ASHES

CHAPTER 5

Revised...

Taehyung flew down the hospital corridor, he already knew which room Jimin was in so he did not waste any time asking. He had already lost so much time when his best friend needed him most. He needed to be there for Jimin as well. He is such a good person so it was such a shame that he had to go through this ordeal.

He knocked lightly after a while and slowly opened the door and peaked inside, Jimin was hooked to few machines and he had his eyes closed. It was a shocking sight for him. Jimin looked smaller and so pale and leg was elevated and in a cast. He had slowly made his way to Jimin's bedside and he didn't notice there was another person in the room until he started talking. "They say he should wake up sometime this week."

When Taehyung arrived he was too nervous to go in so his constant shuffling woke up Yoongi who sat up and waited for whoever it was to come in. The person was tall but looked young and rich and was wearing a lot of Gucci so he assumed that it was the childhood friend Jungkook always talked about.  He was completely unaware of his presence and jumped when he spoke and was just weirdly adorable.

Taehyung was startled by the deep voice, "Uhm... Hi... I am Taehyung, Jungkook's friend." He answered the other male with a hand shake. "Yoongi." was the male's short reply. "Ah it's nice to finally put a face to the name. Jimin talks about you a lot and in turn Jungkook talks about you a lot. He says you are an great guy and an awesome older brother... His words not mine. Sorry." Taehyung cut himself off when he realized that he was rambling. Hearing that Jimin talked about him a lot yet again made Yoongi look at his brother and sigh. He didn't believe it the first time he met Hoseok and he told him the same thing because he had been the worst brother. And then Jungkook said the same thing and now this guy.

"He has regained consciousness but he was in such a bad state they had had to put him in a medically induced coma." Taehyung could hear the pain in Yoongi's voice and so even though they were basically strangers he gave Yoongi a hug and a hug was exactly what he needed. Ever since their parents died, Jimin was his only family, his only support. When Jimin hugged him it was filled with love and warmth, he didn't have that when Jimin was missing, he was stressed to the max. So when Taehyung hugged him and he felt that same type of warmth, he was shocked but it was exactly what he needed so he hugged him back.

"Thank you... I really needed this." Taehyung blushed when he heard Yoongi's voice so close to his ear. It gave him goosebumps... the good kind. He quickly became embarrassed when he finally realised that he was crushing on Jimin's brother. He had long since moved on from his feelings for Jungkook but it was the first time he got the same kind of strong feeling he had once for Jungkook. After the hug they barely talked but it was not awkward but peaceful.

Jimin opened his eyes a little, they were very heavy and his head was pounding. He saw the two and closed his eyes again, he could not keep them open any longer. To him it all this seemed like an illusion but his pain was clearly real. The next time he opened his eyes, his boyfriend was holding his hand.

Jungkook could see the dead look in Jimin's eyes even as days went by, it was not a good sign so even when Jimin didn't say anything he continued to talk to him and reassure him that he loved him more than anything and that nothing would change that. The doctor told them that it would happen and they had to do all they could to show Jimin that nothing had changed and they loved him just the same. And he did he loved him even more. It broke Jimin's heart every time he saw how excited Jungkook would get whenever he opened his eyes, he believed him when he said he loved him and that nothing would change but he despised himself, he disgusted himself and no matter how much everyone else loved him it made little difference when he did not love himself.

Taehyung was an absolute sweetheart, he always read a manga to him and told him stories of he and Jungkook were younger with his commentary it was like watching a show. He was very thankful to everyone of them for being there for him and he was upset with himself that he could not even open his mouth to thank them.

His days felt very slow, he couldn't share the amount of pain he was in, he did not want to burden everyone when they were already so stressed. He was mentally and physically in pain.