Flaw in the System

28

“Explain this one more fucking time.” Sungjin stared hard at Jungkook,who currently was propped up on the hospital bed with a bandage around his head to protect the staples from snagging on things.

    “Hyung!” Jungkook whined. Jae had fallen asleep, snuggled up on the hospital bed and wrapped in Jungkook’s arm under the blanket, the two youngest siblings sleeping on two cots that the hospital provided for them. One cot was still leaning against the wall.

    “Your fucking boyfriend tried choking me out, Jungkook.” He glared making the younger sigh.

    “That.. That was Namjoon, he’s just very protective of the ones he loves.”

    “He’s violent. Has he hit you?”

    “Oh my God, please stop.” Jungkook really didn’t want to answer that, because in all honesty- Namjoon has hit him. Namjoon has hit all of them.

    “I just want to make sure your safe.” Sungjin added softly, making Jungkook’s heart ache a bit.

    “Hyung.. We’ve killed people. I’ve killed people… And you want to know if my boyfriend is treating me right?” He looked at Sungjin in confusion.

    “Please don’t say that, it scares me.” He twiddled with his thumb from his chair.

    “Well, it’s what we do. We’re criminals, and now we’ve dragged you into it.” He sighs, disappointed in himself and regretting to offer a lunch date.

    “You should go to sleep.” Sungjin says, changing the subject. He spent 15 years seeing that same face on his younger brother and he rather die than see on it on him still after 6 years.

    “I can’t. Yoongi and Jin hyung are coming to talk to me.”

    Right on cue, the two eldest came in with bags of food for everyone and some clothes for Jungkook and Jae.

    “Oh, my poor baby! Look at you!” Jin gasped as he saw Jungkook and cupped his cheeks.

    “Hyung, I’m fine~!” Jungkook whined at the babying as his cheeks turned red.

    “Ah, you must be his brother. Sungjin, I presume.” Jin see’s the other male sitting and bows, “I’m the eldest of them, Kim Seokjin.”

    “I’m the handsome one, Min Yoongi.” He also bowed, but midway guffawed as Jin slapped him in the stomach.

    “So you’re Jae’s and my brother’s other boyfriends?” He questions and Jin nods.

    “A fraction of them.” Yoongi snorts.

    “Yoongi Oppa?” Jae awakens and rubs her eyes as she sits up.

    “Hey there, Princess. Let’s get you out of those clothes, yeah?” Yoongi says softly and Jae nods and climbs off the bed. She hated sleeping in the outfit she was in, her face was oily and caked in makeup still and the pins in her head kept poking and pulling at her hair. But she would stay in them if it made Jungkook feel more at ease. She didn't want to leave him alone in there with brothers who were practically strangers.

    Yoongi led her to the bathroom where he assisted her sleepy form in getting her ready for bed.

    “Please tell me you take care of Jungkook. That no one hurts him.” Sungjin requested from Jin, a stern voice took action but you can hear his fear and concern.

    Jin sighs and sits at the end of the hospital bed, “I’m not going to lie to you. All of us come from abusive homes and mental illnesses, loneliness and were love deprived, dealt with bullies and self mutilation, addiction and uncontrollable urges. Even the sweetest of us has mental illnesses and was an orphan.” Jin spoke slowly and softly, staring the bathroom door to indicate who he was talking about.