Before It's Too Late | Yoonmin

Chapter 12

Jungkook POV

Looking around at the others, everyone's eyes are wide as we hear Jimin explode on Namjoon. I sigh, pursing my lips lightly as I shake my head. I told him not to go up there and try to get him to work. Yes, he deserves to know what we're planning, but he's not in any shape to be working. He won't be until the doctors do or say something in regards to Yoongi. Yet, Namjoon couldn't listen and had to push him anyways. I understand he's concerned about Jiminie, but sometimes it's just better to let him be and work through things on his own. Even if it has been six months and hasn't done much.

Although, it's not like he hasn't been doing anything this entire time. He just has his own process of dealing with this pain. And he's not going to do more than what he's been doing in Yoongi's studio until we actually hear something back from the doctors.

Namjoon soon appears as he comes down the stairs, hair mildly disheveled and looking quite frustrated. He looks over to the four of us with a small frown, shaking his head with a sigh.

"I don't know what the hell to do with him. He's refusing to get up and work." Namjoon tells with a groan. I just shake my head at him though.

"Hyung, it's not like he hasn't been doing absolutely anything this entire time. Besides, it really is different for him. Jimin isn't going to probably so much as leave this house until we get word from the doctors, or until he finds the courage to go visit Yoongi. I guarantee that, and it was kinda dumb for you to push him that way in the first place." I speak up, giving him a small frown. They all give me confused looks in return.

"Why is it any different for Jimin than it is for us, Jungkook?" Hobi asks curiously, the rest of us ignoring the small dissatisfied look Namjoon is giving me. I sigh, sitting back down on the couch rather than standing for this whole conversation.

"You guys have to remember, Jimin already lost his mother, back when he was seven. He and I haven't talked about it too much because it's still a struggle point for him, but it was really hard on him. He didn't have any idea how to move on and keep living after she was gone. The only reason he made it through, was because of his father and a few friends that didn't abandon him at that time. They all supported him through the entire time until he could get back up on his feet. Now, keep in mind, Jimin had always been closest with his mother, she was his best friend. And who has been closest with Jimin since we all came together?" I start, looking around for an answer to that question. A small look of realization dawns in them all.

"Yoongi. But, I still don't understand. Why is he taking it so personally?" Taehyung responds softly. I smile a little at the question, shaking my head again.

"Jimin fell for Yoongi a few years ago now, guys. Jimin was the one Yoongi always went to when he was struggling and when he had nightmares and everything. Those two were extremely close, but because of Yoongi's mental health decreasing the way it's been over the months leading up to all of this, Yoongi began distancing himself from all of us. And out of the seven of us, those two happen to also be the best at hiding how they're feeling." I explain, glancing around once more. They all bite their lips, heads hanging just a bit as they start to connect the dots.

"So... Is he just taking it personally because he fell for Yoongi? Because they were the closest and Yoongi never said anything?" Jin questions in confusion. I purse my lips, heart sinking as I shake my head. Opening my mouth to speak, I find myself shutting it just seconds later, trying to find the words to explain.

I've heard Jimin in Yoongi's studio a few different times over the last six months. It's honestly kind of amazing that he's finding his own way to cope with this, trying to write little snippets and put together different sounds occasionally in attempt to come up with what I'm sure is his own song or two. I've always been grateful to be next to best friends with Jimin, getting to be the person he'd go to when he felt like he shouldn't go to Yoongi for some things, such as when he developed feelings for him. I... I always told him to just tell Yoongi. That it was better to put things out there rather than let them sit and turn cold on the inside. My heart aches unbelievably for Jimin, not even being able to imagine the amount of pain he's in now, after never having had the courage to tell him.

"When Jimin came back from the hospital, that first night after the doctors told us Yoongi's condition... Jimin found a letter on Yoongi's bed, specifically addressed to him. And... Yoongi confessed in that letter, confessed and apologized. None of you really realize just how immensely strong Jimin's actually been despite isolating himself. Working on music, managing to listen to playbacks and recordings of Yoongi, still managing to force himself to eat once a day. I can't imagine the pain he's been bearing with Yoongi being unconscious in the hospital." I inform them softly, reluctantly picking my gaze up to look at the others.

I watch as each one of their expressions fall, eyes quickly turning glossy at the newfound information. I stay quiet for a moment, just nodding my head with pursed lips.

"So, I would let Jimin keep on doing what he's been doing. Let him keep surviving this in the ways that he can right now. Things will start picking back up for him when we get something from the hospital."