. He wanted to live and do what he loved doing most. Something that would make him feel no regrets after he has to part this world to join another. Something that will make him feel less scared to leave.

"I want to travel and take pictures of the places I visit"

He finally says with a tiny smile that expressed both hopefulness and sadness. He had always liked photography and always wished to travel the world. However, traveling the world seemed kind of impossible with that of paying for hospital bills and having to go to constant appointments to keep updated with his condition.

"That's your wish?"

Jin asked Taehyung with a soft smile as he looked up at Taehyung who was still sitting on the hospital bed looking down at his hands now.

"Yes"

Tae responded confidently. Jin nodded and stood up. He patted the younger's shoulder and looked at him.

"I'll see what I can do. Be the happiest you can be Taehyung. I hope we meet again."

Jin said in more of a goodbye. Taehyung tried his best to stay cheered up, to hold himself together but deep down it really broke him. He wanted to do so many things and planned so many things out with his friends he's been knowing since younger but he can't. How would he even explain that he's going to be in his death bed in a couple of months? He couldn't, he didn't want to. He sighed and was lost in thought. He sat there for a while thinking of what to do and where to go. His thoughts were then interrupted by a vibration coming from his phone in his back pocket. He took his phone out and glanced and read the text.

"The Make a Wish Foundation has received your wish. Your wish can be granted. Please provide us with places around the world you would like to visit and with dates when you're planning to go. Thank you and take care."

Taehyung put his phone back in his pocket and got up.

"This is reality"

He said accepting it no matter how much it hurt. He went back home where he lived with his 5 friends. Namjoon, Yoongi, Hoseok, Jimin, Jungkook. They were still in school since they all had lectures in the mornings meaning he'd be alone for a while. As he walked in, the lights were all off and curtains closed. The house felt cold. He stepped into his room and closed the door behind him. He felt trapped in his head not knowing if he should tell his friends that were more like family since his parents had been gone for a while now. They were the ones who cared for him but he didn't want them to be sad. No, he wasn't going to tell them. It would break their hearts. He doesn't want to be treated like he's fragile and can't do anything on his own. On the contrary, all he wants is for all of them to be happy and treated as if he were to live forever.