In the middle vmk

THIRTY EIGHT

Taehyung's arms were trembling as he finally reached his apartment. He had been ignoring Jungkook's whines to just place him down and started going up the stairs. Even though his arms felt like they were about to give out and his shoulders had started aching ten minutes ago, there was no way in hell he was dropping him. He maybe didn't look that strong but he really wanted to believe he could carry his hurting boyfriend until he was home.

Jungkook didn't look like it but he was heavier than Taehyung had first thought. Maybe it was because he had a lot of muscle hiding underneath the large and fluffy sweaters the boy loved to wear. Nonetheless, Taehyung was overjoyed once he managed to knock on the apartment door where he could finally lay down Jungkook on a nice soft couch.

Jimin opened the door with a happy smile but it immediately turned into shock once he saw the situation. "What happened?", he yelled, ushering the boys inside. Taehyung groaned once he placed Jungkook down onto the coach, quickly stretching his sore arms.

"He got beat up by some bullies", Taehyung's sour expression told Jimin enough already. He couldn't begin to image what his boyfriend did to the bullies.

Jimin frowned and ducked down, gently caressing the youngest who seemed in a lot of pain, "Are you okay baby?"

Jungkook looked down, not willing to look up into his boyfriends' eyes. "No", his small voice croaked out before big tears started rolling down his cheeks. His two boyfriends immediately started panicking.

"I-I hurt and can not defend me", Jungkook sobbed. He tried to lift his arms to cover his blotchy face but yelped as pain shot through them. He started crying even harder at that. "And-and hyung help but bullies hurt and teacher see and now guilty".

Jimin tried to soothe the younger but he didn't dare hug Jungkook since he didn't know how badly he was hurt. Taehyung gulped and blinked his tears away, hoping neither of them noticed this.

"It's okay Gguk, it'll be alright", Jimin shushed, wiping the younger's tears away, "We'll fix this. We'll fix you". He gave his crying boyfriend a warm smile before turning to the other.

"Can you grab the first aid kit?", he asked Taehyung who merely nodded and disappeared into the kitchen.

As Taehyung was rummaging through the kitchen drawers he could hear the cries still going on in the living room. He angrily wiped a stray tear away and kept looking for the first aid kit that seemed to have vanished. He couldn't believe his youngest boyfriend, the purest and kindest soul he had ever met, was lying on their couch beat up and broken.

He sighed in relief once he found the kit and jogged back to the living room where Jimin was still trying his best to calm the younger down.

"Gguk", Jimin started, placing his hand on the boy's bigger one, "Can I lift your shirt for a second?"

Jungkook didn't respond but didn't protest either as he felt Jimin's hands curl around his shirt. He merely let him lift the material and whined when his hands brushed against his wounds.

Jimin tried to hide his shock, he really did, but when he saw the numerous colors blooming on his boyfriend's chest, he couldn't help the gaps escaping him. "Oh my god", he murmured, stopping himself from tracing the colors with his finger.

He felt Taehyung stiffen beside him and the first aid kit fell to the floor with a thud. "Those assholes". The growl was low but was heard by both males. Jungkook, who had been holding his eyes closed for the last minute, opened them to see what was going on.

He flinched when he noticed the dark look that was in Taehyung's eyes and the sad one that had taken over Jimin's. They were both staring at his body and he didn't dare glancing down at it. He knew it couldn't be good since he had been in much pain ever since being attacked by those bullies.

"Can-", he stuttered, catching the attention of his two older boyfriends, "Can I please have painkiller? I hurt".

Jimin immediately got into action as he jumped up and dashed to the bathroom in search of the medicine cabinet. Taehyung, on the other hand, knelt down to open the first aid kit, bringing out everything he thought could help Jungkook.

"Is it bad?", Jungkook asked once Taehyung finally looked at him again. The older tried to crack a smile but he couldn't, not when his boyfriend's bruised body was on display. Instead he sighed and casted his gaze to the side, "I'm not going to lie. It looks bad".

Jungkook nodded, glad he was being honest with him. Jimin returned to them with painkillers and a glass of water. "Take these and hopefully the pain will lessen". He gave them to Jungkook while Taehyung started fixing the younger's wounds.

Jungkook had a lot of bruises but he also had some bleeding ones. He had been protecting his head most of the time during the beating but they had still managed to scrape his cheek and hit the back of his head, making it bleed.

"Do you think he has a broken rib?", Jimin asked in a hushed voice as he didn't want Jungkook to catch it.

Taehyung bit his lip as he stared at the colored bruises. He gently put pressure on one of them and heard Jungkook groan lowly, but it wasn't as worse as he had thought. He shook his head, "I don't think so. If so he hadn't even been able to breathe without being in immense pain".

"That's good I guess", Jimin sighed, watching how the youngest's face contorted in pain every time Taehyung tended his wounds.

"I'll call your parents', Jimin spoke, "I'll tell them you'll be staying here". There was no way in hell he would let Jungkook's parents see their son in this state. He also suspected that Jungkook's parents didn't even knew about the bullying.

Jungkook's eyes opened and he tried to manage a small smile, "Thank you hyung".

"It's okay", the oldest said, tentatively ruffling the boy's hair, "Your hyungs are here for you".

SO WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THIS BOOK? DO YOU GUYS STILL LIKE IT?