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CHAPTER 5
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It was a few days after Yoongi's first chemotherapy. He had already received his second treatment yesterday and was now recovering. He could feel how he felt more exhausted than before his first chemo and his body started to ache after his second session.

He woke up pretty late that morning, blinking up at the ceiling until he was fully awake. The boy decided that it was time for a shower and got up, sitting down in his wheelchair and rolling into the bathroom that was connected to his and Jimin's room.

Jimin woke up on the other side of the bathroom, quickly sitting up when he heard a swear coming out of the bathroom. The small boy slowly got up and walked towards the bathroom before he softly knocked on the door.

"Yoongi? Are you okay? Do you want me to get some help?"

"I- uh- I'm fine! Don't worry!" Yoongi answered a bit too quickly to make it believable.

"Are you sure? I can help if you want to." The smaller boy suggested and placed a hand on the door knob.

"N-no! Don't come in! I'm okay!" Yoongi yelled though the door and pressed one hand against it so Jimin wouldn't be able to open it.

"Okay..." the other boy mumbled and made his way back into his bed.

Yoongi came out of the bathroom fifteen minutes later, awkwardly rolling towards his bed and heaving himself on it.

"Are you going to tell me what's going on?" Jimin asked, still curious why the older was swearing a few minutes ago.

Yoongi just let out a frustrated sigh and sat up before running his hand through his hair. "It's embarrassing..."

Jimin let out a chuckle and rolled onto his left side so he was facing the other boy. "I'm a guy as well, you know? I'm sure whatever it is, I went trough it as well."

"Okay so, you know how you uhm... well I was getting undressed to uhm... shower, you know? And I just casually looked down and there was no... you know what anymore." He mumbled, moving his hand above is crotch.

Jimin raised an eyebrow and smiled. "You mean hair?"

The older groaned but nodded at his words, hiding his face behind his hands.

The other boy couldn't help but letting out a loud laugh. Not because he was making fun of Yoongi but rather because the boy next to him got embarrassed because of such a normal thing.

Jimin sat up in his bed and removed the beanie from his head that he always slept in, in case he got cold. "That's totally normal, you know. That's the chemo, I went through it as well. You don't have to be embarrassed about it."

"That sucks though. I knew that I was going to lose my hair on my head but I didn't think about... down there."

"Hair is hair." Jimin chuckled. "I can help you shave if you want to."

"Wh- down there??"

"No you pervert!" The smaller boy laughed and threw his beanie at his roommate. "I mean your head. It seems like you're slowly losing your hair because of chemo so why now shave it now if it's going to fall out anyways. It'll look a lot more cleaner if you shave it instead of just letting it fall out."

"Oh..." Yoongi sighed, staring down at Jimin's beanie. "I never really thought about shaving my head... I don't know if I'm ready for it, you know?"

"Yeah I get that. I'm not going to lie, I had some trouble adjusting to it as well. Everything was a lot colder and it just looked weird but it was also a relief in a way? I mean I don't wake up with hair on my pillow anymore and I don't pull out bushes of hair accidentally. It's still your decision, I just want you to know that I'd be up to help you."

Yoongi nodded and became quiet for some time, still staring at the beanie. Suddenly he looked up again and nodded determinately. "Let's do it."

"Now?" Jimin asked surprised.

"Let's just do it now before I'll regret it."

Jimin nodded and slowly got up before he made his way into the bathroom. Yoongi followed him and placed his head over the sink after Jimin put a towel around his neck.

The younger boy got out the razor and plugged it into the socket next to the sink. "Are you sure about it?"

"Yeah... I think so." Yoongi breathed and closed his eyes when he heard the razor start. He tried to concentrate on Jimin's small fingers on his head instead of the hair falling down into the sink.

"Who shaved your head?" Yoongi asked after some time.

"My old roommate. I met him on my first day here and we were friends ever since then. He helped me a lot in here."

"Where's he now?"

Jimin didn't answer right away. "He died a few months ago..." he whispered and concentrated on Yoongi's head. He didn't want to cry again.

"Oh... I'm sorry about that."

Yoongi felt stupid. He really thought that Jimin's old roommate beat the cancer and was healthy now but of course reality wasn't that generous.

The older boy didn't really say anything else after that and only opened his eyes when Jimin told him that he was done. He turned around and looked into the mirror, staring at someone that didn't look like him.

He slowly run his hand over his bald head while biting down on his lips.

"What do you think?" Jimin asked. He was standing behind Yoongi and looked at his thought the mirror.

"I look sick." Yoongi sighed and turned around, facing the younger boy.

He stared up at the bald head for some time and then ran his hand over Yoongi's freshly shaved head. "I like it. You look like an underground rapper now." Jimin chuckled slightly and walked out of the bathroom, Yoongi following behind him.

"You can have this. I don't want you to get cold." Jimin said and gave the boy a black beanie that he had pulled out of his closet.

Yoongi smiled a little and pulled it over his head. "Thank you, Minie."

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Chapter 5 yayyy
Not that much happened but Yoongi lost his hair o.o