BTS Sickfics

Jimin has an Asthma Attack

Jungkook's POV -

Lately, everything has been a little out of place. We had been preparing for the new comeback, but one of our producers took the files and sold them to someone so that they could leak it online. Us, as BTS, haven't really been told much, and most of our updates are coming from fan posts online that we're probably not meant to be seeing. It's a little hectic, and the other producers and PDnim don't really want us to continue with this comeback; to start afresh. For our rapline, who produced most of the songs, this is a really stressful time, and we don't really hear from them as they spend the majority of their time sulking in their studios and working on new songs again. I'd feel the same if I wrote all of those songs.

All of the new dances and lines we learnt need to be forgotten, since we're starting new. All of the effort, sleepless nights, and pain have all been for nothing. It's extremely frustrating, and not a single one of us hasn't cried, and none of us really have any energy left to start working again.

This has been the biggest strain for Jimin, as he has had asthma since he was a little boy. He'd been hoping to grow out of it, and for the most part, he has. But it's times like this, when he has to put in more effort than he physically can, it starts to play up. Jimin has always been very open about this, and he very nearly didn't get through auditions because of it. PDnim went out on a limb when he accepted Jimin, and so far it's paid off.

When it comes to the final week of prep, Jimin starts to get wheezy and struggle a little. However, as soon as the album releases, he calms back down. Although we never slow down, and the first month of the comeback releasing is gruesome, a lot of our time is spent travelling, where Jimin gets to sit down and relax a little bit. ARMY receiving the album so well always calms his nerves, and his breathing starts to clear up straight away.

We were in our final week of prep before this, and now, not even a week later, there is a new title track and another choreography to learn, and to repeat everyday for hours on end. The song is nowhere near ready, but we have a grip on it, and the dance instructor is working furiously on bringing the choreo together, so that we can be ready when the song is. There will be, at least, another 10 choreos to learn by the time the newer album is ready to come out. Really, I don't think any of us will get through this unscathed.

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I seem to be the only one who really cares about Jimin's health. It's the first week into this new choreo, and, although it takes up most of our day, there's also work to be done around the schedule, leaving us all on around 3 hours sleep a night, and regular all nighters being pulled. We've all got our heads in different places; there's too many things to focus on and way too much work to do, I don't really blame anyone for forgetting Jimin, but it's not hard to see just how much he is struggling.

After each pause in rehearsing, all I can hear is Jimin wheezing. He's become too proud to use his inhaler a lot of the time, and he's leaving it to the last minute before an attack before he uses it. I'm finding it deeply stressful, but Jimin won't listen to a word I say, and often talks over me so the other boys can't overhear what we're discussing. He's starting to take more breaks now, and regularly has to sit and wait out a few turns of the choreo before joining us again. Surprisingly, I'm still the only person to be noticing this.

We complete the choreo one more time before we get to take an official break. I immediately turn to Jimin, who has been wheezing loudly into my ear for a solid five minutes. He instantly takes a seat and pulls out his inhaler, his hands shaking badly. I follow him.

"I want you to go back to the dorm," I whisper as quietly as I can, but he loudly shushes me, and looks over at the other boys to see if they heard me. They're all distracted by other things; no one is paying attention to me or Jimin. "You need a break. Trust me, you've got the choreo perfect already, you can take the rest of the day off. Look, Namjoon and Yoongi are going back to their offices so they can keep working on the new songs, it's not like you'll be the only one missing out."