Flower Shop | BTS

Chapter 7

After a long 7-hour journey from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, Jimin and Hoseok finally arrived at the 'Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.'

They walked up to the front desk, a wafting scent of chemicals whacking their nostrils and a suspicious scene concerning them. There stood a doctor, shamelessly flirting with the nurses. Flirtatious smirks and obscene teasing words were exchanged indecently at the front desk. The site disgusted the boys, and they hesitated before disturbing.

"Excuse me, may we please meet with a doctor that can consult us about a few matters," approached Jimin, faking a smile. Yet instead of returning the smile, a nurse glared at him and was about to bug them off, but a desperate call interrupted.

"Dr. Brown- Dr. Brown," shrieked a teen as he rushed towards them, "please, brief me, Doctor. How's my mom's tumor; she's been here for weeks." With vulnerability evident in his voice and burden visible on his features, the teen pleaded. He looked dead with the bags of exhaustion that planted themselves under his red, swollen eyes. Plus his complexion that seemed to have blanched off of his skin, leaving a completely pale form.

However, that seemed to unconcern the doctor when he spoke like an arrogant Reaper holding a scythe, "Can't you see that I'm busy? Hasn't your sick mother taught you not to interrupt adults?" sounds so cold and cruel. That alone ignited scorching ire in Jimin. Plus the previous, shameful scene, a fist was sharply thrust forward and towards the doctor's face, launching him to the wall behind the counter, whilst knocking the computers off along the way.

Noticing that, the security rushed to tackle Jimin down. The nurses hurried to the doctor's aid, while Hoseok tried to pull Jimin out of the security's grip. At that point, the entire center irrupted in chaos and turmoil. Elders were whispering among themselves about it, teens were recording it, and kids were either gawking at it or crying in fright from it. It was hectic!

Finally giving up, the security pushed Jimin away and started calming the crowd down. Hoseok grasped Jimin's hand and dashed out of the hospital, dragging Jimin after him. They ran back to the station and hastily bought a ticket to Pittsburgh. When they hopped on that train, it was deadly silent. The two sat awkwardly next to each other on the metal seats, without uttering a word. It was only when Hoseok unwittingly started laughing that the awkward dam broke.

"What are you laughing at?" Jimin asked as he smiled himself.

"Honestly, Chim; that was a good punch," Hoseok managed to say between his cackles and laughs as they began to intensify. Then what was an accidental giggle from one, turned into fits of laughter from both.